State News Brevities Touch on Mines Telephony and Crime
Wake Forest College gains mention along with a gold find in Chat County in Montana. Greensboro plans telegraphy, a railway survey wraps near Bes City to Crouses station, and towns report crimes, fires, and accidents including a boy killed at Edenton and a man jailed for manslaughter. Also noted are donors to hospitals, flax and cotton mill plans, and weather impacts on crops.
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Dow
Chat County
Montana
Greensboro
Bescity
Crouses Station
Campbell
Mitchell
Beaufort
Tam
Roul
Askins
Messrs
Ee Fam
Immense frost damage hits Maryland peach crop in March
Baltimore reports extensive cold weather damage to Maryland peach orchards with growers from Knoxville to Cumberland Valley also alarmed. Jacksonville hotel lease owner Dwight Doolittle vanishes amid creditors, while Tennessee sues former officials over excess interest paid on bonds. Immigrant movement grows, land sales rise in the South, and a Knoxville area suicide linked to despondency is noted.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Dwight Doolittle
Granada
Jacksonville
Fla
Wilmington
North Carolina
Memphis Appeal- Avalanche
C. D. Meredith
Knoxville
Tenn
Cumberland Valley
Nashville
State of Tennessee
John P. Buchanan
M. F. House
J. W. Allen
Cuatuam
N. Y
Martin Johns
J. M. Johns
Hudson
Manufacturers’ Record
Florida
Georgia
Boston
Mass
Leiber Mitchell
St. Augustine’s Church
Phillips Street
West End
Episcopal Church
Barker
Western Diocese
Colorado
Mitchell
Father Field
Millionaire Palmer of Saltville Fails in Virginia
Ricumont Va March 28 George W Palmer of Saltville long regarded as the second wealthiest man in Virginia has failed He was a millionaire who sold mineral property for 1 000 000 and owned salt works that supplied most of the South during the war
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Ricumont
George W. Palmer
Saltville
Virginia
South
Fire at Wilmington Injures, Traps Victim Amid Smoke
A blaze at Front and Orange streets in Wilmington, N C trapped Emanuel Mitchell or John Silva who suffocated before recovery. Hattie Carter, on Ann street, was heavily burned while her clothing ignited. doctors fear for her recovery. In Washington the Interior Secretary asked Treasury for 10 225 000 to fund April pension payments to Detroit Pittsburg Milwaukee Des Moines Concord Chicago Buffalo Boston.
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Wilmington
N. C
Front
Orange Streets
Emanuel Mitchell
John Silva
Hattie Carter
Ann Street
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
Detroit
Mich
Pittsburg
Milwaukee
Wis
Des Moines
Iowa
Concord
N. H
Chicago
Ill
Buffalo
N. Y
Boston
Mass
Fraudulently Claimed Pensions Highlight Nebraska Case
Secretary Morton cites a Nebraska letter from a Civil War veteran exposing 61 company members drawing 6 to 24 dollars monthly without ever serving in combat or sustaining a disability. He notes one guard member convicted of robbery still drawing 12 dollars and questions total fraudulent pensions.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Morton
Nebraska
Noted Baltimore Canner Shoots Self in Front Street Shop
John Conway, longtime canning and tinware dealer on Front Street, killed himself in a store on Harrison Street after requesting a pistol and threatening the clerk. Once wealthy, Conway faced recent business failures that eroded his mind and led to the fatal act.
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Baltimore
John Conway
Front Street
Harrison Street
Conway
New Paltz Man Carl A Miller Takes His Life
Carl A Miller a prominent young man of New Paltz committed suicide early this morning. His body was found in a chair at his workplace with a bullet wound to the temple and a revolver beside him. He had recently failed to finance a Rosendale business venture and a love affair disappointment is noted as a probable motive. He moved from Poughkeepsie to New Paltz about a year ago.
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New Pau’z
N. Y
Carl A. Miller
Rosendale
New Paltz
Poughkeepsie
Petition raises eyebrows in Senate tariff debate
Washington March 28 an extraordinary incident unfolded in the Senate when Senator Higgins of Delaware introduced a petition said to be from several thousand New England businessmen opposed to the Wilson tariff bill. The document, addressed to Senator David Bennett Hill rather than Higgins, carried a letter by Leonidas L. Hamilton urging Senator Hill to present the protest to protect New England industries. Senator Hawley and Senator Hoar investigated the misaddressed paper, and it was then turned over to Higgins for presentation.
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Washington
Senate
Higgins
Delaware
New England
New
New York
Trap sets catch a thief in Dutchess County store raid
PouuGHKEEPSIE March 27 W A Davidson of New York formerly a traveling salesman for Hipp Didesheimer Brother was arrested here charged with robbing the Welles Zimmer man jewelry store Davidson lured by a December call for goods and a February visit he arrived on the Hudson River train and after being left alone in the store began to rummage jewelry trays officer James McDonald watched from a rear partition and arrested him as Welles returned diamonds studs sleeve buttons and other items were found on him
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Sn River
Frankae
W. E. Hull
Shelby
Ae College
John F. Morris
Charlotte
Morris
Philadelphia
Wake Forest College
Raleigh
Law School
Patterson
Cabarrus County
George W. Patson
Concord
W.R Kendley
Mt. Pleasant
Fayetteville
Roberts
Harrington Hill
Plank Road
Atkinson
Benton
Ed. Blackman
W. M. Summers
Webaster
Hudson
John Lingle
Lenoir
Messrs
Hackburn & Willet
Weather Bureau
New Berne Journal
J. C. Bates
Union County
Union
Aspen
Colorado
Isaac Bates
Washington
Stonewall
H. H. Dowdy
J. W. Lewis
Milton Chronicle
Cullowhee High School
Painter
N. C
Chas. E. Taylor
Geo. T. Winston
The
State University
Alex. Rose
Surry Court
Alleghany
Grand Jury
Surry
Ashe County
Wilkes
Rose
F. R. McCraw
Ken Anderson
Dobson
Heville
Edward Plamondon
Alderman N. Plamondon
West Asheville
Mr. Plamondon
Elles
Davidson
Welles
Ince
Hudson River
James McDonald
Mr. Welles
Ed Wililver
Davidson accused thief linked to pawn tickets and jewelry
Police recovered watches and several jewelry items from Davidson. Inside a pocket were pawn tickets issued by seven New York brokers totaling about 200 dollars face value. Davidson allegedly left a watch to be sold, which a firm in New York returned with a note stating it did not belong to them. Quinard Brothers jewelry firm reports a similar incident.
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New York
Welles
Davidson
Quintard Brothers
Catholics Rally Against A P A in Knoxville Fight
In Knoxville Tennessee the Catholic community clashes with the American Protective Association A P A newly organized there. The A P A targets two Republican county candidate nominees for boycott one due to Catholic faith and the other because his wife is Catholic. The boycott is seen as a factor that could defeat those candidates.
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Knoxville
Tenn
American Protective Association
Troy Election Frauds Hearings Resume In Albany
The special committee investigating Troy election irregularities heard numerous witnesses. Allegations include repeat voting by a man named Red Moen, duplicated ballots, unsealed registers, up to 100 challenged ballots, and posters inside polling booths. Republicans claimed multiple improper practices and witnessed repeat voting and clerks altering ballots.
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Albany
Troy
Red” Moen
Moen
H. H. Darling
Seventh Ward
Tews
Clarence E. van Sandt
Thomas O'Neil
Joseph A. Leggett
Er. V. Davis
Strikers Concluded to Return at Astoria Silk Works
Long Island City March 27 Striking weavers at the Astoria Silk Works Steinway section return to work after threats of overtime. They demand ten hour days and lower overtime pay. Superintendent Mattmann promises an answer Friday. Half the workers resumed, others stayed away. In other notices New Britain Knitting Company workers strike over wage cuts and Harney Brothers shoe workers walk out over price increases.
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Long Island City
Lone Island City
L. I
Astoria
Mattman
New Brita
Conn
New Britain Knitting Company
Eger
Lynn
Mase
Harney Brothers
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