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' THE DAIL1?REE PRES. BLISHED EMERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDHY, VbLII No. 1 KINSTON, N. 0., FRIDAY. JANUARY 12,1000. Price Two Cents. - Interesting North Carolina I terns In Oondenaed Form. The Price Mfar. and Power Co.. and the Winston-SaTem Railway and Electric Co., two Winston concerns, hare been bonded? for f 500y00. Improvements will be made. . A rich deposit of ore, assaying gold, silver and nickel, all in paying quantities, nas been dtscoverea in uuitrora county The indications are that there are im mense quantities of each metal. The property is o wned by David HufUnes, wno win develop it. Wilmington Star: The advance in al timber and saw mill stuffs is illustrated by the price o! cypiess lumber, for which dealers are now asking f oo per tnous and. The former price did not exceed f 30. Boat builders say the price in this particular is paralyzing their business. At Raleigh the jury in the Marshall counterfeiting case, after being out nearly 24 hours, reported Thursday afternoon mistrial waa made. .The jury was polled and stood bine for acquittal and ' three lor conviction. A-new trial has been Hrderedoruenv J ' l Eugene Penny is the name of the Wake county Populist and Miss Chamblee the name 01 tne scnooi teacner wno.. ran away recently. The teacher boarded in Jus family. He left a wife and four chil dren and took some $700 or $800 with him. The deserted wife is a lady who is hrid in the highest esteem by all, who sknqwher. , Supt. Newman, of; the Union Mining Co., says his company is giving employ- mens to ouu men in wiwan county, ana in a year expects to work 2,000; men, in mining copper,.- The company is caoi talized at $3,000,000 and the stock sells at three ; times par value. During the ..past year the eompauy. hcrf. expended ' The State " agricultural department announces .mat aft its request tne united States has exempted from, the provision of the cattle quarantine la w all the trans montane counties save two, but., forbids the taking of any catMe into these from Georgia, South Carolina iCfook- county. Tennessee, .and North, Carolina. counties east o! the Blue Ridge. - ; Lieut. B, 0 Crispy. assistant inspector of the sixth life saving district, in his : re port to the department on the stranding and wreck of the British steamer4"Ani- . eota near Ocrame K.-..C. section on December .34th last fully exonerates, the life saving crew from all blame, v He says tuat the loss at .the 21 , lives , was largely due to misjudgment OA the part. of. the ' unfortunate ailprs. themselves , in .'aban doning their ship, before all hope Jor help irom snore aaa ajsappearea., . ... . Durham Herald; : About' the smallest. meanest piece of business; that has come to notice m long time is, the attempt of religious, papers opposed to State, aid " to highest education, to make capital out of the unfortunateaffair at the State Normal at Greensboro. It was fair, "I if not cnantaoie, to tight the University and other State educational institutions : openly, but tbjaisjtra is down and helplees. This is carrying a ngnt to tne Drm k oi the grave. : Reuben Ross' the youngs negro, under - sentence to oe nanged today at Luttwer ' ton for rape upon a whitawoman. has been respited for a third time. - The re spite signed by the governor Thursday postpones Boss' execution nntil Feb. 9, lyuo. This last exercise of executive Clemency-was, ;induced ,v by a telepram from Red Springs, that further evidence - was obtained; t A Special from Lumber ton says that Ross succeeded: Wednesday : i in getting a trusty torprocure laudanum for the purpose of committing suicide, but it was found out in time to prevent his drinking it. ; ' .. " , The grand lodg$ of Maspna in , session at Raleigh adopted a report restoringfel lowship to the Masons of the state of i Washington as that lodge had . "rescinded - its resolution recognizing fellowship with colored Masonic lodges, and reported that "the Grand Lodge of North Caro lina hopes this menace fo iJlasonry will never again present its hideous front." The following were elected as officers: Beverly 8. Royster, of Oxford, grand master; I. Clark, deputy, grand mas ter; Walter S. Liddell, senior, grand' war- , den; Francis D. Winston, junior grand warden; William Simpson, grand treas urer; John C Drevrrjy grand secretary. Art: stic job work is the kind you gtt rt tss Vxk rpesa orncx. . . The penitentiary directors met at Ral efgh Wednesday. They received the report of Supt. Day, : claiming that he would take the surplus of $13,000. The resig nation of Director W. H. . Oeborue was received and accepted, and reports from several of the State farms were' received and discussed. Discharged supervisors W. R. Dixon, T. E. McCakev, L. T. Pope and J. J r Maingo, asked for $1,400 back pay, from the time ; they I were ; d fa charged to the end of the terms for which they were appointed. The board named a committee to confer with their attor neys On Thursday, J. W. Perry, of Princeton, was elected director to suc ceed Col, Osborne on the executive board of the State prison, with E. L. Travis, of Halifax, chairman, and W. C. Newland, as the third, member of the, executive board. James C. Davis, of Carteret, was elected chairman of the board of . direct ors to succeed A. B. Young. - The direct ors decided to rent the Faison part of the Northampton farm provided . the owner, Mr. Faison, will accept $1,600 for the rental. This : action was, taken because of the inability to gather, the entire crop of the past year, a large part of which is now in the field. The matter of making arrangements for the rental of the farm was left to the superintend ent and the executive board. The Fai son part of the Northampton farm is not subiectto overflow: J. Ht Mclver was elected supervisor 0f Caledonia farm No. i. me Doara increased tne salaries oi the four supervisors frpm $50 to $30 per month, and bookkeeper and the warden from $60 to $75: ; FILIPINOS' STUBBORN StAnD. OoL Bullard Drives Them Baok on v The San Tomas Road. Manila. Jan. 11. Col. Bullard with the Thirty-ninth infantry, moving in three colnmns from Calambia. with two guns, attacked ten companies of insur. gents strongly intrenched on: the Santa Tomas road. They resisted stubbornly making three stands. Twenty-rour jn the rebels were killed and sixty prisoners were takeftTheFiHPinoa - retreated: carrying their wounded toward Lake Taal. One Aajencan was killed and two omcers were suguwy wuuuueu. . i vw--w;'Mtallir ArilIe- - - One day last summer a sour vlsaged, middle aged, fussy woman got on one of the smoking, seats. In an open car In the subway,' Next- to her sat a man who was smoking. a cigar. More than that, the woman, sniffing, easily made out that the man bad been eating on Ions. Still more than- that,, she bad the strongest kind of suspicion that be had been drinking beer. . The woman fussed and . wriggled and grew angrier and looked at v the man scornfully. Presently she-could, endure It no lon ger.": She looked squarely, at him and said: c . , ' ; 4 :!.:-,; .flt you, wer&i my-, husban.eu. sir, I'd Th man lookedatxhen "If I were your husband," sam he, "I'd take itl',' Boston Transcript' v." - i Found. HI Avdltor Ji'-' . 1f Professor Charles D. R. Roberts, the poet,' reads the modern languages very ea&llyr but speaks them Imperfectly. At jl: reception, held ; In - New York K Just prior . to his leaving for Europe Rob erts was introduced to a distinguished 'French artist who was here on a visit The artist asked In bis own tongue. Youpeak French?" "No," answered the poet "I ;am sorry I do not but I understand It well "When it is spoken to me." r i"I?am so glad " replied the French- xnaoi xou. are the audience I nave long-; wanted, i I : can talk to you all I please, and ; you cannot talk ( back." Colorado Springs Gazette. ' ' i A Blblioplille'a Reply. ' Mandell , Creighton,, .the bishop of London, has a horror of lending his favorite books, says a London corre spondent . The bishop Is a charming wit as well as a great scholar, t A fel low clergyman once visited the bishop and took a fancy, to an old edition of Shakespeare. He borrowed the volume and did not think to return it for sev era! months. ":; v" ? Finally the minister returned it with a letter, saying: "My Dear BishopI have great pleasure In returning: the volume you loaned me." The bishop answered: "My Dear Crother AH. the Joy Is mine." Denver Sic jdlicf-n. . 'r'. .. . THE GENERAL) SITUATION In South Afrioft aa . Summed TJp by the London Standard. Not Very Enoouraging to the British. 5 London, Jan' 11. During the interlude of apparent military inactivity and offi cial secrecy, Lord Boberta and Lord Kitch. ener have arrived at ; the seat of war. - It is assumed here their Clearer vision, sup ported by 53,000 fresh men who are due to arrive in South Africa within 80 days, will alter the situation, and that the fourth month of 'the campaign will wit ness the beginning of victories for the British arms. ; Their presence will restore the shaken confidence of the men at the front in their generals. Lord Roberts finds 120,000 men on the defensive, or watching for an opening. The Standard summarizes the general situation thus: 4 i ; "We ot have something like 120,000 troops in South Africa. With this huge army distributed over the country, we are still powerless' to relieve three garri sons from investment. ; We have still to see large portions of both colonies in the hands of the enemy - 1 - ' t : "We have driven the invaders back at no single point. We are actually further from th hostile frontiers than we . were on the day that the ultimatum was de livered. The work which ministers be lieved could be effectually performud, with 25,000 men, has not been done, has not even been begun, by four or five times that number. Can anyone fail to admit that this is evidence of a grave miscalcu lation of forces and facts?" i!! 1 1 , Tne sriosn Attach riannea a London,: Jan. ll. Much evidence is given showing that Gem Methuen's mind is unbalanced, and that in-the battle of Magersfontein the British army was sent to make a futile attack as planned by Methuen. One officer ays "the attack was that of a madman." - Methuen quar reled with several ofbis officers and sent them off home to' London, i Lord Wan- chops argued singly with Methuen the mgnv oeiore tne oattie, against tne' pian of attack, "and expostulated bitterly against.' it. He . wad forced to lead his commandj the Black Watch, to slaughter, and was himself killed.' vf t , - . BRYAN AN EXPANSIONIST. The, Filipinos, However, Are .Not ' The Kind of People He Would . Take In. - - , . ; Minneapolis, Minn.; Jan 10. In an in terview, today, W. J, Bryan said: . f'l am a firm believer in ' the enlarge ment and extension of the limits ' of the republic I don't mean by that the ex tension by the addition - of contiguous territory nor to limit myself to that. "Wherever there is a people intelligent enough to form a part of this republic, it Is my beuel that tbey should be taken in. "Wherever there is people who are cap able of having a voice and a ; representa tion in this government, there the .limits of the republic may be extended.' , :t , ' "The Filipino-" are-, not such ' people. The Democratic paty has ever favored the extension, of the limits of this repub lic: but it has never advocated the acqui sition of subject territory, to be held un der colonial government." ' MEASURES AGAINST- TRUSTS. Resolutions to Investigate Vir :'. ginia-Carolina Chemical ; Com- s pany, ' Columbia, S.!' C, Jan. "11 -Senator Graydon today introduced a resolution requiring'the attorney general to inves tigate the operations of : the Virginia Carolina Chemical company in this state and; if the anti-trust laws are being ; vio lated by it, to bring suit ' to compel ' for feiture of charter. Thier company ; has bought all the fertilizer works in this state, with few exceptions. : Eepresentative Johnson, introduced a bill, copy of the Texas law,; to prohibit trusts and monopolies .being formed inj mis state. ..; . ' In Joint session Mr. Eugene : B. Gary was without opposition re-elected asso ciate justice of the supreme court. C Russia Xloying Toward Persia. London, Jan. 11. The Calcutta x-or-respondent of The ' Daily Mail savsr "I have good reason to believe that the In dian government has received disquieting information regarding Russian move ments in the direction of Persia. Bussia is taking 'advantage of the Transvaal trouble to strengthen her armaments and to push forward her outposts along the Persian frontier, with a new of ultimate annexation, a design in which Germany would prcbatly. acquiesce, in considera tipn of receiTir rail way conccsiions-i:. Fish seem to have no sense of feel ing, and ma uy people believe that the angry and energetic movements of a fish when It Is caught arc due rather to annoyance at losing Its liberty than to any sense of pain. . 1 can confirm this, because I hare. over and over again taken an undersized pike that lias Wen once or twice caught and put back into the water. Upon one occasion three of us boys of the Old brigade were fishing In a small pool In a. narrow, sluggish river. Jones caught a small pike, and as It was undersized, being barely four pounds, bo cut the hooks out of its gul let and threw the fish in again. . Inside of 30 seconds Jones caught the same fish again.- Once more be cut out the hooks, and this time he had to maul it very much. Once more It was kicked In. ' ...... 'j Then I caught it, still bleeding. 1 got the hook out with difficulty, and be fore I could throw the fish In again a terrier dog bit it half through. ; Then 1 kicked, the fish In, and Brown caught it'SAt last we got so tired of catching this fish that I threw It away in dis gust It caught in the fork of a wlllb tree and stajd there for half an hour, when a crow, attacked it dislodging Jt from the tree but not before It had re moved one of the eyes. The selfsame fish was caught next day by the keep er. Fishing Gazette. , f , Prid of the Poor. Mr& Clarence Burns,, who is so well known for her philanthropic work, says that In all her experience io visit ing the tenements of the poor of ttie city she. has never been asked for alms. Mrs. Burns has made a business of vis iting the poor, with the hope of helping them whenever, she saw the need but tnds-it almost Impossible Jo make the really deserving Poor acknowledge that they are in need of anything. , . Ona day, she.ivislted a family yrho were all huddled, together in ;.,one' bare; cold room, and their facea were iio pinched she knew.they were startittg; But in response to her offer, to I help them the mother said:,; , f "No, thank you. ,The" children have had something today. l am sure to get 'work; soon." . . Cy ' After (lurstionlng as to Just cr.actiy what the children had. had to caiUiis. Burns found .; that they bad .suUsjAtitl for three days on a-few dried .scrniis-jif. stale bread. . This experience, she la 4 repeated 4,fraently.NcW Voj U Tribune. ' '; ; Sh flaam't DroppeA Off. i. - yis;ma'am,4 "I am very tired, and I am going to lie down for an hour;" . : -v 'V "yis, ma'am." $0. . A : ; -x :' "If I should happen to drop off, call me.at 5 o'clock.'' & n-y--- :r :' MYiflma,am.'' v,:'VMW:';lj':.i Sc. my lady r lie down., folds' her hands, closes her eyes and is soon In the' land of 'dreams.- She is awakened by the clock striking 0 and cries indig nantly: ?;,;vt-'.i'n';'f'' i.it ij -4 "DeUar ' ' . ; "Yis, ma'am' iz vy.Ar:- "Why didnt you call me at C o'clock, as I told you to.doyrvr s-v.mhn,: ; r. "Shure, ma'am, ye tould me to call ye if ye had dropped off. I looked iu ouye at 5, and ye hadn't dropped off at all! iTe was lyln on the bed in the same place, sound asleep Y ..." J.' 'i " 'X l M'V-.V; The Lansrb on tit General. .. . . The late General Clinton B. Flsk.waa lonce addressing a Sunday school con vention. One of the speakers bad re minded the children that it was Wash ington's birthday. V ; ; C r "Children," said. General Flsk, "yen all know that Washington was a gen craL Perhaps you know that I am also a general. Now, can any one tell What was the difference between Gen leral Washington and myself r v "I know, sir," replied a small boy in the back part of the room. . v : : . t "Well, what was the difference V Said General Fisk, smiling at the lad's eagerness. : ;. ; . "George Washington couldn't tell a He, sirl" cried , the boy : In exultant tones. Shouts of laughter followed, in Jwbich the general joined heartily. De troitNe . . . . j GENERAL ITO. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. Fire Wednesday night practically de stroyed the town of Taylor, Miss., With probably f 140,000 loss. Three thousand Spanish soldiers, from the Cuban war, have offered their services to Great Britain in South Africa. The governor of (i ;Waltar has informed their agent that he is not authorized tor enlist foreigners. ' - :".:.:. . (: . At Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Charlesll. Parker, 4 years old, who ; was badly Jw Jured by a heavy sign falling on him last winter, was awarded $ 7.500 damages against the city in tho city circuit court. A motion for a new trial will be argued latere v.-' ,ii .-1.-) At. Frankfort, Ind., manufacturers of gun stocks have received a rush order from the Transvaal tot 125,000 gun stocks, to be shipped via New Yprk- to South Africa. The factory is also getting out 200,000 gun ""stocks for the German government.- - :;;;!; News has Jub been received of a' fierce storm - sweeping the Japanese coast on Dec. 24th by which ; 35 Junks ; -were lost while being towed from Osaka to Kobe, and 171 persons perished. A tidal' Wave acconipanied the storm, hy which 411 lives werd lost.- 'i ' i,:i. Reports from the east say that the out- . break of hostilities between Bussia and Japan is only a question of a little time. Russia is increasing her war ships on he coast of Corea and Japan,- and Japap.is hurrying , up the completion of. the ships she is having buiifc The Japanese papers make no secret pf the imminence of war. 'TWduncfe . merly part of the defenses at FortSan Felipe, Manila; alid captured by Admiral Dewey at the battle of Manila Bay, have beed presented to ithe dty Of Atlaata, to be used at the base of the monument which will: be. erected to the memorytof the late Lieut. Brumby by the people of Georgia.-:, j.x , t. ; ,vx "Blackburn was elected senator by the Kentucky legislature by 25 mnjirity over Bradley, Republican Louisville, . Nashville r railroad nominee, The adop tion of the rules which will govern the joint assembly, by a decisive majority, .was' a siirpf ise' to the ; Republican and nnti-Gpeber factions in the legislature. THey had not expected to defeat the rules bnt they confidently believed that - the rote would be close.t ' 4 Duriiigi'qtrafrel over a game of cards, irf a' "blind tigers at' Pound Gap; Ky., ' Wednesday, in wh!ch John and Tazellall and Arch and Henry Leap opposed Henry Sutherland, Berry Long and Henry Camp bell,' revolvers were drawn and 200 shots exchanged. Taze Hall and Henry Leap were , killed and Henry Sutherland and Henry Campbell mortally wounded., Arch Iieap and Henry Sullivan wire' also wounded, t . . 1 . ' Julia Morrison, who killed Frank Leid enheimer.of the "Mr. Plaster of Paris" company; and was acquitted of murder, made a dramatic speech of thanks to the jury and all who helped secure her acquit-. tal.v It is announced that in a few weeks -she will begin a lectnre tour, her subject being 'The Other Side of the Stage," in which she will point out the dangers that confront the young girls that follow the stage as an occupation. ' ' Judge W. B.' McClure; of the probate court of Lauderdale county, Ala., was, as sassinated Tuesday night at Florence, Ala. His body j was found in the street, . riddled with buckshot. More than ayear ago Roland McFarland. a bright young -editor at Florence took occasion td' as- sail in his newspaper 1 the habits, morals and official character of Judge McCiare. One night r he was found dying on the sidewalk, with his skull crushed m. i Mc- -Farland's family; who are prominent people, and perhaps half 'the citizens of . Florence, charged Judge McClure and his sons with the murder, but 'no'lridictment was found. The enmity Of McFarland'e friends has never been appeased,' and the intense bitterness of the two sides has led the public ' to expect ' another tragedy ; sooner or later. The facts developed so i far do not point to any particular person as the assassin, and the probabilities are that it will never be known Who fired the fatal shot. ' Tffl FkM Peiss carries a large stock of papers and envelopes of all sorts," eat able for all kinds of printing.' Ttesore purchased in large quantities, at ; lowest cash prices,' enabling US to do Job pi lot ing at low prices. - .
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