State News Megascatter From Many Counties
A long digest of scattered North Carolina items reports hospitalization, accidents, court actions, farm yields, and local crime. Incidents include a patient at an insane asylum near Idaboro, a farmer near Buraw dying by self harm, various thefts and seizures, and local political and civic notes from Durham to Morganton and beyond.
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Durham
Nceed Insane Asylum
Idaboro
L. Bordeaux
Buraw
Cuthrell & Bro
Bofield
Rocky Mount
Wm Gore
Washington
Alliance
Chapel Hill
B. L. Simpre
Sandy Ridge Township
Raleigh
Wm. L. Kennedy
Leigh
Watauga
Asheville
Blair
Winston Graded School
DeGraff
Carthage Blade
D. Adams
South Carolina
Marlboro County
North Carolina
Causby
Morganton
Philip Williams
Sylvanus Morrow
Naomi Moore
Bostain Bridge
Statesville
Beane
Fire devastates state hospital and warehouse in separate blazes
Rochester fire destroys part of the state insane hospital causing around 75000 dollars in damage though inmates are saved. In Cutgap a five story Norton Bros warehouse burns to ash by midnight with total losses expected over 250000 dollars as flames threaten neighboring buildings.
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Rochester
N. Y
State Insane Hospital
Cutcage
Norton Bros
Elopement and Assignment Reported in Winston NC
Winston N C Feb 23 H E Satterfield a Salem butcher shipped today with Misa Lula Shore a 17 year old school girl and all the money he and his partner had Satterfield has a wife in Salem He and Miss Shore were met in a buggy towardington Wm G Crutchfield of Guilford College and Paul Crutchfield of this city assigned today Capt R B Glenn trustee Liabilities aggregate 6352 assets not known
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W. M. Kilpatrick
Pitt County
Kinston
Free Press
Laurinburg
Greensboro
Madison
Stokesdale
H. D. Knight
Knight
Ge Barger
Hickory Press
Concord Standard
H. B White
Concord
Shelby Review
Court House
Rutherford County
Rutherfordton
Forest City
Hosea Haines
No. 7
A. G. Austin
Goose Creek
Union County
Austin
Awstin
Lawyer Austin
Charlotte Nowa
Charlotte Observer
C. H. Cheek
Florida
Rockingham
Dan Gibson
Poplar Tent
Carr
Tirzah
Will Johnston
Cabbarrus
Charlotte
Raleigh
White
Eugene Parks
Will Holder
Cofer
Marshal Ford
Elbert
Winston Sentinel
Lawson Howard
C. D. Jones
Cleveland County
Asheville
Shelby
Howard
Odd Fellows
Mecklenburg
John E. Bruton
North Carolina
G. G. Vestal
Uni
H. C. Cowles
Mr. Hanner
Winston
N. C
H. E Satterfield
Salem
Misa Lula Shore
Satterfield
He Shore
Work of a Noted Desperado in Houston
At the Houston depot Jim Mitchell fired on bystanders last night杀 killing three men and wounding a woman and child before being disarmed and jailed. Anxious crowds threaten lynching as police restore order.
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Houston
Texas
Jim Mitchell
Mitchell
Potter to Wed Cherokee Chief's Daughter in February
Asheville February reports Thomas W. Potter new superintendent of the Cherokee Indian School will marry Miss Lillie R Smith February 22. Potter, a Kansas man, has led the school for only a few months and is connected with the Eastern band of Cherokees through Nimrod Smith's family.
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Robesonian
James Stephens
Haywood
Chatham Record
Albemarle
Wil Kirk
Harris Hill
Montgomery County
Kirk
H. A. Reams
Mahia
Durham Jun
Vance
Richmond Pearson
Asheville
Congress
Webster Herald
L. J. Smith
Franklines
Shelby Baptist Church
J. L Sproles
Shelby Aurora
Beaufort
Point Judas
Black Island
Long Island Sound
Atlantic Ocean
New Berne Journal
T. J. Marriner
Marriner
Greensboro
Scotland Neck
W. T. Powell
Halifax
Democrat
Greene County
The
Plain Dealer
Carthage
Moore County
Charlotte Observer
Nashville
Tenn
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Executive Committee of
Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Church
Torrence
Charlotte
N. C
Lizzie Moore
Huntersville
China
Japan
Dilling Cotton
King’s Mountain Mill
King's Mountain
Thomas W. Potter
Cherokee
Mies
Lillie R Smith
Nimrod Smith
Potter
Kansas
Anarchist outrage shocks Paris hotel scene
Paris reports a bomb explosion in a Rue hotel during a seer’s visit. Five people including the proprietor, his wife, an uncle and two neighbors were severely wounded, with the wife most seriously injured and likely to die. The attackers remain unknown as police investigate.
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Paris
Rue Street Strad
Brazil War Expands In South America
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports a battle at Tapewa west of Sao Paulo where insurgents defeated President Peixoto's forces. Admiral Mello plans to bombard Santos after insurgent land forces under General Savara arrive from Sao Paulo. The New York arrives at Montevideo quarantine after a yellow fever case aboard.
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Loipon
Buenos Ayres
Tapeva
Sao Paulo
Peixoto
Mello
Santos
Saravara
New York
Montevidio
Montervidio
United States
Rio
Arrest of Erastus Wiman on 229000 Forgery Charges
Erastus Wiman formerly head of R G Dun and Co's mercantile agency and promoter of Canada annexation was arrested in New York on charges of forgeries totaling 229000. He appeared before Judge Martine, detained at the Tombs on $25000 bail, lacking counsel, while prosecutors disclosed a complaint credited to ex District Attorney Delancey Nicoll detailing embezzlement from 1888 to 1893.
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New York
Erastus Wiman
R. G. Dun & Co
Staten, Island Rapid Transit Railroad
Canada
United States
Martine
Wiman
Lindsay
Delancey Nicoll
Dun
Embezzler Wiman Offers Staten Island Real Estate Trade Refused by Dun
Dun learns of Wiman embezzlement after years of trust. Wiman offers to transfer doubtful Staten Island real estate to Dun but is refused due to insolvency. Dun did not report crimes immediately, moved by sympathy for Wiman’s family and later by fuller understanding of the scope.
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Wiman
Dun
Staten Island
Roanoke Savings Bank Closed by Stockholders
Roanoke Va February 20 stock holders ordered the Roanoke Savings Bank closed due to unprofitable business though it remains solvent Circuit Court Judge Williams named J E Allemony temporary receiver of Salem Machine Works during a re organization dispute M F Martin of Bedford tied to unstamped liquor charges jailed after resisting officers bail posted M J Kelly president and D S Ray Piedmont Social Club steward convicted in Hastings Court for selling liquor without a license fined $100 each. appeal planned.
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Roanoke
Roanoke Savings Bank
Williams
J. E Allemony
Salem Machine Works
M. F. Martin
Bedford
United States Court
M. J. Kelly
Ray
Piedmont Social Club
Hastings
Bank Wreckers Charged in Texas Embezzlement Case
A. M. Britton of Fort Worth awaits trial in Dallas jail on $30,000 bail after indictments accusing him of embezzling $65,000 and wrecking the First National Bank of Vernon. The Dallas federal court resumed the Wood bank wrecking case with testimony from N. B. Sligh and J. J. Carter. The government vows vigorous action against Texas bank wreckers.
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Dans
Texas
A. M. Britton
Fort Worth
First National Bank
Vernon
Dallas
T. J. Wood, Jr
United States Court
N. B Sligh
Southern Bank of
New Orleans
Ninth National Bank of
Rockwall Bank
J. J. Carter
Ninth National Bank
Carter
Resignation Tenders and Silver Certificate Opinion
Assistant Register H H Smith of Michigan resigns at the President's request. Attorney General Olney issues an opinion that silver certificates are not lawful money under 1874 and 1882 acts, usable only for specified payments, affecting bank redemption and silver use.
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Washington, D. C
Register of the Treasury
H. H. Smith
Michigan
Olney
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Carlisle
Loss of Mallard Tug Confirmed Off Nicaraguan Coast
A New Orleans report confirms the steam tug Mallard of the Nicaragua Navigation Company was lost off the Nicaraguan coast with sixty men aboard and no survivors. A London cable note reached interested parties, and a Greytown source corroborates the sinking.
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New Orleans
Mallard
Nicaragua Navigation Company
Nicaraqua
Greytown
London
Unclear fate of ship bound for Bluefields
A dispatch to London confirms a ship under Captain Joe son left Greytown for Bluefields and is presumed lost in the Caribbean. Rumors say a gale may have sunk her, or a leak might have doomed the voyage. no details are available and confirmation is pending.
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Den
Joeson
Greytown
Bluefielde
Navigation Company
Carribean
London
Pollard Breckinridge Case Sparks Frankfort Debate
In Frankfort Kentucky February 21 citizens discuss sensational Lexington testimony on a alleged mock marriage involving Alex Julian brother of Mayor Ira Julian and Miss Pollard. Squire Tinsley testifies to truthfulness and disputes Hawkins deposition asserting no such marriage occurred at his house.
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Frank Fort
Lexington
Pollard
Frankfort
Breckinridge
Hawkins
Squire Tinsley
Shelby County
Tinsley
Miss Pollard
Catesby Hawking
Mr. Tinsley
Julian
Mr. Julian
Mystery Man Droughn Linked to North Carolina Origins
Chief Connolly receives a letter with his picture as a return address claiming the stranger Droughn is Mr Hogshead from near Fayetteville North Carolina. The note says he was raised by Mr McAllister and cites a detailed life history. He is from Murphy North Carolina and may be sent to Murphy with 125 dollars and horses.
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North Carolina
McAllister
B. H. Watts
Connolly
John Abbott
Droughn
Murphy
Everyne Droughn
Atlanta Journal
Atlanta
Brown
Winston
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State News
Wilton
Anwin
Stunister
Hickory Mercury
Asheboro
A. Spencer
Jacob Johnson
Catawba
Citizens’ Bank
Webster's Weekly
Warrenton
Npera
Mose Pinkston
Joe Sullivan
Dr. Payne
Dr. Coelvint
Brazil
Savings Bank
Caribbean Sea
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