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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1907
Page
1
The article recounts Thaw case juror selection with Southern juror from New Orleans, notes Thaw’s pleasure at a Louisiana judge candidate, and reports family presence in court. It also mentions delays from juror challenges and a public reform meeting in Raleigh regarding the reform school proposal.
Durham, Jan 29. An accidental shooting near the Barbee home killed eight year old Allie Barbee when Marvin Barbee fired a gun they were handling. The boy died after an operation in Durham. Mrs. Mary Lengley, 67, died from severe burns suffered when her clothing caught fire near a fireplace days earlier.
Senator Beveridge continued his speech on child labor in Washington reporting affidavits about Southern cotton mills. He asserts many children under 12 are employed in these mills despite restrictions and outlines working conditions.
Washington January 29 The House committee of the whole revised the chair ruling on free seeds for Congressional distribution and adopted the amendment in the agricultural appropriation bill from last year, constraining the free distribution of seeds.
Fall River Mass January 20 The New York New Haven and Hartford has advanced the pay of captains pilots and mates of the Fall River fine Steamers.
The North Carolina board of education adopts The Young Folks History of North Carolina and a civics text by J W Peele with supplementary readings by R D Connor and W C Allen. A fire insurance policy bill and a passenger rights measure face Senate votes with varying support. Also steamer Ocmulgee launches between Brunswick and New York. Rock Hill reports local moves and accidents. Chapel Hill store incident injures Mr Neville. President nominates postmasters Estelle Comeres and O L James to North Carolina and Virginia respectively.
A joint Senate House committee on railroads and public service asks Southern Railway Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line for 27 detailed inquiries. Questions cover property values salaries assets mileage finances and inter state vs intra state costs. The Atlantic Coast Line faces stock distributions to Wilmington Wilmington and Weldon stockholders. The Jamestown Exposition funding bill awaits ratification. Curator Brimley returns from Norfolk to arrange North Carolina state exhibit preparations.
Washington January 29 Representative Livingstone of Georgia urged favorable action on a resolution for a Department of Commerce and Labor investigation into cotton market fluctuations on the New York Cotton Exchange. He denounced extensive futures dealings, warned growers and spinners are at the mercy of speculators, and noted the loss of 11 of 30 cotton classifications. He mentioned a libel threat over his push and offered $500 to aid prosecution of the suit against him.
In Shelburne Falls Massachusetts a collision between an express and an extra weight freight train at South River killed four employees and left several others injured. The wreck occurred as trains collided at the junction, authorities reported.
On January 28 in Saku Transcaucasia seven thousand six men employed at the Four Naptha Works walked out. The strike centers on demands for a bonus for 4906 and is part of broader unrest as a general strike is planned.
The coroner's inquest into W. P. Fife's death at the St. James Hotel found fatty degeneration of the heart caused the fatal event. The Denver mining broker's remains lie at an undertaker's and relatives decide final disposition. Associates say he was worth about 250000, much from Goldfield stock gains.
Citizens meet in city hall to urge legislation authorizing a bond issue not to exceed 100000 for schools streets water and sewerage. A committee will present the plan to the legislature while the group also determines an offer to federal officials for a post office site at city park set at 10000.
Fourteen fishermen are adrift after ice floes broke apart in the Baltic Sea near Riga. They were swept out to sea as winds drove the floes apart. In Washington the canal plan to reorganize Isthmian Canal Commission drew Senate committee support for a director general position.
A serious revolt has broken out in Kediri province on Java in the Dutch East Indies. About 300 natives took up arms, with many Dutch officials and adherents killed or wounded. The vice governor is reported wounded and the chief of police may be among the casualties as troops are dispatched.
A Greenville girl May Foster, 16, was reported abducted by traveling man John M. Dempster in a case that unfolds from Greenville to Charlotte. Railway detective Rager aided in the arrest at the Central Hotel in Petersburg. Foster denies responsibility while detailing a plan to return home with Dempster’s help.
A fragmented report notes passage of an anti Jug bill amid garbled text. The readable portions reference legislative action and a building context. Names and dates are obscured by OCR errors, leaving unclear jurisdiction and outcomes.
Norfolk reports the ocean barge John A Briggs passed in the capes with her bow staved in, evidently from a collision. Details are sparse and the incident awaits fuller reporting.
Jan 29 dispatches report Governor Mata led armed troops to surprise a secret political meeting in Cara, Curaçao. In the ensuing fighting Mata and several others were killed or wounded, including the troops commander. Also, the U S Comptroller called for a statement on national banks’ condition as of January 26.
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