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s ; X 1 TOE DAILY FREE PR PU Bf LI SH ED B R V EJZE M I N G EXC E PT SU N DKY, Vol.I-No.125. KINSTON, N. O. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1898. Price Two Cents. v. ' 1:1 !i bii Finds Much Incompetence' In Man agement at f'cntauk. . II Although There Were Thousands of Cots And Bedtlcks In the Storehouse., Many Troops Have Pneumonia Because They Had to Lay on the Wet Ground. The Incompetents Responsible Such for Ter- Mble Neolloencs Ouohtto Bs Promntlv i . - - m -w - - w "Fired Ished. flnl" mnA Alan Kawaralw Pua WW. ... riiw www. v.. Montauk Point, August 23.Pecretary Alger passed his first night in campina privatecar,: He was up bright and earjy mis muruiugcuaunuiDguiB inretiuguuuu i ol the rumors of incompetent manager j ment. ; The quartermaster's department is al ready showing the effect of his visit.' i While at the camp of the second Massa chusetts regiment Alger found many sol diers sleeping pu the ground, many bav ing no blankets. He expressed surprise at such a condition existing when there are several thousand cotn and bedticks in the store house, and it wis not long be fore wagon trains from the depot began a wholesale distribution of tbesa much needed articles,; with tons of utraW for extra warmth as well. As many of the new patients at the J hospital owe their illness to the fact that sleep, thehospitalsituatipnnow is much I more serious, owing to the prevalence of penumonia. v Manyjnew tents and a hospital are be ing erected hurriedly. . - SCHLEY FULLY RECOVERED. The Real Hero Given Rousing Receptions at Stations oa His Way to New York. . Korwalk, Aug. 25. Rear Admiral Schley has fully recovered from his recent illness. He rested well last night. : This morning he boarded the train for New York, and will report immediately on board the flagship. Admiral Schley contemplates, going at once to Washington but may delay bis departure until tomorrow ;; - At .ktmn. ii irtno. h f- v T" 'yuw wvr gw. I York he was given rousing receptions. SUICIDED IN PARIS. n termaa wnarcea Wlta Killing Hli Wi?i . TZTTT . rar t Ltrca Amount orinsurasca. Paris. Auar. 25.-Erneafc Joaer.h Poil. airman )ni.H un tn-. --.! I Wt a nlpJm Pin ftftA iKn nnn 1 , w wr ance on his late wife, an English woman, I iwv(wi uioui- MPS an from the Urbane Insurance company j toms and a dozen assistants, forty mag wblh rnniflfed nnvmonf W' -nA 1 ietrates, etc.. are negroes. v ' ? ; i f. 1,0 v,-. i1. . that hs had thrpwn her of a cliff, near I lorence, committed suicide last evening at tae vuran restaurant. . , ; , . . I Possel wea under a heaw hiT ha I thorities having ordered the exhumation of the body of his wife. " CICCUST 1 L-AC:3 At ta Kwty Esrrc:f:rcfCi:.t:;:3 V.zzt Y.zzxh2 Zlzrlz cf Ai;;z!a tzTzzzzs. .r Iladrid Aug. 23. Newspapers and the public generally are deeply diesusted at tLa hasty surrender of Santiago since he -.ring stories with r; --fj to the ad quate ceieneive cona.tiona prevai.icj tlcre as told by the returned troops. t more ceatnii nave occurred since tLa troops landad. ' ;'. l.-.v:::fjth3rc-:3J: O-aaba', Ar. 3. The board cf d.'rec- -L 1 . r . . . tc3 r-arrcd act cf rcrclatlcns fcrv.r.liy l;vi.b3tL8att;uJLC3 cf t'..e rrc::.-t c'rlb!3 cal:r:ct"Jcll:r d'jnitarijs at f THEIR EYES WEBE OPENED. A Revelation to White Republicans and Populists From Up Country Who Didn't Believe Negroes Held Office la Wilmlng ion. Wilmington Messenger Io the campaigns to overthrow Demo cratic rule and bonestgovernmentinNorth Carolina under Jvusioh," the Kepubucan Jropuilet speakers iav derided tne idea of negro rule, negro domination, etc., and deluded the people in to the belief tbat it was a iJeniocratic cry ti "won," and was made to f lighten them into stand- ing by the party. Who is it that has not beard uepuDiicansuna ropuusts declare that they were as roucn opposed to negro rule aa anybody else and ndncule as absurd the possibility of such a thing. They impressed their followers, the rank and file, with the idea that the Demo- Ncrat we l10 nn8.en8e: ' ., m iTflw ino H nfllnTI . IOCTlBinT.il lA ft. TOW yeakgo adjourned outof rest tothe w viAA.r u&v wujw w.. uyu v vi dlvv v w waav memorv of Fred Douglas, the negro, how many times have we heard Populists say that it did no such thing. The members EaZ ""commission at Paris. believe it. The leaders are afraid to tell ue peopie me iruiu auu grossly aeceive eigh News and Observer's statementtbat the negro Jim Young was a member of j the board of directors ot the deal and as taking up a copy bl The News and Ob- server containing a cartoon showing Jim 1 lYouDg's authority to inspect the asy- lum, and exclaimed in substance: "See bow these Democrats lie. Jim Young is not even a director of the anylum." He did not tell his audience, however, that popular indignation at Young s appoint ment ana tne refusal oi parents to send their children to the institution while Young remained on the board, bad led to his resignation. He did not say, mind you, that Young had not been a director J aeciarea tnat ne ts not a director. ; The fact Of tbe business ia that there j are ropuusts ana itepuDiicans wno ww i not believe or affect not to believe that the editorial copied from the negro daily, IS?1? Democratic campaign speaker in the cen-1 crai pan; oi me mane naa to sena nere yesterday to get a copy of the Record so he could show it to the people in black and white. - & lew days ago .several ropuitsts and Republicans were in Wilmington on an excursion. They did not believe that , negroes held office in Wilmington, and had denounced the statement that It was Democraic lies. A good Democrat in i tcandoipn assured them that it was so and they told him that if they were con- ticket in the forthftomina- rf.ftn: They jus simply did notbelieveit. Ihey cam.eaown hereon theexcursion however, ana saw ior ,inemseives. ine lwmocrat .-. V.-rv. t. th. aanm A them a negro register of deeds with two negro assistants, they were shown four negro deputy uneriils out of fire deputies, Ul7 - " -U I! - ' il V?;: iAAnST ZL coroner, a member of the ireneral asaem. ply. six school committeemen, the only .'.-! i. uu-iau m i uuuKwra towdbuid, rour- four health officers, the collector of cut tpo - , nnIifAman Anil inhn thmn nMamian A gentleman who yesterday prepared a &t f negro oLIceholders that he could remember, without taking the posto-lice and t)t her- posi tions Into , consideration, showed that ninety negroes are now I holding city and county o!3cea. CatCaCiU. 1L C. Pilot. The distinguished reDresentative of the iiepuDucan party, ueonre Henry J one son. ... . i a negro soldier, who was arrested in Dur- gaw for forgery, was bound over to the next term of tne criminal court in a bond of $100Henrr L. Stevens, the hitherto Democrat who recently Copped over into tae i ozz.:zt party, cc"onii: T one of his sur;t;c3. -"La tlat fcumtleth hi.r-clf c!:a!l be exalted." Henry will ret a til ofllca after awhile." It ia a day for those wLo sacnce principles for spoils! L'sy tzzX ti V.zri K:r;. . YasIim,'rt5n. D. C. Arrnst 23.-An- bassador liay in a cat '. ram to the! Etata department received thi3 afterr. oca enja that the British rovernn--" Las directed the governor cf HorKorto ccctrt Admiral Dewey's rrrlieaticrTfor Mr a Davis and Frye Consult With The President ' Orders Sent Miles to Send Home All The Troops Not Actually ' Needed. More Troops Leave Chtckamaoga. Prepare tions to Muster Out Troops: Washington, , August 25. Senators j Davis and Frye, who hive been selected commissi, arrived at the I - . . r . wu,u? noose at wn inisjnijriuog, ana in i . , . ' . - , - . mediately began a conference with the president over the coming labors of the Washington, August 25:0rders hare ueeu seat io uen. xaiiess ajrgcnng mm u aMIKnate wr heir disembarkation io the United States, but a ' number of sites are uder discussion. ''---b'- Illinois cavalry left . ipr i ort Sheridan today. - ? One hundred and fifty of the eighth Indiana, the first West Virginia and the sixth Ohio will leave this evening for Knoxville, vthere they will await further Orders. Preparations are being made to muster put the second Nebraska, also the light cavalry and artillery batteries now here. t ' . ' . , FVzf7pt rrrr Tv? u,.v;u00" ago, has caused the death of three persons, ad a score of others to be sick. More fatalities are expected. I Those affected are residents of Greenfield. It is believed tnat luuy six otners wiu aie. v . .. . ... "" ' " ' . Striking U Inert Return to Work. Haeleton. August 25. Seven hundred coflj minera and laborers employed bv the Lehigh and; Wilkesbarre Coal Co., who went out on a strike yesterday, re turned' to , work this morning. All is quiet and no further trouble is expected. Crusty- Old UncJe-Well, William, I've decided that you needa-'t pay back the 50 you got from, me lass summer. I'm going to make you a present of it. Reckless Nephew Taanks I ; ; r Crusty Old. Uncle Well,- that's not a yery enthusiastic way- you cava of ao- lrnYimrlA?ony rtv9 trontrmaifrr T thmitrht " o -J- - - -o. you'd be overjoyed at getting this debt off your mind. Keckless Nephew OH, tt Oiasn been bothexing mef I had no intention of payirs you anyway. 31eveland Leader. Bis Trade. The Policeman What's your trade? The Suspect An ironworker. , Xa that so? I'll.see what you know about it I used to be In the trade my self." "I I mean in a laundry. "Indian apolia JournaL Diamonds are cut in three different forms the rose, the brilliant and the table, of which the second is the pretti est. It is a double pyramid or cone, of which the top is cut off to form a large plane, and at the bottom, directly oppo site to a small plana 1 The finest opal of modara times fce- loased to the Cm press Jcccphine. It was called tne "unrnirj ci Troy." Its fate is unknown, as it disappeared when the allies entered Pari3. , Drenchinj nr Conceit. - Eclen lie thiaks the vrciIJl cf in a. And f ach rice thicks he ij3 cf rael Ua r :.! i last evenir.'j that I wr.i a drcaza. : T;.rr:;t A drrr.-i rr..?y I -j 1 -iifal t ... : :i c: 3 ii t;r itaiallr ; - l it era PIE CSS Hi m it Intsrestlnn North Carolina :' Condsnssd Form. Barnes, Btainback k Co., of Beuderson, have filed a petition io bankruptcy. George C. Taylor, of Burgaw, 82 yean old, a messenger in the pension office t Washington, D. C, committed suicide Tuesday afternoon by taking lsudanum. - The sheriff of Warren county haa writ ten Jndge Carter, appointed by Gov. Itua sellin place of Norwood, tbat he would recognize him to hold the fall term of tbe superior court. - ' Thetnarlotte Ubserver Has started a movement to secure a fund to erect a suitable monument to Lieut. William E. Shipp, who fell at tb front in the terrible onslaught upon tne enemy near Santiago. The Observer heads the list with oue hundred dollar.' The governor will doubtless provoke trouble if he does take the stump for Dockery in the sixth district, as some say he may. A Republican said, "I don't be lieve it wonld be safe for him to take tbe stump in this State. I Mieve it would provoke riots and possibly result in dam age to the audience, rue people are in no bumor to see Russell now." Er-State Senator "A. C. Gren. of Wake county, says tbe mlddle-i.f-tbe-road Pop ulists in Wake mean busine and will hold a convention September 3d. He is down on fusion with any party and de clares be has never voted fof a Republi can anf never will do so. He nays the sole hope of the Populist party is in keeping itself Intact and free from Repub lican domination, which in open and shameless. - He added: ' We are going to clean up the fusionists in Wake. I do not know a Populist in my township who wUl vote he fusion ticket this year." State vs. Pettliohn. M. C. Pilot. " ' Under four separate warrants, tbe trial of tbe Mess. Pettijohn, manager of the Atlantic hotel, for. the sale of liquor without license, was commenced Tuesday afternoon befjie a Jury of six men, and at this writinar Is still in oroirres8. The city and State is represented by Mr. W. W (lark, oi Wewbern, and tne defendents by Mr. D. L. Ward, of Newbern, and Mr. E. A. Humphrey, of Goldsboro. Mr. J.T. Eaton, J. P. , is trial justice.; : ' 10 Neeroes and 4 White Hen. Jacksonville Times. The fusion ticket that tbe Craven coun ty people will be requested to support this fall contains the names of ten negroes and four white men Tbe only surprising feature in the matter is that so many white men are on tbe ticker. - x :. v 7 FI&0 Prlntlaa. ' The Fbr.x Press office prints elegant stock certificates, bonds, diplomas, bank checks, etc.; in fact almost anything io the printing line io the very best style, and at moderate prices. Anything from a visitinir card to a newspaper. : For good work send your orders toThk Fbkk Pbxss, Kinston, IS. IV ' : , v f r Itsstfc la r v American mado crockery, a3 good and hand- como as any over imported AND VERY LOW PRICED. . 9 inch Soup plates at 40c the set, 9 inch Dinner Plates at 35c the set. 8 inch Breakfast Plates at 25c the set. 1 1 inch Covered Steak Dishes, 50c each. ' 12 inch Covered Steak. Dishes, 40c each; v All other pieces at equally low prices. . - . 't. u The ehipmcnt of FT-UIT JABS In a Collision Off the Grand Banks Near France. A FREIXH FISIIICe SCHQOlif R Run Down and Sunk By the Steamer Norge. . , Captain Knndten Lays . the t Blame on the Fishing Schooner's Cap New York, Aug. 25. Tbe Thlngvalla' line steamer Norge arrived this morning and reports having run down and sink ing the French fishing schooner LaCo quette, of Bayonne, France, on Saturday last, on tbe Grand Banks. : ' - : The captain and eight of his seamen of the schooner were saved. , Sixteen of the crew were drowned. " ' - ' Captain Knudsen, of tbe Norge, lays the blame on tbe captain of the fishing .schooner. t S j Points to Consider, j ( There'sonly one kind of print-" ) t ing we don't do. That's the poor J 2 )kind. That's the kind you don't ( Want "But when you do wanti I something that is neat, clean, j ( i paper, with fine Ink. from type i I ! that ia new and of latest face, aet j I I J strictly first-class job, .. , A ,. lust aend your orders to I l THE KINSTON FREE PRESS, j 1 Oar Prices Are Uw. ' j ) W Satisfy Oar Customer. t t Tf- PALLISY CHINA. from England or Franco. A :t3 a C:zzrz to qal.' yj x.L'i cr.i hr.3 arrived, r.nd wo t' . An .it !i at: on tn3 c' Vi-:3 cp, you taow. :a T::.a- cr.n cupply your nc : da. 14 1 : c ; tjT.. : ::.Y . r''rr... oa to dock and cLaa his tl;; at r , ; w
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