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MA IF JM 1L4 PUBLISHED EiZERY EVENING ... -.- ... ' -v ' - EXCEPT SUNDRY, ; Vol. II No. 243. KINSTON, N. 0., MONDAY,! JANUABY 6, 1900 Price Two Cents., 1 , r ; THEJ KENTUCKY CONTEST. Situation May Be Serious if Repub lioan Incumbents Refuse to Va oate, as They Threaten to Do. Frankfort, Jan. 18. The situation in the contests for governor And the state officers, and the question a what is go ing to happen when the f "U result is declared, are to night fruitJi cf the most extravagant speculation, .u toe adber ants of the contestees, the Republican incumbents of the state offices, carry out toe line oi procedure they now threaten, by refusing to vacate even In case the legislature decides in favor oi the Demo cratic contestants, the situation : will be serious, and if the statements of some of the men high in the councils of the state are to be credited this is what they pro pose to do. ' H-J James Andrew Scott, one of the attor neys for the contestants in prniner state contests, said tonight: A.-' "The importation of soldiers and thugB here for the purpose of intimidating the legislature will not work. They are bluffing and no trouble will occur. As for their threats that they Will hold on in spite of the decision by tbe; legislature they may do this for a few days, but the courts would recognize the regular state government, and if Mr., Taylor does not then give in, be will subject himself to prosecution and all the penalties against usurpation, which I have no idea he will want to encounter." 4; v BTJLLER NEAR T. ADYSMTTH. STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Item In Condensed Form. A large number of citizens of Warren ton met Friday night and organized a Suffrage Amendment Club. The special term of Surry county court. which was to have begun this week, has been postponed, on account of smallpox ' The Weekly Graphic, of Nashville, has begun its sixth year. It is a good paper, much better than the ' patronage given by jNasnviue will warrant. The chamber of commerce of Hender son, at a meeting Friday, , unanimously adopted a resolution urging the consoli dation of the Seaboard Air Line system. The Charlotte Observer says it has not heard of a Democrat in Mecklenburg who will oppose the amendment. Chairman McCall predicts 1,500 to 1,800 majority for tbe amendment in tbat county. George Gould, the New York million aire, has become a stockholder in the Loray Cotton Mills, at Gastonia, to the amount of 1250,000, and a check for this amount has been received in Gasto nia. ' v. -v.v -s .... ; , -,. Gov. Bussell has commuted the sen tence of Millard Ronsmarx, colored, sen tenced to be hanged at Wentworth, Rockingham county, on the twenty sixth, for criminal assault, to life impris onment. At Raleigh Saturday, Agnes Utley, a colored girl, was convicted in the : supe rior court of an attempt to poison the family of R. C. Batchelor, for whom she cooked, by putting a box of matches in a coffee pot. She was sent up for two years. -1 , Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shepard, Jr., while out driving at Wilmington Friday nar rowly escaped a horrible death. While crossing the A. u. Ju. track a tram ran into their horse, which .was . killed tne ouggy overturned ana tne oc cupants thrown in ; a ditch. Mr. Shep ard was painfully injured and Mrs, Shep- aro sugntiy raiswr. , yr Wilmington Messenger: It seems that there is a strong element at Red Springs and Lumberton who believe in the inno cency of Ross, the rapist, who has been sentenced to be hanged. The governor in view of this, does well to respite the prisoner for a hearing. , He should not die for a crime he never committed if such be really tbe truth of the matter. A man named James H. Curtis, claim ing to be a Kentuckian, and about 84 years of age, ingratiated himself with t nit iX i. nrii,..k.. .-. m i juis. ui, u. iicuueiuce, uetir j.ttruuru, She gave him $25 and sent him to Tar boro after some supplies, with her mule and cart. He sold the mule and cart to some gypsies and decamped. He is ; rather slender and wears a large sandy mustacne. . . , ; . . . Newbern Journal, 14th: Yesterday ; morning in the fire room of Davberrv's laundry, James Brooks, the fireman, was accidentally snot, probably fatally, by a colored man named Crooms. Brooks, who is a white boy of 17 years, had a pistol which he offered to sell Crooms and the latter while examining it. discharged tbe pistol, the ball strikingBrooks about an men under tne leit eye. Mr. Jacob Joyner, who - lives about three miles from Greenville, met with a terrible accident Friday morning while hunting. In attempting, to cross , a slough on a log he fell and broke his thigh but managed to hold to the log and Keep irom drowning. ; lie was Jn this painful situation for seven hours, until found by his son, Mr. O. L. Joyner, wlm on returning home from attending to nis warenouse duties at Ureenville, became uneasy about his father and with some hands on his place.went to search for him. The injured man was getting on as well as could be expected , at , last : accounts. . ' y",;;T v. ';,.. . v Raleigh cor, Charlotte Observer: The other day a press telegram from "Alaba ma said tne sales of fertilizer tax tags were immense and showed that there would be a great increase in . the . cotton acreage, and further that advices irom the other states showed a similar condi tion of affairs. At the agricultural de partment today. Secretary Bruner said the sales of tags are entirely normal. All the manufacturers are buying some. It will not be until March that any idea can be found as to the cotton acreage from the tag sales. So far there is noth ing to indicate an increase of acreage. It seems to a casual observer that in the future the State mills will almost entirely regulate the acreage. SUPERIOR COURT Commenoed this Morning. Judge's 4, vv . Charge. Court commenced this morning at 10 o'clock, Judge G. H. Brown presiding. Mr. R. I. Sutton was named as fore man of grand jury. The judge's charge was a very ap propriate and well chosen one. He expressed pleasure at being at Kinston to bold court, and being a citi zen of Eastern Carolina it afforded him much gratification to see our eastern town keeping pace with the west in material prosperty. He said crime is on the increase, but ' he rejoiced to see that the criminal docket at this court is so small. ,He hoped jit indicated that crime here .was on the decrease. He very earnestly enforced upon the jury the importance of their enforcing the law. Ignorant men often found fault with the law when crime was not Irosecuted. The fault was not iu the aw but in the enforcement of tbe law. The grand jurors are part of the court and as such should assist court in enforc ing law. Yet they should see that tbe citizens are protected and not arraigned by frivolous and malicious prosecution. Tne first case called was State vs. H C. Jones, removing cropB. Verdict: not guilty. -., ; ; . .- Alter iury rendering verdict in this rase the court adjourned for dinner. Mrs. 8. W. Ipooh Dead. Mrs. 8. W. Ipoch.of near Newbern. died last night a lew minutes after . 2 o'clock of heart disease, at tbe residence of Mrs, Manan Taylor. Mrs. Ipocb came to Kinstoon 10 weeks ago to make a visit and was taken sick soon after . her arrival and since that time has been confined to the bed with typhoid fever and pneumonia, until a lew days ago snev had recovered suffi ciently to be up. Her husband left Kins- ton yesterday to make arrangements to carry his wife borne, intending to return this morning and I carry her back this afternoon. . - Mrs. Iprock was taken suddenly las night and died within a ; few minutes afterwards. Her remains will betaken J to her home this afternoon..: PTTTT.T.TPPINB ADVICES. Encounters of American Forces tWith Bands of Insurgents. The Enemy Routed, ' ' Manila, Jan. 18. Advices from Cebu report a sharp fight on Jan. 8th between a battalion, of the Nineteenth infantry and a body of insurgents occupying a .: ! j i O..J1 j Subscribe to The Fees Peess. strong position in theSudlon mountains. The enemy , was routed, the Americans capturing a smooth-bore cannon, some rifles and destroying the fortifications Four Americans were wounded. ,The insurgent Gen. FJores having estaousnea a rendezvous with 10U men at Humigan, province of Neuva Vizcaya, Capt. Benson, with two, troops of the Fourth cavalry was sent , to dislodge mm. i ne insurgents were scattered, their horses were captured and the position c was burned, the Americans sustaining no losses. . The American forces yesterday occunied Magallanes, province of Cavite, capturing am lUBurgenra, luciaamg a colonel Jacob Henze and Henry Kaiser, who were convicted oi tne murder oi EdwinE. Brown, a wealthy stockman, in March. 1893, and sentenced to the Jefferson City penitentiary. Mo., for life, have been released. The case of Henze and Kaiiter is probably unparalleled in the criminal annals or the world. They were eight umes wiuun ine snauow oi tne gallows and as ' many times reprieved, once within three hours of their imnendinir doom, ultimately being consigned to life iiupnsonmeni an naro labor. Tne men were convicted on purely circumstantial evidence The real murderers, as revealed by investigation by the police deDart- ment, were three notorious criminals, all of whom have died since-the conviction oi Henze and Kaiser. AUGUST FLOWER. "It is a surprisinjr fact" mm Pmf Houton, "that in my travels in all nartji of the world, for the last ten years, I have met more people having used Green's August Flower than any other remedy. for dyspepsia, deranged liver arid stom ach, and for constipation. I find for tourists and salesmen, or for persons fill ing office positions, whether headaches and general bad feelings from irregular habits exist, that Green's Ausnst Flower is a grand remedy. It does not injure the system by frequent use, and is excel lent for sour stomachs and indifrestion " Sample bottles free at Temple Mars ton Drug Co. " Sold by dealers in all crried countries. The General Probably Engaged In Important Operations. London, Jan. 18. Gen Buller's 28 words, announcing his forward move ment of Thursday, is interpreted as meaning that he has passed around the western end of the Boer lines at Colenso and is now several miles behind them and within 14 miles of Gen. White's out posts at Ladysmitb. Tbe Boers, a few days ago, had forces with guns at Spring field, where Gen. Buller dates his dis patch. These commanders i have been obviously dislodged either by fighting or by manouvrea, the Boers retiring across the Tugela as Gen. Buller.adr'anced. FronrGen. BjiHer's dispatch, coupled with tbe fact that unofficial intelligence nas virtually ceased since Monday, the deduction is drawn that important operations are in progress, as he caunot move far Without going against the Boer entrenchments. THE WINDOW IN THE TENT. Am Old Soldier's Wy of SortK Ventilation When In tne Field. 1 never pull down the window at the top to let in a little fresh lr when I go to bed," said tbe old soldier, "with out thinking of how we used to open the window in the tents In tbe army in wartimes. An A tent, seven feet square at the base and running up, wedce shaDed. to a ridcepole seven feet above the ground, made conif orta ble enough quarters for four men if you could leave the tent open, which was equivalent to leaving off the front of the house, but If it were cold pr rainy and the wind blew oil the front of the tent so that you had to close it. why then you wanted ventilation some where, and .vou.cot It by making an opening In the back of tbe tent , "There was a seam, overlapped, run ning down, the middle of tbe back of the tent from the ridge pole to the ground, and we used to cut the stitches along that seam, up near the top of the tent, and spread the sides apart by putting in a stick six or eight inches long across the middlo, making there a diamond shaped opening about a foot long, which served the purpose ad mirably, . ' "The men's guns stood at tbat end of the tent, , butts resting on a ; plmk of cracker box. the barrels held In some sort of a holder secured to the tent pole. If the wind changed on some rainy night and came around to blow against the back of the tent, the rain would come In on the guns and on us, and then somebody would get up and shut the r window that Is. take the stick out and let the canvas come to gether again there and then open the tent a little at the other end. at the front ' ! . "This all used , to seem i kind i o' strange, tuen somehow. : though prac tically It was Just what I , would have done In the old house at homo and Just What I'd do hero now'-Chlcogo Inter Ocean... '. . -jru-v:,;. The Boers Now Have 100,000 Men. London, Jan. 13. The Morning Post says: "The Jjoer strength originally oa.uuu men, is now neaviiy augmented ny vape colonists and the 'enemy's fighting forces may be estimated at 100,000 men and 206 guns." European War Cloud. St. Petersburg. Jan. 13. DiDlomats here assert that the differences between France, Germany and England are far more acute than are apparent on the surface and that the danger of war be tween these powers grows dailyk Not to be s caught napping the Czar has quietly, mobilized an army of a ouarter of a million, which has already, been sent irom Tims to catu on the western coast of the Caspian Sea. The ultimate desti nation is undoubtedly the frontier of Afghanistan. Cotton Market. . The following is the New York market at lz o clock: Now Ynrlr -Ton IK-Jannanr 7 91 March, 7.81: May. 7.36; June, 7.35 August, 7.36; October, 6.76. i . Llrer Com pin Int. Fuddy What is the matter with Harris? lie seems all out of sorts. Duddy lie Is ' suffering from liver complaint. Fuddy Can't he find anything to help him? Duddy lie , Is looking around for a new boarding bouse, one in which liver not an Inseparable feature of, the cuisine. Boston Transcript : " Essential Facts. . "1 called In." said the puffy little man. "to say that your story about the fire next door to me yesterday .was all wrong." '; "All wrong?" nsed the editor. "Yes, sir! Why. bang It sir. 1 spell my name with two k'k, and I make soap, not shoe blacking. -Philadelphia North American. The Arabs show their friendliness when meeting by shaking hands six or eizni limes. Araim or distinction col Women of n Dutch The village women of VUlnste. Holland lake ipeclal care to keep the tips of their white lace hoods stiff; with stanh. which Is as necessary a perfection In their toilet as polished lneu and sjMjt less collars with ours. This delimit, hood is worn over a black nkullcai that fits the closely clipped hmd vtr,v much like the hefldgear pf a uuu. Tin elderly wonu'U. widows, often wi?a v u straw bonnet over It. A Jacket hrk blue, with a breastplece of creniu i'lo.ti and dark blue border of the same cloth at the', hips.: constitutes ,the dress of the women and the girls. The skirts protrude at the. hips In. a grotesque fashiou on account of the many flannels which they wind about the body, evidently 1 a fad with them as with many peasants of the Black forest where the - custom prevails to Wear as many skirts as the spare box will allow, adding at least one skirt very year. They all dress alike, and the talk about dress therefore does not lip into their conversations, and on that score they are at eternal peace with one another, for no change of dress has occurred among them for centuries and will not for years to come. Donaboe's. - An Odd Stave Wager. The late Signor Foil, the well known vocalist once made a very curious wager with some of his companion singers at Her Majesty's Opera House Some 20 years ago Mephlstopheles In Gounod's "Faust" was among his fa vorite Impersonations. In the garden scene his strides when attempting to avoid . the elderly Martha formed an Important feature of tbe humorous business. One night, tbe length of his legs be ing a subject of chaff as he was stand ing at the wings, he declared his ability to cross the stage in - three bounds. The comments that ensued re sulted hi a bet When the proper moment for the ex periment came, he . retreated a ' few paces, and then, to the surprise of the audience as well as to the representa tive of Martha, leaped from, side to Ide. The scene never evoked more GENERAL HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. beyond this: they embrace each other! t&ughter, and Foil , was acknowledged several times. to have won the wager. The London Sun reports that oh the re assembling of parliament Jan. 30th, tbe government will immediately ask for a further war credit of 20,000,000. A monster freight wreck occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad at Wilmerdirig," Pa.. Friday. , freight train broke in two and 80 vu is were derailed and piled 75 feet high at the side of the track. The Cotton States Association of Com missioners of Agriculture concluded their work in New Orleans and adjourned. The day for holding the next convention, at Raleigh, N. C, will be arranged by Com missioner Patterson. In the South Carolina house of repre sentatives Friday a bill was introduced to prohibit the sale of cigarettes; also, a bill to prevent children under twelve years of age from working in manu facturing establishments. . :t; ft . mj. ?i di ucii, vuBuier , ui bill? jutullk VI Adel, Ga., has been missing for two . or three days. His friends , cannot explain his disappearance, but incline to the be lief i that he is temporarily insane. II is accounts are said to be all right. At Cumberland; Md.. Victor Revnnldw. in attemptingjto prevent his friend, Geo. whom he had been separated, was him self shot by McCormick, the ball entering ' his neck. Reynolds will probably die. The London Statist says that renewed 1 1 t !1 1 rJ! . ; menc cannot oe mucn longer delayed in consequence or rupee coinage require ments and ibis will doubtless lead to a marked improvement in the price of silver. The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce has ordered a favorable report upon the Hepburn; bill fm Aha inat.rT1ft.inn rf tha Kinawnrra canal. The bill is practically the same as the one reported by thi committee in the last congress. " The McGinnis bank, ofOwensville.Ind.. was entered Thursday night end tli afe blown open, the explosion , completely wrecking the building. It is i-eported that about $15,000 was taken, but the bank officials refuse to give any informa tion. The burglars escaped on a hand car. . A cotton firm in Memphis has received a letter from. Gen. Joe Wheeler, now in the Philippines, enclosing a sample of the cotton grown there. Gen. Wheeler says very little cotton is grown in the Philip pines, however, and most of the cotton used in the Manila mills comes from the United States. , The German government has decided that it would not be compatible with strict neutrality to allow war materials to be sent from Germany to either Great T a . -j. l . rn t a -i I DfriiMiu or iuu irunsvaai, ana inereiore, when it was reported that Herr Krupp was making steel hells for Great Britain the firm was promptly requested to stop tion or other war munitions to either belligerent. At Denver, Col.; Saturday, Frederick G. Bonfils and H. H. Tammen. proprietors of the Evening Post, were both shot in their office by W. W. Anderson, a promi- nent local attorney. It is net believed that either was mortally injured.1 It is understood that Anderson objected to something that had appeared in Tbe Post and demanded retraction and that Bonfils and ' Tammen both ' attempted to, put him out of the office. Then he commenced to shoot At New York Friday Kid McCoy crot the decision over Joe Choynski in a bout -that lasted three rounds. Choynski would have had the fight in the second round were it not for an accident as to timekeeping. He had floored the Kid four times, but the timekeeper pulled the bell as McCuy was counted fdr tbe limit of ten seconds, and this saved the Kid Irom- absolute ueieat. unoynsKis second protested vigorously; but Referee Johnny White, while knowing that the round was short by many seconds, stood by the ' official timekeeper, and ordered the men to continue when the gong rang again for the opening of the third round. Mo- -Coy, having escaped defeat in the second . round, was again lucky in the third, as the blow with which he sent Choynski ' down and out was delivered almost two seconds after-the bell had rung for the completion of the third round.; There; was a great deal of noise in the . building . at the time the gong sounded and un- , doubtedly neither man heard the clang of the bell. - :
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