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KINSTON, N. 0., MONliAY, MAY 7, 1000.
Two Cents.
GENERAL HEWS.
; Matters of Interest Condensed Into
J ' . Brief Paragraphs.
- Democrats o! the ninth congressional
,; district nominated Champ Clark without
, opposition. v ,.' . ',:
i- Burglars robbed the First National
Bank of East Brady,' Pa., Friday night,
securing between $0,000 and $10,000.
; .Susie May Rusie has secured a divorce
from ber husband, Amos Rusie, the base
f ball' pitcher, on account of cruel treat
ment. ' : ( .
t A treaty has been signed at Wastiing-
ton extending for seven .months the time
for ratification of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty.
Sandon, B. C, was destroyed by Are,
except six nouses, t ridav. .Loss between
1500,000 and $1,000,000, with almost
no insurance. - , ;
Fire destroyed the business' part of
tiiasgow,J4.y., (Saturday, seventeen build
ings were burned, causing a loss of $150,-
uwo; partly insured.
Gen. Otis reports that during April the
American loss was 40 killed and wound
ed; the Filipino killed, wounded and cap
tured numbered 1,721.
Bishop H. M. Jackson, until recently
assistant bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of Alabama, is dead, as a result of pneu
monia, lie was a Virginian by birth.
At the national Republican convention
Senator Wolcott will be temporary and
Senator Lodge permanent chairman. Sen-
. atoM oraker will nominate MCKmley,
1 The U. S. transport Meade sailed from
Manila Saturday for the United States
with fien. Otis on board. Gen.MacArthur
. is in command of the army in the Philip-
pines:
Discovery of coal on the Unger farm in
Bear Garden Mountain, Va., has caused
excitement... The coal is said to be of fine
quality and appears to be in paying quan
tities. ' , . ,
Dewey was civen a jrrand reoebtion in
St. Louis on Saturday There were over
10,000 people- ia the parade, which was
s witnessed by over 400,000 people lining
tne streets. ,
There is a call for a Republican conven
tion of Hawaii to meet in Honolulu May
15th4 This convention will select dele
gates to the national convention, which
meets in I'mladelpnia. . ..y . :; u
kt Buffalo, Tex., J. W. Miller, was at-
tacked by the four Linson brothers. Mil
ler killed W. T. Linson and L. W. Linson
and wounded Edgar Linson, Eugene
Linson retreated. Miller was not hurtf ;
Siotfx Falls, S. D., is rapidly filling up
with the advance guard of the national
Populist convention. Elaborate prepa
rations have been made for entertaining
the large crowd expected. The convention-meets
Wednesday. -.
lt is authoritatively announced that
: , nntil the pending issue relative to pay
ment of the American indemnity claims is
' settled to, the satisfaction ot the state de
. ' partmenti no United. States minister will
attend the Turkish capital.
-At Frankfort. Ky.; Friday, In the Goch
v bel murder trial, Assistant Secretary of
; State J. B. Matthews and McKenzie Todd,
. private secretary to Taylor,: gave Very
r strong testimony against Henry Youtsey
1 and other Republican conspirators. ;-:
xKfty-five members of the Georgia Cot
' top Compress association met fast week
in Savannah, Ga., to discuss- ways and
means for bringing about tne general
v adoption of the standard cotton bale, 24
b54 Inches, by farmers and ginners, for
; the nexf ginning season;
?.The death of a member of a Sedalia,
Mo., merchandizing firm developed the
fact that they did business in an original
,' way. , They bought for cash and sold for
-; c'ah, and kept no books. When they
, t -bpught a-bill of goods each member paid
. his part of the bill, and every night when
they figured up returns each one took his
share. They did that for 30 years.", -v
There are indications that Canada is
.. drifting toward independence. They are
1 beginning to talk of "Canada for the Cana
dians." It is only a question 6f time with
Canada, Australia and the South South
, , -African colonies, vyheh ach in its time
will strike out for itself, and let England
paddle her boat in her own way. - They
" are now . but., BPpunally under British
-. dominion.' .' . - , ' '';"'' . f
J. H. Gibbons, with-the gunboat
Alyariz, , recently ' rescued 522 persons
from - the ; vicinity of the Gulf cf Kagay,
Philippines, most of whom had been pris-
oners of the Filipinos. The party rescued
consisted of 10 Americans, 71 Spanish
officers,, the wife of a Spanish officer, 17
priests, SI merchants, 4 Filipinos, 887
Spanish soldiers and the wife of a Span
ish soldier. '-- " " ' ; "
' Made the Passengers Jump.
. Tacoma,Wash.i May 5. After robbing
five, passengers on a Northern Paciiic
local freight train, near North Yakaroa
lat night, six highwaymen compelled
their victims to jump o3 a swiftly. run
ning train. The robbers secured watches,
rin-rs and nearly 1 600.
-1 red Booker and John Cleraan were
shot, but will recover. The passengers'
twalkaA tTnan ofntnn r,r.A CVa.:))
Tucker at , Y'akama, who organized a
posse and started in pursuit. The rob
ber left the train at Umtani.
TOWARD KROONSTADT.
Hunter's Crossing the Vaal Brings
The Relief of Mafeklng Nearer.
London, May 5 4:50 a. m.--Tbe
mounted infantry ; with Lord .Roberts,
among whom are the Canadians, have
picketed their horses on the south bank
of the Vet river. 18 miles north of Brand-
fort. The head of Lord Roberts' column
has thus advanced 82 miles from Karee
Siding in two days, or 53 miles north of
iiloemlontein'. '
Little power was spent. " The British
work was bard marching, the Boers re
tiring out ol reach of the Kntisn shells.
The correspondents . supplement- Lord
Roberts' plain statements with a few de
tails. -As Gen., Hutton with the first
mounted infantry brieade drew near to
Brandfort, he saw a khaki-clad body of
troops ahead of him. He was surprised
but thought they must be the British
Soon, however, they opened fire upon the
British, who replied heavily. v They were
the lrisn-American brigade from Jxuren
zo Marques, and it is reported that the
Irish lost severely. 1
. Gen. French's cavalry are sweeping the
country northward. The expectation is
that the infantry advance will be con
tinued toward Kroonstadt immediately.
Although no prisoners were taken and
although no hot pursuit was attempted
the news greatly cheers London, never
theless it has not been received with the
fine rapture that attended the first suc
cesses of Lord Roberts. -Gen.
Hunter's crossing the Vaal al
Wmdsorten brings the relief of Mafeking,
1 95 miles beyond, - almost within a
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ctucmuuie iuwi vai,
Mafeking Not Yet Relieved .
London, May 6, 4:20 a. m. -London
has been confidently exoectinaf to have
news of the -relief of Mafeking "before
midnight, but at that hour tnewarotnce
stated, that no, farther intelligence had
been received of Hunter's column, to
which the public believed had been as
signed the work of relieving the town.
Behind tbe Seenea.
; 'A good , many 'people,' 6aid a veter
an stage manager the other "day, "have
an idea ; that beyond the scenes of a
Istage there Is great fun and hilarity
and that actors VaT ft Jolly sort of
time between their appearances before
the audleheew 5hef fact "la a, military
mp during times of inspection Is no
more sedatethan Is 'the rear of any
well regulated stage when the' public
in front of the footlights Is being en
tertained. The shifting of scenes and
the proper execution of. an Intricate
play require all the thought that can
be given them. All tbe men and women
have all they can do to properly per
form their Barts. . If a manager Is an
easy going. iaan,, caring, little, for dis
cipUne. be soon gets'iQ. the. end of uls
career. You may be sur there Is no
business that Is carried on In a more
businesslike way than is the play:
house, and when the fun Is on in the
fron thosw behind tho scenes are care
fully Watching to scp that no hitch pc
curs 'and xhat" every one is ready to do
his part at . the. proper time and does
it properly when the time coaies."-.
Washington Star , "
' IIov Df t Rubber Boot. ; '
It was a problem how to dry out hip
rubber boots. , In the slums 'ooin there
was an open grate fire which was covi
ered every night witji fine coal and a
tfvr shovelfuls of ashes, so that, the
room never became tiniteeold. We
found that if we Lea ted a piece of old
flannel as hot as possible and stuffed ft
down into tbe foot of a boot and 6tood
the boot in - f ron ' of thereplace : it
was -as dry,, as a bone next morning;
The handiest thing to keep, the boot leg
open-Is a spring steel corset rib about
18 inches long by three-qqarter Inch
In'wldth.Forest and Stream.
r , . R rlajerated Effff. '
' Eggs become r unwholesome when
kept In refrigerators. A fungus forms
In them which Is easily found by the
microscope, although It Is not notfcea-,
ble to the taste. - The fungus consti
tutes a danger when we consider how
many" eggs are consumed by all classes
of society, and 'people of delicate con
stitutions ought to be particularly care
ful that they eat fresh and not kept
"ESS. . . - .... ,
Dalatr Clothes flMCtn,
Gowns wear so much letter when
bong away properly that every wy
man should, make it a point to do so.
And since such dainty hangers have
cciut lato gciical use the jcustom can
prove but n joy. 4 ' '
; A succcssf nl , and charming hanger
can be made -from a quarter of an old
barrel hoop -.cleaned thoroughly. Cot-"
ton hatting sprinkled sachet pow
der Is fastened to the' frame, 'which is
then -covered with two widths of rib
bon run together and mousquetaired.
Ribbon sufficient for a long loop (for
hanging) nnd a bow Is then fastened
to the centt-r. and this dainty addition
to a woman's wardrobe is complete. .
- UP-TO-DATE TELEPHONY.
An Interesting Article by Mr. Qeo
S. Luoe on Telephony and What
Constitutes an TJp-to-Date Ex-
ohangev , , t r. , .
Written ror Thb Fuss Pkbss, '
The subject of what constitutes an "up-to-date"
telephone exchange is agitating
the mind of the local public. The writer
has been asked to contribute something
of this nature for Thb J) keb jpbesb.
Telephony, like telegraphy, was capa
ble of demonstration lor years before it
flnallv become a public servant. It is
hard to sa.v when the string with raw
hide diaphram, i (otherwise known as
the "lover's telegraph") was not a play
thing.' Every old boy and girl, I reefcon,
has, at some time, experimented with it
for amusement; And yet," 'it was the
foundation for the present system ot long
distance communication with tbe human
voice. Vibration ia the key totelephony;
all the rest has been accomplished by the
scientific application ot other' natural
phenomena to help out. '
In simple phraseology, the evolution
of the present, almost perfect, system of
oral communication lor. long gib winces,
is the application of the laws of vibra
tion, electrical energy, :'and induction.
Every child in the philosophy class knows
about the row of bullets suspended ' by a
Btring,' in contact. -TV hfen the outside
bullet is pulled back and allowed to fall
aeainst the next, that the middle bullets
remain stationary; while the farthest
bullet sways outward from the ,impact,
exactlv in proportion to the energy im
parted to the first. This is the theory of
teiepnonic viDratiou. iuobiuuib iu wie
wire represent the bullets, while an - in
duced current by a battery represents the
energy which transmits the impulse to
thereceiving station. 1 I j say. "induced"
current because a direct current over the
wire is not used; It first passes through
what is known as the ; "induction coil,"
which induces a larger volume of sound
acting like the lense to glasses, - only as
applied to sound. It would require some
scientific knowledge to understand .this,
and as a matter of fact the best electri
cians cannot Bay how it is accomplished
except that it so operates.
An induction coil may be said to be the
heart of the telephone. ' It is known that
two wires running parallel, when a cur
rent la passed through one, It induces a
return current in the ' Opposite direction
in the other. "This factgav&birth to the
induction coil, which is made by winding
a small bundle of soft steel wires with a
number of turns of fine insulated wire,
and a ereater number of turns of still
smaller wire outside this. The firstwind
ing is called the primary and the second
the secondary. - Theknown law is that
a battery current through the primary
wire will induce a stronger vibration
through A the secondary winding, which
is eonnected'to the receiver of the instru
ment. There is no connection between
the primary and secondary windings
consequently the battery' in the instru
ment only makes the circuit of the s mi
crophone and primary circuit of tbe instrument.
Berliner. Bell, Edison, Ericsson, and
nianv others have, experimented along
this line until they have evolved a pracf
tiear apparatus whereby the human voice
is enabled to traverse over wires a dis
tance of 2.000 miles. Ten years aero
yes, five this feat Would have been con-
. . t 1 i l ? V A 1 J 1
Blaerea a pnysicai impusBiuuiiy vj me
most scientific med.. Today, while many
believe the limit has been reached, others
say we will get to tbe moon. This may
or may not Be all "moonshine." ' .
Teleorrapbr has accompusned much
more in long distance communication,
because, by a system of automatic relavs,
the signals are renewed vat given dis
tances. Could the human voice be re
layed in a similar manner, it would be as
easy to talk around the earth as to tel
egraph. .There are thousands working
on this invention inrarious parts of the
world, and it may not be long before
the problem is solved. '
Up to within a snort time the telephone
apparatus consisted of a magneto sig
nalling, or call generator (to notify par
ty wanted) the microphone,1 or trans
mitter (talking part), the receiyer, (hand
'phone hew to ear) ana the so-called
talking battery, consisting" of 'from one
to four jlrs' of solution, or the same
number of storage or dry cells inclosed
in the lower box of each instrument.
This is the Instrument now nsed in long
distance work, but Js supplanted in the
local exchange wdrk.by the supervisory
system, central energy," or centralized
battery system. " . , i
The amateur will unuei stand better
by stating that an '"np-to-date system"
does away with the, cranr.- Tbe simple
lilting 00 the hook of 'the receiver fori
ip some instruments touching a, button).
calls the "central"- At ths central office
what is known as a visual signal is
brought to viewj or.'it may be that a
miniature electric lamp with the num
ber. This does away with what some
call the "coffee mill" crank," and . is cer
tainly a great advance in telephone evo-
ith the progress heretofore made it is
hard to Bay what will be the- system of
the future; but is safe to. say that tele
phony is yet ia its infancy. This is in
ferred from what has been already ac
complished, and the number of patents
that have been relegated to. the rear,
once thought to be perfection. Every
electrician recognizes the fact, that even
now, the electrical field h , full of prob
lems. Problem is the right word, the
working out of electric circuits for the
switchboard require wthe hardest brain
work.' Tbe installing of repeating coils,
resistances, relays, and condensers, is
bringing about results that, if it makes
it complicated, shows how intricate
things may be made practicable. There
is plenty of food in this line for the new
centurv. - f,:. ". v
. The brightest men in tbe business are
now working on what is known as tbe
selective system; by which it is proposed
to do away with the central girl entirely.
Each party, by means of automatic dt
vices, known as the step by step princi-
Ele, calls the party Wanted 1 direct from
is own instrument. This has already
been accomplished In fact; but it is too
complicated for successful operation as
yet, except on long distance party lines.
In closing, it is well to state that Kins
ton, deserves an up to-date system. In
case the old company declines the late
proposition, the new company will build
ohe,withall that the name implies. That
the system recommended is"" thoroughly
practical and the best, it is only neces
sary to state that the Bell company is
rebuilding in a great many cities, from
the Pacific to the Atlantic, and installing
this system. - . G S. L.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Judge Brown Made Brief Charge
And Is Dispatching Business as
Fast as Practical. New Trial of
John Thomas Murder. Case. A
Few Cases Disposed of This
Morning. 8
May ' term superior court for Lenoir
county convened this morning at 10
o'clock. Judge Geo. H. Brown, of Wash
ington, presiding, and Solicitor Duffy at
his post of duty. - '
Mr. Ira Smith was made foreman of
the grand jury. ;
He stated that he held court here ia
January and had then charged the grand
jury regarding tbe new laws and changes
in the laws; that the State docket not
being large, he would not deliver his
usual charge, but would give instructions
from time to time as "occasion may de
mand. -iyX : ,: '" m..v
Lenoir county always welcomes Judge
Brown with a great .deal of pleasure. tHe
is one of the ablest judges on the bench,
and a very genial; and clever gentleman.
Few judges can . dispatch business as
does Judge Brown and at thsame time
so preserve tHe rights of all parties. We
hope bis stay In our city will be pleasant
The criminal docket shows 41 cases,
most of which are for assaults, carrying
concealed weapons, larceny and similar
offenses. ' There are two cases for seduc
tion and one for rape. : :':' ..
It is expected also to retry Red Pittmari
and Jim Johnson, col.,, (for the murder of
John Thomas, col.),' who? obtained a
new trial from the supreme court,' the
evidence having been lost and could -not
be passed upon by the supreme court.
ThiH is the noted Fia Huggins case, Fin
now being in the penitentiary, serving
his term of ten years, : not having taken
I Judge' Brown "announced thaOhere
will be no jury cases gn next Saturday.
SA few cases were disposed of this morn
ing, as follows: -
.State yb.' Geo. Williams; affray. Nol
pros. witoJeave. - .
KLtate vs. Mary unone; larceny, jnoi
pros. ' . i , .
tate ys, Mieo. t atrics; , concealed
weapon.. ,JNoi pros.
State vs. Geo. Patrick and J. t . Mew-
borne; bobdsmen. NoJ pros, i .' ; , &r
BELIEVED, TO BE LOST.
Fifteen Men Who Abandoned, the
Wrecked Virginian.
Washington, -May 5.-Assistant Secre
tary Spaulding has taken active-measures
to rescue, if possible, the 15 men -who
abandoned the wrecked steamer Virginia
on the outer Diamond Shoals.: .Today he
ordered the revenue steamer Algonquin,
now at Wilmington, N.C., and the Onon
daga, which is expected to arrive at Nor
folk today, to proceed to sea at once in
search of the missing men. ' ' "'r ' v
v They left the Virginia in a sm all boat,
and as a heavy sea was rolling at . the
time, it seems almost certain that .they
were lost.;' ;- -h -j -V
f The Peabody Normal College, of , Nash
ville, announces that the report of the
location. of a summer school in Ashe vine,
N. C; is incorrect. Tbe-oroiectof holding
a summer session basv been- abandoned
Does It Pay to Buy Cheap ?
A cheap remedy for coughs and coldsls
all right, but you want something that
will relieve and cure the more -severe
and dangerous results o! throat and lung
troubles. . What; shall you do? ' Go to a
wanner and more regular climate? Yes,
if possible; if not possible for yon, then in
either case take the only remedy that
has been introduced in all civilized coun
tries with success in severe throat and
lung troubles, "Boschee's German Syrup.".
It not only heals and stimulates the tis
sues to destroy the germ disease, -but
0 a i? . i .
auays innammaraon, causes easy expec
toration, gives a good night's rest, and
cures the patient. Try osk bottle. .Recom
mended many years by all druggists m, the
world, , For sale by. the Temple-Marston
-STATE NEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Items
In CondeoHod Form.
The Pearson-Crawford contest will
come up before the bouse on Wednesday.
The University of N. C. beat Maryland
University playing ball at Chapel liill
Saturday, 6 to 3.
The Democratic State executive com
mittee is called to meet in Raleigh May
10th to elect a central committee.
The State has chartered the Louisburg
oil mills, capital $13,000, and the Geo.'
B. Uiss Oil-and Supply Co., of Charlotte,
capital $1(,000. -
An audience of 1 ,500 greeted the Dem
ocratic State candidates at Elizabeth
City Saturday. The speeches of Ayccck
and Turner a rouned great enthnsiam.
The Il'publicaus spak of the immense
federal patronage in North Carolina ull
of course, at Senator Pritchard's disposal
and say it aggregates uow $1,500,000.
Here is tbe comment of Loge Harris
on the Republican convention: "11 the
brains of the eutire oufit were concen
trated they would not equal in volume
or quality the brain of Gov. RusselL"
Gov. Russell is said to be mad and
threatening to bolt the Republican ticket,
because the convention did not specid
cally endorte his administration. His,
friends Lottv Harris and Charlie Cook
also threaten to bole
Samuel W, Hawkins, who shot himself
at Charlotte Friday, died . Saturday.
Hawkins refused to the last to give any
reason for the coiumlseion of the awful
deed and said ha whs uot disturbed in
regard to the hereafter.
An old colored woman, by. the name
of Day, was burned to death near Wel
don a few days ago under peculiar cir
cumstances. She' was engaged in cooking
dinner and when her son came in at the
dinner hour he found his mother kneel
ing by a chair, in tbe attitude of prayer,
burned to death.
At Goldsboro Saturday night Frank
Nickols, colored, while under the influence
of drink, attempted to board a - north
bound "shoo-fly," He fell under the
bars and was badly, bruised . about tbe
head. His .right ..arm was lacerated,
amputation at the shoulder being neces
sary. .He will likely die from bis Injuries.
I Mr. W, T. Whitfield, who for the past,
fortyyears has been agent for the South
era Express company at Weldon, has
been pensioned by the coinpauy for life,
and retired from - active service. ' Mr.
Whitfield was never required to give a
bond, and be was, perhaps, the only
agent of the company who held such an
important place without being bonded.
"The schooner Hettie J. Dormau, lumber
laden, from Swansboro, N. C; for- Tacb
tagne, L. I., struck a sunken wreck on
the outer slough of Diamond Shoals lost
week and sank soon after. Capt. Beston
and the crew of the schooner, five men
in all, were rescued : by i life pavrs. yThe
vessel, which is a total, loss, sank until
her decks were awash and then drifted
out to sea. ,
Representatives of colleges and leading
high schools of the State met at Durham
Saturday for the purpose, of elevating
and purifying Ullfge sport. Stringent
regulations wore adopted to eliminate
!)rofeHsioDaI nnd hired players from coll
ege teams. The association chose1 life
Bikes, Wake, Forest College Vice-President,
J. Allen Holt, Oak JUdge Institute;
Secretary and Treasurer,, W. P. .Tew,
Trinity College. The next convention is
to be held on the first Saturday in May,
1900. ' . . - ' -
WUmlngton Star: - "Peace," or Percy
of Dominica," as he calls himself, ' has at
last yielded to the desires of the fleBh and ,
partaken"1 of food upon' the ' seventh
day after he began his "fast'in thecoun
ty jail, at tbe end ot which time he pre
dicted that the doors of the prison would,
voluntarily swing open and he and his ,
followers go free. A tempting chicken '
br6th (for '"Peace" yet possesses some of
the characteristics of the negro) Offered
by Jailor - Millis - yesterday morning
"broke the fast" and the religious fanatio,
who induced one of his fellow creatures "
to starve herself to death, broke down -and
ate freely, excusing his rf'weakness'?
by the statement that the moon is too,
large just at this stage of the gome to
carry on a successful "fast." ;
The annex to tbe State museum is
completed. It gives five additional halls,
the largest 100x40 feet, all high pitched.
The ceilings are in native pine, polished
and oiled. Tbe annex provides room for '.
the following new features: A depart
ment of economic and scientific botany;
economic entomology, with special ref
erence to the , treatment, of crop pests
frnni n. Hpipnt.iffa BtnnrJrM-iint- n. Hnnhlincr
of the forestry exhibit, showing manu
factured products as well as the raw
material; North Carolina! history, colo
nial, revolutionary and modern, includ
ing war and civil; commercial fisheries,
apart from natural history; manufactur
ed products of all raw materials found
in the State; a lecture room, with special
arrangements for etereopticon views; a
work room; a large, cement floored base
ment for storage. The museum will
be the greatest in this country outside
ol w asnington. -, - ;