Duckworth Faces Threats as Georgia Post Office Fight
Edward L. Duckworth, recently named postmaster at Sharon in Taliaferro County, Ga., reports threats of violence and hostile demonstrations from opponents. A coffin reading Radicals must die appeared on his porch and men entered his home to coerce resignation. officials pledge protection and dispatch inspectors and a marshal to Sharon to investigate. Duckworth was endorsed by reputable citizens as an honest, capable candidate.
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Georgia
PostoMco Inspectora
Seot Down
Washington
Edward L. Duckworth
Ab Sharon
Taliaferro County
Post Office Department
Duckworth
Sima Rely
Menu
Oneral
Clarkson
Wanamaker
Ile
Post Office
Sharon
Miller
United States
Conspiring Heir to Paris Abdication Foiled in France
Paris reports a royalist plot to invade France with a letter from the Count de Paris announcing abdication. The conspirator, claimed to be the Duke of Orleans, aimed to trigger a coup d etat before authorities detained him. The act violated laws barring heads of reigning families from entry.
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Paris
Louis Neépoleon
Boulonge
Consecance
Orleans
Aday
France
Sensational Renegotiation of Newberry Augusta Route
Columbia February 10 Motive force Col Johnson general manager of the three Cn Road with Dr Black is in Columbia to arrange with contractors for building the Newberry and Augusta branch. First forty five miles to be completed in eighteen months. Rumor of shifting terminus to Port Royal to capture harbor traffic. Appletons offer incentives to Port Royal developers. Emigrants: Sixty colored workers head to Arkansas last week seeking land. others follow this week.
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Great Road
News and Courier
Blacksburg
Newberry
Col. Johnson
Augusta
Port Royal
Appletons
Seaboard
Col Johoson
Charleston
South Carolina Railway
Ife
N.G. Q
Riot in a Virginia church leaves two dead
In Cuantorre North Carolina a Virginia county church riot after a pastor accused a man of infidelity. Thomas Coleman leapt up and fatally struck Jeremiah Ferguson as several deacons attempted to eject him. Coleman fled and was later missing. Edward Clawson Robert Edwards John Peeby were injured.
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Cuantorre
N. C
Virginia
Sparta
I. C
Joseph M. Strooke
Thomas Coleman
Coleman
Jeremiah Ferguson
Edward Clawson
Robert Edwards
John Peeby
Tobacco culture in Florence urged as profit for region
F M Rodgers of Florence writes to Charleston Chamber of Commerce president Tupper arguing tobacco will become the staple money crop in the area within a year or two. He cites rising acreage, profits per acre, factory stock nearly subscribed, and notes soil and cultivation issues in Spartanburg.
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Florence
F. M. Rodgers
Tupper
Chamber of Commerce of
Charleston
Rodgers
Tflorence
Y. Tupper
Dean Sin
Marion
Darlington
Sumter
Clarendon
Lancaster
Spartanburg
PF. M. Ropcens, Jr
Clemson College Begins Work on Plantations and Buildings
Col R B Bowen returns from Fort Hill where the Executive Committee of Clemson College meets to review property, site selection, and building plans. The State will furnish fifty convicts for plantation and housing work, and a committee will visit Mississippi to study agricultural college methods. next meeting is at Pendleton. Between 1500 and 2000 visitors have toured Fort Aill since July.
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Esley
Central
Col. R. &. Bowen
Fort Hill
Clemson College
Mississippi
Agricultural College
Pendleon
Fort Aill
The New Conspiracy and Congressional Graft Claims
A critical editorial alleges a Reed Quay brokered deal to elect a Speaker and pass favored measures. It warns of planned controls over elections and big- spend influences, urging Democrats to oppose unconstitutional legislation while supporting essential funding.
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Reed
Quay
P Neylvania
Quey
Maine
Pennsylvania
Quay-Reed
Mesars
United States
Congress
Republicans secure house rules amid caucus clashes
A Washington dispatch reports the Republican majority has produced its new House rules and filled the hall for a caucus. Democrats, lacking copies, hear Carlisle read from a private copy as indignant objections arise. Democrats seek reasonable time and debate before consideration, with concessions expected from Republicans to avoid obstacles.
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Washington
House
Holman
Carlisle
Springer
Treasury
Majority Managera
Colossal Scoundrel of the Century The New York World Unearths Quay
The New York World prints a nine column biography of Matthew Stanley Quay to be continued. It details his early political start in 1865, alleged bribery schemes, forgery and embezzlement, and his rise as state treasurer. The piece portrays Quay as unscrupulous, a habitual gambler, and a debauchee with no redeeming acts.
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New York World
Matthew Stanley Quay
Hoar
Massachusetts
Quay
Pennsylvania
Curtin
United States
Cameron
Kemble
Beaver
I.a
Coroner Holds Inquest After Officer Kills Suspect
Cuariesvon Feb 12. Coroner S T Burch shot and killed a man caught stealing potatoes. He surrendered to the sheriff, was released on a $2000 bond, and an inquest yesterday returned a verdict in line with the coroner’s findings.
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Cuariesvon
8. C
Florence County
T. Burch
Bis Yard
Burch
Methodist Church Plans National University in Washington
The Post reports the Methodist church plans a national university in Washington with Bishop Hurst leading the effort. An option has been paid on a ninety acre site on the Tennallytown road near Oak View, former home of ex President Cleveland, for about $10,000, with the property to be sold for $100,000.
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Washinaton
the Post
The
Methodist Church
Tennallytown Road
Oak View
Eight Democrats flee Montana Senate to dodge sergeant at arms
After the Senate adjourned in Henena on February 9 eight Democratic senators ignored Lieutenant Governor Richards ruling on their presence and departed by train heading beyond the state line. Their continued absence will block all legislation.
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Henena
Mont
Senate
Richarda
An Attempt to Blackball Cleveland for Society
A New York meeting of the Society of Medical Jurisprudence debated Grover Cleveland’s fitness for membership. Lawyer John J. Delaney attacked Cleveland, citing past appeals to aid a British prisoner and a dynamite plot case, but Cleveland ultimately was elected with only Delaney objecting.
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Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
New York
Society of Medical Jurisprudence
John J. Delaney
Delaney
United States
Cheliksey
Thomas Gallagher
Brooklyn
Europe
London
Osborne
Mr. Cleveland
Tirat
Ae. Delaney
Cotton Going Ahead With February Department Figures
February returns from the Department of Agriculture show nine tenths of the cotton crop reported in sight or in small stocks. State averages list Virginia through Texas, with prices per bushel and lint proportions. Insects and boll worm damage varied by state, Georgia and the Carolinas faring comparatively better.
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South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansag
Tennessee
Carolinas
Arkansas
Lexus
Caroline
Gulf Coast
Louisiania
Chauncey Depew Tricks Western Guest With Old Stories
A Brooklyn Eagle item recounts Chauncey Depew impressing a Western visitor at a New York dinner. The guest complains of hearing Depew's old tales yet is swept away by his witty anecdotes once a second guest offers fresh material. The daughter finally learns the entertainer's name was Chauncey Depew.
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Tita
Chauncey
Mrs. Gilpin
West
New York
Ife
Chauncey Depew
Ee Depew
Brooklyn Eagle
Republican Gerrymander Bill Shocks House in Ohio Row
A dispatch reports Representative Wickham proposing a bill to require Ohio's next Congress members be elected from current districts. It aims to block further gerrymandering by the Democratic legislature, challenging Reed's rulings and stirring Democrat fears and GOP power moves.
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Atlanta Constitution
Wickham
Ohio
House
Reeds
Congress
Reed
Newberry County Tragedy Involving Farmer and Family
A farmer James B. Clary near Newberry attempted to shoot his daughter on a Saturday afternoon. In a frenzy he struck his wife with a hatchet, seriously injuring her. Clary was jailed after neighbors reported the incident. Authorities suspect delirium tremens or mental imbalance as the cause. He has a history of DTs and previously harmed his son during a prior episode. His wife, described as Miss Vernon of Charleston, is in danger from her wounds.
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Newberry
James B. Clary
Clary
Ricar
Charleston
Miss Vernon
Death of Morrison Avery Traced to Poison Joke
A Morganton woman reports Morrison Avery died after mistaking carbolic acid for medicine. Two roommates allegedly took a bottle labeled Pure Rye Whisky to another room as a prank and exposed Avery to the poison, causing rapid collapse and death within twenty minutes.
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Charlotte Chronicle
Morrison R. Avery
Moran
Morganton
Harvey White
Morrison Avery
Morrison
Gerrymandering Critique on Ohio Politics
The piece argues Republicans should not complain about Ohio’s gerrymandering while noting the Democrats face similar abuses. It states Ohio’s districting yields 79,951 Democratic votes per seat versus 26,003 Republican votes, a 53,248 advantage for Democrats, describing the practice as objectionable and dishonest.
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Boston
Merald
Ohio
Congress
Flagler to Open Grand Presbyterian Church at St Augustine
Billionaire HL M Flagler funds a near finished Presbyterian church in St Augustine Florida. The design is composite and estimated to cost 400000 plus dollars as a memorial to his daughter who died on a yacht near Charleston. Flagler also built a Methodist church in the same city. Mary Anderson publicly acknowledges her movement with Na varro of New York.
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HL. M. Flagler
St. Augustine
Fla
America
Flagler
Charleston Harbor
Methodista
Mary Anderson
Young Navarro
New York
South Carolina Board of Agriculture discusses national board and okra trials
The South Carolina State Board of Agriculture met in Columbia on February 7. Ex-Governor Hagood was re-elected chairman. The four acre fish pond lot in Columbia was allocated to President McByrdes for the year. The board refused an agricultural experiment station near Charleston, and recognized R H Ferguson of Buffalo for colony-planting efforts. They endorsed a national board of agriculture and a congress report mail program. Experiments on okra fiber were assigned to Director McBryde with monthly progress reports. The prize acre corn achievement by Z Q Drake was celebrated and future crop results requested. A state farmers institute was planned for Ridge Spring with encouragement for county institutes.
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McByrds
State Agricultural Society
Charleston
R. Hi. Ferguson
Buffalo
N. Y
South Carolina
National Board OF Agriculture
Col Duncan
New Jersey Board of Agriculture
Washington
New Jersey Board
Boards of Agriculture
Congress
Darlington and
Spartanburg Experiment Station
McBryde
Commissioner of Agriculture
Hagood
State Board of Agriculture of
United States
Z. Q. Drake
Porcher
Drake
Farmers’ Institutes
Farmers’ Institute
Ridge Spring
Edgefield County
Young Duke of Orl eons jailed for two years in Paris court
The Duke of Orleans son of the Count and Countess of Paris was found guilty of violating exile laws and sentenced to two years in prison. Spectators shouted for the army and republic as gendarmes cleared the crowded tribunal. He may appeal from Conciergie prison.
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Duke of Orleans
Seine
Orleans
Republic
France
Conciergie
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