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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1894
Page
3
A broad recap of 1900 era NC agricultural and local incidents. Reports include cotton and tobacco yields, freeze damage to grapes and fruit, rail and train incidents, fires, crime, legal actions, and local notable moves across towns such as Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, and Winston.
News brief summarizes Judge La Combe ruling denying habeas corpus for John Y. McKane in New York. Additional dispatches report Rio Grande do Sul still in federal hands, South Carolina railroad foreclosed sale, a Georgia murder verdict of not guilty for Frank Wilkerson, Wheeler & Merrill strikers facing armed guards in Uniontown, and Tillman dismissing unwilling militia companies in South Carolina during the Darlington episode.
A five story Rover building in Bluefield burned to the ground this morning. The first floor housed 8 P Gray furniture and J F Suface groceries. Several families lived on upper floors. A nearby private residence was destroyed. Value total about 15000 dollars with partial insurance.
Fire razed nine-building Glamorgan Works and Pipe Foundry in Lynchburg Virginia destroying two Bonsack cigarette machines. The blaze left 237 men unemployed with a loss around 100000 dollars and 65000 dollars covered by insurance as the origin remains a mystery.
In Wiosita Kansas on April 10, Daltons or rival train robbers attempted to loot Rock Island train No. 1 near Pond Creek in Oklahoma Territory. Express messenger Jake Harmon shot and killed the first attacker with dynamite. Bandits wounded one pursuer and two horses were captured. others escaped with no loot.
J Lee Koiner’s three story roller mill at Crimora near Basic City burned last night. The mill housed roller machinery and was valuable. six thousand bushels of wheat and 150 barrels of flour were lost. Total damage about 17 000 dollars, insured for 4 000 in London Mutual.
Judge Goff in the U S Circuit Court issues a decree for the foreclosure and sale of the Richmond and Danville Railroad in the case Central Trust Company of New York vs Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. The Master Commissioner report stands with exceptions for 30 days and priority questions remain open. Separate Washington property sale is provided. West Point warehouses and $1,000,000 Piedmont Railroad first mortgage bonds excluded.
The decree orders a sale of the road before July but questions linger over mortgage acknowledgment and recorded liens under Virginia law. Commissioners Keran Pleasants and Price were appointed to conduct the sale, with possible appeals by the Western Union, Pullman Palace, and Standard Oil concerns.
Keeling and Corbin, owners of the Cabell tobacco warehouse, assigned this day for creditors. Liabilities total 17000 with assets 10000. Local creditors. Meanwhile crowds attend the revival led by Rev. Dr. H. M. Wharton in the tabernacle despite bad weather.
Berlin observers watched as Herr Dowe wore a bullet proof coat and stood as a rifle was aimed at him. A second shot at the heart failed to injure him. Bullets remained embedded in the coat, showing protection for the chest while the arms legs and head remained unprotected.
Ex treasurer Hemingway speaks for the first time since his 1880 imprisonment for embezzling three hundred thousand dollars. He asks the Governor for pardon, declaring innocence and highlighting his ancestry and past integrity while noting current poverty. Public opinion in Jackson, Mississippi, is divided on the governor’s possible action.
Washington April 10 The Treasury reports a net balance near 127 million dollars after rapid expenditures. April receipts around 7.41 million for the first third portend a 23 million monthly total while outlays reach 28 million excluding April interest of 5.5 million.
In Pomeroy Ohio on April 11 a steel plant mishap at King Gilbert and Warner in Middleport caused a mass of molten steel to spill into a pit where about sixty workers stood. Ten men were severely burned and four are expected to die.
An explosion sent white hot metal in two directions injuring about thirty men, with ten named severely burned. Physicians treated the injured and they were sent home. a steam cloud was visible for miles.
April reports show Ashland Wisconsin with two feet of snow the worst storm of the season. Ford Wisconsin endured a blindling snow day with six inches of heavy wet snow and ongoing snowfall. Palmyra Illinois faced rain sleet and high winds with ice on trees. Madison Wisconsin recorded sleet and easterly gales harming early vegetables. Tronwoop Michigan reported a fierce storm with no abatement. Cuippewa Falls Wisconsin noted heavy snow since Sunday night with up to one foot by last night.
Thomas J. Talbott assigns all assets of Pace Talbott & Co to trustees William Seger and Jas. P. Harrison due to ill health and inability to meet debts. Assets include residence, factory plant, furniture, stock, open accounts, and unimproved lots valued at 75 thousand dollars. Creditors listed in five classes total liabilities of 93,841.90 dollars with employees owed about 2,400.
April 12 Allentown remembers Hiram Heffner who fathered forty one children with three wives. Born in Berlin 1816 he moved to Reading in 1843 and earned a living from collecting rags paper and iron. He was killed in 1885 when struck by a locomotive leaving a large bereaved widow and numerous offspring.
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