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ft ii . J i . - r . i ii; T : 44--. it i rrn rrrw rnrn tt- till?- MVJ ' L' LLrf i fV, ! I X Vntt I I , i I I ii Unit. '. : .. v i i . ii.. i 1 i i i i ' i ' i ' i i i i. i li. ." Wiini, i.iL' .'ij bi I .i In- Pill' 'WTOii':'f: W?Ak PUBLISHED EyERfeyENINq bsXfc-fTV 5 W IN LlteiNb: 292 ill KINSTON, Nl O.; TQESDAY; JMtAROH 13,-1000. Price Two Oenta! v f t APPEAL TO, POWERS, , Exuger Asks Intervention In South " A Befusal From Germany Uui The Hainif. ' March 12. It is ' learned from a reliable sonrce that President Kroger, through the consuls at Pretoria, has appealed for the ' intervention of the great powers in the Transvaal war, and as also appealed to the' government bf Belgium, .Holland and Switzerland, yn ' i Germany Refuses to Interfere Durban, ' March .12. The Transvaal having appealed to German j for, media tion or, intervention in tne war witn Great Britain; Germany has replied that she declines to interfere, as sne Is tm no way corlqerned in the conflict. ; v; ei ! viremorialtb Salisbury ' (London, March l2.;-:Leonard B.jDonr1r ney , H. P.; and others, in behalf; of the South . At rican conciliation committee, "Will Memorialize Lord Salisbury to make peace, now that -the . British Arms are triumpnanWou the basis of equal rights to all: whites and disarmament, leavinor tthe twof republic ., vnatfonal Ijie Wlttnn weir own. DQTQt a-,. ft tk The Are Probably Be.nff Used in :. , the Interest of Peaoe. '' y wasnington, Marcn l nere Is . rea son to believe. tnac tne united etc governmen t is . using its good offices td restore peace between Great Britain and the South African ; repubHci; This has not taken the shape of a proffer of media tion, .t Thf. rrnlH ti-" rtiutinptlv renti tr'. nant to Great Britaifl, and according to the rule of international law. which has. without exception, governed the state department in the past, could not be Vol u i) tee red by us until it was known to be acceptable to both parties to the war. i But the United states mhrht very prop erly serve as an intermediary to trans mic an appeal ror peace and 1 the ; terms uprin.wbicb: peace can be secnredt The tJnited.States hm Bucces'rfully! jnertJ. ifl the termination t)f the' Chinese-J apanese war, and it is helieveq its good ofilces In this line are now being extended.'" If Ibli belief is well foonded, then Adelbert Hay. United State, consul at Pretoria, ha4 been the instrument for" transmitting to the ' British " government, 'through -the double. intervention of th?departhient of State, and '.'Ambassador ' Choatr5 ari applicatioh from President " Kruger and Steyn to be informed "as -to the terms tipou which the War crfn be ehded. The taqts m tne case win penuuy aeveiopea NBWBERlf S BIO AUw v Unusual Attraotipna Are Seoured. Streets, of Oalfo.1 Fine Parades. Newb.ni Tidmat 'HMW? lJnrar i '- The Pair association has 'perfected ar- 7T LOOKS, LIKE WAR iU.yVVCiUV.0 AAA JOUkUUAJ W; MWtary. Protection, eok lam's Friends Organize a Oom- iany and Guard Against Threate ned Arrest of Democratic Offl vlala. Z Taylor ' States Why He Pardoned Those Charged With t Assassination of OpebeL Frankfort, Ky., March 11. The Dem Jra.ts and the Republicans in Kentucky :e today, for; the first ti me since the esenc political complications ' assumed ute form, divided into two armed, and fcanized factions. Surrounding the cap Li .t ri . a . i -l . . - fn ana tae otaie executive ouiiatug ana mped in the grounds around Gor.Tayt r's home are nearly 200 State militia, 'ell provided, with , amnranition, while I the corridors of the Capital Hotel, in ,hich the ' Democratic' state executive 'Sees are located, and in the streets ad- Icent to that building, are sixty "'special .Beers, and the men and boys of a mili- a company that was organised in jrankfort today as the nucleus of Gov. jeckbam's state guard, besides scores or tore of heavily armeo citizens, partisans j the Democratic claimantl i'f i, Only two ' days more remain -for the gislature to remain in session, but the .evelopments of those two : days !are poked forward to with apprehension by L'aoers oi ootn sides. r ; 1 The first move , on the . part ' of Gov. Beckham's followers toward the forma- hation of a state guard under his ad ministration j was i taken 3 here r today. Jity Clerk Ben Marshall circulated a pa per and enlisted the requisite number of nen who are to compose a new? com pany. The guns for tnis company, have peen proTided by citizens here, most "of uhem being either needle guns or win 'besters. t tK-i" ; tf' i mis aiternoon a report gained cur rency that Taylor had givea his soldiers orders to arrest Gov. Beckham and other officers of the Democratic state govern ment. ; On account of this report, the men enlisted by Capt. Marshall were as sembled at the city hall, armed and sworn in as ' special police: for the purpose of protecting the Democratic officers, who are Btill quartered at the Capital Hotel. A large number of citizens "also volun (teered, and. were assigned to rarious posts in the vicinity of the hotel to offer a resistance m case the talked of ' arrests IVere attempted.""- oov. xayiors soldiers, who are on guard at the state hoHne. were reinforced today by the arrival' ol the Barbourville company jbi seventy-one men, nil of whom are fully armed ? and equipped More troops are looked lor tonight. ThePine- ville and Ixmdon companies are expected some time during the night or tomorrow. Gov. Beckham , has appointed- CoL David R. .Murray,of Clover Point, assist ant adjutant general with .the rank of colonel, end be was s worn in. The offi cial announcement was made that this appointment is i onf temporary. This was regarded as significant; it being ' nn derstood that Col. Murray accepted the appointment on account' of the gravity of the prei-ent situation; and with the understanding that he could resign when J the conditions ' in the state become xnore , quiet. . , ' ' Harlan "Whitaker and W. UJ Coulton; charged with complicity in ithfr; assassi-. nation of boebel, have been' removed tO : L.pii ville - It is understood they will be kept in the Louisville jail till April term of the circuit court,' when -they wiU be returned here for trial. , t ' Looks TJgly for the Prisoners; . Lexington; '"Ky .7 Ma rfch l 1. The adopt ing of such difguiee as was used by Davis and Powers in order to get out of Frank fort puts an ugly phase on the matter forb prisoners, in th opinion of. some of thir frvndl here, ""although r'tbey ) ex plain that they only did so merely to get away from the local .Goebel t influences, which tbiy allege would work to -their detriment in securing a fair trials ' Gen. Costleman came here tonight, but he nays he has insued no orders and will issue none. He says be will do all in his power to preserve peace. . : . Brothers of Goebel Caused Arrests. Frankfort. ; Ky., March 11. The re ward o ?l,C0O for the arrest of Powers and Daris was offered by Justus Goebel and Arthur Goebel, brothers of the late mlham Goebel. Justus Goebel is here, and hadi the oiler of .the reward tele phoned to the Lexinp-ton .ofUccrs as soon as it was learned that the state ofllcers bad escaped in soldiers' uniforms on the ' , ' V : v ,:,.i..,,,....;!'.'i . the state coromissipfaers' laVing charge of the I100..000 fund, but thfy acted on their wn account, V Arthur Goebel Js ' in Cincinnati. The brothers were Jn .com munication doring the. night by .wire and telephone, aftd bjth kept the wires- hot to.iexington.;,-."i. ' INTllltVlLl W WITH 1 : Ui TAYLOR. StateaWhy lid Issued" Pardons to '"14''. Obfcetlfiuajtis.nXkiVi'' . lyaalsvillei KjX March, H-Taylor; to night made a long statement of why he granted pardons, to all of - the 1 persons charged witn tne assassination 01 uoebei He pretends4 that a conspiracy exists to fasten the crfme'on all or some of the Be poblicanv state officials. He claims the state eonrts are bo partisan that it is Bracikaliy ; impossible for : any besides mocrats to obta n a fair trial. He says they are courts of conviction instead of courts Of trial, "'s T Tavlorsavs: "-"Under this state of -af fairs, ' believing' that each one of ; said persons is innocent of any complicity in said crime, and further believing that the enormous reward will; secure the. con viction of these men, however innocent, I deemeqi U my solemn duty to issue , par dons to them (ri order that those nollti caieonspimtora mtgoinocbe enaoiea to deprive tbem of their . liberty - or their life." The'miltv then should be onniehed. bnt deslsrain!? men controllimr the courts --, ,.T. r...T.. . j 4 . - - should not be enabled to shedthe oiood of innocent-men, andjj, it is in my; po wer to prevent it I pledge myself in the name cm k$vq fuw uyujauibj -luub ib nuau uut : -K -- 1 ' . ,1 Powers and Pa vis Sent to Louis Lexington, March jl2.Mt2." o'clock this morning' Secretary of State Caleb Power and Capt, John Davis, who were arrested here. Saturday, night, charged with being accessories tq the murder, of WUHam Gbel Were- taken frocn ibe S laced on board the 6. o'clock , Louisville ; Southern train and taken to Louisville l2t tz: keeDlnA 'The local officers feared aa attenipt would be made to rescue fhe - . n ' , . y T .. Immediate Trial Demanded. U Ini8villeiMatch'ri2.-retary I of State Powers and Capt. John Davis, who wereremoved from; Lexington jail last guard. - Sheriff Bosworth says be slipped tne prisoners out 01 Lexington to pre vent their being rescued bv the mountain soldier; Powers and Davis demand ' an immediate trial. The story that Taylbr will prevent the legislature from meeting a denied. , . . j t , FAT1T1TNO OBEEK ITEMS, i . ' ,! l'?7; . .'March 12, 1900." Mr: S. 0. Kennedy ? visited near - Coa homa Saturday night.-, r r-,... , , ; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Parrott.'of Lousin Swamp, , .visited at Mr. W. E, Askew's Sunday.-. .... Mr. H. UL Brewer and family, of Kins- ton, spent Sunday 1 at his.; father's, Mr. Mumford Brewer. ' I i T ; m . MeBsiNeedbam and ; Machard Herrinsr. of near LaGrange, Visited at Mr. J. H. Darden's Sunday. - ' 1 Mrs. Maude Hadley and little daughter. Muriel, returned from visiting near La- Grange Saturday, v . ( A Sunday school' has been organized at Trinity and we hope , all , will .come out $hd help in the good Cause.1, ,.-' w . : i llispes BesHle TemolJ.- Clara Thornton and Jennie Ravner.. of Kinston. vinited M ins Bessie Parrott Saturday and Sunr Mr.. Adoipb (iray and sister. Miss Daisy, of Institute, and'Mr.U, E, My and sis ter. JIisM Men a, of Brenton., ewnt Satur day and Sunday at Mr.Dempsey Wood's, STATE r.-.,ftrr '-ifS-? mews; North Carolina Items In Condensed Fornix tie . Caldwell county 'Democratic conven tion enthusiastically endorsed ' Aycock for governor -'j r,-r? vi-.-. The Boston base ball team .will have its spring training at Greensboro, tne men arriving about the zatn of this month. The Huffhes' buildlnar . at Newbern caught fire in the attic Sunday. It was extinguished, but r waterdamaged the stocks of goods in the stores underneath, including Bradham's druz store. 1 Last .Thursday Joe 'W! Carson got caugnt in a pelt at tnenaqsemond TrucK and Package Uo.'s factory At Bethel, and was so badly injured tbat he died Friday. His arms and legs were badly broken and he was otherwise injured.. June arm was amputated, but medical Bid could do little for bim and he died Fxlday. - In the Burke criminal' court two fines. each of $2,500, have been ilmposed upon xne ooutuera railway, lor issuing iree asses, three years ago, from Raleigh to orjeanton and . Morgan to& to Washinjr- ton. t The railway claimed that the latter was interstate and beyond the court's jurisdiction. . As appeal is taken. - , ' There was a novel Incideut at the Con federate Soldiers,5 Home at Raleigh Sun day afternoon. ' WN.Clahton, from Mecklenburg, was shot at Gettysburg, the bullet striking a testament and stop ping at St Luke, ,xvii:U3, :f Canton - pre sented ! the I testament! to' the chaplaih; who immediately preached Ta' sermon from that verse. : U: t, .v; K -James H. toung, of Raleieh, oneof the best-known negroes' inr the State and always a Republican politician, says the negroes want the. white voters to settle the franchise amendment; rthat the ne groes dp not care about registering or voting, and that he dops not believe there will be any negro delegate to the State convention or to other contentions. '- '-H. King's I GMTfleek1j'A!imti man from Belvoir told 61 a big mad dog scare in that section last week. John Randolph at the Bensboro place bad to kill a fine bull, it being; bitten", by a mad dog. His hogs were also bitten and m many went mad that he had to kill all but one. We also heard 1 that Mr. Rives had to kilt a very fine cow-last Thurs.' day, because a mad dog- bad bitten ber. Dogs stand very ; little . show in that section now, and a. great many have been made to bite the dust.1 r u -: . ' ;! " LaGBANGE 1TJ1MS.-;:.H,. rJFllJBB pBES8 BrB8AD.'i . i ,i , .LaGjiakoe, March 12-1900. Mr, K. E Sutton will .leave today for. city, ,"..,,:' ;;:rt),K;?!tl.-i'.Ht ; Sheriff B. W. Edwards, of Greene coun tV'kthinii9tM hi-tmi, rangeimnts for some .exceptionally fine for Sdsbor A f KSsh? attractions, cqmingiair,- Abiong foriioldeboro..,., fVwlNVr the jiumlier mayvi be mentioned "The BLOEMFONTEIN ', TOTTERING.; .... . - .: British Oocupy Two ' Hills Com- ' '. . mart Aino Trior. Plana . , . : ' ' London March 18i--Lord Roberts tele graphs that Gen. French occupied tw p hills commanding Bloemfontein, the re mainder of Lord Roberts' iorces quickly following. ' ' ' .'-' ; . ' " train. It is claimed by some that the Goebtl brothers will be reinbursod by We have saved many doctor bills since we bepran usinsr Chamberlains Couirh lemedy in our home. We keen a bottle open all the time and ' whenever any of my family or myelf begin to catch, cold we begin to use the uousrb llemedy; and as a result we never have to end away for a doctor and incur a large doctor till, for Chamberlain's Cocsh Remedy r : ? ver f illj to cure. It ia certainly a med icine of freat merit and worth. D. S. 1 'eakkle, General ilerchant and Farmer, I !atf, Dedlord county. Pa. Forsale by J. E. Hood. Mrs. Geo. V. Richardson, of Dover, who had been visiting .;ftt: AIr, S.I. Sutton's, returned home this afternoon, ' ; 'S i Work was begun, this morninjar bn the new ( waiting room to be erectedfor the colored patrons of the A; & NO. ft. R vj Presidinsr Elder W. S.'Rone.' returninir from the quarterly, meeting at Trinity, took the train here today jor.Goldsbdro. Prof. Burner , and. family, who are to give free shows at ; the, city hall during this week, arrived this morning and ere stopping at Pitt's Hotel. v 1 ! ;-v T . 'Mr..f Richard Wopten, who is now sell- ng manufactured tobacco, v. Is here". I He ell on the curbing Friday sand hurt his hip, but he in able to walk with the assis tance of acane ; ". , '; . ,.;,..' Class B of the Christian Sunday1 school will give an entertainment at LaGrange High School Friday night, March 16th, at o'clock, for the .benefit of the church. Rf-freshmenta will be served.. .Admission I0.and 15 cents; ' ' : 4 rl " v i r , .. i i; Does it Pay to Buy Cheap? ; . if A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right,, but you want something that will relieve and f cure the more severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yen, if possible; if not possible for you, then in either cace take the ONMr remedy that has been introduced in all civilized coun tries with success in pevere. throat and lung troubles, "Boachee's German Sy rnp." It not only heals and stimulates the tis sues to destroy the germ ; disease, i but allays inflammation, causes easy expec toration, gives a good night's rest,' and cure8the patient. Try oxe bottle. Recom mended many years by all drujritsin te world. For sale by the Temple-JJareton Drug Co. Streets of Cabo,, a true , reproduction bf life in theOriept, showing how the people live and amtwe themselves in their native country. ueaiiHiie sceues represenwa oy native ; Oriental performers, male, and female, all irarhei and; costumed as they vouldi be, in. their own land, giving the bride's marriage, the wedding procession, the Oriental, . toufnameu t and wedding festivities, such as the priests' on higb, pers,. acrobatic exercises by a native troupe! forming ' the ' famous. .Egyptian pyramids, word; fighters, howling and whistling", dervishes, cymbal ancj ,:Tom Tom players. : . -." :, : ;' y.tiTWt TURKISH THEATRE. ;;:(y J ( ' . Here a program will be rendered replete with Oriental novelties, magicians, muel cians, songs in the native tongue, dancing girls and chair winners. V .;v . .' THE PALACE OP ILLUSIONS. AH the best in the illusion line -will be here represented. . The flying lady, Pha roah's daughter turned to Btone,!the living half lady, etc. ! f s The wild and tamed animal "exhibit, showing dancing, bears, tame twelves, performing lions, etc. : ' f r f. The military, parade and. competitive drill on Wednesday of fair week promises to be an exceptionally attractive feature. A cash prize of f 50 in gld is offered by the association for the ? best uniformed and drilled company belonging to, the North Carolina ; State guard. . Several companies have already signified their intention of entering the contest, among the number being the divisions of Naval Reserves at Elizabeth City, Windsor and Newbern; the Washington light infantry and Goldsboro rifles.'. ' , , p' 'The handsome silk .flag offered by the Fair associa tion lant year was won bythe Elizabeth City division of Naval Reserves. .GEHEML' 'llEWS-r mi ij : ffe; . . j i, , ; lnvX 3iiJ ; Uatters of Interest Condensed Into 11 Brief ParAcrrftnhfil ' ' h J'iV'-'iff ' ,hi;o-i vi The steamer Count collided with , an other steamer off Sable Island, and ' the captain and 21 men were drowned."" ;r' ' Fifteen jpersons'mostly children'were burned to death in ah' Italian tenement house in Newark. N.J., Monday morning. An Italian rs tea Vito Credava has been arrested on f,.f4iciou of having set the. buUding on fire. V; .. ; K - ' : i !,w Boston flremen fought six hours to sub due a fire in the Mass. Maccaroni build ing Sunday; which- csused a loss of i be tween . I75.O0O and f 1&0.000. t One fire man was killedit another fatally hurt and three others injured. , 1 ' ' V' Near Sioux City! Ibvfa?, Sunday Christ Bauer was killed by Eraut Myers1, hie brotber-ln-lawj Both arefafmtrs. Bauer met death in, defending his mother, with whom Myers had picked a quarrel. Myers had been drinking.' Jt'" j Eesfdeny ! afb'n the ' little Vermimon river," in LaSalle, Ill.y vwere driven 1rom their homes Sunday by ithe nigh; water and; anj ice gorge which, threatened the destruction of , their homes. . The police rescned.' them ; in boats. Many had n&r- rU66w TJtsnWPayne' died a New!0 leans Sunday,. aged :01 years Pora quarter Of a century Mr. Payne was the largest ,cotton doaler in the world, and (or half a century be was one of the fore most citizens of ' New Orleans A bosom friend of Jefferson Datis, it was, at . Mr. Payne's residence in New Orleans, that the ex-president of the Confederacy, was takeill 'and.d.ied.v - " ; " ' Sunday night of f ii double murder and lynching near Jennings Fla:, dose to the Weorgia JineMi,t ppieais t"at two white men ot the .name oi Carver were killed by ia negro, whose natuecbuld hot be learned. The negro Was; captured by the sherifS Jl ' mob iqnickiy gathered, took the murderer away from tbepHcers and swung bim up t The-suburban residents of Nbffolk. Ytk.. arejterrorized by irime' and 'go teniy to sho,Ot.luM(EMiy armed 'negroes hate, been arrested. An epidemic oi assault, bur- g)arj,and high wsy robbery leads to talk of a vigilance coiuuiittee. Women there live'in a state of dread. ' A 'highwayman was shot Saturday night mud one cap tured byi his intended vi aim. Several highwaymen had been previously shot " Durinfir last week -Mexican trooos 'and Takuf Indians fotigh t four eiiKHgements. in which about ;2U0.InUians were killed. The Aiexicans ;sufered very little .Joss 01 life, but about, 25 'we're Wounded.' JThe fact that 'the .' Maya'' Indian have also taken 1 the '" warpath 'and ' are harassing the . trdops ' a great deal, gives ' rise to grave surmises us to how long it, will take to brinir the uprisiuir to a termina tion. - - 4 "Jiff t 4 '7 i" 1 1 Dockery's Witness Arrested. k Michael F. Dawling, the principal wit- : ness in favor of Po'kery iu his corites for Bellamy V eeuti iif wtlrgfefS Was ar rested itf Wasbiuut Ciry Friday night. The' police caught Dawhugand uu accom plice robbing a drunken drummer. Bepublidans Draw the' Color Line. Wilmington Dispatch. -v. t ;IHiE.'"' The KepublicHiiH of Georjeia are! draw ing the color, line ight, along. ;.Qf four delegates elected iv thestVite convention to the national 'negroes.5 -.''T:. Seoiiteirtlon' three, are pi'i. ) 1 1 m , Sick headache." Fdod doesn't di gest well, appetite foor, bowels con stipated, tongue coaled. It's your liver 1 Ayeri Pi?! 3 are liver pills, easy and safe." They cure dyspep .sia, biliousness! f 5o." 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