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'II Inllfa DAILY' 35. 7ol. II-o. 298 " KINS70N, N. 0., TUESDAY7MAR0H 20 'lOOOi Prico Two Cents, f -' .x :';..-:'V v.T, -- -Vv -v.. v'- :,; ; ; :, c -:;: " v- -. ---. ' : ..-.,... ,:,''--u .- ' ;-' v.-..", ' ..;;. .... - . i 1 1 f i i - r a- - ; - - . - j- .... .. .. r i . .: ., . . - . . " r - .' T"' - , " 1 ". 1 1 ' . ' ' GBHERAL HEWS. inttera of Interest Condensed Into ' Brief Paragraphs. ' i Smallpox has developed in a mild form t I ale College. The house on Monday refused to concur 1 the senate amendments to the Porto ican relief bill. j Admiral Dewey wad greeted by immense ,-owda upon his arrival at Savannah, Btitute. In attempting to kill a dog that had attacked bis cbiidren Shaw was bit ten badly. In the adjoining county of Darlington five children were recently bit ten by a rabid dog. All were sent to the Pasteur Institute for treatment. The settling up of the estate of W. C. Totten, ex-member of the West Virginia legislature, who lived at Piedmont, has revealed the fact that he was bunkoed out of $5,000 by the gold brick scheme, Totten was a merchant and broker, and was regarded as a careful business man. He never divulged the secret of his being bunkoed. : Several , knew the facts, but Kept quiet.' The Dries, made oi brass, was lound among bis assets at tne Davis Ra tional JuanK, i'ledmont. it is valued at I The Port Gibson, Miss. compress, in o hnrnort Snnrtor XlflflfilHI I im.. -a . i J 1 ery Sunday night went down at Clay as burned (Sunday., lioss ?1UO,UOO, iliv covered by insurance. I Lieut. Ilobson. the hero of the Merri aac, has given a flagpole, made of the fiasts oi tne Don Juan de Austria and le Almirante Oquendo, to the state of fJabama. I Chas. Humphries, a negro, was lynched .0 miles from Phoenix City, Ala., Sun 'ay, for entering the room of a white in the night before. Me confessed the 'ttempt and was shot to death. j Fire Monday morning destroyed the usiness portion of Prattsville, Ala. All ae buildings on Main street, with the xceptiOn of two. were burned. 1 he loss . ill amount to over $60,000, with $10, 00 insurance. Frank Cass, 18 years old, was killed at cvin Lake, Sunday in a friendly boxing out with Bert Whidden. In the eighth bund "Whidden struck Cass with, a six- unce glove on the left side of the neck, eath resulted in half an hour. Cass eighed 170pounds, being 20 pounds eavier than Whidden. , ,'K , The Turkish government, in reply to Ue Russian demands for exclusive rail yay rights in Asia Minor, has proposed compromise whereby the railways vould be constructed by Russia and Tur- ey in partnership. The liussian embassy isists upon the original demands, which he Turkish military commission strenu usly opposes. The ' Vendome Hotei (Chicago) suicide .nd the woman he killed Saturday have een identified as M. Goldflas, proprietor f a cigar and confectionery store on west fourteenth street, and Jennie Lies, 14 ears oVan employe of a cigar factory. Uthough of tender years, she had been ceeping company with Goldflas for some iine. : It is asserted that the man was in atuated with her, and that he probably nlled her in a fit of jealousy, Goldflas vas 30 years Old and married, i Mad docs have caused a panic in sev eral localities of the Pee Dee section in south Carolina. - Sam Nelson, of Statee. jurg. bitten some weeks ago, died of by- Jrophobia, after suffenng the worst form of the malady, and. another man, name jnknown, ' is reported to have died in iumter county oaturaay.'; ounaay, in a 'eW hours, in Sumter, $400 was raided by public subscription to send Sam E. Shaw and his three children to the Pasteur In bank trestle, one mile from Ozard, Ala., about 1 o'clock Monday morning. It was a double-header, running 50 miles an hour. Both engines passed over the tres tie, but the entire train went down, ex cent a rear, sleeper. The trestle is 250 feet long and 40 feet high. The coaches were split into kindling wood. Conduc tor lieaa was Dacuy nurt, out wui re cover, tiiteen passengers were more or less injured rone, a drummer from Savan- nab, is dying. 1 , . . . ' ' Nearly 2.000 people surrounded the jail at Joplin, Mo., Sunday night and de manded a negro who had been arrested in the eveninar for assaultinar a 7-vear- old white girl. ' When -the officers refused to surrender him the mob broke the mil windows and crowded into the office. In the excitement the lights were turned out and the negro was smuggled from the building andjBtarted for Carthage, 10 miles distantThe mob learned later that they had been foiled, and started af ter midnight for Carthage, bent on lynch ing the culprit. . INSTITUTE ITEMS. urn I V Ill .' . 7 ilea chi Hi :u:,l'i LJllitlll danger signal first nature a listte vith - A persistent cough is at first a friend; for it gives warning of the approach of adeadlyene my. Heed the warning before it is too late, before your lungs become inflamed, be fore the doctor says, ' Con sumption.' When the appears, help March 19, 1900. Mr. Troy Rouse, of near Kinston. spent Sunday here. , Mrs. L, J. Vause is visiting relatives in j ones county. - ,. ' . Miss Lucy Tumaire is visitinar friends near Jason this weeK. v Mr. Hugh Hollowell, of Hookerton. spent t nday night here. ' , Annie Blackman, colored, died here Friday nigtyt at the age of 97 years. , Elder Barfield. of Avden. srwnt Satur day and Sunday at Mr. A. T. Dawson's Miss Lula Taylor, of near Hookerton. is visiting her brother, Mr. A. Wf Taylor. Mr. Mark Hardy and sister. Miss Mol- lie, left Friday to visit relatives at Tren ton. ' ' Mess. Albert White and Henry Allen went to Cadez Friday and returned Sun day. . ' , , " .. Mr. Guy Dawson, of Ayden. spent Sat urday night and Sunday with his parents cere. , , . - Mr. Leon Aid ridge, of Hookerton. spent Saturday night and Sunday at Mr. S. P. liardy's. . Miss Helen Newbold. of LaGranore. spent Saturday and Sunday visiting Miss juaucie uawson. Miss Maude Pollock, of Cadez. who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. G. F. Allen, returned home Jb riday. - Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Clavtor-and Mr. ifake Rhodes and sister, Miss Amanda, of Kinston, spent Sunday at Mr. S. P. Har dy . -, . COAHOMA ITEMS.. . TO AID UAFEKING Liora Metnuen in ooxnniand o Mounted Belief Column. Fight lug North of Kimberley OfBoial Report of Boer Losses. Boer Amazons to the Defense. . London, March 19. The relief of Mafe- king, if not already accomplished. most certain to be announced,; in a few days. Lord Methuen is leading a reliel force from Kimberley, and a Times spe cial from Bulawayo reports Col. Plumer at Lobatsi. about forty miles north o MafekJng. ,v . ; f Fiffhtingr North of Kimberley. : Cape Town. Sunday. ; March ' 18 The mounted force from Kimberley proceed ing to the reliel ox Mafefeing, under , com mand of Lord Methuen, has arrived at Warrenton. As the force neared- Wind sorton the Boers evacuated ;the town blowimr up the bridee. v A: : The advance column, Cola. )rummond and Peakman commanding, had a sharp engagement with 500 Boers atrourteen Streams, s The British succeeded in driv ing the Boers off. Tbey had only a few casualties. v . ' Don't delay rr.:;i ycer z? it 2 re f r.j year cell f Cz;;a zzt. Lillt!:2e-niy ' V.y.y Li:i3 you. 'atriay. : i5 c.-:;-'i c:?p m ycur c: C:-2 ycur c c: ' t:r c : for a is tet- : r SiZ3 ;l7f;r 1 : ' . March 15, 1900. Mr. Fred Sutton has iust taken a trin in Pitt ;ounty. - Miss Dannie Smith visited in Jones county a few days since. Mr. orreRt W.Kennedy visited friends near Institute the past week. . Juisses bue and Eula Smith attended- services at Shady Grove Sunday. Mies Ausrusta Robinson has returned home, having finished her school. Mr. Thos. Sutton is erectinar a neat cot tage near his father'a, he Bays, to put tobacco in. Rumor does not sav so. Several of our youns men attended the dance at the close of the public school near Deaver Dam church Friday night. JLeguiar services at Armenia were held by the pastor, Rev. C. W. Howard, last Sabbath. The day was beautiful and the attendance was good. x-lr. bam A.tarraway, or "Jlonticello," was m our Ef -Lborhood recently, stop ping at "r. N. D. Trooten's, at which rlace he wes given a party by the young ladies cf the idz.'.ly. H you wm rcr::;t we would sav we have L card t:vcr l fivoralla comments on the cn:reo tr.hcn by Tes Fr.r.T5 Vr.n-s ia V n Xi'.;Dh2-Triiity matter. The f ec; !j Lke a frca end cca exprc: iion cf crimen. Garrison on Quarter Rations. Lourenzo Marques, Sunday, March 18. A dispatch from Mafeking, dated Sat urday. March 10. savs: ' "The garrison is holding its own. We have heard numerous rumors that the siege will be raised, but so far that is not the case. We are pegging ' along pa tiently on quarter rations, supplemented by the occasional capture ot cattle.' Official Report of Boer Losses. Pretoria, Friday, March 16. The chief of the , intelligence "department, Molen graaf, announces that the federal losses, prior to the relief of Kimberley and Lady- smith were: Killed 677: wounded, 2,129 Accidents, sickness, and .': Other ; disabling causes, he asserts, brings j the total to A POOR DEPENDENCE Transvaal Government Believes United States Will .Bring About Peaoe. . , ' London, March J.9. A Lourenzo" Mar ques dispatch to the Tim- tays: ' "Secretary of State E'tK. n an inter view at Pretoria, - said !" Transvaal government considered thV merican re ply! highly satisfactory, m 1 believed America would bring sui !t i sreesure to bear' as would result in settlement agreeable to the people of -te ; republics, While admitting the seriousness of the situation, Beitz is convinced that the burghers of the two republics will en thusiastically defend the independence of the 'L ransvaal to the last.. "Whatever the original intention, " now seems that the Object of sending peace deputation to Europe is to secure European intervention.. The Volkstein confesses that the Boers are not sanguine of any great results of the deputation, but urges on the burghers that the success of the mission largely depends upon the exercise of persistent courage until such time as the deputation may have made the case known.'? . GATACRE'S FORCE ACROSS. Pontoon Over Orange River at Bethulie, Where Bridge Was 'Wrecked. London, March 19. A special to the Times from Cape Town; dated Saturday, says: ' . "The correspondent of the Argus at Bethulie, Free State, telegraphs that Capt. Henning, of the mounted police, and t'apt. Turner, with the scouts, en tered Springfontein on the night of the 15tb. They captured two engines, forty trucks and a number of prisoners, mostly Germans and Greeks belonging to the Johannesberg commando. The prison ers were Bent to Bethulie. Bethulie bridge is not so badly dam aged as at first supposed. Bethulie is almost deserted by the Dutch, who are said to be greatly incensed 1 by the re ported annexation of the Free State by the Transvaal, and disconcerted by the A. R. Do Fluent, editor cf The Journal, Dovlcstown, Ohio, eercd for a number cf yeirs from rheumatism in his rizht shoulder and th "lly ri.-ht lie say f rra at tirr.s vrr.3 entirely ii-v-h:. I tried Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and was sur prised to reof-ive f a!mo?t immouiate ly. The Pain B-.!m has I n a constant ccrnp.vuiAa cf -i ".i"e tverg'-eand it never l::s." Per e.-.h3lyJ.E. Hood. transfer of the Free State government o Kronstadt. - ' "Gen. Gatacre's whole force, . artillery and transport, has crossed the river, and is now camped two miles north otBethu- "Norvalpont, March' 16. A pontoon 800 feet long was constructed yesterday in a few hours. The cavalry and ; two batteries of artillery immediately crossed The principal part of the convoys under Capt. Sbackleton, transport officer, crossed safely today. Trains from Bioem fontein with troops arrived at North river this afternoon. '.' J'Gatacre is at Springfontein." Aliwal North, March 17. Over 250 reb els surrendered yesterday and 150 more are now outside the town.' Kebel com mandants are still with Olivier beyond Rouxviile, but practically all the 1 rebels have left, the enemy being dismissed to their homes. All promised good , behav ior in the future. v v : , , A dispatch .to the Daily News : from Bloemfontein, dated Friday, March 16, says: vHtents nave occurred which ' in dues some to predict that the war wil last only so long as it takes to march to Pretoria. The educated Boers, even the Transvaalers, are ready to accept the inevitable. I am told that a corps of 2,000 women has been formed at Pre toria. It is called the Amazon Corps All the members are uniformed in kilts, and are armed." " ' - LaORANQE ITE1MS. - Fbke Press Bcreac. , ; LaGbange, March 19, 1900. Mess. Albert Uzzell and Robt. Edwards. of uoid8Doro, were here Kunday, , Rev, W.G. Johnston, of Kinston, is the guest of itev. u. u. 1'etree today.. ; Mess. Ben and Henry Sutherland, ol Mt. Olive, spent Sunday at Mr. A. S. Wooten's. , v Dr. Burner, who with his assistants has beengivingfree shows here the past week, left for Snow Hill this morning. Mr. R. B. Shaw and family, of Char lotte, are stopping at Hotel Fields until they can arrange to move into Mr, John Willis Sutton's house.: Mr.bhaw is man ager of the, Osceola canning factory. DEMOCRATIC PRIM VARIES?" ' ' " ' WeBt Moseley Hall precinct Democratic primary was called to order by S. I. Woo- ten, chairmao, and George B. W. Hadley was elected secretary pro tem. Mess. J. M. Hadley Shade Wooteir, Sr., and W. S. Uzzell, with the chair and secretary, were elected delegates to attend the conven tion at Kinston on March 24th. Mess. J. M. Hadley, W. S. Uzzell, Simeon Wooten, Jf. Barrow and JN. w. iiemng were elected executive committee. East Moseley Hall precinct was called to order by ti. v. Williams, chairman, and delegates and executive committee appointed as follows: Delegates M. W. Ball. John' r. button, w. A. Thompson and Frank Langley. Executive commit teeJohn W. Sutton, Jr., John N. War- ters. J. M. Hodges, M. W. Ball and W. IL Burke. . - ' . J. A. BRYAN ENDORSED. A committee representing boih prima ries assembled, drew up and adopted the ollowiug resolutions,' endorsing Hon. James A. Bryan's administration of the A. & N. C. railroad: Whereas,- The Hon. - James A. Bryan, president of the A. & N. C. railroad, has made substantial and much needed im provements in the passenger depot here. and has shown that be is equal to the task imposed upon him in the manage ment ot the road; and ;:'r - Whereas, . v o recognize his efforts to advance the interests of bur town, and also recognize ; him as a staunch Demo crat, and an ardent supporter of white supremacy; therefore, Resolved, First, that we, the business men and cmzens oi ijaurange and sur rounding country, tender him our sincere thanks for bi8 wise management of the A. & N. C. vailroad. We. thank him for the increased number of trains on the road, thereby accommodating the travel ing public.",-. We thank him for hia kind ness and gentle bearing toward all the patrons of the road. Second, That we express our confidence in him a awis9 and prudent business man, and also our approval of the policy he haa adopted ia the management of the road. : Third, That wepledge him our aid and support in hia efforts to further the inter ests of the A: & IS. C railroad, and to advance the prosperity and welfare of our town, county and State. Fourth, That these resolutions be pub--hed in The Klnston-Fkee Press and he LaGrnrTe Sentinel, and that a copy besenttpLlr. Lryan. To C-'3 a C-:i h C33 Cay Tale Laxativ Eromo C'.'ivivs Tablets. All rurrists refund the money it it fai; to cure. fc. W. Oruvk's i 'nature is on eac'i Lox. 95c. STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items) - v" In Condensed Form. The unveiling of the Vance statue, in Capitol square, - Raleigh, cannot take place May 20, as planned, but will oc cur July 4th. - . -V'-" r"'--:.;;-;,v The voters of Raleigh on Monday de feated the proposition to sell the old market house to raise money to build au auditorium. v a vote of 060 to 632. . At Weldvu Saturday :f night Elijah Whitaker was advancing on Wm. Pugh with a pistol in one hand and a knife In the other. Pugh wrenched the pistol from the hand of Whitaker and shot him in the neck. Both colored. Pugh was jailed. . ;,, .. , , Newbern Journal: Deputy Collector C. M. Babbitt seized J. Kf Rogers still at Newport and has removed the outfit to this city. There were 25 packages of whiskey. It was a government still and the seizure was made on account of irreg ularities. :. .v;;-?-?rJ'Jt :" Wilson News: Robert Fortune and John Taylor, the negroes bung at Nash ville ye8terdayj are reported to have sold their bodies so Deputy Sheriff War ren for f 20, and the deputy to Dr. White head of the State University for $50. The bodies go to Raleigh to be embalmed and later on to Chapel Hill to be used before the medical claes. Admiral Dewey passed through Greens boro Monday on his way to Savannah and other points south. He went out on the platform when the train drew up to the station . there and gave the people E resent an opportunity to see how the ero of Manila looked. , There were only a few people present to see him, the early train and inclement weather not being conducive to hero worship. Alonzo Brown, a white prisoner sen tenced to six months forcriminal assault, escaped from jail at Greenville Saturday. When the negro who . waits on the jail finished feeding the prisoners up stairs he came down and failed to lock the Corridor door. Brown, seeing it unlocked waited until they were busy feeding the pwoners on the lower floor, when he opei, en the doorand quietly stepped out. I had already served nearly half of his term. At Tarboro Monday Tobe Harris hot West Speight, the ball lodging in the right side just above the hip. Harris was half drunk and snatched a rabbit Speight was cleaning and threw icon the floor atDey& Hedges' stables. '."-When SDeiffht told him that Mr., Hedges would make him pay for it; Harris became angry and : the two exchanged some words. Harris then went into the office, snatched a pis tol out of a drawer, cume out and fired it at Speight. Both colored. Salisbury Trutb-Iudex: His manv Salisbury friends will be pained ' to learn OI aU ULClUHIlXi llluu 111 COSfa , JVJ r. M. Ej. Wyriek a hand. Mr. Wyrick some time ago moved to China Grove from Salis bury, but was preparing to move back to Salisbury shortly. The other morn ing he arose and went to bis kitchen. While standing before the fireplace he was attacked with a fit and fell forward. His hand fell in a bed of live coals and before his condition and situation was discovered his hand was burned into a crisp. , . . . . At a conference of the executive com mittee and President McNeill, of the State Firemen's association, held at Wilming ton Monday night, it wus decided to hold the btate annual convention and tourna ment in Wilmington,. July lO.to 13. ! It was decided to add au interesting feature to the tournament in that the depart-. ments of -Virginia, South Carolina and , Georgia will be invited to attend with ' apparatuses and compete for prizes. The city will make elaborate" arrangements or the entertainment of the firemen and visitors and will make it a sort of irala week affair. . . , i Does it Pay to Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for coukLb and colds is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more severe and dangerous results of throatand lung . troubles. What nhall you do?. Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if possible; if not possible for you, then in either case take t he only remedy that has been introduced in all civilized coun tries with succehg in severe throat and ungtroubles, "BoKrhee's German Cyrup." t not only heals and stimulates the tis sues to destroy the germ diseaso, tut allays inflammation, causes easy expec toration, gives a good night's rc t, end ctj res the patient. Try oxe bottle. I""c-i-mended many years by all drr.,'.--1 - i i tl. e world. 1 or sale by the Ti ::n io-. ' ; : : i Dreg Co.
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