Charleston County school chief Weber accused of funds misdeeds
Long report details alleged warrant alterations and cash misappropriations by John L Weber as Charleston county school commissioner. It chronicles raised warrants, forged endorsements, private purchases charged to public funds, and balancing of accounts with Walker Evans & Cogswell. It notes investigations, resignations, and the ongoing state inquiry.
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John I. Weber
Charleston
News and Courier
Trinity College
North Carolina
Charleston County
Nis Posen
South Carolina
Damocles
Weber
Mayfield
Tillman
John L. Weber
Colcock
Isaac Hammond
Board of
School Trustees
Broad Street
Hammond
Sno-Her
Iveby
Mesars. Walker
Hvans & Cogswell
Walker, Evans & Cogswell
Mr. Weber
Walker,Evans & Cogswell
Berkeley
Colleton
Summerville
J. D.C. Porcher
Berkeley County
L. E. Larler
Sane
A. IL. DeHay
Berkley County
D. A. Bell
D. A. Cunningham
8. Cunningham
Fae Weeder
Pert
Asia
Prince Brown
Inspector alleges improper conduct by Weber and seeks recovery for public schools
State Superintendent W. D. Mayfield reports two districts suffer losses from unperformed work and improper funds taken from Charleston public schools. A warrant was issued against Weber, he was arrested January sixth in Charleston and posted bond. Mayfield urges steps to recover 1,237.83 for the treasury and asks enforcement of poll tax laws.
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Weber
Charleston
Court of General Sessions
Charleston County
W. D. Mayfield
Wreck on White Oak Bayou Breaks Railroad Line
Train wreckers delay rails along the Missouri Kansas and Texas line near White Oak Bayou. A passenger train passes safely but baggage and mail cars derail and slide down the embankment. Brakeman Joe Elliott is shot four times while aiding the freight train crew. Several others including Low Morris and Hatton are badly injured. A relief train is sent as posses patrol the scene.
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Houston
Tex
White Oak
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Joe Elliott
Low Morris
The Ermanace of an Orpnaval Founder in Spartanburg
The sudden death of Mrs. Joseph Jennings, founder of the Jennings Orphanage, shocks Spartanburg. Widow at eighteen, she and her husband adopted fifteen destitute children, turning a small five room cottage into a loving home.
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Spartanburg
Joseph Jennings
Jennings
Monsel Jennings
Cedar Spring
Glenn'Spring
Moes. Jennings
Peneene
Bishop Bonacum arraigned on criminal libel charge in Nebraska
Lincoln Neb Feb 9 for the first time a Catholic bishop faced a civil justice of the peace on a criminal libel charge. Thomas Bonacum is accused over a letter to Palmyra parish stating Father Michael J Corbett had been suspended and warning Catholics against communion. The bishop faced intense cross examination from Father David B Phelan who contended the suspension claim was false.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ifor
Thomas Bonacum
Palmyra
Michael J. Corbatt
All Catholica
Bonacum
David
Phelan
St. Louis
the Watchman
Bonaum Pad
Father Corbett
Convicted in Liquor Case at Adpensary Convention
Charles Jaggers and Gus Richards were tried before Trial Justice Leckie with Assistant Attorney General Barber and Paul Hemphill for the defendants. The six hour trial ended with a guilty verdict for Richards. Jaggers faced a $100 fine or 30 days in jail after his claim about the Unk containing liquor and sheriff’s key was noted. Richards was sent to jail to serve his sentence.
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Cilester
B. C
Charles Jaggers
Gus Richards
Williams
Leckie
Barber
Paul Hemphill
Gua Itichards
Jaggers
Tax machinery paralyzed by garbled South Carolina act
In Columbia on February 14 the garbled county government act from the last Legislature raises crisis questions. The act appears to repeal existing assessment laws after January 1, 1895, abolish township boards of assessors, and shift duties to county supervisors and road commissioners. Unclear provisions delay action, raising fear of court challenges and political paralysis until higher court rulings. Governor Tillman faces a puzzled response as officials await guidance.
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Columbia
John Gary Evans
County Board of Road Commissioners
County Boards of Equalization
Avalin
Supreme Court
Tillman
8. C
Capitol
Ilia Excellency
B. R Tulman
Joan Sirs
Logether
County Board of Commissioners
Thara
F& Supervisor
Cauvbol
Osmundd W. Buchanan
Sheriff Dickson Killed. Braddock Dead Near Rancho Grande
Wharton Texas reports Sheriff Hamilton Dickson killed near Rancho Grande while pursuit seized Braddock the suspected train robber and killer. Deputy Hope Hearatt Wells joined Columbus Sheriff Townsend and others. Braddock fired on them and was shot dead. Constable Townsend killed, Braddock previously jailed at Weimar after earlier train attack. Moore wounded in exchange of fire.
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Wharton
Texas
Hamilton Dickson
Townsend
Columbus
Hope
Hearatt and Wells
Braddock
Weimar
Rancho Grande
Sherif Dickson
Dickson
Slearalt
Hr. H. Moore
Moore
Beaddock
Judge Brawley Leaves Congress for Judicial Post
Judge Brawley of Let district resigns from the 53d Congress and will send his formal resignation to Governor Tillman from Charleston. In farewell, colleagues from both parties praise his long service and note his role on the steering committee. He will qualify and assume judicial duties immediately.
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Brawley
Washington
Tillman
Charleston
Tolman
Louse
Death of Representative Jaff Lee at Jonesville
Captain John St. Jeffries, a state legislator from the county and a Farmers' Alliance lecturer, died this morning in Jonesville after a week of illness from blood poisoning contracted while nursing a sick son after injuring a finger on a wire fence. He had recently traveled to Columbia for Clemson College trustees meetings. Old soldiers remember him from Manassas to Appomattox.
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Jaff Lee
Jonesville
John St. Jeffries
Jeffries
Columbia
Clemson College
Ile
Farmers’ Alliance
Kershaw
Manassas
Appomattox
Farmers Alliance Strength in South Carolina Reported
Secretary Duncan reports from Topeka that South Carolina has 15 000 paid up members and an overall state roll of 38 000 for the Farmers Alliance. He notes no national growth but steady presence with strong South Carolina ties and exchanges driving local strength. The article quotes a critique driven by a committee led by Marion Butler urging continued organization beyond party politics.
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Columbia
S.C
Duncan
National Farmers’ Alliance
Topeka
Kan
South Carolina
The
State Alliance
Order
Col. Duncan
North Carolina
Col
Alliance
North
Virginia
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Indiana
Michigan
Colorado
South Dakota
California
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Utah
L[ilinois
South
Marion Butler
N. Fr. A
I. A
America
Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Irene
Supreme Council
Thos
United States
Banker released on $10,000 bail in Wert murder case
Justice Gillespie ruled in the preliminary trial of George N. Henson for the murder of Jacob B. Wert, admitting Henson to bail set at 10000. The banker promptly posted the bond and was released from custody.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Gillespie
George N. Henson
Jacob B. Wert
Attorney General Opinion on County Government Act
The Attorney General reports that the new county government act does not create county boards until after the next general election. It explains that sections establish a county supervisor and county boards whose existence and duties begin only with appointment and election, leaving current county government in place until then.
Diver claims discovery of steamer Brother Jonathan
John I. Ivan, a submarine diver, says he has located the Brother Jonathan, lost July 3, 1860 near Crescent City with 147 aboard and $1,000,000 in treasure. He says a brass fixture bearing the ship’s name supports his claim and plans to recover the treasure next spring.
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San Francisco
John I
Ivan
Brother Jonathan
Cresent City
Ryan
Brother Jonthan
Puget Sound
Sas Ryan
G. W
Till
Jonathan
Charleston Chamber Marks 110th Anniversary Banquet
The Charleston Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 110th anniversary with a banquet. A morning resolution urged South Carolina senators to oppose the income tax clause of the tariff bill unless the entire bill would be jeopardized. A special committee was appointed to oppose the Patterson bill amending the interstate commerce act and to seek changes in freight-rate discrimination against Southern ports.
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Charleston
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
South Carolina
Mystery of the Swamps Spurs a Dead Man Search
In Columbia South Carolina yesterday two frightened witnesses led police to a swamp near the Hampton place trestle where a white man’s body was reportedly found. Despite hours of rain soaked searching no corpse was located and the coroner planned further inquiry with witnesses to uncover the truth behind the mysterious death and possible desperado ties.
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CoLumbia
Eilie Mayera
Carrie Jefferson
Jones
Atlantic Coast
Lampton
Min
Hampton Place
Lodia
Oelock Coroise
Havatotore
Coronac Road
Oliver Jones
Oliser
Ifa
Leloves
Killing in Dark Corner Leaves Pittman Dead
Greenville reports another killing in the Dark Corner. Aly Pittman dies after a fight with Steve Lileward and Mitchell Howard at Glassy Mountain near John Reator’s house. The incident followed a morning altercation with Shack Soward and led to an inquest by Trial Justice Mitchell.
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Greenville
Steve Lileward
Big Tlill
Sootson
Aly Pittman
John Reator
Glassy Mountain
Pittman
Old Shack Soward
Mitchell Howard
Shack
Anderson
Steve I Howard
Ioward
Iloward
Mitchell
Sloward
News and Courier
Mine Roof Collapse Traps Thirteen Men at Kingston Coal
A cave in at the Gaylord mine of Kingston Coal Co in Plymouth Pa traps thirteen workers in a gangway after a roof collapse. Rescue crews battle to reach the entombed men as air supply fails and relatives gather in sorrow.
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Pitifal Gamondone
Wilkesbarke
Gaylord
Kingston Coal Company
Plymouth
Baltimore
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