Raleigh Centennial Celebration Praises and Precaution
The city marked its hundredth birthday with a joyous celebration led by Chief Marshal J. M. Heck. Citizens from all professions contributed to a well organized event in Raleigh, highlighting Anglo Saxon heritage and a hopeful future for North Carolina. A separate report from Detroit notes a mine cage accident in Bessemer, Michigan, collapsing 700 feet with 19 men aboard. one killed, several injured, four expected to die, due to a safety cage failure.
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North Carolina
State Chronicle
Detroit
Mich
Bessemer
Colby Mine
North Carolina warns against secret political societies
A North Carolina Chronicle piece cites Chairman Simmons urging citizens to study evidence of an organized secret political society in the state. It argues such groups threaten liberty, urges enforcement of the state constitution, and recalls past turmoil linked to secret leagues and violence.
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Chronicle
Simmons
Otho Wilson
Gideon
Loyal League
Ku Klux
Sons of Liberty
Wilson
Gideon Band claimed in North Carolina conspiracies
Letters from 1892 reveal alleged Gideon Band a secret order within the Alliance movement in North Carolina. Otho Wilson is named as organizer with a rigid hierarchy and death penalty for disclosure. Members claimed 300 per district and 30 per county with initiation fees and aims to aid reform.
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Gideon
Otho Wilson
Goldsboro
State Alliance
Morehead
Wilson
Alliance
Tom Long
Tom
North Carolina
M. L. Reep
F. M. Siamons
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Mr. Wilson
Indianapolis Alliance Council
Secret Societies Fear In North Carolina Politics
F. M. Simons, chair of the Democratic State Executive Committee, denounces a secret band system linked to the Union League and a local “Gideon’s Band” in North Carolina. He argues secret orders influence political actions, threaten liberty, and recall past perils from northern and western urban unrest, urging strict laws to curb such groups.
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North Carolina
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Bell
Reed
Desjerate
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Chuva Dem
Noxion
Virginia's Grand Exposition Opens with Nightly Showings
The Virginia exposition opens October 6 and runs to October 26 with day and night attractions. Key events occur October 24 and each evening at 8 15 featuring a superb historic and pyrotechnic display with performances on October 14 17 19 21 and 24 illustrated in the advertisement.
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Ovctobe
Paris Era of Revolutions in Grand Spectacle Show
Over three hundred attendees per performance present a vivid recreation of a major historical upheaval with new attractions including bicycle riding, wrestling, acrobatics, and horsemanship. Fireworks finale lights the sky, with a curtain of rockets. Doc the trotting dog debuts Oct 17, poultry and cattle exhibitions run Oct 17–22, Virginia tournament Oct 18, grand coronation ball, and racing Oct 20–21. Special rail rates from October 17 and 24.
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Rooster Orchestra
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