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'i) ki tiiliH' l1111 .j " .. if.'," " l J' : EWP1-1SHED EVERY; EVENING EXCEPT SUNDHY, ol. I No. 289. r KllNSTON, N.' 0., FRIDAY MARCH 9, 1900. Prico Two Cents. STATE. HEWS.. blee have returned to their respective homes in Wake county. He left a wife and four children (telling his wife he was going to Durham for a few days), and went with the young ' woman shortly before Christmas to show her the world The poor, slandered young woman was "distressed to death' as well as greatly surprised to Jearn that "people bad been tuikinar" About her and Mr. Pnnv in Engineer Woodbury, who was scalded that "shameful way." 4 She declared it I a wreck on the Western road about was 'jealousy on the part of those who .l- 1 AlA -.rA t'.W.A. I Jf-l " . i L. l li.!- l .m nccu mji'i unu ohwhi w v,v cvuco-1 uiu uos, puweva urn; uppurtuaiues lur y morning. . - traveling. "And that, too. after. Mr. The State on Thursday chartered a Penny had treated her so nice." . " terestlng North , Carolina Item In Condensed Form. 0.000 ice factory for Hamlet, a f 20, JO furniture factory lor Winston and an irt trs A-l I f -x a 1.1 Ml JV,wUjieiepuuuw lactuiy lor ABuevine. iThe New York and North Carolina leep Raising association, which recently 'cured 51,000 acres of land in Burke unty. finds . the title all right. ' The jimpany proposes to invest f 500,000 in e enterprise. ."-':r f- Durham Herald: If the little Republi- Lns are as , evenly . divided on the mendment as the big ones it will be no pall help in carrying the amendment, falser, Settle and Mebane favor it, and jussell and Loge Harris are not fighting Near $5,000 has been paid over to the mn oi JP ayettevuie and county oi uum- riand during tne past lew montns m tne net pronts oi toe dispensary. prning over f 1,200 each to the city and punty treasurers. The board of agriculture has appointed special committee to look into the mat- kW rvf fha wwumf mavlrii a1vanM in f Ka j vs v ivmv UiUt cvs ouvuw vuq rices of commercial fertilizers, also to "ppear before the congressional sub-com- ittee on industrial matters ana trusts, hich meets at Raleigh soon. Wilmington Messemrer: Last ' week mong new industries in wortn Carolina $100,000 FOB THE ASSASSIN " OF GOEBEIi. Governor Beoknam Approves the Bill to Equip a Democratic State Guard. ' : Frankfort. Ky., March 7.- The house today nassed the McChord railroad anti extortion bill by a vote of 56 to 42. The bill authorizes the state railroad com mission to fix the maximum of freight rates and punisn lor discrimination and extortions. From a party; standpoint its passage was carrying out one of the principal plants in tne platform on wmcn tne late Democratic tfov. uoebe. was nominated; - ' The Goebel assassin reward bill for $100,000 was today approved formally by Govi Beckham. a in tne senate today:1 senator Triplet! onered a substitute lor tne resolution to provide for a committee to-investigate tne removal oi tne munitions or war from the arsenal to London. The substitute proposes to appropriate $100,000 for the immediate equipment , of a state guard under Gov. Becknam. Tne Democratic leaders in the legisla ture, on the assumption that the courts will decide in favor of Gov. Beckham, are hat are reported, were brick and tile preparing for an extra session of the leg orks, three cotton mills, electric light islature early in May Got. Beckham, it ad power company ." two furniture fac- is said, determined that the fate of the bries, one knitting, mill, a mattress fac- McChord bill, passed in the house , today, pry and a telephone company. . , should decide whether or not an extra j AsheviUe Citizen: . The Asbeville Regis- e? Bil0nild 5 Called' ' 7hZ f r nretanriatn thtnVthn ha c-av.inatT.-.r. the bill, the leaders say, indicates that 'rdinance was passed to enable the Pa.rty measurescan be passed and octors to extort money from the people m T . i v , i vue vity. u boiob one wouia aiscover ,n anti-dainphool virus The Register ouid nave a sore arm to nurse. j Henderson ville Times? i Robert Brig- am, a farmer living near Weayerville, ras found near the Farmers' warehouse londay night so badly frozen that he lied at the hospital next morning. He vas no doubt, under the influence of vhiskey, and was frozen fast in the mud vhen discovered. ' - r Mr. E. J. Goodson, a life long Renubli- on of Catawba county, in a letter to the Newton Enterprise says he is heartily in javor of the amendment, and adds: "1 an see very well how the office holding :nembers of the fusion jparty will oppose the amendment, but I. can't see why a .vmte man that rotes the Republican vicket from principle can do so. I Greensboro Record: Turner McDowell, i- small boy who, with his parents; lives aear Proximity, made a gun out of a piece of pipingyesterday. Then he loaded it up with scrap steel and fired it off. destroying one of. his. eyes and some of the pieces were imbedded in his head. Dr. Turner Attended him and dressed his I wounds, but his condition today is said I to ue critical. -? , Stolesville'Landmark: Dr. L. Harrill jwas called to Taylorsville Friday to ex amine some suspected cases of smallpox. Seven cases were discovered and one of them is a bad case, Mr. W. P. Ingram, his wife, and three children, Mr. (Jarter , iioodin,-who Poards with Air. Ingram, ana Air. Walter Waddoli are the victims. Soqe time ago a horse: drover passed i through Taylorsville and the disease was commumcaieq oy nim.f,' y . therefore assures an extra session. EPIDEMIO OF SMALLPOX.' Fearful State of Affairs In a Mis sis- ' ' eippl County. J ackson. Miss.. March 7,An official report made to the Hinds county board of supervisors today reveals an appall inar state of affairs in the JoneevUle neighborhood in the southern part of the county. v The community , is literally honey comoed witn smaupox oi the most viru lent and loathsome form, , and, during the past six weeks, nearly-100 d.eatbs have occurred.. On some days the death rate has been so large that it was, im possible to secure cofflns, and rude cas kets were made from rails. Whole famv lies have been wiped out ' of existence and of several large families .only one or two children are left. Many of the patients now in a critical condition are without medical attention and dying at the rate of from three to nve per day. The death rate exceeds 75. per cent and "the entire lower portion of the. county is demoralized. 'The board of supervisors will make an effort to check further spread and at its morning session ' carte blanche was given to the physicians to purchase supplies and" medicines. A bill for forty-three coffins used within the past two. weeks whs allowed im. SIMMONS IS RIGHT. Prominent Democrat. Says Armed Revenue Officers Will Figure In the Campuign. fealeich Post. ' '-Vv :- ' '', Mr. Simmons has just received a letter News-Observer; At Oak Grove. Yrrake from a very prominent and conservative i . i.. x. . 3 . jt n a. ... .;. ii. ... ... . . ... cuuuijr, uu.oaiuruay i. ro was a large uemocrai oi me eigui aiscncv, in wmcn meeting oi tne citizens called to discuss he says: the constitutional amendment. '. After "I have just read your interview, and I tne conclusion of the discussion a vote have reasons, in addition to those e-iven was taken and the vote etoodlOO in bvvou. tobelieve thatvour conclusion is fa or of a determined fight to adopt the amendment to two agtunst it. Among the hundred were quite a number who voted 8?ainst the Democratic ticket in 1898; 100 to2 is averygood proportion. Judpre Walter Clark's fine brick hotel at Halifax was burned Thursday. The building cost ?14,C0O, and there was no insurance. It was leased to Mrs, M. A. V. itcr,,who had do insurance on her fur r.iture, but much of it was saved. Su I crior court was ia se?c ioa and the hotel v,-a3 fall cf p:;3t3. 1'ire eapposed to ' ive caught froa a df Active Las. This ! ou.--e wa3 first built for a w later resort f"?r fport'-'nen tind was known as the t:o'at:.era lie tel. II no G. Teaay and ?,I;3 OIlie Cham-' correct, and that there is a deep-laid scheme on the part of our opponents, through their revenue officers and others, to cause trouble and violence, and in some sections they will attempt to bull doze. ; I venture the assertion that there will not be a public speaking of any im portance m the west in which armed revenue oEcers are not conspicuously present and making themselves renerally obnoxious to the Democrats." There is a earrccri caeof bubonic To Czm at:!.1 h C3 Csy Talce Laxativs 1!romo ivi't Tablets. 5mr-:t$ refund the money if it !.; to cure. 11, W. Csuv t's s: jature w on eath Ucx. 15c. KROGER AHDi STEY1 Present; at Wednesday's Battle, They Rode Among the Boers, But Gould Not Stop the Rout v London, March 9 .Lord Roberts wires that Presidents Kruger and Bteyn were both present at the battle Wednesday They rode among and tried to stop the rout of the Boers who bluntly declared they could not stand against the British artillery and the 8,000 cavalry sweeping around their rear. ' ACROSS THE ZTJLTJ BORDER. Flying Column of British' Reported to, Have Entered the ?ran8vaal. f London, March 7. A spebfal dispatch from Durban says a flying column of British troops from Zululandhas entered the Transvaal and has been daily skir mishing with small parties of Boers. . v Tne force consists of mounted Infantry. iNatai scouts, and artillery, all command ed by Maj. Prendergast.iThe column first crossed the border on ' Feb. 28. It now occupies an intrenched position on Catasa HilL nine miles within the Trans JOUBERT IN COMMAND. Bulk of Natal Forces Before Bloem- fontein and Winhurg. London. March 8.A dispatch to the Times from Modder River, dated, yester day," says: :i nrAf&4H & ."The Boers occupy an - extensive posi tion between ourselves an! both Bloem- fontein and Winburg. They include the bulk of the jNatal forces,- and are under Gen. Joubert himself. Onlv sufficient men have been left behind to hold Van Reenan's Pass and Laing's Nek. Exten sive desertions are reported upon the trek. k, j '.'-.(.; t "An emrairement" is immiprTit which will probably be d8clslv"a& to . the 'ivhole war." - 1 - . , , Gen. Cronje Sent to St. Helena. London, March 8. The military au thorities have decided that Gen. Cronie and the other Boer prisoners shall be sent imuieuiaiwiy xo me isianu oi az. xieiena, there to remain until the end of the war. British Occupy Burghersdorp. V London, March 8. A special from Moi teno says that the British," under Gen, Gatacre, - occupied . Burghersdorp unop- posea last mgnt. Overtures for Peace Reported. Rome, March 8. The Agenzia Liberia announces that the Italian , consul at Pretoria has telegraphed to bis eovern ment that President Kruger and ; Presi dent Bteyn are prepared to accept 'peace on the basis of the status quo ante-bel um and that they request the iuterven tion of the powers to bring about that end. ( , , Call for Democrati c Primaries And . Convention. ' . ' -' At a meeting of the Democratic execu tive committe of Ienoir county ,"Hheld in Kinston, on Feb, 3d, the committee re quested the white electors of Lenoir county to assemble themselves atjtheir usual place Of meeting in their respective townships, on Saturday, March 17th, at 11 o'clock, and elect delegates to repre sent them in the county Democratic con vention, which meets in Kinston on Saturday, March 24th, at 12 o'clock, noon, forthe purpose of electing delegates to the State, congressional and sena torial convention. No nominations for county officers will be made at this convention..'.- ' ;v ': The electors at each and every precinct at their meeting are requested to express themselves as to their preference of elect ing D. S. Senators, . , In the county convention each precinct is entitled to the following number of votes: v' V --v ; i Kinston No. 1,- 10, No. 2, 4; No. 3, 3; 'ailing Creek, 4; MoselyH all, west, 3, east 4; Institute, 4; Vance, 3; Neck, 6; Sand Hill, 3; South West, 3; Neuse, 3; Wood ington, 3; Trent, 6; Pink Hill, 4. J. W. URAIJnGER, . Kinston, March 5, 1900. Chairman. Tfca Cest Prescrl-tl-a far Chills and Ferer is a bottle of Grovk'i Tasteless Chill Ionic It u umply iron nd quinine in a tasteless rtn No cure nopav riice.scc. Tlnn't dfnpnrl nn town p-ossin. Pct t!:e email eum of 10 cents a week end et Tes I exe Pee3 six times a week. It costs but little and you gEtitatyorar door. LaGRAKGQ maia , 'i '. Frm Phess Buiuutr, . LaGbange, March 8, 1000. Mr. George Sumrell, of Kinston, ia in town today. Mr, Will Wilson, of Wilson's Mills, is visiting at Mr. T. It. louse's. . : s Beginning Monday hteht. March 12th Prof. Burner will give a free show during the week. Mr. J. M. Murchison, .who is buying cotton on the lireenviiie market, is home for a few days. , Rev. Mr. Banford, of the Adventist faith, is still preaching in Mr. Wooten's store on uasweii street. Mr. K. E. "Sutton went to Tarboro to day. Kirby is having a large business in his line (clothing) this season. - The county commissioner granted the call oi an election to be held here in May on the license or no license issue. Mr. W. H, Taylor, who has been on the past season, is at Hotel Fields for awhile The first quarterly conference of the LAttransre circuit M. K church will con vene at Trinity , Saturday, the lOtb inst. Hon! C. B. Aycock, whose nomination for gubernatorial honors seem to be a foregone conclusion, passed through here last week, returning from Greene court to uoldsboro. , . , Mess. W, X. Thompson and D. II. Petree were appointed to secure arc and incandescent light subscribers and if a sufficient number is secured electric lights are assured. - . ; ; ; Mr. R. B. Shaw' manager of the Oi ola Canning Factory, left today to move his family here. Until other - arrange ments can ,be made they will board at Hotel Jb-ields. . Hon. M.C Mebane. State superintend ent of public instruction, will deliver the address here at the close of the public school in May. He seems to be one Pop ulist in whom the Democrats nnd.no guile. . - - ' , . ; Rev. T. N. Ivey failed to fill his engage ment to preach in the M. E. church here rthe'fifst Sunday'In Marehrtmt will be here the first Sunday in April. I he doc tor has a reputation equalled by fow for oratory and- Christian piety, and bur people await his coming y?ith felicitous unucipanon. The Herald Square Opera Co. The Herald Square Opera Co. will be seen for the Qret time in this city next Wednesday night, March 14th, in the popular opera uThe Bohemian Girl." This will be. without doubt, the best op eratic organization that has ever visited here, and no one should miss seeing it. .The cast is composed of such recognized artists as Etta Btetson, of the New York Casino; Mae Glover,4 of .the Bostonians: Lou Humiston, of the Robinson Opera Co.; Harry Nelson, last season with the Grau OperaUo.; Harry i&rterj of Bousa's El Capitan Co.; Thomas Callahan, with Nellie McHenry, and George J. Williams, late of the Urao upera sAi.y-s-A-r'r-c There is a very strong and well drilled chorus." The productions are carefully staffed and beautifully costumed. The Bristol (Tenn.) Tribune has the bllowing to say of the company's pro ductions: "It has been a long time since . Bristol has been favored jvith a performance on the boards of the opera house that has afforded a more generally pleasing series of entertainments than this company has civen during their stay in this city. They rendered 'Chimes of Normandy brilliantly Friday night, and at Saturday s matinee The Bohemian Girl, in a very creditable manner, and were . greeted with an un usually large audience for a matinee per formance. , Tney completed their engage ment last night in the production of the interesting and charming opera of Said Pasha,' and this to the entire gratifica tion of the good sized and appreciative audience." . ' 1 Reserved seats, 75c. JAPAN AGAINST RUSSIA The Two Empires Embark In a War of Retaliatory Restrictions. Victoria, B. C, March 7. Russia and apan have embarked in a war of retal- atorv restrictions, and Japan is also protesting to the United States against the application of American coasting awsto Hawaii, by which it la antici pated that Japan will be cut out of Japanese-American and Phillippine-Ameri-can trade. Considerable indignation and alarm has recently been caused by the appear ance of a fleet of seven Russian warships at Nagasaki, which has induced the issue of a proclamation that no more than two foreign warships of any one nation ni ay at the same time be permitted to anchor ia any port of Japan. GE1MAL IIEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. A ' f 1.000.000 steel factory was incor porated in West Virginia Tuesday, to be established at Wheeling. 'Georgia Republicans elected three ne groes and one white man as delegates to the national Republican convention. The murderers of Mr. Mime, in Georgia, are in Jail aii will" probably be speedily tried at Bailey. A lynching was nar rowly averted. i The famous theatre Francais, at Paris, was destroyed by lire rhursday. The charred body of an uctrets, Mme. Hen riot, was taken from the ruins. s In 1870 this country produced 80,806, 560 tons of coal, 1 to 123,682,5)35 for Great Britain. Last year it produced 244,000,000 tons to 234,000,000 for Great Britain. ' As a multiplier M rs. Bur ke, of LaCrosse, Wis., holds the record bo far. She has ' added five to her family within eighteen months first twins, next triplets, and alPMoingtteU." .v ' t Mrs. Belle E. Graddick has been? tailed at Columbia, B.C., churged with poison ing her husband lat February, and caus ing his death. A podc moitem examina tion showed that be was poisoned with arsenic. ' . , v . The house on Thursday unseated G. A Bobbins, Democrat, from the fourth Ala bama district, and seated ' in his stead . Wm. F. Aldrich, a Itepublican, who has been three times a contestant from the same district on the ground of fraud, and who is now given his sent for the third time by a Republican house. The vote -was a strict party one, 142 to 185, " Fire broke out iu a Buioon at Lead, S. D., Thursday and consumed 40 buildings before it was extinguibhed, and caused a loss estimated at $500,000. The Dead- wood fire department was called for and responded. In. additkm to the combined - fire departments, it tvn found ' necessary to blow up buildings in the path of the fire with dynamite, in -order to t53; ita spread. ; . 7, - ' The Washington Post, says that the canal aeross the isthmus is to be under American control. : Tne United Stutes senate is to remedy the inexplicable, and, according to the uiuioht umversal view, unpardonable action of Secretary Hay in agreeing to allow an ermy of the United States to use the cnual iu times of war. The amendment in to provide that the canal cannot be used by a power at war with the United btates. - - - ' Susie Gibson, a little airl of about 12 years, was going through the Richmond, Va., locomotive workH Wednesday, with her - mother and other ladies. The girl stooped to pick op kouiu shavings ol ' metal. Her unir caugot in the uiachin- ery and she was drawn into the belting ' and whirled several times arouud a large pulley. Both legs were broken and she was otherwise badly' cut and bruised. Her injuries are per baps fatal. ' Gen. Joseph Wheeler aud party, who had been in quarantine Mince their arrival from ' the ."'Philippines' von. the transport Warren last Monday, were permitted to land at San Francisco'. Wednesday night. He says he will go to Washington .to -take his seat in congress. "1 have a let ter saying that an effort will be made to keep me from taking my seat," said the general, "but I do not see why such an , effort should succiHfd. The objection js that I was not on hand to bo 6 worn in, and it is stated that 1 was holding an other position that iiiilitutes against ray right to be elected. I snail go to wasn- ington, having rtsigued from the army and with a proper certificate, of election, and expect to be s worn in. It will be noted that iny resigrmtiou from the army was nandea in ueiore cougreus met;,, , The acting secretary of war has received a communication from Ueu. Davis on the' BUVJCCU Ul 1UUU uieti 1UUIIUU UUU LJUC JClltl of the destitute iu Porto '.Rico. Gen. Davis had intended to d it continue the ree distribution of food about the first of this month, but the indubtriul conditions existing in ceitaiu portions of the island rendered it absolutely ueeessary to con tinue to feed tbe starving inhabitants for some time longer. Iu the center of the island, or the coffee-growing district, there is nothing for the poor to eat. Un- ess fed at public expence, starvation wul result, and the lnuitury governor hr, therefore, requested a .hipment cf T.U tons of rice, i-odah and buton, ia r ! Vh tiontothe C00 tohH a&ked for r :"t Irra woeks ago. The uctirc- eary ceijral of substance was til; " t: J to secOre the food ubked for irar: .I'.t3 hipecnt.
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