Local Notes and Developments Across North Carolina
A mixed North Carolina update reports on the closing of the Rocky Mount Keely Institute, tax estimates at 800,000, hotel openings in Winston and New Berne, industry moves including a new cotton factory and bricks, and various local civic and crime notes. The summary highlights include hospital and court news, agricultural prices, and infrastructure chatter across towns such as Durham, Lenoir, Wilmington, and Hillsboro.
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South
Keely Institute
Rocky Mount
Carolina
Erp
Phoenix
Wink
C. Brewer
Bowles
Wilkes County
Ington
Visplate Glass
P Brik
New Besparlette
Mecklenburg — Warren
Osborneville
Wilkes
Weebard Mans
Manies
Jndex and Ladder Company
Carthage
Field
Norwood
Greensboro
Durham
Concord
Kinston
Anson County
Davie County
J. Heck
Raleigh
Philadelphia
A. Holland
Maxton
Wilmington
Warrentonia
North Carolina
United States
Sanford Express
Univerity
Sanford High School
Page
W. L. Morgan
Foard
Winston
Hillsboro
Shalles
Durham Globe
Statesville
Rothechilds receive intel on Da Gama surrender
A London dispatch reports that the Rothschilds have received word from Rio that Admiral Da Gama has surrendered. Other items note the sugar trust favorable ruling in Philadelphia, a Henry Winthrop Gray appointment as receiver for Thomson Houston, and federal court actions on bonds and disruptions in several states.
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New York
London
Rothechilds
Rio
Admiral da Gama
Philadelphia
OR Court
Sugar Trust
Henry Winthrop Gray
Barrett
Supreme Court
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Holland Trust Company
Washiictor
Hatters Lockout Declared Off In Dansory Conn
The ten week hatters lockout affecting about 4000 workers ends as union hatters vote to return to work in independent factories. They plan to seek positions tomorrow morning after many deserted the union since independent shops opened last Thursday. The move aims to preserve union unity amid the shift to nonunion shops.
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Dansory
Conn
Hatters
Insurgent attack on Rio harbor met by American ships
In Rio Janeiro on January 3, several American merchantmen in the harbor were fired upon by insurgents. Admiral Mahan warned he would protect American shipping at all hazards. The Detroit accompanied the vessels and fired a shell at the insurgent gunboat, hitting her stern as she signaled to stop firing.
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Rio Janeiro
Mham
Detroit
Carlisle government bond bids top 55 million as offerings grow
Wasamaten January 31. At the close of business today bond offers totaled 55 million dollars, five million more than Secretary Carlisle planned to sell. Telegrams report more offers expected tomorrow before noon. Most large bids reportedly sit above the upset price of 117,223 dollars.
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Carlisle
Wasamaten
D. C
Southward cotton mill plans spark state bill
The Massachusetts legislature committee approved a bill allowing Dwight Manufacturing Company of Chicopee to raise capital from 1.2 million to 1.8 million and operate outside the state. The firm aims to build mills in the South to produce coarse cotton goods cheaper where labor costs are lower.
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Boston
Mass
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Dwight Manufacturing Company of
Chicopee
Roanoke Lunacy Panel Finds Hattie Smith Insane
In Roanoke on January 29 the commission in lunacy reconvened to assess Miss Hattie Smith. After hearing testimony from her mother and two Franklin county brothers, the panel returned a verdict of hysterical insanity. Also, Mrs P J Ginger sought to kill herself at her son in law H C Pettigrew’s home by firing two shots from a 38 caliber pistol. one shot struck her and she is expected to die. Galen H Coon filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of 14000 dollars and assets several times larger.
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Coley’s
Cal
Tom
Louisburg Court
Tucker
Henderson Goldleaf
Wilmington Messenger
Halifax
Rob
Bun Winkler
Bun
Lenoir
Pender County
Sylvester Lamb
Georgia
Waughtown
Winston Republican
North Carolina
J. W. Russ
Kinston
Joe” McClatchey
Joe
Buncombe
Hendersonville
Father
Hickory Press
Watauga Democrat
Charlotte News
P. A. Cowan
Burlington News
Jacob S. Long
Graham
Florida
Stokes County
Danbury
Tarboro
Davie Times
Tilden
Will Kelly
James Russell
Kelly
Russell
Cumberland Superior Court
J. L. Starling
Starling
M. D. Denning
Warren County
Wilson
Wilmington
Morehead
Twe
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad
J. W
Carr
N. M Hamrick
Lawson Howard
C. D. Jones
Shelby Aurora
Durham Globe
B L. Duke
Asheboo Courier
WE Fentress
Farmers’ Academy
Guilford County
Bag
New Berne Journal
Alamance
Charlotte
Statesville
Davidson
Mooresville
Charlotte News 4
Springhope
T. Matthews
A. J. Epstine
W. H. Freeman
W. C. Bass
W. P. Manning
All Merchants
C. B. Brantley
Cotton Seed Oil Company
Franklin Times
W. B. Brewer
Charlie Mason
Randoph County
Randolph County
Durham Sun
Gastonia Gazette
Bissell
Kerr Craig
DeGraff
Peter
Supreme Court
Winston Sentinel
Michael
Lewis Workman
Justice Moyer
Lexington Dispatch
Neuse River
Alexander
Georgetown
Lee
Ransom
Charles
Roanoke
Hattie Smith
Franklin County
P. J. Ginger
H C. Pettigrew
Galen H. Coon
Coxey plans 100000 march on Washington with white flags
Massillon Ohio reports J S Coxey vows to march from Ohio to Washington starting May 1 with 100000 men. He says no money will be taken, each man will bear a white flag reading Peace on Earth Good Will Toward Men but Death to Interest Bearing Bonds, and only peaceful participants will be admitted.
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Massillon
Coxey
Ohio
Washington
Treasury
Coxey’s Army Plans Quiet March and Peaceful Tactics
In Bulletin No 2 Coxey outlines a pacific plan for 100,000 men to march on towns of 10,000 residents with Lord’s aid as providence. He seeks 100 veteran officers to serve as division marshals, promises horses, and asks Pennsylvania farmers to supply for the procession toward public salvation. Bulletin No 3 will announce march details in about three weeks.
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Coxey
Pennsylvania
Bank Officers Indicted in Kansas City Insolvent Bank Case
Kansas City group faces 64 indictments after grand jury charges include embezzlement and accepting deposits while banks were insolvent. Targets include George W. Loulmin Horace B Lynn Willard P Holmes Darrah Sattley and John Reid of Continental Trust Security Savings Kansas City Savings and Western Trust.
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Kansas City
George W. Loulmin
Horace
Lynn
Continental Trust Company
Willard P. Holmes
The
Security Savings Bank
Darrah
Sattley
Kansas City Savings Bank
John Reid
Western Trust Company
Washington reports seven month deficit of 46 million
The government receipts for the first seven months of the current fiscal year totaled 175 million while expenditures reached 221 million, indicating a potential full year deficit near 80 million. If trends continue, the treasury would stand at about 41 million from an initial 121 million on July 1, 1893.
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Washngton
D. C
Treasury
Sensational suit over a newspaper in Memphis
Memphis January 31 litigation over the Memphis Appeal Avalanche takes a sensational turn as W A Collier president files a chancery bill attacking the assignment as illegal and void and accusing A D Gwynne R D Morgan and W Chase receivers of conspiracy and fraud. The case goes to Thursday for argument with twenty lawyers. the paper shows a $9,000 loss in three months and $465,000 in liabilities. J B Loring of Brooklyn holds $200,000 in bones. E Breck, a New York advertising agent, is owed $30,000.
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Memphis
Avalanche
W. A Collier
United States
A. D Gwynne
R. D
J. B. Loring
Brooklyn
E Breckwith
New York
Syrian convert touring Danville lecturer in Syrian garb
A young man claiming to be Syrian and a convert from Mohamedism to Christianity, Asad M. Rustum, and his sister arrived in Danville with Syrian garb. He lectured on Mohamedism at a leading church and hosted an entertainment at Mason Hall. Tickets were sold to Sunday school children who were not paid, and the hall owner reportedly had an unpaid bill against Rustum. He later left for Winston, N. C., with varying destination accounts.
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Danville
Asad M. Rustum
Rustam
Mason Hall
Winston
N. C
Rustum
Gladke’s Assignment In Staunton Details Trust
Staunton Virginia January 30 news reports that C A Gladke has assigned all property and stock to trustee James Bumgardner Jr. The deed lists storehouse nos 10 and 12 Beverly street, stock, books, horse and buggy, and furniture. Creditors are categorized into five classes including Augusta National Bank notes and wages claims totaling around nineteen hundred fifty dollars, plus other notes and bonds.
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Staunton
Closea
C A Gladke
Times
Hastings Court
James Bumgardner, Jr
Beverly Street
Firet
Augusta National Bank
S H Rosenbaum
Mies Lizzie Murray
Mre. Scherer
Morris
Jacob Gladke
Mr. J. Gladke
Lewis Cohen
H. B. Claflin
Bank Robbery Suspect Cashier In Ellaville Ga
Ellaville Ga shocks at Planters Bank burglary as cashier J Clark is suspected. He bought laudanum claiming toothache and confessed to taking funds after a pharmacists administered emetic. Atlanta detective Jones aided the probe, quickly identifying Clark as the likely robber.
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Savannah
Ellaville
Planters
J. Clark
Jones
Atlanta
Clark
Indiana youth stole from U S Treasury vaults in Washington
James Anderson of Indiana, eighteen years in the Treasury Department as a messenger, was arrested in Washington for stealing silver dollars from the treasury vaults. He confessed, admitting to multiple small thefts totaling about seven hundred thirty four dollars, with a larger exact amount to be totaled by counting the remaining silver. He acted while showing visitors the vaults and was caught in the act. He faces police court action and potential dismissal from federal service.
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Wadesboro
Danbury
John Sergius
Wilmington Messenger
Nash
New Borne
Shelby Review
McDowell County
Walker
Laakeville Herald
Wm. Anders
Sparta Star
New Berne
H A. Chadwick
Episcopal Church
Morganton
Archie Taylor
Asheville
Rooke Beacon
M -Dowell
Cleveland County
Washmetor
D. C
James Anderson
Indiana
Treasury Department
Cier! McWilliams
Servic
Treasury
Young Anderson
Statec
Anderson
Andersom
Ana Last Fail
West Port
Returned when the money was gone
George Simpson a nineteen year old former messenger for the Union County Belt returned to Rahway New Jersey noon today after fleeing with $1000 stolen from the bank five weeks ago. He faced a quick hearing, refused to see relatives who offered to post bond, and was jailed on embezzlement charges. He claimed impulse theft and regret, spent funds on rail and hotel fares, and said he later aimed to return but feared discovery.
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Ranway
N. J
George Simpson
Union County
Crane
Justice Frazier
Young Simpson
New York
Rahway
Corbett- Mitchell
Philadelphia
Simpson
Dafur
Offic
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State News
Agson
Will Whitman
Drs
C. W. Swink
H C. Herring
Charlotte Observer
Shaw
Henderson
Extley
Bay of Rio
G. A. Gladke
W. A. Burke
Staun
Baltimore
Ellaville, Ga
Secret Service
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