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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1891
Page
1
A Raleigh church report details preaching by Revs. R. A. Peasy, B. Nash, and B. Culsyeral. It lists appointments, officers, and attendees including J. A. Cunningham, J. Hurley, D. Thompson, and W. Packets, naming bishops and district leaders as part of the year’s program.
Extracts praise Governor Jarvis and Reverend leaders in North Carolina Methodism. Notable figures include Rev. Norman Dr. Yates and Dr. Crowell of Trinity College with prospects for growth and education. End narration notes Trinity has 207 students, buildings valued at 90,060 dollars and endowment of 110,000 dollars.
Greenville Reflector recounts a lighthearted moment during a Trinity College report where Dr. Crowell names a distinguished addition to the faculty and the Bishop playfully claims consent was not yet given. The exchange ends with a quip about having another bishop next year and the audience enjoying the humor.
Readiness marks Wilmington North Carolina as the city decorates for Welcome Week festivities. Decors go up and the advance guard of visitors has arrived, while local weather contrasts with conditions in other parts of the state.
At Masonboro Sound E A Orrell’s gun discharged while he examined it. The entire load struck his wife who stood in front of him. Her wounds proved fatal.
The arrival in Washington of Ex-Representative Davidson with Florida governor credentials to contest Senator Call’s election prompts a comparison to the Eustis vs Pinchback 1887 case. Davidson’s backers argue the situations are similar, while opponents cite key differences, including quorum and field conditions, that could affect Senate action.
Mrs Chloe Steward died yesterday near the Forsyth Davidson line at age 106. She was the mother of 14 children and grandmother to many, with descendants to great grandchildren. Her husband Jonathan Steward died 30 years ago at age 90.
Henderson North Carolina November thirty. A coroner jury ruled the death of two eighteen year old Negro boys found dead in the snow on Sunday morning resulted from drunkenness and freezing. The youths, who lived about two miles from town, had tried to seek shelter with a neighbor who refused.
A short notice notes that Simmons Liver Regulator prevents constipation, contrasting it with other pills that cause it. It emphasizes the product as a reliable remedy.
Special to State Chronicle Fayetteville North Carolina November 30 The defense opened with Maj John Shaw and the state with Solicitor Frank McNeill in the McDougald Connolly murder trial. Judge McIver gave an exhaustively reasoned charge to the jury lasting three hours. The jury deliberated after a supper break and resumed around 4 Situations and public interest have made the trial among North Carolina history’s most exciting.
Washington reports show new members visiting speakership headquarters with little sign of support for any candidate. Most members say they have not decided and pledges are unfounded. No date yet for Judge Holman to convene the Democratic caucus as mail is redirected to Indiana.
The Court of Claims directed judgment for $830,000 against the United States in the case of the Old Settlers and Western Cherokee Indians. The action concerns the removal of eastern Cherokees from Georgia and North Carolina to the Cherokee country.
Several shocks of earthquake were felt in Tacoma Townsend Olympia and Seattle yesterday afternoon with distinct disturbances reported in Townsend and Olympia though no damage was reported.
Reports detail a Berlin watchmaker suicide linked to Friedlander & Sommerfeld’s bankruptcy, the death of Richard Power a Waterford MP, a 40 000 strong Pas de Calais miners strike ending with return to work, and Chinese revolutionary activity with significant casualties and imperial troop movements along the Great Wall and Kin-Chow Takou area.
Matthews and Company, wholesale grocers, failed in Lynchburg Virginia on November 30. Liabilities totaled 54000 dollars with assets around 25000. Most creditors are merchants from Baltimore.
A disastrous fire in New Orleans this morning destroyed the main building a library frame structure and several other buildings of the Straight University for colored people. Loss estimated at 300000 with insurance not known.
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