.1 liiiii-
PUBLISHED EiERY EiZEMING EXCEPT SUNDKY.
Vol. II No. 109. ;
KINSTON, N. O., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1899.
Pried Two Cents.
1
ii
interesting Ncrtfi Carolina Items In
f v " Condensed Fcra. " '
1PPIB fl,l HCIIS
Of Items That Will Interest North Carolln
lana... Soma News, Some Politics Al
- Or Some Interest to Trne "Tar Heels,"
Concord beat ; Tarboro playing bal
Tuesday, 5 to 2. ,
Charles Woodell was murdered in Rob
'i eson county Sunday morning from am
H bush. He was riddled -.with shot. S . ;
A case of smallpox Is reported from
uicnmond county. The Datient la Bil
Luther, a negro who had been. In the
; ' United States army In Cuba.v' ; '.-
Congressman C. It. Thomas baa nomi
hated for appointment as cadet at West
roint Mr. Wentworth N. Pierce, of War
saw, Duplin county. ,TJhe examination
at West Point will be held August 23d.
. . News-Observer: Gov. Russell was al-
' lowed to name the new postmaster as
, Wilmington because he had appointed
. Senator Pritchardre father superior court
judge. "You tickle me and I will tickle
Statesville Mascot: k The crop prospect
- . in Iredell and surrounding counties is a
. gloomy one. The raina were delayed too
long for a full crop. Wheat and oats have
yielded less than half what they should.
With It all, the Indications are that prices
will again rule low. . "
. - WadesbdroMessenger-Intelligencer;Cot.
11. 0. Wall, of Rockingham.7 whose un
; timely death is so greatly and generally
deplored, was probably the wealthiest
man between Charlotte and Wilmlnirtnn,
"ilis estate is said to-be worth- $250,000.
; Besides this he carried at; least $35,000
me-insurance. ,
Gov. Russell offers a reward of $400
and the town of Red Springs a reward of
$100 for the arrest of John and Charles
Monroe, two mulattoes, for the murder
of William Atkinson, the town marsbaT
of Red Springs, on Friday, July 21. A
negro has been arrested at Norfolk, Va.,
' : thought to be one of the murderers: ' :
The dead body of avbite man narked
, Gregory was found by thavside: of the
Norfolk '& Carolina railroad Tuesday
morning, about one mile from Tarboro.
It is supposed that an outgoing freight
train ran against the man, 1 hough , there
were clear signs of- foul play, if any be
lieve that the man had been killed aad
. put near the track.
The Goldsboro Argus announces die
death of Mr. Ed. B. Hood, treasurer of
Wayne county, aged 62 years. He was
the father of Mr. George E; Hood, of the
, Goldsboro bar, and Mr. Paul Hood, of
. the Western Union office. He was a fine
: officer, ail unswerving Democrat and a
devoted ;; Methodist. The county com
miedoners elected Mr. George E.Hood to
aucceed his father. - " - .
WinstonTobaccoJournal: Ithastrans
pired that at the recent annual meeting
of tbe Southern Wholesale Grocers' eeso
ciation, held at Ashoville, N. C, interest
lrjcction was taken. The etory goes
tL t it was dzlj rcjclrcj cot to fcandie
t! 3 COO' 3 Cf tL3 tol.-.CCO, tl 3 E" T Cti
c 5 cr two ctlcr trt::t3. Tl.:.?iir"ta
I 1 Lai c!!, tzl t'3 frc .upV.ci ii V it
iff -ra f era ctt --1 1 o r.!l T..t t V "t
l-'-rcaa I ejects will Is prcncncrJ
r ' tirz ' i ia r : !. TLawcrttcf.
3 c:
A
the fiery body loomed suddenly info eight
In the easierQ sky and went quickly fig
nagging Its path across the heavens and
disappeared in the west, leaving behind a
nazy smons auu maaj niariivu, ouu iu
some cases terrorised people. The lumi
nous body resembled a comet end . was
blue in color. Its head and body oombi
nation was on the order of a star, and
for about ' 20 feet behind streamed its
brigh t blue tail, lashing about like the
tail of a kite in the wind. ; '-
- A special from . Greensboro says: In
some of the Sunday papers of .the State
there appeared statements in regard to
the treatment of certain eastern compa
nies in the firemen's tournament here last
week, which are calculated to mislead
those who are : not : acquainted with the
facts. It ia not true that the eastern
companies were treated unfairly by the
western companies, or that the Newbern
or Goldsboro companies were robbed of
any ' honors in , Greaneboro. It is a fact
that members of these two departments
left Greensboro' Saturday morning in a
very boisterous and nngentlemanly man-
ner. At tne aepot tney were sweanng
and drinking, making themselves nuis
ances to decent and . law-abiding people.
Members of the association tell me that,
with the exception of the teams from
Newbern end Gojdsboro, there was less
dissatisfaction and kicking at this tour
nament than has been known for years.
A Clever Little Dos;, v
A curious illustration of canine intel
ligenceand ' its limitations was ob
served by a writer in The Outlook a
few days ago.; i Passing down a street
he "saw a fine- Airedale terrier, lying
down and with I both forepawa and
muzzled nose scrubbing the surface of
an Iron' grating with a hone, aa if Jo,
bring it to ft nigh state of polish. The
owner aawSand Explained. V The grat
ing is Just over a cellar in which the
terrier Bleeps. ' Ills muzzle prevents
him xromi. attacking, bones to advan
tage by day, so he brings tne nones or
his finding to the grating, hoping to
pusn them ; through and gnaw luxu-.
riously when unmuzzled at night But
the little cltap had but the vaguest
ideas of the size limits of the grating.
anda8 the ordinary sizes of bones go,
he must have had at least two failures
to every success. " Yet, with real ter
rier Ingenuity,' he turned even his fail
ure to account,; for, after vigorously
trying, every ; hole In the grating he
would qqletly stop, f lick? the entire
grating clean of the grease and meat
Juice rubbed tfff the bone, then rub off
another Jayer and repeat the licking.
A Millionaire Jockey. a
Ancient Ronfe had its racing and its
pcpnlar and well paid jockeys. Betting
ran high, and the excitement of the
people over thd races and their favorite
color frequently led to bloodahed. Ca-
linla- ta who made a consnl of his
hcrse passed most of his time rioting
with the cbarioteera. . ,
The circus Was the place for the rac
ing-- The largest of them, the Circus
Maximus, about 21,000 feet long, could
accommodate 480, 000 spectators. Seven
times was it ' necessary to race round
the1. spina, a; low stone wall running
down the , center of the circus. The
jockeys drove in a light chariot nsnal-
y four in each race and wore close
fittbg tunics and leather caps of dia
ticprnishiEg colors. ;- s
That the profession was a paying one
we learn from ancient writers, Jtoney
prizes end wa.cs being paid. The joclsy
Crescens, at the age cf 2, had arcc -4
a fortnne, tui Diodes, kir cf jocLs,
ft ta L-3 r:a mcra thaa J l.CCO.'CCO.
Hot tie final Etoj-.
ity v.-s carctrc-3 l:ft ?3,CC0
vrrtli cf Jewelj la a tl: ; :t car hero tLe
'CX czzilzr cf the:? divert: -j
; '-3, w: ? It?"
"o. TL3 :;.! wc:-v.xrn tj & I.t
! ! v.; t r fr j a
i. YELLOW FEVER SITUATION:
Carbed to Hi Present Area.; Ko Danger
0i Spreading. Nsf.'ew Cases.
Portamonthy yVa.i1 Atgust 8. The
Washington correspondent, ox the New
York Herald wires to parties in Ports
mouth this afternoon that Surgeon Gen.
Wyman aaya: . .."The; whble situation is
moat encouraging 'The disease in the
Home and at Phoebus Is well in hand
The danger of it getting but, is practical
Jy over. No danger in Norfolk or Porta
' la an interview today with a reporter
of the Portsmouth Star, Dr. F. S. Hope,
chief quarantine ofQcer pt, Norfolk and
Portsmouth, said: "I, believe you. can
safely say now that there is no possibili
ty of the fever spreading beyond the
present point of infections On this point
both the health boards of Norfolk . and
Portsmouth Quarantine officials and the
United States marine .'hospital officials
are unanimous in their opinion. Quar
antine may be lifted next Sunday.
Official Advl:ss. -
. Washington, Aug. 8. Official advices
from Old Point and Hampton, Tirginta,
to the marine hospital service state that
no new cases of yellow fever have occur
red in that vicinity since tbe one report
ed at the SoldierB Home yesterday, and
that there have been no deaths.
IN A SERIOUS LIGHT,
The Italian Authorities' Report on the
tl Louisiana. Lynohirj Atrocity.
Washington, Aug. 8. The state depart
ment has received from the Italian'; au
thorities here a copy of sle report made
by the, Marquis of Romo, Secretary of
the Italian embassy, on his investigation
of the lynching of five Italians in Louis
iana. The report presents the affair in a
serious light and ehows that the Italian
authorities view the occurrence as one of
unusual atrocity. It contends that there
were no mitigating circumstances; that
Dr. Hodges first drew a weapon, and the
first shot fired by DeFatta was in defense
of hio fallen brother, and not a wanton
attack:
Describing the affair in detail, the re
port points out that sometime after the
first two - men were lynched the mob
made a second and then a third visit to
the jail, from whence they removed and
lynched the three other Italians, all of
whom, it is contended, were in ignorance
of the assault on Dr. Hodges. 1
Conceding some extenuating circum
stances in the lynching of the two men
mmediately concerned in Dr. Hodges'
killing, the Marquis of Romano contends
that tbe lynching of the other three was
a thing of particular atrocity. "
A PROMPTED VERDICT.
Sent Jury Vord the Prisoner Would Be
Lynched If They Did Kot llsrry.-- '
Pulaski, Va., Aug. 8. Noan Finley.the
negro who robbed and attempted to kill
Maj. Durst at Duplin, a few days ago,
was sentenced today to be hanged Sepi
temberl. The jury was out 15 hours.
t was reported they could not reach, an
agreement. A party of citizens notified
them if a verdict was not rendered by 10
o'clock this morning the negro would be
lynched. The verdict was brought in
promptly at the specified time. : " '
Jc29 Townecr.d, ia New York last
week rendered a decision in favor of the
ntercct'c--! Tooth Crown ccrcpany
rr"--' iPr. Jn Crr Kjb, a C:zi'.zt,
a wL'-;!i t'3 j-."j9 rrctairs tLa yzZZLij
cl V., 3 c::-jt.:j'3 j ziczts ca c'l c; :r
::u:ora ri "teeth-' crorrr -J" eel
I : : i ttc:V r 1 c"3W3 tl 3 c - 'reej
oc:::-:trejc::::3 caa'J !:.-. tz.
r
1 t
' t . r . - - -v r -
Cio,r y -: are
-i. : jr.-.' -irrct
" ' r
' A"(U t Coalued "ielepaf Ay. ;
A very remarkable occurrence baa
teen brought to my notice. Early last
week a well known lady, who shall be
called Jones, dreamed a rldlculona
dream,' as ' inconsequential as most
dreams are. . ' ' "
' Mrs. Jones dreamed that a dog of
hers had died and that she received an
official communication ordering- her
either to cremate the remains or to her
self " skin, the . animal, and throw the
body into the river. Mrs. Jones chose
the latter alternative, , but having half
skinned the body, and becoming tired
threw It as it was Into the water, ? The
dog disappeared for an' Instant and
then reappeared , on the surface alive,
and swimming across to the opposite
bank trotted off, evidently in great suf
f erlng. There ends the dream.
Tbe next U morning the j postman
brought several letters. . The first one
was addressed to Lewis Jones, Esq.,
there being no such person and ran
as follows: "Sir, your dog crossed the
river last night on to my property, but
being very severely Injured I It was
found necessary to kill it Should you
wish to have the collar, which bears
your name and address, I shall be hap
py to send it to you.". .
vNo dog belonging to Mrs, Jones'had
died nor had she ; lost one. London
Truth. '
Famou Old Cunblcn. -
In the latest history of gambling in
England, Just; published,,,, there . are
aome astonishing revelations as to the
amount of money won and lost by men
and women whose names are as fa
miliar its household words early in the
present century, ' There, are records of
200,000 baying, been lost at a sitting,
and the loss of 50,000 appears tq have
been a very common occurrence. v;t
A gambling, story, is tola of Charles
James Fox that .rather reflects on nla
honor. Vile' was" one of the ardent ad
inirers ox jurs. urewe, a noiea oeauiy
of her day, and It is related that a gen
tleman lost a considerable sum to this
lady at play, and, being ' obliged " to
leave town suddenly, gave Mr.Fox the
money to payber begging , him to
apologize to her -for his . not having
paid the debt of honor In persons Fox
lost every shilling of it before morn
ing. Mrs. Crewe , of ten , met thejsup
posed debtor afterward, and, surprised
that 4he never noticed, the circum
stances, at length delicately, hinted the
matter to him. ., , " .
"Bless me!" said he. "I paid the mon
ey to Mr. Fox three months ago."' . ,
Ob, did you, sir?" said Mrs. Crewe
good naturedly. ' 'Then, probably, 1 he
paid me, and I forgot if Bdston Her
ald. ;
Two Student and Thief.
Some months ago two . hungry uni
versity students In the south of Russia,
coming home to their one bare room
after a hard day's work for their llvt
ing, caught a thief running off with
their books. "Are you the fellow that
stole other books of ours yesterday?"
they asked. 'iv:.-" '-:?' 'r )( :
I am, little fathers, but hunger and
want drove me to It. I am starving."
So are we, brother, or next door to
It and you ought not to have hit upon
us as your victims."
r weu, your .aooris more easily open
ed; that's how it is," was. the answer. :
"We want those books for our exam-
nations, brother; so you must get them
back for us. But as you are cold and
hungry now come In and join 'us in
our supper, it is not mucn, nut sucn
as it is you are welcome. Here are 20
copecks for the beer. Run and fetch
And the three ate and drank togeth
er, for hospitality Is a religion and
charity Its foundatlon,--London Tele
graph. i "Judicial Ijmoranct.
"Did the clock stop when you dashed
t down cellar?" asked the poIIco.jziT
cf ite man who was charged witli be
Ir j disorderly.
Of crerej it sterped.- Dllrcu rep-
r;r it wcrt tLrcer'i to Cb!e.a?" Da,,
t-:!t Tree rrcr?. .. .,' ' ...
Eollt TI.at T.'ar.
"Tt-3 worn will tur" she nil.
"Cf cc-::-' " 1.2 r. ; " .!. "II 3 vre
I "t r. tl.et Lc "
' . . ' j c j. l'Ss I
, 1 . i -- ,
EI H II
Matters cf Interest Condensed Into
"0 7 Brief ParcraJn3.","s '
Tbe Pith of the World' News That UIght
Interett Oar Readers. ' Some la Fresh,
Some May Be "Salty," Bat Not Spent.
Revolution baa broken out in big force
In San Domingo. , -, V ' ' - '
Ex-Gov. Wm. Y, Atkinson, former gor.
ernor of Georgia, died Tuesday at ? his
home at Newnan, Ga., aged 45 years.
Russia has abolished the Siberian exile
system, which has been in existence for
808 years. In that time 1,500,000 per
sons have been banished to that region.
'Near Greenville, S, C, Sunday, night
one white man and five negroes were
wounded, as a result of the negroes
rioting because they thought a member
ol their race was to be lynched. '
1 The American delegates .td the recent
peace conference have offered on behalf
pf tbe United States to erect : near the
English church a peace chapel, with a
stone to commemorate the; conference.
The offer has been gratefully accepted, j
James Grant Hall, of ' London who
was in Chicago Monday said: "More
than $10,000,000 of English capital has
been Invested in , Cuban tobacco planta
tions.5 English, firms, control the Cuban
tobacco market and . the importers of
Havatu tobacco will have hereafter to
look to the English for the goods." i
' Admiral Dewey, has accepted an in
vitation to be the guest ot the city of
Washington andjelaborate preparations
are under way to make the event nota
ble. A featute will be the distribution
as souvenirs of copies of the application
which Dewey, then , commander, ' made
at the time of the Virginias affair in
1873, to be assigned the doty of captur
ing Manila, a task he brilliantly accepted
twenty-five years later, . , . .
The New York Times says that the
formation of a glove trust, with a cap
ital stock of $20,000,000, is assured.
Ti. J.il l I J . i:m. . II.
other combinations of cwpital, and its
creation will mark an era in the glove
trade because not only will the members
engage in the manufacture of ladies' fine
gloves, not heretofore attempted in. tbia :
country on a large scale, but they will
make a strong bid for foreign trade,
which they believe will be successful.--
F. B. Nichols, formerly vice president
and general manager of the Old Howard
Harrison Tipe Works at Bessemer, Ala.
is heading a company which will build a
new castiron pipe works in Bessemer dis
trict. It will be built largely by local capi
tal and will not affiliate with the trust.
The plant will have a daily capacity of
not less than 100 tons and, will cost, in
the, neighborhood of $1,000,000. : ..Mr
Nichols was thrown out of the Howard-
Harrison company 'when it entered the
trust. ... v :
A statement prepared at the war de
partment 6hows that by October 22nd
there will be at Manila, or on the way
to the Philippines, 40,000 men. They
will all reach the islands before the be
gicdEg of the dry season. The troops
to te sent from this country are tea rs-
giccn.3 OI Toraataera, atiuu.ni.-. vu
13,CC0rten; recruits for tie::toa resi
dents organized in' the 'Philippines, 1,
CCO; rccmit3 for renters, S,ZGQ; c?lt
troers cf the TLird cavc!ry, C3; rea-r:e-i,
4CD. r":ee;e- ai vp to C
tei:r22 1,V :3v,nE3il Iron tie T.
c'3 cc;.:t r:T:et::a traerpcrt, vr; i
- r :tj cf CC3 c "-ru : 1
17,':" - . ,-;".!i will izd-jr:-:!
tl 3 c: :.l'-e3 clova tz'Z.