A Wedding in The Governor's Office First Instance of the Kind
Coroner Gladden opens his first case of the 20th century with an inquest into the shooting death of William Russell by Jim DeGraffenreid on Monday afternoon. No witnesses. Halsell and DeGraffenreid, both colored youths, involved. Halsell about 14 and DeGraffenreid 17 who is still at large.
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Gladden
William Russell
Jim DeGraffenreid
Halsel
de Graffenreid
Halsell
Hinger
Chester
Inhumanon Verdict Over Will Lack Shelter Case
A chaotic multi-item dispatch reports a verdict related to a will dispute and shelter neglect, noting alleged responsibility by Will White, Sam Craig, and John Rowe. The text also covers a Capitol wedding led by Governor McSweeney, a Rock Hill inquest into Martha Jones’s death, and various local notices including a theft of registered mail near Rome and an assassination claim in Sumter.
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Ceromer
Sam Roseborough
Flowers
Jeaterslay
Ins
Cols
Martha Jones
Pete Conyers
Onyers
Winnsboro
Wm Rossborough
William Rosborough
White
Sam Craig
John Rowe
Superintendent McMahan Recommends $200000 School Appropriation
Superintendent McMahan urges the general assembly to approve a $200,000 appropriation for public schools, arguing the funds are necessary to support education and district needs.
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McMahan
General Assembly
Welty to vote for Quay in U S Senate race
Wayne sboro Pa Jan 4 Benjamin F Welty Republican from Franklin County says he will cast his vote for Quay for United States senator on Jan 15. He did not attend Harrisburg caucus where Quay was the unanimous choice of 195 Republicans and signed both Quay and anti Quay pledges but will honor his pledge to support caucus nominees. Quay backers say Welty’s switch gives them 137 votes. three absentees are certain to back him. Separate items note South Carolina convicts and Louisiana buying large forces for convict labor.
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Dave Owens
G EM Steel
Mr. Steel
JP Westbrook
Boonsville
Lee
Rock Hill
Virginia
Mr. W. Reid
Owens
Jack Owens
Aleew Cook
Dave
Pennsylvania
Hampton
Waynesboro
Benjamin F Welty
Franklin County
Quay
Welty
Harrisburg
Train Lifted From Track in Nevada Storm
A fierce windstorm battered Reno and nearby areas. A southbound Nevada, California and Oregon railway passenger train derailed at Doyles, 40 miles north of Reno, injuring four passengers and crew. A baggage car on the Virginia and Truckee express was blown off rails at Washington Mills. The Central Pacific depot roof and the roundhouse near Reno were damaged. Mr and Mrs Perry and their three children narrowly escaped injury when part of the second floor collapsed trapping them in debris.
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Nevada, California and
Oregon
Doyles
Reno
Virginia and Truckee Rails Road
Washington Mills
Here
Central Pacific
R W Perry
Perry
Indian mound unearthed near Crooked Creek South Carolina
At Crooked Creek in the sand hill area fifteen miles north of Bennetteville a dated mound yielded skeletons, bones, arrows and pottery after a hunt led by Captain Samuel Kirkpatrick. A nine foot long human skeleton was found deep under earlier relics.
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Bennetteville
S.C
Crooked Creek
Here
Samuel Kirkpatrick
A Life and a Death Fight
Mr. W Hines of Master Ir writes of a near miraculous escape from death due to exposure after measles causing lung trouble and consumption. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a complete cure after frequent hemorrhages and constant coughing. He says he would pay 65.00 per bottle and that hundreds have benefited from his recommendation. Regular sizes 50c and 1.00, trial bottles free at Crawford Bros Drug Store.
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W . Hines
Master
Dr. King
Crawford Bros
Self Cure Reported By West Jefferson Man
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio suffered rectal fistula for eighteen months. Doctors warned he would die without a costly operation. He reportedly cured himself using five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, billed as a sure pile cure, sold by Crawford Bres’ Druggist for 25 cents a box.
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Renick Hamilton
West Jefferson
Crawford Bres
Double Lynching Reported Near Madison Florida
Sheriff summoned from Knights of Pythias supper as a mob of about 100 men seized the jail keys and hanged two Black men suspected of murdering a white man. The incident underscores racial violence in Madison area amid tension and lawlessness.
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Madison
Fladay
Knights of Pythias
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Holmes Hull
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Marleboro
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