North Carolina Newspapers

PUBLISHED EiZERY EyENlNC. EXCEPT SUNDRY, Vol. Ill-No. 20 K3NSTON, K P., ND Price Two Cents. . jiagpMt?: hews; Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. ' The president of Aguinaldo's late cabi net has been captured. At Dover. Del Saturday, nine negroes wee whipped at the whipping-p6st for Stealing , '?.,!- . The senate decided by a vote of 52 to 3 that N. R. Scott is entitled to his Beat as a senator from West Virginia. - . The attorneys of W. S. Taylor have filed their brief in the federal supreme court, in : the Kentucky gubernatorial case. The British tried to get ammunition through Basutoland, but the -Basutos stopped the wagons and informed the Boers, V . A lone bandit held up a train on ithe Iron Mountain railroad, near Higginson, A rk., Friday, and robbed the passengers of about ?300. v By the falling of the apparatus in build ing an overhead bridge across Main street, in Richmond; Va., three men were killed Saturday. - It is believed that American fire insur ance companies will suffer but little from the Ottawa firen loreign companies will have to pay most of the claim. " - In Havana the wife of Gen. Wilson died Saturday from burps caused by stepping on a match as she alighted from a car riage, after taking a drive. The match ignited her dress. k At Lvnn Mass.. a man attemntad Rat. urday to hold up the lady clerk who was , the sole occupant at the time of a sav ings bank. She sounded the electric bur glar alarm and the fellow fled. , Tom Watson, of Georgia, is quoted as saying: "Under no circumstances would Please number me among the politically dead, and let me henceforth rest in peace." . Careful calculation of the loss by the Hull-Ottawa fire shows the loss of life ip be seven persons, rendered homeless 15, 000, buildings burned 8,000, hands out o3vrkM3,000,Talue of property destroy ed 115,000,000. - The' note handed' to the Turkish minis i terot foreign affairs by the representative of our government was a peremptory de mand for payment of 'the indemnity, Turkey's old dodge about buying a war ship. will not suffice. . , . , The senate commi ttee on appropria tions has completed consideration of the fortifications appropriation bill; The ad : ditions made by thecommittee aggregate $640,140, bringing the total appropria tion tip to $7,733,628. ;, , " . The grand jury at Frankfort, Ey; has finished its investigation of JheGoebel murder. It is said there is a bill against Taylor.- The - hearing of the motion for bail for Powers and others will bring out most of the evidence of both sides.- A committee of the : striking '. telegra phers of the" Southern ; railway are in Chicago endeavoring to secure a general sympathetic, strike of railway telegra- fhers. The men have already demanded crease of wages on several roads. , . By the collapse of the frame work of the main building of the Dimmick Pipe and Foundry Co., in the course of con struction at 'i North ? Birmingham, Ala., Saturday morning, two men are dead and 11 are injured, at least two of them willdie. ' Eight thousand washwomen of Paris have struck for higher wages. While. this is ot great inconvenience to the people, there is fear of more serious trouble from the cessation of work by the thousands who have come to the city to work on the exposition buildings, , , A commercial house in Madrid has re- I J ji: i , . . i cKiveu a uispubcu lrum tuua saying laat Jesus Rabi, the Cuban leader, has headed an - "insurrectionary movement in the .province of Santiago," which the, sender of the dispatch believes to be "supported by the chief towns of the province." - . Legal proceedings are about to be be gan against J. W. Gates and John Lam bert, of the American Steel and Wire Co , which will probably cause a sensation. They are charged with managing, by false reports and closing of a number of their mills, to depress the stock of the company to their individual advantage. . Secretary Atkins,vof the Maritime Co., , says of the action of Nicaragua in vacat ing the concession to build the canal: "This action by the Nicaraguan govern ment, if it is as reported, will not bother us in the least. Our company has some rights, and the Nicaraguan government cannot take them away. We will enforce our rights.' " '. : A dispatch from Washington says: Hanna and his supporters have resolved to face it out with reference to the Porto Ilican tariff issue. As has already been shown, wherever their influence is strong enough to force through, they intend to have Republican state conventions spe cifically endorse the Porto Ilican tariH, .'dorsement of it in the n.qtinnnl nltfrrm to te adopted at rLi:aie!phia in June. II all tne city or , a-o. Tpx., was floo l e 1 by a storm Satnriiy. i'x inv.n r.re grown to hire Iwndron-! !. T! ---ry C. ' 9 ia Waco h i " J.t . J. i ' 's i x., com' the r.-.rs tlat t. rainfall over Texas - Saturday was even heavier than during the past ten days. At Columbus; Tex,, the Southern Pacific railroad bridge was again washed away, and no trains will.berun lor several aays. At Belton a dozen houses were washed away. The damage done to crops all over Texas is enormous.; The Massauutten bank. at Strasbnrg, Va., was robbed Friday morning about 1 o'clock and some' $5,000 was secured by the burglars, i An entrance into the DaDK uuuuiiiK won futrwu nu a dcjd ton key. The vault was forced with levers and the safe wrecked by means of nitro-glycerine. There were eight men in the gang, most of whom stood guard in various sections of the tpwn. They flred a number of nistol "shots to draw atten tion from the bank Several citizens who looked out of their windows were ordered to withdraw on threats of Iwing shot. After the robbery the' men collected and took a handcar, at the Southern depot, and went to Riverton, where all trace of them was lost. The bank carried bur glar insurance to about cover the loss. LIKE THE LiTTLE ONES. Men, aa a Rale, Are Fond of tbe Sod- ty of Children. "There's a very general idea abroad In the land' that , men don't care t board In a house where there are chil dren," said one of the sterner sex yes terday, "but that is, I believe, a great mistake, . Just as it is an error to imag ine that inen generally don't like the little ones. ' No doubt there are a few crusty old bachelors In the world who would be horribly .annoyed by patter ing feet and shrill little voices In the halls and on- the stairs, but 1 must con fess I like .to hear these noises, and I 'find by questioning a number of my friends all ; young, unmarried men that they do also. The children give a sort of homy atmosphere that's "very pleasant to even the most comfortless places. "Taking one thing with another.. I believe men , are fonder of children than , women ' are anyhow. What 1 mean is that more men than, women are fond of them.' 7 1 know plenty of the gentler 6ex who wouldn't thlnlr of going ' to ; a f boarding house ; where youngsters were admitted, and I know just as many men who seek out those places and obtain a certain amount of comfort and satisfaction In their lone ly lives in making friends with the youngsters and spending valuable time repairing sundry broken toys or telling wonderful stories in which giants fig are to an amazing extent. "A child's affection is a very delight ful thing, and most men feel flattered to be the object of even a mild liking on the part of the small tyrants.: There are half a dozen little ones in the house where I hoard, and I am the familiar friend of every , one of them, v It's a very delightful and absorbing -'ac quaintance, pd I'm fast developing into a' story teller of such-marked abil ity that I'll make a fortune In this way, no doubt; after awhile." Detroit" Free Press. ; ' RUSSIAN POLICEMEN, Hetr Governor's Teat For Their Alertness Was a Failure, v.. - A good story la being told In St. Pe tersburg of the Kusslan police which the papers pronounce to be exceeding ly characteristic.' Anew governor was sent to a certain town la the Interior, and the Inhabitants at once began to complaln that ' the police were badly organizeU since, however much; they were .wanted, they would never come when they were sent for. The govern or determined to test this for himself, so . one night he set out for the bar racks where the police and the fire brigade were quartered. lie accosted the sentry: ; . "Do yon knpw me?" - . "Yes, jour excellency." . j "r "If a man was being murdered close fey, would you quit your post?" -"Never, your excellency." "Good," said the governor. '.Ton know your duty. Well,' what .would you do?' , "I would blow my whistle to rouse the guard." "Good. Let us suppose some one ! being murdered here. Whistle." The soldier blew, but; not a soul an swered. II e blew again and' again, but the same silence prevailed,. , . - "That will do," said the governor at last. "You have whistled your utmost, and nobody has come; but, at any rate, your conscience Is tranquil. Now "you can go to 6leep. The man could have been murdered two or three times over. It Is unnecessary to overdo It by trying to wake your comrades, who appear to Eleep like the dead, , The czar should be proud of such steady soldiers." With tirft the governor went c cr rTrat-j!nt!E? ,tl3sclf t!:at no orse v- ' 1 1c to fieeue 1 !3 rol'ce cf 1 a f!. ;ro in tLs cil-Lt rau STATE Interesting North Carolina Item In Condensed Form - '.r r ;, 1 At Oxford Satnrday Horner beat Trinity playing ball, 12 to 6. . ; Tbe Monroe Journal says that the wheat crop is reported to be unusually gOOd. V'' "A . .', j - : A cotton seed oil mill company was organized at Louisburg Saturday, with $20,000 capital ,. . ..... , N. C. and Georgia universitiei played a tie game of ball at Atlanta Saturday, each sidje scoring 7 runs, . " y Doctors TepjSrtV four cases :pt white people with smallpox within two miles of Grover, Cleveland county.. , New lodges of Odd Folio wnTecontlv formed inhis etatft brings the number of lodges up to 116 and the member ship to over 6,000. "f A member of Gov. Russtll's staff states that Gov. Taylor, of Kentucky, has been advisejft by some leading jUepubiicans to employ Gov. Russell as counsel for his defens. v.. The Republican convention atJRoxboro Saturday was held in tho office of the commissioner of internal revenue, 10x12 feet iri size. The invention tfas com posed of revenue officers atfd expectants. In the supreme court at Raleigh Satur day the appeal of Tom Jones, the negro who murdered his paramour and- five of her children, near Garner, Wake county, was argued. Smith is under sentence to be hung'on May 11th. . Insurance Commissioner Young says that since January 1 he baa collected from the companies $55,000. in amounts ranging all the way from 50 . cents to $ 600, and that he has carefully ' examin ed the reports of 160 companies. ' - The commencement exercises; of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh begin May 27th. The bacca laureate sermon' will be delivered that day (Sunday) by Dr. Charles E. Taylor, president of Wake Forost College "Federal 'Judge Simonton has decided the Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. case against Maj. Guthrie, and in favor' of the Tobacco Trust on every point mak: ing permanent the receivership of P. S.' Hill, trust secretary, and ordering the sale of property. , Raleigh cor. Messenger; . Democrats of influence and information say they fear over-confidence in the matter of ratifying the constitutional amendment; that hard work every day to essential to success; that the organization of the opposition is simply remarEMle more thorough even than in 1896.- Democrats ought to heed this warning. . . .;"? The building belonging to W, ' B. . Dum can and used by D. A. Perry for a grist mill, at Beaufort, was destroyed by fire Friday night, together with a quantity of meal, corn, wood and other things. Mr. Perry, who slept in the second story, bad to jump from the second story win dow. He came near i being , burned to death, and had his hands an 3 arms burned in tryincr to escape. ? Mr.. Perry had f 2,500 insurance on his mill. There was no insurance on the building. ' ' - "Peace" or' "Percy of Dominica." a half-breed Indian and negro, religious fanatic, was bound : over to court ' at Wilminirton Saturday by the coroners jury, for having ' by j intimidation and, strong influences caused a negro woman to be starved to death. Two other negroes were bound over as accomplice. "jfeace'; lor two or tnree years nas nad a band of nesrroes who believed in him and bis fanatical religion and has caused several negro women to fast for periods of many aays. ' - - For many years an oared white man. who called himself Dr. Williams, has ped dled medicine in the vicinity of Fayette ville. lie was recently ; stricken with paralysis, and , being very poor, was, placed in the county home. There he made a strange confession. - He said that his real name is Quarles, and that years ago he deserted his wife and children at Littleton, his' home. His family was notified, and one of his sons, now a pros perous business man, has taken the old man nome to his lamily; ' ,;v y , f .w The Bepublican State convention meets at Raleigh Wednesday, May 2d. Re publicans say Linney's nomination for governor is certain. A 1 letter from a piedmont Kepubiican says it is probable that Prof. Hodgin, of Guilford Coflesre, will be nominated for superintendent of public instruction, Chas. Reynolds for chairman of tbe corporation commission. Z. V.'Walser for attorney cseneral and Daniel W. Patrick (now census super, visor of the second district) for commis sioner of agriculture. As to the remain derofthe ticket guessing seems to be wild. As to Walser there is no doubt. He could have had the Populist - nomina tion had he desired it. ; 7 Tbe corporation commission excepts to the rulings made April 11th by' Judge Simonton in the railway tax assessment cases.' The rulings were on instructions to Master Shepherd: (1) That it is com petent for the complainants to offer In evidence individual instances of under valuation by' the township board or assessors in New Hanover" county of property other than railway property. (2) TLat it ia not competent for tLe dt-fendants to prove that the railway properties in the State were under-valued by the ebnimission. until after the com' plainants bave shown the other prop erty in the State to be undervalued. (3) That the court did not instruct the stand ing master to alfow. the defendants to crona examine the complainants' wit nesttes ns to the value of stocks and bonds of the Wilmington and Weldon railway, to show that the same has been under valued in the same or a greater ratio than it id alleged the other property in the State has been undervalued. SUCCESS OP GEN. BOTHA. Hia Strategy About Wepener. Complaints Beginning to Be Heard Against Lord Roberta. ' London, April 28. In Commandant Gen. Louis Botha the Boers appear to have found a capable successor to Jou bert. As the result of bis insight and quick decision it may be assumed now that the retreating commandoes have gotten safely away with the transport. It is true that Lord Roberts' dispatch leaves much uiiHaid as to the where abouts of other forces than those of Gen. French and Gen. Bundle. Nothing is said, about the troops of Gens. Brabant, Pole-Carew, Hart and Chermside, but the indications from Aliwal North show that several imiall commandoes are still hovering in the vicinity of Springfield, causing a certain amount of danger, aiid the advices from Dewetttdorp, outlining the duties of Gen. Chermside, justify the Conclusion that it will still . be necensary to employ considerable troops to keep the Five State clear of Boers. The posi tion is that the Boers., who began their raid a month ago by compelling Col. Broadwoodto retire On Bloemfontein, have gotten safely away to the north ward, practically without loss, but with advantage of seven guns and 100 pru- I oners captured. Meanwhile the advance iDiiciuiiuiiaoiiui ufjuu. Duiu.ii won der is it that muffled complaints and crit icisms are beginning to be heard here and there against Lord Roberts. Two thirds of his eu tire force have been em ployed in effecting this small satisfaction, and the probability is that the whole force; niuet " bet again concentrated oh Bloemfontein before the main advance begins. As similar raids on the British seem likely to be repeated, it is evidently still a far cry to Pretoria. . Money Doubled in One Year. Red Sprinjs Record. -Twenty to eighty percent, yearly profit on invtstment is the record for cotton mills in the south. It is claimed that a mill atMcColl, S. C.j paid 80 per cent, profit. We are familiar wi th the" history of the Clover, S. ft. cot ton mills which paid 24 per cpnt. the flrht year, about 35 per cent, last year, and is now using Egyptian cotton at a cost of $1 a pound. Duncan Soutberland was informed some time ago that the Laurinburg mill stock gained 50 per cent, in less tmW three months $750 refused for f 500 stock, and that it was expected to bring double par Value by August. If this mill doubles in value in seven or eight months it will probably eclipse ell previous cotton mill records. This mill uses Jong staple cot ton from Alabama, cannot use cotton grown about here, and profits are much better on fine grades than on ordinary grades, and the wonder, is that more mills do not cater to the great demand for such materials. . 5 Tbe editor of The Record grew Southern Hope and J. B. Allen long staple cotton successfully in Moore county and believes long ftaple would pay well about here; there is now a market for it at Laurin burg, etc, . McColI,.Laurinburg and other small towns are setting the pace.' Shall we sit and wonder and wait while floods of golden opportunities go rushing by? Officers of the-Christian Endeavor. Raleigh, April 28. The State conven- 4 ir-i-n rt 4 tMuIfi t TT virion irAKAna fAA elected Rev,. A. D. Thaler, of Winston Salem, president; JUiss Ruth Worth, of Raleigh, secretary; Miss Mamie Bays, of Salisbury, superintendent of the press department? H. M. Smith, of Kenly; superintendent of the junior department; Christian- tatizenship-departmeutrand mt. inamoie, oi xvaieign, was pus in charge of the work at tbe penitentiary. Sparger Bros. Tobacco Seized. San Francisco, April 27.-;-Officers today seized 1,000 pounds of tobacco sent here by the Sparser Bros. Co.. of Mount Airv. N. C. The packages bave, it is claimed, not the full amount of- stamps on them and contain a quarter of an dunce more tobacco than the stamps call for. "A similar seizure , was made a few weeks ago of tobacco from a St. Louis factory. Base BalL ; ;: 77 .' . : i . Satcrdat. :''7-'v :.': V Chicaaro 1. St. Louis 3. ' Neither side scored until, after the 9th Inninir. both scores being made in the 10th inning. ' New York 1. Philadelphia 19. ' 1 ituiuuig V vuicuiuaii i. ; Boston 1, Brooklyn 10. ' To Core a Cold In Cnt Day . ' Tale Laxativb Bromo Qinikb Tablxts. All druggists refund the money if it fmils to core. . W. GaovB'i (lgnauue i oo ch box. 5C Keep up with the town ; news.- Tax Feee rr.n.c3 prints tbe town news. Only 10 cents a week. THE NEGRO ISSUE. Senator Pritohard Stirs Up the Ne groes at Rockingham. Preaches Negro Rule to an Audlenoe Com posed Largely of Negro Women Mr. II. A, Chappell seut an amusing account of a Republican speaking at Uoikinflrham last -week to the Raleigh News-Observer. We extract the follow ing about Senator rritchard's speech: Every other unti-nmendmont speaker I have heard admits that tho negro vote ought to be eliminated, and that he would vote for any measure that does it. but that this, measure will dief ran ch ine white men. This is their enly ground of opposition. The senator ar gues too that it will operate to disfran- chiso whit men but niHkes the square is sue that, the negro is capable of exercis ing the ri.nhtof frarhiwe, and to;: deprive him of tLati ight would do him a great wrong. In this he ia honest while othWs falsify. We all know tlrnt the liepuldi cans oppose the amendment for no other , reason than it cuts off the vote which elects them to office. Senator Pritdinrd's plea yesterday for the rights and franchise of the negro was like a lire bell in the night. Since the red tbirts appeared in Richmond county the negroes have been quiet and submissive, going about their business talking to folks, giving ladies the side Walk.! After . the speech that day they gathered about the court house, laughed, talked, and monopolized things generally Some of them danced for joy. The negro women1 catchinsr the infection grew boisterous and talked to each other across tbe street. -It was like upnetting a gum of quiet Senator Pritchard. whom some of them styled President McKinley, was to speak aaain at night. The news spread abroad and there was a great outpouring at night. They brought their- wives and sweethearts. While the senator epoke, squads of negro women kept riling by him looking for seats, and before the speaking was over the prospect was HI lit 1, UICtiL.T U t. X tVUH LtlKl LllfLI. some of the women carried . bouquets in their hands, but I did not see any of the distinguished speakers receive a bouquet, and I don't believe they were intended for them. There were more necrro wo. men present than there were white people. The Democratic candidates have been flattering themselves that they are hav ing tbe ladies and flowers, bu t i t seems that the fusionists are to divide these ' honors. i 1 , I recently heard Mr. Aycock say that "the women, . the preachers, and tbe teachers are with hh. unil vnn raniuit A a- ,- ..... "I - W V. ' v U V feat us, and you cannot defeat that coVn-. umacion.- air. AycocK - lias now " to learn that not all the women f Wot. nn ttrith him . REPUBLICAN PROGRAM. Thompson to Withdraw in Favor of Linney. LInnoy to Be Appoint ed Judge After Defeat. ; Wushinutou. I), ft. Anril 2S AwnrA. ing to the vvice ones around the capitol iiinney is to oe nominated for governor and at t he proper time Cy Thompson is to be withdrawn in favor of Linney. It is believed hero that this is the deal made between Pritchard and Butler. It is also allege1! that in return for making: the honeless race, for nenrlv nil tho Knnh Carolina Republicans here concede that Aycock will win in a walk, Linney is to db appointea uage to succeed JSwart. '"The Bull of the Brushies" does not deny that he ia to be nomina torf far . trn-vo-rnnr but says be knows nothing about it. From what your correspondent could learn today Butler would make no fight on Linnev should he h nnrw-iintvl mm. cessor to Judge Ewart. Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Crtenville Rtflector. Tha t.rpflsnrv dAnnrfmont haa AontAaA that Porto Rico is not a foreign country and that drawback of duties cannot be allowed on articles sent there. , In the same decision it holds that , drawback will be allowed on exports to Cuba and the Philippines. -This is certainlv hftwil- dering. What is the difference in status between Porto Rico and the Philippines? Both were aeauired tinder th idonticnl treaty provisions. . ' , 7 Question Answered. 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