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DAfLY ;iB V ' V ' ; I , mLtd ,' -V- j-t,..., -w-i 1 i PUBLISHED EERY EVENING EXCEPT St NDHY. VoUHI-iNa 38. KINSTONNJ 0 .. MONDAY, MAY 21, 1900. Price Two Cents GENERAL HEWS. Matter of Interest Ctondensedintb . g. ; The foreign .consols are officially pptl j, fled that the Boera will'defend Johannes i berg, '''ftVi . vf-e. , 1 EiJ McCoy knocked Dan Creedon oat I in the sixth round Friday night in New 'rYnplt '-? f t w,"- s. 1 i-A ' l f A- ! J. " ' ur-.iAf ; &.,iu ,' ,j w ", VFitzsimmons , has received such a bite . from hie pet lion that the fight with Bah- lin has s bad to be postponed until the ISth'pf June, , At Bichjno: 1 J '.':' "' aturday, William Woodson, a negro convict in the ceniten- ,tiary,cut the throat ot Ambrose Ferebee, ' another convict, causing death within an An explosion pi fire dampim, the Cam-den-Spiman mines, near W-tonW YftJt Friday, kjltedCJbas Varian apd aeripusly ; injured several others. A flash of powder ignited the gas. ' ,. ? .The Boer peace envoy reached Wash . ington and were given, an informal recent ' tdon at their hotel, Later a large,recep- tion will be given, at which several prom : inent men will speak. ;::vr ? , . The United States consul at San SalVa- dor informs the department, under date ; of April 11th, that yellow fever is epi demic in Salvador; that 18 cases are in the pest .house and 20 known cases are boing treated.,qat8de. uyyy;'-' The straw board and .paper box board , factory of the Utility Paper company at Hartford City, Ind., covering five-acres, was burned Friday, . Loss over flOCL 000. The .150 horse-power eas ensrine - exploded and spread the flames very rapiajy. The reported Diana to onranizo the In. .tecnational .Tobacco eampany, to fight the American andCpntiaental companies, created great interest. P. H. Hanes & Co. and Brown Bros. companyKthettwo Winston firms reported to be In the deal, eay theyfw nothing abouj ft. N L - The board of health has adopted a res olntion, declaring that the bubonic plague exists in San Francisco. The health, ; au thorities say that while there are no liv ing cases here, there have bpeasjx deaths during the past three, months apd, fthey ltavdeciled to takeprecautions against tb? development and spread of the did- ' ease..,:- ..-vis'fj ti'TUi Rioting broke out afresh at St Louis, Mo., Friday, among street car strikers. The cars were attackedjn yarion parts of the cjty, ftbstruptions plaeed npon the tracks and man. assaulted 'while trying to clear the way. number of personewere shot and several, seriously wounded, one raaai perhap . fatally, .-There ig proba bility ol a "general sympathetic strike of labor union hingoriei.;-.-;-:',,rf At Memphis, Tenn., at an early hour Saturday morning 'the dead bodies of ' Henry Reichman, of Memphis, and Mm. Lillie Badakin, wife of a newspaper man - ofPoreetjCity, Ark., jwere found In the ; woman's apartments in Jefferson avenue. . lleichman had been shot three times, and the . woman's body received one bullet. The affair is shrouded in mystery.; No weapon was found about the premises and it is believed to be murder. . , - -- Neely, the Indiana politician and fUan . tier, who so cleverly manipulated the funds of the Havana postoffice, will resist extradition; and the lawyer, it seems, has found a nice lot of technicalities which may be used in connection with the case. He says, in effect: "Neely is 'an American citixen, how can he be tried in a foreiirn ' country under foreign laws? And on the other band, be has committed no offense " in this country, therefore, how can you ' try him in this country?" ; ' The statue of Gen. (J. 8. Grant was ntf Teiled in the rotunda of the national can- itol Saturday. The statue represents the contriDucions oi tnousands of bis com ' rades, none of whom were allowed to subscribe more than 15 cents, and . It is the result of a movement started shortly alter Gen. Grant's death atMt. McGregor, in July, 1885. Ceremonies were held in the house and senate and speeches ap- tropriate to the occasion were t made by to Union-men and el-Confederates. The large tunnel at Lairg's Nek. which was 2,2.13 fet long and afforded the only means of railway communication be tween Natal and the Tmnsvs&l, has been completely destroyed by the Boers, who t 'wit up with dynamite. A very large q anucy oi tne explosive was used, and i ts effect was terriSc The shock was felt To r a great distance from the tunnel, wLich is now completely choked up from end to end with boge masses of rock and earth, which will rnire months and great enginwriz j tlul to remote. . ciLvm iTottHsfxEgt i33un Ari Trusts ths CLIcf i Uca. 7oeo, Gilo, Hay lS.-TTn. C 'r' A. Towns, of IfisTwota, asd Gen. 11 T. C r, t.'Aczs1 trt'.sarerct the free sll- v -1;. -ar,i. Ere here today ia conffr- viihf.Iverl- cV-!r r'ars t 1 a f ire i f - 1 1 1 tie Ke ' t C -c-r.Tr-'j. retrtal-oattLirty I t. ifi cct a r . i,:t'rr is y.r. ;t: t j ' -.tour t cf re- :i rr - Trapped the Trapper.' t. tn "Sketches of Life In the Golden State," Colonel Albert S,. Evans nar rates the rash exploit of an over sanguine bear banter: ' ?v , 'A .venturesome Yankee came to San ta Barbara some years ago ; and soon became an adept, at throwing te lasso. Hearing the, Mexican cowboy talk of lassoing the grizzly bear, be decided to show them what he could do in that line if he ever got a chance. v 15 One day he came upon -a. grizzly , in a favorable locallty.U He threw the lasso with skillful. aim and reined back bis trembling horse to jflve the bear ; an astonlsher, when the reftta which Is always attached to the' pommel of the saddle came up tantv '.' ; Judge of : the man's astonishment ,when that bear quietly assumed a sit ting posture, 1 took hold or tne lasso and began to draw U in hand over hand! , a n . i f 5 1- . -". ' V a The hapless descendapt of the pil grim fathers stuck to the "horse and saddle until be saw the slack all drawn In and the bear and the horse coming rapidly together, ; Then,.; in a panlc, he descended and ranf or a tree, aban doning .the horse, to its fate. Two skillful men, operating from op posite sides, can " master bear and choke him between ' them, but with only one man, one horse and one bear, it is another story. . Sly Joking In the PoJpIt. " 'Before I went to College," said a minister of this, city, "I did supply work on a certain, charge one summer. In the Methodist church we bad serv ice morning and ; evening. . There was a Presbyterian, ,9'burcb in the village, and .the; past9rvfr.om.;another ; village supplied! t, ; preening there once, a Sunday M the;'afternoon.;l went to hear him, fne afternoon,", He was a col lege bred. man and, vas. supposed to be away op, j Wnen,.he,kpied me in the congregation, he came 4own and asked me to assist in the opening exercises, When we were 'seated, he asked me to read the first lesson and at the same ;tim announced, tht it was a, certain chapter in tbo book. pr Numbers.'; "Jost .before' I" was "to read Ir reached up to the desk and fookdbwn th JSlbie nd opened at the' 'place.' I glanced down over the chapter, and saw that it was a mass of unpronounceable names. I knew that e was working a Joke on jae. ,He knew that I could not 'get away with those names. I said noth ing, but when the time came I stood up and announced the chapter following ; and read it.-.'- . ::' . "When I sat down, he gave me a look, and he got one back. I whispered Jhoarsely,I guess not .Those were the only words spoken on this subject" Utlca Observer. . 'Ir i1 'Z : It Is the habit of the modern time savin? young man,' says Eliot Gregory In The Atlantic, upon entering a quick lunch establishment to dash for the bill of fare and give an order (if be is adroit enough to catch one of the maid on the fly) before removing either coat or hat At least 15 seconds may be economized in this way. Once seated, the luncher falls to on. anything at hand bread, cold slaw, crackers or catchup.' When the dish ordered ar rives, be gets his fork into it as It ap pears over his shoulder and cleans the plate before' the .sauce, makes its apr pearance, so that is eaten by Itself or With bread, . '. r'i ; : . i Cups of coffee Or tea go down in two swallows. . Little piles of cake are cut In ' quarters " and ; disappear . In f oui xnouthfuls, much after the fashion of children down the ogre's throat in the mechanical toy, mastication being ei ther a lost art or considered a foolish waste of energy.. . v A really accomplished luncher can assimilate hl last "quarter" of cakei, wiggle into his coat and pay his check at the desk at the same moment The next he Is down the block In pursuit of a receding trolley. . . llMplleltr Faa. "The funniest thing I ever saw or beard," says Chauneey M. Deiew la Success, "was the lecture of Artemus TTjrd. then quite crknown, ca Mor raons,' delivered at Albany. The audi ence was fashionable, conscrvatlte &z 1 FrcrcT toad: sree. TTard. dlscou finally stopped and ea.ll, afur ce cf t!s bc?t tUss. wt!ch Lad rr.' t with, ra.rc:-; -?e. There's a Joke.' fc-Me-ly, the fun of the whole entrr-Ulzzsf-t came Hie an avalanche. Tl 1 b:1:c;c tr-an to titter, then to lac;'-, t':a to r tzZ at the end cf 15 mia ttes was rosltlTtly in a hysterical con dition. It was an illustration cf the rTch:l"rT cf associativa asl ft.'.'- XT'- j the f- IZ'-CK Wh - ? t V at h: -.I t' : ? Ere " . v 'vr-V May 21, 1900. v Mr! John M.'4 Thompson,, ot Kinston, spent Sunday with bis brother. Mr. A. P. Thompson. ,' l l. - Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wilson have another fine' baby girl.', She come on Sunday, 18th. jl 'i , r Miss Eula King, 1 of Kinston, : who' is teaching near Caswell,: spent Saturday night with Miss Lo Outlaw. .- , '' There was a spirited time here Satur day at the primary election; ' The two factions, Bryan and; anti-Bryan, took great interest and the friends of each side worked hard.- At this writing we are not prepared to give the definite results. Geo. B. Wilson has discontinued keep ing house since the death of his wife, and taken board for himself and children at Mr. J, KKornegay's. Mr. W. A Wil son has,' purchased the ' property and moved into the house formerly occupied by Geo. B. Wilson. , f ;. , The closing exercisea at Dover High School wili take place next Thursday and Friday night, 2t and - 25 inst Col A.,C. Davis .wilt deliver the address on Thursday night ana' fiditetanintereetiDg and; ' entertaining 1 prourani has U been arranged for both nights. The public is invited. - .7: "' f. , Dr. J. W. Duguid, 1 of Newborn, was bere . last Friday and again . Saturday, attending Mrs. W. A. Wilson, whose con dition was' then thought very critical, biit we are glad to an nounce that . Bhe is much better now. The doctor unexpect edly net his wife and daughter,' here Saturday They were en-route home from' Macon, Ga., where Mrs." : Duguid had been on a long visit to her parent and concluded to stop here and spend Saturday seeing her hosts of friends. ' ' Bacon or Larl. k . . . The question as to whether to grow bacon bogs or lard , hogs Is , one .that cannot be settled by ; any arguments prd pr ifon or'by any;4isc,usslon aslto what breeds are the best baeoii breeds, says "Wallace's 'Farther. The type - of bog grown in thCdalry! sections will tend mpre and mor to, the bacon type because they can be more profitably crown on bafcon '. food, and It .Is food that fixes 'type, and ; a -change of food. changes' the type.' Tate.' Tor example, tfte roland-China which Is pre-eminently the lard hog of the world, into the Specialised dairy districts;, and he it; once begin? to accommodate, bis form to Atb'e new surroundings. Take him into northern "R'lsconslh ind Min nesota, where oats"and peas and roots can be grown - with the greatest suc cess, and the .type . of Poland-Chjria seen on these farms shows at once the character - of their feed. Take ; the Berkshire, which as now bred resent bles the.PotendJblna so" closely thai If the ears were removed It would re quire an expert to tell the carcass of One from thd other, Into the woods of Tennessee, and be at once assumes A different type. Take either of them to the wheat sections of California, Ore gon and Washington, and bis grand ion would hot know him, so rapidly does the type change. V :' H . A- Cable Witk Blateryv .' vThe cable of the Western Union TeleJ Lake Champlala frorm.'Ticonderoga to Larrabees Point has-something of a history. It . was made in Europe and was first, used id connecting opposite shores 6f. the. Bed sea.. From there 11 was brought HHton Head, where it 'was used in connecting that place with Tybee Island.' Pear. Beaufort, J. ' Ci At the close of the civil war It was taken up. and .'!carrled to-'- New York city, where It remained for several years in the company storehouse before it wa. placed where It now Js. , ' . , : ; . -.. Him iBsptratlem. . fWhat furnishes your inspiration?" they asked of the author, , . - My wife." was the reply. . "How lovely!" they criai I'TJow per fectly Ideallsticr . M "Yes," he went on, If the muse ever halts and feel like loafing on my Job, her demand for a new gown or some additional money . for, bocsehold ex penses stirs me to renewed" effort and puts Pegasus in a gallop." Chicago Tost . , ' ! - Does It Pay to EayCbeap? A cfcpap remedy for conhs and colds is all right, b-'it you want something that will rel.eve and enre th more severe an! cTr,7"T-8rrJt"l threats-1 lurg; troull V tat i hall yea d? . Go to a warn.- r t.i. 1 core r -r i...r.atc? Yea, if pn 1 if rot y- .tie f:ryotr, th'i in eitl r r .- t.Vie tl e O'TT r-"dy that I'.n I .h n i.-.t.-. Ju vJ ia t..i clu..iei coca trios with r;w in -- re threat as 3 "".a: yrcp." . t-"Sth8tS- . '",.-, ttt c .'y txjvc t'f r - , ar. 1 ; - - ii V.t ..-11.-5 tea It tot ol't L. ;J.s Rzi t. - to c'ftrcy the f r allays ir.Hr.-T.a'Jon, c.v tora'J-, f-r- a "-xj r ' rsr"t' ; ' rye r-r'-l; tt .nTj. , Jt .1 C ; -white Supremacy Speakings ; . ThVr" will , , be epeakiogs tin, favor of White supremacy at the following times and places: .. .7 , At' Coahoma; South West township. Saturday night,1 May 26tb. ' , , ; At Sparrow's- Store,1 Trent township, Saturday night. May 26th. v - n As Woodington school house, Thursday nlghVMay 81st.:- v: A'i.-. : . ,At Sutton's stpre, Falling Greek: town ship, Thursday night, May ,8 If Mt"1; "j . At Parrott's school bouse, Neuee town ship, Friday night, June let.-,.. , , ; A Airy Grove school house, Yance township, Friday bight, June 1st. I ..At Rouse's school bouse,- Neck town ship, Saturday night, June 2d; ? j fAt baurange, Baturday, June 2d, at 1 At Davis' store. . Pink Hill township, Saturday, June 2d, at 2 p. m., i; j At DtiughetyV voting place, Sand Hill township, Saturday eight, Ju.ne 2d.. i At institute; Saturday June 2d, aij prf m. l ,-,.',... . Vfw ... j, -.;. l. . MIT.-.!- . , 1 '..vv?r.jf , At a meeting of .the Democratic execu tive committee, held in Kinston on May 19th the committee ' reaueeced the white electors of , Lenoir . county to assemble themselves at their usual place of , meet ing on Saturday;' Jane 2d, ' to nominate town constable and elect delegates to represent them in the county Democratic convention which meets in 'Kinston on Saturday, June 9tb, at 1 o'clock fori the f urpupe pi: nominating candidates' for he bouse of representatives, sheriff, '-res- inter pf deeds, treasurer and othercounty Officers. . .... v.y-.ttU : w..r.' 'In the county convention ach pre- cinct U entitled to the following number - M '..,tx . : . . . :,. . v ..... 01 -votes; 1 - , , v. Kinston No. U 10, K6. 2,4r No.1. 8, Si Falling Creek. 4: Moseiey Hall, ' west.- 8. east,- 4; Institute, 4j -Vance, 8; Neck,' 6; tsand mil, fli Boutb- West; 8; ; Neuae, 8; Woodington, 8; Trent, 6; Pink IIillr4. ,1 , l J. W. GBAlNOftR, Kinston, May 21, 1006.. Chairman. ' ' Broom Corn. ,. ' ( Communication, , i; t Why not some of our planters cultivate broom corn? - It grows finely in our soil, and requires : little . cultivation. -The writer raised a large lot ot it, year before last.a-tus garden without fertilisers. -I The price of this article is very hiirh now, 6nd promises to remain so for some time. - - -A broom factory 1a Kinston;' It seems w me, would pay. -f- -. , t - .-. r Manila, May 18. Ie the Catarma fight.' island pi Bars ar. May 1st; about 700 of tne enemy attacked tbo menol the Forty third infantry. The Americans killed 209 of the rebels by actual count Only three Americans were wounded. -'-j 1 s ' Maj. John C. Gilinore and 1 00 men of the Forty-third regimeat, were ambushed May 6th. near Pauibugan, Samar. Sev-enty-flve of the enemy - were killed and there were no American casualties. The transport Lenox has returned here after landing'four troops of the Eleventh cavalry to reinforce Col. J, franklin Bell i wo troops, Jiai. iiugn 1, bime com manding, were landed at LeirasDr'hnd proceeded across the country to strength en me garrison at uagoa. Dey found numerous entrenchmen ts manned bv in surgents oetween tne towns and were wo day on their way. skirmishing, dis mounted constantly, xnetr only loss was three horses. The Cffleers report that they killed 40 Insurgents, : but the nauves oeciare tut were auied. WhltaDld It.;- Rakigli Pott. . . . -, j ' The following resolution, taken- from the Congressional Record-,-. ., "Resolved, That Richmond Pearson was not elected a representative from the ninth district of -North Carolina to the fifty-sixth congreM. "Resolved, That Wjlliam T. Crawford was amy eiecxea ana is entitled to re tain hie seat" .-.r was defeated in the bouse of repeenta tiveeryeas 127;tuis 128. George H. White, the negro congress man from the second -diitrict, voted against the resolution, 'thus dominating tlie toneet white vote of -the Ninth 'di trkt.flDd sfatiog II r, Pearson. Besides, there were eleven white Re publican members who answered , "pres ent," but' refused to vote to . fict Mr. Crawford, thus repudiating tlie claims ot Pearson and White as to the election of Pearson. - As Gov. Russell charges', Is this not a teal, pure and simple? s , 11 ii 1 " , . Ueaxet Eacceeda LIcllillln.", ', .' ..Washington, ?lay 19. The xoutive committee cf the National Association of Democratic clnbs met at the Metropol itan Hotel, this city, thia morning.. Gov. Benton Mcliillin, of Ter:nefns, wVn some months eo acct-pted t trporarily the presidency of tlie association -on the resignation ot Chauneey P. Ulack, of rer,nylTsr,is, m:7-ne,1. EJ.t-r Wiiiiara It. llenrst, of the New York Journal and tan Francisco Hiarn- ir-pr, was-tsrHr.i-rous'y elected president cf tha aKK.i itia-i. with authority to select a secret.-ry hi:rs '.f. ts C ? a C i Ii C-i Ciy TV- Ia . - 1 - C - - Taut. 1 r, - re n4 I .onri a it i. t car, V STATE HEWS. Interesting North O&rolina Items In Condensed Form. The State has chartered the Rocky, Mount cotton seed oil and fertiliser mill. capital 130,000, B. H. Barnes and others stockholders. ' . The South Carolina naval militia will not, go cruising on the Prairie. The naval reserves of North Carolina will follow those of Georgia. ' Chairman Holton has replied to Chair man Simmons and declines-to allow the Republican State nominees to meet the Democratic nominees in Joint debate. . The State has chartered the Rowan granite company, of Salisbury, capital $100,000, E, B. C. Hambley and two other owners. It is given very extensive privileges.'", ; ,j ; 4, t -yU . President Mclver, of the State Normal and Industrial college, says 800 students are present and applications for the ad- ( mission of 150 more for next term are ' already iflled-v--i:-- - ' - A severe electrical storm passed over Mooresville Friday morning.! Lightning -struck a large barn owned by-Augustus Trout man, setting It on fire! The barn, five- horsesj and other property wet1 destroyed,' 4 r At Fridays session ; of . the Lutheran synod tat Winston a report from the directors of Elsabeth College, at Charlotte, N. 0., was submitted, proposing to "do nate the institution tthe-ynodV which means a gift of f 100.000 worth of prop erty, . proyided the s.rnd will be- re sponsible for the management of the mU lege. ' - It is said that Gov. Bunnell and several -of hie close personul Republican friends will not vote for Adams and .the other Republican State nominees, hut will vote for Cyru Thompson, the Populist nomi- nee for governor. Itisalso said that if' the Republicans and Populists do fuse it wilt be Adams and not Thompson who will be taken down from the ticket. V Scotland Neck Commonweallh: ., A gentleman of observatibu said in Halifax a few days ago that, daring the -past eight months two persons bad been killed r Within ten mites of the county seattfind both for six cents,! Two boys were play ing rerapT at We4doa for Stents when ona killed the other; two convicts were gambling over one cent when one killed tbeother.!., i,,.;- , yrs;' '.At RndSnin,. FrMy; evr.Hng Mr,' Jesse F. york ws found tu bin Umin.a dyingroiidir.ldnwithau empty iHUdannm -bottle near by. 'All effort? to allny 'the pUoou effects of rtur drug failed and death, resulted Saturday morning. Mr. York had been a quift, peHceabTe citizen kud '.occupied, om f th most pleasant - homes of thW NhoiiiI ilatf. ufftctaring iraimny's estat.! Despond ency caused by continued bodily Afflic tions is said to be the cause of the un natural act. ''- Pitt Demosrate" held their county con vention Saturday.' There was an im menee crowd and great enthusiasm; The' entire old legislative ticket was re-nominated; also the old county ticket except that ex-Sberiff O. W. Harrington, the present county commissioner, was nomi nated for sheriff, and W. G- -Little tyras nominated to take hie place as eommls- . sioner. The utmost satisfaction was expressed at the work of the convention. The success of the ticket and the amend ment in Pitt is assured. ' ; - Fire that is believed to have orginated by spontaneous combustion in a spar row's pest under the eaves of the five story college building of St. Mary's monastery, at ' Belmont, at 4 o'clock Saturday morning, destroyed the main building and. the entire west wing, -with a magnificent tower, involving a ioa of $100,000 upon which there is an insur ance of only $1,000. - This is a Catholic school and had about 150 1 students. Right Rev. Bishop Uald, president ot the college, intends rebuilding at once, so that all ! will be ' in - readiness for the autumn session in September. Nashville Graphic: Wednesday morn ing atSpringhope a serious accident hap pened to .Mr. N. W. Hendricks, a, citisen of that' town, which in all probability cost him his life. Arising quite early Mr. Hendricks went to his bkm to feed his stock. In attempting to lift a bale of bay a pistol which he carried in his Inside vest pocket was accidentally discharged. The weapon was an old style Smith and Wessen 88 calibre. 'The ball entered his side in the region of the lower ribs, plane lng upward penetrating-the right lung making its exit just behind .the right shoulder. Dr. Wm. Edwards ' was sum moned and rendered all possible atten tion, but it is not believed that the unfor tunate man will recover., . A Thdef la Congress. Qiariott ObiervOT. , Mr. FJchmond Tearson was not elected to congress and be knows it. If be had been somebody else and bad merely con sented to take the seat, without trr?s phr;r for It, we should have passed the carter c2, tnt of Lim better th'rsrs might havs been expected. For the money ia jt be does not tei to lave thk red a sat in cor gress and to h'a 00. cc; inry c.f it attach peroral d'. rce, l;r he was not t'-.-ttei ai te lzo 1 it.
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