Turpentine Drops and Fire Warn North Carolinians
State press notes a tent gathering at Gibson Station where a man named William Reap was killed after a bridge incident. Fires wipe Perkins Brewery in Helton, and a Winston Grand Jury returns true bills against many involved in a riot.
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Gibson Station
William Reap
Oo Stanly County
Grand
Winston
Regent
Sm Jones
Gickory Mercury
Reidsville Review
Col
Guan S Carr
North Carolina Democracy
Ist
Yidkin County
John Wi. Pass
Statesville
Margaret Leonard
Explosion at Gumry Hotel Kills Denver Leader and 25
A catastrophic boiler explosion at the Gumry Hotel on Lawrence Street Denver injures and kills many. Firefighters rescue survivors as the rear five-story section collapses, burying owner Peter Gumry manager Robert Cremner and several guests. Dozens are unaccounted for while searchers pull bodies from the rubble.
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Denver
Col
Gumry
Lawrence Street
Peter Gumry
Robert C Cremner
Joe Muneal
Cairo
A. E. Irwin
Wm Dubbe
Charles Adame
Manitou
Dubbe
State
Louis Schanneck
Adams
Schanbeck
Mr. Adams
Blake
Florence
Mr. Dubbe
Myron E Hawley
Union Pacific Railway
James Murphy
M E Lotz
French
Bert F. Larch
Central City
W. J. Cannon
Pueblo
Calkins
Burgess
Edwards
Boulder
Herman Luders
Wolfe
A. W. Roberts
Colorado Springs
E F. McCloskey
Canon City
Larimer Street
Ambulance Corps
Michael C. Burgess
Custer City
Bud Hopkins
Gumry Hotel
Peter Puss
Chattanooga
Tenn
Adaie
Peter Daily
Union Pacific
Poss
Bac
E E. Clarke
W. G. Purcell
Broken Bow
Neb
W. A. Logar
Buena Vista
Frank Loescher
R. E Irwin
Loescher
Irwin
Joseph Muneal
J. A. Recki
Muneal
Jute Workers Strike Spreads in Dundee
EpinpurGH August 21. The Dundee jute strike widens with thirteen thousand workers out today, joining over seven thousand who walked off yesterday. Strikes are orderly and not troubling the police.
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Epinpurgh
Dundee
Officers killed in North Carolina outlaw arrest
Deputy Sheriff Green and deputy Greenlee died in Watauga County while attempting to arrest the Cable Brothers. The men hid in their father’s house and opened fire, killing the officers. Mrs Cable was wounded, and the elder Cable shot in the stomach. The two brothers fled.
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Knoxvil
Tenn
Green
Greenlee
Watauga County
North Carolina
Cable Brothers
Cable
Salcedo Returns to Spain Plans Cuban Campaign Restart
Gen Salcedo, who led Spanish forces in Cuba's first military district, arrived at Corunna and said the campaign against Cuban insurgents will resume in November. He expects strong garrisons at Santiago de Cuba, Diego de Avila, and Puerto Principe, and believes movements and coastal watch will end the rebellion by 1896.
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Maprio
Salcedo
Cuba
Spain
Corunna
Santiago de Cuba
Diego de Avila
Puerto Principe
Treasury Gold Reserve Drops Toward Hundred Million Mark
The Treasury gold reserve closed at 101,577,148 after withdrawals and deposits. New York withdrawals totaled 2,950,000 with August 19 100 000 and August 20 2,850,000. Belmont Morgan syndicate deposited 2,000,002 in New York today. Telegram from Assistant Treasurer Jordan arrived about 3 p.m. sparking speculation on whether deposits would prevent the reserve from dipping below 100,000,000. About 445
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Washington
Treasury Gold Reserve
Treasury
New York
Belmont Morgan Syndicate
U. S
Jordan
Syndicate deposits large gold reserves amid export drive
A telegram from Mr Jordan announced a $9,000,000 deposit of gold by the syndicate and that the gold reserve remained intact. This marks a third syndicate intervention in recent weeks, totaling over $7,000,000 in gold coin, nearly fourteen tons, since exports began July 13. The Treasury notes a $13,185,000 loss in gold coin for export since then.
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Jordan
Glass trust formed by Western Window Glass Makers
In Muncie Indiana on August 20 members and several nonmembers met in the Western Window Glass Manufacturers trust offices to finalize a permanent organization. The aim is a nationwide trust to control the industry as factories shut and demand grows. Indiana factory output alone exceeds eight million dollars annually.
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Muncie
Ind
Western Window Glass Manufacturers’ Trust
Indiana
Woman Faces Bigamy Charge After Two Husbands
In Wappinger's Falls New York Mrs Chas Kennedy was jailed in police court for bigamy after her two marriages to John Knapp of Low Point and Charles Kennedy came to light. Knapp and Kennedy were called as witnesses as the case was postponed amid disorderly proceedings.
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Poughkeepsie
Chas. Kennedy
Wappinger’s Falls
N. Y
John Knapp
Low Point
Knapp
Justice Goring
Wreck on Norfolk and Western kills two crew
A freight wreck near Pumplin's station on the Norfolk and Western caused by a dropped log sent a westbound freight onto a side track. Engineer W H Wysong and fireman John R Smith were killed, with Smith dying within an hour. Twelve cars wrecked and the track torn up. A special train from Crewe aided eastbound passengers.
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Baltimia Sun
Petersburg
Pumplin’s
Norfolk and Western
W. H. Wysong
John R Smith
Wysong
Smith
J L Wysong
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Road
Crewe
Passngers
Massacre Inquiry at Kucheng Faces Protests and Delays
Information confirms Chinese officials refuse to permit British and American consuls to attend examinations of prisoners in the Kucheng massacre case. Consuls protest. matter referred to the Viceroy. Shanghai dispatch says the action undermines the inquiry and may require a strong British escort. Public sentiment calls for an independent consular inquiry and prompt troop protection.
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Shanghai
Pall Mall Gazette
Kucheng
O'Connor
China
Reverend Hoover Engagements At Cocoa Sub Alliance
Rev J T Hoover State Lecturer will be with me at Cocoa Sub Alliance on September 4 at 3 pm and at Juvenile on September 14 at 3 pm Public invited County Lecturer J A Thomas Edgecombe Co
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J. T. B .Hoover
Cocoa Sub Alliance
J. A. Thomas
Edgecombe Co
Walter Kennedy's Lion Attacks Keeper in Massachusetts
Aug 21 in Marlboro a lion from Walter Kennedy's Samson production escaped its cage and viciously attacked the keeper, nearly tearing his arm from the socket and lacerating the other. Kennedy and crew recaptured the beast, a surgeon treated the bleeding man, and Manager Wellington urged calm to prevent a panic. Also reports first bale of 1895 96 cotton arrives in Memphis weighing 500 pounds and classed as strict middling.
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Massachusetts
Marlboro
Mass
Walter Kennedy
Samson
Mr. Kennedy
Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Cotton Exchange
J. C. Caruthers
West Point
Strange Infant Found In Creek Near Powhatan
In Powhatan county a fisherman and a boy found a bag containing a heavy object and a colored infant corpse in a creek near Hugue not Springs. The woman who had recently given birth is under investigation as authorities pursue possible arrests.
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Powhatan CH
Powhatan County
Huguenot Springs
Cna
Peeper Thrashed in Ansonia After Midnight Intrusion
Jack the Peeper, accused prowler who had menaced Ansonia women, was chased by Martin Driscoll and others after peering into a Central street window. He was captured, beaten by two residents, and warned to return or face tar and feathers.
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Ansonia
Jack the Peeper
Central Street
Martin Driscoll
Driscoll
O'Brien
Mr. Fieming
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South Rocky Mount
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J.L Ballard Place
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Monroe Enquirer
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Tar River Academy
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Rockingham Lodge
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Wilkesboro Chronicle
Arth. Tuttle
Waston
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Asheville
George Sawyer
Elizabeth City
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Walt T. Page
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Lex- Uh
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Pete Robison
Robison
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Hickory Mercury
Whiteville
Louis Harvard
Durham
Ozzie Brown
Pearl Cotton Mill
Durham Sun
Raleigh
Anderson Ives
Halifax County
Pennsylvania
W. G. Webb
Tom Hodges
Belvoir Township
Webb
Hodges
Greenville
Southport
Sylvester Wortham
Lorenzo Gibbs
Dr. Watson
Wortham
John McInnis
Bruce Horner
Carthage Blade
W. E Spruill
Littleton
Spruill
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Willie Wilbon
Newbern
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Marshall Cain
Kilmore
Davie
John Reavis
Eagle Mills
Davie Court
Winston Sentinel
Dave Smitherman
Yadkin County
Pink Murphy
Dave Hobson
Hobson
Murphy
Bull Creek
Madison County
Zeb. R Whitt
Jeff Mace
Whitt
R. C. Greiner
Charles Adams
Colorado
Glass Trust
Norfolk and Wes
Late Foreign News
Walter Kennedy’s
Lion
Vicious
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Patience Sperman
East Boston Road
Fair Haven
Miss Sherman
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