04 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1893
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment from Atlanta and Wake County pages includes medical notes, property sales, mortgage notices, and executorial bids. It references February entries, copper colored limbs, and a mix of legal actions in 1892 with bidders, lot descriptions, and auction terms, all presented in terse, jumbled phrasing.
Fragmented notice indicates a legal or business matter involving Goodwin firm and associates in Raleigh with names and dates obscured. It mentions public notice and possible pay or settlement actions and the involvement of Darher Ellott and other parties. details are unreadable.
Fragmented text advertises ink chemical products claiming high usefulness and demand. Mentions ledgers cash books, erasures, patent chemical ink and profit potential. Requests agents to write for terms and territory roles.
The General Assembly of 1893 94 opens at noon with Democratic caucuses naming John L King of Guilford as president pro tem of the Senate and Lee S Overman of Rowan as Speaker. Officers for the Senate and House are to be ratified and seated as the new session begins in Raleigh.
Washington Jan 3 Congress reconvenes with light attendance as senators and representatives face a crowded week. The McGarahan bill opens the Senate, followed by debates on the anti option and Sherman silver acts plus quarantine and immigration suspensions. House action centers on the fortification appropriation bill, with a quiet week expected otherwise. A separate Navy board will propose a plan to distribute Chilean indemnity funds to sailors injured in Valparaiso, building on precedents from prior awards.
Osawa Neb Jan 3 officials stunned by a false supreme court decision text alleging Kruz Norton canvass fraud for Knox and Boyd seats. Justice Maxwell questioned the printing error. Justice Past admitted added clause triggering investigation. Separate reports cover Panama canal probes in Pants. rail, whisky trust, and other mixed items across cities.
A circular letter issued by the Orr Committee criticizes the conduct of the Richmond and West Point Terminal Railroad and Warehouse company. It cites delayed annual meetings, lack of information, and calls stockholders to vote on new directions, noting Virginia law requires reports and open records. Proxies are requested from stockholders to empower a stockholders’ meeting and potential reorganization.
A biographical sketch details Lee S. Overman of Salisbury born January 3, 1854, his lineage, early schooling, and law career. It covers his roles as private secretary to Governors Vance and Jarvis, his Salisbury practice, legislative terms beginning 1882, speakership bid in 1887, and later positions including judiciary committee chair, state university trustee, and penitentiary board member.
Public notice states a court decree in Wake County will sell a lot known as the Fow Le Kerio on Marin Street in Raleigh at the courthouse door Monday February 6 1838 at noon. Terms require half cash and balance in monthly installments with interest. bid specifies 16 by 40 feet with details from the special proceeding. Commission office in Raleigh NC notes.
Attorney General Smth petitions the Indiana Supreme Court for a rehearing on the apportionment case. The new court, largely Democratic, to decide if the legislature can be reviewed over apportionment law and whether the sixty day waiver affects future actions.
Washington January 3 Chairman Carter of the Republican National Committee concedes Senate control to the Democrats after March fourth. He says he renounces contests in Wyoming California and Montana and denies any intent to seek the Senate himself. He refused to let friends use his name in any caucus. Public Debt Statement Washington January 3 shows December debt rise of 379 314 with total debt 1 563 901 769 and net cash balance 29 092 588. Gold silver and currency in circulation at 563 267 807 up 1 097 360. Blaine reportedly improving January 3 Washington says Dr Johnston and family report Mr Blaine doing very well with his fourth visit today. Kenna's condition remains grave with physicians offering no hope of recovery though the patient remains hopeful.
Paris reports Charles Floquet denies any plan to resign as head of the chamber. He calls rumors that he aided a Russian statesman obtain 500,000 francs from the Panams company an unqualified falsehood and says cabinet disagreements have no basis in fact.
News from Winston and Stokes County reports two fatal fights at Brown Mountain involving George and Nunn, Hall killing his uncle Knight in Patrick County, and James Shelton slain in Sandy Ridge. Salem Chamber backs R B Glenn for U S attorney, with a $300 tea service gift to Glenn. Contention over Winston Salem consolidation, mortuary tallies for Winston and Salem, and the death of Martin Muezler in Charlotte.
North Dakota lawmakers opened the session with a focus on succeeding U S Senator Casey as Republicans hold a clear House majority. caucuses signal a possible senatorship battle with Casey’s rivals Woerst Kingman Smith Anderson and others amid party division. In Kansas, high court hearings challenge board of canvassers over four seats, risking shifts in control as Democrats and Republicans maneuver before the legislature convenes next week.
St Paul Minn Jan 8 Both branches of the legislature met at noon today The senate was organized by Republicans with three old alliance senators joining the party In the house W E Lee Republican was elected speaker A joint senatorial caucus is called for tomorrow evening Davis will be nominated and reelected.
John C Johnson, at the Vernon County court house in Viriqua, was forced at gunpoint to open a safe and surrender about 85,000 dollars. The robbers locked him in the safe and fled. Other items include a death linked to cigarette smoking at Graham cotton mill in Asheville, a fatal burn of a two year old near Rocky Mount, a New York sportsman stocking a Guilford County farm with pheasants, a Christmas Eve killing near King's Mountain, and a shooting at a Nashville event resulting in two deaths.
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