Fatal Drowning of Captain Allen and Brother in Alabama Floods
March 2 Montgomery Alabama reports the deaths of Captain Charles A. Allen and his younger brother Thomas Allen in a flooded riverbed accident. Their horse bolted into a ravine with their buggy, shoving them underwater. Both bodies, bruised, were recovered as the Montgomery Blues guard a funeral. The Alens were a prominent family. C A Allen had served in the Spanish War and on the governor’s staff. Traffic on local roads is crippled, with Seaboard Air Line trains annulled.
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Als
Ale- Dama
Charles A. Allen
Thomas Allen
Alien
Montgomery Blues
C. A. Allen
C A. Allen
Board of Revenue
Alen
Alabama Volunteers
Seaboard Air Line
Flood Ruin Sweeps Eufaula Area Amid Record Rain
The Eufaula region reports widespread damage as the swollen river overflows and farms flood. Mill dams fail including Hostman's near Clayton. a negro farmer's barn burns after a lightning strike. Trains halt due to washouts. seven major bridges wiped out. roads impassable in many spots.
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Eufaula
Ala
Sarca
Hostman
Clayton
Montgomery
Robbery on Seaboard train in Norlina shocks passengers
Two negro tramps boarded a stationary Seaboard Air Line passenger car at Norlina near Raleigh. One tramps cut a man’s throat with a razor while the other seized the money and both fled. The victim, a negro passenger, is badly hurt and not expected to survive. No crew members were aboard the car.
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Raleigh
N. C
Norlina
Here
Seaboard Air Line
Smallpox Case Reported at Tuscaloosa Laundry
Dr. Robert Neilson reports one smallpox case in Tuscaloosa city today. The patient is Miss Herring, a worker at the steam laundry. The laundry was inspected and fumigated as state health officer Dr. Sanders arrives for a key meeting with all city physicians attending.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Robert Neilson
County Health Office
Miss Herring
Sanders
Sheffield mill buys over $100000 steel billets
Johnston, president of the Sheffield Rolling Mill Company, returned from New York with a purchase of more than $100,000 worth of steel billets for use in the mill. The Sheffield mill is operating at full force.
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Ifuch Steel
Sheffeld
Ala
Johnston
Sheffield Rolling Mill Company
New York
Rain Falls in Torrents in Raleigh Area
Rain fell in torrents as heavy thunderstorms swept the Raleigh region on March 2. The rapid temperature rise from winter to spring disrupted farm work for about a week and washed away the remaining snow.
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Raleigh
Nwn. C
Prisoner Johnson Faces History of Crime Before Asheville Hanging
Rateigh N C March 2 Special One of the pluckiest prisoners ever met a well deserved fate on the gallows. Johnson white man hanged at Asheville for burglary appeared glad to die rather than life in penitentiary. Authorities failed to learn his real name. once known as Wilson. Wanted for murder in Indian Territory and Florida with a $100 reward. Born in northern Ohio last home in Jan Territory. He refused to reveal his name at the last moment.
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Rateigh
N. C
Johnson
Asheville
Burelary
Wilson
Indian Territory
Florida
Ohio
Jan Territory
Diaz visit to Eagle Pass amid border tension
A Mexican presidential train arrived at C P Diaz near Eagle Pass with President Diaz and entourage, meeting the widow of the late Austrian minister Mrs Miriana. Diaz praised border neighbors and thanked locals as guards watched from a side track. Mrs Diaz and suite later left for San Antonio. Ohio River rises at Huntington. Governor Corbin plans Cuban cavalry to Chickamauga in May.
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Eagle Pass
San Antonio
Tex
C. P. Diaz
Diaz
Austria
Mirlana
President Diaz
Miriana
Painters Ordered To Strike In Pittsburg District
About 1,800 painters in the Pittsburg district were ordered to strike after a mass meeting. The walkout targets Wednesday morning if a wage increase from 2.50–3.25 to 3.60 per eight hour day is not granted and disputes over working rules persist. Up to 400 jobs could be tied up, with 1,000 men attending the meeting.
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Pittsburg
Bosa
Bishop Nelson Visits Thomasville For Annual Service
Bishop Nelson of Georgia conducted the annual visitation in Thomasville on March 2 preaching to a large congregation and confirming a class of thirteen members.
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Nelson
Thomasville
Georgia
Merchants in Manila Protest Prohibitive Tariff
In Manila on March , American, Spanish, British, and German merchants and the local press held a meeting to remonstrate against a prohibitive tariff they say cripples the archipelago’s industries and resources.
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Manila
Archi Pelago
Receipts and Expenditures Show February Surplus
Washington on March 2 reports monthly government receipts and expenditures for February. Receipts totaled 41,159,789 dollars while expenditures reached 39,099,299 dollars, yielding a surplus of 2,060,449 dollars. Expenditures increased by 65,000 dollars.
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Washington
Over Streets of Augusta The People Ride in Boats
Augusta Ga March 2 The river flood covers Market Jones and upper Reynolds streets above the North Augusta bridge with 1 to 3 feet of water. Boats ferry residents and sightseers while river fishermen man batteaux for passenger service. merchants fear flooded cellars and plan to ask the mayor to deploy reserve fire engines to pump out water.
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Augusta
Broad Street
Greene Street
North Augusta
Market
Jones
Phimisy
Warera
Norfolk Street Cars Face Possible Strikes Tomorrow
Norfolk March 2 Fear grows that street cars will not run tomorrow as striking workers refuse to operate and militia stands ready. General Manager Brooks Johnston says the issue is unresolved while President Williams and other officials confer. Guardsmen are posted at the armory with car barns outside city limits, awaiting orders.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Railway and Light Company
Brooks Johnston
R. Lancaster Willams
Johnston
Seventy-first Infantry
National
Lmits
Nottingham
Many Will Run for Office in Clarke County
Clarke County politics in Athens Georgia heats up as officials seek re election. Sheriff J W Wier Clerk C W Cooper and Treasurer J A Pitner announce bids. Against Wier runs J A Sud deth and against Cooper runs J K Kennedy former clerk. More announcements expected.
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Clarke County
Athens
Specia
J. W. Wier
C. W. Cooper
J. A. Pitner
Wier
J. A. Suddeth
Cooper
J. K. Kennedy
Fire destroys Owens Pottery Plant in Zanesville Ohio
A major blaze wiped out the J B Owens Pottery Company plant in Zanesville on March 2. The loss runs to about $00,000 with roughly half covered by insurance. The fire ruins hundreds of designs accumulated over years, leaving four hundred workers unemployed. Rebuilding is planned immediately.
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Zanesville
Ohio
J. B. Owens Pottery Company
Arc
Rebels Routed by Liberal Forces at Rio Frio
Colon Colombia March 2 Liberal forces under General Villa reached Rio Frio Magdalena February 21. After a four hour clash with government troops from Barranquilla the rebels were routed with fifty men killed or wounded.
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Colon
Colombia
Villa
Rio Frio
Department
Magdalena
Barranquilla
Rioters clash with police in Paris labor meeting
In Paris on March 2 after an unemployed rally at the labor exchange agitators tried to hold an outdoor meeting in Place de la Republique. A fight with police left eleven officers severely injured and many others bruised. Several rioters were injured and twenty people were arrested.
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Biot
Paris
Labor Exchange
Place de la Republique
Reagan in Poor Health in Palestine Report
Palestine Texas March 2 Hon John H Reagan condition not favorable after restless night and today not much improved. He has had pneumonia three times and a severe cold now triggers pneumonia symptoms though not pneumonia this time.
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J. H. Reagan
Palestine
Tex
John H. Reagan
Reagan Hias
Pessimistic British view on protracted war in South Africa
London Times prints extracts from a private September letter by a trained civilian traveler in the theater of war. He notes the conflict drags on, questions why 250,000 Allied troops face at most 10,000 Boers, and reports soldiers lose cartridges to Kaffirs who reuse them.
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London Times
South Africa
Negro claims Georgia land deed tied to slavery and $20000 offer
Greenesboro Ga March 2 Special Henry Jeffrey a Roanoke Va man asserts ownership of several acres in downtown Greenesboro. He says his grandfather’s slave deed secured land from McWhorter’s livery stable to Dr Rice and Captain Hail residences, including Copelaw’s bank and post office. He says an Atlanta attorney handles the case and he was offered $20000 for the claim.
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Greenesboro
Roanoke
Henry Jeffrey
Jeffrey
McWhorter
G. H. Hail
W. R. Jackson
T. B. Rice
Copelaw
Charlotte postmastership ends with Pope named to replace Mullen
Postmaster General Payne refused to reappoint Mullen over alleged bibulous habits. D K Pope is appointed in his stead after a heated political fight in Charlotte Minnesota. Senator Pritchard pushed for Mullen but Payne ordered immediate appointment of Pope to the office.
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Charlotte
MN. C
Payne
Mullen
D. K. Pope
Pope
Washington
Post Office Department
Senate
Department
Dr. McKelway
Presbyterian Standard
Pritchard
Bankers Tale From Richmond Convention
Indiana banker recounts Governor Tyler's tale of a farmer who asks for 1000 dollars for five years at high discount rates. The farmer brings collateral and signs notes, only to learn the note will yield 287.52 dollars after five years due to progressive discount. Woollen of Woollen, Webb & Co. figures in a second incident.
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W. W. Woollen
Woollen, Webb & Co
Murderers Buried Two Victims in Savannah Germans Attend War Hero Funeral
In Savannah and nearby, the victims Michael Schrenck and Jacob Carter were laid to rest after a robbery and arson at a Whiskery Hill store. The funeral drew many German citizens and a Grand Army post. a veteran comrade received military honors. Deputy MacRae Sweeny probes the crime. A separate item notes Raleigh considering selling swamp lands via state agent W. B. Rodman amid timber, wildlife, and cranberry bog potential across about 600000 acres.
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Savannah
Michael Schrenck
Jacob Carter
Whiskery Hil
Grand Army of the Republic
Carter
Macrxe Sweeny
Raleigh
N. C
State Board of Education
W. B. Rodman
Washington, N. C
Glameter
Bank Shortage Tales and Cash Waylays In 19th Century News
A jumble of anecdotes recount bank cash shortages and theft evasion. A detective probes a missing thousand dollars, a farmer and traveling con artist draw suspicion, and a Indianapolis bank cashier struggles with a $900 shortfall while a thousand-dollar bill mix up surfaces. Additional reminiscences recall 1853 panic and Civil War era tax receipts, with quirky references to currency miscounts and everyday miscommunications.
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Mr. Woollen
Harry
Adams
Mr. Adams
Indianapolis National Bank
Rexford
Mr. Rexford
Moory
Meridlin National Bank
Alberke Kopp
Anoki
M. R. Wilson
Sullivan
Famlis
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