Multiple incidents and civic notes unfold across South Carolina
Three alleged widows sue over a fireman death in Spartanburg. Mrs Caroline Dun dies at a Langley Baptist church prayer meeting. Charleston cigar factory outputs rise to 12,000 daily, soon 24,000. Edward Lipford found frozen to death near Waterloo Laurens. Chapin residents petition to remove the dispensary. Tri State Medical Society to meet in Columbia February 25. Constable Bateman seizes 300 gallons of corn liquor from Salisbury destined for Columbia. A colored boy exposed to hydrophobia after a mad dog bite. Roosevelt vetoes bills for Rock Hill and Spartanburg US courts for cost concerns. Four white men jailed for post office robberies in default of bond. State Fair officers elected after deaths of president and secretary. Monk's Corner court adjourns after one case. Spartanburg man Ed Bomar found dead from alcoholism and exposure. Farm Home charity charter granted in Charleston. Judge S. R. Johnson found dead in Winnsboro. Smallpox alerts reach various districts. Omaha investors plan Nebraskan farming colony near Charleston. Sixteen blind tigers fined in Charleston under the dispensary law. Hilton Head doctor Pinckney bound for trial in pension-fraud case. Valhalla Cotton Mills adds looms and spindles, expanding to 16,000 spindles and larger workforce.
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Heavy storms and global unrest dominate terse report
A miscellany notes heavy rain and wind damage in Tonnes Bee, clashes threaten in Central America, earthquakes shake Mexico with Chihuahua reports of eighteen buildings destroyed. Mines strike in South Dakota. payrolls and politics touch many places including Alabama and Georgia with bills, meetings, and resignations amid a flood of varied items.
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Confederate Veterans Reunion Badge Design Prize Sparks Plans
The Confederate reunion committee in New Orleans offers a $25 prize for the badge emblem design. Meetings reported progress, with arrangements for veteran feeding and lodging being organized. Captain J C Dinka's parade committee plans the big parade, said to be among the largest ever. Adjutant General Mookle noted General Gordon is much improved and will begin a northern feature tour.
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Cocaine and Railroads Wrecks Report
Grand jury probes reveal cocaine widespread in Chisago with five druggists indicted for illegal sales. Wilhelm Bodeman of the state board of pharmacy links railroad wrecks to cocaine use by workers, noting fear of liquor among railroad men and covert cocaine use among female workers seeking relief.
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Bil Introduced to Pension Ex-Slaves in Washington Peb 4
A bill introduced today offers pensions and bounties to ex slaves freed by Lincoln. It sets different bounties and monthly pensions by age, with extra provisions for care by relatives. President Mitchell of the National Industrial Council says petitioners will not owe money to pursue or obtain the bill’s passage.
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Higher Judicial Salaries Set by Conference
Washington February 5 The conference of the two houses reached agreement on the bill increasing United States judges salaries The chief justice will receive 13000 annually and the associate justices 12000 each Circuit judges 7000 and district judges 3600 per year The measure will become law as passed by the Senate and House
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