State News and local items from Durham and Greensboro
News briefs report building booms Wake Forest Wake College faculty changes and campus prospects. Local obituaries include Mrs W P en and Dr Pat Bee Oxford. Court and crime notes cover a jail escape, a shooting death, and a counterfeit coin charge amid rails and wrecks.
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Durham
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Greensboro
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Pat Bee
Oxford
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Tore
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Charlotte
Imperial decree honors Chinese officers after Ping Yang victory
A dispatch from Tien Tsin reports an imperial decree rewarding General Yeh and seven hundred Chinese officers for victory over Japanese troops at Ping Yang. Five war steamers will transport troops to Formosa to avert Japanese attacks while Chinese fortifications are expanded. Skirmishes occur across Corea with双方 claiming victory. A Russian epee will depart for Corea to protect merchant ships, with no intent to intervene in Corean affairs.
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Tien Tsin
Yeh
Ping- Yang
Central News
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Formosa
Corea
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Corean
Nevada Senator Jones Joins Populists After Decades as Republican
The Washington Star reports Senator John P. Jones of Nevada, a Republican in the Senate for over twenty one years, has renounced the party and joined the Populists. He wrote a letter to his constituency to be published in Nevada tomorrow, signaling a dramatic shift tied largely to silver policy. Jones left Washington for New York, leaving the Nevada delegation now solidly Populist alongside Stewart and Owland.
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Washington Star
John P. Jones
Nevada
United States Senate
Jones
Washington
New York
Stewart
Owland
Grand Jury Opens In Lynchings Inquiry In Memphis
Memphis Tenn September 3 the grand jury met to investigate Friday nights lynching. It adjourned after hearing many witnesses, bond set at 1000 but not posted. Public anger at the lynchers grows amid conflicting statements from Will Cox Charles Cox and Detective Richardson.
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Cooper
Will Cox
Richardson
Charles Cox
Cuba
Fatal Rail Accident Near Wilkesbarre
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a Lehigh Valley local freight train lost a driving shaft causing the engine to derail against a passing train. Frank Gorman of Wilkesbarre was found crushed in the wreck and died. Fireman Miley Reade was fatally hurt. Engineer Frank Weaver leaped free to escape.
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Lehigh Valley
Frank Gorman
Fire Destroyed Totty's Store in Petersburg
In Petersburg on Halifax Street yesterday at 430 PM a fire gutted the Totty dry goods store. Loss near 1800 with 500 insured. adjoining house roof burned. Owner Gerecke heirs insured for 3000. Labor Day observance limited to bank closings. Common Council meeting postponed. schools to open September 17.
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Cery
W. A. Totty
Halifax Street
Common Council
Coat Makers Win Strike Victory In New York
The New York coat makers strike ends with a breakthrough against sweating practices. About 7,000 of 14,000 workers return to work on new terms, with weekly pay arrangements and a ten hour day. Remaining workers expected back by early next week as details are settled. The outcome marks a shift away from sweating in the clothing trade, boosting earnings above prior levels.
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New York
Daring Riggers Crown Miss Liberty With Floral Wreath
Labor Day spectacle atop the Capitol recounts Albert Ports and James Grace climbing to Liberty’s brow. They placed a glowing wreath and read an invocation by Louise Riley before descending. Crowds watched from Capitol grounds as the perilous act unfolded in morning light.
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Wasu Hineton
Capitol
Albert Ports
James Grace
Porte
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Grace
Louise Riley
Washington
Arts
Liberty
Cantata War and Peace Delights 10000 at National Park
The ascent finished safely by Potts and Grace with a wreath placed then removed. Innes's cantata War and Peace premiered at National Baseball Park before about 10,000, featuring North and South war songs, artillery, and District of Columbia National Guard drills under Capt. Domer.
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Potts
Innes
National Baseball Park
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Domer
Cholera Scare Claims Cumberland Immigrant
Washington reports a suspected Asiatic cholera case on a train involving John Peter Walther, an immigrant from Bavaria. The Surgeon General seeks full details, while Dr. Ohr in Cumberland confirms Walther died of a genuine cholera attack, contradicting official doubts.
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Washineton
D. C
E. Duke
Board of Health
Cumberland
Marine Hospital Service
John Peter Walther
Bavaria
Bremen
Marine Hospital
C. H. Ohr
Peter Walther
Colorado Populists Nominate Mille and Endorse Omaha Platform
Proe blo reports the Populist State Convention adjourned after nominating J. Warner Mille of Denver for Supreme Judge. The platform calls for equal justice, supports Omaha platform principles, endorses Colorado’s administration, backs silver coinage at 16 to 1, opposes government bonds in peacetime, seeks federal money control, and favors initiative referendum and proportional representation to reflect the people’s will.
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J. Warner Mille
Denver
People’s Party of
Colorado
John C. Bell
Lafe Pence
Washouts Repaired Affected Texas Rail Line
The 1000 workers completed repairs on forty miles of Southern Pacific track west of San Antonio after floods. Trains run over temporary structures and the first through passenger train arrived at 9 PM, bringing relief-seekers. Debris from floodwaters fills treetop branches and prairies remain flooded two to five feet deep for about 100 miles. relief expeditions are expected to start today.
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San Antonio
Texas
Southern Pacific Railroad
LYNCHERS INDICTED FOR MILLINGTON LYNCHING
Mompeius Tenn Sept 6 Investigation into the lynching of six negroes near Millington is active. Grand jury indictments name Detective W Richardson A Atkinson the wagon driver Jeff Loxton merchant of Kerrville Mike Strickfadden and Jim Sisseliy as vigilants. Indictments allege murder in first degree against Richardson Loxton and Atkinson. Bail set at 5000 for each, jailed after indictments. Ed Smith of Kerrville arrested on related charge.
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W. Richardson
A. Atkinson
Jeff. Laxton
Kerrville
Mike Strickfadden
Jim Sisseliy
Turney
Judge Cooper
Shriffs
Grand
W.S Richardson
J D Loxton
E T. Atkinson
Richardson
Laxton
Atkinson
Ed. Smith
Fires Leave a Million Loss Across Minnesota Towns
A vast forest fire outbreak in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin has wiped out towns including Hinckley Pardridge Mansfield Cromwell Sandstone Bar onette Sandstone Junction and Wis towns such as Shell Lake Baronette and Pine City. Dead count climbs toward 600 with hundreds injured and thousands homeless as communications collapse and relief trains begin moving aid to burned districts.
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Hinckley
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Skunk Lake
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Bayfield
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Miller
FRESH FIRES REPORTED NEAR DULUTH AND SURROUNDING AREAS
Dispatches from Carlton Cloquet Kerrick Louis Superior and Duluth describe dense smoke and unseeable outlines as fires rage in brush and timber. About six hundred refugees are listed in Duluth with relief funds exceeding 10000 dollars and plans to send more to Hinckley and Sandstone. Regulary, offers of aid pour in from distant states as officials estimate 35000 to 40000 dollars needed for temporary relief and rehabilitation.
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Here
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Wilson's Narrow Escape At Dustow Dem Meeting
At a large Dustow West Virginia Democratic gathering Governor Wilson faced interruptions as guards moved to eject hecklers. A violent melee ensued with a volley of revolver shots. Wilson escaped unharmed though a path through his hair was cut by a bullet. J W Frizzle was fatally shot. others wounded include To bias Ferguson. US deputies reportedly fired on the crowd first.
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Nk Fanning
EG. Hill
United States
Fanning
Borne Journal
Caldwell Northern Railroad
Martin Wilson
Lenoir
Dustow
W. Va
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Serge
Bedford City Fire Destroys Tobacco Factory
A large brick tobacco factory owned by A. C. Hatcher & Co. in Beprorp City Virginia burned last night at 10. The loss was about 1,000 with 500 insurance. T. H. Love saved tobacco valued at 4,000. evening and portions of walls collapsed, cause suspected incendiary.
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T. H. Love
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