State News Briefs From Rural North Carolina
A collage of short items reports local incidents and observations across the state. Notes include crops and weather impacts, church and college happenings, trials, deaths, rail and post office changes, and various small-town events from Hickory to Raleigh.
Chaos Across Cities As Strikes And Murders Unfold
Reports from New York Chicago and London tell of police barricades social unrest and a state Republican delegation leaving for Albany. A banker and several public figures are killed or jailed while other incidents include a streetcar fatality and a banker’s liquidation.
Cotton Fire Aboard Steamer Pawnee Damages Bales
About 3,000 bales of Pawnee's cargo were damaged by fire and water in Savannah. Nos 1 and 2 holds and the engine room were flooded. Ship damage is slight. Estimated total loss around 30,000 dollars. Owners are Phelps Bros. & Co. of New York. Cargo fully insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Pawnee
Phelps Bros. & Co
New York
Death of William Astor in Paris Hotel Liverpool
Paris dispatch reports William Astor died of heart failure last night at the Hotel Liverpool. He was the father of J Coleman Drayton and once the wealthiest American, with an estate estimated between 50 and 60 million dollars, largely in New York real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
H. A Brown
Winston
N. C
Randolph Street Baptist Church
Carthage Blade
Town
Cameron
Oak Ri Institute
Edward Athaler
Salem
Sandford E. S
CO. L. McDuffie
Pocket Township
Oeerena
Charlotte
Carolinas
Virginia
Georgia
Salisbury Herald
John Brady
Grace Church
V Cooper
John Robbins
Windsor
New Berne
Craven County
Amadas
Barlow
Roanoke Island
Creecy
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Maxton Union
Prong
Bladen County
Shade Wooten
Buck Brown
J. W. Brown
Morganton
Burke County
Charlotte News
Tom Williams
Arthur Johnston
Williams
Johnston
Wilder
Greensboro
Clinton
J. F. Caldwell
Harrell
Sampson County
Roxboro
James Holloway
Holloway
Person County
Henry Hill
J. R. Chisemhall
Frank Buckner
Buncombe County
Starling Buckner
Postminster
Asheville
New Berne Journal
New Yor
Kelly
Rpms
New York
T. C. Shier
Paris
Ravochal
Coutts’ Bank
London
United Kingdom
St. Paul
An Lee
Thompson
Fremont
Col
Clark Dilldine
James Groves
Albany
Brooklyn
Monsey McDonald
Corrigan
Summer Glass Works
Steubenville
Ohio
Sadie Crawford
Utica
N. Y
O'Brien
Prince of Bunco
Buck
Pia
Trenton
N. J
Glenmore
Pennington
Bound Brook
Edward S. Wells
Wilaineton
William T. Dickerson
Lewes
Del
Oberon
Hull
Philadelphia
Newark
First Street
Harrison
Glasgow
James F
Kirkpatrick
Sing Sing
Jacksonville
Fia
Bartow
Zalfo Springs
DeSoto County
S. A
Sauls
John Goode
National Cordage Trust
Ravenswood
L. I
Col. Thos. Ochiltree
Messrs
Fox
Borrowe
Belgium
Col. Ochiltree
Lonpor
Borrowe Drayton
Macon
John B. Roberts
Sandersville
Maconee
Roberts
Wm Astor
Liverpool
Mr Astor
J Coleman Drayton
Barrow Fox-Milban
William Walder Astor
Jay Gould
William Astor
America
Concealed Loot Found on Bank Robbery Suspects
In Copenhagen April 26 police recovered 4000 dollars secreted in clothing and boots of Dix and Phyfe robbery suspects Oscar Creamer and Oscar Bjorkman. William Carpenter, also charged, pleaded not guilty and awaits trial. Grand Jury indicted all three for grand larceny in the first degree with extradition papers dispatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CopenHaGen
Oscar Creamer
Oscar Bjorkman
Alias White
Dix & Phyfe
Carpenter
Navy Appropriation Bill Adds New Vessels and Costs
The Senate committee reports naval appropriations with new vessels including a 9000 ton sea going battleship and a 7500 ton harbor defense ship plus four light draft gun boats and six torpedo boats. Costs range from 450000 per gun boat to 4000000 for the battleship, with various allocations for torpedo outfits and museum reproductions for the World Fair. The total bill shows an increase of 747000 over the House version and amounts to 24223773 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waasuhington
Senate
Committee On Appropriations
House
Secretary of the Treasury
International Naval
Secre
Navy
Chicago
Atlantic
Boston
Chi
Mere! &E
Senate Committee
Bae Ve
T ‘Ee
Also Mentioned on This Page
State News
Orn Lockany
Laurel Hill
Methodists
Hickory
Buck Blackwell
Durham
The
Washington Gazette
W. H. G. Lucas
Ten County Alliance
Raleigh Y 17
O. Hanchey
Sonian
Albemarle
Wm. Whitkk
Reformed Church
Goldsboro
Argus Gays
Alliance Echo
Colored & M. College
Mount Holly
M. Jenkins
Fayetteville
Benenderson
Henderson
H. T. Jenkins
Salisbury
Colored Alliance
Halifax County
Atlanta
Monroe
Scotland Neck
John R. Staten
Winston Sentinel
Julia E. Wilson
Thomas J. Wilson
Oyster
Lucas
Credle
Wahab
South Lake
Lance & Rackle
Brown Stone Quarrien
Sanford
Moore County
Grand Ypter Royal Arch Masons
Grand
J. F. ‘Ell
Smithfield Herald
Ellington
W. G. Hollowell
J. C. Ballard
Raleigh
Second Street
the Sentinel
McKnight
Taylor
Mt. Airy
West Virginia
George Houstom
Edward Whitney
Moran
Sentinel
Statesville
Norwood
John Swaringen
H. C. Thurner
C. T. Bailey, Jr
Ray
C. T. Bailey
Biblical Recorder
Siler
Jonathan Blackstone
Long Branch
Alamance County
Gurney Blackstone
Henry Shaffer
Mecklenburg County
Dom Sheridan
Wilmington
Sheridan
Weldon News
Aristides Spyker Smith
Wilson Mirror
A. W. Rowland
Mason Cross
Marion
D. C
Laurinburg Exchange
Southport
Annie Russell
Charles Russell
T. M. Thompson
Carolina House
Keeley Institute
Hickory Press
Carolinian
Smith
J. F. Joyner
Greenville Reflector
Carolina Central
Lauinburg
Lock Lier
Presbyterian Home
Barnum Springs
C. C. Hook
Charlotte Observer
Rowland
H. K. McCormac
E. J. Thompson
Robesonian
Rockingham
Richmond County
John T
Sue
Justice Bunting
Terrer
Red Springs
R. Townsend
Oxford Ledger
J. B. Parham
Asheboro
J. 8
Worth
Free
Pleasant Grove Township
John Macon
Martin Thornburg
Thornburg
County Alliance
St. Louis
W. Wharton, Jr
Gilbert Edwards
Revenue
Edwards
North Martin Street
Weldon
Concord Standard
Telbert
Albemarle Township
Willie Fink
Jnc. A. Fink
No. 5
Dr. Herring
Burlington Herald
Henry Jeffreys
Davis Street
Granville County
Hinton Reams
J. Hardy
Cary
Raleight
Birmineham
Ala
Birmingham National Bank
Alabama National Bank
Mr. Wells
Curyenxe
Wyo
Chas. Miller
Miller
Waldo Emerson
Ross T. Wishbaugh
East Cheyenne
Oraner
West Orange
W. R. Johnson
Charles J. Kuhlman
WM. Astor
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