House debate and actions on lands and eulogies in 1892 session
In the session in Washington items include setting apart April 12 for eulogies to Hon. M. W. Ford and printing 6,000 copies of a President Chilian question report. The House passed a military appropriations bill, considered private claims, and scheduled eulogies for F. B. Spinola and Hon. John R. Gamble with adjournment at 5 p.m.
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Ieginton
M. W. Ford
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Outhwaite
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Ebillson
Ealenthe
Louisa Q. Lovell
Warren County
Aquilla Jones
Indianapolis
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Bunn
North Carolina
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Andrew Jack- Smeer
Bynum
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Tose
Cochran
New York
F. B. Spinola
Pickler
John R. Gamble
Dakota
Lincoln Birth Day Celebrations and Front-Page Briefs
Lincoln's birthday is a legal holiday in Illinois. John L. Sullivan denies signing to fight Boxer Maker. Funeral services for John Jay Knox were held at St Bartholomew's Church New York. Secretary Tracy authorized Admiral Gherardi to return with ships to the West Indies. Eight new typhus cases in New York raise total to 65. victims largely Jewish aboard the steamer Massalia. Salvation Army march to greet Gen Booth in Southampton. Milton S. Littlefield sought in New York for grand larceny. counsel says he is in Boston. Field Lindley & Co shows debts of 2 151 741 48 with assets 39 326 05. Romaine Bros trunk and fireworks factories destroyed in Petersburg Va. loss about 20 000 with 14 000 insurance. Blizzard and heavy drift hinder Western New York rail traffic. State Republican clubs meet in Missouri and Ohio. Sedalia and Columbus host gatherings. about 900 delegates in Sedalia. 300 new clubs in Ohio in past year totaling 530. Monmouth Ill experienced its severest fire since 1871 originating in the opera house by gas explosion. 800 people were inside shortly before the blast. loss about 120 000.
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Salvation Army
Southampton
Gen. Booth
India
England
Milton S. Littlefield
New York
Boston
Romaine Bros
Petersburg
Mob Hangings Lavender After Confession
A mob of about 150 persons seized William Lavender a Black man held in Roanoke police custody for an alleged assault on white teenager Alice Perry and hanged him from a tree. Lavender reportedly confessed before death.
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United Press
Roanoke
William Lavender
Alice Perry
Lavender
Washington Gossip The Committees
Washington gossip summarizes congressional activity on pensions for Florida war veterans and rail consolidation in the northeast. It notes debates on free wool and free coinage, salary cuts for officials, a cotton price inquiry, immigration hearings, and party positions shaping Bland and coinage bills.
Trial of Ex Mayor Pearson Ends in Not Guilty
Pittsburg, Pa February 12 The trial of ex Mayor Pearson of Alleghany City for embezzlement of committee men fees ends with a not guilty verdict after the prosecution fails to prove the ex mayor’s participation or knowledge of the alleged questionable transactions. Evidence shows officials under the ex mayor committed grave offenses but no link to him. The jury deliberated briefly and the county must pay costs.
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Pearson
Alleghany City
Business Failures Across United States and Canada
Unitedress New York reports seven day business failures totaling 276 in the United States and Canada combined. R G Dun Co records 235 US failures and 41 in Canada, down from 319 last week and 297 the prior week. Compared with last year’s week, 297 total failures included 262 in the US and 30 in Canada.
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Unitedress
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Woman in trance awakens before burial in Warsaw Ill
Mrs S Wilson of nearby rural area fell ill and appeared dead. A neighboring coffin delivery failed due to a drunk driver, and she revived during the impending burial striking attendants to free herself. Doctors treated her and she began to recover. An advert for Simmons Liver Regulator follows.
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Warsaw
Ill
S. Wilson
Large saw mills burned at Goldsboro
Special to State Chronicle reports Sauls saw mills on the river near Goldsboro were destroyed by fire in high wind. Estimated loss around 15000 dollars. Separate items note Charles Seagle’s disappearance at Madison and debts to railway and express companies. Mrs Furman, wife of a prominent Durham druggist, dies at Franklinton after paralysis. funeral scheduled. Additional notices include new post offices at Sexton and Hager, a private telegraph line planned by J. L. Allen, and ex sheriff Hugh Hughes death at Cedar Grove. On trial for murder in Charlotte. Atlantic Coast Line accused of higher strawberry rates to New York than oranges. Resolutions mourning ex Governor Alfred Moore Scales issued by Dialectic Society.
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State Chronicle
GoldsBoRo
IS. D. Sauls
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Atlantic Coast Line
New York
University of N. Co
Nation
Dialectic Society
F. P. Evier
W. HH. Bororn
L. C. Vax
Distillery Keeper Poisoned by Rat Poison Misuse
In Rutherford county near Rutherfordton a distillery owner drank poisoned rat bait mistook for egg nogg. He collapsed with convulsions and died despite medical aid. A magistrate hearing Tuesday night failed to blame the physician.
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Rutherford County
Rutherfordton
Naval Reserve Battery Interest Grows in Wilmington
The Messenger reports Wilmington shows interest in forming a naval artillery battery. North Carolina already has the first Southern naval battalion at Charlotte with two batteries and about 100 members led by Lt Cmdr Stuart W. Cramer. He urged Wilmington and New Bern batteries and notes encampment at Owl Point with tents and daytime shipboard training plus hand drills and a monitor may be stationed at Wilmington as a training ship.
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Willmington
North Carolina
Charlotte
Stuart W. ‘Cramer
United States Mint
Wilmington
E. S. Latimer
Newbern
Oli Point
Simmons Liver Regulator Retires Indigestion Problems
A historical note states Simmons Liver Regulator always retires and prevents indigestion or dyspepsia, implying a traditional remedy claim without further context.
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Simmons Liver Regulator
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