Durham Indignation Meeting Demands Jury Reform
Citizens of Durham hold mass meeting at the courthouse to protest the Reuben Barbee verdict and to draft a bill to reform jury selection. The assembled crowd, including business and professional leaders, urged law and order while seeking changes ahead of the legislature. Parallel meetings occurred in West Durham with similar resolutions.
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Durham
Reuben Barbee
Court House
Wii
Ite
Anc
J. &. Michie
Jas. H. Southgate
Southgate
Michie
Jerome Dowd
L. B. Turnpull
C. Bb. Green
Geo. W. Watts
C. C. Taylor
P. A. Brown
N. C
Reuber Barbee
William Cole
C. B. Green
Mr. Green
Green
West Durham
Trained Nurses Offer Private Nursing at Watts Hospital
Watts Hospital nurses available for private nursing of patients not treated at the hospital. Applications must go through the attending physician to the matrons. Paying patients are charged by agreement. those unable to pay in town receive free nursing with equal care. Trustees seek to create a valuable community service in Durham. George W. Watts and J D Hall of Gorman were in the city yesterday.
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Watts Hospital
Durham
George W. Watts
Inauguration of UNC President E A Alderman
The UNC inauguration program at Chapel Hill includes music by the Mandolin Club and Glee Club, addresses by faculty and students leaders, and a reception by Gov. Russell. Induction of Prof E A Alderman as president will occur January 27 with remarks from Chicago University president William Rainy Harper and Columbia’s Nicholas Murray Butler.
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E. A. Alderman
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hall
Durham
Mandolin Club
B. F. Dixon
Robert Henry Wright
Kemp Plummer Lattle
Alumni Association
Chapel ‘Hill
Southern Railway
Superior Court Dispositions and Legislative Notes
Saturday's superior court proceedings include guilty verdicts in State vs Henry for battery with costs assessed, State vs Cad Webby for assault with a deadly weapon, and multiple cases of assault by weapon with various judgments. A divorce case Annie Gray vs Alliows is noted, with com sine die at five. Separate dispatches cover ex Senator Martin predicting Nebraska cabinet representation and populist tendencies, slavery relic abolition bills in Dover, and a House rivers and harbors committee survey trip to Mobile New Orleans Sabine Pass Houston Buffalo Bayou Galveston with plans for deep water.
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Henry
Moses Vi Arid
Cad
Malavanite
Jas. Burch
Assa
Pam ‘Ment
Annie Gray
Aliows
Dover
Dela
Delianee Hall
House
Mobile
New Orleans
Sabine Pass
Houston
W. Bryant
Washington
Suny
R. H. Clark
Southern Pacific Steamship Company
Opera “Sonn Seach
Sabine Passo
Buffalo Bayou
Galveston
Tennessee River
Durham County Philosopher Skewers Seeley Dinner Satire
L D Vann mocks Seeley dinner in New York and political pretensions as Judge Allen prepares to hold court in Oxford then Rockingham. Vann satirizes reformers and social elites while railing at hypocrisy in Fifth Avenue circles. Describes Parkhurst and Lexow committee actions and urges reform.
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Motherive
Pere
Adam
David B. Hill
Wolfert
David B
Davia
Rhodes
India
Greenland
Iey Mountains
Seeley
New York
Reason
Dr. Parkhurst
Lexow Committee
Rome
Sherry
Fifth Avenue
Senegambia
Parkhurst
Colonel Sin
Babylon
L. D. Vann
Allen
Oxford
Rockingham
Trial over demurrer in American Tobacco conspiracy case
Judge Fitzgerald of General Session overruled demurrers in the American Tobacco Company indictment charging officers with conspiracy to monopolize cigarette trade. The ruling holds individuals can be criminally liable for acts beyond corporate acts and notes that proof of unlawful agreement could amount to coercion or intimidation if proven.
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New York
Fitzpore
American Tobacco Company
Janis B. Duke
Wm. H. Butler
N. A. Marburg
Lewis Ginter & Co
Geo. W. Watts
Josiah Brown
Charles
Fitzgerald
Cparate
Beb
Bar
West Point field trial closes second series and tragedy follows
The West Point field trial in Mississippi reports cloudy to clear weather aiding all age pointer events. Rip Rap wins Derby with Elgin Dash close behind. six dogs enter second series with Ven Gull Virginia and Rip Pap Sister Sue among pairings. Rip Rap vastly outperforms peers and is favored for the age stake, while a young death follows pneumonia after illness.
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West Point
Miss
Alto
Rip Rap
Bar Harbor Kennels
F. G. Durham
Elgin
Dash
Rip Saw
Delhian
Delhi
Tippo
Crackerjack
Ven Gull
Virginia
Founs Rip Pap
Sister Sue
Tippoo
Wigin
Sue
Yypoo
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Berenda College
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Boston Athletic Association
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Gorman
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Webster's ‘International Dictionary
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