VoL H No. 262. , f .v.
KINSTON, N. 0.; TUESDAYPEBRUARY 6, 1900. :i "
Price Two Cents.
SIGK OF YIELDEIG,
Guard Officers Releasa
Walker at Frankfort
. Alonz.a
Oov.Beok-
ham Names LouisviUe as Seat of
Government.
Frankfort, Ky., Jfeb. 4. Armed con
flict between , the civil authorities ol
Franklin county and the National Guard
of the state of Kentucky has been averted,
and unless new causes should, come- to
the front there is small likelihood that
the political situation will again become
as threatening as it has been during the
last thirtv-six hours. , s t .' -1 ; V
Gov; Taylor this morning oraereavstne
freleaseoi Alonzo walker; the stenog
raDher who was placed unaer arrest on
the charge of inciting, the soldiers of the
state guard to mutiny wnue pinning a
notice of - a nroposed application for an
injunction upon the door of - the govern
ors office, it was w amor ior, tne jpos;
session of whom Judge Moore had de
clared that Sheriff Suter would swear, in
a posse and take possession of . the cap
ital grounds, if such an extreme measure
became necessary. While , not recognis?
ing in his action the existence of the, writ
of habeas corpus which had been sworn
out in behalf of Walker. Got. Taylor, by
releasing the man. removed 1 tha most
threatening sign -- of trouble. The com
manding officers of the troops which
firuard the capitol grounds are careful to
sav that the situation is entirely a mil
itary affair, and that , they extend the
the wnt of Habeas t corpus very nttie
consideration: but whether they regard
it or not, Walker is free, and Sheriff Suter
will not be called -upon to, summon
forces in the attempt to secure his re
lease. ( - ir.'
. "Would Not Resort to Arms.
. The appalling consequence which
would follow such an effort on the I part
of the sheriff were too much for the more
conservative members of the Democratic
party, and it was decided today thanq
matter what JudgaMoore should say
as an individual, there would be-no at
temDt to take possession of the capitol
grounds ?; by force of arms. Even if
Walker had been held a much longer time
than he actually was held, no effort,' the
Democratic leaders decided, should be
made for his rescue 1 after the writ of
habeas corpus had failed. ,
At 10 o'clock this morning Col. Roger
Williams entered the room in the execu
tive building and remarked to Walker:
"Well Mr. Walker, we have agreed to
an exchange of prisoners and you are to
be given your freedom." '' : - " .
"I can go. can 1?'? asked Walker. A
"I guess so," was the reply, and the
colonel then added with a laugh: "We
have exchanged vou for one' Zulu ' and
three Filipinos, and as we expect them
every minute, I guess it will be all right
for you to have your freedom.
- Louisville the New Capital.
Louisviller Ky.; Feb. 4. This city is to
be the seat, temporarily at least, of the
Democratic state government; ' Gov.
Beckham and the rest of his chief advis
ers reached here this morning." Tomor
row the Democratic members of the leg-
lature will meet here, and it is proposed
to make Louisville the headquarters of
the executive and, legislative branches of
; the state government s long as the pres
ence of troops keeps them from Frank
fort or until the present conflict of au
thoritv in the state is settled. -
The details of this plan were decided
upon at a conference held by . the ' Demo
cratic leaders at Zelbach's Hotel daring
the afternoon and evening. Gov. Beck
ham Quietly slipped into town early this
morning, lie was' accompanied by
Speaker Trimble, of the house or repre
sentatives; Col. Bennett H. Young, of
Louisville, who is one of the chief legal
advisers of the Democrats; "and other
leaders who have been at Frankfort con
ducting the party's affairs since Gov.
Question Answered.
Yes, August Flower still basthelargest
sale of any medicine in tne civilized world.
Your mothers and grandmothers never
thought of using anything else for Indi
gestion or Biliousness. Doctors were
scarce; and they seldom heard of Appen
dicitis, Nervous Prostration, of Ileart
failure, etc. They" used August Flower
to clean out the system and stop fer
mentation of undigested food, regulate
the action of the liver, stimulate the
nervous and organic action of the sys
tem, and that ia all they took when feel
ing dull and tad with headaches and
other aches. You only need a few doses
cf Green's August Flower, in liquid form,
to make vou eatfsSed there is nothing
rrrious tLe matter with you
fcy Temple-Marston Drug Co.
Goebel was wounded ; last Tuesday.
Gen. Castleman, the new adjutant general,
and local leaders of prominence came in
during the day, us well as a number of
the Democratic members- of the legisla
ture." Newspaper ! men were excluded
from these councils and every effort was
made to keep the deliberations secret.
xne plan to have the i Democratic mem
bers of the legislature to meet here had
already been well matured. Preliminary
steps in this direction had been taken
at the meetings of those members held in
the Capitol Hotel at Frankfort since the
state buildings have been surrounded by
soldiers. w- r f.-f-v'- ;-
Expected There Will Be a Quorum;
The Democratic legislators there adopt
ed a concurrent resolution for adjourn
ment to Louisville, ; and this fact was
made known early in today's conference.
It was said by members of the legislature
present that statements had been made
at Frankfort by persons connected with
Gov; Taylor s administration that Dem
ocratic members of the legislature would
be arrested, if that step was necessary, to
secure their attendance upon the session
of the legislature called by the Republican
governor to meet at London, Ky., next
Thursday. These members asserted they
had been warned not to return to Frank
fort. :
Enough of the Democratic members of
each house will be here tomorrow,; It is
asserted by the Democratic managers, to
form a quorum. No legislation will be
attempted, but an adjournment from day
to day will be held, pending a settlement
oi m legal quesuons luvoirea m me
present dispute between the parties. '
These points having been determined,
the matter of protection against possible
aggressive action by the Bepublican ad
ministration was taken up. It was de
clared to be the purpose of the Democrats
to do notning tnat would tend to pro
voke a conflict, or to indicate that it was
their intention to forcibly antagonize
Gov. Taylor's administration. -Measures
to Protect the Democratic legislators and
state officers, however, are thought to be
necessary. . ,
Bump Legislature Meets in London.
jjondon, Ky.. beo. o. Humors were
circulated here all day that the proposed
meeting of the legislature here had been
abandoned, but were dissipated finally
when a message was received from Gov.
Taylor at Frankfort, saying:
legislature will certainly be held in
don tomorrow.
"The
Lon-
' The Saltan.
' The president of the United States is
so more informal than the sultan in
his manner of receiving guesta He
places his visitor beside him on the sofa
and himself lights the cigarette ; ho
offers him. He is himeelf an inveterate
smoker; the cigarette is never out of bis
fingers. As the : sultan is supposed to
speak no languages but Turkish and
Arabic his majesty, though a good
French scholar, carries on conversation
through a dragoman,, ;
Quite recently a very great lady bad
the benor of dining with his majesty?
the first Turkish sovereign, by the way,
who has ever admitted a Christian wo
man to his laLle. After dinner the lady
noticed a mousetrap, which bad been
forgotten, on one of the chairs.
"Oh," said the sultan, "that is an
excellent trap f It was sent to me from
England, and I have caught ten mice in
it today. "Youth's Companion.
How n? Kkei Frtendi. '
A Missouri paper says that Senator
Coc'crell keeps in elost-r touch with the
people of his state than any other , man
In the senate. One of, lils-habits.' ac
cording to capitol gcasip. Is to read In
the senate- the name of every . con
stituent v. ho ,senc!s . him a petition,
Other senators i content themselves
with presenting petitions In an Indefi
nite 'bunch. . and iu this Impersonal
fashion they are noted In The Congres
sional Record. Cpekrell's way Is dif
ferent and when The Record appears
there are the naines of his ?onstitu-
entsc looking very large. Forthwith to
each person thus distinguished goes
a copy of The Record, which Is shown
with much pride at the country store
or postoffice. and tue voter Is a friend
J. E. Hood guarantees every bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and will
rtfund the money to any one who is not
satisSed after using two-thirds of the
contents. This is the beet remedy in
the world for la grippe, cQUghs, colds,
and whoopicg cough and is pleasant and
sn:a to taKe. . it prevents any tendency
of a cold to result in pneumonia.
STATEfellBWS
Interesting North Oarplina. . Items
: ? . In Ctondensed Form. .
' The Enfield Cotton Mills has been char
tered with $75,000 capital stock; ; - ' ;
v In Davidson countv Saturday Mr. Chas.
McBride was shot and killed at adis-
tillerv bv a necrro named Bob Farebee.
who McBride Had knocked down. ' The
negro is in JaflAl-:iV:.'.";.,?.'-:;
Fire broke out in Greensboro Sunday
morning and destroyed the large clothing
store ol U. M. vanstory uo. The nrm'i
loss is estimated at about f 60,000 with
135,000 insurance. Only about $3,000
worth of stock was saved. The stores
and stocks of the Sample-Brown Mercan
tile Co., dry goods, and Jf. W.Scott & Co.,
grocers, were badly damaged by water.
? Baleigh.'-News-Observer: Mr. J. . D.
Blades; of Elizabeth City,1 'accompanied
by hw attorney, Frank ';Thompson; Esq.;
of Onslow, came up Monday and closed
an option held by the" Blades Lumber
company on 3,000 acres 01 timber lands
in Camden county, anesti lands are the
property of the State. and i were sold by
the State board of, education for the
benefit of the public school fund. The
purchase price was 50(cents per acre, or
$15,000 for the lot.
StorlM of Sir FrMk Lookwood. '
Of his early dramatic days the late
BIr Frank Lockwood once , said : "I
made my first appearance on any stage
In the old theater at Bath. This theater
was the cradle of many a great reputa
tion, as surely as : i t was the coffin of
mina I was cast for the part of a senr
ant one of those faithful creatures to
whom wages are not so much an object
as a comfortable home. Through five
tots I tracked a mysterious child, until
that mysterious child; must have been
heartily sick of ma l It was an Irish
par t -and for itstrdelineatlnni If had,
itudied and thought I .had acquired a
real brogue, racy of the .Emerald Isle.
We have been wondering,' subsequent
ly said the manager, 'what dialect yon
have been playing the part in. Some
say it is Scotch, some say it is Irish,
but the gasman, who tells me be bas
often played the part, says it is Znmer-
-. Some time ago Sir Frank received an
invitation to stay at a friend's country
house in a remote district But he
thought of taking a short holiday, and
as the invitation mentioned no length of
stay he telegraphed. "May I stay six
days?" The message was duly delivered
to his friend, who had to pay 6 shillings
to the messenger, and his reply was,
"Yes, of course, but don't telegraph."
Here was an excellent opportunity for a
joke, and Sir Frank was not slow to
seize it As evening was falling another
mounted messenger arrived at the coun
try house and delivering a telegram de
manded a further 6 shillings. The tele
gram ran "Why not?- Lockwood.'--
London News.
Eyelids In Strange Role.
The dancing girls of Bangkok aro al
ways exercising in the royal gymnasium. -
Their ages vary from 5 to 20 years. The
curious and subtle feat of picking up a
bit of straw with the eyelids can be
learned only by the yor.-sgest of them,
who are made to practice it in order, to
render them ..flexible in every part of
the body There ore two leng rows of
benches, one a little higher than the
other. , On the lower ia a row of little
girls, and on the upper bench are raid
the polished bits ct straw. ;At tho sound
of the drum 'tLe little giils all together
bend back the Lrucl aiul neck until they
touch the tits , straw,, which with
wonderful d'eitcvity thy secure between
the comer vt tin ir eyelida London
Modern Society " :
An Editor's Life Saved bv Chamberlain's
Coojh Remedy. ;
During the early part of October, 1896,
I contracted a bad cold which settled on
my lungs and was neglected until I feared
that consumption had appeared in an
incipient state. I was constantly cough
ing and trying to expel something which
I could not. I became alarmed and after
giving tv.e I A:'l debtor a trial bought a
bottle cf CI. luiberlain's Cough Remedy
and the result was immediate improve
ment, and alter I had used three bottles
my lurr were restored to their healthy
state. B. S. Edwahds, publisher The Be
view, Wyant, 111. For sale by J. E. Hood.
ON TO LADYSMRH.
Buller Groesea - Tugela and Gar-
' riaon Hears Bla G-uns. -
' Durban; Feb. 4. Gen. Buller crossed
the Tugela Rlvtr Friday night and is
marching on Ladysraith. No definite
news will be permitted to go out until
Ladysmitb is relieved, j V ;--..vv 4 f
Ladysmith, Feb. -4 (By heliograph
from Signal Hill,)- The garrison , was
much cheered by hearing Gen. Buller's
guns yesterday. The result of the engage
ment 'is not known. , The Boers are
again massing 1 near Ladysmith, ; also
moving another gun toward Surprise
Hill; We are quite ready for them if
they contemplate another attack. ,: i,
Ladysmith, Saturday. Feb. 3. (B
heliograph via Kignal Will.) (ien. lJu
ler's iruns have been heard aarain. Other
wise it is very quiet. We are awaiting
further news ol bis progress. -
Thero have been no further develop
ment here. Very few Boers remain
northeast of camp. . The majority are
concentrated south and west. The
health of the orarrison is imoroved.
Head Laager, Ladysmith, Feb. 2.
With tne exception of desultory shots
from Long , Tom everything is quiet.
Boers with artillery from : the , Vrybeld
district attacked the Nguta magistracy,
Zululand, January 31, and captured the
magistrate and eleven white and thirty-
four colored ponce, their horses, 54U
rifles, and mum ammunition. The pris
oners were sent to rretoria. ; ; s y
Crossed Above Triohard's Drift.
London, Feb. 5. A special dispatch
from Durban, dated Sunday, and refer
ring to Gen. Buller's recrossing the Tugela
m an advance on Ladysmttn, says:
"It is probable that Gen. Buller crossed
of. a annt kAr ' Tvinhiiiiil 'i Fit iff on
that, leaving the enemy to the right; he
is marching to Acton Homes, whence the
road to Ladysmith runs almost due east
through a fairly open country. 4t is ex
pected here that he will reach Ladysmith
tomorrow (Monday) night." s ' Y
. The Pietermaritrburg correspondent of
the Daily Mail; telegraphing yesterday,
says;; "Gen. Buller has undoubtedly se
cured the road to .Ladysmith, and should
reach its objective point this week. It is
believed here that the object of the Boers
in occupvingNguta, ; Zululand, is to secure
the road from .Dundee to. Try held in case
oi retreat.- -f . ..fu . -
"I learn from a reliable source that Gen
Joubert was seriously injured by a shell
in the fight at Willow Grange, ' and that
he will never be able to command again
on horseback. My informant says that
he has, in fact, retired from the field."
BULLER HASNOT MOVED. -
War Office Thinks no Immediate
Movement Anticipated,
London, Feb. 5.-The correspondent of
the Associated Jfress learns from official
sources that absolutely no confirmation
has been received by the war office of the
report that Gen. Buller has recrossed the
Tugela River and is marching on Lady
smith. un the contrary according to the
information of the war office at the pres
ent moment there - is every indication
that things are quiet at the front and
that no immediate movement is antici
pated. " . , ' ,
Regarding the dispatches from Lady
smith saying that Buller's guns have
been beard there it is surmised that some
practice may have been going on with
the new batteries which have lust reached
the front. ,
. Heavy Fighting1 Reported. .
London. Feb. 5. (4:48 p. m.) A spe
cial dispatch from Durban, Natal, dated
toaay, says:
"Thero in nn rfpfinifa newa f mm Hon
Buller, but it is reported that there was
heavy lighting yesterday," - '
- A' Queer Clab. ' t '
In every town and village insurance
gents are ever on. the alert for those
who aro anxious to prepare for the fu
ture. A loquacious member of that ilk
was the other day endeavoring to per
suade &n irishman to take out a policy,
explaining to . him the advantages his
wife and family would reap at his
death, and so forth, when the Irishman
wound up with: s ". -
VBedad, it's 'a quare club, I think.
Ye get nothing till ye be dead." -Pear
son's Weekly. : 1
Not What fill Meant. ,;
Young Wife Oh, Charlie, dear, the
new cook has burnt the beef; .but,' then,
she's so yonng and inexperienced I .Will
a kiss compensate yon for her careless
ness? .
Charlie -I've no objection. Send her
in. New Orleans Times-Democrat.
GE11ERAL HEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
. Brief Paragraphs.
f A 12-year-old boy, named JXoghDugan,
was beaten to death by a young man,
Charles Weisburn, at Philadelphia Satur
day night, because the little boy teased
the elder ene. '-.k: t
- In: cutting v a tree down near Cox's
Landing, W. Va., in the trunk of the tree
was found rv skeleton, supposed to be
that of Fredu i k Davis, w hq mysteriously
disappeared four years ago. ?
Great Britain has signed an amendment
to the ; Clayton-Bulwer ' treaty, under
which amendment the United States may
erect and control the proposed Nicaragua
canal, without dual control with Great
Britain.-; ' ' ?
St. Louis suffered a big fire Sunday.
Property to the estimated value of over
f 1,500,000 was burned, the greater part
Of four blocks of buildings and their con
tents, between "Third and Sixth streets
and Franklin avenne and Morgan street,
in the heart of the retail sectieo,
being destroyed. One fireman was killed,
two fatally hurt, and others injured more
or less seriously, betudes five or six citi
zens, who were slightly hurt. 1 f.
unstamped -f mortgage in-
valid:
Important Decision Under the War
Stamp Act of 1808. A Maryland
,':;0ase. ' ; ; t " ''f.
Hagerstown, Md., Feb'. 4.Tudge Ed
ward Stake yesterday rendered an impor
tant decision bearing on the war tax act,
passed in 1898. He holds that amort-
f;stge assignment without the necessary
nternal revenue stamps is invalid.
The opinion was rendered iu the case
tion to the ratification to the sale to her
of the Henry llartle farm, Washington
county.. A f 5,500 mortgage was on the
farm, and the mortgage was assigned to
other parties, but no (stamps were put on
the assignment at the time, 1 , . ? - ;
The court ruled that the title to th
farm under tbese conditions votiui not
be good, and sustained Mrs. Zf igif -'
ceptions. v
... King May Succeed Roherts.
Chattanooga, Tenii.j Feb, 4. President
Benj. S. Rich, of the southern Mormon
headquarters in this I city, who has re
ceived a MelegTHm from.: Gov. Wells, of
Utah, advising him of the call for a spe
cial election lor April 2, for the election of
a congressman to succe- d Brigham H.
Roberts,' says ex-Congressman W; H.
King, a Democrat and Mormon, will be
elected to succeed Mr. Roberts. ;
It is understood that, tin encampment
of the State guard this , year,- though
not as yet arranged for, will be by regi
ments. , "
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Stunted
Hair
Does your
natr split st tne
end? Can you
pull out a handful by running your
nngers inrougu ur jjocs mseeni
dry and lifeless?
Give your hair a chance. Feed it.
The roots are not dead; they are
weak because they are starved
that's an.
The best
hair food
is
If yon
don't want
your hair to
d i e. use
Aver 8 Hair
Vigor once s
day. Itmakes
the hair grow, stops falling, and
cures dandruff. It always restores
color to gray or faded hair.
Sl.CS tottle. All insists.
"One bottle of Ayers Hair Vigor
stopped toy hair from falling oat, and
started it to grow again nicely'
, J cues wrrr,
March 28,1829. v CanoT. 8. Dak,
' Ayers Hair Vigor completely cured
m from dandruff, with which I was
greatly a3 icted. The growth of my hair
since its asa has been o met hin wonder
ful." Lisa G. Gbfkwe,
April 13, 1S39. JS'ew York, N. T.
If you ia not ebtain all de bne' yon
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