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SSSSS AILY 4. PUBLISHED 'eERY BiZENlNp EXCEPT SUNDAY, s , ... -. r, ZoLII-NoiSlr KINSTON, N.-O., MONDAY-'JUARYi; 1900. Price Two Cni-ts. GENERAL MS. fatten of Interest Odndensed Into Brief Paragraphs. ThA British catnialties at Ladvsmith iince the seige began have been 70 killed ind 236 wounded. , v : '- PlK I The German preM qneationfi England'i Jurticu nviu & I auo oat u . wjw ( v , , Several stores were burned in UhicaffO Saturday, causing a iom oi $ y o.uuu. ne firemen were injured ; two lacauy., j Southern ausrar. rice and truck jrrow hro nhWt. to mir tariff laws lieinff 8UH- eoded as to rorto Ktco anatne .jfniup pmeH. VntAWatM Ptr Mfthnr and K!d McOov n-uro anhoHnlnri to ftirht JAnnarv 1 . 1 900. Maher's wife died BaturdHT and It' s 'probable the match will be postponed. I Thn fnraitnriM ntrtr nf TjiliilMflT A llor- Van and drv irooiia store of Daniel Hoiran were burned at Savannah, Ga., Friday bight. Looses f 150,000; insurance f UU, Th TtrStiaTi rtmtnAndir At Mi.fftiinor Ihnfl told the Boers that the United States I has notified KuroDe that she ; will side I with England in case of continental in terferttnce. . : ' " ,..u','fV.V iFire in New York Friday destroyed two seven-story building, occupied pnn cipally by the wall paper factory of Wm. Campbell & Co. Loss fully f 500,000, partially insured. Former ' Congressman Hen Clover, a Farmers' - Alliance leader,- of Kansas, committed euicidi at bis home in Butler county by shooting himself. Despon dency was fche cause. Three large seed houses and one of the meal bouses of the Consumer's OH Co., at Little Rock. Ark., owned bv Chicfluro capitalists, were burned Saturday. The loss is f so.ooo, witn f 4u,oou insurance. At Columbia, S. C, Saturday, a -work train, constructing' a bridge -over' the Tiger river, where it is crossed by the Washington & Atlanta main line of the Southern road, was run into by a freight : train. -Two bridge builders were killed and four others badly injured.. 'ff . Auditor Uriah B. Grogers. of the Chi cago and West Michigan and Detroit and ftrnnri - RAnids And Western rAilroAdx. i nnmmitted suicide SatnrdAV hv shootinfr himself through the bend. Despondence over a long illness, and severe nervous strain are the probable causes. " . . , Almost 3,000.000 persons are receiv ing famine relief in India. The govern ment is spending nearly two lakhs (200, 000) of rupees daily. It is: estimated that the ost of the relief to the end of March will be three crores (80.000,000) of rupees. (A rupee isnotquite50cents.) ' At Washington, D. C, , Friday, Kobert Turner, a . young man," was stabbed through the skull with a sharp knife by Charles McNin, an older man, from whom Turner had won the affections of Miss Bertha Cronn.. Turner was protecting his sweetheart from McWm when he re ceiyed the fatal stab. McNin was caught. At Baltimore, Friday, Franklin B. Liv inarnton. tne blind man. who ; late on Christmas nlgjit strangled his wife, Dora Livingston, and on the following day paid a man a dollar to lead him to ..the police station, was discharged from cus tody, ti e coroner's jury having decided that the murder was committed in self de'ense. f . . :, , 4 , Near Branson.' Flair Friday." W. B Williams, the condemned murderer; who escaped irom jail last June was captured, near bis home ' Williams resisted des perately. He shot Deputy Sheria Walker an the side, nd John Dean, another ; dep uty, whs snot tn the hand. Dean finally hot w llliams in the abdomen, v inflicting a moriai wonna. ; . . ; At Jew lork the formnl nnH nfflHnl transfer of the Wagner company, 5 under. tne terms oi its merger agreement with the Pullman company, was effected Sat urday aiternoon, twenty millions of stock of the Wagner company being irannierrea to jf unman interests and an equal amount of Pullman stock being trail sierreu to vvagner people on even JNenr Klizabet.htntvn . Pa Rotnnav four lives were lostand fiveinjured by the BApiuMHiu oi a oouer usea in tne rennsyl yania railroad track improvements near Elizabethtown. As theengineer, anegro from Virginia, was blown to pieces, the cause of the accident cannot be ascer tained. A large number of , men were warming themselves about the boiler wLca it went to pieces. . At Denver, Col., Friday, the Cueveane riyrr oa tLe Ucion i'aci2c railroad, crashed iato the Eoalder accomnioda- tion train and one man jwas, instantly killed, five fatally injured and fully, twen ty less seriously i hurt. The ' blame for the accident has been placed on Conduc tor McAllister of the Boulder train,- "who lost bis mind after the disaster and tried to kill kimself. The Boulder train wason the main line seventeen minutes out of per time, and this was the cause Of the collision. ' : With Many, Many Thanks for the Past Favors . ? - 1 i i.....we wish for all our friends...... A Happy and Prosperous NEW YEAR! 1 Hot Drinks served in good style from our new fixtures. TemplB-LIarston tag Go. Phone 50. Brick Blook Corner. We wish for all A Happy and Prosperous New Year, . The year 1899 is now about to come to a close?' and for the patron age of this year we are duly thank fal.: We ' have given value re ceived for every dollar; we have had. ; For 1900 , we promise to keep up the high standard of the goods we carry in stock; the prices will be kept right, and the same courteous treatment will be accorded to everyone - whether customer or not. ; Do Your ' 1900 Trading at mi BRITISH ' ACTIVITY. Naval Ouns Killing Boera.'8ortio From Mafeking Resulted Ixx Brit lab. Loss of lOQ .Men. Boers Pail In a Night Attaok: Oerman.Ves- , sel Seized, Americans in British Army. Buller Reinf oroed. rhcis 11, Catls C:n:r. k-. KIITSTOIT, IT. O. London, Dec. 80. The reported sortie from Lady smith resulting in the capture of a Boer position, is not confirmed, A Cbievely dispatch, dated yesterday, shows renewed activity of th Briton, apparently preparatory to ome extent. The Boer position eastward of the camp was thoroughly reconnoiteredyestefday. The naval guns are engaged in daily brao tice and it is said on good authority that thirty or forty Boers have been killed by the firing during two days.'. A' dinpatch from Durban predict that fLadsmich will be lelieved on or about January 7th. There is uoma disposition to believe that Gen. Buller is preparing another attempt to advance, this time ly an attack on the Boer position on luhlawe mountain A Sortie Prom Mafeking.VI Lorenio Marques, Dec. 29. Advices received here from Pretoria under- date of Wednesday, Dec. 27th, say that, an official dispatch from MaTeking announces that in the sortie which the British made from that place Dec, 23, attacking one of the Boer forts with cannon, Maxims and an armored train - so . persistently that the fiirhting raged up to the walls of the fort, the British lost 109 men killed and wounded, while the Boers only, lost two men killed and seven wounded. ' Boers Make a Night Attack." , Cape Town, Dec. 29. The troops in the British camp of Victoria West turned out hut night to repel an atttempt of the Boers to cut the railroad near the eta tion. A patrol " reported early in the evening that tbey had sighted, the Boers in the neighborhood. At 10 o'clock at night the tioera opened a heavy 11 re; lieu? tne station. ' ; ,, - , - The British replied and the Boers re tired at daybreak, their attempt having turned out a failure. - , All Well at Ladysmith. , ' London, Dec. 31, 4:30 al m. During the night of . Dec. 2, Ladysmitn and Chieveley Camp were in communication, the former reporting "all well." While the signalling was in progress the Boers attempted to muddle the messages with flash lights from each extremity of their long entrenched line. The naval brigade shelled the Boer positions, which were plainly revealed by the lights. The naval battery resumed the shelling of the Boer trenches on the morning of Dec. 2Utb, but their fire failed to elicit any sign of German Steamer Seized. . ' Durban,' Dec. 29. The British cruiser Magicienne seized the German steamer Buudesratb in north Delagoa bay. She will be brought before a prize court. London, Dec. 80. A representative of tne Associated Jf ress ! has;, learned that there - were , three German ofllcers and twenty men, attired in khaki and intend iug to serve the Boers, on board the ioundesratn, wnien explains ner capture. Hegarding traffic genera lly on the east coast of . Africa, the British admiralty officials say the British government de sires that all ordinary and legitimate trade conducted by foreign vessels should suiter as little restriction as possible. Americans in British Army. , London, Dec- 80. Many Americans are serving in the British Army under Gem Buller at Chieveley camp below Colenso. In the Br.tish Mounted Brigade there are do Americans,-and in one command there are4o0. Ine British officers say they are nne soldiers and more would be wel corned. The presence of the Americans is regarded here as an ' indication of friendship between the two nations. A Great Explosion. . Chieveley Camp. Natal, Dec. 30. A great explosion in the vicinity of Lady- smith was seen tnis evening, it was probably caused by a shell from Lady- smith bursting in the Boer's magazines. Native scouts report overbeanug the Boers making plans to meet the British in the open country. The Boers have miles of barbed wire endangering the neighborhood of Colenso at points where an attack is expected. Culler reinforced. London, Dec. 23. Since fighting the tattle of Colenso Gen. Duller has re ceived reinforcements of 8,000 men and 18 guns. ' ON THE MOVE.'. Moving" .Aut,ixMtonaibid Lois Of Good People Moving to Ellns- " ton. . jc. ixit yy.y v, -f ,; - Mr..W. H. Cox has moved into Dr. II. D. U arper'i bouse;1) j - u; ; 1.-,. Rev. J. H. Griffith and family: are mov ing into the Episcopal parsonage. ..,;. Kir. y. .A. Hooker has commenced house keeping again. He has rented Mr. W. D. Pollock's residence. . Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Crisp will move In to the rooms at Mrs. Laura Miller's, which Rev. and Mrs. J;' U. Griffith have been occupying;, &&Uh itrj-A-:: ;;-..-'. Mr. W.II. Cobb and family will in a few days move into the residence next to Mrs,. Kate Move's on Independence street. . 1 , ; Mrs. J. M. Wooten and children have moved from Coahoma to Kinston. They occupy the ; dwelling which Mr. W. H. Cobb formerly lived in on Mcllvane street. Mrs. Mit E.' Mosely ; and children; of Yauce township,) will soon move to K.lnK' ton, Mrs. Moseley will live in the houw which she receutjy bought from Mr. J. E. Dupree.in front of the college. u& X MrsMartha Bill, of Fields, will soou move to Kinnton. ; Bbe'and her son, Mr, R. F. Hill, will live at Mr. K. R. Tuns-taU's.-- i-r. yj--s f -, r r--";' Mr. Alpheus Moore " baa moved from Contentnea Neck township to Kinstou. He occupies t Mr. 8. H; Bright' house, which was recently vacated by Mr. H. V. William. , . v, . l:yy ),l ti-i'..,- '?' I . --f1' LEWIS AT mS POST. , Good Contribution Prom North - .Carolina.. Under.the above heading Freedom, a newspaper published at Manila, of No vem ber 8th, says: ' Frank C.Lewis,of D company, twenti eth infantry, has recovered from the at tack of intercostal neuralgia, which con fined him to Corregidor for the past two weeks; and is once more at bis post , as clerk of the Bauta Crut police court. Frank is a contribution to the army from North Carolina and judging by the golden opiuions exprvssed by. the officers of bis, company, Is an honor to his Stater He . is preparing , tor exf minatioi. as a candidate for promotion, and there is no doubt of bin getting his commission,; h . He owes his rapid recovery to the care of his brother, who is a surgeon in the regular army of the United States, and stationed at Corregidor.' - The court looks .more natural now. With him at the bat, D company base ball team will flourish again, for Frauk is one of the best shortstops who ever played in Manila. . . N , ....- Jen t In Time. "Hello! Is that Mr. Hlghinus' resi dence?" ., , ' . , - ris that you. Fanny?" Tes." , : , ..... "Are you alone?" , s " . ' :.;v"Yes.".( . , . M,; . ; ,r,,.. . "So am I. Everybody else at the of fice has gone. I want to talk to you a Bttle. Dar"-. , ,A . ... ; 1 - " Sh! Don't you know the girl , the central office. is . listenlns?' . Darkness. I ,va golns to say may come on before ! get around this even tag. It's n nrcetVlir. l i t It? Well foodby.,, Chicago Trilv 1 " STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina . ItemA - In Condensed Porm. ' Too Hard Var '. I.i. A Frenchmanat a (( :! 1 hotel tho Other evening, irLo tt ! " sting that be had tlioroughly i tT ' : J the Eng lish language, was r 1 tj write the following dictation:. v ' ; :: ; , "As Hugh - Ho. . v ? hewing a Yule log from a y ; v t - a man, dress ed In clothes of a 4 : ! cauie up to Hugh and sa i " ; : :. you seeu my ewes?', If y : t t until 1 new this I will gu ; v ! 1 Europe with you to look f : V " ' , AU "It is n Houton. " of the wc have met : Autrnst T for dysr ach, an tourists iux OfT.i and cf'T habitn is a F' the f lent 1 San-' Dn- JWER. 4 ict," says Prof, avels in all part last ten years, I avingused Green's ny other remedy, J liver and stom ation. I find for 1, or for persons flll whether headaches "r from irregular r n's Ausust Flower It does not injnrv "tuse, and U excel 3 end indigestion." . at Temple Marston 1 all civilized countries. The "old Pollock honsH".Rt Mt. 01it was burned Friday, Loss $$00. ;", A special froni Norfolk reports that , large three-masted serumi er sank oil Qipe Hatteras in the hankane a week ago, and tluit at leaf t teu nien were al most certainly drowned. t ; , ? ,, , Near WilminuNm Thursday night Wil , son Smith was killed b.v Jaines Edwards, both colored. Smith cut Ei ds with ' a knife and Edward stri ck Smith wih u axe handle several teirible blows,, causing death. '.', To protect other trees thirty thousand. , . fruit trees, eoniprining the t ntire rchard of D. C. aud G. M. Biu-on, in Mitchell J county, will be ItiiniHi by order t of State Entomologist 8'otfc owing to the ravages of the San Jose scale. At Winston Friday it w announced,' that Assistant District Attorney Spencer Blackburn will contest with Congress'" man Linney, More the n-xt Republican V convention, for the nomiiiHtiou to repre- sent that district in the next congress. -. The North (arolinii AHoci)i tion of( Academies,- whii-li ' hs 100 members, " , Hosed a three-days session at Italeigh :r Fridwy. John E. . Kelley was elected proideiit; 8. U Sheef. vice-president; Robert L. Madison, secretary and treat- urer. .Wilmington, N. C, lia ndotted a per- , maneiitordi ance, piovidii g that dogs v ." shall : be allowed , on the streets ' only when muzzled and under control of their r owners. Some dog owners will, apply. 5 for Mn4iinitctioii to ji event enforcement t of the ordinance, Tlie Jarge number of mad dogs was thecauseof the oidinance. ' Statenville, Landmark i Fire at the' Long Island 'cotton mill, Catawba; county, last night, in tl e.pioker room, destroyed the building and contented The Umn is about $0.00 o- 7.000. . In V ' addition the machinery in the main tulldfnrwnirdjTnmgth, -Hatei to the . L amount of about f 3,00c. .The total loss. is about flO.OOU, with insurance ol . aliout thi-ee-fourtln itx value. ,-, , . ;u 4 The oyster patrol ache Lily is now at' Elizabeth City, undergoiim iepHi: It is ' sunt that as soou hh m dv she will tiO to " Beaufort to stop dmlgii g thfie. Therav are , oysters in Carteret, county' which. . have always been . tle 1 by tonging, alone. -The people tier) reneiit the' dredging now being dene, which is un lawful. The dredgrs ha gone there from l'ainlico sound, w herd phere are no oynters, , , , Reidsville Review; A iss Mamie Chat;; bam, of the AdHlHi stvtloti, died:'' Wednesdny en'ng asa r suit of a pistol wound. It is a sad tleo t u hhh tii paiu ' ticulars Seem to l. mm lullmo: Mr. T. W. ' ' Small went toeMll on Mi.o Chut hit m and was playing with hi" iwotvcr, when it, was Hccidentally dihchatgHl. The ball4 entered at the rear of the right ty.$ and -1 penetrated the head. Sin? lued only'ten minutes. ' rWiuston Sentinel; The X'rutive com-?' mitteeof the tjtit Noi iiH.I Iihh finished 'I its work. The sni ita y iigmeer if ths'2 State board of health wan prewnt with"; j 1 hem aud the work of r luivntkm going .-k-, 611 at the building wis eximunetl b.v him ' and a report niade to itie foumlittte. ' " Every step taken is by i d under the di- rection of the State boaid aiui has been siintNovenibrJ5tb. A imetiiig u( the. tmsteta will le held v-ry mIi and tho"1 col leg will reopen wmimiintttl is mouthy IH'obiibly about th l."th. Ail Mie. kk at V the N01 inal are ivporw d to I eiai proving '.n ,Greeusbro leleciara : The 'IVIerani'' ; in informed that ai m d u.ct- in ll idbvi le ; Tu-day night at the ivhid in e of II. G.y ' Fit?, lu-b Hanes atteinitel to kill his'... Wif 'Y who was daiteii g with a no titer , ' , mai, It is alleged thai liunvs ami his;;' Wif , who ix a daugbtei o .Vi r r i.r 1. have ; . Ueii wpu rated for Several mouth, and i,but (ia lies was watt hing the 'dancing tliroiigu a window and Haw tli.it his wiw was among the merry throng. " Our in- V fonnant Hys that Han, mi wemg this, j . ; rushed inside, aim drttwiug a pistoV K poiutei at his. wife'e breast nd pu'fe3'- -the trigger, but the gun failed to fire..'. , The mau waSMfizeduiidafm u. i tunipt , -wus prevented. A preliminary hearing J was had yettrday and ilanes wis pot under a f 500 boild for his appearance at court. -t " - . . Thb Free Pmkss carries a large stick -of papers and envelop of hII mh im, cii--V able for all kinds of printing. These nra v purchaed in large qnantiriet. at lowest cah prices, euabliug us to do job print ing at low price. 1
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