04 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
Columbus Enquirer Sun
Location
Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1886
Page
1
Charleston and Savannah report a sharp quake with building collapses and a white woman killed. The fright among the colored population is described in vivid terms as they flee, pray, and seek shelter while authorities coordinate relief and aid from federal and local bodies.
The Canadian Methodist general conference gathers in New Brunswick with ministers and laymen, detailing unity of empire and church sovereignty. Dr. Carman delivers an address praising unity, while a New Brunswick court injunction on ecclesiastical discipline is noted as a test of church authority.
Greenville reports Deputy Adair died after a pursuit of six prisoners including John Smith, who was captured and hanged nearby with mobs on the way to the jail. In Memphis, James Simpson and Patterson Bell, two Black prisoners, were hanged at Marva Arkansas after confessing, with the drop at 120 ppm and both pronounced dead two minutes later.
The State Department expects Judge Manning of New Orleans to depart for Mexico within two to three weeks to relieve Mr. Jackson, who will remain until Manning arrives. Assistant Secretary Porter says Manning will travel soon, health issues delaying timing, while consul Pereh could have been chosen as chargé d'affaires if needed. Missouri supporters note his high regard at the department.
Anson Benedict arrives as chief clerk of the public printer’s office and will lead the staff in a sweeping overhaul. He aims to curb alleged pro democratic bias among about 2400 employees and enforce tighter discipline with substantial fiscal backing and new staffing rules.
The Public Debt Statement shows a decline in the treasury net cash balance by 3.68 million dollars. July 31 balance was 50.21 million, yesterday 76.53 million, with total holdings including subsidiary silver down by about 4.33 million. Increases in liabilities from the national bank redemption fund and post office accounts, plus transfer checks and drafts, explain the changes. Gold holdings have fallen.
A Dallas county gathering called by Mayors Brown Crutcher and County Judge Bower approved a structured relief plan for west Texas drought victims. Provisions include depots for contributions seed wheat storage and five member committees at each site to oversee receipts distributions and transport via rail lines. An estimated $50 000 in cash provisions medicines clothing and seeds was anticipated from Dallas County.
Failures occurred nationwide last week per R G Dun Co totals 190 with 166 in the United States and 24 in Canada. The Western and Pacific states account for nearly half of the casualties, compared with 201 last week and 116 the week before.
The Democratic convention of Alabama's sixth district at Fayette Court House nominated John H. Bankhead on the 154th ballot to succeed John M. Martin. Bankhead's nomination was announced from Birmingham on September 3.
In Augusta on September 3 C H Murphy of N W Murph & Co shoe dealers died by suicide in a fit of temporary insanity shooting himself through the head.
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