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7 Evening Free 11 11 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY. Vol. IV-No. 254. KINSTON, N. O., TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1902. Prica Two Cents. PRESS. BIG NAVAL BATTLE Three Insurgent Ships Attack Three Colombian Government Ships. One Dispatch Bays That Five Vessels Have Been Sunk. Colon, Colombia, Jan 20.-;(via Galves ton, Texas.) A naval battle, which be gan at 6 o'clock this morning, is in prog ress in the harbor oi Panama. The revolutionary fleet consists of the steamers PadiUa, Darlen and Gaitam. They are trying to force a landing off Saoano. The government ships are the Chilean Line steamer Lautaro, the Pacific Steam Navigation company's steamer Chlcnito, and the Panama Canal company's steam er Boy aca. The first named steamer was seized by Gen. Alban and the other two have been chartered by the Colombian government. As this dispatch is sent three shots have just passed over the Chicuito and she has answered with several shots. They fell close to the Padilla which is seen to be retiring. The guns at Las Bovedagas are also firlDtr at the rebel ships. The government forces are throwing dd entrenchments. The United States cruiser Philidelphla Is close to the scene of the fighting. Five Reported Sunk. New York, Jan. 20. The Panama Ball way company today received a cable- cram from Colon saying that three lnsur gent and two government vessels had been sunk in the naval engagement In Panama harbor. The cable came from Col. J. B. Scaler, general superintendent at Colon for the Panama Railway com pany. The Excitement Great. Washington, Jan 20. The state de partment has received the following cablegram, from Consul General Gudger, dated Panama today: i "Furhtinnr in bay. Governor killed. The secretary of the navy baa received the following cablegram from Captain Meade, commander of the United States ship Philadelphia, " dated Panama, to day: . ... "The insurgent steamer Padilla at tacked the Lautaro this morning at close quarters. Crew has deserted her. Is now on fire and sinking." DEATH Or GEN. ALBAN. Sinking- of tbe Lautaro. Burying- Dead. The PadiUa Damaged. Panama, Jan. 20. Gen. Carlos Alban, the military commander of this district and the governor of Panama, was killed during the flghtihg this morning. His . death is deeply deplored, for Gen. Alban i was loved by his soldiers and enjoyed the esteem of the community It is asserted that the death of the Columbian leader may have the effect of bringing to the government side large ' numbers of men anxious to avenge loss. Some of the men killed on board the government ship Lautaro have been brought to shore -where they are being burled. The Lautaro is on fire. The revold tlonary gunboat Darien, as this dispatch is written, is approaching the United States cruiser Philadelphia in the harbor, ' probably for the purpose of a conference. The firing has ceased. It is impossible to locate the revolutionary gunboats Padilla and Uaitam. The crew of the Philadelphia are slsting to put out the fire on board the Lautaro. It is reported here on shore that the firing of the Lautaro is a result of trea son. Later. The Lautaro has just sunk. It Is reported here that her crew rebelled. . The. revolutionary gunboat Padilla surprised the Lautaro at tbe opening of the fight this morning and began shoot ing at close range. Many men on board tbe Lautaro were killed A gasolene launch has Just, left here to obtain details oi tne ngntlng. TKa 1sbf mAvamanta r9 fka T)af ilia which are noticeable from the shore, lead to the belief that she has been damaged. To Hieh of It. ' A high army officer whose fad was ventilation was one day making an in spection of a frontier port which was , much in need of repair. In some places the roof showed the bine sky overhead and the walls were 'ornamented with gaps.;- .f: ' - . The brigadier, general was escorted through the building by the colonel in chaTge. sergeant going on before, aa is the custom, to warn the men to stand at attention in honor of the general ' ' As they proceeded the general asked: "And how is the ventilation, colo nel f Before the colonel could reply the old sergeant, with a familiarity born of long service, said: . "Sare, general, and the ventilation is bad. sorr. Terra bad, sore The place it all rou or noies, MB. KITCHIN EXPLAINS. There Is Delay in Establishing Raral Free Delivery Routes Because of So Many Ap plications. Congressman Kltchln Is Do ing His Best to Hurry Establishing Them In His District A special from Newborn to the Raleigh Post says: "Tbe rural free delivery of mail is now in full operation on three circuits in Craven county and seems to be much ap preciated by the country people. The first route is from Newborn is the section directly across Neuse river. The second Is from Dover and the third is a circuit from Fort Barnwell. The amount of mail matter handled is said to be satis factory." Otber sections are ahead oi Klnston in obtaining rural free delivery routes. It ought not to be thus. Applications have been made for a number of routes leading from Kinston, the establishment of which would not only be convenient and beneficial to the farmers along the proposed routes but also of advantage to the business Interest of Kinston. Tbe Free Psi.ss would be glad if Congressman Claude Kitchen and Senator Simmons would both Interest themselves in hurrying the postal authorities about this matter. We believe that their many friends among our farmers and business people would appreciate the efforts they may make along this line. Hocpe or Representatives, Washington. Jan. 17, 1J02. Mr. Editor: While I know you did not intend it, tho above editorial, which recently appeared in your paper, does me a little injustice, and I am sure you wilt take pleasure in publishing this, not only to correct a possible unfavorable con struction, but also to give your people some information relative to the status of the petitions for rural delivery in your county After the first petition from a county is Died, It generally takes at least six months, oftener twelve (12) months, before an agent is sent to Inspect the routes, unless a petition happens to be filed just before the agent strikes the dis trict. I have talked with every Demo cratic representative from our State and tne experience of all has been that the average time from the riling of petitlojflowerdJsplaying the beauty and grand to the tending of the special agent and establishment of the routes is about 12 months, unless a petition happens to come in just before the agent is sent. Representative Pou (who found, when he was elected, several petitions on file from bis district and four (4) routes al ready established and In operation), and some others make it a rule, when a peti tion Is sent in, to write to the petitioners not to expect tne establishment of the route .within 12 months after filing of pe tition. The Craven county routes, mentioned In your editorial, bad been on file, two for 13 months and one for 6 months, before their establishment. The first pe tition from Lenoir county was received November 13, 1901 had been on file than two months when vour ed itorial appeared. Since then several other petitions from Lenoir have been re ceived and filed. Since receipt of the first petition from our district, I have been persistent In urging tbe department to let us have an agent. I have written the superintendent and seen him in person several times for this purpose, and have from time to time notified the senders of the petitions the status of matters. How ever, the superintendent has promised me that he will send an agent to our district the last of this or first of next month. Should he do so, even within the next three months, our district shall have secured an inspector sooner than any district in the State after the filing of the first peti tion. Our people should remember (1) that before my election every district in tne state naa on me numbers of petitions and, in several, routes had already been established and In operation, and the people s interest in rural delivery had been thoroughly aroused; George White naa Deen our representative and the peo ple of the second had taken no interest In the matter and had given no thought to it; (2) that within the last three months, since the first petition from Lenoir, more petitions nave been filed than, nerharjs. during the 12 months preceding, with no Bujuiuonai i o rue oi ids Dec tors, xne atten tion of the people Is called to two other matters: (1) The Inspector hardly ever recommends all the routes petitioned for ana even alter ms recommendation, tbe department frequently "turns down some; (2) Senator Prltchard has the se lection of one-half of the routes and the naming of carriers for same. However. the department is now contemplating puiungiae appointment oi ail earners onder toe civil service, to take effect Feb. 1,1902. which will take the namlns- of carriers entirely out of the hands of mem bers oi congress. 1 roily appreciate the Imnatfenea and anxiety of our rooms in the matter of establishment of the routes petitioned for, and share the same with them. I shall continue to do ail In mv no war to establish svery route aktd for in our dis- tncx. Clauds jutchtji. Until the stock (of which a rood bar rain was secured) gives out the Tmt Fkxx Pkx88 will furnish 600 good blue or pink bond note heads. 600 blue or pink bond bill heads and 500 white XXX envelopes for the very low pries of 13.75, cash with the order. Conafaerfng quality of material this is a bargain o&er. LEE'S BIRTHDAY. Appropriately Observed by Bxer olees Under Auepioes of Waddell Chapter Daughters of the Con federacy. Col. Dennis Worthlng ton Makes An Address Couobed In Beautiful Language. Crosses Of Honor Presented. Gen. Robert E. Lee's birthday was ob served here yesterday by appropriate ex ercises in the opera house under the ai spices of the Alfred Moore Waddell Chap ter Daughters of the Confederacy. Col. Dennis WortLlngton, of Wilson was tbe orator of the occasion At 2.25 o'clock about 300 children of the white graded schools, comprising all tne graces except tne firsts and second marched in in pairs to the tap of the drum and were assigned seats by their teachers. Promptly at 2:30 o'clock the exercises started with Schubert s military march, beautifully rendered by Miss Caroline Claypoole on the piano, after which Dr. H. D. Harper, Sr., introduced thespeaker in a lew appropriate, well chosen words, Col. Worthlngton prefaced bis address by expressing his pleasure and apprecia tion of tbe honor bestowed upon htm in selecting him for the address. He said in part: "You have witnessed the raainsr of the elements when the blackening clouds gathered for the floods. You have seen forked flashes blaze upon the mountain and yet the rock that crowned its brow remained unscathed. You have heard the clamoring of the winds as they leaped madly out oi tneir lair, and seen the tow. ering forest bend before tbe sweep of the gale tbe appalling majesty of nature but in tne darkest hour of tbe elemental strife there was the blessed assurance that by and by tbe storm will husband Its wrath, the sun will again shed its gladdening rays on herb, tree, fruit and eur of nature in refreshened vesretation. "i nave seen tne storm gather witn de structive momentum in the strife of bat tle, heard tbe fanfare of trumpets, the clangor of careering squadrons, the re sounding oi nre tnroated cannons, seen the glittering of small arms, the allorjerv ground arunsen witn tne blood oi our martyred dead and felt that the slaugh ter here began in all the pride, Domn and circumstances of glorious war would go on and on till there was no blood to shed. "Our sweethearts, our mothers, back yonder in the sixties were a revelation In the flesh. There has never been an occa sion when tbe habit of instantaneous obedience to the voice of love, of duty, of country, has produced more affecting, more constant examples of devotion and loyalty upon the part of our heroic wo men than in the harvesting of the spoils by' hands that were saturated with everr crime on the calendar. God bless the women of our sunny south. ' Jiivery man. woman and child believed in the southern cause as if it were a reve lation from God. "That was the inspiration that made every hill a Bunker, every plain a Mar athon and every mountain pass a Ther mopylae. "Whatever exhibition of bloaraphv may be held in reserve for the south, this fact is assuredly plain, 'men may come and men mav so' but the affectionate confidence in which the memory of Robert Ci. uee is cnensned la secured to the re motest generations. In every endow ment of nature be was a patriot, a Jover of liberty, a hater of oppression, the se ductions of wealth,. the blandishments of power; the overshadowing gallows with Its clanking chains, Its gruesome-revolting perspective, were alike Incapable of impairing his resolution, controlling his judgment or aimuusning ms ardor, at knew that whilst revolution flamed like a sunburst upon the armor of the victo rious warrior the conquered patriot is dragged In chains to the gibbet with treason branded upon his brow. When tbe mother of states and statesmen was made the target of battalions that were fording the Potomac the sword of - Lee flashed from its scabbard with a two fold defiance. Virginia was beckoning to her son, to touch a hair on her sacred bead, was it not a sacrilesal. Evsrv foot fall of tbe fos upon her venerated soO dis honored the graves of Washington, of Jefferson, of Marshall, of Madison, of the Lees. When tbe seductive power of the huge "Anaconda" was broken at Freder icksburg, when victory was rand from her chosen eyrie by southern heroes and found refreshing rest on our southern banners, how the great heart of Let must have thrilled with joy. "In him labor was associated with patriotism. By tbe young and the aspir ing the contemplation of this Clutrious hero cannot be too frequent or too In tense. "And now the errrtsin fails tmnn t& darkest tragedy of the flies of time. Tightly the coils of the hugs serpent an contracting and when the cloud vail is cited, toe army oi northern Virginia has dissolved, the stars and stripes an flying victoriously from Leg's headquarters "'I have dons what I could fnr mn boys, said Lee as the tsars ran down his haggard face. 'I had to yield to over whelming forces.' "His great heart was consecrated to his country and broken by its fall. Pa triotism chafed his temples and pillowed bis dying head. His last moments were tranquil and resigned. "Surviving affection has raised the sculptured marble over his dust, but the last enduring stone shall crumble and decay ere his exalted name shall fade from the memory of mankind. Eternal fame has wreathed an evergreen around his godlike brow. Adieu, Illustrious chieftain, until we greet thee again upon God's eternal camping ground, where angels shall pipe the reviefie." The address was well received and highly appreciated by the large audience in attendance as was shown by the hearty applause given the speaker. Dr. H. D. Harper, 8r., thanked Col. Worthlngton on behalf of the Alfred Moore Waddell Chapter after which tbe following veterans were presented with the Southern Cross of the Legion of Honor: Mess. Geo. L Kllpatrlck, Shade Wooten, Sr., 8. H. Abbott, J. A. Darden and E. J. Brooks. Mrs. H. E. Shaw read the presentation address, couched in elegant language, with ease and grace. The crosses were pinned on by Miss Jebble Whitfield. The meeting then closed with another selec tion on the piano by Miss Claypoole. The stage was beautifully decorated with Confederate flags, palms and evergreens. THE LADY THE WINNER. Amnalnn; Occurrence In an Office Building; Elevator In Chicago. People who ride in "lifts" in this eity acquire some queer experiences at times.- The calling of the floors where passengers desire to debark or embark not infrequently produces some amus ing situations. It all depends upon the style of the person making the an nouncement. Of course conductors are mute participants in the game. Here is one happening of yesterday which is certainly out of the usual run. Half a dozen passengers entered an elevator in a big down town office build ing. Doctors office there almost to the exclusion of other professions. One boy with a package asked to be deposited at the second floor. A woman stood mute while a medical man thought he would leave at the fifth. The conductor turned an inquiring head and the re maining passengers with one voice chiming in full chorus shouted : "Tenth." "Seven up," murmured a gentle voice as the car reached the indicated floor. Two men seeking the tenth floor glanced at each otber with grins of ap preciation as a stenographer, and a pretty one, by the way, entered the car. She seemed unconscious of having cre ated more than passing interest, but the conductor was alive to the situation. "The lady wins. " he muttered to himself as he gave the lever a yank and the car shot upward again. Chicago Chronicle. One on tbe Rector. The little daughter of a local clergy man has reached the age where big words are apt to floor her and where she is very sensitive to the remarks of an older brother. Not long ago she came running to her father. "Papa, papa. George called me names. "Why, what did Georgie sayT" "Oh. " said the little girl, with a strong expression of disgust, "he said I practiced what I preached I I don't. do IT" "Well my child, I" "But I don't, do I. papat I don't any more-than you do, do IT" And then the rector choked up. But he took a half hoar from his sermon and explained the meaning of the ob noxious expression to the best of his ability. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Coincidence. "Somehow I'm awfully stupid to night, " remarked young Borum lan guidly the other evening. "Indeed yon are, " retorted Miss Cut ting, somewhat impulsively. "Do yon really mean thatt" asked the young man in surprise. "I merely indorsed your remarks. Didn't yon just now assert that yon wen stupid f" she queried. "Yes," he responded, "bat I only said so without thinking.'' "And up to the tims you spoke of it, " she replied. "I only thought so without saying it "Pearson's Weekly. kotklnsT SaeetaU. . Library Assistant (to visitor who is wandering about in a puzzled manner) Can I help you? Are 700 looking for anything special I Visitor (absently) No, thank you. X was only looking for my wife. library Journal. STATE NEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form Tbe governor will call a great good roads convention to meet in Raleigh February 13th and 14th. A large at tendance is expected. Durham Herald: It is true that there is some gold mined In North Carolina, but It may also be true that there has been more money put into mines in the State than has been taken out. Grand Secretary B. H. Woodell says the growth4! if the Odd Fellows lo North Carolina Is phenomenal. There are now 8 000 members, a gain of 100 per cent, in the past three years. The receipts for the year will very closely approximate tl 1.500 fr Reidsville Review: Caswell county Is entitled to the credit for the first coal cured bright tobacco. It was made by Wm. Slade long before flues were known. It brought good prices for him and was the beginning of the methods which made North Carolina brights bring high prices. News-Observer: Tbe New York World Almanac for 1802 gives a list of nearly 4,000 Americans worth 11,000,000 and over niaDy of them very much over. Tbe rich men credited to Durham are given as follow: Julian S. Carr, B. N. Duke, Jnnies B. Duke, Washington Duke and G. W. Watts. Burlington News: Southern Railway officials announce that a double track between Charlotte and Spencer in almost a certainty. K-itlmates are being com pleted for the work and the building of the new track may be expected to com mence in the near future. It is reckoned that the new track will cost about $250,000. Raleigh News-Observer: The Newton Enterprise is informed by a competent authority that there is not one-fourth as much cotton remaining unsold in Cataw ba now as there was at this time last year. There is much evidence going to show that the crop of 1901-'02 has been mitsh more closely marketed than is usual at this date. Charlotte Observer: Our Greensboro correspondent blunders out a blunt truth when he says "it is impossible for a government distillery of the type in operation in this State to pay expenses, to say nothing of making money, unless the law is violated." Any one who has even the most superficial knowledge of the business knows this is a fact. In the murder trial of Parish at Fay ette ville last week Judge Robinson sent the jury out and told counsel that he thought tbe case was clearly one of self defense, so a verdict of not guilty was ordered. Judge Robinson also apolo glced to Major Shaw for the way he treated him the other day, causing the latter to abandon his case. Major Shaw accepted the other's advances and the matter was settled with satisfaction to both. KINSTON MARKET. Prices quoted for Country Produce are those paid by dealer. Beeswri, per pound. Corn, per bushel Meal, per bushel. ... to 5 5. 5 5 I..C Sides, pound Ham, Country new, per pound bait, per sack Lard. Country, per pound Chickens, per pair 5 to 50 Eg(i, per dozen 1 7 i-a Sweet potatoes 60 Peanuts, per bushel 50 to 79 Sbeep 1. 00 to 1.35 Lamb x.aotoi.25 Hides, Dry 6 to 10 Hides, Green f Beef, on foot, fat ih Beef, Gross jiet.... 6 Fresh Pork 7 Fodder to 1.00 Molasses J5 to 50 Flour 4.75 to 5.25. Dreams Without Sleep. Mistress-Well. Brtdjjef. uud how Is your husband? Washerwoman Sure, an' he's nil used up, mum. Mistress Why. what alls him? Washerwoman Indade, thin, mum.1 last night be bad slch bad dreams that be couldn't slape a wink all nlgbt. mum. Harlem Life. That Slaklafj Feellnc When tbe self made man says. "Gimme some of tbe pummia de ter rey," and the waiter wants him to re peat It. be bas a feeling of fear that never comes over him In tbe busy marts f trade. Chicago Record-Herald. IOURB OF CROUP Idttls) Boy's Ufa Saved. I have a few words to say regarding Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It saved my little boy's Ufa and I feel that I can not praise it enough. I bought a bottle of it from A. E. Steers, of Goodwin, 8. D., and when I got horns with it the poor baby could hardly breaths. I gave the medietas as directed every tea minutes until he "threw up" and then I thought sore be was going to choke to death. We had to pull tbe phlegm out of his mouth m great long strings. I am positive that if ihad not got that bottle of cough med icine, my boy would not be on earth to day. Jon, Dnfoirr. In wood, loi For sale by J. E. Hood. I
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