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I 1 7 7 PUBLISHED EiERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY. Vol. I No, 98. v KINSTON, N. C., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1898. Price Two Cents. LY fl Spanish Troops in Capitulated Area Have Surrendered. 7 i IISHI Thev Gave Ud Without Reluctance And . .n.it. AAn nun a reeling ui neuei. o.uuu oianui Of Arms Turned , Over, Plantation Owners Think Prosperity Will , Come With Peace. 'The Surrender of Guan tanamo Is Important and Will Be Ac complished Without Trouble. Oven 7,000 Spanish Troops In Guantanamo. By CaDle to The Free Press. Santiago, July 25. With the exception of those at Guantanamo, all the Spanish troops within the area of territory . Indi cated in Gen. Torar a capitulation have given up their arms and surrendered to the anthoritv of the United States. . , . IJent. Milev. of Shaf ter's staff. ; who was dehimiflted head of the rommin : , . , .. Bion 10 recieve ine surrenaer 01 tne &pan- ish in the outlying distneta, has Just , returned from his expedition. He reports . 'i. uS7t. x v, . s obtaining the surrender of the various f ' i. , gauiDuuo, vuo Kijpauiau uuujw lviug up their arms not only without reluctance, but with a feeling of relief at the termlna. tion of hostilities. 1 Three thousand stands of arms were turned over to the Americans. ; ien nna innuentmi plantation owners declare that the Spanish guerillas and volunteers are ready anawuung to work as zealously at they fought, and afe of the opinion that prosperity will quickly tZiZZl flr " . : ' ; : The surrender of Guantanamo is of greater importance than was at first KollV nirop T Ciff tmnnd r V 7'. i. ' a twlv part of Whom are seasoned regulars, are tuere. , ; , A he Spanish army commissioners left 1 IB yesterdayon theirreturn to Guantanamo S?'" ?.nat ?lace vAm New York, July 25.-Lieut. Hobson re j' i. ii.i ... , . xi now feeding 6,000 well prisoners here , r. ... . . and stated that the surrender of the and 1,600 sick in hospital. Expect turned to the city; this morning from troops tnere will be accomplished with- out the slightest trouble. The reports of flghtiu The renorts of flrhtino- between the Cubans and Spanish troops are untrue. , ' . : . . " PEACE EASIER OF ADJUSTMENT THAN - ' SUPPOSED. At Least So Stated a Madrid Official. Modified Cabinet : to Initiate ' Peace Negotiations. Everybody; in Madrid Thinks Spain ' Should Treat Directly With U. S. ; By Cattle to Tne Free Press.' ' Madrid, j uiy zo. a prominent offlaal stated today tne- united, States and - Spain is much easier of adjustment than is generally believed. H says that the queen endeay-1 ored to avoid war and desires honorable I . I ,r : w, auuieu will not initiate peace .negotaationa, but " " vau,, : yj uamazo, wm conclude tne negotiations ... . . . . ...... ! . I and then retire; thatthey will re-organize the country. ' Everybody here considers that Spain should treat directly with tbe United States. . . 1 . Biotuous Demcnstr:!:r.j In Crt: Cable to Free Press. . Paris, July 25. Advices received from Madrid say .that riotuous demonstra tions have occurred in Granada. i . ..' - .a: ' Fine Prlstlzj, Tee Fhkx Phess office prints elegant stock certificates, bond., diplomas, bank checks, etc; in fact almost anything in the printing-line in the very best style, and s.t moderate pricc3. Anything from a vi- lting card to a newppacr. For -oo i work endyour orders to TesFekk l'zt Kinston.N. C. :eto Tns Dailt Tr STATE NEWS. laterestlng North Carolina Items ! Condensed Form., Wilson beat. Tarboro Friday plajlng ball JO to 14. . it was a slo w, poor game. Towasend'a tobacco hogshead factory at Wilson was burned Saturday morning before day. ' i News-Observer: Watch out for the Re publican fertilizer inspectors doing cam paign work. Five thousand dollars ad ditional appropriated by the Kussell-But- ler aagricultnral department to put "in speotors" in the field "at once." Henry L. Stevens, of Warsaw, '.' has mopped to tne fopmists. tie was an Mnfrfin. for the Democrat aspirant for the Democratic judicial nom ination in this district. He hopes to get Lockey taken down and himself put in as a Kep.-Fop. fusion candidate. Joe Williams, colored, was lynched near Scotland week Friday night. He had made himself a nuisance by writing in sulting letters and had been warned to leave the community. The good people of the community greatly deplore the oc - currence. , i dispatch July 23d from Philadelphia to the Goldsboto Argus sap; Tired ol a weary of life, a young man, supposed to be outlier Sanders, or Ueaulort, . v., 1 committed suicide by inhaling gas at the boarding nouse or Mrs. ivrauss, Z4l North sixth street, yesterday afternoon ' Wilmington Star: The governor has named O. V. F. Ely the, of Henderson- vilie. to succeed Judire H. G. E wart as iudirn of the criminal circuit court. Blvthe obtained his license to practice law only a few vears asro. and is aaid to have had m vi ir u Kivnuii ipu r. r i .ca cm 'will ti du vv 1 - II : TT L!ll 1 X Btan(3 for re-election this fall. The ap- puiuuueut xiHH uwii severely cruiuiseu, as t is. thought a matt with only a few yeara experience as a Country lawyer can scarcely have sufficient ability to uphold I the dignity of the North Carolina bench. I GLAD TO SURRENDER. Short of Provisions In Guantanomb. - , . Shatter's Dlsnatch. Washinen. Julv 23. The war deDart- tment tonight received tlje following from lUen.Bnaiteri . "" t , r "Adjutant General. Washington. D. C: ."Colonel of EngineersSpaHisharmyhas luufc arnveu irum uuaniaoomo. X19 heard from French consul there that San- tiago had surrendered and that they had been mciuaea. KOt crediting It ne was sent here to verify the fact. They will be very gia(j t0 accept terms of surrender; very short of rations and shall have to oKin ieeaing mem at once, lie tens me 2,000 men in tomorrow from San Luis and Palmas. Will send an officer tomor- "r uar " lflen go TO oagua - , a. a ... .i . ii . ... " m ana uaracoa to receive surrender there. Think the number of prisoners will be fully up to tne estimate 22,000 or 23, (Signed) ,. . ' "Shakteh.' WANTS THE CONTRACT ANNULLED. V Snlt Brought Against the Spanish Steam ship Company by Mr. Lord. y-'; ( Newi York. July 23. Geonre Ossrood Lord today brought suit in the supreme court asrainst theLamnama rrani.At.iA,Ti. tic ipanoia, J . Cebelios, agent, who: in "Ct-rtr ana $20 for enlisted men. The suit is to annul the contract the quartermaster's Department X made with : the enemy's steamship line. , The ground for the suit tliat contract is against public policy, and gives aid and cSmfort to an -"J v olouco. iwuuiittuj II. 1 1 Trv J . . t f w ,wv uamages, ouc u: t. i l j.1 ri I'Tnnff ""J"1'1 GEN. WOOD COYERNOR. Military Ruler of Santlajo. Cleaning the Streets. riaya del Este, Santiago de Cnba4 July 21. General W ood, of the Rough Riders, was appointed military ruler of Santiago deCuba yesterday, succeeding General McKibbin, who returns to his old duty iu wuu is on me bice use. A recruit, wishinsr to evade serviee. wn brought ud for medical ineDection. and meaocior asitea mm: "Have you any dffWR?" "Ypb air- Tom h nf-cif. Ti t-oA . j . . . ... .... "How can you prove it?" "Easiiv enonp:D, doctor. Do vou see that nail up yonder m the wall?" "Yes." "Well. I don't." Tid-Bits. "Could you love a man who was cow- ira to Lave cosrc-;3 enough to projers." Chirro Record. All Remaining Troops Will be Em barked Soon as Transports ; Arrive. Four Batteries Artillery Left Chattanooga For Newport News. Second Division of First Corps Not Expected to Leave for At Least a Week. Third Brigade to Leave Camp Thomas Wednesday. By Telegraph to Th FM Priss Washington, July 25.As soon as 1 transports arrive from Santiago all the 1 remaininsr trooDS at Tanina will be em- barked for Porto Rico. Orders have been jsBued t th flret Tlotid& C0B1 Geor. and fifth Maryland volunteers to pro pare to emoars. ; To Embark at Newport News. By Telegraph to Thi Pbbsb. Chattanooga, July 25. Four batteries of artillery have departed '. for Newport News to embark for Porto Rico. They 1nAt- n r paT,DT7,tDnio nth Indiana, battery B of Pennsylvania i uviji wiiaiiur-v m iiih . The second division of the first corps is not expected to leave for at least a week. The third brigade is atill at Camp Thomas but will leave Wednesday. NEXT MANILA EXPEDITION Will Be Commanded by Gen. King. Sick - ness Among Soldiers Increasing. By Cable to Thi Fs Pbibs. San Franciacor July 25."-53en. Kingwil be in command of the next Manila expe dition. Gen. Miller will remain here for the present, at the request of Gen. Mer rim Artiv nrflnnriitinni) in movlnir fam Ct'? PPf J l i troop to embark at Presidio lgad this morumg. Diunnesa uiuoug Buiuwra w in- creasing, j . Hobson Saving the Colon. By Telegraph to Thi Fin Pm. Washington.' Upon his arnvai he went immediately to the office of the wrecking company to complete preparations for saving the Cristobal Colon.' , ; Movements of Two Auxiliary Cruisers. By Telesrrapn to Tbe Free Press. , ; New York, July 25.-Tbe St. Paul will sail this afternoon for southern "waters. The Harvard is being disinfected and is not expected to sail for several days. An XUiclUb. Diplomatist. Sir Olaude Macdonald, the. British minister to China, is 46 years old and holds rank la the army as amajor. ? H the Seventy-fourth high landers an 2 was in the Egyptian cam1 paign of 1883 and the Suakim ezpedi tion. before he was appointed consul general atZanzibar in 1887. After Jeav ing east Africa he was sent to the Higer, here he proved a very successful con' tmi caneral In th Nicp CjOakc Pmt-.nr.fc. . o -o w aa the district which was on'oa known as the "Oil Eivers Protector. ue, u bow uesignaiea. 'j oir viiauae a career in west Africa waff cut short. in 1896 by his selection for the embassy at Faking. Permanently So. , , . Weary Watkins I see some of the papers is agitating the wide tire' ques tion again for better roads. . Hungry Higgins I don't know much, about wide tires, but I know I've got a1 lifelong one. -Indianapolis Journal. Weaknesses seem to be even r-r carefully and anxiously, conal Yi ia C'raver and more decided.' lav.lt 3, .f ... ... i- caa nature is more ashamed cf tl.a L.i than cf the last. The willow i3one of theirccir t's cf rlanti A willow swiL-'i t' in fc" 9 i'ct grenni will &Lrae:t-iz7.'lly t-lrcct tzl tcccme a tree. I rHDJin! flT IIEUmnDT I Ll'fv iriiinHnn hi iruri mi irifii blllUllllll lll llblll Will lib II V NEWBERN NEWS ITEMS. V Mrs. J. C. Wyman Died In New York. Fire ' i. Appparatut Sent to Goldsboro. C. Whit Gasklns, Manager Newbera Depart ' Newbehn, N. C, July 25, 1898. Dr. and Mrs. N. H. Street returned last night from Seven Springs, where the doc tor has been for several weeks for his health..:..;.;,.:.;.-; , Mr. James Moore, Jr., arrived yester day morning from New York for a short visit. Jim has been gone. about three years, aud his friends are glad to see him agaiu. :. i,-r.:- yfw. ; The apparatuses of the Newborn fire de partment were sent to Goldeboro today by freight. The companies will go to morrow morning. The Fbek Pbess will give telegraphic reports of ' the tourna ment each day. 1 Died in New York city Friday, July 22nd, Ella Radcliffe, wife of J. C. Wy man, in the 46th year of her age. Mrs. Wyman was formerly Mrs.1 Wm; ' J. Street and was well known in Kinston, bavins been in tbe hotel business therefor a number of years. The remains will be brought to Newbern this evening, and the funeral will be from the depot. DECLINED TO SURRENDER " Unless They Could See for Themselves Evidences of Our Victories. "Adjutant General Corbin, Washington, "Sent two ' troops of ' cavalry with Spanish officers and Lieutenant Aliley to receive surrender of Spanish troops at sanJLuis and Talmas. They had not heard of the loss of Cervera'a fleet or of Torat's surrender, they declined to u render unless they could come in and see for themselves. A detachment of officers and men came in last night and returned this morning, apparently satisfied. (Signed.) "SShafteh." White Man Has No Rights Under Present Rule., ... News-Obserrer. The Halifax county chain-tranir bru tally insulted a white mntleman while the guards stood by without making the slightest attempt to protect him. Are tbe guards any better than the convicts? Some who have been employed at the State penitentiary are not as good as some convicts. Under this regime it has come to be so that no white man has rights which even a convict is bound to respect. ,. 1 PEflGE TpsflWlErRa let gh' ivr. c.- ! A Famous School poi Oivla. ! Judge Geo. D. Gray, Culpeper, Va., says: nunc ouuuui nuiun i itare moj uiowieage. I known to me. North or South. East or West. I Illustrated Catalogue free to all who apply. YOUR AOTMOM , is called to the fact that we have always in stock SOMETHING rilCE FOR YOU TO EAT ! , Our stock is full up with Fin?, Canned Goods, Mason's Cakes and Crackers, and all kinds of Groceries that are kept in a first- class grocery store. ' . , -y Our prices are as low as anybody's. Goods delivered free to any pan oi me cny. xonrs to please, Nexttoffic7.e7&Son,g FRENCH SUGG, Kinston, U C. Sk AA S V V ys VV V,f' A New Shipment ofe Trunks; Dress Suit Cases, Valises, Bags and Telescopes, unpacked today. Como and see. You may need one today or tomorrow. ; ! Mi I m m B 1 Ml At Point of Debarkation on the Porto . Rican Coast In Coming as He Is t Long Distance From A Cable Station. Miles Has Only 5,000 i Men But Will Be Able to Accomplish All , Plans While Awaiting Reinforcements. Will Establish Landing Basis Under Protection of Naval Gunsi Special Ef forts to Supply Miles Plenty of Light ers, Tugs, Etc. ' By Telegraph to Tbe yree Press. Washington, July 25. Gen. Miles has arrived at the point of debarkation de cided upon on the coast of Porto Rico. '. Adj.-Gen. Corbin says, however, that the administration does not expect to hear from him for several days, owing to the distance he w ill have to send to reach a cable station. Although Gen. Milas has but 5,000 fighting men, the officials are confident that be will be able to accomplish all the plans while awai ting reinforcements. Geni Miles will establish alandingbasis under the protection of the guns of the naval convoys. Special efforts are being made to supply him with all the tugs, lighters, materials, etc. for wharves and bridges that he re quires. ' ' ' The steamers Panama and Seneca will shortly prepare to Join Miles. : ' Rubber Stamps, Seals, Etc. Tbe Free Pjrkss has taken the agency, for one of the largest rubber stamp and seal factories in the country, and is pre pared to, show cuts of and quote low., prices on rubbeif stamps of all kinds, check perforators, corporation and nota-' ry public seals, steel stamps, stencils ii llfflSI mil ml BE SI Vexy Tbovousb and of llp;h Ocaid. "I sincerely toelleve it is tlie very best Fe-! i veruuDiy, u 1 n&a tne cnoice ox au tne scnoo is 1 1 would nnheslt&tlnirlT choose Pe&M TnatJtatA." 1 1 JAS. DINWIDDIE, HI. A., Principal. 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