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Mil - r ... . .... ...... REE PRE PUBLISHED EVERY; EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, V Vol. II No. 100. KINSTON, N, 0., SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1899. - Price Two Cents IFF 1 Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. m 1H The Pith of the World's News That Might Interest Oar, Reaeers. Soms Is Fresh, Some May Be "Salty," But Not Spoilt. Four uegroes were hanged at Baltimore Friday, Three for assaulting a negro gin ana one ror muraer. - The transport Shermau left Manila Wednesday night with 1,543 soldiers, mostly Californians, for the United States, Kentucky Populists nominated a full state ticket Thureday, headed by John G. Blair for governor. A resolution was adopted condemning W, J. Bryan for V favoriug the election of the Democratic ? ticket in Kentucky. Excelsior lodge of'Odd Fellows of New port blackballed O. H. P. Belmont, who made application - to join. . Men who , marry divorced women are being' made .. to feel that they cannot stand well amoug their fellows. ; . ,'. ' A dispatch from Havana, tella of the capture of Enrique Rivere, ringleader of the bandits engaged in 1 the recent ' safe robbery at Mariel. He tells a story, lm plicating Major Jose Acosta and several s others of the Cuban army. lierfc KembalJ, an aeronaut, of Mich igan 'was drowned hmBSfisT'piiii chuette dropping in; the middle of Baw bees lake. At Sbeater, III., the same day aeronaut Thayer, of .Michigan, fell 200 " feet and was killed. Highflying is dan gerous. v,' v "Gen." Jacob S. Coxey has purchased the old steel plan t of Graff, Bennett & Co. aimvaie, ; near ritwoorg, ana wm reiuove ic to juassmro, uwo. ue will erect a large open hearth steel plant at a cost of 1150,000. The new works wiH give employment to 800 men. . A cablegram, July 27, from Berlin says: A dispatch received from Nijini-Govgorod reports that a cargo and a passenger ; steamer collided on the River Volga and that the latter sank; drowning 155 per ; sons. The captain of the cargo ship has been arrested for disregarding signals. ,' Adolph L.Luetgert, the sausage maker ' of Chicago, serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife, whose body he cooked to pieces in a vat, was fonnd dead in bis cell Thursday. Death was caused .by fatty degeneration of the heart. Frank ' Fay Pratt, a member of the Chicago bar, says that Leutgert confessed the murder Of his wife to him in February, 1899. The plans of the executive committee of the Dewey testimonial fund have riar rowed down to the proposed production of the magnificant spectacular play "The WhiteSquadron." The play will be given at the Metropolitan opera house, New York, -with superb scenic effects and a thousand or more dramatic personale, sometime between October 3d and 7tb. Th convention of the Southern Indus trial League at Atlanta, Gbl', pledged its influence to secure state and municipal legislation looking toward the exemption from taxation for a limited time for all manufacturing enterprises to be located within the states represented in the league. The vice president from North Carolina is Mr. D. A Tompkins, of Char lotte. Americans captured Colamba, SO miles eoutLeost; of Manila, TTcIsesday. "The Americans lost four killed and eleven wounded. Three Fii:;:rc3 vrcre left C::.i and 23 dead and wcu"d: J were talca away. Twelve Filijrincs weraenpt-rcj, tLaoCrrs cc'-j. TLa T.;lzc3. t: with t'-ra forty razi.!i rr:;?--. ;. 1 Thirty of the latter were rescued by Americans and taken to Manila. In 1 Jasper county Ga., Wednesday, three Mormon elders visited the home bi William Cunnatd and endeavored to per suade Mrs. Cannard to join helr church While they were at the Cannard home fifty men masked and on horseback came op and asked the elders to accompany them They refused to do so, and while they were parleying Mr. Cunnard pro cured a rifle and aided the mob in taking the Mormons. Several shots were ex changed and during the excitement Mrs, Cannard had her jaw shattered. V The mob secured - the elders and rode off. Nothing baa been seen of them since. The elders were driven out of two towns in Jasper county early in the week. Corooral I;. F. Hiive8.'AmerlMui'ii onl v traitor in the Philippines, met his death in a tragic manner. Corporal Hayes became enamored of a Filippino beauty, and deserting his comrades was placed in charge of a Filipino battery, with the rank of lieutenant. He met his death almost in the first engagement in which he fought against his country, Hayes was found among the wounded and recognized by several American soldiers, one of whom drove this bayonet through the body of the wounded traitor- and lifted him above his head and '.held him there while the soldiers shot him. The body was thrown into the trench and buried with several dead Filipinos Hayes was a corporal in company I, First Colorado volunteers. i LOUSIN SWAMP ITEMS. July 27,1899. Mr. J. M. Harper spent. Wednesday In Grenville,?; "V , r trroi. a newDoid, oi juaurange,' was in this section last week, in the interest of his school. ' - . The rains have revived the crops. The farmers had a hard time getting the to bacco in the bamB this week. Misses Hattie and Ella Mosely, who had been visiting Miss Bessie Harding, of Greenville nrtnrniwl W niirhf. Mr. John B. Nal, of Scotland Neck, and Representative Sngg, of Greene county, called on Mr. Cavraway a : few days ago. ' Mr. E. C Edwards, df Hookertown, who will teach in Cary next tern, was in this vicinity last week in the interest of the school The union meeting convenes here Satur day and Sunday. Delegates from dif- ierent cnurcnes win be Here, besides a great many from adjoining" sections. Prof. J. A. Holmes, State geologist, wasaiuapc. w. : w. . uarraways' one afternoon this week. He was interested in the deposits of sandstone and kaolin found on we farm. He took several specimens of kaolin for analysis. He is also interested in good roads in North Carolina and he is lecturing in the State In the interest of roads. WAREHOUSE TOBACCO TRUST. I ... -v v ;; ; r. . i i u i $ ' To Whom It May Concern: r We are reliably informed that there are rumors afloat very misleading and mis representing na and our Kins ton-Caro lina tobacco warehouse. We make this statement: We have nothing whatever to do with other folks' warehouse business. We speak for the Kinston-Carolina, " to-wit: We have never oSered or accepted any proposition to give an option or any other deal what ever with the tobacco warehouse trust. Anyone making a statement to the con trary makes a statement that is falae, asd there i3 cot a wcrd cf truth in it. We have atscl-tc!y refrained from hav ing anytLirj whatever to do with the TTcrenc atrusttneinccs. : I ... - J. W. Gbatxgee, L. P. Tatp, rcrL.P.Tcr?Co. V UEWBOORNE EXAMINED. , Don't Approve of Big Bills for Usneces ? sary Work Never Chsrced for. Extra - Work as Commissioner:, of Agriculture i Jlalelgb Juljr f28.--Mf";;jM.f Mew- boorne was examined by the agriculture department investigating committee to day. He said he resigned as commission er of agriculture and'accepted the super Intendency of the penitentiary to please Gov. Russell. He said he had never mad any extra charge for work as commis sioner, of agriculture; and the records bear out Mr. Mewboorne's answer, y J. M. Allen's famous 1 8 carpet-inspect ing bill was then shown the witness . "Do yon think a regular salaried em ploye of the department had a right un der the law toiflle such b bill?" 1 "J should not pay it ft it were a matter of private business I ihlnk, as John said to the Roman soldier, 'a man should be content with his wages" Mr. Mewboorne said that the report o the board for which Logs. Harris was paid f 150 could haveeaaily been prepared by the secretary or any member of the board. He considered: f 150 rather high He had once held up uV bill of Stewart Bros, because ha considered the charge excessive.'? jl v'll? USA "How many fertiliser inspectors do you consider necessary iu the spring?" "1 should say that three men in the office and four men in the field, two in the east and two in the west, ought to do the work." ; - ' i "Do you consider i or 15 excessive?" "I think that more1, than' needed; I weald not have had so many." Secretary Brnoer. was. also examined todav. Mr. Bruner stated that.it had al w ays been er pa r t of h is da ties -to pre pare the report of the board of agricul ture to the general assembly, and that he bad at no time received any extra compensation for that work. He thought $50' ample enumeration, for preparing the ' report if prepared by an outside party. This was the work for which Loge Harris received f 150. AT THE CHURCHES. The public is cJrdially invited by the pastors to attend any and all these ser vices Sunday. .'. Presbyterian Church. No preaching tomorrow. Sunday school, 9:30 a- to. -Episcopal Charch. Services both morning and evening by a vi-itiug clergyman from the convoca tion of Edenton. : Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. ; ethodst Charch. No preaching tomorrow. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. . Baptist Church. There will be no services In the morning. Regular sevice in the evening. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. B. Y. P. U. every Monday evening. Christian Chnrcb. Morning service: Subject "After Death! What? Evening, service: Subject "One in Christ." Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. The Young People's Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. -' Christian Science. Services every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, at the opera house. National Lcssas C-2s. Fbiday. '" ' r. Chicago , Philadelphia 2. Louisville 1, Boston 4. . - , St. Louis 5, Brooklyn 0. nttsburg 1, Washington iy 2d game- Pit tsbnrs 6, Washington 5. , ' Ealiimore 6, Cleveland 1; 2d game EUtimcre 8, Cleveland 2. "Wehavg sc:l many t conh ll;r eat; f j3 Mr. ,1. T T cmedic3, but ccne taap:ivcT I f t .fcrr!.-.!r'-." ,.1.-11,1-1 . J...!.l t i3 raloctl.v .'.3 end cri i r 1 cpon a r U c;.r :3 cf ccr - ba, col '3 crL:-r.zcc3. I'cr e-la ty J. li. Uoo3. BELCHING FIERY FLOODS. The Island of Hawaii Involved In Clouds of Smoke. A man Spends the Night on the Side of Manna ioa Between Flow log Streams of Lava. . Honolulu, July 21et, via San Francis co, CaL, July 23. The volcanic eruption of Manna Loa is still In full blast. The lava flow Is appearently filling . up the table land near the Humuula sheep ranch. Hilo and the whole island o! Hawaii are Involved in smoke. Vessels encounter . dense clouds of smoke hundreds of miles out at sea, and navigators are seriously inconvenienced Kilauea is also smoking freely, and the indications are that this volcano wil soon be in active eruptions. Frank Davey has returned from a visit to the volcano. lie says there is a series of eight craters. Five of them were dead but appeared to have been active quite recently. One of the others was . belch ing forth smoke and fire and molten rocks of - great eeiza. Accorrding to Davey the rocks were as big as horses and went to a great height. It took Davey and his party , fifteen hours to ascend the mountain from the active crater to the summit where their horses ' were left. Two men became delirious on the way for want of water. All around the top of the mountain It was cold. At the crater it was very hot; J. S. Pratt was caught on a knoll high up on Mauna Loa on two sides of which the lava was flowinir. Tho ' sun was nearly down.' He did not know which way to go, and spent the night there as.a desperate chance, as he thought, of life. He sat up all night and watched tne lava now, jv pen tne , lumea - were blowing his way he lay ddwn on his face to keep from suffocating. Next morning be found. his way out. ' Let There Be Harmony. Mess. J.W. Grainger and L. P, Tapp have a card in today's Fukk Pkbsa denying some falsehoods that have been reported on them In the country concerning the proposed warehouse' trust, Thk Feek Pbkss has every reason to believe that tbeatt gentlemen r tstate absolute facts. we Know tnat wnen every enort was being made a induce and scare Mess. Oraiuger, Tapp and Abbott into giving options, we happened into Mr. Grainger's place while these three were conferring, and the writer was invited to talk the matter over with them, during which coversation all three announced their ull and final determination to havenoth ng to do with the proposed combine. : II tnere are any otner or our ware housemen who wish to publish short cards concerning their connection or non connection with the proposed combine or trust, we offer the nae of onr columns therefor. , Teh Feek Pbess hopes that the com bine bas failed, and tnat ail or our ware houses will declare, themselves as anti trust. , ' - " , Tns Fbkk Pjiek has no feeling in this matter, and.no prejudice, and has done only what it believes to have been its duty to its readers. We desire that all ofpnr - warehousemen handle large quantities of tobacco this year. ; We also think the best way to build up Kinston as a tobaceo market would be for, our warehousemen to be on good terms with each other and work to get tobac co to Kinston, rather than to make a fight against each other. Let there be more harmony and use plenty of adver tising in The Fbee Pekss and Kinston will grow as a tobacco market. The town of Red Springs oZers $100 and the governor ? 100 for the capture of the negro John Moore, who shot and killed the town marshal, Thos. Atkisson, ast Friday. The negro's home is near Craesy Island, Bichmond county. Cancdlicg etirapa, to cancel revrsrs .r.r3 en cLecks, eta., ordered at low :I:c3 by Ta Frza rrrra. '1(1 HI Intsrettlsg Ncrth Carolina Items In Condensed Form. : ' i 111 DDL Of Items That Will Interest North Carolln K Isns. Somo News, Some Politics All .. , Of Sons Interest to Troe "Tar Heels." . A new cotton mill to cost f 80,000 is to bs built at China Grove.' Clinton began as a tobacco market with its first sale Thursday. , , " Smlthfleld had its ppenlng sale of to bacco Thursday, about 65,000 pounds v; being sold. A freight train was Wrecked at Kenly, " Johnston county, Wednesday night. Twelve cars were almost demolished. A colored brakeman was killed. John S. Cunningham, of Person, ilt be -a candidate for the. Democratic nomina tion for governor. Julian S. Carr will . sot be, but will be pressed for the senate. Judge Simon ton grants a restraining order, forbidding the corporation com mission from assessing the value of . the Western Union Telegraph . company's property In North Carolina at 11,000,000 and directing that it be assessed atf 600,- 0003 The order is returnable before him -at Ashevllle, September 80th. - . Democratic State .Chairman. Simmons is in high spirits at the , status of affairs In ' the eastern counties regarding the amendment limiting the negro vote. The Democrats Will do earnest work in the rural districts. The Republicans or de pending entirely on their plan to deceive the white voters in the country by mak ing them believe the amendment will dis franchise snchof them as cannot read and write. . News-Observer; Reports from eastern, North Carolina are to the effect that the army ' worm is working havoc in the , truck fields of that section. In some places growing hay and corn crops are being mowed down by the worms, which moving in vast numbers, eat the fallen vegetation, leaving the fields bare in their path. In Virginia they are even worse. The Norfolk Landmark says that crops are ruined, and in some instances farmers have ploughed up their ground in the hope of raising a second crop. In Washington county, on July 15th, says the Edenton Courier, Mr. Henderson Swain'a fence was blown down and cat tie got in bis field, while he was away. His wife was afraid to venture out in the storm to drive the cattle away. When Swain got home he was angry and beat his wife to death. She was found on the bed dead, and in the bosom of her dress a note was fonnd stating that she had taken "rough on rats" to end her misery. The note was In Swain's handwriting, it was learned after he had been tried and given bond for his appearance at court. What a brute! f Not Over One Per Cent. Raleigh, July 27. At the last meeting of the State board of internal improve ments, after It bad carefully inspected the Atlantic & North Carolina railway, a res olution was adopted . declaring that the directors ought not to declare a dividend of more than 1 per cent., but that they should use the money for betterments, notably rolling stock and warehouse room. President-elect Bryan holds the same view, ine resolution or tne Doara was sent to President Patrick, who was here today to see the governor about the matter. The governor is conciicrir it and will r.ve Patrick an zawer later Tha povemcr i3 deposed to conjly vritli the beard's rc-cct. i
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