The Major Prominent Sitizens in North Carolina Tour
A fragmented diary style piece recounts political figures and locals visiting Raleigh area landmarks. It notes meetings with editor figures, comments on Vanderbilt and Nye, and rural taxes, with plans to push party loyalty and protest ballot issues. The text blends satirical mountain life with political fervor and upcoming campaign ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enny Relashun
Carr Olina
Car Raleigh
Raleigh
Baucatcher Mountain
Betsy
Cane
Vanderbilt
Bill Nye
Pekase
Sharlist
Observer
Salomon
Dave
Dave Sed
Kongrees
Ergin Clevaland
Karry
Manny
Wwe
Haint
Liz
Dakrate
Wayne Céinlti
Tren Ag
Aoa
I Cannot Do Without The Progressive Farmer
A reader from Ganax North Carolina laments the rising costs of The Progressive Farmer and vows to keep subscribing while times grow harder. The letter praises the publication’s honesty and critiques political interests driving the public, urging readers to see through partisan lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganax
N.C
Brother Ramsey
J. W. Wurre
Old Time Meeting in Forsyth and Alliance News
Forsyth County Farmers' Alliance held its first regular quarterly session of 1895 at Spanish Grove school house on January 12. A resolution urged lawmakers to curb double taxation on land and mortgages and to oppose public funding to institutions not benefiting all state residents. Wedding bells follow as J C Dickerson wed Miss Sallis R Lane on January 3 at Edgecombe county with many attendants and hearty Alliance wishes. Calum Wilkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsyth County Farmers’ Alliance
Spanish Grove School House
State University
E. A. Conrad
Sec'y
Patrick Lane
Edgecombe County
J. C. Dickerson
Mise Sallis R. Lane
J. W. Johnson
Mise Callie Wilkinson
Oliver Hedgepeth
Linda Johnson
J.B. Lane
Winiford Lane
Gordon Weeks
May Williams
Earth
Heaven
Calum Wilkinson
Bladen County Alliance Meeting Delayed by Weather
Bladen County Alliance postpones its meeting to the first Monday in February due to rain and high waters. Delegation urged by the executive committee. Wake County Alliance also notes a January 31 meeting due to rain cancellations. Local correspondents thank the legislature for charter restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Bladen County Alliance
North Carolina crime and industry notes mixed in county press
A collage of terse reports from Raleigh to Wilmington covers verdicts in the Wimberly case, a J.P. Jones cotton gin in Louisburg, land sales near Windsor and Sylva, and local incidents. Also noted are pardons rejected, orphanage leadership, Confederate monuments shipped from Munich, factory boiler-room collapse, illicit distillery seizures, a fatal shooting in Sanford, and mining and celery planting plans across several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taza
Wimberly
Raleigh
Senne
J.P. Jones
Louisburg
Nere
Sylva
Shelburn
Durham County
James Weaver
Sanford. Express
Aaron Watson
Moffit
Stewart the Newbern Journal
New Jersey
Long Island
Lincolnton
Burton
Michigan
North Carolina
Werrenton
Warrenton
Hodges
Cases
Caton
Washington Gazette
Washington Post
Corps of Engineers
Turner
Rain Tank
Liberty Herald
Randoljph County
Nebraska
Heath
John
Bradley
Charlotte
Salisbury
Harrisburg
Concord
Rockingham
South Union
Jnc
Ledbetter
Maylet
Goldstore
Segerea
Richardson
Deaton
Sugar Hill
Charlotte News
Chas
Branch
Daniel D. Crowder
Lawter
Indiana
Tee City
Sarena
Hunters
Perry
Charlotte Cleayer
Annie Cuthof
Merchant Says Cleveland Will Issue Gold Bonds if Needed
A Washington returnee reports President Cleveland may issue 506000 U S per cent bonds to sustain the treasury on a gold basis if required. The statement comes from a merchant who prides himself on close ties to the administration. Jan 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Washington
Pisesindtis
Explosion at Kentucky mine kills five workers
Turais Ky Jan 22 An explosion of five kegs of powder at the Trade Water Coal Company mines yesterday killed five men. The mine caved in and seventy five men are digging for the bodies. The five dead are Al Hall Rob Hall William Felton Jim Coffee and Miles Simmons. They leave families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turais
Trade Water, Coal Company
al Hall
Rob Hall
William Felton
Jim Coffee
Miles
Simmons
Nonpartisan Gold Bond Relief Bill Proposed in Senate
Mr. Smith of New Jersey proposes a non partisan money commission to issue gold bonds for treasury relief. The 12 member panel includes four civil life commissioners, four Senators, and four Representatives from the Fifty fourth Congress, excluding ex members. The commission would report by December 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washmerton
Smith
New Jersey
Senate
Treasury
Congress
Famine in Ireland worsens as relief urged
Ireland January 23 Hon William OBrien MP reports in a letter to the Freemans Journal that the western counties face growing destitution. He says relief demands are pressing and massive contributions will be needed to ease suffering, compares current conditions to 1891 when one million pounds was spent.
Explosion Wrecks Hanwinge Brewery Main Building
Jan 25 Hanwinge brewery main building in Menpora collapsed from a boiler blast. Seven men killed and six injured. workers sinking a well nearby. Debris hindered by heavy snow. Property loss exceeds $100,000 with many job losses anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menpora
Hanwinge Brewery
U.seifent
David Wells
David Heer
Lemuel Shaseen
Henry Pert
John Keenedy
Dekalb
Pia
James Love
Chivas
A. McLeod
Chicago
George Parker
I. McCarpenter
Wm. Long
Henry Varmore
Kennedy
Mexico preparing for war says Globe Democrat
A City of Mexico special reports War Department activity across offices with overtime and rising troop movement. 18,000 men ready to push to front. Authorities claim high morale and readiness to invade Guatemala as hostilities begin. Pacific may land troops and coordinate advances with sea forces to move quickly toward objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Mexico
Globe Democrat
War Department
Republic
Wiboaan
Paterday
Salina Beata
Pacific
Aatemala
Boundary dispute between Mexico and Guatemala eyed for settlement
A telegraph from Secretary Gresham to the U S legation in Mexico City reports President Cleveland favoring a peaceful settlement of the Mexico Guatemala boundary dispute. If agreement or arbitration fails, the matter would be referred to Diaz for response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Cleveland
United States
Gresham
Guate
Petatin
Menence
Diaz
Canal Bill Passed In Senate With 31 To 21 Vote
The Nicaragua Canal bill cleared the Senate by thirty one yeas to twenty one. Debate stretched from 2 PM with five minute speeches and heated exchanges. The measure creates the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua with one million shares and seventy million in guaranteed bonds. The United States will own seventy million in stock and safeguard the project with a government-backed mortgage. Ten directors will be appointed by the President with Senate advice and consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua Canal
Washington
Senate
Morgén
Frye
Wolsett
Treasury
United States
United
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
War in the East Dispatch From Folger With Che Foo Landing
The Navy reports from Commander Folger of the Yorktown describe a January 18 19 20 21 22 sequence at Che Foo and Wei Hai Wei. Seventeen missionary families women and children were evacuated to Che Foo. Japanese forces landed to protect foreign residents and property with German British and French ships. Che Foo is a treaty port with limited fortifications and unlikely to be used as a base for attack on Pekin. The State Department received a dispatch from Minister Billy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Folger
Yorktown
Che' Foo
Peng Chow Foo
Waa Bom
Che Foo
Shan Tung
Wei Hai Wei
Chee Foo
Chin
Pekin
Chi
Ntein
State Department
Billy Ee
Disaster Claims Twenty Six Men Aboard Chicora Sunk
Wreckage found off South Haven confirms the loss of the Chicora and twenty six crew members. A gale on Lake Michigan drove the 900 ton screw steamer to ruin with no cargo insurance for the flour valued at twenty thousand dollars and total vessel loss estimated at sixty five thousand dollars. The Graham Morton line had no insurance beyond fire coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berton Hazen
Mich
South Haven
Lake Michigan
Donahue
Matthews
Life Saving Station
Detroit Dry Dock Company
Graham ”& Morton Company
Prison Riot Flares at Ohio Penitentiary
In Columbus on January 24 2 000 inmates at the Ohio penitentiary faced near outbreak as three fights erupted and a late night cutting affray in the west hall left several wounded. Desperate men William H Davis and Harry Blair clashed after an epithet with Blair slashing Davis from ear to ear. guards intervened. John Conroy and Joseph Haag sparked another fight in house No 3, as idleness bred desperation among nearly five hundred prisoners across idle houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio ‘Penitentiary
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitensiary
Gharda
West Hall
William H Davis
Hocking County
Harry’ Blair
Davis
Blair
Ted
John Conroy
Zanesville
Joseph Haag
Stark County
Burgax
Leprosy Cases Reported in Zan esville Families
Two clear cases of leprosy were disclosed in Zan esville. A widow, Mrs Garey, and her two daughters are the patients. The elder daughter, eighteen, has suffered about fifteen years and underwent preliminary medical examination. The widow sought widow’s benefits for herself and her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesvilem
Garey
George Garey
Saath
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Zeke Bilkins, M. A
Dave Hanks
Ashfal
Forsyth
THE
Alliance
Bladen County Meeting
Roxporo
Brook’s Grove Alliance
J. H.fousnes
G. K. Jaigs
Ranga, Sec'y Wake.Co. Alliance
New York Times— Times
M’d’se
Chicago, Ill
Hadginis
Frogenonge
Renee Er
Grover
Kentucky
Ireland
U.,s
Ast
Lake
Milesan
Eae
SAS
Wei
Sgpaagnese
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