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PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY.
Vol. ni No. 206.
KINSTON, N. O., MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1900.
Price Two Cents.
PlRESSo
GENERAL NEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
A fire at Fulton, Ky., Saturday, burned
20 business houses. Loss f 250,000.
I It is said a large number of Boer fan).
lilies will emigrate to the United States
Miss Eugenia Washington, greatgrand
niece of George Washington died Friday.
The Newark is under orders to pro
ceed to Guam to investigate the wreck of
the Yosemite.
Lord Roberts has handed over the com
mand of the British troops in South
Africa to Lord Kitchener.
The National Refining company has
advanced the list price of its fine granu
lated sugar to 5.53 cents per pound.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester,
formerly Miss Zimmerman, of Cincin
nati, arrived in this country Saturday.
The typhoon at Guam destroyed the
town of Marajan and killed 28 persons.
Much other damage . was done on the
Island.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has had
his name placed on the Republican caucus
list, tie had been a silver party man for
the last eight years.
It is estimated there is $1,080,027,
407 of gold coin and bullion in this coun
try, of which $474,108,236 is in the
United States treasury. j
The DODulation of Wisconsin, as offl
cially announced, is 2,069,042, as against
1,686,880 in 1890. This is an increase
of 882,162 or 22.6 per cent.
Brooklyn. N. Y., is going to have the
biggest hotel in the world, a 23 story
shack with 1,600 rooms, and apartments
to accommodate 2o0 families.
At a meeting of prominent citizens
in
Atlanta it was decided to begin a move
ment for an international textile expo
eition, to be held in that city in 1902.
Hon. Joseph H. Manly, of Maine, has
been requested by the president to accept
the commissionership of internal revenue
made vacant by the death of George w,
Wilson.
Four convicts, two white and two col
ored, were killed and several others injured
. bv the falling of a wall at the old prison in
Nashville, Tenn. The men were engaged
in removing the wall when it collapsed
The American Transvaal League in
Chicago has prepared a message which
will be sent to ex-President Kruger, in
viting him to visit the United States
when he basflnished his European tour.
It is said at Constantinople that ru
mors of a rupture of diplomatic relations
between the United States and Turkey
are unfounded and that claims for in
demnitv are on the point of peaceful so
lution.
The Tammany Hall sub-committee
reports to the full committee that all the
disreputable resorts in the eighth dis
trict have been cleaned out. A citizen
present showed that there is no truth in
the report.
A dispatch to The Evening Mail from
Paris says Oscar Wilde is dead. The dis
patch adds that he expired in an Obscure
house in the Latin quarter from memn
iritis, and was received into the Catholic
church on bis death bed.
With official returns from every county
in Ken tucky.be? Courier! Journal an
nounces Bryan's plurality at 7,795. and
Beckham's as 8,518. The vote will be
.canvassed at Frankfort on ' Dec. 3, and
the result officially announced.
Information received through private
sources at St. Petersburg fully confirms
, therecent favorable bulletins referring
to tiie czar's health. His majesty.' has
made such genuine improvement that his
condition Beems to promise certain re
covery. v. .. , v . . , ;
-in Philadelphia Saturday the nary
retrieved its defeat of last year by thrash
ing the army by the score of 11 to 7 in a
game of football. It was a fierce contest
from beginning to end, and . was only
woo by the hardest kind -of 'playing on
thtf part pf the Annapolis cadets.
The new public baths for women, at
Santiago de Cuba, built by the- sanitary
department, were ooened Saturday and
300 women and girls took advantage of
lae opportunities offered. ? Heretofore
women of the lower class have , been in
the habit of bathing in a cove ' without
protection'' and . have been frequently
interrupted by, men who stole their
clothing. - : ' ... ,. '
- The beer poisoning epidemic at. Man
chester, which' has , so. worked , up the
north of England, has npw spread to
London.' In Manchester' and'liverpooi
districts there are already- over'l.ouo
salients and there have been nearly 70
deaths due to a particularly had lot ofl
glucose supplied to favorite local brew
ers, A physician suggests that the mys
tery in the May brick case mLiht hats
been solved had the facts now made pub
lic In regard to &nenic in beef been
made known at the time of the trial.
; Help U needed at" once when a "person's
Ufa is in danger. A neglected cough or
co'd mayeoon become seriousand should
be f topped 'at once. One Minute CoTTsrh
C'-ire-qcickly cures coughs and colda'ar-d
toe worst caws of croup, Jronchr.is,
grippe an.J other throat and lung troubles.
J. L II :.ol .
The Telearam Came.
Bingo Has a telegram come for me?
Mra. Bingo Have you been expect
ing one?
Bingo Oh, no; of course not. (Sar
castically) i'ou don't suppose I would
ask you that question if I expected one,
do you?
Mrs. Bingo (sweetly) You might,
dear. Wliat would you say now if I
should say that a telegram has come
for you ?
Bingo Aha! I knew it I've been
expecting that telegram all the after
noon. (Impatiently) Where is it?
Mrs. Bingo I'll get it. But, dear, I
thought It best to open It. You didn't
mind, did you, dearest?
Binto Certainly not. Its only a
matUT of business. From Jack Enslow,
Isn't it?
Mrs. Bln.sro Yes, dear.
Bin.: Important meeting tonight
Says I must be there, doesn't he?
Mrs. Bingo Yes, dear.
Bingo (iiibLiin his haiidsi I knew It.
Well. I'll have to rush elf after dinner.
Sorry for yen. my dear, but, you know,
business must be attended to.
Mrs. Bingo Oh. that's all right, dar
ling. But don't you want to see the
message?
Bingo Why should I V You opened it
like a good v.ifo that you are, and of
course I can trust you. Jack wants me
(delightedly), that's all. and I must go.
Mrs. Bingo But there was one thing
more lie said, my pi t.
Bingo (suspiciously) Oh, there was.
Well, what was it?
Mrs. Bingo (all smiles) He says he's
got front row seats. Pearson's.
The Wgrld'a Largest Hopynrds.
It is not generally known, but the
largest hopyards In the world are
in California, along the Sacramento,
Russian and Feather rivers, and the
very biggest hopfleld on earth is at
Pleasanton, in Alameda county, where
there are 368 acres, with more than
445,000 vines under one wire.
As the picking, jnust all be done by
hand and within the short season
when the blossoms are at their best, an
army of people has to be suddenly
mustered for the harvest. The mild
climatic conditions that favor the de
velopment of the hop and the pleasant
inland valleys where it Is grown com
bine to make hop picking something
of a summer time delight, for the work
Is neither difficult nor arduous, and
the pay is fair.
There are but two drawbacks to
hop picking. One Is so called hop
poisoning, which Is simply a sort of
prickly heat or raSh sometimes pro
duced by contact of face and arms
with the nettlelike fuzz on the stalks
of the hop vine. It does not affect all
pickers. The other is the dark stain
ing of the hands resulting from the
resin of the blossom. It may be re
moved by rubbing with the crushed
green leaves, of the hop'. San Francis
co Chronicle.
What' In a Name!
"Experienced patent medicine men,'
savs'a gosslper in ' the -'New Orleans
Times-Democrat, "admit the impossi
bility of predicting when the turning
point will be reached in booming any
new remedy. The. amount sunk In ex
plotting ' two articles before returns
come in may .vary $100,000. In my
opinion, the name has a good deal to
do with setting a demand started - If
It is hard to remember or hard to pro
nounce, it Ms undoubtedly a serious
handlearv and, oh the contrary? a
catchy; simple title, Just odd enough to
stick' in1 one's memory, Is In itself an
advertisement worth thousands of dol
lars.' I nave a, house; in mind that
spent 'a good sized fortune trying to
popularize a' tablet preparation with' a
Queer- Indian title that, ho two people
pronounced. In exactly the same way.
It was a good thing afid cleverly ,!put
before' the public, and It failed solely, I
think because people were reluctant to
ask for It for, fear of making them
selves - ridiculous by butchering .the
pronunciation." That'ava point about
which the average customer. Is very
sensitive.,. .:- &2z
5?v-
There Is" a story,' the doctor said,
Vof amnion whowus sued for debt -not
long ago". The case went against him,
and the "court gave-judgment for $300.
His lawyer told him he would hare to
pay it, as be was an unmarried man.
He bustled out and hi a few bears
came bacK witn a wire ana a piea.in
due form that be needed bis salary for
the support of bis family.' He got" .off
free." ' "- .. x
1 don't believe' that' was constitu
tional Mid the professor after a mo
rdent's ro'ertioos-V- W .C V,
-Why cot?". '.. ' ,J ' '
"Because it was annex post facto."
Cl!cazo Tribune. ,
$20,000 FOR OATTI8.
Verdiot Against Kilgo, Duke and
Odell.
Oxford, N. C, Dec, 1. After delibera
ting three hours, the Jury in the case of
Kev. T. J . Uattia vs. Dr. JohnU. Kilgo
b. N. Duke and W. LI. Odell brought in
verdict finding all issues in favor of the
plaintiff and awarding him damages in
the sum of twenty thousand dollars.
A motion for a new trial and to set the
verdict aside on the part of defendants
was made at 4 o'clock this afternoon, for
the reasons usually assigned and because
of remarks of counsel for plaintiff in their
arguments as to the wealth of defendants
and suggestions that Dr. John N. Cole,
whose name had been called by defen
dants' counsel in the course of their argu
ment and who is a member of the board
of trustees of Trinity, was related to one
of the jurors, and for that part of Mr,
Watson's speech in which he suggested
as the new inscription to be placed over
the archway of the gate to Trinity
grounds, "Eruditio et Religio et Sugario
et CigarrO et Lherooto t Cigaretto et
Kilgo," and for the reason that these re
marks were applauded by persons in the
court room, t his motion was overruled
byJudgeHoke. The defendants excepted
and the usual entries were made by the
clerk. Bond to stay execution was fixed
by the court at twenty-five thousand dol
lars and was given by defendants.
Thus comes to an end this trial, which
has been, in its Importance to the public
in the interest attaching to it from all
parts of the State and from the presence!
in me case oi me oesii tegai latent in xue
country, perhaps the greatest legal bat
tie of the last decade.
remaps tne ablest two speecnes were
by Cy Watson for plaintiff and C. B. Ay
cock for defendants.
Swindle by Fatvn Tickets.
The most lucrative game which New
(York swindlers work on the credulous
and eager New Yorkers themselves
continues to be the bogus or false
pawn ticket swindle. It is not un
known in Chicago, and it has so many
fine points about it, all of them ap
pealing to the man who loves to make
a few dollars on the side,, that the
(rogues who work it are never out of
customers. The simplest method Is for
jthe swindler to tell his intended vlc
jtim he has in pawn a ring or gem worth
$100. He claims to have pawned it for
(only $25, and rather than lose the
difference betweeu the real value and
the amount for which be pawned it he
will give "the customer a rare, bargain
There is $23 due the pawnbroker, be
sides $3 interest, leaving an equity of
j$70. He will sell that equity for just
half, or $35. After the victim has paid
over the $35 and has redeemed the
pledge he finds that the real value of
the article Is $50 to $G0 and that he is
tout $5 to $15. The pawnbroker gets all
jhe loaned, and the original owner
makes all the victim overpaid. Chica
go Tribune.
Reminiscence of a Thespian.
At Brighton Beach I hit Mose Rosen
stein, who was organizing a one night
"Faust" company, for a job.
"What part do you wftsh to take?" ho
Inquired shortly.
"I wish to take the place of Mephis
itopheles, of course," I answered, draw
ing myself up proudly; for 1 had on a
new suit of clothes and could afford to
look bimjn the face.
"And why do you wish to take that
Particular part?" he Inquired.
I was amazed at his dullness; but,
concealing my disgust as far as possi
ble, I explained that It was because the
Idevil always gets his dues. He seemed
pleased at my repartee, wrote me out a
$500 per week contract and paid me
(my. first. week's. salary. of $7.50 In ad
vance. I played-the devil in "Faust
until nearly the end of the season, after
;which I was cast In ""The Foundry, a
worklngman's play. Indianapolis Sun.
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- - Them He Went.
The Bore And what mads you think
that I was an athlete? ;
The Beauty ; (yawning) Your staying
quahtiei. Kansas pity Independent.
c Evcbotlj toofcSi tt jots tnl'
Jey Tint Too Should lcivc
There nothing more lnnoriog
-in a public grthermg.5 Ttia f of
the iiic of otters, .to.srr ootn--
tog oi: Yourself, . ; a bottle
ot Ayet s crnf cctortl and
cure your cougli tt once. :Yca
won't be " arxovyig everybody
lien. " " ' '
1 Thr" t;r-n CV.. enili ft an ordinary
'.:., Jua: richt or ftMbraa, brotwhiit.
fu iuot eoosoouoal lor d-roiiic c&e&, '
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Thoughts For the People.
By D. H. Tuttle.
It would be a matter of rejoicing if I
snouid near that certain of my country
friends had been to town as much as
three times in succession and gone home
without a drink of anything that would
intoxicate, or without taking any with
them. I know that some if not all their
families would rejoice with me. Can
they do such a thing? Will they try ? No
man knows how strong the chains of
habit are till he tries to break them.
O that they would iwear eternal hate
Against all that will intoxicate.
Gratitude dies out of our lives in the
day that we forget the giver of our bless
ings. Those drummers, of whom we
read in The Free Prebb of last Wednes
day evening, spoke of material blessings
that had come to Kinston in the past
few years that ought to have caused
every citizen of our town to have ob
served Thanksgiving day in the wav re
quested by our president and governor.
Compared with other towns where this
writer has served as pastor Kinston
ought to be ashamed of her poor effort
at keeping a Thanksgiving dav. We
trust she will do better in the future,
May God bless those who did rightly
remember His mercies on that day and
be merciful to those who did not.
In an upstairs shop in the town of
Kinston there lives and labors a man
who preaches that there is a here with
out an after no hereafter. One who la
bors in the same shop believes that man's
preaching, and because he does is killing
himself drinking liquor; is neglecting his
wire and children; is bringing hiB grav
Haired mother in sorrow to her grave
Christ preached a here with an after,
"It is appointed unto man once to die
and after death the judgment." Those
who believe Christ's preaching do not
produce such fruits in their lives, homes.
and loved ones. Take notice my readers
that the man who doeB not believe in a
hereafter is, as a rule, unfit to live here,
Huch a man's influence is awful in its ef
fects upOn his own family, his compan
ions and acquaintances; they "perish not
alone in their iniquity." Better that such
had never been born.
Mrs. Eliza Noble Dead.
I wish to announce the death of Mrs.
Eliza Noble, who "departed this life on
Dec. 1st, 1900, in the H3d year of her age.
Mrs. Noble was the wife of our neighbor.
John K. Noble, of Repose. She was a
member of the M. E. church, and had
been for many .years. She was a kind
and goodly lady, always cheerful. Sister
Noble was a good and loving wife and
Lind mother. She lived to see all of her
children grown and married save one
who preceded her to the grave. She
leaves a heart-broken k husband, one son
and two daughters to mourn their loss.
We feel that their loss will be her eternal
gain. (She bad been in bad health for
some time. She had many friends in
Greene, her native couuty, who will be
!ained to hear of her death. She was
oved and esteemed by all who knew her.
She was loved most by those who knew
her best. She has lived a noble life and
has been called from labor to her reward.
"Sleep on, dear mother, we soon will
come." " - H. C.
The New Great Eastern Railroad
Manufacturers' Record.
The Manufacturers' Record has received
further details of the Great Eastern rail
road, recently referred to in a letter from
Mr; J. H. Madeary, one of the directors
of the company. Air. Macieary writes as
follows:
"u Xj. uoon, tne contractor, is now
working his entire force of 150 mules and
200 men between Snow Hill and Fre
mont. The engineers started survey on
tne iota inst. irom f remont to Itajejgb,
N. C. As soon as the line is located Mr.
Cooa will put a large force at work at
once grading between Fremont and Ral
elgh. The completion of same will be
vigorously pushed. Track laving will
start at Fremont in 30 days and be con-
as A a o ntli. t m m -
tmueaw onow jilli; inencs irom fre-
mont and follow the grade , to Raleigh.
At the same time the construction will
continue from Snow' Hill to' Pantego.
where connection will be made with ths
Norfolk and . Southern railroad. Ths
road will then continue to Englehard,
on Pamlico sound, .where deep water
connection is made with . all eastern
points. ; Northern point are reached via
Norfolk and southern and N Y.. P. and
N., all southern and western points via
Seaboard: Air LiDe at Raleigh. The
entire length of line is about 160 miles.
It Is expected to complete the road in
two years." . : ' : - -V '"X-; . " -
A corner on eggs is now on at Chicago.
The price Is now 19 cents 'a 'doxen and
how high it will go no one but - the ;men
who are engineering ' the' deal ' can telL
The men, "Armour, Swift and other deal
ers and packen who control the corner,
have already mads about half a million
dollars and their profits have only be
gun: The deal is of such, proportions
that it makes the Phillips corner on corn
seem insignificant.-. The- deal has been
engineered by the packers. Armour and
Swift, who are the largest owners of
refrigerator cars in the country, and who
nave lacuitiea for handling eega to better
advantage than regular dealers. .
. . TcCaraCcId IsObs Day. ,r '
dnigxista retcad tfe awoey U it fuj to car. E. W
Oaotrr't nznatora ia oa ea" boa ajc. "
Sul: cribe to Tst Fete Petss.
STATE HEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form. 1
The N. C. conference of the M. E. church
meets at Newbern Wednesday, Dec. 5th.
The Welch Furniture Co., capitalized
at 125,000, has been incorporated to
do business at High Point.
At Newton Friday a verdict of $300
damages was given his estate against
the Southern Railway for killing Geo.
W. Duncan iu 1898.
Monroe Enquirer: Revenue Officer J.
W. Haity brought in a wagon and team
and four barrels of whiskey last Mon
day which he seized in Wadesboro.
The book store of the S. C. Anderson
Co. at Durham was damaged about
$1,000 by fire Friday night. Insured.
Fire originated from a lamp falling.
Mr. Kenyon Jones, court crier, was
found dead in an unused room f the
court house in Raleigh Saturday after
noon. An open gas jet showed be died
of asphyxiation.
It is reported on good authority that
negotiations are on foot looking to the
sale of the tobacco manufacturing busi
ness of P. H. Haynes & Co., of Winston,
to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company.
Chatham Record: A 12-year-oM son
of Mr. Lonny Mima, of Cape township,
was hunting some days ago and his
dog began barking at a hole in the
ground, in which were caught a mink,
two turtles and two bullfrogs.
Howard University, of Washington,"
D. ft, and Shaw University, of Raleigh,
N. ft, played a Norfolk, Va., Saturday.
Both colored. The game was 5 to 0 in
favor of Shaw. Hbward team quit on
account of a decision of the referee.
Tarboro Southerner: Three new post
offices will soon be established in this
county Davidson, Pinetop and Mac
clesfield on the East Carolina railway,
and one or. more of these places is des
tined to be a village of no small impor
tance. Raleigh Cor. Messenger: The North
Carolina State guard sent a eilk flag to
the bazaar at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel,
New York, in aid of the Galveston or
phans. The flag cost $35. Notice was
received today that it was sold for $500,
and was bought by C. F. Griffiths, a
former resident of North Carolina.
Heenan Hughes, manager Graham
Tribune, was assaulted by W. L. Holt
in Graham's office Saturday. Trouble
grew out of the Tribune's position on
the organization of cotton mill . labor
in Alamance. Holt struck Hughes over
the head with a chair. Parties rushed
in, separated them and induced Holt to
leave.
Near Littleton an illicit still was cap
tured Friday. While the officers were cut
ting it upan armed party was observed
approaching them. They fired on the
new party, thinking they were moonshin
ers, wounding two of them, buttbe party
proved to be revenue officers from "Vir
ginia. The still was near the Virginia
Hue and both parties were after it. It is
feared the Virginia deputies are badlv
hurt. '
Clinton Democrat: On last Sunday
morning just after breakfast Mr. W. L.
Boyette was sitting on the porch at the
home of his father, Mr. Jno. A. Boyette,
near' Warsaw, when he saw a strange
animal playing with a flock of goats near
the house. Further investigation showed
that the animal was a large wild deer.
Mr. Boyette called to bis father to bring
his rifle which was done, but the deer
scented danger before the gun arrived
and escaped into the woods.
(ThATlntta aruwlA.t tn Ra.Wrh Pnaf.
Jacob A. Eller, who was arrested re
cently, charged with murdering Mrs.
Colley and Miss Cateheart, about ten
days ago near Charlotte, was given a
preliminary hearing here today at which
time he proved an alibi. A piece of pa
per which was found in the bouse after
the murder bearing Filer's name, played
no part in the trial, as one which filler's
wife claimed to have had, was found.
Eller was congratulated by many on the
result of the hearing.
The Beat Prsicrlptlsi for Chllla
and rr ia a bottle of Gbotk'i Tirmni Cmu.
Tonic It is simply iron and qaiaina ia a taatrlas
term. Necan-aopar. Price, as .
. . N. O. OonfireBsmen.
The vote for congress in the 2d district
follows: .
srrcHnr.
ItABTIN.
1,055
"1,621
801,-
1,069
1,245
:'l,313v
1,271
1;170
'2,076.
Bertie.......
Edgecombe.
Greene
,443
,028
1,401
Hftli f tlX iu 1 Q 3
Lenoir.,,....,......... ..1.950
NortiuunptonMtoMM.2,169 ;
Warren, zzji 1,670-
WiltioHa wiMiiwatwwa 2,SoT
Waynes............ 3,185 r
TotaLwl.-.Jl-J22,901 V 12,521
dande Kitchin. Democrat, baa 10.380
over Jos. J. ; Martin,. Republican. Thos.
J. Welle received 1 vote in Bertie LL
Leon Scull 1 in Bertie and Jos. T. Ken-
dell 4 ia Wayne, . .
The most effective little Ever "rills made
are DeWitt's Little Early Lasers. They
jeever gripe. J. llood.
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