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- i It-. J .1111 11'' I M ! - 11,11 iall 1111 II W ilA HULL 1 '" -4 ::JL1 i. 0'. r ' ' , . , -' l' " ! . , W- J,.' . - I- V ' .,'"5 V. . V .1-1. ; -V ; i " . -3" '.' V. ! ', . .. .' ' . J A1. II No. 271. KINSTON, N a, EBIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, ,1000. Price Two Cents. CEHERAL HEYS. atters "of Interest Condensed Into , -', Brief Paragraphs. - r The house committee on elections, on Jiursday, .agreed to report favorably ipron's resolution providing tnat no bigamists shall be elected to the house : senate.Xvt';HCl;'3 Arthur H. Kemp, manager o! the West n Union Telegraph company at Macon, a., committed suicide Wednesday. The bdy was discovered by Mrs. Kemp on turning uome irom Biiuypiug. Tom Sharker has accented Fitzsim- hons challenge; Fifctsimmons says; "If effries doesn't 'come to time witnin a l eek, I will make a match with Sharkey Without delay. I am willing to make lie side bet of f 10,000, the winner to ake everything." . ': fMS'S 'i I A balloon saved Buller's army from a rap. The Boers had a dozen: heavy guns '11 , masked, Just where Buller would lave sent his men. An aeronaut made he discovery. These guns rendered the Ictnal positions of the British untenable nd a further advance Impossible, except t the cost of a useless and terrible Ions fhfe. At Columbia, S. C, Wednesday, Mrs. ola draAtr 'nnrl ; Kldridcre Dawkins vere arrested on the charge of poisoning Lhe husband of the woman. Dawkins lad been a frequent visitor, at the Grad lick house and had been ordered away by the husband. Dawkins tried to kill Jumself when taken to jail. The evidence against them is strong. -. British Liberals, to the number of 300 or 400, held a meeting Wednesday In London, and denounced the war on the Boers as "a crime and a blunder," com ajitted at the instigation of irresponsible capitalists; demanded the publication of the full correspondence regarding the Jameson raid; protested against -the in creasing armaments, etc. . ; v " j A special from Charleston; W.TOSy' that on Tuesday C. E. Stewart, a mer chant Of that city, received an offensive valentine, which he charged came from his wife. That night he began to quarrel with her, finally attempting to strike herJ whereupon their son, aged 19 years, fired on his father. Two shots took effect, one in the leg and the other in the stom ach, and Stewart died Wednesday morn ing. : The anti-trust conference at Chicago, among others, adopted the following res olution: "We make no assault ipon bus- jniua onmKinatinna far rliminishinir -nro- (AUVK VAll.kV.W.w, V - w - j ductive cost or augmenting productive j efficiency. What we attack is combina- i . j. j i XIODS ior cuercillgpruuucers uuu iceecuui production. It is such combinations that constitute the trust evil and them we would abolish, root and branch. When oppressive trusts are .examined, they are found to be combinations, not for aug menting wealth, but for hampering pro duction; not for making things plentiful and cheap; but for making them scarce and dear.'" MACRUM'S MAITi.-' The House Wants to Know About The Story He . Tells About His Letters. : .: .v.V' v'3 : . Washington, Feb. 15. A resolution .was presented in the house today by Mr. Wheeler, of Kentucky, directing the sec retary of state to inform the house if Chas. F.Macrum, Idte consul at Pretoria, had informed the state department that his mail was opened and read by the British consul at Dunbar; and if so, what steps have been taken to obtain an ex planation or apology from England. The resolution also asks for information as to the truth of the charge that a secret treaty exists between the United States and England. Doea 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 dangerotia results of throatand lung troubles. .What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if possible; if not possible for you, then in cither ca?e take tbe oxly remedy that has teen introduce j in all civilized coun tries with f::"" ? in F-cvere throat and lr.r g trout! f , "Uesehoe's C : nr.r.n yrcp. It net only r.ea'3 rr.J et:r:i "3 to ( -ys ir.l'. t' ' I ' 1 1 -: !. I', i ; Co. trey t! y y L.cn, er. .03 X, . '3 t 3 c" -cr. t-t y -t's r t, cr.d ...... :u. , SENATE OOLDDTO BILL. The Senate Passes Its Substitute For the House BUI, After Adopt ing The Meaningless Amendment About International Bimetallism Washington, Feb. 15. The senate sub stitute for the house currency bill passed today, 46 to 29. - - The bill, as passed, consists of ten sec tions. It provides that . the dollar of 25.8 grains of gold, .9 fine shall be the standard unit of value and that all forms of United States money shall be main tained at a parity with it; and that the treasury notes and greenbacks shall be redeemable in gold. 1 The secretary of the treasury is to set apart a fund of $50,000,000 in gold for the redemption of these notes and to maintain this fund at a figure not below $100,000,000, he is empowered to sell bonds of the United States bearing in terest at not exceeding three pr cent. ; It shall also be the duty of the secre tary of the treasury as fast as standard silver dollars are coined to retire equal amounts of treasury notes and . to issue silver certificates against the silver so coinedv Under certain provisions, too. gold certificates shall be issued against the gold held in the treasury. No United States notes or treasury notes snail be issued in denominations of less than 10 dollars and no silver certificates in de nominations of more than 10 dollars. The secretary of the treasury is also authorized to refund the bonded debt of the United States in thirty-year bonds bearing two per cent, interest the prin cipal and interest of these bonds to. be paid in gold. The two per cent, bonds shall be issued at not less than par. Any national bank, by depositing with the United States bonds of this 'i country, shall be. permitted to- issue circulating notes to the face value of the banks' de posit, no bank being allowed to issue circulating notes in excess of the amount of the paid in capital stock of the bank. The following was adopted: That the provisions of this act are not intended to place any obstacles in th way oi the'accoTnliBhment of .inter? national bimetallism, provided the same be secured by concurrent action of the leading commercial nations of the world and at a ratio which shall insure per manence of relative value between gold and silver." ; ' t Pritchard voted for and Butler against the bill. ; r"," , He On co Knew Somctlilait. A middle ngt-il' gcutluuian who has beeq looking over, his old school exam ination papers writes. to The Academy expressing his chagrin at the dlscov ery of the fact fTi?.t lie knows less than he did years ago."I knew some things then arithmetic! for example. Today I am at the mercy of any waiter, who brings me change. At booking offices I keep vast crowds waiting and miss ing their trains while 1 do. laborious subtraction sums In my bead, but at school what a hand I was at figures! Look at this: , - " Three gaziers, A, B and C, rent a piece of pasture land for a month. A puts on' 27 cattle for 21 days, B 19 for 24 days and C 23 for 25 days. If at the end of the month the rent and other charges amount to 23 5s. 10d., how much of this ought to be paid by each?' "1 could do that in 1884. I couldn't do it now. I have no idea where to be gin. It may be easy, but the point la that I have not the key. There used to be a jugglery with x. and I could manage iu Now that 1 pay Income tax and have 'statements of account from my publisher every half year I can manage it no longer. ; And I seem to have known zoology too. Zoology I I seem to have been able to describe and Craw diagrams of the heart and princi pal blood vessels of the crayfish. Once good heavens once 1 was a r well informed boy. Today I don't see how I 6hould pass the third class college of preceptors." London Academy. . Clerical Sarcasm. A clergyman on a recent Sunday gave out the following notice, says The Christian Endeavor World: "The regular meeting of the donkey parade will be held, as usual, at the close of this service. Members will line up Just outside the church door, cake remarks and stare at the worsen v, 1.3 rS. 23 1 3 tLcir custom. "Any "ccuLci known to c;:rt a ycurj woman to church like a rzza tl Jit with tcr 11 he a rentier--.: vrf! 13 rrcm-tly cr-llcd .from ct.L:.- KIOBERLEY SAVED. " ' ! , i ii ' n '"'I8' Gen. French Beached Kimberley Thursday Night. Boot Strong hold of Jaoobsdale Captured. -1 n . London, Feb. 16. A dispatch by Lord Boberts. from J acobsdale .' says : that Gen, French, with bis. force, of artillery, cavalry and mounted infantry, reached Kimberley last evening-Thursday; - Lord Boberts dispatch that he had succeeded in pushing Gen. French's1 force to the relief of Kimberley . peached the war '''office) at 4:25 this wotning. .The place from which the dispatch is dated shows also that thtf British have cap tured the Boer stronghold of Jaeobsdale. 1 ' - 1 ' - -1 p ' . IN BOER TEBBITORY. '.' 1 Lord Roberts Turns'" Their v Plank . AtMaarersfontein. , Withn50,000 Troops He Inva-detf Orange Free State. Battle Expected Soon. Proceedings at Bensburur a' Feint ; To Hide Withdrawal of Troops to) ' Biet River. French Bashes For ward and Seizes Crossings ?h This and Modder River. London, Feb. 15.-4:20 a. m.The British army, for the first time since the war begun, is inside the Boer frontier. Lord Boberts. with at least 40.000 in fantry, 7,000 cavalry and 150 v guns, has turned tne Alagersrontem lines before which the British forces have been en camped for ten weeks, and, with half of his corps, ne is already operating on ree State territory. A battle has not yet been fought, but large i tactical advantages have- been gained. The relief of Kimberly is within measureable reach, and the way to Bio emfontein is appreciably casien 1 , -r The dispatches Of Lord Boberts sketch' three days' work. The forward move ment began on Sunday, when Col. Han nay set out with a brigade of mounted infantry for Bamab. on the Biet, eight miles from Jacobsdale, one of the Boer supply based. . ' On Monday Gen. French, with the cav alry division, seized the crossing of ; the Biet river at Dekib drift, south of Jacobs dale and eighteen miles east of- Honey Nest kloof. - He skirmished with the Boers and cleared the way for 20,000 in fantry who followed across,. Gen. French has now fixed himself on Gen, Cronje's main line of communica tions with Bloemfontein, and 26,000 in fantry, with seventy-two guns, are being pushed up to support him there. Lord Boberts' dispatches,- wired from inside the Free State and on - the Biet river, left him Wednesday morning. His advance had not been opposed by m the Boers in force. Their patrols-' melted away as the British ! moved ;f forward. The Boer army is likely to be felt in a day or two and a battle is consequently imminent. , - As to what forces Gen. Cronje has now at his disposal, and as to where he pur poses making a stand against the in vaders no one, here connected with the war office knows any thing. ; The forces placed immediately at the disposal of Lord Boberts are placed at 50,000, in a general way. The incidents at Bensburg have been seen out of all proportion. Merely skeleton lines were maintained there, while the British were being secretly and rapidly , concentrated on the Modder river. The facility with which 30,000 men have already been sent beyond the rail, terminus shows that Lord Kitchener has been fully successful in organizing transports. He is now supposed to bo down the line, sending forward more troops and getting to gether more .transports. About five miles of ox and mule wagon trains are estimated for each division, so that Lord Kitchener, who is reputed to have more skill than a circus manager in handling field transports, has immense labors in hand. . ' cumnisn vv rm vLaitchrs. Lord Boberts' plan of operations in Plinth AfrW A fpellnor of nniet confi dence prevails that the strong hands of lioD's "jjanaaur: ana xne nero oi fwuar" toum are shaping matters towards a mnr.h needed decisive victory. As the St. James Gazette says: c r u ; u ; "Lord Boberts, witn ms owjn une wen guarded and having little reason to fear only a defense which would bo deadly, vir a. vnntHr Mtrnke attacktnir his lonsr line as it swings round will be able to lorie tne Boers to ngn uuaer nniavor able conditions, or abandon their heavy guns and stores.' , ; . . ; ' V LaGRANGB ITEMS. Fkke Pbess Bokkau. , , LaGbanoe, Feb. 15, 1900. Miss Eva Jones has accepted a position with Mr, R. B. Kinsey, t r . Mr. Dt ( . Murchison left Monday night to visit friends and attend to business in Florida.' " , 1 Miss Emma Potter and brother. Her bert, of Snow Hill, spent today at Mr, J. H. Fields',; "Aunt Jane" Joyner, an old colored woman, who was- well and favorably known here, died Tuesday night. Mr. Doremus Dixon and. Miss Nannie Frizzelle, of Greene county, spent Wednes day night at Fields' Hotel, visiting their friends. , , ' ' , I Hr XW P. Rmithwiok was summoned esterday by telegraph to the bedside of is little girl, Inez, who is quite sick at Aurora. ' The Valentine party Wednesday night was well attended by well-dressed, hand some couples. The young ladies put themselves to much trouble and expense to decorate and beautify the room, and the refreshments were palatable and deli cate. Innocent games were indulged in, and the time passed merrily, r Beautiful carnations (white and pink) were given eacn one present, a large swinging mmp dropped and frightened the young people, Vinli nn ; BArimici damn tea resulted.; t The whola affair was pleasant to all. ?i ' KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS Hope to Keep Injunction Cases in CourtTill Taylor's Term Expires: ' T.n:il1a Teh Tl K TAtmk. OnvV Mir. shall,: following. Taylor's lead, brought suit this afternoon against Beckham and Par tor TTa Africa tlmt ther be restrained from acting1 respectively as lieutenant governor ana presiaenu pro im oi . iue senate. No application has yet been made ior a temporary resiraininj? oruer, TVia notitinn ia Bimilnr ft,hfl,tof Tnvlor'a. Even if ultimately defeated in the state courts, it is the hope of the Republicans to bang the whole contention on a legal nail while they continue to : hold the nfflnaa unH draw nA.lnripfi. ' Bepublican attorneys make no conceal ment ofthe belief that they will be able to keep the question in the courts for years, or a sufficient number of years to permit Taylor and other Republicans to serve out their terms, i Should the court of appeals decide, against then they will tmAaavnr tn tntn tin rflp tn the suoreme court of the United States on at writ of error, executing a supersedas bond in order to stay tne execution oi me juag ment of the court of appeals. . . TO SUCCEED EWART. Botha Crosses the Tuela Killing 13 in a Deserted Camp. Boer Laaer, near Ladyeraith, Tues day, Feb. 13. Yesterday Gen. Botha, with a small force, crossed the Tnla to a deserted British 'camp, where he en countered Cfty lancers, of whom thirteen were killed, live wounded and cine taken priccr-crs. Or a cf the priaoccrs was pent to tC.l t3 British to fetch thtir wounded. Cc-dcscoiar.oc.'ta Lcr T:n, Ib. 1G. Interna satisfjetion ccnliuu:3 dominant in consequence of Much Speculation as to Whom McKlnlev Will Appoint. Names of Pritchard and Boyd Mentioned. Washington, Feb. 15.--Since. jt is gen erally accepted tnat juoge uwart s nom inntinn will not be reDorted by the sen ata t.hprA i how much sneculation as to whom President McKinley will appoint to succeed mm. " ' .- - The names mentioned today are Sena tor Pritchard and Attorney General Boyd. Friends of these gentlemen say that they riMoaoaa vprv fltmliflcation for the office. arid there would be no opposition to their confirmation. , ', ; vihUn th namesof Pritchard and Bovd have been freely used in connection with the judgeship, it is not known that they have authorized any one to use their nnmoa Thftoniniou rjrevails this evening that in the event of the rejection of Ewart by the senate, the jungesnip win De ten dered to eitner jf ntcnara or uoya. Trinity M. E. church, one of the oldest Methodist cLurcli buuaings in vmcago, troa olmnst, tntnllv dpstroved bv fire on Wednesday night. It is estimated that the loss will exceed ?iuu,uuu. Tha Cest Prcscrl:t!:n f;r Chills nd Fever is a bottle of Gkovr's Tastexess Chili. 1 nMii- II ii urnoiv HOD una quimu, u otm. Nocure nopav- I'lite.scc. STATE 1IEY7S. Interesting North Carolina Itemn 4 In Condensed Form. " A 7K nnft i-ntton mill has been char- ' tered; to be located at Lowell, Gaston county. , ' ' " Aonmnnrtv hna tiMii incODOrated to build a 125,000 cotton seed oil mill at Shelby. : ' ' , rh PnlMnn Rotton Mill at Concord. owned anu operated by negroes, began - operations Wednesday witu o,wv spin dles. v ' '. tVorlnoailo v Avpfilna Jnhn li. Felzer. A passenger engineer of the Southern Bail-. way company, dropped dead in his cab at Greensboro. Heart disease was the trouble. ft ' " " ' . . Wilann Kw! Mrs. C. (1 Daniels, who mont ntth fh Hp1fxrA.t,inn to Ibiltiiirh. was probably, the only lady who voted for Bryan in lyo. ene cast uer Tote at Cheyenne, Wyo., where she was living at the time. . , Tha nln nt nf the Boner Lumber com pany at Boper, one of the most extensive fn the State, was totally destroyed by fire Thursday, together with 60,000 feet OI sawed mmoer. &. large numoer vi men were thrown out of employment. Mr AhncT MrfCinW. brother of Presi dent McKinley, accompanied by his wife and daugnter ano.tneir guests, puueeu through Baleigb Wednesday en route to Southern Pines. Mr. McKinley and party will spend Sunday in Baleigh. They will be.guests oi wov. iiubscii. . frrppnahnrnTelefirraui! The amendment question is gaining ground. ' It will be ratmed oy a gooo majoncy. avepuu- cans ,wno aro stnctiy nouest wnu uew htlir there is no chance to defeat ' it and many of them who love their race above the spoils ot omce win vote ior it. Tir TJpwtnn. of Richmond countv. was tried before a'BepUblicariCmaftltttrate at wmston weonesaay on vamgo 01 iun ing vaccination upon a negro girl who hfi hpn vftcrinated. To the surnrise of many who heard the eviden"k'. the defendant was fined $1 and cokd.. Him counsel appealed the case to the criminal court. , , ' . '- '; , - Tfnnlrv Mnnnt Motor: A ireutleman in town gave a colored man a five dollar rvAl1 tviin t.hrniurh mittttika for a nk'.kla. The man went to the flsheries of Eastern Carolina and after an absence 01 two wool; a fft m hfu-k and returued the oiece. ' saying he did not discover the error until several days later, Jtie was rewaraeu oy . f .1 .. . ...... , , - . aguiioifA , Tmnnllorl it in ('onifctiired. bv the suur- gestive account of the suicide of James VV. Jrenteer, oi uuicugu, tw vuuuuutiu iu nownriflnpp Hinninor found in his Docket. William F. Parker, son of a prominent . t r 1 ' X 4 1..... . V, XNOrtn UaroilUlU.Il livuitc at jiunrwouuiv, committed suicide at Norfolk, Va Tues day night by taking laudanum. He left a left a note saying : he was tired of living. ' - At Pittsboro Tuesday Hon. James II. Pou spoke in favor of the constitutional amendment. Before beginning his speech a division of time was requested by some of the Bep-Pop fusion ring, which Mr. Pou readily granted, but so well did Mr. Pou handle his subject and so completely did he nail the anti-amendment fusion lies being circulated that not a man could be found who would attempt to answer the able argument presented. - Mr. B. C. Ball, of Baleigh, has brought suit for 1 10,000 damages against the town of Selma, the county of Johnston and the administrative officers as well. The plaintiff was detained at Selma as.a smallpox suspect and placed in a house under guard, in ' which be alleges there was "a malignant case of smallpox." Mr. Ball further alleges that he was kept there against his wiil and by force: that he was neglected and unprovided for, and that he was compelled to send off and buy food for himself. Statesville Landmark:" So far as we have observed, only one candidate has been mentioned for the Democratic nomi nation for State superintendent of publie instructions Mr. W. E.. Abernethy, of Burke. There is said to be a strong Bentiment in favor of nominating Mr. Mebanethe pretent superintendent, and it looks as ii the nomination would po to him by common consent. Although Mr. Alebane was nominated and elect. 1 by the fusionists in lbOG, he is rot a partisan, and so far as our informal goes has made a very capable, fail! I and impartial supt-riutendent. Keep up with the town r.jrs. T. ; Freb Pkess prists the town 1 " 3. C . V 10 cents a week. ,
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