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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1891
Page
1
The Senate carried on with a divided agenda as attendance waned and no motion to adjourn was made. Discussion focused on wartime forces including a memorial urging a navy expansion and armament to uphold national respect, with reports on appropriations and claims awaiting action.
The Senate considered a currency support bill, five public building measures for California and Ogden Utah, and a mansion extension bill for Washington. At 1:05 pm it entered executive session on Mr Cullom’s suggestion, ten minutes later doors reopened, and the House memorial resolution on Rep Melbou rne Ford of Grand Rapids Michigan was called up. The Senate adjourned until noon tomorrow out of respect for his memory.
Mrs R B John wife of Rev R B John presiding elder of Washing district North Carolina conference died at her Greenville home today after two weeks illness Her remains will be taken to Chatham county via Weldon and Pittsboro to be buried at Mt Pleasant church cemetery on Thursday with the husband two children mother sister and Reverends G A Oglesby and E C Glenn accompanying.
Slavin and Mitchell arrived in New York from the Brittanic seeking boxing match opportunities. Slavin says his objective is to fight Sullivan under any rules and any location with a guarantee Mitchell stays safe. Mitchell offers a ten round contest with Corbett if Sullivan cannot be arranged, to showcase their boxer skills.
Jesus Gonzales was found stabbed to the heart on a main street in Mavace Texas. A dagger lay by his side and a rose rested near his heart. Mexican citizen Sanciledo has been arrested and admits killing in self defense. The dispute arose over a woman.
The Senate confirmed Stephen B. Elkins to be Secretary of War and nominated T. H. Nebeker for Treasurer of the United States. Also approved were W. E. Simmons for Commissioner of Patents, J. C. Legar as Refiner of the Mint, and A. K. Barkedale as Coiner of the Mint. Postmasters named include W A Starker in Alabama and several others in South Carolina and Virginia.
Special to State Caroxicur Goxtosporo North Carolina December 22 1891 Rev Thomas C Moses a superannuated Methodist preacher died at his home in Chatham County December 20 1891 Born in Franklin County in 1807 he had lived a long useful life He left two sons and a daughter
Mrs. Nancy Britt long recognized as Aveusta Maine’s oldest resident died after an extensive morning prayer. She reportedly woke and prayed to die, then collapsed and died within about forty five minutes, aged 118.
A strange Texas thief entered a Dallas tailor shop and brandished a claimed dynamite stick. He demanded half a dollar for pencils, which a knave paid with counterfeit funds. Police hold him as a bulldozer and counterfeiter.
The South Carolina legislature adopts a resolution urging Congress to back a bill to purchase the Moore House at Yorktown and the Temple Farm in Columbia. The aim is to preserve the site as a memorial of the 1781 alliance and siege victory, with a nominal price and Virginia tax exemption, funding from farm income for maintenance and possible naval inspection use.
In Janesville Wisconsin Judge Bennett decides a landmark paternity case over a $30,000 heir. Lelia Hurd Ingle divorced Andrew Ingle and married Alex Shuman. Daughter Sarah born 1890 is found to be Ingle's child, making him liable for her inheritance. The decision places Sarah’s guardian John Hurd in charge of her estate. The ruling cites the strong resemblance as a notable factor.
Reports from London and the Scilly Islands indicate the British steamer Cavalier, en route Gibraltar to Falmouth, is missing with feared drownings after a Dec 6 departure. Debris and a boat marked Cavalier were found near Lands End, suggesting a wreck and total loss of the vessel.
Special to Oream Globe reports that at 3 o'clock today five inmates overpowered jailor's assistant Russell and escaped from the Oxford County Jail in Oxford North Carolina.
The Guion Line steamer Abyssinia, sailing from New York to Liverpool on December 14, was burned at sea. All aboard were saved, and news arrived via the steamer Spree near Scilly. The loss included sixteen thousand bushels of wheat and a cargo of cotton hops among other goods.
Henry Carr and Mary Wilson, once lovers thwarted by family feud in Kentucky, reunite after forty-two years. An old gentleman finding Mary as a dressmaker in Liberty leads to renewed contact and a private ceremony. Carr, now wealthy, takes his bride to Virginia.
A group of Preston County girls organized a coon hunting trip with guns axes and provisions but got lost within two hours. A searching party found them after twenty four hours. Also notes the London Gaiety girls performed locally, with shows in Durham tonight claimed to surpass lithographs.
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