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UMJT1L ... ... , ,. w .. , .. i , t p ppp m': I BLISHGD yERY EKfiNJ N G EXC E5 PT SUNDRY. Vol. itNo; 239. .4 - KINSTON, N. 0., WpDNESDJlY. JANUARY 10, 1900. Price Two Cents. STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. Enfield has voted to raise 12,000 bonds for town improvements. Jacob A. Allen, Jr., a hardware mer chant of Kaleigb, assigned Monday, with The grand lodge Masons met in Ral eigh Tuesday and will adjourn today. There were 14U lodges represented. The Pythians of the second district will hold their district meeting at Rocky Mount on Jan. 80th. - All Pythians will be welcomed. The mattress factory of Royal & Bor den at Goldsboro caught Are Tuesday. but the flames were extinguished after destroying about f 200 worth of mate rial. , Capt. W. H. Day, superintendent pent iiintlamr in Kia annual NtnAvt1. inof ma1a VAlUlCbiJf IU UID UUUUUI 4 vj-Jwi V JUOV IUUUU claims that the penitentiary the past year made f 13,048 profit above ; ail ex penses. 4; r-- Fire across ; the river ai Wilmington Sunday burned 8,500 to 4,000 barrels of rosin and the offices, sheds and stables of the Brunswick Bridge Ferry Co. Lobs about f 7,500, nearly all covered by in surance. The mayor of Henrietta, in Rutherford ' county, where there are the largest cot ton mills in the State, says the mill com any pays for the public school or keeps t open ten months in the year and that there are boo scholars. ; Major Smith, a young white man, was found near wadesboro Tuesday, dead with a bullet hole throusrh his head. There was evidence that ne I bad ' been dragged from the place1 of murder into the woods by the road. A little child of Mr. Tom McDonnell wan burned to death last Saturday near .Mt TJUa. The parents were away from home at the time. The oldest child, a boy, was severely burned while trying to extinguish toe names. . At Mayodan, near Winston, Saturday night Nat Hammons, white, was shot and killed by Uhief of Police Brown Hammons was cutting , another police man. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict of justifiable homicide. Salisbury Index: The 5-year-old son of Air. John Weston, of lower Rowan, was drowned yesterday morning. The child, as our informant heard it, was playing too near the bank of a creek when it fell in. The water was not very deep. Newborn Journal: The outlook for truck in this section is quite favorable, the recent cold weather having done ' no damage of consequence, cabbage being the only crop at " all injured, and only slightly. Work on the crops is up and the prospect is lor good ones. ; ; Alexander Short, of Anson county, is to be tried Thursday for the rape of Rbs- sie Belle Gaddy, both: parties white. A special venire of 100 has been summoned. At the preliminary trial the girl . testified that she had started to run away with the accused to get i married, when in a ; lonely spot, after a desperate struggle, he overpowered her and ran away, tie was captured m.uheraw. ,v '! u' 4. Wilmington Stan i The Clarendon Wa ter Works company's artesian well at Hilton; lacks only a fewfeet of being a quarter of a mile deep. Up to yesterday the drill had reached a depth of 1.306 feet. The drill is still in hard rock.' hav- mg passed through it a depth of nearly two hundred leet. A serious if not fatal shooting occurred on Pond street, Salem, about 11 o'clock Saturday night. Abe Walker fired his pistol three times at Sid Mitchell, one shot taking effect in the right side be tween the ninth and tenth ribs.. The wounded man's condition was reported critical. The partiee who are white, had been drinking. Walker is in jail. He is a bad character. t Durham Herald: It comes out from -Winston that Chairman Hoi ton, of . the State executive committee, says his party will test the constitutionality of the amendment to be voted upon next .Au gust, after the election.' It is also learn ed that the committee has decided to bring suit at once to test the election law adopted by the last legislature, and that application will be made for an in junction restraining the State board from carrying out the provisions of the law in calling and holding the amendment elec tion. Holton is to be supplied with the necessary funds for prosecuting the case. Raleigh cor. Messenger: There is a sensation among the Populists in Wake county. One of them, who was a candi date for office in the last campaign and who is a farmer with a wife and four children, has eloped with a daughter of another Populist. . The young woman is a school teacher. The man who eloped with her said he was going to take her home. Instead of doing so he brought her to Raleigh, and they left on the train. It is believed they have gone to the far south. He bad sold or mortgaged bis property and took with him the , money thus raised, leaving his wife penniless. Her father swears he will shoot him on sight. The Newbern Journal of Jan. 10th says a white 'man and woman stopped at a private boarding bouse in Newbern and left after eating an early breakfast, and their secretiveness causes suspicion that they "are the elopers above referred to. He Would Know' More. An exceedingly well dressed woman sat In an elevated railway car the oth er day, and opposite her was an elderly man. The woman got up to leave, the car, and In the corner of the seat where she had been sitting the man spied a piece of black net. Jumping for it, be called out: "Madam, you have left your veil!" As she took no notice of him bo dashed down the aisle after her, and, touching her on the elbow again, said: "Madam, you have left your veil," at the same time holding It up in full view of alL It was a frowsy, frayed, torn piece of black cotton net "It Is not mine, sir!" she snapped out, giving him a withering look, and the obliging old man shrank back as If he had been jabbed with a hatpin, while the passengers grinned. "Why was she so mad about it?" he asked in a dazed way as he laid the .homely little rag , on. the window "1 guess you never paid for a wo man's finery," said another man. "That's so." said the withered one In a hopeless tone. "I am a bachelor. Perhaps I'd know more If I'd married.""- --' -'W,-'"-'' ' ' "You would that," said the other feelingly. New York Tribune. Piltnl Love. . That's a pathetic story of the Gouiv don fishing boat crew. No class cf men face death more frequently than the hardy fisher toilers of the sea. and among none is a genuine heroism more frequently displayed. The Gourdon boat was manned by a father and his four sons. ; When the boat sank, three of the latter went with her. The old man got an oar, and soon the fourth son appeared by bis side. But the oar could only support one, and the lad, taking in the situa tion at once., bade his parent farewell In the words, "Weel, weeL f aither. I maun j 1st a wa'," and sank. 4 Only readers familiar with the north ern dialect Will fully appreciate the depth of. kindly, resignation and true feeling whTch the words denote. The father endured terrible sufferings, but was ultimately picked up. "Greater love bath no man than this." West minster Gazette. ' : Pniir Kanar the Bell. The following story of a cat Is vouch ed for by no less a personage than an archbishop. He says: "A cat lived for, many, years in my. mother's family. and its feats of sagacity were witness-": 1 ed by her. my sisters and myself. It was known not merely "once or twice. but habitually, to ring the parlor bell whenever It wished the door to be opened. Some, alarm was excited on the first occasion that It turned bell ringer. The family bad retired to rest, and in the middle of the night the par lor bell was rung violently. The sleep ers were startled from their repose and proceeded down stairs, with pokers and tongs, to Interrupt, as they thought, the predatory movements of some burglar, but they were agreeably, i surprised to discover that the bell bad ! been rung by pussy, who repeated the act whenever she wanted to get out of the parlor White's Black liniment full size 256 bottle for 15c It cures pain. i JJ. Ji HOOD. Equal to a Judlolal Decision. For weeks the Republicans and their allies have been declaring in the United States senate and elsewhere that the amendment to the constitution of North Carolina to be voted oa in August is a cruel and outrageous provision that is palpably contrary to the federal con stitution. f - The speech of Senator Morgan, who says that contrary to his first impres sion, there is nothing in the pending amendment that is in conflict with the fifteenth amendment, is a complete, full and sufficient answer to the arguments of Pritchard, Butler and the rest of the opponents of the amendment. Senator Morgan is the most profound constitu tional lawyer in the senate, and when, after careful consideration, he pronounces the amendment constitutional, his mature opinion will have the weight with most men of a judicial decision. Mr. Morgan would not risk his .reputa tion as a lawyer and a statesman in or der to bolster up any proposition. His own state, while, interested in eliminat ing the mass of unfit negro voters, has no interest in the "grand-lather" clause, and unless convinced that it was in har mony with the letter and spirit of the constitution. Mr. Morgan could not be induced to give it his countenance. He would pronounce against an unconstitu tional measure, no matter by whom ad vocated. - The speech of Mr. Morgan is a master effort. Calm, dispassionate,' able and profound it will carry conviction ' to all who read it. More than that: The very fact that Mft Morgan risks his reputa tion as a lawyer and statesman upon its constitutionality will be evidence enough to thousands that it is constitu tional. His approval, whatever else it does, will effectually answer those who have thought to dismiss the amendment as "palpably unconstitutional" upon the hasty dictum of superficialppponents. BOER9 .ITOX DIPIPIATa. American," Consul Not Permitted to Represent British Interests at Pretoria. Washington, Jan. 8 The Transvaal government ' has thrown a diplomatic bombshell in assuming an attitude di rectly : at variance with the courtesy that marks relations - between friendly nations. Th6 United States have been notified by the Boer government that it cannot permit W. Stanley Hollia, Ameri can consul at Pretoria, to represent the interests of Great Britain during the war, but that he will, in a personal capacity, be allowed to continue to care for British prisoners at Pretoria. The only reason given by the Boers for this hew rule of procedure is that they, do not want any British representative in their territory. " . , Just-what the government will' do re mains ; for President McKinley and Secretary Hay to determine. That they will bow to the decision of the Transvaal is not expected. Even Spain.' did not hesitate to allow British officials to rep resent , the United States i during the late war. The practice has . become reo ognized as a matter of right, and the attitude of the Boers causes considerable annoyance. Clear Conscience Better Than Money. When the war between the northern and southern states ended in the sur render of General Lee,' the commander in chief of the Confederate army. Gen eral Lee was one of the world's fa mous men; consequently be bad many flattering offers from business Institu tions that wished to make use of Ills name. , He went : to Lexington. Va and became president of the Washing ton and Lee university at a salary of $3,000 a year. Soon after an Insurance company offered him its presidency at $10,000 a year. It was explained to him that be would have no duties to perform, but that the use of his name would be worth $10,000 a year to the company. The proud old representa tive of one of the oldest families In Virginia replied, "1 must refuse' to re ceive pay for services that I do not render." So he staid with the univer sity. . Numerous offers of a like ' sort were made to him, but he declined them all. At last a New York corpora tion offered him $50,000 a year salary If he would act as president of the company. A salary as large as that of the president of the 1 United ' States could not allure the brave old warrior from what be believed to be the right Course, and ho declined the e'er, as he had declined many others. WHITE'S SITUATION WORSE. The Ammunition Getting Low and Relief Is Needed. Gen. Joubert Seriously Injured. London, Jan. 10. Gen.White still holds out, or did so fiO hours ago, when the Boers, ousted from iheir foothold inside the works, suspended their assault at nightfall. England has taken heart. The situation, however, is worse. The be leaguered force must have expended large amounts of ammunition, which cannot be replenished so far as the garrison Is concerned by the greater loss of Boers. Gen. White still needs relief, and the difficulties confronting Gen. Buller are as irreat as before. A dispatch from FrereCamp, Sunday night, said all was quiet there, thus dis- Ejlling the widespread hopes that Gen. uller had followed up his demonstra tions before Colenso with an effective move elsewhere. Joubert Disabled. Glasgow, Jan. 9. The Daily Mail's Estcourt correspondent states that Gen. Joubert has been seriously injured, and will take no further part in the war. His horse was shot from under the general and rolled over on him. causing a rupture and serious injury to the spine. A Ucantlfnl Srtem. The .Memphis Scimitar tells of a re cent bride whose husband noticed that she was keeping an Itemized account of the household expenses. In looking It over one day be noticed at the hot torn of each page or two the letters "D. K. W." This somewhat puzzled him. lie really found it very difficult to keep from thinking about what these letters could possibly mean. It occurred to him that possibly his wife was saving out , some - money to buy something for blm. But then be knew that his Initials were; noC'D W." and this did hot ' prove a satisfactory solution to the matter. , ; ! ; So" one day when his wife was In a rear good humor he took her In his arms ahd asked what she meant by "D K. W. 50 cents." "D. K. W,. $1" and the like. t She replied: " D. IC W stand for don't, know what.' Whenever 1 went to balance ray account at the end of each page and found 1 had spent mon ey for which 1 could not account. 1 just put In a sufficient amount, with the item D. K. W..' to make It balance Just exactly." Fast Driving In Russia. In the larger cities of Russia there Is no limit to the speed at which a horse may be driven through the pub lic streets. The typical harness horse Is the Orloff, a breed founded by Count Orloff-Chemenski, being a cross be tween the Arabian stallion Smetanka and imported mares,, principally Eng lish. - An average roadster is 1G bands high and weighs 1,100 pounds, with heavy mane, a bushy tall that reaches nearly to the ground and "iron" limbs that show great muscular development. The favorite color Is 'gray. Such ah animal is driven through the principal streets of St Petersburg at n furious pace, that portion near the center and beside the surface car tracks being re served for fast driving. r During the winter months teams of two and three abreast are driven , to sleighs at a three minute gait. There Is racing all winter, the courses being flooded at night to-provide three inches of solid ice. American pneumatic sul kies, harness, boots, gal ting f appli ances, etc., are In general use. , ' v "Free of Charge, v Any adult suffering from a cold settled on the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung troubles of any nature, who will call at Temple-Mars ton Drug Co.,will be present ed with a sample bottle1 of Boschee's German Syrup, free of charger Only one bottle given to one person, and none to children without order from parents. No throat. or long remedy ever had such a sale as Boschee's German Syrup hi all parts of th6 civilized world. Twenty years ago millions of bottles were given away, and your druggists will ten you its success was marvelous. It is really the only.- Throat and Lung Remedy generally endorsed by physicians. One 75 cents bottle win cure or prove its value. Sold by dealers in all civilized countries. . . GENERAL NEWS. i .... . ... . - . ' Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. The Lawton fund grows rapidly, now amounting to $70,509.62. .The German steamer "General" has been released by the British. , , Three Americans were killed and 20, wounded in n reconnaissance near Inius, Luzon. A passenger train was wrecked Mori day near Pulaski, Va. The fireman was ' killed. John D. Rockefeller has presented $100,-. 000 to Columbia University for the en dowment of a chair of psychology. Gen. Otis cables accounts of encounters with several Filipino bands, in which the latter were defeated, losing heavily. Secretary Hester shows the cotton brought into sight thus far this year to be 1,882,290 bales less than for the same time last year. t A Boston woman, Mrs. Caroline" B. Croft, leaves $100,000 to Harvard Uni-' versity, to be used in' studying specially the cause of cancer. .? An amendment is proposed to the Mis sissippi constitution, providing for the. school tat from each race being devoted ,v to education of its children. Whallen, charged with an attempt to bribe Legislator Harrell to vote against , Goebel. s wears out a warrant against Harrell, charging him with obtaining money under false pretense. At New York Tuesday 'night George Bixon was defeated for the featherweight pugilistic championship by Terry Mc Govern, after nearly eight rounds of hard fighting, Dixon had held the champion-" ship for eight years. , , f . Senator Pettlgrew has offered a resolu- , tion authorizing the United States gov-, ernment to offer mediation -between s, Great Britain and South Africa. He an nounced that it was his purpose to make a speech on the subject. ,, 1 There was a riot at the' city hall h i Sa'u ' Francisco Monday, when tax colla tor . elect, Scott, attempted to take hit cttice. One man was shot and others bruised in the fight that ensued. Scott's election is being contested In the courts by Collector ; Sheehan. " 4 A strange case is reported in Washing- " ton, D. C. A man named Krebs was re cently arrested for cutting a woman's dress, and it has since developed that he has carried on this practice in various cities for years. He has confessed,- and claims that he has a mania for cutting ;' fine dresses.". : Miss Emma Louise Pickett, the 23-year-old daughter of A. J. Pickett, a wealthy farmer of Glenwood, Va., ended her life Monday by firing a rifle bullet through her head. It is said she was several years ago disappointed in a love affair and has since avoided all social functions. Many , , believe that the suicide is the outgrowth of the fickleness of her lover, though she ' was something of an invalid. : Latest mail advices from India aver that , the situation there grows darker ' , every week. Three million are working on government relief works. The sale oi : children by starving parents is becoming , common. Families are breaking up, each ' member for himself, in search of food. ' Abandoned children arefrequently found. Ia is a famine of water as well as food. Cattle are dying by thousands, and no ' rain is now expected until June. 'Near Lexington, Va., Monday. James Egolf, of Buena Vista, who is short of stature, broke through the ice while skat ing near the shore on the North River. -The water was over his head, and he had gone down for the second time when a man over six feet talf skated boldly into the hole, and standing oh the rivers bot tom, held Egolf up until help came. The rescuer's name could not be learned. He was submerged to his neck while aiding Egolf. v-v - v'-'O. ;; 5 Judge Speer, at Atlanta, Ga.. on Mon day, issued a temporary restraining or der against consolidation of the Georgia & Alabama railroad with the Florida Central and Peninsula. This is a tempo rary victory of Ryan to prevent the con-- solidation of the greater Seaboard Air Line. Judge Speer states that he. in formed counsel that he did not intend i that the powers of his court should 'be' used to delay ' the consolidation ' if Mt seemed to be legitimate.1 ' White's Black Liniment.' It cures Sciatica, Rheumatism and Neuralgia. Price 16c. J. E. Hoon.
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