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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1894

Page

3

North Carolina Local News Roundup Skimmed M

A collage of brief notes from North Carolina papers reports on livestock sales in Raleigh magnets and court cases in Mt Airy and Winston. Mentions include a 2800 lb bull death a 350 bushel corn barn fire and a murder barroom incident in Raleigh with ongoing investigations.

Lexington Dispatch Eldridge Winston Republican H. E. Lane Edenton Sherman McCann Lee S. Overman Rowan North Carolina Jlway Korney Raleigh Superior J F.raves Mt. Airy W. N. Mebane J. 8. Carr Refair Durham Globe Jethan Franklin Town Franklin Press Charlotte News Wilkesboro Chronicle Pennsylvania New Jersey Virginia Asheville Virgil S. Lusk Buncombe County Sarah E. Stancil Bensons Smithfield Herald Henry Winstead Roxboro Courier Lamberton Robesonian R. Privatt Fayetteville Baptist University of North Carolina Morning Herald Durham Evening Globe Daily Globe Herald Greek Andrews Sandford Express Mail Lillington Broadway Mohawk Gulf N.C Louisburg Times Tom Combs Hunting Creek Carthage Blade Alfred Knight John Scales Halifax Knight Scales Greenville Reflector Charles Walton Santly James Davis Walton M. P. Cum-mings Rockingham Websters Eekly Eearlette Chas. Johnston S. W. Reid Steel Creek Gaston County

Denver Murders Echo Jack the Ripper Pattern

A Denver murder spree in the Stranglers Row district reports a Japanese girl victim with garroting using a twisted towel. Two prior victims were French. All robbed, killer unidentified though several arrests made. Police surgeon suggests a Jack the Ripper type, causing terror among dissolute women.

Denver Col Stranglers Row Wheeler Jack the Ripper White Chapel

Forest Fires Rage Across Mississippi Valley and South

Fires sweep North Mississippi West Tennessee and Eastern Arkansas entering Alabama near Florence. Shoal Creek area near Florence battles flames to defend homes as dozens of structures burn. Paris Tennessee and Hollywood Mississippi towns are ringed by fire with residents facing destruction. near Renova Mississippi Hary Owsley and wife perished in the blaze.

Memphis Tenn Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas Alabama Florence Tennessee River Shoal Creek Paris James Snyder Hollywood Miss Renova Fiarry Owsley White

Train Robbers Strike Near Muskogee After Dark

Reports from Muskogee I T dated November fourteen describe the Cook gang holding up a northbound Missouri Kansas and Texas train at Blackstone switch five miles north of town. Fifteen bandits robbed passengers while guards and the express messenger failed to stop them. Officials seek federal troops as violence, rape, and murder allegations accompany the raid.

Musxoerg I. T Blackstone Muskogee Missouri, Kansas and Texas Cook United States Bill Cook Cherokee Bill Express Exress Washington, D.C Commissioners of Indian Affairs Wisdom Blackstone Switch Interior Department Smith Lamont

U S Five Per Cent Bonds Offered by Treasury

The Treasury announces sealed proposals for up to 50 million dollars of five percent bonds dated February 1, 1894 with interest from November 1, 1894. Bids due November 24, 1894, payment in gold, with 20 percent funded on acceptance and installments thereafter. Major banks Drexel Morgan Speyer & Co and John A. Stewart poised to take the full issue.

Washington Treasury Department Congress Secretary of the Treasury U.S United States Washington, D. C J. G. Carlisle Secretary of Treasury New York Drexel, Morgan & Co Speyer & Co John A. Stewart United States Trust Co London Nda

Peffer Forecasts Populist Rise and Party Realignment

Senator Peffer predicts a post election realignment with a new party formed by dissatisfied Democrats and Republicans uniting with Populists. He says Democrats wasted a chance to survive, paving the way for a coalition to challenge the Republicans and oppose gold monometallism.

Sek Senate Washington, D. C Peffer Congress Washington Democratic Party New Party Republican Party Party of Gold Free

Robbers Captured After Dawson Bank Attack

Falls City Nebraska November 13 191X an attempt to rob the Dawson bank last week ended with a dynamite blast that burned the general store of Mike Miller. A overcoat found near the bank tied to Elias Styles led to a home search by Sheriff Furgeson and Miller where stolen goods were recovered and Styles found with a fuse. Styles confessed involvement with Schierfine and Candee in the bank outrage and last year’s fire at the Dawson mill. The Cand ees have been in custody repeatedly.

Falls City Neb Dawson Mike Miller Elias Styles Furgeson Miller Styles Schierfine Candee Candees

Tragedy in Elmira as Husband Kills Two Then Himself

H V Straight, flour and feed store operator, shot his wife and her sister in Elmira after a note requesting reconciliation. He then shot himself, dying within hours as his wife died later that evening and the sister lay gravely injured. TheCouple and sister were respected residents, the tragedy shocking the community.

Elmira N. Y H. V. Straight Straight Whitford Arnot- Ogden Hospital

Likelihood of War Between Mexico and Guatemala

City of Mexico reports rising tensions with Guatemala despite official denials. The Nineteenth battalion sailed from Vera Cruz toward the border while the Fourteenth artillery prepares to follow. The government has supplied 80 000 cartridges to the army as anxiety grows in the War Department.

City Mexico Guatemala Vera Cruz Fourteenth Artillery War Department

Terrific storms sweep Brussels and coast of Europe

A series of Nov 13 wind, rain, and hail storms cause heavy property damage and loss of life across Brussels, HampureG Ath and coastal towns. Reports cite fifteen deaths, wrecked ships, and damaged telegraph lines with international relief efforts.

Port Arthur Irish Parliamentary Party Brussels Ath Lubeck London China Japan United States Tiseris North Sea Germany Justin McCarthy Dublin Herald O’brien Dillon Bern Cologne Gazette Seaneual Shanghai Mercury English Channel Dover Galais la Flandre St. Malo France Cherbourg Sierra Leone Africa Amrise Monrovia Settra Kroo

China to Apologize for Taku Forts Incident

In line with a British demand the forts at Taku saluted the British steamship Chung King with twenty one guns. China will degrade Taozi Sheng for the assault on the ship and its Japanese passengers and will apologize to England for the act.

Shan Gu Hai Taku China England

Daring Baltimore Teen Katie Ryan Makes Six Foot Leaps

Baltimore harnessing headlines as sixteen year old Katie Ryan earns notoriety for repeated escapes and a sixty foot jump. Her mother screens doors and bars fail as she slips out nightly. She is placed at House of the Good Shepherd but vows to run again and hides in dormitory rooms until caught by a watchman.

Baltimore Katie Ryan Katie House of the Good Shepherd Eaalae

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