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DAILY . FREE PRE , . v, PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, 5T6L IT No. 257. KINSTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1900. Price rI w o Cents: GOEBEL SHOOTING. ihot From a Guarded Building Armed Mountaineers Prevented Search for the Assassin. Chances For Recovery About Even, bel andi Buckham Seated. Goe Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 80. While walk Ing through the capital grounds on bis way to the capital building at ten min htes after eleven o'clock this morning William Goebel, the Democratic contes tant for governor of Kentucky, was shot Jown and very dangerously wounded. I) Harland Whittaker, a farmer from But ler county, the bome county of Gov. Jaylor, is in the jail at Louisville charged men tne crime. There is no direct evi '1 a VTfl , , a fence against wmttaiter, ana he was placed under arrest more because he was panght around the capital building when Ihe shots were fired than for any other apparent reason. He denies in the most positive manner that he had any con pecuon witn tn snooting or knew any- ining aoout it. lie was running toward the scene of the, shooting and not away rom it wnen ne was arrested. i oenaror uoeoei was wounded by a rifle ball of small calibre, not over 80, which struck him in the right side just jseiow tne armpit. The ball passed icnrougn tne oacc part or tne right lung, jacross the body in a diagonal line, pass ing out below the left shoulder blade. The vital organs were not injured with the exception of the right lung. Mr. Goebel was on his way to the sen ate chamber in company with Col. Jack Chinn and Warden Eph, Lillard, of the Frankfort penitentiary. Mr. Lillard was a few feet in advance of Goebel and Chinn, who were walking side by side, Goebel being on the right and Chinn upon the left. The first shot struck Goebel who made an effort to draw his revolver, but was too weak and sank to the pavement. With great rapidity several more shots Were fired, the bullets all strilrino- firm brick sidewalk close to where Goebel lay. in one oi tnem toucned mm however. Lillard hastily turned around to aid Goebel who was supported by Chinn, who had his arms about him almost as soon as he touched the pavement. "Get help," said Chinn to Lillard, and turning to Goebel and asked; "Are you hurt, Goebel? Did they get you?" "They have got me this time," said Goebel. "I guess they have killed me." ; In less than a minnte a crowd of men was around Goebel. He was losing much blood and was becoming very weak. He was hastily, carried to the office of Dr. E. E. Hume, in the basement of the Capitol Hotel, about 1,000 feet from the spot where the shooting occur red. Here he was laid on a sofa, while Dr. Hume made a hasty examination. pronouncing the. wound to be of a nature 1 that must cause death' in a short time. Goebel, who showed great fortitude and courage throughout, smiled weakly as he heard the verdict and feebly rolled : his head from side to side in token of dissent from that opinion... , . . Several other physicians were' sum moned. After a careful examination of the wound the doctors announced that while exceedingly dangerous, it was not - necessarily fatal, unless complications or uiuuu poisoning snouia set in. .:, The pa tient himself kept up his courage, insist ing again and again that he was not going to die. V;-v-.: J. : .;vv After the wound had been dressed Sen ator Goebel showed great exhaustion, and it was announced by the physicians that he would in all probability die in a ; short time. He rallied '. however, and tifhder the influence of an opiate sank into a gentle slumber which lasted sev- eraljhours. -: ; ' : - , v- x: , Lay in Wait for Him. :- The bullet which struck Mr, - Goebel was fired from a window in the center of the third story of the office building just ,. east of the capital. That . window was about eight inches from the sill, to per mit an unobstructed passage for the bai lee wnen air. uoeoei should come within range. Both Chinn and Lillard assert that, while the first shot came from the direction of the window in the third story, there were other shots fired from different portions of the same building. Armed mountaineers prevented a search of the office building for the as sassin, thus giving him an opportunity to escape, r The man who fired the Bhots took the precaution to conceal his-; location - by using smokeless powder cartridges. A core of people had a full view of the side of the building from which the firing was done and all of them declare that not siirn of oowder smoke was visible. Republican officials all denounced the snooting, but took immediate steps to iruard the caDitol crrounds with trooos, The temper of . tbe people is shown by the fact that a negro, who remarked in the street "We have got Goebel," was shot and killed in bis tracks. Even Chanoe for Recovery. Dr. McCormack, secretary of the Btate board of health, late this evening stated that Goebel bad only an even chance o! recovery: that if he had internal hemor rhages his recovery was not expected that there was no bleeding from the ex terior of consequence, and this indicated internal hemorrhage. It is stated that the shot entered the right lung and pass ed downward, coming out through the back on the left side. To Seat Goebel and Buckham. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 30. The contest board has decided to seat Goebel and Buckham. HIGH-HANDED OUTRAGE. Taylor Refuses to Allow Legisla tors to Assemble and Proclaims Martial Law. No Hope for Goobers Recovery. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 31.--Gov. Taylor has adjourned the legislature. He re fused to allow the legislators to as semble. Martial law has been proclaimed by tbe governor. Dr. Hume says lioebel s death is cer- tain. Balsae a Terror to Printers. With no Inborn literary facility, with an Inborn artistic conscience that drove him on in untiring pursuit of perfec tion. Balzac filled the vast chasm be tween his thought and Its expression with countless pen strokes and by methods of composition all his , own, the exact reverse of those of Dumas, writing at white Tieatrneve? rewrmag; or of Hugo, who said, "I know not the art of soldering a beauty In the place of a defect, and I correct myself in an other work." Balzac began frith a short and sketchy and slipshod skeleton, making do attempt toward sequence or style. and sent It. with all its errors, to the printer. Proofs were returned to him In small sections pasted in tbe center of huge sheets, around whose wide bor ders soon shot from tbe central text rockets and squibs of the author's ad dltions and corrections fired by his in furlated fist. The new proofs came back on similar sheets, to be returned to the printer again like the web and tracks of a tipsy spider. This was re peated a dozen or, it Is said, a score of times, always with amplifications, until his typesetters became palsied luna tics. He overheard one of them as be entered the office one day say: "I've done my hour of Balzac. Who takes him next?" Typesetter, publisher, au thor were put out of. misery only when the last proof came In. at its foot the magic "Bon a tirer." Scrlbner's. General Grant Owns Up. When General Grant came to Liver pool and was entertained at tbe town hall, a Quite unknown Liverpool man wrote to the mayor with many apolo gies, but asking If be might take the liberty of asking for a few minutes' conversation with the great soldier. The mayor hesitated, but found a way of mentioning the matter to the great man, who, without hesitation, said, "Certainly; let ; the gentleman come. He came. He'said to the gen eral: . "Now, sir, utter amateur ' as I am, I have followed every step of the war, and I think I understand every movement except one. On such a day you were there and the southerners were there," pointing to plans on a map that he had brought "Now,', it seems to me .that you ought certainly to have gone there, whereas you went there," pointing again. General Grant, the usually taciturn and when not taciturn phenomenally terse, just took the cigar from his mouth and said: Tou're right, sir! Infernal blunder!" And in a moment the amateur strat egist, beaming now, was courteously dismissed. 'That Reminds Me," by Sir Edward RusselL Ths Beit Prescription far Chills d rrr ii a bottle of Gxove's Tasteless Chill 1 omc. It U simply iron and actinia in a tasteless loim. No car -bo pay. Price, sec. GENERAL NEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. A chair factory . was' burned in New York Monday, causing $500,000 loss. The Spanish steamer VaMe has founder ed off tbe coast of Spain, la of tbe crew being drowned. The senate decided '.Monday, by a vote of 21 to 18, not to reconsider the vote by which tbe Samoan treaty was ratified. The queen's speech at the opening of tbe British parliament shows plainly that England intends to prosecute the war J ? a unui ner enas are attained. Senator Wm. E. Mason, of Chicago, has been asked by the OldTippecanoe club of that city to resign bis seat in tne senate, on account of being outpf harmony with the administration, s en President McKinley has ' relegated the Philippine church property question one tbat may be considered embarrassing on the eve of a presidential election to his commission for settlement. E. J. Martinet, a Spaniard, has made a statement in New York, under oath, sup ported by documents, tbat a Spanish officer superintended the planting and ex piosion oi me mine wnicn wrecxea me battleship Maine. A Lisbon correspondent of the London Standard says it is stated that the in demnity to be awarded Great Britain in the Delagoa Bay arbitration will be so large that Portugal will be , obliged to make over the railway and tbe port of Lorenzo Marques to tbe British govern ment. . ''-. i 1 W. M. Bridges, who was convicted of appropriating $5,745 of the school funds ot Floyd county, Ga.. wnen ne was scbool commissioner and sentenced to five years mDrisonment in the penitentiary, arrived afi Rnm. frH... Tuafld.v trf surrender htm- self to the sheriff; Trending- aif appeal trf his case to tbe supreme court. Bridges was for some time a Baptist preacher. Fire Monday inight at Bock Bui, S. C, destroyed .the Bock. Hill, construction works, the cotton warehouse of R," D. Fewell and a lime kiln. Tbe fire started in a quantity of cotton on the Southern Railway platform. A thousand dollars worth of lumber and 300 bales of cotton were burned. Tbe works lose f.i,UUU. The cotton warehouse was fully insnred The loss on the kiln is $1,000. The fire is believed to be of incendiary origin. A Jotie Tbat Fulled. During one of the legislative session at Albany Senator Thomas'-F. Grady wired for his evening dress suit. lie wished to attend a reception. Wueu the satchel arrived at Grady's apart ments, his roommate, Assistant Cor poration Counsel Thomas J. Creamer, opened it, took out the dress suit and replaced It "with one of bis rainy day suits. ' "Let's get a crowd of senators here when Grady opens that satchel this evening," said Creamer. "All right," said Senator Timothy D. Sullivan. "Hurry up and get the sena tors." As soon as Creamer left the room Sullivan took Creamer's old suit out of the satchel and put back Grady's even ing dress suit. ;; Senators Coggeshall. Abeam, Coffey Featherson, Martin and McCarren were present when Grady opened the satch eL As he carefully unrolled his dress suit the senators looked at Creamer. The latter was speechless. At last uv stuttered: "The cigars are on me. boys." New York Journal. Trick of the Sletgbt of Hand Man. The Anne. Psycbologique has an la terestlng article by M. Bluet,- the well known French psychologist, on mental suggestion and prestidigitation. In which he shows that sleight of hand and clever tricks do not make a pre tldigltateur without a. power of sug gestion" on the spectator. A skilled performer has a marvelous power of acting on the Becret ; springs of tbe will. Thus he can generally make a person choose a figure below ten by the way be asks for It. , If be wishes the person to choose five, be runs rap- Idly over the first figures and dwells little on -five" to suggest it to the memory. It Is also curious that of such figures "seven" Is tbe most likely to be chosen and "one" the least likelv. EXPECT JOTJBERT TO STRIKE. Speculation in London as to the Next Move of the Burghers. London, Jan. 30, Mr. Spenser Wilkin son, in the Morning Post, says: "Defeat is bitter, but it is right to face it and to take reasonable means to turn it into victory. It is wrong to try to conceal it Irom ourselves. "The initiative is now again with the Boer commander, and tbe question is What will he do next? He will either act against Ladysmith or against Gen Buller. In the latter case pursuit would be useless, for when the British force once across tne nver again it win be tm practicable, as a small rear guard could prevent pursuit. Much more probable would be an attack on Cbievley before the return of the main body. Either that or a frenh assault on Ladysmith may be recorded in a day or two." Mr. Wilkinson then proceeds to point out the groundlessness of fears that stiategic suggestions made in England might be useful to the enemy. He says tbat tbe censorship stands in tbe way of any such benefit to the Boers, and that, moreover, if the Boer generals want suggestions, they can easily get them from tbe trerman press. , As such matters are likely to come un der the attention of parliament, he dis cussers at length questions of artillery and tbe like, concluding as follows: The measures now urgently needed are the development of the military re sources of tbe country by the initiative of the government. With 100,000 men in the field and 50,000 to follow, the moment has come to push on the train ing of all troops left at home and to raise further troops to supply the further needs of the campaign. Wbether Lord ' itoberts will permit Gen. Buller to make another attempt to relieve Ladysmith is quite outside the knowledge, even of those closely connected with the war office. With the troops due to arrive next month, he may think himself strong enough to try : two large operations. Combining the forces under llJenXMetOTieTrr Yroclr-rattdttatacre, and adding to them the arriving troops, Lord Roberts would have 70,000 .for tbe invasion of tbe b ree State, with 40. 000 to 50,000 guardingcommunications, and 4U.UUU trying to rescue .Ladysmith The public burns with impatience that something should be done, but there is nothing to do but to wait on the prepa rations. The government's declarations in par liament, tbe counter suggestions of those outside the government, and the conse quent discussion in the press and on the platform will immediately enthrall pub lic interest, lhe thing on which every body seems agreed is tnat more men must go. Twenty thousand two hundred and twenty-two men and 155 . guns are at sea. Eleven tnousand intantry and u.oou cavalry, including 5,000 yeomen, are practically ready to embark. Therefore the government, without doing more, can place at the disposal of Lord Roberts 40,000 additional men and 155 guns The further purposes of the war office are supposed to embrace somewhere in the neighborhood of 50,000 more men. Straase Prophecle. Clement V and Philip IV procured tbe condemnation of Molay, the grand master of the Templars, to the stake. As he was led to execution Molay died his persecutors to appear before God's throne, the king within 40 weeks and the pope within 40 days. Within those respective times both died. Rlenzl, the last of tho 5 tribunes, condemned to death Fra Moriale. When he had pro nounced the sentence, the culprit sum moned the judge to meet death himself within the month, and within the month Rlenzl was assassinated. In 1575 Nannlng Koppezoon, a Ro man Catholic, tortured to death during the religious strife In tbe Netherlands, recanted his extorted confession when on the way to the scaffold A clergy man, Jurian Epeszoon, tried to drown his voice by clamorous prayer. The victim summoned him to meet him within three days at the bar of God, and Epeszoon went home and died within that time. While at the stake Wlshart openly denounced Cardinal Beaton: "He shall be brought low, even to the ground, before the trees which have supplied these fagots have shed their leaves." The trees were but In the bravery of their May foliage when the bleeding body of the cardinal was hung by his murderers over the battle tnents of St Andrews. White's Black Liniment. It cures Sciatica, - Rheumatism and Neuralgia. A 35c bottle for 15c. . I. K. Hood. STATE NEWS. Interesting North Carolina Item In Condensed Korm. Dr. Wilsun University, Mrs. H. V. Wilson, wile oi m a m proiessor oi biology in me died Monday night. Many Populists in Wnk. . unity are for the amendment, says LennM-iaite Chair man Jones. Some vim ltepublicant also favor it. Asmall bniMing atitut iwxl was burned) Friday. Tw uody of m gro named Morrison was burned to a i-i isp. It is believed he was mum ml by othtr negroes and the building m i on tire. J. E. Jones, section iu.u-ier of the Southern Bail way, ui.,t .. u dead six miles from Mooresvill .i..nUay. While eating his dinner he t u ih.h "I am in pain,-' dropped to the tit.r and expired At Nashville Friday, V . n. Hamilton, who went under vuiu t - other names, was bound over to cutm lit is an art league fakir, collecting . cmi each on orders for enlarged puiuio, and never filling tbe orders. Tarboro Southerner: 1'iunk Gatliu yesterday threw a shell m ii would notr fire in his gun to a neg i . .v . The boy went into tbe houae u,. .i .eed it on a hot stove. An explosion i.-iiowed andu finger of the lad was pel n uied by shot It has been rumored iu t at- Seaboard Air Line was the pun iii.6. i of ihe Caro lina & Northwestern lin . . a narrow guage road from Cht-siei , u, to Lenoir, N. C, but development i i lead to the belief that tbe Southern luuiway is the real buyer. State Senator Stephen M Untyre, of Lumberton, went to Itul. iu to see Gov. Russell in regard to Jtfeui t u Koss. Ho Presented a petition t.-i ny about ,000 people asking tho i there be no further commutation oi nu-nce. Rossr is undersentence to hang i i- uth. Sen- ator-Mcintyre -says'thei ik great deal of feeling in the , county o v r i case. The selection of Moreheod City as tho meeting-place of the Ni tu Carolina Teachers' assembly, June i-ui, is condi tional, the secretary say 6. it detenu upon the giving of low i-uu iy ihu rail roads and hotels. Mettuwi.ii. tiffer lroui other 'places will be m.ti.u. A Sea board Air Line official cmu u on tbe sec retary in the inteieet ol nuiington. Tbe secretary says he win mst of all work with the railroads lor low rates and tbat places which desire be selected must look out for thembeivt h. Tbe com ing assembly will be tbe .digest ever held, he says. Raleigh News-Observer: a lU-publican who is in a position to know v bat he is talking about says that the Ik lit for the. gubernatorial iiouiinutiou n the next f-tate convention will Le leiweenex Judge Spencer B. Adams, of u.eeneboro, and Claudius Dockeiy, of Ivukingham. He adds that Wm. P. iiynuui, .ir., who is irobably the ablest oung mun in the lepublican party in iLim biate today, declines to allow bis nuiue to go before the convention. ; Under the iiision ar rangement between butler and theRe publicans, the Republicans v ul get the governor and the Populiutu the senator. The rest of the ticket will be divided, the Populists getting the liou s bb i e. Wilmington Messenger: Sunday after noon about 1 o'clock Cbarlett Livingston, a young merchant ul Lumber ion, was robbed on Water street bj Uaaie Stewart and Dora Moore, two uegio women. Livingston claims that he watt passing along the street and t be vt uuitu stopped him on the pretext ol taking him some questions 'and began to nfie hi pockets and, having only one urui,ht was unable to resist them. A wuicb, i knife and a pocketbook contaiuing f 2.70 Mere taken from him. Officer J. vt .bmrtb arrested the women soon afterwards and found the watch in the Stew urt woman's shoe and the other woman hod the knife. The pocketbook was returned, but empty,, the women having tiui the money. They were bound over to the next term of the criminal court, ud iu default of a fo0 bond each, comiuuied to jail.' To Cure a Cold i One Day Talc Laxative Bomo Quimnk Tabuts. All druggists refund the money i. it mils to cure, kl W. Grove's tignatur it on cats bux. 15c. The following from the author of Ben Hur: "I am indebted to Mr. Alba Hey wood for one of the iuut pleutant even ings I have ever spent. . his impersona tions and imitations are truly marvelous and his songs highly entei lainiug." Lew Wallace. Artistic job work is the kind you get at THK rSKE PBB88 OITICX.
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