State News Roundup of Fires, Elections and Local Happenings
A long dispatch of state notes reports Christmas night fires in Enfield and cotton platform blazes, a $100,000 gift to Elon College, forthcoming Labor Commissioner Lacy report, an election in Wilson approving $17,000 in sewer bonds, and multiple local incidents. Also notes police raids on illicit distilleries, hotel changes, mine disaster relief efforts, and various deaths, marriages, and community events across North Carolina.
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Jom
Enfield
B. R. Lacy
Wilson
H. Wooten
Newbern
Washington, N. C
Hickory Mercury
Holton
Republican
Executive Committee
Winstor
Gastonia Gazette
Gaston County
Person
Orange Counties
Messrs
Eccles and
Bryan
Centre Hotel
Charlotte
Buford
Jenkins
Hotham
Bank of Mecklenburg
Dummnock
State Association of Public School Superintendents
Raleigh
J. C. Scarborough
Walter Clark
Supreme Court
Mexico
Republic
R M. Norment
Robeson
Con
G.simmons
Simmons
Reed
Samuel A. Ashe
J. D. Pressley
Monroe
North Carolina Teachers’ Assembly
Parker
Peck
James Ellington
Henderson
Burgwyn
Southern Railway
Salisbury
Marietta and North Georgia
J. H. Wood
Weldon
Alonzo Turner
Turner
American Condum
Emily
Asheville
Peter Houston
Statesville
Peter
Samuel 8 Drew
Brunswick County
Drew & Drew, Merchants
McNaley
Moton
8. B. Pearson
F. 8. Giles
New York
Havelock
Craven County
Giles
Jacob Shields
Palmyra
Scotland Neck
Goldsboro
Hoge
Wilmington First Presbyterian Church
Marion Aeord
J. G. Grant
J. C. McCurry
United States Fish Commission
California
Grant
Buck Creek
Mt. Airy News
J. R. Paddison
New Orleans
Liberty
Greensboro
John T. Cook
Surry County
Morganton Herald
Haywood
Chatnham Record
Seaboard Air Line
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern
Keily Woods
W. A Bailey
Winston Free Press
Winston
Gray
Hillsboro Observer
Leaksville Gazette
Spray
Rockingham County
South America
Canadas
H. A. Pittman
R. Peterson
W. M. Widen
House of Georgeville
Concord
Charlotte Mint
Widenhouse
Haw River
Cumnock
A Race for Millions in Guano Dispute Reaches Switzerland
A Lausanne cable reports Washington presenting documents to the International Court of Arbitration for the Honduras claim against Peru. Britain France and Chile sought to divide the Bank of England guano funds, totaling over ten million, but a tribunal of Swiss Supreme Court Justices will decide. Secretary Gresham and Olney secured delays to accommodate French translations. The case now hinges on the final deadline.
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Washington, D. C
Lausanne
Switzerland
Washington
International C
Peru
Great Britain
France
Chile
Bank of England
Chili
Dreyfus & Co
Paris
Supreme Federal Court of Switzerland
Bank of Englan
Berne
State Department
Gresham
Londreau
Chilean Claims Commission
Olney
Switzer
Horseless carriages to run in Cleveland by June 1896
An evening paper reports a mammoth Cleveland transportation plan using horseless carriages on time schedules across city streets. A partnership of wealthy locals will form a big corporation to oversee the project, with the first carriages ordered and service possibly beginning by June 1, 1896. The motors are noiseless German gasoline units, and a 2 cents fare will apply citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Germany
Woman the Cause of It Battle and Double Murder Near Pound Gap
Information from Donkey Kentucky reports a drunken dispute over a woman led to a two hour firefight on a public road near Pound Gap Wise County Virginia. Bill Wells Gus Osborne were killed Jim Cox wounded Abe Williams disappeared toward Cumberland Mountain. A Wise County deputy sheriff was wounded. The incident marked the deadliest in the area since 1892 Mullins killings at Pound Gap.
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Largent
Pound
Pound Gap
Wise County
Bill Wells
Gus Osborne
Jim Cox
Abe Williams
Donkey
Wells
Osborne
Cox
Williams
Cumberland Mountain
Kentucky
Mullins
Doc Taylor
Flemings
Swiss fund distribution nears final Swiss court ruling
A St Paul passage failed due to a steam pipe explosion forcing shift to Campania. The Swiss court may distribute over 7 million dollars, aligning with Londreau’s priority claim over Dreyfus. A Chilean withholding of the secret distribution agreement prompts questions in American claimant circles.
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St. Paul
Campania
Havre
Switzeland
Londreau
Dreyfus
Chili
United States
Philadelphia
Bond Syndicate Nears Formation for Gold Loan
Reports say a new bond syndicate signed a contract to supply eleven and a half million ounces of gold valued near $200 million with Morgan & Co as managers. One half of gold to be delivered to the treasury with a possible second half as an option, at roughly the prior issue price.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
J. P. Morgan
James Suslman
City Bank
Deutsche Bank
Berlin
Russell Sage
Treasury
Paris
United States
London
The
Stock Exchange
Transvaal
Kansas City Conscience Driven Return of Boggs in 1859 Shortage
David Crockett Boggs, former Wyandotte county tax collector who vanished in 1859 with about $5000 missing, returned to Kansas City to make good his shortage. A son of Missouri Governor L. W. Boggs, he had later served with Forrest in the Confederate cavalry, worked in Colorado, and now seeks a clear conscience in retirement at Montrose. The note ends with a pointed editorial joke about a Stanford estate and a pending Supreme Court decision.
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United Industrial Company
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon
Fayetteville
F. W. Thaxton
Thornton
Joe Boggs
Julius
Alamance Gleaner
Sam Marshall
Justice Bunting
Cary Marshall
Criminal Court
Wilmington Star
Statesville
Zack Roberte
Lewinstier
Wilkesboro
Rutherfordton
Democrat
Laura
Samuel Biggersteff
Golden Valley
Benson
Florence
Robert McLan
Wilmington Messenger
Smithdeal Hardware and Furniture Company
Salibury
A. Mangum
Mangum
Flat River
Nat Laws
Peaks
Stagsville
Laws
Squire A. J. Roberts
Durham Dan
Concord
William Earnhardt
Charles Seamore
Charles Parker
Will Barnhardt
Barnhardt
Ida Little
Juno
Brooks
Rocky River
Brook’s Mill
New Salem Township
Geo. James
Shelby Aurora
Durham
Raleigh News Observer
Pritchard
Petersburg
J. B. Hammett
Ste
Eli F. Putnam
Putnam
Cleveland Mills No.1
R S. Currie
Richmond County
George Wilkes
Currie
P. L. Pate
William Pate
Alex. Gibson
Robert Gibson
Statesville Lindmark
Albert Speaks
Evalin
Newhope Township
Harbin
D. W. Speaks
Speaks
Kansas City
David Crockett Boggs
Wyandote County
Kansas
Boggs
W. Boggs
Missouri
General Forrest
Second
Missouri Cavalry
Colorado
Oregon
Montrose
Colo
Karsas City
Cleveland appoints Venezuelan boundary commission members
President Cleveland announced the formation of a Venezuelan boundary commission listing J. H. Brewer Andrew D. White Frederic R. Coudert and Daniel C. Gilman along with Justice Alvay as the panel tasked to examine and collect evidence to determine the true division line between Venezuela and British Guiana. The group will assemble in Washington and act independently to report back to the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Venezuelan Boundary Commission
Ae J. Eo
Supreme Court of
Richar
Alvay
Maryland
Court of Appeal
District of Columbia
Andrew D. White
New York
Cornell University
Germany
Russia
Frederic R. Coudert
Daniel
Venezzuela
British Guiana
Great Britain
Venezuela
Wit
Justice Brewer
Mr. White
Justice Alvay
Mr. Coudert
White House
Presi . Gilman
Commission
United States
Lord Salisbury
Oley
Congress
Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
Crespo
Executive
State Department
States Department
Spain
Ecuador
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Stanford
Huntington Et al
Tulare
Cal
Judge Alway
President Gilman
Just Brewer
Fre
R. Coudert
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