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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1894
Page
3
A sprawling Raleigh and regional roundup reports diverse notes from North Carolina towns. It covers factory work and new mills, crop yields and fruit shipments, local arrests and court actions, and community events including baptisms and public improvements.
The Sultan of Constantinople donated 300 Turkish pounds to ease distress from U S forest fires. Reports from Omana Nebraska and western Iowa note killing frosts damaging late crops. In Kilwa a German post repulsed a native attack with 100 killed and wounded. In Washington the Treasury clarifies tariffs on diamonds under the 1894 act.
Severe storms sweep the Southwest and Mediterranean coast causing flooding in Gata and Javea. Houses destroyed and several vessels wrecked in the Bay of Gata with multiple lives lost.
A Bristol Tennessee report describes Charles Rector and Morris locating ten skeletons deep in a Seven Mile Ford cave near Arcemont Virginia. Explorers lowered by rope found bones of men women and children, some scattered under stones with signs of foul play suspected by locals.
In Lexington Kentucky on September 11 a confrontation in Frank Davis restaurant nearly turned violent. Professor C H Alberti and Fayette County Attorney Col John R Allen exchanged insults and blows with Allen drawing a pistol, while Alberti threatened to fetch his own weapon. Both men remained silent and the incident drew attention from locals.
Mesca reports reveal a gang of about twenty five masked cattlemen slaughtered 2200 sheep owned by CB Browne and J F Miller. Two sheep were driven off a cliff. Some flocks were spared but warnings were left. Armed sheepmen threaten lynching of suspects if caught.
Warrants sworn for the arrest of Mississippi Governor J M Stone Auditor W W Stone and State Treasurer J J Evans on charges tied to two hundred thousand dollars in counterfeit like warrants. Warrant affidavits cite three denomination prints and a Secret Service case led by agent W J Burns.
About 400 sugar and rice planters and orange growers, former Democrats from Orleans, St. Bernard, and Piquemine, gathered at Plaquemine to discuss political alignment. H. M. Kernochan, ex naval officer, chaired as speakers urged joining the Rspss party.
Ashland Wisconsin reports strong winds fanning fires that threaten Ashland Driving Park Association and nearby cemeteries. Saxon and OakviewLive Oak county area towns face imminent danger as smoke drifts across Washburn. Firefronts spread eastward with water hauled by teams and residents urged to evacuate quickly.
Perry Oklahoma September 13 Bill Dalton the outlaw is not dead says Bill Doolan the current boss of the gang Dalton has merely withdrawn from public life and left the Territory for a milder climate He is said to be living peacefully and the reported death from Missouri bank robbery wounds is denied with no bullet injury for a year
Sovereign says strikes deepen capital labor rift and harm workers. He cites rapid growth of the Knights last year and notes the union backs study and education plus ballot power for relief. He predicts a ten day session in Buffalo with key officers arriving from Des Moines Philadelphia and Amsterdam.
Washington reports Secretary Carlisle has informed Representative Heard that New Orleans Philadelphia and San Francisco mints are coinage standard silver dollars from Sherman act bullion. Monthly coinage nears a million dollars, with over 1.5 million coined since July, to redeem treasury notes. The note cites political implications for Alabama governor race and Democratic silver stance.
News from Shanghai dated September 13 reports a two day battle between Chinese and Japanese forces near Kai Chang Korea on the 2nd of the month. Chinese papers claim a view over Japanese entrenchments and possible restrictions on Chinese crossing the river. Fortunes and reports from Tianjin mention Li Hung Chang related figures and exile orders. Tourism notes from Vancouver recount Empress of China passengers and unsettled claims amid inconsistent coverage.
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