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THE DAI V FREE PR PUBLISHED E3ZERY EJZENirG EXCEPT SUNDRY. KINSTON, Nl O., .THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1900. Vol. Hi-No, 41. Price Two Cents. GENERAL HEWS. j- Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. , ' ' In eight years Russia has paid fGOO, : 000,000 of its wdr debt. - . It is said that the rush from America to the Paris exposition is abating. v , Tbeentire business district of the town of Forest, 50 miles east of Jackson, Miss., was burned Tuesday. , Loss f 100,000. Alii the potters in Akron, O., numbering 500 or more men, have struck for higher wages, and practically all the potteries are shut down. - ;" . , '.- Two hundred employes of the United . Electric Light and Power company, of -Baltimore, have gone- on a strike for I a wage advance of 25 cents a day. . President McKinley has arranged lo So to Fort Monroe next Saturday with rs. McKinley and a party of friends .to witness from that point the total eclipse of the sun next Monday. , After a protracted session Tuesday the house committee on judiciary agreed to report a bill.which, when enacted into a law, will permit of the extradition of C, ' F. W.Neely, charged with postal frauds ' .' in Cuba. An agreement has been reached by the friends of Senator Clark, of Montana, and the senate committee on privileges and elections to postpone action upon the senator's credentials until Wednesday, the 80th inst. At New York,' Tuesday, Thos. J.. Mur , rey, famous as a judge of things good to eat, and ut excelled in his knowledge of how to prepare them, killed himself at his borne, lie. fired a .bullet into his brain and died almost instantly." Bad health was the cause. ' ; . ' The Lourenzo Marques correspondent .'of the London Times says he has it on unquestionable 'authority that within the last week President Kruger has trans- f erred the bulk of his property in the Transvaal to personal friends, in order to avoid its confiscation by Great Britain; The statement is made that Gen. Lew -, Wallace has just received, f 30,000 as the. first six months' royalties on tha drama-' . tization of "Ben Huf." r Last year a firm made with him a contract for the drama tization of his great novel, die was to do no work, but merely signed his consent " for another man to do it, for which he ; was to receive a certain percentage of the ' receipts from the play. , . . . . Supreme Court Overruled. The black-and-tan orators are engaged in going about the State saying that the Democratic legislature made more mis ; takes than any previous body, ' and the '.. only proof they offer in support of this slander is that the so-called non-partisan " supreme court of North Carolina decided . that a number of acts were unconstitu , tional. V - Their mouths will be shut from now ' on about these mistakes, for the federal supreme court in the Kentucky case gave " Hoke vs. Henderson a solar plexus blow, Chief Justice Fuller declaring that "the nature of the relation of a public office is, generally speaking, inconsistent - with either a property or a contract right." ' In his dissenting decision in the case of Theophilus White, Justice Clark quotes the supreme court decision on this point. Which is rightthe North Carolina leg : islature and the federal supreme court or ; the North Carolina supreme courtf Try the new remedy for costiveness, ' Chamberlain'B Stomach and Liver Tab lets, Every box guaranteed. Price 25 eats. For sale by J. E. Hood, druggist. w is'-' 1 v ' i Vi - if--- mo; -4- ! AO 1 .v: 1 ..... --.... . ... . i . .. $150,000 FIRB IN DANVILLE. Almost a Square Burned, Including - Two of the Largest Tobacco Warehouses in the Country. Danville, Va., May 22.Fire broke out at 3 a. m. today in the tobacco ware house and factory district, and for over three hours furnished the fire department the most stubborn fight of late years, it being only gotten under control at 6:30 a. m., when two of the largest ware houses in the country, both in regard to size and selling record, two factories and a storage warehouse, filled with bright leaf tobacco, were destroyed and up wards of 800,000 pounds of valuable to bacco, valued at about $115,000, and buildings at f 35,000, had either passed, to smoke or were ruined, i ; ; ; V. ? ' Several farmers narrowly escaped wlh their lives, losing their wagons, loaded with1 leaf tobacco, but they saved their horses. ;" 'v ' r The losses are asfollows: Acree's Great Tobacco Warehouse, covering an acre, of ground; Banner Warehouse, also a large one; Brown's Package Warehouse, with about 700,000 pounds of the American Tobacco company's leaf tobacco in hogs heads; Acree's Tobacco factory, leased by Chalmere Patterson; Hudnutt's factory, and a number of small brick and wooden structures. v y . - The territory burned covered almost ft square. The largest individual loser was F. X. Barton, ow&er of Brown's Pack age Warehouse 4ind the Banner Ware house,which were uninsured. , flc Wit Very Charitable. , , An amusing story Is told la connec tion with a swell, bazaar, held a short timq ago. Among; the features of the entertainment was a refreshment trail, to which charitable donors contributed supplies, thus enabling all the takings to represent clear profits. The lady in charge requested a gift for this purpose, from a well known and wealthy gentleman in the city,' but one not famous for 'parting.'' i To. her surprise she received next day a note to the effect that he was sending her a sirloin of beef and "two" ox tongues. The same morning the lady4 happened to go to her butcher "(who was also th butcher of Mr. X.), and, after giving him a large order for her stall, asked him If he would like himself to glvt anything. v ' , "I should very much, ma'am," replied the worthy tradesman, "but I yester day gave to Mr. X at his request for this purpose, a sirloin of beef and three ox tongues." , ' . , Ket gain to Mr. X.: One ox tongue and a cheap reputation for charity I London Standard. .x Jl C For Tbro ' Napoleon Bonaparte Is quoted In The Century as saying to Dr. O'Meara at St. Helena: 5 1 . - . - "If I was In England now and tbe French nation was to offer me the throne again, I would not accept of iji because If I, was to do so I would bt obliged to turn bourreau (executioner). L would be obliged to cut off the heads of thousands to keep myself upon it, which would not be pleasing to me. Oceans of blood must be shed to keep me there. No, no; I have made enough of noise already in the world; perhaps more than any other man wlU make; perhaps too much. I am getting old and only want retirement What could I do in France? Alone, to set myself against all the powers of Europe. Madness!" I k CUmiOCK DISASTER; Twenty-One Lives Lost in the Mine By an Explosion of Fire Damp, Bodies of Eight Whites and Twelve Negroes Beoovered. Santord, , N. C, May 23. An explo sion in the Cumnock poal mines yes terday afternoon killed it wounded all the laborers employed Inthe ,east head, including the contractor and superin tendents , - The men were 400 feet under ground and preparations were being made for a blast. It is thought the explosion was caused by a laborer 'opening a safety lamp to light a fuse. , j The bodies of eight white and twelve colored men have been - taken out. The dead are John Connolly, superintendent of the mines; James McCarthy, contrac tor; Joe Glass, Wesley Clegg John Willet. Will Tyson, John Harkey John ana Bobt. Gatewood, all white; Joe Frazier, Jim Marks, John Reeves, ,: John Palmer, Ollie Bynum, Peter'Palmer- Jim " Palmer, Daniel Goldston. Joe Taylor! Jerry Hub. bard, Sim Mcjntyre, colored. Three of the white men hod families. ' Sanford, N. C, Mai23..r-The latest news received here frqmTtamnock today is that there are six or. seven miners' lamps missing, and tTs feared that more men are in the miner : V i Further , iavestjgatioa .at Cumnock mtaes this ; morning develops the fact thatsthere were killed in the explosion yesterday 'afternoon only eight white men, andlS negroes f , if :, All the bpdies have been recovered ex cept that t Sim Mclntyre, a negro, which eo far has not baen found.; Jim Seymour, a mulatto, was brought up last night in an exhausted condition, and it was with tbe uWTost difficulty that he was resus citaied. , , : The dead bodies are lying in boarding houses and around the mine. Coffins were ordered from Kaleigty and Sanford and the dead men were sent to their various homes for interment The dam age to the mine property is; very slight. It will be able to resume operations by Monday. ';' December 15, 1890. a similar explosion at this mine killed 40 men. , -) 'X- Y. 1 ; ; Y? , The Loss at Cumnock. , ; Baleigh, May 23. The number of min ers killed at Cumnock was 23. Of the 26 men rescued, 5 will probably die. : County Democratio Convention.' At a meeting of the Democratio execu tive committee, held in Kinston on May 19th, the committee requested the white electors of Lenoir county to assemble themselves at their usual place of meet ing on Saturday, June 2d, to nominate town constable and elect delegates to represent them in tbe county Democratic convention which meets in Kinston on Saturday, June 9th, at 1 o'clock for the purpose of nominating candidates for the house of representatives, sheriff, reg ister of deeds, treasurer and other county officers. 1 ;:' ; . - ' -, In the county convention 'each pre cinct is entitled to the following number of votes: . - Kinston No. 1, 10, No. 2, 4; No. 3, 3; Falling Creek, 4; Moseley Hall, west, 3, east, 4; Institute, 4; Vance, 8; Neck, 6; Sand Hill, 8; South West, 8; Neuse, 8; Woodington, 8; Trent, 6; Pink Hill, 4. 1 J. W. Grainger, Kinston.fay 21, 1900. , ; Chairman. , Base BalL . x . New York 15, Cincinnati 4. i . Pittsburg 8, Brooklyn 5. Boston 8, St. Louis 2. Chicago 5, Philadelphia 8. ' ' . STANDING Or THE CXCBS. - Won. Lort. PrCt Philadelphia......-.- 17 8 .680 Brooklyn.. 16 8 .667 Chicago .14 ' 12 .538 Pittsburg ............14 12 .538 St. LouiH. ...... 12 12 .500 New York. ..12 , 15 . .445 Cincinnati ........... 10 ; 13 .435 Boston..- ............. 6 20 231 is yrur tr:::h t ir Ihca your test f:Lr..'3 tjrn t'::r l:zi aside. A t'i t-c;-h rc:-3 a v lv;r. V:, -, z-z -;r y. j. 1 :ycure c: --.f..-- ncs?.eycrsia, t , ! :. And-- -rs. FIBEAT OBEENVDLLE. Jordan TobaooQ Factory and a Storage Warehouse Burned. Grenville Reflactor. About 9 o'clock Tuesday night the to bacco factory of M. P. Jordan - & Co., located near the railroad, was found to be on Are. When discovered the root of the boiler room was all in .flames. The fire department and hundreds of citizens hurried to the scene but the fire had made such headway that the factory could not be saved. r:v;:-y -ev- The storage warehouse just south of the factory was also destroyed. Both tbe buildings belonged to Mr. II. A. Ty son. The factory was occupied by M. P. Jordan & Co., of Danville. They had about 150 hogsheads of tobacco in the building and only four hogsheads could be rolled out. :'';:;;.;';'';;; tv:- '. As the factory shut down about a month ago for the season, the origin of the Are is a mystery. ' i : - The loss is estimated at about f 15, 000. M. P, Jordan & Co. had insurance on stock for $ 7,850. and on machinery tor 11,600. It. A. Tyson had on factory building $3,000, on storage warehouse f200 and on stock in t warehouse f 400. The total insurance was. f 13,050, all of which was in H. A. White's agency. The Farmers' Warehouse was slightly damaged and covered by insurance. Millie-Christine Candidates. Nw$-Ohserver. ' ; Holton, chairman of the black wing, and Butler, chairman of the tan wing , of the black-and-tan army, have agreed upon what they are pleased to call "a joint discussion" of the issues before the people of North Carolina. Holton stipu lates that "national questions . upon which the Republican and Populist , par ties are at variance" are not to be dis cussed, v In fact from the terms . of the agreement, the two gangs are going to do the' circus act with two rings, all under one canvas, with only one charge for admission. ; Hu' -fr 'Y This combination is the Millie-Christine of politicals a negro- woman having only one body, but two well developed heads, one singing tenor and the other alto but only one body. It will be a eight worth -going miles to see the Thompson end of the negro woman sing ing tenor, "Democrats must disfranchise negroes in behest to popular ; demand, but I need negro votes and cannot advo cate White Supremacy," and ' Adams joining in with his alto: "I love the nig ger and poor white man whom I put in the same class above my chietest joy." The combination .will "discuss" how to keep in office, how to prevent the dis franchisement of any of the 120,000 ne groes, and how to fool enough ; whito folks in order to get them to vote with tbe negro one more time.. . The monotonous whang-doodle will soon be on tbe road, and may be heard singing its false tunes all over the State unless Millie-Christine should enjoin them from encroaching upon her patent. She has the exclusive right of having two beads on one black body. Thompson and Adams have clearly infringed on her patent. ( . When the new minister, a handsome and unmarried man, made bis first pas toral call at the Fosdlcks', he took lit tle Anna up in his arms and tried to kiss her. But the child refused to be kissed. ''She struggled loose and ran off Into the next rQom,wh'ere her moth er was putting a few finishing touches to her adornment before going into the parlor to greet the clergyman. . "Mamma," , the little girl whispered, "the man in the parlor wanted me to kiss him." . "Well." replied mamma, "why didn't you let him? I would if I wer you." ..Thereupon little Anna ran back Into the parlor, and the minister asked: . "Well, little lady, won't yon kiss me now?' .. . v ' j "No, I won't, replied Anna prompt ly, "but mamma say she will!" Ilar perg Bazar. ' Imdlseatlom. j Try glycerin for your Indigestion, for It Is a very simple remedy and In many cases Is exceedingly successful. -Mix a small teaspoonful of glycerin In half a wlneglassful of water and take It directly after each meal until the enemy takes flight, which In n ordinary case win be in two or three Says' time, but Ia an obstinate one Tortiilbt rearson's Magazine. DoeItPayto BuyClieap? A cheep remedy for coughs and colds is aliripht, but yon want something that will rtl.eve and cure the mors severe and dirmna repnit of tLroatand lucg troutli-s.'. What ebaU you do?. Go to a wanr.'-r ar 1 rr.pr? n -u'.ar climate? Yes, if pop- i-ie; i! r ot j - 1 for jou, then ia either cae tate the clt rvmedj that hm been introduced in all civilited cocn tri s with suco'ss ia seTere tLroat uzd V'. -ztTvzl, "I-o ! e'i Gerrr. zi ?rrc p." It not onrl.eV.s r-.i stinm'at- tL tis-it-;.-9 to r ti.e tr-r-n d 1 :t r '.!. t i".::..iti :i. tf--s ( . j n; a r : STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. About thirty scientists will be at Pine hurst to observe the eclipse next Monday..' At the Catholic orphanage at Baleigh tha number of inmAten in ranirilv ing. The orphanage farm is a . fine one. Mr. Richard H. Battle will deliver the address at tbe unveiling of the Vance statue at Baleigh. His selection is a good one. He was Vance's secretary nnrina thft wur. Mount Olive Rliffernd nnntlioi. 4aafn ti ve fire Wednesday morning at 3:30 : o ciosk. ine score or ti. h. Hatch totally destroyed entailing a loss with stock of 3,000; insurance 1 1,500. The supreme court will not certify to the governor the decision in case of Tom Jones, the noted negro murderer, of Wake countv. until tha flrsf, Mnnrin June, so that the execution will not take ptace unm iuiy. At the medical convention at Tarboro Wednesday 52 passed examination for medical license, 25 failed and two with drew. Miss Sllie Bordeu, ofGoldsboro, and Miss Elizabeth Dixon, of Baleigh, made the highest grade. -( , Two negro trainmen were scalded bv thailowing out of a stack ia the locomo tive of a material train at South Wash ington Tuesday night. They were taken to Wilmington, where they died from their injuries in a hospital Wednesday afternoon. Newbern Journal: The case. of Biggs vs. Campen at Bayboro, f 20,000 dam ages, was decided in favor of Campen. A son of Mr. Uiggs was injured at the saw mill. : The jury decided that the boy had been warned and the accident was due- to bis carelessness.' August 14th is the date set for the an nual meeting of the State Farmers' Al liance, but it appears that there is a strong sentiment in favor of postponing it for two or three weeks, in order that there may be time for tbe political feeling due tathe August election tor subside or at'least abate. A A fire at ; Pomona, near Greensboro, Monday night destroyed a large barn and granary, several outhouses, a lot of grain and fertilizer, three wagons, a binder and mowing, machine and other farm implements the property of the J. Van Lindley Nursery company. ; There is partial insurance. . ; j . The- committees cn the Vance Vtatue were notified Tuesday that unless there was an accident in making the cast, which is rare, the bronze statue of Sena tor Vance will be ready to leava the foundry June 20th. The committees will meet this week and go ahead with their arrangements for the unveiling July 4th.'. ... . v'., ; ... . - , i Morgan ton News: While . Mrs. Lou Gibbs and her six children, who live -in Silver Creek township, near Bridge water, were in the field at work last Tuesday their home was destroyed by fire. Their household goods, clothing everything was burned and tbe family left in desti tute circumstances. , It is supposed that the fire started from the cook stove. - Greensboro Record: For some time Charles D. Benbow has been investigating Bound Knob, qn the Western road, with a view of purchasing. Saturday be closed tbe deal. The property embraces 1,300 acres, including .hotel and several farm houses, as well as some of the finest scenery in tbe country. It is presumed Mr. Benbow will greatly improve the place, making it an Ideal summer resort. . The Lexington Dispatch says that while Mr. T. S. Cross, or Cotton Grove township, Davidson county,' was plow ing a few davs aco he accidentallv drove his horse over his 4-year-old daughter and the child received injuries which are believed to be fatal. The little girl had gone out to watch her father at work and had seated herself in some bushes.' Tbe father, not knowing she was near, plowed into the boshes and the horse stepped on the little one's head, fractur ing her skull. - Baleigh Post: The two young hearts that cruel fate in tbe shape of seminary discipline would have separated, now beat as one, and as the immortal Bard of Avon puts it "all's well that ends welL" Mrs. John Birdsong, nee Simms, who has been under restraint at the Baptist Female- University, where she was a student, since her elopement with the young man of her choice, loft that institution yesterday and rejoined her husband. Ilev. J. C. Simras, of Franklin, Macon county, father of the young lady, arrived in Baleigh Sunday. Mr. Simms was "naturally much wrought up over the occurrence until be reached lLalcigh and wbji fully acquainted with tbe situa tion. Upon meeting his new son-in-law t imme-liatdy relented, approved Lis daughter's rhoK, and the young people were pi Ten Lis Messing, t . . , ils norvne Newman, wLo Las 1 n a prrit offerer from muiwnilar rb-ur.;atm, ays Chamberlain's Pain l-f!:n I the only rrtr.e y ti.at azrfi her re... r.3 is s r"t b revtej r - : : .-9 .-w-! rt cft r-- '."or-t -t. Trycit-ot ; i : ' .rjy .s I all f'.rx. -' i. l cit i l j t' 'ft ; t..: -rs ti (.Jrar, N. Y., ar 1 t l' --;a ti e HV.nvrtf.-rt Ur.Zt c i r : " t- T.l- r 1.. i. .imect i t:-r f: r3
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