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? DA ILY PtEE PRESS. PUBLISHED EiZERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, Vol. ir No. 201. KINSTON, N. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1890. Price Two Cents. STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. Benj. R. Daniel has been appointed postmaster at Linden, Greene county The. Bingham football team defeated South Carolina College with a score o: 16 to 6 at Asberille Wednesday. Dr. A. J. Buffalo has filed an appeal to the supreme court in the divorce suit which his wife won in the superior court tib xuueigu. . Rev. V. C. Alexander has resigned as Presbyterian pastor at Concord to ac cept as pastor 01 Maryland avenue church, Baltimore. At lialeigh Monday night a young white man named rieasants, Irom Aber deen, was badly crushed while coupling seaboard Air June cars. A number of mosquitoes from some . section along the Roanoke River have been sent to the Johns Hopkins' hospital, for, a bacteriological examination. It is claimed that the bite of this particular kind of mosquito is quickly followed by chills and lever. A dead negro was found Wednesday morning at laurinburg, near the rail road. , The coroner held an inquest, and it was shown that the negro had been shot in the back and bad been dead sev eral hours. It is thought that some of a train crew have some knowledge of the crime. A Raleigh correspondent says: Presi dentW. A. Graham, of the Farmers' State Alliance, calls on all the sub-alli ances to send delegates to Raleigh to attend the tobacco growers' convention to antagonize, in the most forcible and direct manner, the American Tobacco company, which is the most cordially hated trust in this State, Raleigh cor. Messenger: ! One of the queerest letters the secretary of state has ever received came from John A. Graham, of Norwood. He is . evidently insane. lie says that he will sue the superintend eht of the western hospital for the insane for f io,UUO damages, that he has asked for the papers on which he was committ ed to the hospital and that if the State does not at once . privately settle the matter he will have it before the supreme court at the present term. Raleigh News-Observer. 23d: Superin tendent Mebane said yesterday that he had not yet decided what course he would follow in view of the decision of the supreme court that the members of the old county school boards are still the legal officials. He stated t hat he had not yet studied the decisions of the court jV in all their bearings and would take no Ation involved is whether he shall recog I inize the new or the old boards in conn ties where there has been no contest. Mr, Paul C, Graham, of Durham, has been appointed temporary receiver for the State University railroad, a branch of the Southern, running from University Station to Chapel Hill. This receivership grows out of a damage suit "brought a year or more ago for the killing of one C M. Andrews, of Durham, to which a verdict was given for $2.500. ":; It is gen erally believed here that the Southern se cured this judgment against its own road and is allowing the appointment of a receiver for Andrews in order to escape payment of damages for killing B. F. Loner. Jr., a student at the University, at Universty Station last week. The road is advertised for sale on Dec. 4th. A special. Nov. 21. from Raleigh says: The supreme court will this week hear arguments in a very old case. I he Hy gienic Ice company of Charlotte had, an ice plant here. One night in August, icy, tne plant was purnea. .asc year the company sued the Seaboard Air lane for damages to the full value of the plant, setting up the claim that the fire was caused by sparks from a passing locomotive. The superior court gave a verdict for f 20,000 damages. The rail way company has filed a mass of affida vits, mainly by Dennis Bo we. a ' negro detective from Richmond, stating that a negro had confessed that he saw his brother, then a fireman at the ice factory, set fire to it, and that it was done to get the insurance money. Ibe Ice company a few days ago filed affidavits stating that Rowe's evidence was false, and that h waa nnt. worth v nf credence. Today the railway company filed another patch ol amdarits by Kichmond business mn, tending to show that Rowe's character is good. Others are from Wilson, N. C., to the effect that Rowe's evidence in cases there had been believed. The affidavits farther allege that certain detectives with whom Rows refused to divide made Lh aSSdavits attacking his character, j BATTLE IN TEXAS. Negro Soldiers and White Citizens Exohange Hundreds of Shots. Austin, Texas, Nov. 21. Colored troops at Fort Ringgold and citizens o! Rio Grande City indulged in a two hours' E itched battle last night, and the troops ad to finally employ a Gatling gun to scatter their assailants. Although bun dreds of shots were exchanged only one citizen was, wounded. There were no casualties among the troops. The com mander of the post has requested rein- nfi! 1 Jl .1 lurceujeuus. uiuzens nave wirea uie gov ernor demanding a rigid investigation. They say the negro troops began the firing. The governor has wired to Wash ington requesting an investigation. Dur ing the Bhooting the inhabitants of Rio Grande City were terrorized. Women and children fled from the town. Many houses were riddled by the fire of the troops, and the escape of many from in jury and death is miraculous. Dallas, Texas, Nov. 21. Troops are being hastened from various points in Texas tonight to Fort Ringgold, which it is reported armed Mexicans are sur rounding. . Negro troops threaten to use a uathng gun ll attacked. Two citi zens were killed in the fight last night. Hundredth Anniversary of Wash ington's Death Should Be Hon ored In Kins ton. Editor Free Press: George Washington died December 14. 1799. There will be memorial services held all over the United States in com memmoration of his death, on December 14, 1899, and we should do our little also in this respect. Our community has always been a lag gard in holding public exercises of this kind. We allowed the hundredth anni versary of the formation of our county to go by without a sign that we even knew the fact. A few boys burn powder and a few men get drunk on Christmas Day and that is the extent of our public celebration of any event. . This should not be so. and is not true oi anv ouier eomnaunitv l Mrotro.' jxo man ever lived Who is more worthy oi being held up as an example to chil dren and to young men than George Washington, and no period in our his tory as a nation is more propitious than the present for the holding up of his pre cepts and the emulation of his example. The times are big with change and we are now surely at the parting of the ways. Public meetings are a potent means of public education and in this case only good can result n they are held. i most earnestly nope that we may nave tnis memorial service. E. B. Lewis. Nov. 22, 1899. SORTIES AT MAFEKING. Col. Powell Reports a Loss of 19 Killed and 33 Wounded. London, Nov. 22. Late last evening the war office made public two dispatches from Gen.Buller, at Cape Town. The first had been received from Gen. Clery, dated Monday, Nov. 20, and announced that three privates were wounded the previous day at Mooi river. . The second was from Col. Baden-Powell. dated at Mafeking, Nov. 6th, saying: Ail well here. We have had a few sue cessful sorties. Our loss is two officers and 17 men killed, and four officers and 29 men wounded. The enemy's loss is heavy. His numbers are decreasing, but his guns remain and shell us, keeping out oi range of our small guns. Have had - . v no news from the outside since Oct. 20." Fighting Expected at Estcourt. Pietermaritzburg, Nov. 21. Reports reached here this morning that the Boers are advancing with artillery at Mooi river, near tatcourt. lighting is immi nent, '-::wy; . Free of Charge. Any adult suffering from a cold settled on the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung troubles oi any nature, who will call at Temple-Marston Drug Co.,will be present ed with a sample bottle of Boschee s German Syrup, free of charge. Only one bottle given to one person, and none to children without order from parents.' v sso throat or lung remedy ever had such a sale as Boscbee's German Syrup in all parts of th6 civilized world. Twenty yean ago millions of bottles were given away, and your druggists will tell you its success was marvelous. It is really the only Throat and Lung Remedy fenerally endorsed by physicians. One 5 cents bottle will cure or prove its value. Sold by dealers in all civilized countries. ' j BRITISH CUT OFF. if News From Boer Souroaa Indicates That the British Situation Is Not So Promising. " Pretoria, Nov. 22. The following dis patch has been received from the Boer headquarters near Ladysmith: . "The field cornets of the Pretoria com mand reported that British gun carriages and some horsemen bad been heard mov ing last night in Ladysmith. Our out posts observed the British endeavoring to sortie toward Lombard's kop and Bui- wamax bill, where our Maxims opened fire. The range was too great and there fore our artillery began shelling, which drove the British back. About daybreak the British batteries fired upon our-posi tions. Two burghers were wounded. "It is supposed that the object of the sortie was to relieve the .Estcourt force, who had sent an urgent message to Ladysmith requesting aid. The burghers captured the messenger, but finally al lowed him to proceed. , - It is reported that the Natal police have captured a number of Transvaal dwpatcb riders.. ( In his latest report Gen. Joubert says: ' I am cutting off the retrfcat of the Estcourt troops to Pietermaritzburg and driving them back on the Tugela river." It is reported that the Boer commander with the forces near Ladysmith has "com prehensively surveyed the different points from which the fall of Ladysmith can be insured." a y Fighting at Mafeking. Pretoria, Tuesday, Nov. 21. Gen. Sny man, who is outside Mafeking, reports heavy fighting Monday afternoon. The British briskly fired on the Boer forts The Boers replied, bombarding the British forts with good effect. The loss of the British is unknown, une .Boer was wounded. Telegraph Line Cut- Durban. Natal. Nov. 22. A dispatch from the Mooi river says the telegraph line was cut Tuesday evening near High land's Station. The dispatch adds that the railroad station is in, the possession of a large force of Boers, encamped near Micheson's cutting. A train bound to Estcourt returned. It only got a mile and a half northward of Highland's Sta tion. The Natal Stud company's farm has been raided and 300 blooded horses, val ued at 15,000, have been captured. Boer List of Casualties. Pretoria. Tuesday. Nov. 21. The ofH cial returns of the Transvaal casualties since the outbreak of the war show that 90 men have been killed and 200 wound ed, of whom a number have recovered and returned to the front. Newspaper reports from Cape Colony say a general rising of the Dutch farmers is imminent in Natal and that the Colo nial Boers in those districts which have been proclaimed republican territory have already joined the Boer forces. AGrUINALDO SLIPS THROUGH. The Wily Filipino Cheif Gets Out of Harm's Way for the Present. Manila, Nov. 22. A courier reached San Jose this morning with a dispatch irom lien. loung, the first received irom him since the 19th inst. The courier left Gen. Young Monday and traveled to San Jose by way of Tayug, : which place was occupied by Gen. Lawton when the courier passed through, i o lien, loung reports that Aguinaldo succeeded in passing through the Ameri can lmes between himself and Gen Wheaton. He adds that a body of in surgents, numbering about two hundred, probably Aguinaldo's rear guard, passed through Pozorrubio. Aguinaldo was with party, as also were a number of women. Gen. Young, with a small force of cavalry and a number of Macabebe scouts, are in pursuit of the insurgents. At , the time this dispatch ! was sent Aguinaldo was near Aringay. It was expected thas he would strike thence across the mountains towards ; Bay ombong.' The cavalv has already gone over the Caraballo Pass into the head of Cagayan Valley. . , v Young Pursuing Aguinaldo. Manila, Nov. 22. It has been learned that Aguinaldo was at Aringay Sunday with 200 followers including a number of women. Gen. Young is in pursuit of him. -: . J. F. Hood frtiArfuiteea every bottle of ("ThAmhprlAin'n fVino-h Remedy and will refund the money to any one who is not satisfied after using two-thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy in the world for la grippt, corahs, colds, and whooping cough and is pleasant and nf te take. Itnreveats any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia. Ho Coaldnt Help It. The funniest interview I ever had of beard of, relates Julian Ralph In his reminiscences, was when I was on the staff of the New York Sun. I bad boon sent to look up some one in a suburb of the city. The address was a number on Fourth street, but, to my amaze ment, I found three such streets In the place. The house I sought was not in any of them. Tired and almost dis couraged I turned into a cobbler's slicp, and seeing a bearded German bending over a last in the glare of a swinging lamp, I cleared my throat and said: "I beg your pardon, but I am a re porter of The Sun" "Well, well," he said soothingly, bo fore I could finish the sentence, "you cannot help dot." I could not continue for a full min ute, so struck was I by the unexpected philosophy and wisdom of his reply. 1 could not help being a reporter, and I knew it. When I explained that I wanted an address on Fourth street, and had already been to three Fourth streets, and would like to know If there were any more, he lifted lila hammer and poised it In the air for half a minute. "You vant to know if dere is some more of dose Fourt' streets?" he asked, "Veil, I vill tell you. I haf lived liore dwenty years, trying to find somediucs owt, and I didn't find any dings owt yet" Store Miles Than You Can Count. Statements as to the distance of the pole star from the earth which have appeared in some of the newspapers lately have been ridiculously inade quate. One of the estimates made is 255,000,000 miles. Now, if one will re member that the sun is 03,000,000 miles away and that its light comes to us in eight minutes, he will see that if the foregoing estimate of the distance of the pole star were right Its beams could reach us In about 15 days. It would be Only about 2,700 times as far off as the sun. , - Light travels 6,000,000,000,000 miles In a year, and, even the most modest guesses as to the parallax of Polaris make it 85 light years. Pritchard's es timate in 1887 was 00 light years, but he has since modified his figures. Hence, if one will write 210 and add 12 ciphers thereto he will have the num ber of miles which the most conserv ative authorities believe Intervene be tween the earth and the pole star. New York Tribune. An Unexpected Aniirer. In the course of an address Dr. Co han Doyle told a quaint experience of his in the Sudan. .Wishing to find out whether one of the black soldiers was a Mohammedan or a pagan, be asked him, "Whom do you worship?" "I worship my colonel" came the an swer, pat The lessons of history would suggest to a Sherlock Holmes that the man was a Mohammedan. Only One Fault. "There's only one fault o "be found with your oomedy work, old man." said the dramatic critic. "WhntV ihaiT nsked tlm QHplrlng .voting uvtK. "It's trajrio." ChN-ayo f nst. Hionc Drtter Than All. 1 ' Miss (JInjiliam And 1 suppose they have bargain days In Glasgow. Mr MclvorV ; Mcl vor Ma conscience, no! It wad na do aval Miss Gingham Indeed! Why, I thought bargain days would Just suit your people! ' , Mclvor-That's julst It It wouia suit them ower weel. If they had bar gain days, naebody wad buy onything on the ither days, ye ke Used By British Soldiers In Africa. Cant. C. G. Denison is well known all over Africa as commander of the forces that captured the famous rebel Galishe. Under date of Nov. 4, 1897, from Vry burg, Bechuanaland, he writes: "Before tartinar on the last campaign I bought a quantity of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which ! used my self when troubled with bowel complaint, and had given to my men, and in every ease it proved bensncial.'' For sale by J. E.Hood. ' GENERAL HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. By the death of Mr. Hobart, Senator William P. Frye, of Maine, becomes pres ident pro tempore of the senate. The house of Admiral Dewey which was tranferred Monday to the wife of the admiral, was on Tuesday transferred to George Dewey, eon of the admiral. The Democratic national executive committee bi adjourned after holding a brief session iu Chicago. Nothing was done besides discussing plans for 1900. James J. Jeffries and James J. Corbett were Tuesday matched to fight a 25 round go or to a finish, if the law per mits, on or about September 15th, next. The fight will be under Queenabury rules. Senator Deboe, of Kentucky, had a conference with President McKinley Wednesday regarding the situation in Kentucky. The interview was of a nature which the Senator did not care to divulge. AtEustis, Fla.JobnE. Wheelock. of Grand Island, was run over and instant ly killed by a railroad train. He was walking on the track and, being deaf,' failed to hear the caution signal of the engineeer. A bill has been introduced in the Geor gia legislature to make the whole state prohibition. Warm discussion is being engaged in and much interest and excite ment is felt over the matter in the whole state of Georgia, . , The body of Wesley Lawrence, the ne gro who a few days ago criminally as saulted Mrs. W. M. Bowman, near Mc David, Fla., was found Wednesday morning swinging from a tree near the scene of bis crime. i , Investigation of the report that in Lee county young Tate had shot and killed Evan Bledsoe, the slayer of his father, in pursuance of a vow to avenge his father's death, who was killed by Bledsoe, a few days ago, shows that the report was a mistake. J?-f;r5;'t5:;;;r- Oscar J. Fleming, the Princess Anne magistrate who killed Clarence L. Sny der last Thursday and an unknown man Sunday night visited Norfolk Tuesday. A great crowd gathered at the store in which he went to make purchases. He Eointed his pistol at the open doorway, e was arrested and taken to the police station. On Tuesday Special Constable Pool, of Ettrick, Dinwiddie county, Va., and " Walter Mitchell, a negro of bad charac ter, for whom the officer bad several warrants, engaged in a desperate run ning battle, with revolvers, reloading after emptying their revolvers. In the last round the constable sent a ball through the negro'a body, ending his flight. The negro will die. The constable surrendered and was bailed. Two men of Scott, Ga., were asphyx iated by illuminating gas at Savannah Wednesday morning. They occupied the same room, and retired about midnight, locking the door on the inside. A friend had previously in a joking manner, but with all serious intention, warned them against blowing out the gas, and the warning, it is said, had been repeated by the housekeeper. Nevertheless they were found dead in bed this morning with the jet open. ' Free Mail Delivery At Newborn. Newbern Journal. Postmaster S. W, Hancock has returned from a trip to Washington and is highly pleased at the result of his journey. While in Washington Mr, Hancock se cured ah order for free delivery service in this city. This means the free delivery of mail at all houses within the corporate limits of the city. , The service will be es tablished in February. I : Cotton Market. Spot cotton in Kinston today, 7 U7. . 'J :- The following is the New lork market at 12 o'clock: ' New York. Nov. 23. December, 7.30; January, 7.36: March, 7.41: May, 7.43: August, 7.41. It will not be a surprise to any who are at all familiar with the good qual ities of Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy, to know that people everywhere take pleas ure in relating their experience in the use of that splendid medicine and in telling of the benefit they have received from it, of bad colds it has cured, of threatened at tacks of pneumonia it has averted and of the children it has saved from attacks of -croup and whooping cough. 1 It is a grand, good medicine. For sale by J. E. Hood.
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