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PUBLISHED E3ERY e2ZENING EXCBPT SUNDRY.
Vol; I No. 104.
KINSTON, N: a, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1898.
Price Two Cents.
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Citizens of Porto Rico Assisting Our
-. Troops Enthusiastically.
flufnntft Sntirdiv fttlnhr. tfavar of
Captured Towno Issue Proclamations
Uroino Good Behavior Toward and
Praising the Americans. A Truly Re
markable Reception to an Invading
Army.
, Pouce, via St, Croix, August 1. Porto
Rico is turning American as fasti as the
; United States troops advance. y , The citi
zens of the island are enthusiastic, and
are giving much help in locating recreant
Spauiards, large numbers of whom have
been brought into the cities by vigilant
citizens and turned over 1o the troops,
who, after signing the parole aud agree-
' ment, are released. ' With hardly an ex
ception the paroled prisoners join the
crowd in ' praising and assisting , the
Americans.
The troops advanced Saturday night
, toward the outposts of San Juan.
- Juan Diaz, twelve miles from Ponce,
was the Becond town taken by tbe troop,
Canica being the first, then tauco.
, When the troops took possession of the
latter the mayor issued a"" proclamation
exhorting the citizens to conduct them
selves properly toward the troops also
brilliantly lauding America and its army.
' The citizens are intensely loyal to our
government. When our troops armed
they fell upon their knees ' and embraced
;h the legs of the invasion hosts, a trnly re
markable reception to our invading
army. "
Ponce was today placarded with pos
ters, issued by the mayor upon an order
by General Wilson demanding the sur-1
render of all arras, declaring it the duty
of every citizen to inform the Americans
where arms are concealed. A great num
ber of arms have been turned In.
To date it is thought that over 2,000
Spaniards will sign parole documents.
The campaign i is being pushed and
Gen. Miles expresses great satisfaction ,
CONFERENCE IN MADRID
Between European Ambassadors. Havana
Blockade Vigorously Maintained.
. Madrid, August 1. French, German
and Austrian ambassadors .had a con
ference with the Spanish minister of for
eign affairs yesterday Lthe result of which
is unknown, - . . . ,
Advices from Havana , say. that the
Cuban blockade is maintained in a most
vigorous rnanner.
An American Repulse.
tsaneevenno, August i. Matanzas is
reported to. have been bombarded by a
warship. The report also says that a
force of 400 American artillery- and cav
alry attacked a detachment ftf Spanish
engineers at Garciosa, but were repulsed,
leaving ten men killled on the field. . The
Spanish lost one officer and two men
wounded. . ' "-, .
Ccial Sorrow Over Bismarck.
Berlin, August 1. The United States
ambassador received a cable from Wash
ington charging him to express to the
bereaved German nation and also to the
family of the deceased the sorrow which
the government and people of the United j
States felt in the death of Bismarck.
I!;tl Fire In Chicago KIJUThresPerscns.
Chicago, Aogust 1. Afire in the Bor-j
win hotel killed three persons this raorn-
xzx. Several casualties were caused by
guests leaping from the windows.
f.:art!.i Th:rn3 El:ctrc:u.:d.
New York, Acg-ast 1. Martin Thorne,
t!.e iaurJerer cf Gu!.uppe, was elec
trocute! at 11 o'clock V. '.i norcicg.
u jjh nm in market mi Sli m
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, Big Breaks and High Prices.
The Kinaton tobatx-o market for the
season of 1808 opened today
The first sale wan ar the Eagle, the new
warehouse. The floor contained about
20.000 bound. The nroiiiii'tors of thw
house were io their izlory. Cupr. Canady
looked in the best of humor. Capr. Sam
Smrflr was whooping the buyers up to pay
good prices. Black burn, tlM Auctioneer,
was rattlinu away crying tbe bids use a
machine gun, Mr. Knotr was following
the sal aud bidding on every pile to Bee
that it broncrht the top notch of value.
It was a successful opening, that must
uavn ucru vrijr latiijiu iu mo jiniinr
tors ot trim warenous.
The floor wis crowded with spectators
and the crowd around tbe buyers retard
ed the sa!e. so that it wan. nearly noon
before it finished at the Eagle.
The next sale was at tbeKinaton-Caro-
Una. where Mess. Tapu& Grainger did all
in their power to make t-very pile bring
its full worth. This house did not make
any special effort to have a big break
today. Mr. w. t. uurton, toe new auc
tioneer for this house, i h daisy. He has
a ' splendid voice and tr is a pleasure to
bear him sing the bids. We do not think
there is a better auctioneer in Eastern
Carolina.
The sale at the .Atlantic began at 2
o'clock. This bouro was chock full of the
weed, having about 85,000 pounds on
the floor. Mr. Barber is a good auction
eer and made a lively sale. Mess;. Crisp,
Wooten and Copeland were lookingcare-
fully alter the interests of their mends in
every way posHini.'
1 he prices were irood on every floor to
day,, and all tbe. MrinerM were highly
uleased.
Kmston has started tiiescaaonon well.
It is and will continue to b the best to-
bacco market in Eat-ni Carolina;
The highest price today up to time we
' go to press was obtained at the Eagle.
a piie oi touaeeo sold for air. bidney Ken
nedy brought $86 per 100. He deserves
Kreut credit for hi Huccenn. He planted
tobacco for th firttt time this season aud
cured it himself without previous expe
rience. - -, -
Tbe quilt koM for the Hookei ton M. E.
church at the Eng!e was bid in at $30 by
the Eagle warehouse, and given back to
the church. Thirt wos very liberal on the
part of tbt EagK proprietors. ' V :
'' '' Hrhe Effect of Wiaa on XJtkt.
Attention has been called to1 the Very
remarkable effect; of the wind on vari
ous inland bodies of water. It is not
unusual for the residents in towns on
the shores of lakes to be ereatlr incon
venienced, provided a heavy wind blow
ing on shore continues for any length of
time. In the Baltic sea the level has
been altered for upward of -eight feet
Sometimes the water is blown out of a
channel,, leaving it almost dry. In one
instance a depression ox six zeet oo
onrred on one side of a body of water.
with a corresponding rise of six feet on
the other. Lake Erie has been known to
alter its level a distance of 15 feet on
account' of heavy winds, and Lake
Michigan was at one time the subject
of considerable interest from the shine
cause. The wind was heavy and con tin
nous ana piiea the water up on one
side, while the other was bo low that
people walked out upon rocks where in
the memory of man no feet had ever
trodden. New York Ledger.
Considerat.
'Leave the house 1" cried little Einlis,
making a brave bluff of strength to the
burglar.
'I intend td, my email friend, " re
plied the burglar courteously. "I ejh
merely after the contents. When I tzka
houses, I do it through the regular real
estatethannels. "-Harper's Eazar.
Yucatan i3 a compound Indian nana
meaning, "What do you eay?" wL;:h
Was the only answer the Spaniards ccull
obtain from the natives to their in
quiries ccuccmirg a dcrirtica c? the
country.
Determined to Push the War to Last
Minute Before Armistice Is De
. dared.
To Reinforce Gen. Miles. Gen. Wado to
Command Reinforcements. Gen. Lee
Will Go to Porto Rico With Seventh
Corps. Within a Fortolght Over 40,'
000 Troops Will Be Operating In Porto
Rico.
Washington, August 1. Fifteen thous
and soldiers will be sent to Porto Rico
to reinforce Gen. Miles immediately,
Tbe determination of the government
is to push the war as strenuously as pos-
Bible up to the last minute before armis
tiC6 18 declared
Gen. Wade, has been ordered to take
command of the reinforcements, and has
been detached from command at Camp
Chiekamauga for that purpose. He and
his staff are on the' way to Washington
for final instructions.
The reinforcements are to
consist of
fifteen regiments.
It is understood that Gen. Fitshugh
Lee will be sent to Porto Rico with the
seventh army corps. He has been en
gaged in completing its organization at
Jacksonville.
Gen. Coppinger . will command the
Tampa force.
Gen. Brooke with 6,000 troops is due
at Porto Rico today. c .-" i
It is expected that within a fortnight
40,000 troops will be operating in Porto
Rico, i , !
DENIED THAT CAMBON IS SPAIN'S
PLENIPOTENTIARY.
I Peace Hoped For from Spain's Overtures
And Our Answer. Names of Gommls
stoners Talked Of. i 1 1 '
Washington, August 1. A ru bassador
Carabon immediately sent the govern
ment's note to Spain. The president
looks for an answer by Wednesday; Some
members of tbe cabinet are not ashame
to aeny me report tnacuunDon comerrea
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in the office of plenipotentiary to the
Spanish government, but simply as a
messenger. '
The feeling that peace will come is gen
eraI
however. Already the names of
commissioners for the United States are
being talked of. t The latest to be men-
tionedare Woodford, former minister to
Spain, and Richard Olney, but there are
no pfflcial grounds for this report. - '. f
The president and some members nf the
cabinet are hopeful that a treaty of peace
will eventually result from the overtures
of Spain and the terms submitted in re-
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Direct Communication With Madrid.
, Washington. August 1. Col. ; Allen
cables Chief . Signal Officer - Greely thati
direct cable communication has been
established ' to Washington via St.
Thomas. This will be maintained.
Another Government Hospital . '
Washington, August l.Surgeon Gen
eral Sternberg has ordered Col. Forwood
to MontoulJ P6int to erect a hospital
capable of holding 500 people. Wood
ford has been called back.
Cuban Town Burred.
Key West, Angust 1. The harbor of
Neuvitaa has been captured by the Amer
icans. The town was burned and three
Spanish vessels captured.
The Yale Cringing f.'sws.
New York, August 1. The cruiser Yale
was sighted tnia morning, bus brings
news from .the front at Tonce, Torto
. . . - ... . 4 n.
Rico.
Cancelling etnmps, to car.rtl
revenue
stamps on clicks, etc., ordered
pricc3 ty Tk Fkef- Tress.
at low
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G0VERN0R TYLER'S PROTEST.
Against the Landing of Wounded Soldiers
At Fortress Monroe.
Richmond. Va., July 29. Governor
Tyler, tonight, at the urgent request of
the quarantine otncwrs at Newport News
and Old Point sent to Surgeon General
Sternberg, of the army, a strong protest
againnt more wounded soldiers from
Cuba being landed at Fortress Monroe.
lie called attention to tbe fact that the
breaking out of a yellow fever epidemic
there, besides endangering the lives of
thousands of people in Virginia, would
also weaken if it did not absolutely un
man Fortress Monroe, which truards tbe
entrance to Washington, would suspend
work at tbe government navy yard at
Norfolk and would also cause the stop
page of all work on the men-of-war now
in process of construction at tbe private
yards at Newport News. The Newport
News aud . Old Point quarantine officers
filed similar protests.
Norfolk, Borne years before the civil
war, Buffered terribly from an epidemic of
yellow fever.
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.
The Stomach oft Dead Man, Who Is Sup
posed to Have Been Poisoned, Carried
To Raleigh From Pitt County.
Raleigh Feat. t , .
The stomach of a man who died at
Parmele, Pitt county. Wednesjav last.
under very suspicious circumstances, was
brought here f yesterday to the State
chemist for analysis. , , , . .
'. The stomach was removed from the
dead man the day after he died and sent
here' by the coroner of Pitt county.' It
was Drougnt Dya traveling man who
came to Raleigh On business.
The name of the man who died was
Pepper. He entered a bar room in Par-
m. ie m company with a citizen of that
place. Drinks were ordered. Within fif
teen minutes of the time the drinks were
taken Pepper died in .! aaronizinir oain.
Suspicion was aroused and foul play sus
pected. No arrests had been made Thurs
day last. . - , . .
Mr. Bizzelle, the college chemist, will
examine the stomach.
J, B. Lloyd Nominated for Congress.
The Populist convention of the second
congressional district met at Wilson Fri
day, Mr. R. B. Kinsev. of Lenoir, was
elected chairman. Cant. Jas. B. Llovd.
doorkeeper of the United States senate,
was nominated by acclamation, .
ij PEflGE inSTITUTE,
Fatuous Shool pon Qlls. , Vevy Thorough and of 143
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II male School of which I hare any knowledge. ;
J known to me. North or Bouth, East or West, I would unhesitatingly choose Peace Institute." J J
Jj illustrated Cttaiegu tr to ii who apply : ; JAS. DLWIDDIE, BI. A., Principal. 2
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'is called to the fact that we have always in stock
SOriETiliriG NICE FOR YOU TO EAT !
- , ; - Oar stock is full up with Fine Canned Goods, Mason's Cakes.
and Crackers, and all kinds of Groceries that are kept ; in a first-
class grocery store. . (
Our prices are as low as anybody's. Goods delivered free to
any part of the city. Yours to. please,
Next to Li Harvey & Son's
uihce. '
A Now Shipment
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Trunks, Dress Suit Cases,
Bags and Telescopes,
unpacked today. Como and see. You may
need one today or tomorrow. '
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Over News From Geri. August! at
Manila, Which is Hourly Ex
r v pected to Fail.
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But Hppe of Foreign Interference Is
Abandoned and it Is Believed That
Spain's Only Course Is 'to Accept Our
Terms of Peace, Which Are Taken to
Mean the Virtual Stripping of Spain of
All Her Colonial Possessions.
; Madrid August l.Deep deprension is
manifested in government circles over
the news from Captain General Angusti
at Manila, who has ben bo despairing
within the past few days that the an
nouncement ot the fall of that city is ex
pected hourly.
The" American peace conditions are
taken to mean tbe virtual stripping ot
Spain of all her colonial possessions.
Hope of foreign interference is abandi
oued, and harsh as the terms , of peace
are considered, it is believed that there is :
no other course than to accept them. :
Captured Trying to Run the Blockade.
Key West, August 1. The Mexican
steamer Tabassano, flying the French
flag, was captured at Havana yesterday
while trying to run the blockade. : :
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