28 Oct 1891
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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1891
Page
1
A disjointed clipping reports multiple deaths by self harm and accident, a bear attack, and a hotel fire in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. It notes a man from North Carolina dying after typhoid illness, a burning hotel deemed incendiary, and various local notices and search efforts amid chaotic fragments.
Fire at Rural Hall destroys a large dwelling owned by Wm. Newsom and a purse with about 1700 dollars in cash and coins. Col. Wm. Bailey is found dead of heart trouble near his Walnut Cove home. A marble quarry discovery at Germanton signals forthcoming industrial work by an organized stock company.
Special to State Chronicle reports Maj. H. L. Grant’s tile and pottery plant near Goldsboro North Carolina was totally destroyed by fire Monday night. Loss is estimated at about 4000 dollars with no insurance. Origin unknown, fire started in the second story and all doors were locked.
At Washington DC and Gurtensure New Jersey, multiple races were completed. Winners include Holder, Busteed, Port Chester, Cerebus, Ballyhoo, Little Fred, Dallyrian, Miss Belle, Mad Stone, Skyestone, Gettysburg and others with varied times.
In Palermo eleven Italians and Sicilians clashed as clerical groups attacked during the election violence. Police fired on rioters injuring many. In Virginia a man named John Broughton was mortally wounded in an alley shooting on Talbot Street. A powder explosion near Great Falls Montana killed eleven workers.
The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s judgment in favor of the heirs in the Tilden will case. The estate is now valued at about $5,000,000.
In New York on a Friday afternoon Billy Madden acting for Pete Maher challenged any top heavyweight for a bout. A separate Wake Forest meeting of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society featured noted papers on twilight duration sponge species rain making Marl fertility and the Drudgery of Science with several professors from Wake Forest and the University presenting.
Fair, cold weather dominates the nation with brisk northern winds reaching as far south as New Orleans and Jacksonville. Temperatures fall rapidly while the local area remains fair and cold for three days. Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint claims painless removal of corns bunions and warts.
A North Carolina observer from Franklin extols the Southern Inter-state Exposition. He highlights state made blankets and agricultural displays as superior and urges all North Carolinians to visit, study, and learn from the exhibits to improve farming and industry statewide.
A noonday blaze started from a stove pipe on the roof of a one story frame dwelling at 218 East Lenoir Street. Sparks set old shingles alight as winds drove the fire. Firemen confined the flames to most of the roof, with Chief Engelhard estimating damage at 250 dollars. The house was occupied by E. G. Glenn and owned by James H. Young.
Dr Richard Gatling inventor of the Gatling gun, a Hertford County native, visits Raleigh and Indianapolis ties. He recalls early life in North Carolina and work on rice and wheat planters. He praises Chief Justice Smith and other leaders and notes views on silver currency tariff and tax repeal. He will speak at the Exposition at noon today.
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