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DAILY FRE PUBLISHED EVERY EiZENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, Vol. I No. 155. KINSTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1898. Price Two Cents. THE E PRESS 8 U II The Bryan Democrats Will The Ticket. Name CHAIRMAN HUB SPEAKS I 81 NEWS Words of Encouragement. All Signs Point To Democratic Victory in November. He Attacks Republicans on State Issues And Asserts That Countless Offices Have Been Created to Feed Republican Politicians. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 28. Democrats began to arrive early this morning for the convention. Up to the hour of meet ing nochoicefor the nomination had been given out by the leaders. The Bryan Democrats will name the ticket. After temporary organization was formed the convention adjourned for dinner. There will be no balloting until tomorrow. Syracuse. Sept. 28. There w as great confusion when the convention opened. The spectators seized tbedelegates' seats, and the hall was packed. Temporary Chairman Pabner says he voices the judgment of every reflecting man in the state that all signs point to a Democratic victory in November. He attacks the Republicans on state issues, and asserts that countless offices have been created to feed Republican ooliticians. Syracuse, Sept. 28. A delegate offered a silver resolution, which the chairman referred to the committee on resolutions. The delegate appealed but was compelled to take his seat by the sergeant at arms. The convention has adjourned till to morrow. SECRETARY ALGER RETURNS. Quartermaster's Department Shifts Blame to Administrative Branch. Washington, Sept. 28. Secretary Alger returned to his desk today at the war department and received his bureau chiefs. A statement from him is expected later in the day. . The quartermaster's depart ment shifts the blame for not supplying troops wi-h proper cloth ipg and says it was dva to lack of system inthe adjutant general's office. This shifts the blame to the administrative branch, and an effort will be made to bring out this state of af fairs before the inquiry commission. ' ' " EXPLOSION AT ST. LOUIS , Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Farm. In Transylvania county Wednesday week Cuas. RobiiiHon shot and killed his brother, Berrv Robinson. The murderer was arrested and is in jail. Rev. W. N. Loveless, rector of St Stephen's Episcopal church, Ooldsborn died last Sunday evening. He was years of aire. His body was taken to Pensacola, Fla., for burial. The cyclone that last week swept the course of the Yudkin river, in Wilkes county aud the Piedmont section did damaee to the extent of $200,000. This is the finest corn station in the State and the farmers suffered severely. Superintendent Mewborn, of the State penitentiary, declares that the crops on the btate iarms were never so irood as this year. He asserts, however, that the penitentiary will not be able to make any money because of the low price at which cotton is selling. Mt. Olive suffered another heavy loss by fire Sunday night. All the buildings on front street from and including the pofitoffice to the hotel were swept away in a short while. The origin of the fire is unknown. The fire was first discovered in the grocery store of Mr. A. S. Jackson There was very little insurance on the total amount of property destroyed This is the second big fire this town has suffered within the past few months. HOW THE TERESA WAS RAISED. ) IK SOU Hobson Expects to Return to New York On the Colon. Santiago: Sept. 2C. Details just re ceived of the floating of the Spanish armored cruiser Maria Teresa show that with the help of dynamite, she was blown off the rocks into deep water, on Septem ber 23. and proceeded under her own steam some time afterward to Guan tanamo, accompanied by one of the tugf of the Merntt Wrecking company. She will shortly leave for New Y'ork. Naval Constructor Hobson says he can raise the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, with the use of baes.inaweek.if riven author ity to do so. Commodore Watson thinks" he cannot. The Colon, it aDDearn. was not.seriously damaged by shells, but her valves were opened, which caused her to sink. The other two Spanish cruisers sunk in the battle of Santiago, the Almirante Oquendo and the Yizcaya, -are useless wrecks of melted iron. Hobson says he expects to return to New lorkon the Colon. Destroys McLean Building. Three Women Jump From Third Story and Are Fatally Injured.' ' 'ty??f St. Louis, Sept. 28. An explosion of powder in the basement of the four-story building of McLean fishing tackle and sporting goods store fired the building. Three women jumped from the third floor without waiting for assistance and were fatally Injured. The fire communi cated, to the St. Louis Crockery Co.'s store.7 The McLean building was totally destroyed. Shoe Lester' Strike Ended. Brocton, Mass., Sept528. The lasters strike ended today in all directions, as a result of the lasting machine companies putting agents in to operate the various machines in place of the strikers. Even the concerns which had settled on the price list are not exempt. ' Bayard Nearlng the End. . Dedham, Mass.. Sept 28. Ex-Secretary Bayard is still living, but is in such a .delicate state that it seems impossible that he can survive through the day. , . ....... Detectives Lost Track of the Bridgeport Murderer.', , London, Sept. 28. It is reported that the detectives lost track of Dr. Guflord, who arrived at Liverpool yesterday. Joe Wheeler to Review Cadets. New York,' Sept 28. Gen. J oseph Wheeler went to "West Point thia morn ing to review the cadets. ' ' Russia. The lack of machinelike discipline in the Russian soldiery is truly Asiatic, and so are the stagnation, patience, suf fering and squalor of the people. In Russia they are drunken, instead of be ing gamblers and opium smokers as in China. The absence of a middle class and the , gulf that takes its place are Asiatic conditions. In Russia no man except a member of the cabinet or a dip lomat dares to discuss politics. In other Asiatic countries the people are not forbidden to discuss them, be cause they have never shown any in clination to do so. No more do the 119, 000, 000 muzhiks of Russia. Their Intel- lectjual activity never goes beyond the affairs ox village, family, farm or em ployment. Their most active interest is in religion, but they make of that such a mere tissue of forms and mechanical or automatic practices that it is carried on without anymore mental effort than the activity of a victim of St. Vitus' dance. h'u. ' The leaven of progress is not in the muzhik any more than it is in the cooly. If Russia's system of govern xnenfc is to be threatened or altered, it most be by the 10,000,000 who reflect the European ideals in their dress and manners and who present fertile ground for the propagation of European re forms. Russia's danger is from the top; the bottom is sodden. Julian Ralph in Harper's Magazine, " . ' ' " , "-T In Havana and Impossible to Trans port Them Immediately. SEC. GEN. CUBA IN flE V YORK -' . A Dumai Storrf Dumas the elder was rarely spiteful to or about his fellow men,' but one day, when he happened to' be in that mood, a friend called to ' tell him a piece of news. "They have Just given M. X the Legion of 1 Honor, ' he said. ; r Then he added, in a significant tone, "Now. can you imagine why they should have given it to him?" "Tea," answered the great dramatist promptly. "They have given it to him because he was without it" On His Way to Paris to Act as Attache to Spanish Peace Commission. Says Spain Has But Few Transports and the Em barkation of Soldiers From Havana Wil Take Much Time. Says There Are No More Reconcentrados. New York, Sept. 28. Dr. Cougosto secretary-sen eral of Cuba, arrived thin morning on the Ward liner City of Wash ington, to act as attache to the Spanish peace commission. He was at one time Spanish consul to Philalelphia. Congosto says there' are 6,000 sick soldiers at Havana and that it is impos stole to tranf-port tnem imineciately, as Spain has but few transports, and the embarkation is going to take much time He said there were no more reconcentra dos; they were no longer kept together; their condition is worse than formerly. Corbett and McCoy Scrap in New York. New York, Sept. 28. Corbett and Mc Coy met at Gilsey House. Corbet called McCoy a monkey. McCoy retaliated by calling Corbett a "cur." McCoy said Corbett was af aid to meet him. Corbett answered: "Put up your hands and I'll fight you now." McCoy struck Corbett two heavy lelt hand blows on the face. Men pulled them apart. Battleships About to Sail for Honolulu. New York, Sept. 28. The battleship Uregon left the navy yard tuts morning and anchored off Staten Island, ready to sail for Honolulu. The noble ship was given a grand reception as it passed down the bay. The Iowa is not quite ready but sails tomorrow if preparations can be completed. Both vessels leave together. Fatal Railroad Accident. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sept. 28. An ex cursion train from Pictora to the exhibi tion here this morning crashed into a working train near Stellerton, and killed engineers Sproull and O'Brien, firemen Henderson and McKenzie, and William Cameron, a passerger, of Pictora. John McMillan, ana a number ol otners were injured. Uneasiness About Overdue Transports. San Francisco, Sept. 28. Uneasiness is felt at the non-arrival of the transports Senator, Ohio and Indiana, which are overdue from Manila the former thirty five days out is seven days overdue. The Sealander, which left Manila two days later, passed through a typhoon. Transport Massachusetts Took Fire. New York, Sept. 28. The transport Massachusetts arrived today from Santi ago. Twice during the voyage her bunkers took fire and she was obliged to jettyson a hundred tons of coal. Condition Queen of Denmark Serious. London, Sept. 28. A 'dispatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph Company says that the condition of the queen of Denmark has grown more serious. All the royal family has been. summoned to the castle. " ii ii " i . Tht Yellow Fever Situation. , New Orleans, Sept. 28. Tellow fever continues to increase slightly in the infect ed cities, though the death rate is , very low and the disease is being held well in check by the medical authorities. The Tallest Landmark In the World. The most important island in the Ca nary group is Tenerife, whose famous mountain is known to navigators as one of the most imposing landmarks in the world. The mountain rises 12,182 feet above the sea, the peak having the form of a sugar loaf. Considering the fact that the island is itself a mountain, springing almost perpendicularly from the ocean, the bottom of which is six miles below, Tenerife is the loftiest peak in the world. Beside it Mont Blano is a pygmy. Cotopaxi, Kinchin junga and Mount Everest dwindle by comparison. While all the islands are volcanio and all contain evidences of very recent action, Tenerife is the only one which still continues in eruption. The summit of the mountain is a cir cular wall, inclosing a crater a mile in diameter and over 100 feet in depth. From the offing, and even from the sea shore, the sides of Tenerife seem as though carved by hand, but the im mense size of the mountain is in pro portion to this crater, although it seems incredible to the looker on that at the mountain top there should be one of the largest craters in the world. The great crater of Tenerife has been quiescent ever since the island was rediscovered by Europeans early in the fifteenth cen tury, but in scores of places on the mountain side there are smaller craters which continually emit sulphurous steams and gases and occasionally throw out small quantities of lava. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. i Ills Has Begun Its Work at the French Capital. WILL SELLZOLfl'SPROPERIY Paying Interest on Bonds Before It la Dn i. Washington, Sept. 28. About' $10,. 000,000 of interest on bonds, which in terest is due November 10th, will be paid on October 10th. - Cancelling stamps, to cancel revenue stamps on checks, etc, ordered at low prices by Tm Fax Pkess. , recalUrltles of the Potato. Tne opinion nas prevailed among housekeepers that it is the good potato which breaks open when it is boiled. A scientist who has made potatoes a study insists that the good potato is the one that remains quietly in its coating of brown during all of the processes of cooking. Instead of the swelling and bursting of the skin being caused by the presence of starch it has been as certained that albumen is the substance that causes this breaking open. An or dinary potato is made up of three- fourths of its weight in water, two tenths in starch and one-fiftieth of ni trogenous matter. If it cracks and falls to pieces during the process of boiling, it is deficient in albumen, and therefore lacking in the most important constit uentNew York Ledger. Why, Certainly. Customer' I wish I had as good a head of hair as you have. I have tried everything to remedy my baldness, but with no good results. Watchmaker Have you ever tried I rubbing your head with steel? Customer Certainly not That seems to me ridiculous. Watchmaker -Why ridiculous? Isn't it a fact that steel makes the hair Bpring? Boston Courier. Handwriting Experts Refuse to Accept Offer Regarding Payment of Damages Which Zola Was Sentenced to Pay Them. Paris, Sept. 28. The pencecommiseion went in session at 11 o'clock this morn ing. Will Sell Zola's Property. Paris, Sept. 28. Three handwriting experts who recently won libel suits against Zola have refused to accept the offer regarding the payment of the dam ages which Zoln was sentenced to pay them and a judicial sale of the novelist's property in Taris, including his residence, is announced forOctober 11th. Points to Consider. ! There's only one kind of print ing we don't do. That's the poor i kind. That's the kind you don't i want. But when you do want i something that is neat, clean, I right-up-to-date, printed on good i i paper, with fine ink, from type : that is new and of latest face, set I in an artistic and intelligent man-1 i ner in short, when you want a i strictly first-class job, . .. . just send your orders to THE KINSTON FREE PRESS. Our Price Are Low. We Satisfy Our Customer. FRENCH & SUGG, The Only Strictly First-Class Grocery Store in Kinston. riext to It. Hacvey eV Son's Offls When you want the very best Flour, Lard, Butter, Sugar, Coffee, Mason's Cakes and Crackers, and a thousand and one other things usually kept in a gro cery store, call or 'phone them. Goods Delivered in Any Part of tbe City I www A Fuix XlNB OF...... NECKWEAR, Tecks, Puffs, String Ties, Four-in- i Hands and Bows at 50c, 25c, down to ioc. ' A Complete Assortment of. . Gent's Kid Gloves. We solicit your inspection of them, and of our new stock of Fancy Dress Shirts.
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