State News Briefs From Across North Carolina
Reports from Raleigh to Wilmington cover fires at a Charlotte cotton mill sale of Bank of New Hanover assets in Wilmington and new hotels at Wrightsville Beach. Other items note floods at Falls of the Neuse, a 7 pound gold nugget found in Stanly County, a rising hop industry in Richmond County and a planned $100,000 cotton mill at Salem. Widespread weather and crop optimism accompany local crime notes and church fires.
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Charlotte
Reidsville
Todd
North
Wilkesboro
Greensboro
Salem
N. C
W. R. Harper
Chicago University
Wake Forest College
Rrleigh Ice and Refrigerator Company
Eigh
Wrightsville Beach
Breakers
Banks Channel
R Eames, Jr
Stanly County
Concord
John W. Smith
Wishart's
Lumberton Achesonian
C. U. Davis
Kinston
Rockingham
Richmond County
Jones
New York
Luther
Priscilla Fioyd
Clg
Cleveland Gant declines live Pow Wow address in favor of safe currency
President Cleveland replies to Chicago bondmen invitation dated April 13 from Washington. He expresses appreciation for the invitation to speak on sound money but says official proprieties prevent his attendance in person. He urges a vigorous, clear campaign for a stable currency and warns against debased money and silver monometallism.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Aow Executivee Mansion
Washington, D.C
Mersia
William T. Baker
George W. Smith
John A. Roche
T. W. Harvey
David Kelly
Henry C. Robbins
Harvey replies to Cleveland on currency policy
W H Harvey chairman of the Bimetallic Committee in Chicago issues a rebuttal to President Cleveland. He argues the demonetization of silver harmed farmers and workers by raising debts and shrinking business margins. The letter calls for broad public consideration and access to official acts and statistical information to inform a national verdict.
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CaicaGo, NL
W. H. Harvey
The
Bimetallic League
Chicago
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Washington, D. C
United States
Washington
Chm'n
Altgeld Voices Against the President and Silver Boom Plan
J R Buchanan critiques a President Cleveland letter rumored to spark a market boom. He warns of Eastern manipulation by oil and bond interests, cites Cain's School of Finance, and predicts party splits over free silver. Buchanan argues for an informed rebuttal to counter the boom and protect producing classes.
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Ubless
Kid
Chicago
Cain
School of Finance
Lyman J. Gage
Joseph Medill
Cleveland
Nebraska
J. R. Buchanan
Handwritten Exchange on Gold Bugism and Silver Debate
A 1895 correspondence chain exposes battles over free silver and the single standard. Letters from J. Sterling Morton and J R K Buchanan discuss anti goldbug campaigns, the role of financiers, and calls for organized action to defend sound money.
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U. S. Department OF Agriculture
Washington
John de Witt Warner
New York City
Mr. Warner
J R K. Buchanan
Fremont, Elk Horn and Misouri Valley Railroad Company
Omaha
West
Buchanan
Reform Club
J. Sterling Morton
Morton
Merchants' National Bank B
A Girl Evangelist Shines in Eastern Kentucky Revival
Mollie Merimon, daughter of D. H. Mermon, a circuit rider, rose from near death after scarlet fever and scrofula to become a leading evangelist in Mittrispura Kentucky. At 4 feet 10 inches and 72 pounds she conducts up to four services daily, traveling on horseback to reach remote mountain counties where more than 1,000 souls have converted through her ministry.
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Mittrispura
Kentucky
Mollie Merimon
D. H. Mermon
M. E Church
South
Mysterious Murders Link Durant to Emanuel Church Case
San Francisco April 16. Police pursue Durant as the prime suspect in the Emanuel Baptist church killings of two young women and the possible murder of Mrs Forsythe. Investigators examine the Lamont and Williams cases, note a possible accomplice, and question Durant’s ties to Ware and the church circle.
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Forsythe
San Francisco
Emanuel Baptist Church
Durant
Miss Williams
Mrs Lamont
Minnie Williams
Schmidt Label
Emanuel Church
Eugene Ware
Ware
Miss Lamont
Anth
Duranos
Crowley
Williams
Blanche Lamont
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Davidson College
Osborne
R. W. Johnson
Sue
Hickory Mercury
North Carolina
J.B. Parsone
New Berne Journal
Egypt
H . Jefferson
Falkland Township
Greenville
Asheboro
Asheboro Furniture Co
Cleveland Gant
Grover
Seaboard
Mr. Harvey
Coin
Mary
Altgeld
Nngfield
Ovat
Geld
Eveland
Washington City
Standard Oil
Wall Street
Congress
Supreme Court
Europe
America
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