North Carolina news notes and local incidents
Moore county jails two African American women for infantcide. Frost harms fruit. farmers expect good wheat. Durham man robbed meat house of 300 pounds. county jail holds 31 prisoners. A Madison man dies by suicide. numerous regional economic notes follow. Local fires, mills, mining, and railroad movements, plus weather impacts on crops and fruit in multiple counties.
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Moore County
Leaksville Herald
North Carolina
Siler
Sparta Star
Durham
RM. Jones
Durham Globe
Winston Sentinel
John Hill
Madison
Charlotte Observer
Presbyterian
Barnum Springs
Gastonia
J. F. Morris
Gaston
Charlotte
Methodist Church
Murfreesboro
A. J. Leggett
Wilmington and Weldon
Wilmington Messenger
E. D. Thompson
Easton
Southport
Concord Standard
Rockingham
Supreme Court
Tony Rogers
Richmond & Danville
DL. A. Bowman
J. M. Buchanan
James Huskins
White Oak
Bakersville
Old Town Street
Lenoir
Chatham Record
Monroe Enquirer
W. C. Rape
Greensboro
New Berne
James City
J. F. Clark
W. H. Lipscombe & Co
New York
New Berne Journal
Shelby Review
Nicholson Cotton Mills
Duke
Blair's Fork Baptist Church
Arthur
Julius Dagenhardt
Miller’s Township
Taylorsville
River danger looms as city faces flood threat
St Louis reports the Mississippi nearing danger levels with potential flooding. Reports also note Edwin Booth critically ill in New York and a string of other incidents across the nation including suicides, indictments, shootings, corporate bankruptcy, and a mass poisoning at a plantation wedding.
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St. Louis
Missisippi
New York
Edwin Booth
Auguista
Charles E Staples
Augusta
Nashville
Tenn
United States Grand Jury
Commercial National Bank
Anniston
Ala
W. N. Payne
United States
Here
Tom Clark
Zacatecas
Mexico
Moscow
Idaho
McConnell & McGuire Company
McConnell
City
House of Dictates
Loxpon
London Chartered Bank of Australia
London
Old Broad Street
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
Knoxville
Floyd Peak
Buss
Knoxville Iron Company
Coal Creek
Charles Valalee
Peak
Hotty Springs
Miss
Duke Plantation
Holly Springs
Four Children Cremated in Farm House Fire
Aberdeen Mississippi April 25 on the Honea farm four miles south of town a colored tenant named Edwards and his wife left their three children all under five years old in the house while they worked the building burned and the children were cremated authorities reported no other injuries and details were sparse
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J. G. Adderholt
Kent
Lenoir
Madison Prat
T. R. Tomlinson
Wadesboro
Roanoke Beacon
Newton Enterprise
Union Cotton Mills of
Maiden
Charlotte News
Williams
Cabarrus ¢Unty
Pioneer Mills
Rocky Mount Argonaut
Rocky Mount
Wiley L. Davis
Jno
A. Dunlap, Jr
W. L Brown
Anna Bella Maness
Sis Maness
Sheffield Township
Moore County
Burlington
Graham
Burlington & Southwestern Railroad
Burlington Herald
Brevard
W. G. Gray
Calhoun
Southport
J. W. Morgan
Shallotte
Laudarnum
Louisburg
James
Conway
W. B. McCain
Yanceyville
McCain
North Carolina
Washington
Amziah Phifer
W. C. Boyd
No. 4
Concord Stanard
J. G. Foushee
Glenn's
John Glass
A. A. Sears
Staunton
Lynchburg
J. A. Yount
Conover
Yount
Oxford Ford
Hickory Press
Concord Times
J. W. Lee
Thomasville
Lee
Lexington
Fayetteville
Cumberland County
Aberdeen
Miss
R. A Honea
Here
Edwards
Cotton Crops Damaged by Frost Across Mississippi
From all parts of the state comes reports that cotton is killed or greatly injured by the recent frost. Replanting is possible in some areas but seed is scarce in many sections. High cotton seed prices had driven surplus seed to market, worsening the shortage.
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Safxson
Miss
Supreme Court Denies Habeas Corpus in Railroad Tax Case
The United States Supreme Court has denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the South Carolina railroad tax cases. The ruling leaves the issue to South Carolina courts and sheriffs must face contempt of court punishment as ordered.
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Wasington
United States Supreme Court
South Carolina
Tragic Church Fire Crushes Women and Children
In Naples at the Terre Annunciate Church during services a drapery strike set a candle aflame. The blaze caused a panic as worshippers fled, resulting in eight women and five children killed and hundreds injured in the church.
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Naples
Fire at Hull timber yard threatens city after dockers' strike
A massive blaze at Victoria Dock Hull destroyed ten acres of timber, with losses over £100,000 and £1,000,000 of property at risk. Three other fires started by strikers were controlled while the Citadel Hotel burned. Telegraph wires were down and rails melted as Marines and sailors aided firefighters.
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London
Victoria Dock
Hull
Citadel Hotel
The
Wade
Hull strikers clash with police as riots spread to Drypool dock
In Hull a drunken docker sparked a mass uprising as 2000 strikers clashed with police between 11 and 12. Officers fought mobs armed with stones clubs and revolvers, taking control after hours of hand to hand fighting. Six strikers were arrested. Delegates from major London unions met secretly to plan support amid divisions.
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Hullarre
Drypool
London
Hull
Destructive Oklahoma Storm Kills Ninety. Relief Fund Mobilized
A devastating storm in GutTurig Oklahoma reduced Payne county homesteads to rubble. Ninety people died and about two hundred fifty were injured, including John Mullenix fatally and his wife who survived after giving birth amid spoil. A relief fund of over ten thousand dollars has begun to aid survivors and cover burials, with promises to double soon.
Trial of George Albow in green goods case continues
In Poughkeepsie New York Judge Guernsey presides as the Court of Sessions extends the trial of George Albow for negotiating the sale of green goods. Witnesses Cassie and Hogshead of Transylvania County North Carolina describe letters and telegrams offering 20 000 in green goods for 1 000 in cash. The alleged password Safe and sure one hundred is cited. Hogshead shot Albow but denies handling the pistol. The pair say they came with 350 dollars to split 1 000, not moonshine makers. The case remains ongoing.
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Poughkeepstu
N. Y
Court of Sessions
Guernsey
George Albow
Appo
Cassle
Hogshead
Transylvania County
N. C
New York
Cassie
Poughkeepsie
Albow
North Carolina
Honduran revolt ends as Vasquez wields power now
Reported from Galveston Texas on April 24 states that the Honduran revolt has concluded and General Domingo Vasquez is effectively the head of the government as Minister of War, with General Bogran poised to be president. Nicaragua may face war with Honduras over Bonilla.
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Panama
Columbia
Galvesto
Texas
Honduras
Ace
Ponciano Leiva
Domingo Vasquez
Vasquez
Nicaraagua
Policarpo Bonilla
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Weldon News
Wilkesboro
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G. M
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John Will Lee
Reidsville
J. A. Johnston
Mooresville
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Creswill
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Burlington News
H. R Ireland
Watauga
Laurinburg Exchange
Ida Cotton Mills
Laurinburg
W. B. Doub
Gerrie Jenkins
King’s Mountain
Wright
A. Worth ‘Falls
Shelby Aurora
G L Hunter
Hopewell
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Kirby Smith
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Adjutant General
Cabarrus Cotton Mills
J. W. Cannon
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