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KINSTON, N. O., TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1900.
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GENERAL NEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
Secretary Long expresses a willingness
io tare xue republican vice-presiaeniiai
nomination.
In a pistolflghtat Alexandria, Va., Sat
urday night, Dr. J. JN. Parker shot and
killed Veto Antonella, a tailor.
Seven hundred coal miners have struck
for higher wacres in the Piedmont. W.
Va7 section of the Elk Garden mining
region.
Further returns from Saturday's pri
maries in Alabama show that Senator
Morgan has cow a sweeping victory,
carrying all but six counties, and possi
bly all but four.
Mrs. Rosa Danberry was raped by
leorge Thomas, a negro, near Hardees
ville, S. C. Sunday. The negro was cap
tured and sent to jail, after a mob was
persuaded not to lynch him but to let the
law take its course.
A special from Waterbury, Vt., says
that John C. Farrar, teller of the Water
bury National Bank, is missing, and that
there is a defalcation of $25,000 of the
bank's funds. The community is greatly
shocked by the news, as Farrar was con
sidered a model young man.
Charles, the sixteen-year -old son of
John Grove, was shot and instantly
killed at Indian Springs, Md., Sunday, by
the fifteen-year-old son of John Cline, The
boys were in a blacksmith shop playing
with a gun left there by a hunter, and
supposed to be unloaded. The entire
charge entered- young Grove's right
temple.
Oswald S. Hawkins, the Roanoke, Va.,
real estate agent, whose trials for forgery
have attracted so much attention, and
which resulted, a few days ago in oppos
ing counsel in the case coming to blows
in open court, is at last a free man. The
iury late Saturday night acquitted him.
t was his third trial, the first two re
sulting in the juries disagreeing.
A through freight train on the Southern
Railway struck a mule and was wrecked
while running at full speed near Hunts
ville, Ala., Saturday. The engineer, Percy
Armstrong, and the fireman, Sandy Os
borne, were killed, and five of the train's
crew were seriously injured. The engine
plunged down a steep embankment and
immeiiately caught fire. The freight cars
crowded upon the overturned engine and
instantly suffocated and crushed to death
in , the cab both engineer and fireman.
The wreck caused a delay of twelve
hours.
Julius Koster, a bricklayer of New
York, recently inherited $300,000 from
his brother's estate in Germany, was
found dead Sunday, swinging from a
rope in an empty water tank on the roof
of his house. He had recently recovered
from a long spell of sickness. He caught
one of bis fingers in a hook while fishing
about a year ago, and blood poisoning
resulted. He was still weak in mind and
body when his brother in Germany died,
leaving him a fortune. The sudden change
from poverty to riches left his mind per
manently affected. ' r!;;?
Shortly before midnight Saturday two
tramps wun white handkerchiefs tied
over their faces, stopped at the house of
two sisters, Kate and Johanna Sullivan,
living four miles west of West Toledo. O..
knocked at the door, and as Johanna
opened the door, one of the men struck
her across the head with a club, knocking
her do wn. Kate sprang to the assistance
of her sister, when a second tramp felled
her with an ax. The women were bound
and gagged, and the house was robbed.
Johanna died in a short time, and Kate
is a raving maniac as the result of her
injuries. The tramps escaped with $200
in money. "'"- ' ' 1
The Negro Party.
Uews-Obserrer. ,-
The negroes have been ordered to take
"aback seat" in the public gatherings
of the party, But the negro still runs
the Republican party in Eastern North
Carolina. In Bladen county the call for
Republican county convention , was
signed by Newell, a negro, as chairman,
and Ma tin, a negro, as secretary.
THE WHITE SUPREMACY
LEADER.
Aycock gets the nomination,
He was everybody's choice;
The unterrified have spoken,
And in no uncertain voice.
The great white host is solid
From the mountains to the sea.
For Aycock and the Amendment
And White Supremacy.
We have nominated Aycock,
And the enemy he will rout;
Me is backed by the gang that Butler wants
The negroes to help drive out.
With Aycock for our leader.
Our ticket will sweep the State,
Tho"eh Spencer Blackburn threatens us
With William Goebel'sfate.
Charles B. Aycock's nomination
Is rough on the black and tan;
They want so bad to match him,
But they can't produce the an.
There is not a man can beat him
In the whole blamed fusion lot,
And the man who undertakes it
Is a blooming idiot.
When we rid our good old State
Of Butler's fusion crowd,
Carolinians can whoop with joy,
And of their State feel proud.
When Butler leaves the Senate,
He can spend his time betwixt
Picking huckleberries on Six Runs
And scratching Sampson ticks.
Goldsboro, N. C. J. M. H.
COTTON CROP FIGURES.
Census Special Agent Appointed
to Obtain Returns from the Gins.
Washington Post.
There is probably no single fact the
knowledge of which is more interesting
and important to the southern people,
than the amount of the cotton crop. The
present methods of ascertaining the mag
nitude of the cotton crop are unsatisfac
tory. There is one method of ascertain
ing the amount of the crop exactly, for
there is one process, that of ginning, to
which all cotton for any commercial or
industrial use whatever must be sub
jected. If one could obtain from all the
cotton gins of the country reports of the
amount of the staple they have turned
out, the precise aggregate of the whole
crop would be known. - -
It Is proposed to apply this process in
taking the twelfth census, the field work
of which is to begin on the 1st of June,
An expert special agent has been ap
pointed whose sole duty will be to ob
tain returns from all the ginning and
baling establishments in the cotton-grow
mg region. JNo ginnery is too small or
insignificant to be visited and asked for
a return.
BY SWORD AND FIRE.
Capt. Dodd Inflicts a Blow Upon
Filipinos.
Manila, April 16. Capt. Dodd, with a
squadron of the Third cavalry, recently
surrounded a village in Benguest prov
ince, and surprised 200 insurgents, liv.
ing in barracks, this being apparently a re
cruiting center for the province. The
enemy lost 53 men killed. Our. troops
also captured 44 men and burned . the
village. One American was wounded.
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TO RAISE? SIEGE.
Two Columns of British Approach
ing Wepener. MoKlnley Will
Allow Boer Sympathy Resolu
tions by Republican Convention
to Pacify German Vote. Boer
Friends at Norfolk Favor Expansion.
London, April 164:80 a. m. Wepe
ner is the center of interest in South Af
rica. An attempt is being made to re
lieve the besieged garrison under Col.
Dalgely, who have been engaged with
the Boers since Monday last.
Gen. Brabant having been reinforced is
advancing from Aliwal North, while Gen.
Chermside's division has reached a point
seventeen miles east of Reddershurg.
Unless checked by other forces of Boers,
these two advancing coludins will put
the besiegers between two fires in a day
or two, by which time j.the British, if
nothing happens to prevent, will have
reached the neighborhood of Wepener.
The Times correspondent at Bloemfon
tein, telegraphing Sunday, says:
"Wepener is still holding out. It is re
ported that a force of Boers, with sixty
wagons, are marching to reinforce the
besiegers, and are now in the vicinity of
Dewetsdorp. This should precipitate an
entracrement.
Vlt is reported here that the Boers
south of Bloemfontem are short of am
munition. Further reports state that
they are disheartened. This is probably
true, as the intelligence department re
ports that President Kroger has been at
Brandfort, and was visiting in the south
recently. This continued exertion of per
sonal influence appears now to have be
come a necessity. The inference is ob
vious. It is reasonable to anticipate
that our flank will shortly be clear of tke
enemy." i
Report of British Victory.
' London. April 16i The Cape Town
correspondent of The Daily Telegraph,
telegraphing Sunday says: "An uncon
firmed report is in circulation here that
Gen. Brabant has ' inflicted a crushing
defeat upon the Boers at Wepener, cap
turinir oruns and taking nrisoners "
Winston Churchill telegraphs that more
men and horses are needed by the Brit
ish.
The dispatches announce the approach
of winter. The first pinch of frost has
been felt at Bloeinfontein, where consid
erable rain has fallen.
YIELDING TOBOER SENTIMENT.
Mr. Smally Says the Administra
tion Is Alarmed About German
Vote.
London, April 16. The Times' New
York correspondent sends the following:
:" "If, as must be admitted, the presiden
tial election is the final word on every
question legislative raised in Washing
ton, then the German vote , is, the final
word with reference to the presidential
election, if there be any doubt of Piesi
dent McKinley's re-election; and there is
some, the doubt arises solely from the
attitude toward Great Britain of the
mass of German voters heretofore Repub
lican. Their hostility is due solely to
their Boer sympathies, which lead them
to regard with distrust the president's
friendliness to. England. - -
"This is really the keynote of current
politics, and explains the reluctance of
the president to take effective action in
favor of the'.Nicaragua canal convention.
It explains. the timidity of certain Repub
lican senators. It explains the supposed
readiness of the house of representatives
to pass some of those Boer ; resolutions
on all of which the committee on foreign
affairs, under the gentle but: firm leader
ship of Chairman liitt, keeps an unrelax
ing grasp. It explains the campaign
policy of the. Republican managers, and
their clear purpose of making concessions
to Boer sentiment which they do not
share, which they do not believe is gen
eral, but do' believe to be formidable, be
cause two state's normally Republican
are thought to be in danger from Ger
man defection. It explains finally, the
present intention to allow the "-Republi
can national convention to adopt reso
lutions of sympathy with the Boers."
BOER FRIENDS ARE EXPAN
SIONISTS.. ;
developed a strong expansionist spirit.
Representative William Alden Smith
evoked the wildest applause when, speak
ing of the propriety of American interven
tion in behalf of the Boers, he declared that
"no true American had ever regretted
our action in Cuba," and that "if the
folds of the flag are not broad enough to
shelter any oppressed people they should
be made so." He had great hope, he
said, of suitable energetic action on the
part of America at the proper time. He
charged England with violating her own
laws and rendering herself amenable to
mankind for her acts.
Secretary Van Sicklien, of the National
Boer Relief association, spoke at length,
predictiDir the defeat of the English. He
said the South African republics bad ev
ery right to expect the friendship of
America, the greatest republic, and he
us should not interfere with our duty
to mankind. He charged New York so
ciety with being un-American.
Mr. Hugh G. Miller presided over the
meeting, at the conclusion of which a col
lection was taken up for the Boer relief
fund.
ROBERTS TO ADVANCE
Cheers for "The Flaar For All Op
pressed" And Our Action In
Cuba.
Norfolk. Va.. April 15. The great
mass-meeting of Boer eyspathizers ' at
the academy of music here this afternoon
Thursday With an Army of 80,000.
Cape Town, April 16. Gen. Roberts
has completed bis preparations for an
advance on Kronstadt. Thursday next
is the day set for the march northward,
although no official announcement, has
yet been made. The army will number
80.000. 25,000 of whom are cavalry and
mounted infantry. With over 150,000
troops in Cape Colony and the Free State,
Roberts will have an ample force to
guard his line of communication with
out detaching troops from his strong
army.
LaGRANGE ITEMS.
Free Pkebb Bureau,
LaGrangk, April 16, 1900.
Mr. L. W. Boddie, of Nashville, spent
Sunday here.
Mrs. Bruce Payne, of Durham is visit
ing'Mr. and Mrs. W, A. Thompson.
Mr. Simeon Wpoten is shipping and,
realizing good prices for asparagus. ;
Rev. J. R. Vaughn will lecture on tem
perance in the Baptist church tonight.
Auditor S. I. Wooten, of the A. & N. C.
R. R., of Newbern, spent Sunday with
his family here.
Easter services in the M. P. church Sun
day night were entertaining and the
decorations beautiful.
Rev. W. F. Keunett, president of the
M. P. conference, preached here Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock.
Mr. W. H. Harper, who had been on a
trip to Jacksonville and Richlnnds, re
turned home last night.
Mr. J. A. Hadley left today for his
home in Mt. Airy, after a visit of several
days to his brother, Dr. J. M. Hadley.
"Ogarita and Hatfield in latest musi
cnl and dramatical successes" played to
good audiences Friday and Saturday
nights in the high school chapel.
Miss Mary Sinithwick, a teacher ' in
Newbold's High School, was called to
her home near Windsor by a telegram
announcing the eerious illness of her
father. , :' " '
REPOSE ITEMS.
April 16, 1900.
We are having nise weather now. '
Mr. Ivey Collins will preach at Chris
tian Chapel Sunday.
The farmers in this section are about
through planting corn.
Mr. B. W McGowan and daughter
Miss Blanche, of near Kinston, spent Sun
day at Mr. W. B. Nunn's.
The basket party at Smith's New
Home was well attended last Friday
night. The baskets all sold well. They
made up about $10. Miss Laura Cham
berlain got the cake for being the best
looking girl.
It is with a sad heart that I attempt
to chronicle the death of Mr. Tommie
Tyndal. He was struck by lightning
Thursday, April 12th, killing him and a
fine horse instantly. His age was about
18 years. He was a dutiful child to bis
parents. He leaves a father and mother,
five brothers and four sisters, and a host
of relatives and friends to mourn their
loss. We trust our loss will be his eter
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STATE NEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form
At Durham Monday Trinity College
beat Horner School playing bull, 6 to 3.
At Winston Monday the N. C. Univer
sity beat the University of Tennessee
playing ball, 6 to -t.
A vast crowd was reviewing a colored
baptizing at Newbern Sunday afternoon,
when a - n of a small bridge, con
necting tliu j i.cht club building with the
shore, gave way precipitating about 25
white people in the river. Seven were
ladies dressed in Easter costumes. The
water was only waist deep and none
were drowned.
The Democratic State candidates, ex
cept Dixon and Gilmer, opened the cam
paign at Burlington Monday. Aycock
made a grand speech, arousing unbounded
enthusiasm. Turner and Gilmer made
fine speeches, greatly pleasing the large
audience. Simmons was called for and
made a short speech , h rousing great
enthusiasm. Dixon and Gilmer will have
joined the other candidates by tho time
this paper reaches it readers.
North Wilkesboro Hustler: While re
turning from Henderson's saw mill,
Ranee Jarvis, the 16-yeur-old son of Mr.
Wiley Jarvis, was driving down a hill
near Roaring river with a load of lumber
on the wagon, he was putting on the
brake by placing his foot upon the:
brake rope, which broke, causing the
team to run away and also throwing
him in front of the wheels, which in pass
ing over him crushed the back part of
his skull and spattered his brains upon
the ground. When the boy was picked
up blood was gushing from his mouth
and nose terribly.
There was a double killing Saturday af
ternoon at Swan Quarter, Hyde county.
The trouble began between a negro and
Capt. McKinney, aboard a schooner. The
negro fired at McKinney five times, but
MeKinney was. protected by the. mast. ;
The negro then reloaded the revolver and '
attacked Capt, John Flowers. Flowers
shot the negro through the brest,near
the heart. The negro then seized Flower,
got his head under his arm and shot him
through the brain, killing Flowers in
stantly. As Flowers fell to the deck the
negro also fell across him dead. Capt.
Flowers lived at Aurora.
Tarboro Southerner: Blount Bros., of
Bethel, are after a man giving his name
as J. W. A. Cohoou. He-claimed to be
selling school desks. He purclm.-rd a suit
of clothes from these merchants and gave
a check on the Bank of Tarboro, which
had no funds belouging to him. Mess.
Blount are out their clothing, $11 and
something. He gave to F. B. Knight, a
check on the same bank for $3 cash.
Coboon, it is said, forged an order on the
school fund and went, to -Greenville to
have the superintendent approve of it,
but in this he failed. He tlien went to
Rocky Mount and hired a hore and
buggy and gave a check on the Bank of
Windsor for f 8.91, for part cf which he
received money.
The catalogue of the University of North
Carolina for the academic year 199-1900
has just appeared. It is a well printed and
attractive book of 123 , pages from the
University Press of Chapel Hill. The
entire work, typesetting, printing, and
binding, was done by Btudent of the
University. The total registration for the
year is 512, the largest enrollment iatbe
history of the institution. Thix total is
distributed among the departments as
follows: Graduate School, 26; College for
Undergraduates, 345; Law School,' 80;
Medical School, 44; School of Pharmacy,
20. The enrollment in the lat Hummer
School was 161, making u grand total
for the year of 658, exclusive of all dupli
cates. Of the 512 students at tbe regular
session, 483 are from North Carolina,
representing 82 counties. Thirteen other
states are represented by 29 students.
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