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oL II-.No. 268.
KINSTON, N. 0., TUESDAY; FEBRUARY 13, 1900.
Prico Two Contd.
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GENERAL HEWS.
itters of Interest Condensed Into
- Brief Paragraphs.
riie grip is sweeping through Germany"
d counting its victims by the thousand,
ery hospital in Berlin and every bed is
J, ana there, are now ou,uuu cases in
(a fatal shooting affray, occurred ; at
)rton, Va. The victim was wwiam J
nkins, a well known attorney, and
hn Watnpler is named as the man who
ed the fatal shot,
A dispatch from Columbus. 6a., Sun
ty, V says the Chattahoochee river had.
;en 20 feet and wan still rising 18 inches
i hour. FIantatidns ; are inundated,
. idges are threatened and much damage
a been done. . - - , -. '
(The steamship Gate City is still fast on
' e beach at East Moriches, L. I., where
' e Went ashore in. the fog on Thursday
ht. News, Sunday was that the sea
as growing rougher ana the steamer s
ignt was dangerous. n -
Anthony W. Dimock, 25 years of age,
famous stock operator, head of the firm
t A. W. Dimock & Co., bankers and brd-
Ts, Wall street, has filed a petition in
inkruptcy. Ilia liabilities are set down
b 11,292,736; his assets are $150. ; ! .
I Fire at Glace Bay, N.F., Sunday morn
T destroyed a large tenement house.
iss Steele and her nephew, a 10-year-old
y named Mclntyre, were burned to
mth, the woman " having gone into the
jilding to rescue the Bleeping boy.
A Chicago man has recently imported
30 Belgian hares, with a view to breed
's for market, in England the Belgian
are is popular and is sold as asubstitute
r chicken and turkey. Some time ago
California man imported some of thesei
ares and since then they hate been im
orted into other states, where the breed
g has proved profitable, and the flesh
f the hare in demand. There is about
vice as much meat on them as there is
u the ordinary rabbiV and ..'much-more
acculent. rt);V-:LH
j At Cataack Ind.J Sunday night, a riot
ccurred in the Methodist Fpiscopal
hurch. Lewis Stout and "Ollie Perch
vere in the church and persisted in talk.
ag aloud. It is alleged that they were
irunk. Constable McKinlev. Preacher N.
rice, and John Howell and David Myers,
nembers of the congregation, attempted
o arrest . Stout and Perch, who backed
p in a corner- and resisted desperately.
The preacher was twice knocked down,
ut finally subdued ' Stout, while the
ther men took charge of Pei-ch, who
scaped later. In the fight the preacher
md constable were . badly cut about the
ace. The fight broke up the services, the
ongregation stampeding from the bmld
ng through the windows.
I James Sweeney; white, was lynched at
I'ort Arthur, Texas, Sunday morning.
weeney was a cotton screwman-i fore
man, and had killed Charles Crumbach, a
ellow, lahorer, by. jamming a Jbayonet
tnrough his necK. " The crime was com
mitted Feb. 1st, in a room with no wit
nesses present, and is said to have result
ed from a saloon fight that took place a
few hours previously. " Sweeney was in
dicted for, murder in the flrst degree. He
was placed on trial at Beamont, Texas,
Friday, and Saturday night the jury re
turned averdictof "not guilty." As soon
r s he was released SweeDey returned to
Tort Arthur, arriving there at 12:30 on
Sunday morning. W ord had been tele
graphed ahead that he was coming, and
a mob met him at the depot, marched
Urn up town, and hung him up to a tele
phone pole without ceremony, '
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FACTS ABOUT SARDINES.
Tke Greater .Part of Tola Coaatrr
'; Conauuptloa Kovr Packed Herev
; Formerly the eardlnes consumed In
this Country were ; all . Imported from
France. Now about three-quarters of
the sardines eateu In the United States
are put up here, the chief center of
the Kardine Industry In the; United
States . being the eastern r coast of
Maine, though some sardines are-how
put up on the const of California, The
packing of sarulncs In this country
was begun about 1S80. - -
, Thousand vof people now find em
ploymeut In ne part and another of
the work In ' catching fish. ;lu making
cans nncl lu canning aud packing and
marketing nud k:i'oii
. rSnrdlnes art' put tip. In ' greater va.
riety . than foruiely; -1 Sere . being now'
adays - sardines packed In ? tomato
sauce, sardines In mustard, spiced sar
dines and 60 on. but the great, bulk of
sardines,: botn. imported and' domestic.
are. still put up in oIL Strdlnes are
put up also. In I a . greater variety of
packages than formerly. there being,
for example,' various' sizes and shapes
of oval tins, and some Franch sar
dines nre imported In glass. ,but as the
great bulk of all sardine Ace still "put
up In oil.-so the great bulk of them are
still put up In the familiar' flat boxes,
the" great majority of these , being of
the sizes known as 1 halves and quar1
ters and far the greater 'number of
these being In quarters. Sardines are
packed 100. tins in a case, and the con
sumption of sardines in this, country
Is roughly estimated at from 1.500.000
to 2,000,000 cases annually. '
: Like canned goods of every 'descrip
tion,' sardines are cheaper' now than
they formerly were, and American sar
dines are sold for less than the Import
ed. .-. American sardines ,'are now ex.
ported from this country to the West
Indies and ' to South America. New
YorkSuD.y 6,-y t'y--J.
' . Intellect lcalndt Intellect. ; ,
"If yon want to see , intellect play
against intellect,"' said a young lawyer,
yet in his enthusiasm, believing in
equity and the purity of the law, ."yon
should go down to the civil or the su
preme court when a big case is being
board.. It is not like sitting through a
criminal trial. A man's quickness and
eloquence are often assisted there by dra
matio details, but in the civil or su
preme courts a lawyer must depend
upon his own brain alone and not upon
emotional tricks. What a delight it is
for me to listen to the wit, combats and
terse arguments ; of two masters grown
gray at the bar! These men have at their
command the reading of twosoore years.
They are armed with, the humor of ex
perience and the cool sight of age. Their
intellects, never having been wasted in
idleness, are as fresh as a young girl's
dream of life and as unerring as a wood
man's rifle. WJaeu they take .up an argu
ment on an important affair, it is not to
make a few palsied remarks. They go
deep, plunging into I. the very " core of
things. If need be they begin to eluci
date law from its inception in the re
motest confines of ancient civilizations,
and they drift easily and gracefully
along the centuries, i giving ; a regular
compendium of history as they go along.
To see these old fellows ordinarily you
would imagine that they were sleepy
and .slow, but when they appear before
the bar their frames become erect, their
eyes flash and they thunder and roar as
if with voices of hona." New Orleans
Times-Democrat. . '.
Wliat la n Sleepe'rf
Here is a dc'tiuftiou which Is as dif
ficult to nnd. rapUl.v as "Peter Piper
pickfcl a peck cf pickled peppers" and
yet is more sensible, lu fact. It is an
acti:;jl .statement of facts, as you will
find if you read it slowly:
sleeper U o;:e who sleeps. A sleep
er is that iu which :i sleeper sleeps. A
sleeper Is that on which the sleeper
runs while' the sleeper sleeps. There
fore while -the sleeper sleeps la the
sleeper the sleeper carries the sleeper
over the sleeper ur: kr the sleeper until
the sleeper which carries the sleeper
j-:rps the sleeper and wclccs the sleep
er ia the sleeper by S'trll.'r? t!:3 !..:-::r-cr
e.ior tiie sicper ca t!.c? i::r:.
1 there is ro L: . r rry f'.;:p r
:r ':: t hi tl.e slot per on t'e.3 f "eercr.
BOILER1 EXPLOSION.
Durhani Eleotrto Lighting-s Plant
Demolished. : Four Men Injured
And One Killed. vLoss $25,000;
Inanranoe $16,000. t, -S
Durham, N.G, Feb. 12.At 5:15o'clock
yesterday afternoon the plant of the Dur
ham Electric Lighting company was de
stroyed ' by the explosion of one of the
boilers. '
The destruction is as near complete as
it could possibly be. ' The -walls of the
building were! leveled with the ground;
huge pieces of machinery were ; torn.
and twisted as if mads of cardboard;
brick, timber and iron were thrown nun
dredsof feet, and one, boiler was ripped
open, as if it had been paper and carried
a hundred feet or more from where the
explosion occurred. -
Four men were in. the buildinar. . .
H. F. Brown, superintendent of th
plant, suffered a Knee sprained ana scalp
wound: iniuries considered slitrht. -"-'
. James Lumley, lideman;' scalded about
neck, face and arms.; Thought w be fatal.
Clyde Dickson, : engineer.; a number of
scalp wounds and bruises about the body;
Condition not serious. ' ; . " ( '
Bill Bryant, colored, fireman: burned
about the face and hands, email scalp
wounds, scalded. fainiuL but not very
serious. " ; 1 -r '
Alex Lyon, colored, who was passing
the plant at the time of the explosion,
suffered injuries from which, he died this
morning. ' - - ?
The explosion broke many window
glass in the city.' " ' 1
The loss to the Electric Lighting com
pany is about 1 25,000, on which there is
insurance to the amount of $16,000. The
bulk of the stock of the plant is owned
by Gen. J. S. Carr. New machinery had
recently been placed in the building at a
cost ol from 12,000 to f 15.000.
The explosion was due to a crystalized
seam in the 'boiler that weakened it. It
gave way under pressure of steamy.
FILIPINOS BADGER TROOPS.
Shoot Fire Arrows at Garrisoned
Towns, and Scatter When Pur
sued. , . ' ' . ' 5 "
Manila, Feb. 11 Of late the insurgents
in Ai bay . province, tiuzon, have adopted
harassing v-. tactics v against - the towns
which the Americans have garrisoned.
They camp in the hills and maintain a
constant fire upon the American out
posts. When the troops . sally against
them they scatter, returning when the
Americans retire.
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j.ney8aooi ournmg arrows, ana nave
thus burned a large part of the town of
Albay. Indeed, most of the larger towns
in that province are practically deserted,
except by the garrisons. Scarcely any
of the inhabitants occupy their homes.
They are" camping in the interior, and it
is supposed armed insurgents prevent
their return.
Launch Caught in the Storm.
Charleston, S. C," Feb. 11. -A special
from Georgeton says: "The little gaso
lene launch Ida Bell Launds, with Mr.
Thomas I, Madge and crew aboard, was
towed into . port ' this 'evening by a tug
boat, her, spars and engine disabled.
She left Beaufort, N. (.., Jan. 27. and was
caught in prevailing gales and , blown
across uun stream lour times, her masts
and engine giving way in the heavy sea
on the 30th. She will remain in port
several days undergoing repairs." .
No Woman May Relffn.'
The question has , been asked why
none of the daughters of the czar may
be a successor to the throne on which
the great Catherine proved her'capaci
ty. The , exclusion ; rests only on an
edict of the Emperor Paul,. the son of
Catherine the ; Great," issued to dis
credit his mother's memory.
France has-as many as 43.000 fami
lies, with 130.000 Individuals, claiming
a title of nobility: but; as a matter of
fact, only about 40 families can prove
their claim to descent from a noble
family In feudal times. '
Near the city of Durban. South Afri
ca, Is the riaee of Death, a funnellilie
cleft la the eor.st rocks, into whieh In
times gone by. the Zulu chiefs were cc-
CuFtomed to take the victims cf tteir
wrath to tile.
To C.raaCi'J in C-.3 C:y
Tale I.vat:v2 r--,Mo C Tati ET5. At
c'-r- ' rf i t'. e nionrv it i. ..'. to cure. K. V.
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.GRD7TON ITEMS, '
February 12, 1900.
Mr. Joe Quinerly, of Ayden, was here
today. ,
.Mrs. John Ives left Saturday to visit at
Kelford.
Dr. and Mrs. Dawson Bpent Sunday at
yumeriy. -. ; 1
v Mr. Will Thompson, of LaGrange, was
Here today. ,
Miss Lula Pugh, of Newbern, is visiting
friends here. , . r .
Mr. Joel Patrick spent Sunday at Mr.
j. u Tucfcer's. ,
Mess, G. Tom Gardner and C. C. Dunn
went to Ayden today. . .
Mess. W. H. Patrick and C. J. Tucker
spent Friday in Kiuston.
V Miss Annye Fowler, of Newbern, came
today to Visit mends here. , . . , .
Miss Laura Quidley, of Newbern came
Friday to visit at Mr. .JS. J. Brooks'.
Bev. J. It. Vaughan delivered a tern
perance lecture at the M. E. church last
night. .
.The seats in the Christian church are
being repainted, and the interior other
wise improved.
. Little. Miss Nita Bay Bruton, of Thorn-
asvule, came Saturday to goto school to
Our excellent teacher, Miss Mary Edwards,
REPORT AGAINST EWART.
Sub-Committee of Senate Reports
Unfavorably. "
. Washington, FeT. 12. The sub-committee
of the senate judiciary committee
today reported unanimously against the
confirmation of Ewart as judge of the
western district of North Carolina. The
matter was discussed at length. All
matters in committee in relation to ap
pointments are confidential, but it is said
that the new charges against Ewart,
taken in connection with the old charges,
had a determining effect in the sub-com
mittee reaching its conclusion , The full
committee did not : act today, but will
take up the report perhaps next Thurs
day, its regular meeting day.
Beflator mtchara, wno is. ngnting
Ewart 8 battle lor him, "while discour
aged, has not given up the light, and
even with an adverse report irom toe
full committee will carry., the fight into
executive session of the senate.
If Ewart fails of confirmation finally,
as now seems UKeiy. rnrcnara win
probably be nominated for judge. , '
; "Doctored" the Record.
Nw-Oberver. , .
The rough cursing of White by his 'fel
low Republican, J, Wiley Shook, of Nola
Chunky, and other leading Republicans
bas reached the city oi Washington, and
bas bad its effect.
The Congressional Record has been
"doctored" by White or Linney. or both.
in order to make it appear that White
did not slander the white men " of .the
south. His charge that they were re
sponsible for rapes by brutal negroes is
foully false, and White has "doctored"
the records. The notes of the stenogra
pher .-; show that he made the charge
which has arousea tne indignation oi tne
whole State to a white heat. No amount
of "doctoring" will change, the record
made. .-. -v- '. ". ; ; i -r v
White spoke his sentiments, and the
"doctoring" is undertaken to lessen, the
political injury his declaration will (do
the party. liis utterances represent the
dominant element in the Republican par
ty, for he is the sole negro representa
tive of the Republican party in congress
from North Carolina. " - -
The New Japanese Rice.
The United States department of agri
culture ' has, recently introduced from
Japan a new variety , of rice, whieh is
claimed to be much easier to grow, and
more profitable than the ordinary low
land rice. The new rice will grow on any
soil that is moist enough to grow celery,
or which can be irrigated. It can be
grown in ordinary rice fields, but does
not require flooding.
Farmers owning bottom lands on the
lower Roanoke, Neuse, Tar and Cape
Fear rivers are recommended to try this
rice on a small scale. Those who wish to
make a trial are requested to send their
names at once to the undersized. A
small package of the new riee seed will be
sent free of charge, with full directions
for cultivating, to all those who agree to
give this crop a feilr trial and report the
results.
Address the undersized,
(3 eh ald McCarthy,
Department of A -rieulture, Raleigh.
Ties Ctst rr:::r!, f:rC:::a
nd Fever is a lor.'e c f C -v.'s Tasteless Chill
I onic. It is nxj :y iron an 1 cv.ii.ine la a tasteless
iorm. No cure nopav- l'm.e,scc
STATE HEWS.
Intereatmsr North Carolina Itemn
In Condensed Form. .
A restaurant run by George Rutledge ,
at Charlotte was destroyed by fire Mon
day. Loss f 700; insured. .
The postofflce department has beeh
Informed that the -assistant postmaster
at Reidsville is thought to be Buffering
from amallpux. Orders have been issued ;
to have the luuil at that place fumigated
if necessary; :? 3
Thirty cotton mills art projected in
North Carolina this year. JBesides the
mills projected, the report of the com
missioner of labor; statistics a few days
ago stated that 25 milh are now under
construction . , ,
Before day Monday morning a freight
train on the Western North Carolina rail
road ran into a heavy landslide near
Black Mountain. The engine was over-
turned. Adam Jeffries, fireman , and
Porter Nicholas, brakeman, were caught '
under it and crushed to death. ; A f. ' '
Wadesboro " Messenger-Intelligencer:
While here selling cotton Mri R. W..
Chandler, of Mangum, Richmond county,
told the M.&I. of a hog which be recently
killed that had two hearts One of the
hearts was about the usual size while
the other one was about one-third less
than normal size, -u - " " "
WeldonNews: Tobacco farmers have
commenced to burn tobacco . beds and
plant seed. So far as we can learn there
will be less tobacco planted and an in
creased acreage 1 in cotton. Sunday
night's storm did considerable damage
in some sections of the county. On the
farm of J. A. Whitehead, near Halifax, a
large barn was blown down and two
bridges were washed to pieces. We learn
that out buildings on farms were dam
aged by the storm, but" hear of no one
being hurt. '
Tarboro Southerner: Isaac Pitt, a 10 .
or 12 year old negro boy, is minus a fore
fluger and -much of the flesh xm his left
hand. It seems that some, one bad car
ried a cartridge of dynamite fron the
Hendrick's creek tresseling. Thin .vomig ;
Isaac in some way got hold of,f and was
attempting to light it af,ter,tyiiig it to
another boy's jacket. It went off with a
tremendous report, scaring his compan
ion as was intended, but as the cartridge
was still in his hand, . the forefinger was
blown off, the flesh; on the thumb also
and much flcsb on the inside of his band.
Some time ago a safe in the room of
Rufus Vfassey, a miser of Durham, was
robbed of about f 500. As to who did'
the job wus a mystery until late Satur
day night, when. Will Mackay, a negro,
was arrested and confessed. He carried
two officer to his home, where 329.16
was found in en old bag. Saturday ,
morning Mackey was heard singing as he
passed down Main street "I'm living
easy, on pork chops greasy," etc., and he
certainly had been "living high," for it
was the way he had been spending
money and having a good time generally
that aroused suspicion.
Oil Men May Own the Earth. .
New York World. ...
The big 80 per cent, dividend of the
Standard Oil com nan v has caused some
speculation in Wall street as to how long
at that rate oi dividend it win take the
stockholders to gobble up all the money
in the world. According to the statisti
cians a t the sub-treasury the total amount
of gold and silver money in the world is
about $9,500,000,000. It is supposed the
total amount of all kinds of money in
the world will aggregate about $15.
OOO.OOO.OOOU At $80,000,000 a year, it
would require 187year8ior the btandard
Oil company to pay $15,000,000,000 in
dividends. ' In the meantime, however,
the $80,000,000 paid out annually would
be piling up enormous sums Df interest.
Does it Pay to Buy Cheap?
A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is
all right, but you want something that
will relieve and cure the more severe
and dangerous results of tkroatand lung
troubles. What 6hall you do? Go to a
warmer and more reguar climate? Yes,
if possible: if not possible for you, then in
either case take the oxr.Y remedy that
has been introduced m all civilized coun
tries with success in severe throat and
lung troubles, "llosebee's German Syrup."
It not only heali and stimulates the tis
sues to os troy the germ di. or.;?, tut
allays ini'.ar:r.;at;cn, cr"rr e:"j e s;ve
toratioii, p:iv: a fo 1 ro -l.t't r , r.sd
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