State News Highlights From Across North Carolina
A wide spread summary lists robbers near New Bern, a Raleigh medical meeting, and various local notices. It cites Fire Chief William F. Griffith’s death in Charlotte, a Burlington hospitalization, crop and industry notes, and a lengthy appeal from Marion Butler for NC State Alliance members defending the organization against the 1893 legislature’s charter repeal. It notes bond votes, property losses, and incidents from towns like Winston, Lenoir, Morehead City, and Morganton. It ends with a call for unity and continued operation of the Alliance for farmers and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Press
John Hill
New Berne
State Medical Society
Raleigh
Cabarrus County
G. K. Bagby
Winston Republican
Winston
Lenoir
King’s Creek
Siomon Keller
S. Fikory Press
Lenoir College
Morehead City
Lando Stout
Rabam Gleaner
Atate Association
Simserry
Burke
Charlotte News
William F. Sinffith
Charlotte
South
Asheville
Hayes
Gilbert H. Morris
D A Caldwell
Concord
Marion Butler
GoopsBoro
N. C
North Carolina
State Alliance
North American squadron heads to New York for Columbian review
Bermuda leaving April 27 with British ships including Blake Australia Magicienne Tartar and Partridge. In Nashville Anderson Winters fatally shot by Tom Jones inside Davidson courthouse during murder trial unrelated to the prior proceeding. In Indian Territory Mine No 1 explosion kills nine and injures several at Anderson coal site. Exeter cotton mill fire destroys older part, engine rooms. new section saved. Loss about 250000. 240 workers displaced.
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Haufax
Bermuda
New York
Blake
Australia
Magicienne
Tartar
Partridge
Nashville
Tenn
Davidson
Anderson Winters
Tom Jones
Winters
Jones
Young Jones
Kansas City
The
Star
McCallister
Indian Territory
Choctaw Coal Company
Anderson
Exeter
N. H
Exeter Cotton Mills
Lynched by His Own Ace in Tennessee
Memphis reports say Rufus Heywood a colored planter was killed by Lee Walton a noted negro desperado who robbed him then fled. Walton was captured by bloodhounds and taken toward Rogers Fork before a mob of about five hundred negroes overpowered sheriffs guards and hanged the killer at Rutayama.
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Tennessee
Memphis
Tenn
Rufus Heywood
Lee Walton
Rutayama
Miss
Walton Fied
Plood
Rita Yuma
Rooking Fork
Three Vessels Wrecked Off U S Coast and Atlantic Missing
Three wrecks reported with crews of seven aboard each. Lillia Schmidt stranded south of Ocracoke North Carolina. Kate V Aiken at Charleston harbor entrance, total loss. Alice M Craig foundered 230 miles from Buenos Ayres. Capt Ross his wife and eight crew drowned. White Star liner Naronic overdue after 18 days at sea from Liverpool.
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Lillia Schmidt
Ocracoke
N.C
Kate V Aiken
Charleston Harbor
Alice M. Craig
Buenos Ayres
Ross
Naronic
Liverpool
Atkinson House Furnishing Co Assigns Assets Liabilities
Boston March 13 The Atkinson House Furnishing Company with fourteen New England branches assigns to Charles F Libby of Portland and Costello C Converse of Boston. Liabilities are about 1 5 million while assets are roughly 3 million. The trouble stems from money market stringency and a call loan on Saturday. Last year the firm did 3 million in business and will likely pay debts in the fall. Creditors include firms in Boston and nearby cities with several in New York Philadelphia and Chicago.
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Alliance
Bro. W. A. Graham
S. Boa. FL
Allian
Order
ANK
People's Party
State Alliance
Centte
Tady
Court of Justice
North Carolina
Boston
Mass
Atkinson House Furnishing Company
New England
Charles F. Libby
Portland
Costello C. Converse
Isaac N. Atkinson
Atkinson
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Prairie Fires Ravage Kansas Tallied Losses Amid Devastation
Later news confirms extensive prairie fires across western Kansas with eleven known dead in Rooks Finney and Hamilton counties. Dwellings barns and haystacks destroyed valued in six figures. Several schoolhouses burned none in use. Fires in Garfield Rusk Hodman Kiowa Norton Stevens and Seward counties wreck property and threaten lives while communities rush to combat the blazes and shelter the homeless.
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ToreKo
Kansas
Rooks County
Finney
Hamilton
Garfield
Rusk
Hodman
Kiowa
Norton
Stevens
Stevens County
Seward
Rooks
Farmers face roaring grass fire in unsettled state
The blaze began among farmers as sparks from chimneys likely sparked dry grass amid cold, windy weather. Estimated losses reach nearly half a million dollars with minimal insurance. Farm implements and stock burned, threatening pioneer households as droughtlike conditions leave grass tinder dry.
Five Killed in Rainbow Coal Mine Explosion
A gas explosion in the Whitsett mine near Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, fatally injuring five workers and seriously wounding as many others. Names of the dead include Bret Hoover and Oliver Duncan, with others identified as William G. and Josiah Rose among the victims. The incident occurred in Franklin township amid limited information. The blast followed ignition of fire damp from earlier conditions and is attributed to a miner's lamp.
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Coymnflsville
Whitsett
Rainbow Coal and Coke Company
Perryopolis
Brethoover
Oliver
Duncan
William
Goldsborough
Garrington
Edward
Rose
Josiah
Franklin Township
Pitsburg
McKeesport
Youghingheny
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State News
Louisburg
Rocky Mount
Benson
Field Herald
Fayetteville
Alamance Gleaner
Minerva Andrews
Burlington
Neida Cotton Mills
Riverale
Neuseriver
New Lorne
Weldon News
Adam Cochran
Infield
Lumberton Robesonian
Lumberton
Howard
Greenake Churea
Rockingam
Rockingham
New Bern Journal
Fannie Hudson
Whiteall
J. M. Lackey
Jno
Beam North Brook
Texas
Lincoln County
Clinton Democrat
Taylor's Bridge
Ma Shouman Whitley
Salem
Rutherford Banner
J. B. Freeman
Carrier's
Winston Free Press
Willis Watson
Grifton
Deaf and Dumb School
Morganton
High Point Enterprise
Burwell Cecil
Spencer Vope
Newton Enterprise
Bne
Mount Airy News
J.C. McCann
G. W. Jones
Wake County
Durham
Andrew Howell
Ashe County
Frank Houck
Allen Scott
Houck
Birne’s Academy
J. L. Sherwood
Greenville
Wilmington
Hotel de County
Manufacturers’ Record
Egypt
Sanford
Chatham
Moore Counties
Shelby Aurora
Benjamin Justice
Nixon
Pilot Mountain
Pilot Times
Winston Sentinel
Roxboro
Danbury Post
W. D. Holt
Loy
Holt
Graham Gleaner
Charlotte Observer
Caldwell and Northern Railroad Company
Caldwell Land and Lumber Company
Caldwell County
Morganton Herald
Round Knob
Ezekiel Hilliard
Carolina Investment Company
Hardy L. Ayres
West Front Street
Statesville
Southport
Brunswick County
Southport Public Library
Windsor Ledger
Jackson Rankins
James B Martin
Bay
W. KK. Capehart
Franklin
Owens
Lewiston
Gray
Windsor
Warrenton
Gupten
Sandy Creek Township
Gupton
Louisburg Times
Craven Street
South Front
Pollock
Middale
New Berne Journal
Jim Hall
Jim Barnes
Battlesore
Boney Mangum
Danbury
Danville
Bottiger
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Wilkesboro
Allen Whittington
Reddies River
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Novest
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