Vienna GA Cable Code Reform Slashes Shipments
A Vienna Georgia report notes the drop in salin ocressa and other products to obsolete the cable codes used by shippers and speculators. Prices lean toward the lowest figures once wire complied.
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1896
Page
2
A Vienna Georgia report notes the drop in salin ocressa and other products to obsolete the cable codes used by shippers and speculators. Prices lean toward the lowest figures once wire complied.
The government plans to copy Alderton of Ancla Sim's book on trade and labor to guide the use of commercial reports. Europe will be divided into four districts under commercial attaches to forward district reports. Asia will be treated similarly with observers sent to Japan and China.
A German man learns his aunt is dead through a hotel telegram in the South of France. The coffin sent to Cologne contains a Russian general in full uniform by mistake. After urgent messages to St Petersburg, officials confirm the aunt lies in a Russian general’s grave with full military honors.
The Atlanta Journal cites North American writer Sir Walter Boxton on the Anglo-Saxon future. He argues the race absorbs others rather than being absorbed, expanding from five to 120 million English speakers and spanning a fifth of the globe. He predicts English will dominate globally as a great empire and republic, especially in America, with six great nations shaping its path.
The St James Gazette of London urges a possible alliance among the United States Great Britain and Italy to deter Turkish oppression. It argues Americans alone grasp the urge to rescue the oppressed and suggests a joint demand to Constantinople could avert force.
A long, reflective letter explores naturalists like Humboldt and Agassiz, the mysteries of evolution and biology, and the beauty of butterflies and beetles. It contrasts scientific wonder with contemporary debates on gold and silver standards, cites Nippur and Bible chronology, and praises William L. Yancey in a closing note.
Bryan’s campaign itinerary to New England and the middle states is nearly set through September. It lists dates and cities including Dover Wilmington Philadelphia Brooklyn Boston New Haven Springfield Worcester Dedham Bath and New York with speaking engagements and hosts such as G F Williams and Arthur Sewall.
A Sunday morning blaze in Oswego, New York, wiped out the Silver Metal Company and the Seeliger-Toothill Novelty Company plants, plus a three story Donovan block and nearby homes. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars, with two hundred fifty men left jobless as alarm wires failed in gale winds and insurance declined to cover the damage.
Ex-President Harrison asks the national Republican committee to make no appointments for him to speak. His time is occupied with private affairs, preventing campaign speeches, as stated in a letter from his private secretary.
A short investigation on the South Carolina Dispensary matter remains postponed until the board’s next meeting in October. Testimony covered commissions and rebates, with Governor Evans and Secretary of State Tompkins among witnesses. No decisive action or documents were demanded. legislature expected to conduct thorough inquiry.
Purchasers of railroads led by Judge Henry Crawford and Mr Ryan of Thomas and Ryan obtain a state secretary charter for the reorganized Port Royal and Western Carolina railroad under the Charleston and Western railway name. Directors named include J B Cleveland Samuel Thomas Thomas T E Ryan and Henry Crawford with J A Brook Avery Patton and J P Doughty. Capital stock set at two million dollars with eight hundred seven hundred thousand paid in. Augusta, Ga., remains a junction point linking lines toward Port Royal harbor and upstate Carolina cities.
Following a peremptory British note, the Sultan of Turkey issues an irade ordering the stop to the expulsion of Armenians from Constantinople. The action reflects international pressure amid ongoing Armenian crisis.
Briadstreet reports the past week's trade shows moderate improvement with speculative wool purchases and renewed buying by wood manufacturers. Stocks of cotton goods shrink, demand for maples rises in the south Atlantic and gulf states, and iron and steel firms anticipate an early revival. General merchandise sales edge up. dry goods volumes rise in Boston Chicago and St Louis. South gains due to cotton ore being gathered. Banks in New Orleans lend more freely. mills restarting, wool goods lag. Mercantile collections are slow. money markets easing slightly but rates high. Iron prices firm, leather up with hides, sugar and cotton lower. U.S. total business failures at 315, up from last week and well above year-ago figures. Proportion of large-capital concerns failing remains notable.
The Connecticut state Democratic convention in New Haven with about 800 delegates almost unanimously endorsed the Chicago platform and candidates. Gold standard leadership controlled the party, twelve central committee members resigned, and the convention selected a presidential elector and nominees for governor and state officers including Governor Joseph B. Sargent and Lt. Governor S. A. Orandal.
John L. Douglas of Indianapolis, buried for 48 hours, was exhumed at Pariz and revived by Edwin H. Boone the hypnotist. About 2000 spectators gathered at the Lexington baseball park as the grave was opened, police failing to control the crowd. Douglas appeared healthy with a purple face, cool extremities, slow heartbeat and low respiration.
The Daily News reports the American legation in Constantinople received news from a U S consulate of a fresh massacre at Ehin in the vilayet of Kharput. A large number of Christians were killed in the action.
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