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PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, EXCEPT SUNDRY, 7ol. II-No. 265. KJNSTON, N. 0., FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1900. Price Two Cents. STATE .HEWS; Carolina Item nteresting North ' In Condensed. Tonal SENATOR ALLEN Will Not Tackle - the Amendmen . Question in North Carolina: Washington, Feb. 7. The fact that Senator Allen, of .Nebraska, is going to deliver an address before - Senator But ler's convention on the 18th of April, has Arranirements have been perfected to given rise to published statements; that "Tironia o. JET Fill f If If 1 pnttArl mi nl Hpti- i aucu puv u ouuir jtio Jereon. j 1?, Wm. Truedale, colored, was hanged at l7hn.rlnt.tii ThiimdAV for the murder nl hia sweetheart a year ago. . f Dr. J. W . McJNeil has been granted a franchise to run an electric railroad in Fayettville. 'It is expected that it will, fie extended to Hope Mills;: lrSl:2f- A company to manufacture mantels and tables has been organized at High Point with a capital of 125,000. Capt A. M. Rankin and E. M. Armfleld are at the head of the enterprise. s :s 1 ; 11. M. Perry, of Raleigh,' was held up by two masked men Wednesday night while walking from flortn to South Rocky Mount and robbed of f 800. Two men held revolvers in his face while the leader took all bis money. ' Wi'no whifA Wntn.n vara arraitmoA Ka. Iotq the mayor of Winston Thursday for refusing to be vaccinated. .six ox tnem were excused by physicians, one was vaccinated and two were notified by the mayo that they could not work id Wins ton without complying with .jtne law. Democratic State Chairman Simmons and National Committeeman Josephtfs Daniels Wednesday sent ' W. J. Bryan a lh behalf of Senator Butler's views on the constitutional amendment. '' Congress man Atwater took the pains to ask Ben ator Allen about the matter. He stated to Air. Atwater tnat ne aid not intend to ever mention r the , matter one way or another; that he did not mix up in local state squabbles outside of ins own state: and tnat he would make his address on national issues. 1 Mr. Atwater says all his information if to the effect that the Populists in the State will not follow - Butler's lead in votincr acrainBt the constitutional amend' ment. Mr. Atwater says the amendment will be adopted br 50,000 majority. TAYLOR TAKES TIME. Signing the Louisville Agreement Deferred While He Confers With Advisers. . ; ' A Prankfort. K.T.. Feb. 8. Gov. Taylor I has not signed the Louisville peace agree I ment, nor will any actio be taken to night. This was determined at a confer ence that lasted until 2 O'clock this morn j ing: . All of Taylor's legal advisers were present," v . Gov. Taylor said this morning: ''The telegraphic invitation to eoeak in Raleisrh situation remains absolutely unchanged next Tuesday evening. ti. Bryan nas me peace treaty win not Designed to signified his : willingness to visit Raleigh, day. rime is necessary for further delib- and will soeaJt there next Tuesday, niarbt. I erations." - . .- I TITl. I . it. '. - It ..1 . - . 1J Charles Reavis, coloredwas vxvbmgii miles from Laurinburg when by some I 1 A 1 E 1 2 t i I . I L. (nil his head catchihg between the timbers. He was left suspended, bis neck being broken and the scaffold had to toe knock ed down in order to get nis oody apwn. Wilmington Star, Feb. 8th: A tele- phone meusage to Mr B. F Penny from thoroughlv crone over bv the conferees. It can be said that if Gov. Taylor does ! acquiescer it will -be with the distinct ! pledge that a' fair election law Bhall be I enacted. -. - Reuben Ross to Hang.7; Raleigh, Feb. 9. Reuben Ross will be hanired At. Iiimhprtnn todar. ." (inv. Leland,;j Brunswick w county, yesterday Russell, while greatly disturbed over the morningi brought information of the burning of his steam grist mill and store, about .one mile this side of the village. The stock of goods in the store belonged to Mr. H. E. Truelove, and was partly saved.. Mr. Penny estimates his loss at f 1,500 with insurance on same of 700, A special, Feb. 8, from Mt.'Airy, says: D, F. Mclver,for two years chief of police of Mt, Airy and at present tax collector of the tqwn, disappeared on the night of the 5th instant about 8 o'clock under circumstances that are considered as suspicious. Absolutely nothing has been heard of him eince he disappeared and case, declines to interfere further, either to grant a new respite or to commute Ross' sentence to impridonment for life. Thus the last hope of Ross vanishes Ross' case has been, in some of its phases, one Of the most remarkable in the State's criminal annals. He has. been threg times respited by the governor from Dec. 7 to Jan. 5th, from Jan. 5 to Jan. 7, and from Jan. 7 : to Feb. 9th. today; the militia' has been once ordered out to protect' him from ' a fancied at tempt of lynchers, and the best people of the county in which the crime was com mitted have been bo divided m opinion as town officials think that he is short in his "suu lrVc uTrf rTZZ accounts with the town to the amount) 7!T Tii of 1 .R00. Attempts nr hefno-mfl.d to protest aga nst .the commutation of his u: sentence to life imprisonment. 71 ,T ' - t I 'lha Aitima At nrhiAh Uaoa Wna AnmriniL. Charlotte Observer: A Sharon farmer ed was a criminal assault on Mrs. Bettie who was m the city yesterday says that Incrram . . . . . . - . -. i . tne people m ms section are beginning to ; uo wuiiicu auuuu nun n uucuaic auauuuu- meTtt hf t,h faririH fnr t.hp itiwn hv thtk croppers, both white ancr colored. He said: .'Within' One mile of myplace eight families have moved to Charlotte within the past week and that means eight farm houses vacant.'? This influx of farm nanus to town probably means more business for the Humane society. . Clarkton Express: The little 3-year- old son of Mr. Wm. McKeithan, near Uuie s cross-roads, was shockinKly burn ed on last Thursday. He and two other children were in the house at hia grand mother's, Mrs. Frank McKeithan, stand ing by the are. The day was very cold and in getting too near the fire hia clothes caught and before assistance could reach him they were almost entirely consumed from his stockings up. The skin peeled from a portion of his body (and ,his nos trils and ears were crisped. He has eince died. V '.- z-vv '..'.' Adding InfcnU to Injury. He bad Ikh'O studying suorthaud. thinking It might be a help to h.u in his business, and naturally lit. was inr terested In it. So it happened that when be did something to displease his wife and she started to tell him what she thought of it all he asked her to .wait a minute.' f "Walt a minute!' she exclaimed in astonishment. ."Why?". , "I don't like to miss such a splendid chance for practice." he replied, reach ing; for his pencil . and : paper. "I'm training for a speed certificate, you know( and rapid dictation is 'just what I want. Now go ahead." ', .. Question Answered.'' - Yes, Au,ust Hoover still hasthelarg'fst sale of any ricdicina lathecivilized world. lour motiiers and -rnndmotUrs never thought of using any tLing else for Indi gestion or Liliousness. Doctors were ecarce, and they seldom heard of Appen dicitis, Nervous Prostration, of Heart failure, etc. They used ugust Flower to clean out the Fjstera and stop fer mentation of unl'c -sted food, regulate the action of tlo liver, stimulate the Ecrvoua and organic action of the 8ys t :-i, cv.i that is all they took wlcn fcel- i:-t dull and tad with tr-.'-.cLcs and ct: rr nehes. You o-!y r-r 1 a fjw dcr3 t f V ' . t to i '?rc;i er.t.;". i tl..r3 i rotLir '; ?1 t rila jca. Tor fa: i a j. . . . . 1 i l?rr t Co. T . Doth Glnd. Said Mrs. Gadabout, who had come to spend the day, to little Edith: "Are you glad to see me again, Edith V" "Yes. in'ru, and mamira's glad, too." replied the child." . . . , ; ' -; Vis she?" - ' - ; ; Yes, m'm. She said she hoped you'd come today and hare It over with. Ohio State Journal. . . " ' " Leeche. It is claimed that 00,000,000 leeches are used annually In France and Eng land alone. A single company in Aus tralia used to export 2,000,000 to 3.C0O,- CC3 a year to Europe and America. One rarlolan.. capitalist afHrmed that Lis I:::h crop returned Lira 13 to 1, and It 1.3 recorded tLat the monopoly of fak ir j l:rchc3 In Morocco "wes once sold f;rr:co,c:o. HOLDS HIS POSITION Claimed That Relief of Ladysmlth Is Certain. British liOsaes 233 at Potgieter's Prift. London Not So Sanffuine. ' , . London, Feb. 8. Gen. Buller has cabled to the war office , that the approximate British casualties in the fighting at Pot- Sieters vntt up to noon Tuesday aw fflcers2 killed and 15 wounded: non commissioned officers and men 216 killed and wounded. A dispatch from Spearman's ' Camp, ..J A.Z.J J-l.. ;...:..., ''.: .. ,','. : uuuer wutLy n uaw, nay a; i "Buller holds his position. Relief is certain: LONDON NOT BO SANGUINE. ''..jV-'' '''.;.?":..'! 1 11 mug 1 ''' ! t ..v No Material Change In Conditions Since Buller'a Lust Attempt. London,' Feb, 8.--2:15 n. m. Newati the greatest import may arrive at any moment. Yet here there is more, doubt 1 . m " mm . ' man exultation; ior even it tne recollec tion of (Jen. Buller s two; disastrous fail urea after auspicious fetarts .were not keen in tne minds of the niiblie thn list of casualties published ; today - would be a sufficient treminder 1 of tlie. tremendops difficulties of bis task. . His occupation o! Vaal Krantz.the key to the lower riders. while a praiseworthy and srallant achieve ment, oy no means signifies that be and Gen, White .will inevitably loin bands. Kef ore tien. duller there are several days of hard flcrhtmpr, and any : attempt to forecast the result would be valueless. If based on precedent, which can hardly be done ia warfare, it would be bound to be in favor of the Boers, for apparently, the conditions have not materially altered since the last fruitless attempt, . On the other hand the British troops are smarting under defeat and will un doubtedly be nerved to more desperate efforts than ever before, and jf furions fallantry can carry-- Gen. Buller over the opjes that face him, Lady smith will be reneveu wiwiiu a ,. wees. iux so iar, British bravery has been, in the main, woluiiy misguided. , 1 , . fit is more than likely that Gen. Barton, at Chievely,,; may be strong enough to advance on the Tujrela and render valua ble assistance from the southeast, while the beleagered garrison itself, according to the latest dispatches, should be able to create a potential diversion when Gen Buller has overcome the initial difficulties which lie in the kopjes immediately north of the Tujrela. -. - t ' Turning from the transcendent interest in .Ladysmith, tne whole war area pre sents a scene of important activity. The Boer attacK on tten. watacre s forces, re ported Feb. Jth. fizzled out, the artillery of the burguers, after shelling the camp, retiring upon the ai rival of the British re inforcements. The affair scarcely war rants being called a skirmish. The British casualties were one man killed and four men wounded. ' , . The latest advices from Sterkstrom an nounce that Gen. Gatacre'a cavalry is in pursuit of the Boers. - 'While. nothing has resulted from this affair, it indicates that the burehers are fully alive to the impor- tance of the concentration which is on the verge of occurring between the forces of Gens. Gatacre, Kelly-Kenny and French, and they do not hesitate to take tne ag gressive against established positions in an attempt to thwart it, though it is be- leved that a sufficiently large body of troops will soon be massed at Colesberg to' insure the unopposed 'advance, of the invading army when it is ready to start. BOERS REPULSED At aKoodoosberg, But British Are Ordered to Retreat. British Lost 60 Men. New York, Feb. 9.A delayed and cen sored dispatch from Koodoosberg Drift, Thursday, Feb. o, says the Boers fiercely attacked Macdonald's column. The bat tle began Tuesday afternoon. The Boers were repulsed at all points toward the evening, but Lord Roberts ordered Mae donald to retreat from Koodoosberg. Ihe -British loss was uO killed and wounded, , Cirty Thousand Cick at Munich. Berlin, Feb. 7. The inSuenza, which has spread throughout Germany, now number 60,000 victims ia Munich. In ierlm today every bed in every hospital was occupied, and the hospital physi cians, hundreds of whom have been stricken with the malady, are scarcely able to care for their patron3. A' telegram from StataTre aurerlVorth its he has won h:s cr..-?, at Greensboro, ivclvir-tL-J 1,--.-alliy cf tLe Ux off 230 cn f ;::o d:r ':rs. LaQRANGE ITEMS. if it-'i-r1'"!' A , - ft? ' , . , FbKB PBE88 BUftJCAC. LAGBfKOB((Feb.fl, 1900.. ' Mr. Ollie Wilkerson, of , Kinstop,' spent Sunday here,. . t .v.jj , Mr. Thonias McGee, of Goldsboro, is stopping at Field's Hotel. , , N , Our truckers have obligated to plant about fifty acres in tomatoes to, supply the Osceola Canning Factory." ; . ., , ' ' Mr. : W. - Ai Newbold left- Sunday ' for Eden ton in answer to a summons an nouncing the serious illness of bis pister. Mr. J. M, Murchison, who is now.'buy. ing cotton on . the Greenville market, came home Saturday and returned Mon day. , ; l( ' ' .",' Mess. E. P. Wooten and James E. Jones have rented the Banner tobacco . ale house for the coming season. They mam' aged the Banner successfully last season and will go forth with energy to increase the business of this season. ' ';'' ' Mr. Pearam.of the Kinston tobacco market, and Mr. Shade Wooten, Jr., have rented the old tobacco warehouse for the coming season. They are young men of energy and experience and will infuse new life into our tobacco market. :rc- Mrs, Robert Rouse came near being burned to death a few day ago. In carrying, a chunk of fire from the' fire place to start a fire in the stove, a spark set her dress on fire and nearly burned.it off of her Promptness in using a bucket of water, which was at hand saved her from painful burns. ' Mr. R. W. Moore died here on Tuesdr y night, aged some over ,70 years. He had been ill for several months.' The remains were laid to' rest in Fair View cemetery Wednesday. Rev. T. H . Sutton officiating. He wm for a number of years a Justice of the peace, and held other positions of trust. He was, pernaps, more iamuiar with the works of Josepnus tnan any man m our community, xie , leaves widow, two daughters and one son. : Texas and Trusts. Southern Tobacco Journal v Texas put up a stiff anti-trust fight- has been douur so for some time. - Iter new law .went into effect last- Thursday, The Lone Star state is in a fair way to win out if other states will quickly take a stand beside her; if tbey ? do ' not, her tradesmen may be very much embar rassed. I Were a half dozen pr so of her sister commonwealths to come at , once to her aid, and then together they would GENERAL HEWS. r Matters of Interest Condensed Into "', '( Brief Paragraphs. . be their in position to say to the trusts to do ir worst, to retaliate, to withd-aw "or do any old thing tbey please. The trade of the combined territory would be suffl- cient to sustain handsomely good sised indeuendent factories ' in - all lines that might be needed- Some of the combines would find it to their advantage to "un cbmbine." At any rate they would not be missed. We hone that no harm "will come to Texas and her business interests through her new law. Artificial Diamonds.. . It is well tfnown that in the manufac ture of. carbon steel microscopic dia monds are formed, and the curious fact Is stated by The Scientific Press that from the examination, of a num ber of 6teels from a. variety of process es ; Identical i results were given. A piece weighing 300 grams was cut from a lump. of steel and treated with nitric add, the Insoluble residue ; collected being mainly, graphic carbon. After being washed with water It was boil ed three times with fuming nitric acid, which partially dissolved the residue, hydrofluoric acid and then fuming sul phuric being used, there then remain ing nothing but graphite," which, after being washed, was melted with chlo rate of potashl' The insoluble residue obtained fell to the bottom of a vessel filled with iodide of methylene, the' lit tle transparent octahedrons visible through a .microscope," which burned on a sheet or platinum without any ash.' being the diamonds. ; The Thistle of Scotland. Once upon a time many hundred years ago the Danes made, war upon the . Scots and invaded their country. One dark night, asthey were march ing upon an encampment of sleeping Scots, one of their number trod upon a thistle. The pain was so sudden and intense that the man gave a loud cry. This awakened the slumbering Scots, who fpraE to arra3 and defeat ed the assailants. In gratitude for the dc-Ilverance the Ecot3 tnada the thlstla sir rational cntlcra. Journal of Ed ucation. A decree has been issued announcing that the bubonic plague has disappeared from Opporto, Portugal. : and that the quarantine of that port has been raised. - San Francisco will be the scene of the Corbett-Jeffries fight. W. A, Brady and George Considin met again Wednesday and the queton was practically settled. Dr. William teinitz, the famous chess player, was taken from his home to the ivsane pavilion" of Bellevue hospital on Wednesday night He is 62 .years old, and was confined in an asylum in Mos cow in 1897. , , . - , . . I At Clarksburg, W. Va., Wednesday, Henry Fleming, 26 years old and mar- .t . f . A. , .at.- 11 .ft 1 . 1 riea,was mstantiy &iuea by tne aiscnarge 01 asnotgun ne was carrying, tie stooped to lift a child upon a sled, and caught the hammer of the weapon in the little one's clothing. , v " ' , , i ' x- The ; Pee Dee tobacco warehouse, at Florence, S. C, was burned Wednesday night. The building was owned by W. E, Dargan, of Darlington, and was in sured for $1,700. The value of building was 13.000. T.J. Abbott, a tobacco buyer, lost $500 worth of leaf tobacco; no insurance. . ' , v t . , , . By a vote of 0 to 8, the assembly com mittee on codes in New York state de cided to report favorably the bill of Mor ton U. liewis, which provides for the en tire repeal of the so-called Horton law, which permits prize fighting in the state in regularly incorporated athletic clubs. The bill takes effect Sept. 1, 1900. At Brussels, Charles Francois Felu, an armless artist, died Monday, in his 70th year. He painted with his feet, and cop ied hundreds of the best masterpieces. Many specimens of his work are now in America. While working be held his pal ette with his left great toe and mamou-1 lated the brush with hi right foot, and with great skill. He always shaved him self. He had, written a very successful tragedy.;1 ' - K ' . BaronFava, Italiau ambassador, nud John A. Kason; special reciprocity pleni potentiary for the United bialtw, Mgued at .the state department Thursday an agreement for the reciprocal exchange of certain commercial articles. - The ' agree-' ment was made under section 3 of the Dingley tariff act aud doe not require ratification. It will, however, require the sanction of the italiau parliament, and the intention is not to make public the terms of the paper until that body has acted. , , . , - "V , . The Washington Post says that after the new Philippine commission reaches Manila, in April next, Maj. Gen. Otis will return to the United States, it is stated in administration circles that his return is not in the nature of a recall, but is . a compliance with , the general's request that he be allowed to visit hiu family. He has been in the east nearly two years, and is anxious to come home. ' It is ex tremely probable that he will be succeed- eo oy uen, AiacArtnur, wuo is now next in command, although some officer may be sent from the United States. HUNDREDS KILLED BY HEAT. Bodies of Victims LieUnburied Be cause of a Strike by the Qrave Diggers. -. : i. London,Feb. 8.A special dispatch to The Times from : Buenos Ay res, dated Feb. 6, says: ".Monday, when the mean temperature was 85 degrees, there were - 267 cases of sunstroke reported, and Tuesday, with the - temperature .92 degrees, there were 189 cases. Today the temperature is the same as yesterday, and there were many cases of sunstroke, but fewer deaths. A large number of dead bodies are decom posing at the cemetery, owing to the' grave-diggers' Btrike for higher wages. The 'Pacific railway has charitably sup plied tarpauuns to cover the corpses. "The crreater portion of the maize fields have been scorched by the heat, and the crop will be very small." . ' ; t Burial of Goebel. Frankfort, Feb. 8. -William Goebel was buried today with all the honors the people of Kentucky could bestow. A number of eulogies were spoken over his body, and for hours the crowd stood uncovered in a beating rain and listened to oratory over his remains in the cem etery. . -- ToCsraaCcld l.iC:a C;y Tola T.AXATIVK Fmun flmvivw T.nti-re 11 drBF;tst reiuhfl the money if it to cure. V. viiuvt s" ' is on eaca cox. ;c.
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