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DAELY v FIR PRE .id aill PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, Vol. m No. 29. KINSTON, N. 0., THTJESDAY. MAY 10, 1000. Price Two Cente. THE ' i GENERAL HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. Sharkey knocked oat Joe Choynskl in two rounds at Chicago on Tuesday night. ... On June let one of the big steel trust rams m, Terre Haute will shut down in definitely. - ' James A. Robinson, the well-known circus man, aiea in rouaaeipnia last wee it, agea ou. . ' In the late mnnMnn.1 alActtrtn ni Sit r Paul, Minn.; 2,000 German Republicans : Towa wua tne democrats. A collision ot trains on the Plant sys ;tem at Hardeville, 8. G, Wednesday morn ing, killed John Jackson, fireman, and ' The Bincrham faction of th ItannhltaiYn party in Alabama has nominated a state irtb-rt- Tim t-.li. - 111 tj. S "V" I BUgUU 11KHUU Will,!! 18 UU aersrooa, soon pus anotner ticket in the field. , , . A serious clash occurred Tuesday near iumoeriana, Ala., between union and non-union miners, who hare been On a . b wise, on tae latter attempting to return : to work, . The Montgomery, Ala.; conference for discussion of , the race problem at the south, convened Tuesday. Ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert delivered the open ing aaaress. - On Mat Rkh. Pant WnWm u.nc Art man of the Chinese battalion at Wei Hai Wei were attacked by 3,000 Chinese. The latter were repulsed with no casualties to the British force. , . Advices received from Samoa announce that the American flag has been hoisted over the Island of Tutuila, amid great native rejoicing, and that the chiefs have ' made a formal cession of the island to the united States. - . Jim Howard, charged with firing the Shot that killed Goebel, took the cars at IjOndon. JTt,. Wadnaa1.v utlnnliaiiriii V ti -J -J , miMj R 1 going to Frankfort to surrender to the trouble in proving his Innocence. ' j - The defalcation of C. W. Neely, of the Cuban postoffice service, as ascertained o far, amounts to about 75,000., The cabinet decides that our "government is responsible to Cuba for this loss. Neely will be returned to Cuba for trial. The Democratic national committee fs confident that 800 of the 965 delegates to the Kansas City convention will be in structed to rote for the nomination of William J. Bryan. tThis does not mean that the others will be opposed to Bryan, but simply are not instructed to vote for him. Mora horrible grows the story of pesti lence and misery in India, from the awful famine. A telegram from London states that about 93,500,000 persons are swel tering their squalid existences away amid pestilence and misery that shows no Bigns of abating, and that while hundreds of thousands of pounds of gold have been thrown into the country, all this charity Is merely a drop In the ocean, judging from the latest advices. ,. Conestoga, Pa., bears the marks of a double cyclone, which occurred Tuesday night. The clouds moved from opposite directions, and when they met the fury was terrible. The barns of 8. P. Hand work and James Livengood were blown down, and in the former one four cows were crushed by falling walls. The eta; tion building of the Wilmington & North ern railvrav wan - nioVa nn hn,i;! onA carried 50 yards to a meadow, where it was dropped and-- smashed. . Many trees ana rences were destroyed ana railway travel was blocked for boors. . Virginia's Crew ItesouedL New Orleans, May 8. The Morgan liner. El Paso, which arrived early to day from New York, brought with it Second Mate Willougrhby M. Moore and 14 of the crew of thewrecked British steamer Virginia, which wen t to piecoa on Diamond Shoals recently. We published an item yesterday that the mate and four men were rescued. It should have been 14, thus accounting for the number who took to X'u-3 boat. I t f - " l . r sa:..v 0 O' f L.iry? The- v.; s Tax? i:n t . .' : :.. .' t3 1 ."s f :t l.'.cr. 'let CImzts - 1 1 .. i ... .... 1 NIQlHT BELLS. , ' Vartoua Kind o Hl9 Be ITote Troash Their Aid. . Of night bells of one sort and another there will be - found in cities many. There is, for Instance, the drug store night bell, which la old and familiar. In largo cities there are nowadays more drug stores than formerly that keep open all night, but the drug stow night bell la still an Institution. Pnsldc the window there Is a light so placed that Its illumination serves at once to give a glow' to some highly colored Jar of water time henored emblem of the apotnecary and make that ecrve as a sign and to show to'thox who are seeking It. when th6y . eli have come 'near. The location of t bcIL Likewise is the undertaker's ulzhi bell old and familiar and to be f&uii in numbers, with a light so placed within as to reveal it plainly. A peculiarly modern nlsht bell ts the plumber's cljht bell for whosa conuu."? Into existence there are tws reasons one the multiplication In cities, for the equipment of dwellings lu accordance with modern Ideas of. comfort, of plpw and plumbing of all sorts, for steam heat and water and gas; and so the multiplication of emergencies arlsiu out of the use of them: the other bo Insr the ' modern way of not putting things off till tomorrow." of followlrv always a beaien track in doing thing. but of being ready if called upon for work nt any time, day or night. ;::., ( The night bell that probably is to be found in most limited number and then only in great maritime cities ts the night bell of the wrecking com pany. . Even in thiB big town there is perhaps but one such night bell but there is at least one. which may be found placed in the wall' outside of a wrecking company's ofilce, In a water side street with a painted sign on the wall beside it, in the upual Camilla r words, "Night bell" a place where one can go to get help for vessels in distress' by night as well as by day. : New York Sun. . - : ;A Tim f rww Lwk, The discovery of tb fmoo Trojaa mine in Calaveras county, CaL. ia eurl- ous as an illustralun of para luck and doubtless has heartened many a dis couraged ' minfr. In January, IStiS, Henry Becker, a Gar Can. and Jobn L. Tnmmar, a Connecticut man, twe poor, ragged, discouraged mining prospect ors, went into the mountains of tiala- veras county to cut oak wood for fuel They expected to, make .something llk $30 or f 40 each per month during tb winter by the tale of the wood. They made their home ,ln an old abandoned miner's cabin, A heavy faU of snow had covered the ground to the depth of two or more feet - One day the two men bunt a great bonfire of brash. : The he. melted tha snow end. left aa area -offhot earth. Becker determined to make an oven out of the hot ground, and, securing a hawneh of deer meat, be began the digging cttf bole in which to bake it At the depth of two ; fast ha came upon a bed of rock. lie had been a prospector too long to resist the temp tation of examining the rock, and, ae oordingly, befora placing the neat la the .hole he brokeoff a piece of the lock. - Then, after the venison was burled and roasted, he examined the broken Jtit of rock carciuUy by the light of his cabin ean&e. To his very great aston ishment. It proved to be 'What miners call live rock assaying $050 to the ton. For several months Becker and Trim mer kept their great f nd a secret, m the meantime gathering Information concerning the dip angle and length and breadth of their new discovered ledge. Within a year from its discov ery this mine had made Becker and Trimmer rich. Philadelphia Times. Vegetable Ivorf. In the fortsts of the Pacific slope in Ecuador abounds the specie of p.ilm which iears the nuts known n "vegetatle irorr." The nut3 are ey ceedicfly hard aai white. Germany takTs two-th!rt'.a cf tie prod act, tini the rest poes to the Un'tcd fiate. France and lT.jr!acvL The Lnrrest Is ia the rainy reason, and 'great mf'.s loaded witb tJse nuts are scut the swollen rivers. Those crripd i:', rLe lndatry are Indians end nlxi race 3. The rx pee led uuts fcrlsg, la tl catlve inarken. about C t-er.ts for 1'X rounds ' , I'.ut Tail tLi' I-;".!. if el t: zwr'.zljr f r se'.v- Vl v f ran f: th iz'.l V THE WAR III MICA Brttieh Are Now Advanoinir In Great Force. ' Opposition Is Ex pected South of the Vaal River. Heavy British Loss T?p to May 5. London, May 9.AlthouKh the British expected considerable opposition at the difficult drift of the Zand river, ths latest advices1 from SmeJIdeel, Orange Free State, indicates that the federals are not yet ready to make a determined attemp to stem Lord Roberts' advance. The latter 'e front, indeed, it so wide and over whelming in numbers that it is difficult to . see how the Boers can help being ousiea oujb or Virginia sidimr as thev wtre out of Smalldeel, even if they elect o give oanie. t The same considerations -would proba- oiy anec- ne siraation at Jiroonstadt, hence the belief that the real opposition wm oe encouuierea south ot the Vaal The repairs to the bridges over the West river ana ins vaal are expected to retard we general marcn. from Smalldeel and Fourteen Streams for three or four days, when Gen. Buller will also be readv. l The general idea Is that Lord Roberts will direct his right on Harrismith iu order to get In touch with the Natal ar my coming tnrougn van .iieenan's 1'ass A dispatch from Maseru, dated Mav 8 says the Boers have deserted both Lady- orana ana iueKsourff in a panicky condi tion, owing to reports that the British had occupied SenekaL thus threatening tneir retreat to tne J. ransvaai. uen. Buller is makinar . the transDort preparations ior an aayance. The war office announces that the total casualties in South Africa up to juay o, were r - AMERICANS ATTACKED. Biff Force of Filipinos Surround a Garrison of 20. Rescued' After Two Days Fighting-. : juanua, juay a iorce oi rebels, on May 2, attacked 20 men of conmanv of the Forty-fourth regiment, stationed at Barotac, Hollo province, on the island oi ranay. -r Jinree oi tne Americans were killed and seven wounded.. The enemy estimated by number 400, surrounded Barotac and attacked the place on all sides. Alter two men bad been killed M -i a ana iour wounaea tne American com mander sent for men- to . try and get through to communicate with the re mainder of the company at Dumantras. Of the four men, one was killed and three wounded. The latter managed to return to Barotac A friendly native finally brought news of the fight to a company of theTwenty-sixth: who succeeded in relieving the garrison-of Barotac on the night of May 8. The enemy's losses were heavy. We Would. Enjoy the Novelty. Oxford Ladftr. t Bro. Ilerbert. of Thk Kinstom Fske Pbkss, isone of the progressive news paper men of the Tar Heel State. Be has recently put in new machinery and type. enlarged his paper, and bids fair to have a bank account, as the wide-awake busi ness men of Kinston appreciate a good newspaper. - itek Arrow Sblaa. ' The Maya Indians hare acqulraTexr traortllnary dexterity with the. bow .and arrow, which, with the spear, is their only weapem. though the boya before they' are strong enough to draw the bow often use a sling made from Ctrl? of rawhide, with which they kill squirrels and small thirds. The bows are about five feet long, made of a thin, toogh strip of cuboon palm, well seasoned. The arrows are usually car' ried In ajtlger skin quiver and can be used wKh marvelous, rapidity, as the following incident will show: . A thief f the Ijaeondoncs cf ay ac qcaintance named Canek had Leeji oc tad 'tctniB with tla Jathcr-la-law fcr some time.. One morning while heat ing fa the bush he espied the old man ja an anana tree gathering tho applet. He at once Cred an arrow at the man, ftrilang him through the chest and while the body was falling plaetxl an other arrow in the neck. Fortunately for himself he managed to reach the nearest Spanish settlement before any of tie murdered man's relatives could overtake him. Chambers'. JouteaL The SeTvIy Clc4 Aliertaa. TTten a politician bos Ju.i Ltcn r'oct ed a mtvz,(j of the council jtuJ tte di rectory r.?o con:cs a round ueitday and asks Lisa what Lis occuprstk'O la, Le has V Etr.T-e wllh hlrsrlf some t'.r.fs rot to a-rcr. Ttitesmaa." Conerrr.;? Jecrrsl i Clclr. c:n't j- :' -s r. '3 thrr' i l-e cM: zr.'.s rzek. re t'II-1 cMtd be lis f Its Hi f.:-' i r- ft t : TRENTON ITEMS. May 8, 1900. Mr. J. B. Pollock, who had been rWk. lngr at Newbern, returned home Satur- aay. ,,.' Mr. w. H. Hammond and Miss Pearl Williams attended church at Lee's Chapel ouuuay." . : : r ' Miss bailie Benson, who had hum teaching in Hyde county, returned home Saturday. Farmers are somewhat behind in their crops. Some are not through planting cation yec. . J ; Mr. W. H. Haywood, of Kinston, made a short visit to his parent? Saturday, re turning nonaay. Mrs- T. C. Whitaker and Mrs. R. A. Wlii taker went to Newbern .Friday and murnea ssaturaay. i T e bad a heavy hail storm In this sec tion last Thursday, doing considerable damage to potatoes, cabbage and gar ueud. . . . The M. E. Sunday school U in a flour ishing condition at this time. They will bold their annual picnic next Friday on ma nvf r, ; t , , - There was no service in any of the churches here Sunday. It was the retro- iar nine ior cue naptist, out the pastor m Mining a reei. , JASON ITEMS. ' ' May 8, 1900; Miss Helen Hardie epont "Wednesday in Liaixrange. : Mr. B. H. Hardy is erecting a dwelling near cere. Miss Essie Uzzell, of near Goldeboro, is visinngneretms wees. . Mr.-Hagh Bryan, of Institute, made us a short visi t Sunday evening. ; Tobacco plants are scarce in this sec tion, and farmers are getting uneasy. Mess. Kirby Phelps and Herman Har. die spent Sunday with Mr, Milton Creech. Mr. Jas. Sutton and Miss Marie Smith spent Saturday and Sunday in Buckles nerry.. . :,,- .y.:: Rev. Mr. Langston will fill his rearular appointment at Mewborn's church next eunday. ' Mr. Noah Sutton was called off Sundav to the burial ot his niece, Miss Julia Hill. qear x ruling lireei. ; . ;-: - We had a "masric lantern" ohnw Friday night, and all who attended nro. nound it very gol-,i:::y..y.ii: Sons of the Confederacy. f f ? Mr. Editoe: ; I notice that there , has been established in the city of Raleigh a permanent organization of the Sons of the uoulederacy. , I am very glad to see this Important move and hope that the example will be followed in other cities and communities; " i , . ; I suppose all sons of the Confederate veterans would like to become members of these societies wherever established: but under the rules adopted bv the or ganization many would be ineligible. it requires tnat an applicant must fill out a blank prepared for the ' purpose. and proof must be submitted showing the service of an applicants' ' father (or other direct ancestor) in the ' military or naval department of the Confederate government. My father was a member of the Sr. Reserves and I have made a diligent search for his name in the roster of the N. C troops, four Volumes of which are On file in the court house, and I can not find his name on record. These re cords are very imperfect as any one will see who will examine them. 1 hope that our next legislature, which is to assemble eoonwlU make an appropriation suffi cient to have the roster of theN.C. troops revisea. xnereare many veterans now ivinjer who could give correct informa tion as to the missing names. If there is any-cause for which! would be willing to be taxed it is to help raise the appro priation above referred to, and I believe express the true sentiment of all son and d:iii(rhter of the Confederate veu erans. i here are many of us .who nre Bona and daughters of the American devolution but the records were either destroyed or never1 written, hence we cennot claim thathonor. . iort h Carolina has made more bistorv find written K ss than any State iu the Union.'- Very trulr yours. ' " . " J. B. Dawson. KiastuD, N. CL; Hay &. Fearson-Cra-wford Contest. TTfudiiajrton, Hay 9. The house srxnt Eve ho-jrs todr.y in d'csfing the con tBted election case of Tearson against Crawford from tLe ninth North Carolina district, and wLen it adjourned at 5:15 the ca? was continued until tomorrow. The f peckers today were Mr. lIolerts, of Mew arhuetts. for Pearson, and Mess. ers. cf Indiana, nnd KitcLin. of North Carolina, for Crawford. Mr. Lin-ey was quite active in a-.i.ic questions but was knocke.l out every time by 2J;era asd Kitchin. . Tomorrow Loth Crawford and Tear- gn wiil freak. and lloberts will close for Tearson. Try t!. new ren ( y for cotiver"-s, v h and Liver Tal .".r.t.d. Pr; 'J"j i:. HnoJ, drjrz:,t. Cl;a::.!---r!.iias from '. livery 1 i fc t For -.-'- t y J STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Item ' In Condensed Form. The Proximity Mills at Greensboro locked out their S00 employee Tuesday morning, in order to forestall a threaten ed strike. A labor union was recently organised at the mill. . Lexington Dispatch: "Chaney" Gobs', a colored woman of Thomaeville, who has been in Lexington for some time, was so badly burned last Wednesday night as to cause her death 24 hours later. The grand lodge Odd Fellows were entertained an hour at Winston Wednes day with a concert by an orphan class from Goldsboro. An invitation to hold the next neselon cf the grand lodge at Ash6ville wus accepted by acclamation. Tarboro Southerner: Saturday niirht some one broke into the stables of Thad. fcllis, nwir Crisp, aud sto e a valuable ; horse. The animal was not misled till Sunday morning. Since theu no trace of it has been found, nor any clue to the thief. The North Carolina Teachem' Assembly - has completed the program for its sesnlonat Morehead Citv. One of the features will be an address by Dr. J. L. M. uirry, the narot el the I'eubodv.iund. The State Muio Teachers' ariHix-iation is to bold lu annual convention at the same time. . Reidiville Rovit-w: Mi s. Frank Ward. an estimable lady who lives on Mr. R. ' C. Saundern' piuee, netvr Lawsouville, died Monday morning. She iiad been very sick With numllpox, nd her death was expected for several davM. s A d mi u li ter of Airs. Ward is very critically ill with the same malady. - . . The Democratic candidates on the ! State ticket closed . their itinerary to gether at Washington Tuesday, .They touched4ot.h the western and eastern sections of the State and received peat ovations everywhere. Now they divide up into twos and vlit other towns where they have not been. Wilmington Star: Tdomer and Shiver. the two negro religious fanatics ia jail, are reportea in a critical condition aa the result of depriving themselves tf food In conformity to the teaching of their "Master," -Pewyv of Dominica. -..They-have not eaten food now in fifteen days and are too weak to stand, . - Lexlngtou Dispatch: John A.Elckard. a reHpected citizen of Churcliland. rur- chased ahorse last Saturday and while hitching it to wagon, the horw kicked, - sttiumg Air. Kickara sQcu a blow in the breast with his feet as to cause instant death. Four of his little children were with him when be was kicked, and saw their father die.. Goldsboro Argus: The fine srrer horse of Mr. John Grantham while parsing over the railroad track Monday cot bis shoe caught between two rails and the whole hoof was torn from the lee. It was an unusual accident and wax a , pitiable sight to those who were looking en. No one wee "driving the animal which had trotted off while Mr. Grantham was iu the field paying pea pickers, y At Raleigh Tuesday there was a hear ing of the cm(w against A. D. Baker, who is charged with Imving shot his wife in the head, with intent to kill her. She is in the hospital and refnead absolutely to testify eguinxt him. He was then re leased on merely nominal bail. George Hunt, the man who brought Mrs. Bak er to Raleigh and who lived with her, is in jail, but will give bail. - The woman has nearly recovered from what appear ed to be a fatal wound. Mr. H. L. Stevens, of Warsaw, reports the strawberry season in Eastern Caro lina a great success. "The people in ny section are happy a result of the un usually fine berry season," Mr. Stevens re marked.: "The etrawberry crop is a large one, and good prieee nre being com manded in northern markets for ship myit?. Truekeri in our section begau to , ship April 20, aod I Win that Norfolk truckers wiuotbe able to plaie their, crop on the market ur.ti! the 15tb. This gives us an advantage opsone 25 dayc. TIim rear's crop will brinr over 11.000,. 000 to our couttj, which is the largest Nrry-f hipping county in the State." 1 "Hain't Auswored Ylt ChaHottiNevi. - Up to this morning 27IJepubIicans and Populists have 'answered" sir, Aycock'si preat convention srech. and "it haint been answered jit," as till Udckins re marked. Doea it Pay to Buy Ciieap? . A cLi -&p remedy for coughs uii t olds is all right, but you wuut eonwtliir. that will relieve and cure the tnore severe and dar.jjerns resn'n of throat end larg troubles. W;at f b ill you (ToT Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if pottle; if not jobib!e for you, then in either cfw take the oklt rv ( Jy tLat ban lievn iatroduee-1 la all civil: red coun- tries with tracers iu severe tLm.it and lung trouble, "Borcl.oe'e C :rnan Crrz p." It not cn!y leala ac-J st the tla- sues to destroy th' grrra C .-fr.5--', Int oaiays in:.a-r.ir.aion, c"' t?.rat'-in, pvr 9 h f H i t curt't; a titj r.t. Try o r tn 1 .1 r-rtr V!-t- ' r r,'! 1 t 7 t T ' A " t. I .1 J , - 1- : - I l'cr. I. r : to.
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