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GENERAL NEWS.
' "Matters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
Yale beat Princeton playing football
Saturday, 29 to 5.
A fire at Montgomery, Ala.. Friday,
burned 700 bales of cotton. Fully in
sured. The graded school building at York
ville, S. ft, was burned last Friday. Lobs
about f5,000.
Fire destroyed a large business portion
of Philippi, W.- Va., Saturday. Losses
f 100,000, mostly insured.
--" Lord Kitchener will depopulate the
small towns in the Transvaal and con
centrate their populations in the large
towns, thus following out a reconcen
trado policy.
Gov. Tyler, of Virginia, has issued a
proclamation calling the general aosem
' bly to meet in extra session Jan. 23d, to
make arrangements for holding a consti
tutional convention.
The United Daughters of the Confed
eracy closed their meeting at Montgom
ery, Ala., Friday, after re-electing all the
old officers. The next meeting takes
place at V llmmgton, is. U.
At Mullins, S. C, Saturday morning,
the gin house of B. 0. Smith was burned,
together with 25 bales of cotton and a
i large quantity of lumber, causing a loss
of f 8,000, with no Insurance.
The Boers, according to the Cape Town
correspondent of the .London Daily Man,
have broken the railway in 20 places be
tween Bloemfontein and the Orange river,
and the line was cut Friday between
" Kimberly anTBelmont.
A disDatch from Bloemfontein says the
. Boers heavily attacked the railroad at
Edenburg, Nov. 15th. It is reported
that the Boers were completely cut up.
One report has it that 75 of . the party
were killed or wounded.
" In an attack on the Mormon colony at
Pascheco, Mex., Thursday 12 Indians
and four Mormons were killed. .Several
- were wounded on both sides. A band of
Aoaches attempted to stampede a bunch
of cattle belonging to the Mormon set
tlers.
Two freight trains ran together on the
main line oi the Savannah, Florida and
; Western- railroad,, near pibertod, 6a.,
" and caused a bad wreek.-Tbe -fireman
on pne engine, a negro named Floyd, was
instantly killed. No others were, se
riously nure. .
Three men were killed and three injured
in a head-on collision between a Lake
Shore passenger train and Pennsylvania
Ireight train, two miles wesi oi roue,
; Pa., Friday. The force of the collision
derailed all the passenger cars, 40 oil and
coal cars left the track, and both engines
were destroyed. . : , - v
A dispatch from Manila, Nor; 17, says:
Two hundred bolomen with 50 rifles,
attacked Buaton, Island of Panay, Oct.
80th. The Americans lost 3 men killed:
' Lieut. Koontz, Sergeant Kitch and Cor-
oral Burns, all of company F, Forty
ourth infantry. The -enemy lost 100
killed, 21 wounded and 20 prisoners.
Bishop Potter, of New Tork, has writ
- ten a letter to Mayor Van Wyck regard
ing the reign of vice in the east side and
complaining of insults to one of his min
' isters by officers at police district head
quarters.' Tammany Hall has appointed
a committee to purify the city of vice.
Before leaving for England Richard Cro
ker said Saturday: "This movement by
Tammany Hall means business, it any
one doubts it now he1 will soos be con
vinced that be is mistaken. We - have
taken up the fight to purify the city in
earnest and we propose to carry it to a
successful issue." . : v
. Co ant de Cornulier on Saturday after-
noon ehoi his wife on the stairway of the
Bue de Provinso, Paris. He fired - three
shots. She died on the way to a hos-
Eitalr The count was arrested. .; His wife
ad separated from him four years ago.
He claimed his wife maintained a liason
with M. Leroux, one of her former admir
ers, and was returning from a visit to him
when be killed her, but the best informa
tion Is that M. Leroux acted as the legal
adviser of the countess. It is stated that
her father chose him to manage her af
fairs. He was the first to give aid to his
Headache
. Pain ' bsck bi your - ejes ?
Heavy pressure h yosr icii ?
Ani tt: yoM sometimes faint and
ilzzyl ,h your ionize coitcd7
Hid tis:c your mouth ? Acd
docs your food distress you?
And art 'joa troubled- about
sleeping t Then your liver a
all irrong. But there is i cure.
Tis Aycr's Fills. Vdt.
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Ayeri mi n-'t d:r-;TTo the V"r. Thfj
ore eonst'Tatin. bi.i nn.s, t!
ache, and U,pr.ia. Yr hi t tt lu j
have been liie femnd&rd Fam..j 1
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casssncasimiiiiii n nmiwPi
wife after she fell and asked that a priest
be sent for. He asserted that he did not
intend to kill his wife., but wanted to
create a scandal.
John Porter, a negro, was chained to
an iron post at Lake Station, Colorado,
Friday, and burned to death by a mob
of 700 citizens. He had outraged and
murdered the daughter of R. W. Frost.
The match was put to the fire by the
girl's father. The burning took place on
the spot where the negro committed the
crime. No action will be taken to pun
ish the executioners. It is likely that one
effect of the terrible occurrence will be to
reinstate capital punishment in the state
of Colorado. The father of the girl says:
"I don't care who condemns me for start
ing the blaze. No other father will have
to do what I did on accoifht of that nig
ger, and, as I said before, if the brute had
been lynched for his first offense in Kan
sas my baby would be alive today and
our hearts would not be broken."
Robert Wilcox, independent socialist
candidate, has been elected Hawaiian dele
gate to congress over Samuel :Parker, Re-,
publican. Much depression has resulted
among all whites, as Wilcox was strongly
opposed by Republicans and Democrats
alike. His campaign was an anti-white
canvass, with promises on the part of
some of his campaign workers that if he
were elected uueen LUiuokalani should
be restored to the throne. The result of
the vote shows the native bitterness over
annexation to be still alive. It is likely,
as a result of the election, that congress
will be asked to establish eome limita
tions upon the voting privilege. Many
of the whites want a property qualifica
tion tor voters, it is argued tnat in vot
ing upon a simple color line many of the
natives have shown themselves unfit for
universal suffrage.
LUMBER COMBINE.
Twenty Large Lumber Companies
of Virginia and the Oarolinaato
Consolidate.
Baltimore, Nov. 17. A mammoth con
solidation of lumber companies will prob
ably be announced within a week or ten
days. Fourteen companies at least are
to be included in the combination if the
plans do not miscarry, and several oth
ers, making pernaps a total of twenty,
are expected to be added.
A list .of the corporations now inter
ested in the negotiations and including
the largest of them is as follows; Atlan
tic Coast Luniber Co., of Georgetown, S.
ft; Branning Lumber Co., of Eden ton, N.
ft; Camp Lumber; Co.yof Franklin, Va.;
Cape Fear Lumber Co., of Wilmington,
N. ft; Gay Manufacturing Co., of Suffolk,
Va.; Greenleaf Johnson & Co., of Norfolk,
Va.; E. E. Jackson & Co., of Washington,
D. ft; Roanoke Railroad and Lumber Co.,
of Norfolk, Va.; Roper Lumber Co..' of
Norfolk, Va.: Suffolk Saw Mill Co., of
Suffolk, Va.; Surry Lumber Co., of Balti
more, Md.; Tunis Lumber Co., of Balti
more, Md.; W. WrTunfs Brothers' Lum
ber Co., of Norfolk, Va.; Virginia Saw
Mill Co., of Norfolk, Va.
It 'is said the deal is the result of a
meeting held in this city prior to the elec
tion. y ,;
- .Among those who participated in this
conference were August Belmont, of the
New Tork banking firm Charles R. Flint,
Dr. Joseph O. White, and Joseph Ader
bach, of New fork, and representatives
of nearly all the companies named above.
It is understood that all-the capital
necessary to secure the consolidation will
be forthcoming and that -the Belmont
will finance the deal, the total value of
the various' plants being about f 25,000,
000. "Mr. Auerbach is to attend to the
legal side cf the proposition. - ' ?v ;
'The combination is to control the mar
ket for Carolina pine, which : is said - to
have been much demoralized by competi
tion between the numerous concerns in
the trade. This class of lumber fieri res
extensively as building material, being
used in every way that lumber is neces
sary in the erection of all classes of struc
tures. ' -'-;-v ' T.f i : -. ;, '., ....
According to a nrominent lumber man.
it is not proposed to advance prices, but
to make money by economizing in the
operating expenses, and also not to in
crease the export of lumber. . .
The Beit Prwerlptloi for Cala; :
nd rarer ta fcottte of Gkovb Timuw Chiil
l'OKIC It it uboIt iron and aninina in a. tuarlu
(M. . N ear do par. . Pnc. ti .
fif CHINESE MUST RETIRE. ".-
Waldersee Says Punitive Expedi
tions "W 111 Cease If Chinese Troops
Withdraw From Near the Allies.
Pekin. Nov.- 15. The commander-in-
chief of the international forces, Count
von Waldersee, received Prince Ching and
Li Hung Chang the Chinese peace com
missioners, today at the imperial palace.
Von Waldersee demanded that the Chi
nese troops be withdrawn from the
vicinity of the territory occupied by the
allied forces, adding that if this was done
the dispatch of military expeditions by
the allies would be discontinued.
Tuan Under Arrest.
London, Nov. 17. A news agency dis
patch from Shanghai ears Prince Tuan
in under arrest at Nigh ISia, Province of
Shan ei, that Gov. Yu lleien has been ar
rested at Tinan, near Bian IV, and that
Ehorg, the director of telegraphs and
railroads, has memorialed the throne,
denouncing Yu Usien.
Ihe c.?r atch advis toat an edict is ex-
p-cted con-iemnirg Yu fc'ien to death.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Job peaver Not Guilty of Murder.
Adjourned Saturday Night.
Judge Moore completed bis charge to
theJobDeaver murder trial jury about
8:80 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The
charge was a long one and very fair and
impartial. .The jury, after being out
about two hours, returned a verdict of
not guilty.
The following cases were either tried,
judgments entered or changed:
State vs. J. B. Smith; adulterating
spirits turpentine. Defendant waived bill
and submitted.
State vs. T. D. Fields; selling liquor on
election day. Defendant waived bill and'
submitted.
State vs. Ben Kornegay. Judgment
suspended on payment of costs.
State vs. Weld on Joyner Submitted
in all three cases to entering dwelling
house in day time to commit larceny.
Judgment in first case, that defendant be
imprisoned in penitentiary 10 years; in
second case, 10 years, term to begin at
expiration of first sentence. In third case
judgment was suspended.
State vs. Albert Jones; concealed
weapon. Defendant plead guilty. Judg
ment suspended.
State vs. Albert Jones; throwing or
shooting at train. Guilty. One year in
penitentiary.
State vs. Harlow Phillips; concealed
weapon and assault with deadly weapon.
Judgment modified and suspended on
payment of costs.
State vs. J no. Miller; concealed weapon.
Plead guilty. Four months in county
jail.
State vs. Willie Tyson; a. b. Plead
guilty. Six months in county jail.
State vs. Tom Hussev; concealed
weapon. Plead guilty. Three months
in county jail. i
State vs. Bud Sanders; assault with
deadly weapon. Judgment changed to
imprisonment three months in county
jail.
The court took a recess at 6:80, after
finishing up the criminal docket. All the
jail cases were disposed of and nearly all
-the cases on the State docket.
Another session was held at 8 o'clock
Saturday night for the purpose of hear
ing motions, signing judgments and at
tending to other business that might
have been overlooked. It was near 11
o'clock when court adjourned.
An unusually large number of criminal
cases were disposed of at this term. .
Judge Moore has given very reat sat
isfaction. He is as freo"ironi bias and as
impartial in afl his rulings as any judge
that ever sat upon the bench. . He is kind
and considerate to all, yet he is firm and
sure to inflict a just punishment upon all
offenders. He accepts the verdict of the
jury as correct and acts accordingly.
Our people will be glad to welcome him
back at any time.
MoKINLBY OPPOSES
Efforts to Cut Southern Represen
tation.
Washington, Nov. 16. The opinion is
growing among, public men who are in
the confidence of the president that he
will oppose any movement' looking to a
reduction f the congressional represen
tation of the southern states on ' account
of charges of the disfranchisement of the
colored voters, ' .The president is said to
be opposed to reviving ill feeling, which
he thinks would be the result of a bill
thus touching the south's suffrage. He
pas been told from many sources recently
that an important element of Southern
business men, manufacturers and others.
is ateart with the Republicans and that
the - nucleus of a future revolution
against existing political methods in the
south has been securely, established and
should not be dissipated bv legislation
that would be regarded by the south as
sectionaL . ' .... ...,,
On account of the president's attitude
there is a erowimr opinion that leirisla-
tion looking to the reduction of the
southern - representation will not be
pressed by party leaders in congress. . In
this connection it is suggested that any
action taken with reference to the suf
frage of the south in advance of the adop
tion of a definite policy in the Philippines
might throw some embarrassment in the
way of the proper disposition of the citi
zenship rights of the Filipinos, and more
over, it is felt that the government has
as much as it can deal with now without
getting into a contention over domestic
affairs., ' .
The Open Door.
NewfrObtcnrwr. . . .
The necessity of keepinz an open door
in China is self evident, and the adminis
tration will no doubt use every effort to
E reserve that policy. After the open door
as worked successfully, maybe some of
tne Darners erectea by the protective
tariff may be broken down, r -
The "open door" Is the forerunner, of
free trade, whether its advocates see it
or notv. The day will come when protec
tion as now known will be regarded as a
relic of barbarism in trade. '
You can't afford to risk your life by
allowing a cough or a cold to develop
into pneumonia or consumption. One
Minute Cough Cure will cure throat and
lung troubles quicker than any other
preparation known. Many doctors use
is ns a ppwiic ior gnppe. n is an imai
it!e remedy for eroup. Children like it
and cotters endorse it J. E. Hood.
JACK MILLS KILLED.
Shot Saturday Night by Anus Da
vis, and Died Sunday Morning.
Coroner's Inquest Sunday.
Last Saturday night, about 8 o'clock,
Anus Davis shot and killed Jack Mills,
both white men, at his (Davis') home in
Trent township, about 0 miles from
Kinston. Mills lived 11 hours in great
agony, life slowly ebbing in great' gasps
of pain. He breathed his last between
7 and 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
The circumstances of the case seem to
be about as follows, according to the
evidence given at the coroner's inquest:
It is said that a negro woman and
Davis recently had eome trouble, and she
and her husband swore vengeance and
threatened the life of Davis. About 7
o'clock Saturday night tire family of
Davis were frightened by some noise in
the yard and ran to a window, but could
see no one. Soon Davis came to supper
and was told of the excitement.
After supper some one was heard at
the door shaking the latch. Davis ran
into an adjoining room and secured his
rifla and told his wife to open the door.
While she was trying to do so the rifle
was discharged, the ball going through
the door. Davis then threw his rifle on
a bed in the room and opened the door,
and beheld Jack Mills on the porch just
in front of the door. The man was in
the act of falling. Davis ran to him, put
his arms about him, according to Davis'
wife's testimony, and exclaimed: "Oh!
Jack, is it you? I did not intend it. The
gun is easy on the trigger and went off
before I could control it."
The ball entered the pit of the stomach,
struck a vital spot and it was soon seen
that be could not live.
Mr. R. . Bland was among those who
visited the scene of the tragedy. He said
Mills was in a great deal of pain, and
said: "Dick, lam bound to die." Mr.
Bland told him he would probably re
cover but he only shook his bead, saying
he was bound to die. Mr. Bland asked
him what he was doing when Davis shot
him. The reply was: "I did not ,do
anything. I walked into the piazza and
knocked on the 'door. I thought they
were coming to open the door but they
did not and shot me."
Most of the testimony at the . inquest
was about the same with reference to
the manner of the killing.
Coroner W. H. Sutton held an inquest
last night. Dr. W. T. Parrott made the
post mortem examination. Dr. Parrott
found four punctures in the intestines
from 2 to -2 inches in diameter.. The
bullet was of the old army model, about
44 calibre. -
The verdict of the coroner's jury is as
follows: ;
"We, the undersigned jurors, find as our
verdict as to the death of the deceased,
VI. A. Mills, that he came to his death
by a bullet from a rifle fired by W. Anus
Davis, the same being fired in a crimi
nally careless manner."
Signed. E. B. Lewis,
W. F. Dibble,
Davis Pebbt, .
J. A. Williams, s
J. A. Choom,
ft B. Taylob.
Davis has skipped for parti unknown.
papers are put for nis arreac.
Mills was one of the defendants in the
Tweedy murder case. Davis was one of
the witnesses. .
. Mills was 23 or .24 years old.
The evidence did not show that there
had been any trouble "between the men.
T Car a Cold In Ooe Day
laic Laxaxnrs Bioho Qpwnit Tablcts. Al
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Grovel Hgnatara b on C' bos - sc
. Reception Friday Evening.
Reported for Tms Free Pkesi.
ing manner, entertained the "Zig Zag"
club Friday evening, in honor oi her
guests Miss Cozart, of Durham; Miss
WatkinSvOf Milton, and Miss Currin, of
Oxford. -.-rx
The feature of the evening, was a "Lit
erary Love Stay '.' Each guest was pro
vided witn a dainty little booklet con
taining the -frame of a delightful little
romance, the completion of which was
made hr weaving in titles of 1 books that
each mind considered most appropriate
for tne occasional blanks
, After a given time for the construction
of the romance, a correct copy was read
and it. was found that Mr. J. Foster
Rogers, of Goldsboro, had made the most
complete romance and : was awarded a
beautiful bisque statue of Venus. The
less fortunate ones were then given sou
venir chrysanthemums, each being tied
with a ribbon on which were again found
titles of books, one of which represented
the "consolation" prize, a handsome
copy o! "Paul and Virginia," Miss Currin
proving the fortunate one in this contest.
Dainty refreshments were served in a
most elegant style, after which Miss
Watklns, with her' fine voice, delighted
the guests with several beautiful selections.-
Mr. Mitchell added to the even
ing's pleasure by rendering a number of
solos. . ' - '
Both makers and circulators of counter
feits commit fraud. Honest men will
not deceive you into buying worthless
counterfeits of De Witt's Witch Hazel
Salve. The original is Infallible for cur
ing piles, sores, eczema and 1 skin
diseases. J.E.H00J.
STATE MEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Itema
In Condensed Form.
Dr. Spilman, of Raleigh, has received
a call to a Baptist church in Baltimore.
Evangelist E. C. Glenn closed a meeting
at Milton Thursday, which resulted in
.10 conversions.
The State has chartered the Gaston
County Telephone company, with 10,
000 capital.
II. L. Fennell, a harness dealer of
Wilmington, has filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. Liabilities fl6,000; assets
19,000.
There will be a clerk and carrier civil
service examination at Newbern on Dec.
15. Applications must be on fllo with
Secretary A. F. Patterson by Dec. 7.
Newbern Journal, 18: . About dark
last night the two white prisoners, the
Manniug brothers, on sentence in Craven
county jail, escaped ia some manner,
which is not known.
TheJ N. C. University beat Georgia
University playing football in Raleigh
Saturday, 55 to 0 At Oak Ridge the
same dpy Oak Ridge beat Chapel Hill
High Sopl 70 to 0.
It is announced that Gov. Russell will
practice law in Wilmington, having
formed a law partnership with John if.
Gore, Jr., of Wilmington, to go in effect
Jan. 1, when his term of office expires.
Levi Travis, who lived about ten miles
from Newton, was found dead is his bed
Friday evening, with his head crushed
in. He had been deranged for some time
and lived mostly alone since the death
of his wife. It is undoubtedly a case of
murder.
At Winston oil Friday George Pegram
was convicted of murder in the second
degree in the criminal court for stabbing
and killing John Haireton, in Kerners- '
ville last month. Pegram was sentenced
to the penitentiary for twelve years but
his counsel appealed to the supreme
court.
Judge Sbaw, of the superior court, at
Rutherfordton last week issued bench
warrants for six men alleged to have
been implicated in a recent lynching.
The grand jury had failed to return true
bills. The crime was committed some
weeks ago, a negro being lynched for
killing a white man in an affray.
- SilaavTumer, w ha lived near Hillaboro,
went hunting Wednesday morning. He
did not return, and Saturday morning
his body was found in the woods. A
load of shot had entered the chest and
ranged upward, evidently- killing him
instantly. There is some doubt as to
whether he committed suicide or was
accidentally killed.
The store and postofBce at Sippahaw,
Wake county, was burned to the ground
Friday night, and there 4s a strong belief
that the place was first burglarized and
then fired. The store was owned and
run by H. C. Olive, while C W. Seat was
the postmaster. The store was a gen
eral mercantile establishment and the
loss, including the postofflce, is supposed
to be about if 2,ouu; insurance $1,900.
Enoch Armstrong, colored, was killed
by the A. & N. ft mail train at Morehead
City while it was backing down to the
depot Thursday night. It is supposed
that he tried to board the train and be
ing under the influence of liquor lost his
footing and fell on the track. The .train ;
cut bim in two. He was from Baltimore,
and-was a sailor on the schooner Cheru
bim. The railroad authorities had him '
decently buried at their expense. , :
The mob which intended to lynch
John Knox.colored.a murderer,and broke '
open the jail at Albermarle Thursday
morning, allowed the negro to escape.
The negro was captured Saturday by
the sheriff of Union county and lodged
in jail at Monroe. It is reported that
the mob that took Knox out of jail were
too drunk to hold him. The action of
the mob seems to have been entirely un
called for and is condemned by the best
people of the county. v
Will R. Evans, a prominent young man
of Marion, committed suicide Saturday
afternoon, shooting himself in the head
with a revolver. He walked into a hard
ware store and asked to be shown a
revolver: One was handed him. ' He
then requested the clerk to load it. When
this was done he put' the pistol to his.
Lead and fired one shot only, which took
effect instantly. Deceased was about
thirty years old and was well liked by -.
every one.'. He has held several import
ant positions. For a number of years
he was train dispatcher on the Panama. . -Railroad,
Isthmus of Panama. - -
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"It is a surprising fact," says ProL
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of the world for the last ten years, I have
met more people having used Green's
August Flower than any other remedy
for dyspepsia, deranged liver and stomach,
and for constipation. I find for tourists :
and salesmen, or for persons filling office ,
positions, where headaches and general
bad feelings from irregular habits exist,
that Green's August Flower is a grand
remedy. It does not injure the system
by frequent nse. and is excellent for sour
itomach and indigestion." Sample bot
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