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. THE .DAILY FMEE PRE PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY. Vol. HI No. 46. ! KINSTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1000. Price Two Cents. GENERAL HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. Congress will appropriate $3,000,000 for the Louisiana purchase exposition, to be held in St. .Louis In lU3. A waiter in a Cleveland, 0.', hotel, -who has been a waiter for GO years, has fallen heir to 150,000 by the death of a relative in Connecticut. ... " ' The passengers on the sleeping car of a train of the Missouri Pacific railroad were held up and robbed near alls uty, neb . by alone bandit Monday nights . ' Seymour, Johnson & Co., another cot ton brokerage firm of New York, failed Monday. They made big money on the break in cotton that wrecked trice, Mc Cormick & Co., but were caught heavily on the subsequent rally. - - The United States' supreme court has decided Admiral Dewey's bounty claim against the admiral's contention. The effect is to deprive the admiral and men engaged with him at Manila of half the amount claimed by tnem. .. t . Geonre Douarlas. colored, was murdered Sunday night at Norfolk, Va., by James II. Jordan, a single knife stab directly through the heart accomplishing . the deed. Jordan was ' arrested soon after. He declared bis victim had attempted to rob him, , . Price. McCormick & Co.'s transactions on the New York cotton exchange have been closed. It is understood that ten or eleven millions of dollars in loans con- tracted by the firm will be liquidated in such a way as not to disturb the 'money or stock market. vThe boiler of an engine on the Balti more & Sparrows Point railroad exploded . Tuesday while running between Sellers and Turner's stationskilling Engineer W. H. Faulds and seriously injuring Fire man August Heise. The locomotive was blown into fragments. .' A negro woman was scared to death at Richmond, Va., by the eclipse Monday. From all parts of Virginia come reports of negroes terrified by the strangeness and to . them miraculous nature of the epectacle. In some localities prayer and praise meetings were held, ana in others dumb, frantic terror led the more' ignor ant to throw down theic tools and flee, they knew not whither. JAUNT OF BOERS BEGINS. : The Envoys Will Swing Bound the , Circle for Two Weeks. Washington, May 29. The Boer envoys left this morning for Boston. The itiner ary as now arranged includes a reception in Boston Thursday. Cleveland will be visited June 4; Chicago on the 5th and Qth, St. Louis on the 7th, Omaha on the 8tb, Davenport, la., on the 9th, Spring field, 111., on the 10th, Baltimore on the 14th and Philadelphia on the 15th. The itinerary as. now planned does not carry the commissioners past Pniladel phia June 15th. However, in view of the pressing invitations which are being received, arrangements will doubtless be made for. visiting many other towns. Unless European developments call for their departure for the old world in baste, the envoys wil) visit cities throughout the country. They will travel unosten tatiously. - - ' .' -: Yesterday they, had a number of con gressional callers at their rooms at the Arlington. . , . .. NEGRO SUPREMACY. . Chairman nolton Secures Abe Mid , die ton to Help at Republican Headquarters. .' Greensboro, May 28. Chairman Hol ton has secured a valued assistant in his campaign against white supremacy in the person of Abe Middleton, the well known and influential negro politician from the third congressional district. He entered upon his duties at .Republican headquarters today. Abe was the illus trious assistant doorkeeper of the house of representatives, who, during the legis lature of 1893, attempted to arrest two Democratic members as they were leaf ing the hall to prevent a quorum. : !'A Noble Companye." Charlotte Nw. . ; . , Mr. A. E. Holton, chairman of the Re- Eublican executive committee, has bis eadquarters in Greensboro and likes it better than Kaleiib. "because no report ers come around," be says. The Repub licans don't want any joint canvass this year, and they don't want their doics printed. What are thv dozz and say ing that thy doat want the r-e;'e to k: v? The Afh"Ti:: GaiKfe, the crin. (:: more sjfhe9 KT can at; i i 3 sw&'iow, ! r rirv r.J t'l ) iotj a (.' r 1. -n-h nt Ft t .yv : ' i . ( t: i3 it en s- i f-. Ti.e .; t, t " V- "3 1 : T "r V l - t: "n f . : e : 'It i r a r n v SEA30NABLE DOGGEREL. Same old circus, : v- Same old band; - t Same old sawdust, - Same old stand; Same old beasts and , Same parade; t Same old peanuts, Same lemonade; Same old clown and Same old jest; Same old crowd with Brand-new sest. . ; ; Chicago Record. A PROPHECY. Same old Hanna, - Same Tom Piatt; Same old "friers," , Same old "fat;" Same old party, -Same old tricks; . Same old trust and , . Same"tight fix;" Same old voters,- i Same lament; Make Bill Bryan s President. 1 J. W. P., in N Y. World . THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. . Fine Description of Its Appearance at "Wadesboro. Wadesboro, May 28. The eclipse of the sun, as observed in Wadesboro, to day, was of a very satisfactory charac ter, all conditions being as fine as could have been desired by the most enthusi astic scientist. , ' . It was iost 7:36 o'clock when those who were keeping an eye on the sun through smoked glassesTaw'the slight est cut on the upper right hand edge, marking the beginning of the eclipse. The shadow came on just on the edge of the sun represented by a. point between the figures 1 aud 2 on the face of a clock. At 8:20 the darkening was perceptible, and under nearby trees the crescent- shaped images of the sun showed very plainly on the ground, out m reversed direction from the position of the sun's crescent in the sky. About two minutes before totality began, adull yellowish hue overspread the landscape. The horizon grew very dark to ward the south west like a thunder cioud, out tnose wno were loos ing for the rushing shadow were . disap pointed. It was too quick for them and the deep twilight of the total eclipse fell upon them in a twinkling. White sheets previously : spread upon the ground caught the mysterious shadow bands. ' Words cannot describe ; the solemn grandeur of the scene at the moment of total eclipse. The chattering crowds had been awed into silence as the weird, mysterious darkness leading up to total ity had progressed. The color effects of sky and horizon were surpassingly beau tiful. Above, the bluo deepened to almost blackness and all around the horizon rose rings of orange and ; purple; Just before totality it looked as a rainbow ringing the horizon, but the moment the last ray of the sun was obscured all this changed and the coloring of the horizon was that which shortly follows a summer sunset. Around the sun the corona shone forth with great brilliancy and in a beautiful form. There were two brilliant splotches or -light. One flamed out from the first 'point of contact. It was shaped like a fish tall and was about three times the diameter of the moon in length: The other flashed out below in an opposite direction, while circling the shadow was a narrow belt of light of extreme brilliancy. The planet Mercury beamed just a little beyond .the end of the first arm of the corona, and well down towards the corona. enus sparkled like a diamond. The shadow of the total eclipse produced an effect something like moonlight, yet with a softened brilliancy. One . could distin guish faces in the near neighborhood, yet it was as if through a yellowish haze. Observers differ as to the exact time of the duration of the totality, but It - was about 75 seconds. The most dazzling effect of the entire spectacle was at the first moment of the sun emerging, It was as if a micrhty arc light more pow erfully and brilliantly penetrating than anything ever imagined on earth had been suddenly lighted in the skies. It was blinding and dazzling in the sud denness and splendor of its appearance. With the first flash of the light the weird darkness gradually began to disappear and very soon the shadow was luted and the earth appeared to be itself again. Kins ton White Primaries. ' To the White Voters of Kinston Town ship, No. 1 Frecinct: You are hereby notified that a Demo cratic primary wi.l be held at the court house in Kinston for precinct No. 1, Kir.pton township, onSatnrday, June2d, et 12 o'clock, noon, for the purpose of ei-ctirar delegates from the precinct to tie county convention, which nvtson turday. June vth, to nominate county c. ..-.'em. i rotrrt ntTon-Tince is c-irea. i:. is. i.kwh, n n"n Dem. Ex. Co::i. l'r.- t No. 1. Tie w l.:t v -.! cf r-'srt No. 2, Ki 't : 3 t -" : -' p, tre f - 1 to r t et f o :t I,'-e e.-; nt cn t itur.i 'J, Jcr:e - 1. fit 12 o:.k.i.u-ii, tofh-ct d-. . j it-: j. .'I. I-AT-. tt, C -,t::.-u. . i MARCHING TOWARDS PEKIN. Outrages by Chinese "Boxers." A Formidable Fleet of European Warships Gathered at Tafcu. ; ' Tiet Tsin. May 2a The "boxers" burned the Liulino station on the Luhan railway. 29 miles from Pekin. last ntebt, They also wrecked the track, destroyed a number of cars and murdered several Chinese employes.1 The Belgian engineers in charge of the work are now safest jfingtai. : - ' The "boxers" are marching on toward Pekin. . r ' - Washington, May 28.hA cablegram re ceived at the navy department today stated that the Newarkbas been assign ed to act as flagship of the senior squad ron commander, and that the vessel sailed from Nagasaki last Saturday and arrived at the Taku forts yesterday. - Rear Ad miral empff is the senoir squadron offi cer described in the dispatch and his visit to Taku, the nearest point to Pekin at tainable for large vessels, has attracted much attention. .'.': .'"'.-v It is understood that fchere is alreadv a formidable fleet of European warships gathered at Taku, and since the with drawal of the Wheeling, the American fleet has not been represented at that point. While preparedVto act concur rently with, though independently of the European powers in the protection of the life and property of foreigners in China, Admiral a.empn has not at present any intention of making a hostile demonstra tion in the Pel Ho river. , ' - Tien Tsin. Mar 28 (Later). The Brit ish and Belgians have left Fin tai and the "boxers" are expected there today. A re lief train is bringing the refugees to Tien Tsin. . ' . - ' ' - Train service between Pekin and Tien Tsin has been suspended since noon to day. 1 t .' " - h . The United States cruiser Newark and a French man-of-war have arrived at Taku. . , Pekin, May 28. The diplomatic 'corps is now in session, considering the eitua tion caused by the "boxers." The foreign guards will certainly be brought here. The position of affairs is alarming. Kan way communication with Tien Tsin is interrupted. t v RUSSIA READY TO ACT. Believed Russia is About to Land Troops From Port Arthur. London, May 29. A special dispatch from Shanghai says: "It is believed that Russia is about to land troops at Tukn from Port Arthur, where 20,000 are in readiness. The Chi nese are reported to be sending large masses of troops overland from Hu-Nan and Kiang, but the generalissimo refuses to assume command on the plea of Bick ness. : ..''.'""'-; "The 'boxers' assert that they are con fident of receiving support from the dow ager empress, Princes Kang-Yl and Ching Tuan and the entire Manchn army. "Throughout the north the 'boxers' are enlisting hordes of desperadoes. They are now intent upon expelling everything foreign.", v - - : , i . ' Shanghai, May 29-The Russian' min ister at Pekin has telegraphed, asking that all the available gunboats be sent to Taku. '. . : " Washington, May 29. Such advices as have reached here indicate that the situa tion in China has assumed a very critical phase, and one calculated to tax the en tire resources of the Chinese government. JASON ITEMS. ' - May 29, 1900.: ' Mr. Add Phelps spent Friday in Golds- boro. . - " s Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Baker spent Sunday at Bull Head. Mr. John L. Phelps and little daughter, Miss Emmah, visited here Sunday. ' Mr. J. L. Mewborne, of Kins ton, visited friends and relatives here last week. Capt. Whitted and Mrs. Mollis Cheek, of Durham, are visiting at Mr. Ivey Parker's this week. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Phelps, of Fremont, spent Saturday night and -Sunday at Mr. W, Gurganous'. Mesa Giles Parks, of near Goldsboro, Adolph Gray and Stephen Ilardie, of Institute, visited at Mr. B. H. Hardee's Sunday. , . ' Mrs. Emmah Hadley, after spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Jno. L. Phelps, of Beston returned home Sunday. Mess. Walter Dawson and Noah Walters, of Institute, and Herman Turn era and sisters, Misses Lucy and Nanceye, veiled at Jlr. W. Gurganous' Sunday, ssa'.sodid llr. Johnnie I'uily, of La Urare. GLmirmLD mi zz. May CO, 1000. IlcT. J. A. Edwards pren !: i at Bain towSuniay. . - :':-iU.t7-t- 1 Ifr. r.u.'j Moore tpect Weds 's .lay ia Kinston. l'r. l e Tf, ' r"a kft Tcr I ; r to acre; t a pv-:: i i 1 1 ..-rthern 'ir-'-- v. y. -. .'. ::. t v.. r. v. " ''ti, cf i: : , ; i -(. " . . V: ' -n i M ' r ! J. !'. ; .; i at Joe F, Berwick For Register of Deeds. To the Democrats of Lenoir County: ' Before the county convention is held I wish to say one word In behalf of one township that has always stood by the Democratic party, that always goes into the convention ready to cast her vote for the best candidate regardless of local ity. Con tentnea Neck township hereto fore has been modest. She has helped to nominate and has always been loyal, and it has been tears ago since she had a favorite son to bring before the conven tion. As modest as she ha been in the past, she wishes to bring forward a can didate for register of deeds who is even more modest than she herself has been, for he has neither asked for the nomina tion, nor sought support until he was brought forward by his friends, not only in his own township, but in otheis. The young man whom I have reference to is Joe F. Barwick. Heris a thorough Christian gentleman, young, energetic and well qualified in very respect for the office. If his private life were laid open to the public there could be found nothing in it for censure, nothing ; that could shake the belef in any""one as to his honesty and purity of character. He is not known as a politician for he has never sought an office. Be has been in your conventions yearly but always to give his support to some worthy can didate. ,-i--"--'.;';:.-i;::, ' :r M. Now, his township will bring him be fore the convention and it is earnestly hoped that other townships which have been frequently assisted will at least con eider what Contentnea . Neck has done for the Democratic party, and that in the distribution of the offices, they will make any inquiry; concerning the candidate from Contentnea Neck and lend him their support. There are several strong candidates in the field against whom there is not one word of comment intended in these lines, but Mr. Barwick has always lived in his county, doing the very best poss'ble to uphold the banner of Democracy, and he has never lost an opportunity to rally around its standard. - He has responded to every call, and that very liberally, and has never asked anything in return. His name may be almost unknown .when brought before the convention, but no better qualified candidate tan be found."! Now the Neck ask the support of the convention for Mr. Barwick, because he has never asked anything for his services, because the township has always gone into the convention helping others in selecting a worthy candidate, because he is a worthy man from every standpoint, and lastly because he has al ways been true to Democracy in every campaign, "--v A Dkmochat. LaGrange, N. C, May 28, 1900. v - White Supremacy Speakings. , There will be speakings in favor of White Supremacy at the following times and places: At Woodington school house, Thursday night, May 3st,'by J, T. Askew and W. w.uarraway. :.,:.-- ." At Sutton's store, Falling Creek town ship, Thursday night, May 31st, by N. J. House. " : i -.-. . v.: . A . PovvAft'l flnK rl linnu Vanu ftmn ship, Friday night, June 1st, by J. Q. Jackson and Plato Collins. At Airy Grove 'school house. Vance township, Friday night, June 1st, by W. W.uarraway. . ' : At Rouse's school house. Neck town ship, Tuesday night, Jnne 5th, by H. E. Shaw. ' . ' At LaGranire. Saturday. June 2d. at 1 p. m., by L V. Morrill and T. D. Warren. At Tyndal's store. Pink Hill township. Saturday, June 2d, at 2 p. m., by Dr. J. M. Parrott and J. C. Wooten. " At Daughety's voting place. Sand Hill township, Saturday night, June 2d, by x. l urmond. ' ; t At Institute, Saturday, June 2d, at 2 p. m., by N. J. Bouse and T. C. Wooten. The chairman ol each township execu tive committee is requested to interest himself in getting out all the white people to hear the discussion of the amendment, and all who favor white supremacy are earnestly requested to bestir themselves and aid in every way possible to get out a full attendance of all the white people in each community. FALLING CREEK ITEMS. May 30.1900. Farmers are busy chopping cotton. Tobacco is late, on account of so much cool weather. Miss Sadie Harper, of LaGrange, is vis iting Miss Muriel Hadley. Mr, Dempsey Wood attended quarterly meeting at Beston Saturday. Mr. A. D. Parrott. Jr., of Kinston, spent Sunday at Mr. O. F. Parrott's. Mipp Mabel and ElTira Wood and Bessie Parrott Tisited at LaGrange last week. . MLs Ethel Hill, of Fountain Ilill. spent a few dajs last week with Miaa Elvira Wood. Mr. Will Kennedy, who Lad been srend- ir a year in Alabama, returned boms Lif t wet k. J!i-aes Martha and Jennie B-irner, of Kircn,who had Uva vis'tirr M.-Lot-t'e Wood, rcturr;.-' 1 heme Tu.. J.iy. g 1 T ' I. U It r i r - : STATB1IEWS. Znterestlncr North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. Thomas Pescud, a grocer, of Raleigh, made an assignment Monday. The papers consolidating various roads Into the Atlantic Coast Line were filed at the court house in Wilmington Tues day, f 18,000 worth of revenue stamps being attached to the papers, The Confederate veterans left Raleigh Monday night on a special train uf two cars in one car t was the inscription "Alpha North Carolina-C. 8. A. Omega," and on the other "First at Bethel, foremost at Gettysburg, last at Appomatox." . : The postofflce at Marshall was robbed late Saturday night. The safe was blown open and f 4,000 in cash and stamps were taken. Part of the money belong ed to the county, Postmaster Rector be- lng also deputy county treasurer. Two men have been arrested on suspicion. Julian S. Carr, commanding the North Carolina Confederate veterans, has issued an order asking each camp in the State to send a delegate or delegates to the unveiling of the monument to the North Carolina dead in the cemetery at Winchester, June 6, and appointing Cant. C. B. Denson to make the address there. ? Greenville Reflector: Annie Dixon, the colored woman who poisoned her hus band by putting rough-on rats in his coffee, at Calico, was arrested Monday and brought to Greenville and placed in fail. 1 Before being arrested she at tempted suicide by cutting ber throat in two places.' Neither of the gashes were deep enough to prove fatal and both were sewed up by the doctor. Wilkesboro Chronicle: One of the dele- jates to the Republican convention here ast week was beard to say privately that be had been very much opposed to the amendment until he. attended the Republican rally at Winston last week' and the way ' the big negroes . with spectacles and high hats pushed ' the whites around turned his stomach, and be iarpowTej7daiek .He,.howeverj is afraid to say so out publicly, for he is a federal office-holder, and he fears Pritch ard'a hatchet. .-..v -v;:.:-v Winston Sentinel: . Mr. John Harris, who lives near Boon's Hill, Surry county, had gone to the field to work Tuesday morning, and about 9 o'clock a neigh bor came running to tell him that his wife had been burned to death. Just how ber clothes took fire will never be known. The first seen of her after Mr. Harris bad gone to the field, she was running around the house with her clothes ablaze. Be fore assistance could reach her life was almost extinct. The deceased was sub ject to spasms, and it is supposed that in one of these attacks she had gone to ' near the fire place and the awful results followed. . ' ? V NEAR JOHANNESBURG. Roberts: Has Probably Entered That City Without Opposition. ' London. Mav 29. The following dis patch has been received from Lord llob erts: .. ' ..;':. ? ' Germiston, May 29. 6:30 p. m. We arrived here this .afternoon without be ing seriously opposed. No casualties so far as I am aware in the main column and not many I trust in the cavalry and mounted infantry. The enemy did not expect us until tomorrow and had not, therefore carried off all their rolling stock. We have possession of the junction con necting Johannesburg with Natal, Pre toria and Klerksdorp by railroad. "Johannesburg is reported quiet and no mines, I understand, have been in jured., . . ' "1 shall summon the commandant m the morning and if, as I expect, there is no opposition, I propose to enter the town with all the troops at noon." Fermiston is a suburb to the southeast of the Johannesburg Railway Junction. Lord Roberts dispatch is regarded as announcing the virtual occupation of Johannesburg and apparently the Boers nave again effected n retreat as there is no mention of any prfsoners or captures, except of rolling stock. There will be some anxiety pending the actual occupa tion of Johannesburg, as there are ru mors that the town has been mined with the intention of blowing up Lord Roberts and his staff on their entry into that place. " Question Answered. Yes, Angnst Flower still has the largest ale of any medicine in thecivilized world. lour mothers and. grandmothers never thought of uing anything else for Indi gestion or Biliousness. Doctors were srarce, and they seldom Heard ol Appen dicitis. Nerrcmo Prostration, of Heart failure, etc They used August Flower to clean out the system and stop fer mentation of undigested food, rejmlate the .action of tbe liver, stimulate the cerrocs an 3 orgnr.ie action of the sy tem, and that is rU thy took when ft l-ir-dull and rfvl wita I- . I c)s-9 &l& ct r ec1 -". Tot rr.ly rr I a f-w cf Cr-a's Ar ,t Flower, ia l z:i form, tar.'.leyoa st :!.-!!. --4 thre i rothir- f r V r -.tvr with yr.-i. Per r ly yV. irst.-n Iru'C.
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