State News Briefs From Across North Carolina
State presses report thefts, weather, and local incidents from many towns. Notable items include a horse stolen in Stokes County and a mule killed by a bull in Fork Township. a large Langshang egg measured eight by six inches. a judge’s death in Lexington. a copperhead extermination by Watauga’s sawmill region. a fatal crane of a fire at Beaver Dam ginning. and multiple small injuries and arrests across Guilford, Edgecombe, and Robeson counties.
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Carthage Blade
Jnc. W. Vaughn
Stokes Co
Yadkin
Presbyterian
Francisco
Danbury
Jonas Williams
Fork Township
Warrenton Record
Concord Standard
G. M. Bulla
Lexington
B. Wheeler
George Vanderbilt
Watauga
Caldwell
Greensboro
Robert G. Gorrell
Geensboro
Guilford College
J. W. Kistler
Elizabeth City
Derita
Charlotte News
Alex Helms
F. H. Wolfe
W. D. Pemberton
Monroe Enquirer
W. Baker
Sim’s Pond
Hayesville
Clay County
John Warren
Camp Palmer
New Berene Journal
Weldon
John L Kitchin
Scotland
Mr. Kitchin
W. H. Kitchin
Goldsboro
Robert Bryant
Spell
Hall's Township
Bryant
State Penitentiary
Earnest Carrington
W. T. Carrington
Durham Sun
J. W. Fisher, Jr
C. A. Seaborn
No. 10
Henry Tolbert
Maxton
W. G. Hall
Cumberland County
Fayetteville
Cape Fear
Egypt
Jame McKay
D. N. Melver
Near Here
Sanford Express
Kenneth McCaskill
Bensalem
Denver receiver named for Equitable Accident Insurance
Charles B. Mason appointed receiver of the Equitable Accident Insurance Company with outstanding risks totaling about 6 million dollars. Reinsurance with Union Casualty Company expected to fully protect insureds. Also reports S N L Carte & Co and B Jacoby & Co insolvencies, and lead and shoe factory shutdowns affecting hundreds of workers in St. Louis.
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Denver
Col
Charles B. Mason
Equitable Accident Insurance Company
Union Casualty Company
New York
S. N. L. Carte & Co
Jacoby & Co
Fr. Louis
St. Louis
Hamilton Brown Shoe Factory
Twentieth and Lock Streets
Thousands Of Men Out Of Work Across The Nation
Across the United States a broad economic crunch has laid off thousands of workers in diverse industries. Chicago reports tens of thousands idle, with projections reaching seventy five thousand by November, while Cincinnati and San Francisco also show sizable unemployment amid a tight money market and reduced production. Local leaders cite the fair's end, the Sherman act context, and cautious business sentiment as key causes, with calls for congressional remedy and broader economic improvement.
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United States
West
Chiago
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Atlanta
Richmond
Curcaco
Ill
Chicago
A. P. Russell
Building Trades Council
Aes
Congress
J. B. Cogswell
Carpenters
Hugh Ward
Brick and Stone Masons’ Union
Cincinnati
Ohio
Painters’ Union
John G. Weaver
Prrrspure
Garland
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Hochstetter
K. of
Secretary Kunzler
Flint Glass Workers’ Association
San Francisco
Colorado
James H. Barry
BurraLto
N. Y
Buffalo
William Dobson
Central Labor Union
Galveston
Texas
Crescent City
Receivers appointed for Wheeler Company in Illinois
In Curiaco Illinois creditors ask for receivers for the Jas H Wheeler Company. Chicago Title and Trust Company and William A Mason named receivers. Claims include 120000 for A D Juilliard and 200000 for Bliss Fabian and Co among others. Total liabilities around 2400000 with about 2000000 owed to New York creditors.
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Germania Bank
Bickel
First National Bank
Bailey
President Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Upham
People’s Bank
State Banking
West Side Bank
Daniel
Minnesota
Hitchcock Assigns To A Frederick Silverton
Benjamin W. Hitchcock a noted music publisher and real estate dealer has assigned. The assignee is A Frederick Silverton, partner of John Gleason, lawyer at Nassau street. Papers filed in county clerk's office provide first for wages due employees and then grant a $20,000 cash advance preference to Anthony Miller, hotel keeper of Long Island City. Hitchcock has stores at Park Row Grand street Ann street and Sixth Avenue near Twenty fourth street, with a real estate office at Chambers street.
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Benjamin W. Hitchcock
A. Frederick Silverton
John Gleason
Nassau Street
Anthony Miller
Long Island City
Hitchcock
Park Row
Grand Street
Ann Street
Sixth Avenue
Twentyfourth Street
Chambers Street
New York Herald
N. L. Cort & Co. Fail in Metal Trade Distress
N. L. Cort & Co., longtime tin and metal importers at 245 Water Street, made an assignment to Frederic G. Dow for $34,425 in preferential debts to Blanche B. Cort, Leon Berman, Peter Drummond and others. The senior partner, about seventy, and his son Mortimer H. Cort, face a large liability, with assets unclear though store property and real estate are noted. The firm’s collapse is blamed on falling metal prices, unpaid contracts, and general financial stringency.
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N. L. Cort & Co
Water Street
Nicholas L Cort
Mortimer H
Frederic G. Dow
Broadway
Beut
Blanche B. Cort
Leon Berman
Peter Drummond
John 8. Norton
Brooklyn
Eliza A. Cort
Mary L. Hall
Amherst
Mass
Abby C. Peckham
Bowery
Goodwin & Cort
Goodwin
Cort
Clark P. Cort
M. H. Cort
Mills Closed and Men Idle in New England
Mills across New England halted operations for an indeterminate period. In Fall River about seven hundred thousand spindles stopped, impacting cloth production and signaling a downturn in the textile market. The Male Spinners' Association urged members to conserve resources as closures spread to several mills in Fall River.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Fall River
America Linen
Despi
Anowan
Fittory
Mills Idle as One Third of City Factories Close
In a sweeping factory downturn, 81,000 workers linked to King Philip and other mills halt operations. Banks fail in New York and Lynchburg amid a broader shutdown of textile plants from Lawrence to Waltham. Shortage of currency and weak trade drive layoffs, with 66,000 in lost wages and widespread idle looms across multiple companies including Pacific Everett and Wamsutta. Local mills suspend two to four weeks and pay is halted for August.
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King Philip
Law Lake
Matacomet
Richard Borden
Ribeson
Seacopnet
S Hove
Stafford
Wampasoaz
Weetamoe
Julius Keene
John B McGeorge
South
Boston Manufacturing Co
Waltham
Pacific
Everett
Washington
Atlantic
Arlington
Pemberton Mills
Lawrence
Bennett Mill No
Potomska Mill
Howland Corporation
Wamsutta Mills
Wamsutta
Howland
Pittssure
la Oe Steel Works
Alleghany
Liggate
Allegheny
Cambria Iron Company
Jamestown
Gautier Steel
Mattoon
Ill
Peoria
Decatur
Evansville
Starbuck
Croarr Rapids
Iowa
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Road
NO MONEY TO PAY HANDS IN COAL REGION CRISIS
Pottsville August 5 1893 the New York and Philadelphia banks refusal to pay large sums triggers a coal region crisis. Philadelphia and Beating Coal and Iron Company fails to pay six hundred shop hands and others for July work, owes $50 000 to colliery employees for the first half of July, pay should have come a week or more ago. The company faces a shortfall of $50 000 and has no ready method to pay the July wages totaling $350 000 for the pay period.
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Pottsville
New York
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Beating Coal and Iron Company
Revere
Rw. Department
Bena
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State News
Presbyterian Church
K. M. McIntyre
Durham
R. Blacknall & Son
Corcoran Street
W. 4. Curlee
Curlee
Wadesboro Messenger
Harvey’s Canal
Ricum Mono
Henry Disson & Son’s Law Works
Tacoma
Shible & Clem
Foerderer
Milwaukeer
Exchange Bank of
Colby
Wis
Barabo0 Savings
Baraboo
R B Gripp
Baraboo Bank
Citizens’ National Bank
Farmers’ National Merchants’ National Bank
Delaware National Bank
Providence
State Bank
Providence Clearing House
San Antonio
Texas National Bank
United States Bank
Lebanon
Lebanon Trust and Safe Deposit Bank
Robert H. Coleman
Coleman
Oo Leon
Decatur County Banking Association
Davis City
Garden Grove
T. S. Arnold