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Vol. HT-No. 60.
KINSTON, N 0.. FRIDAY. JUNE 15, 1900.
Price Two Cents.
GENERAL HEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
, Brief Paragraphs.
' The Georgia Democratic delegation to
. the Kaunas City convention was instruct
edtocast its vote for Bryan, Candler
heads the state ticket. ; '
Mrs. Gladstone, widow of William . E.
Gladstone, the English statesman, died
at Hawarden, England, Thursday after
noon. Mrs: Gladstone, who bad been
unconscious for about seven ty-t wo hours,
died without recovering consciousness.-
There are serenty-fivecasesof smallpox
in Cincinnati, nearly all in the suburbs of
Mount Auburn andCorriville. The latter
is a German settlement. The newspapers
are suppressing the facts for fear that
trade may suffer. The health officer has
appealed for assistance. 4; . ' ;
A northbound passenger train on the
Southern railway collided- Thursday
morning with an incoming accommoda
tion train, near Belt Junction, fire miles
from Atlanta. Both trains were well filled
and running 35 miles an hour when they
came together. An engineer and brake
man were killed, and seven persons in
jured. , ,
Six men were killed and another fatally
injured on a logging railroad at Cammal,
v ra..- Wednesday. A tram lumped the
track in some unaccountable manner and
E lunged down a 800-foot embankment,
oth fireman and engineer were, instant
ly killed as were also four Italian labor
ers. The cars and engine were literally
smashed to kindling. '
- At Bristol, Tenn., Tuesday, Eli Hugh
Skeen, a labor agent of the Virginia and
' Southwestern railway, shot and instant
ly killed James Barnes, a man of family.
- Skeen had long suspected Barnes of being
unduly intimate with Mrs. Skeen. .The
shooting occurred in a grove near the
Skeen home, and in the presence of Mrs.
Skeen and two of her children. Skeen
'-ran to Tennessee, and the officers are
searching for him.- .
A deed of trust from the Seaboard Air
Line to the Continental Trust : Co., of
Baltimore, was recorded Thursday ; in
, Norfolk. . The mortgage conveys all
property of every description of that
road, to secure the issue of $75,000,000
first mortgage fifty year five per cent,
bonds. The mortgage was first recorded
- in Petersburg, and will be recorded in
six states, as follows: Virginia, North
Carolina; South Carolina. Georgia, Ala-
. bama and Florida. The State tax; was
1 75,000 and the United States internal
reveoue tax, $17,000.
PREPARING FOB WAR.
The Chinese Have Their Guns
Trained on the American Mis
sion and the British Legation
Minister Conger Asks for 2,000
Troops. Russian Foroes Land at
Taku. Petition to United States,
Great Britain and Japan to .Take
Joint Action Against Any At
tempt of Other Powers to Parti
tion the Empire.
London, June 14, 4:20 p. m. The
Chinese are entrenching outside of Pekin
to oppose the advance of the interna
tional column. A dispatch from Tien
Tain, dated Tuesday, June 12, says: "I
learn that the Chinese have guns trained
on the American mission and the British
legation. Two thousand Kussian cav
alry and infantry, with artillery, have
landed at Taku.T'
The Shanghai correspondents report
that United States Minister Conger, by
courier, asks for 2,000 United States
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troops. The question of provisioning
the relief force is already difficult, and it
Jajoredicted at Shanghai that it will be
come acute. The leading members of the
Reform party, representing 15 out 01 18
provinces, are at Shanghai. A dispatch
to the Daily Mail, dated yesterday, says
they are sending a petition to the United
States, Ureat Britain and Japan, pray
ing those powers to take joint ac
tion against any attempt on the part
of other powers to partition the empire,
and they implore the . powers thus ad
dressed to rescue the emperor. A dis
patch from St. Petersburg says that the
ships of the Russian Jfacinc squadron on
the active list, as well as those at Vlad
ivostock, have been ordered to proceed.
with all baste, to Chinese waters.'
The foreign office confirms the report
of an engagement between troops Of the
international column and the Boxers, on
Monday. It says that' about 35 Chinese
were killed. v-r'.;r".-v :'.v-;v V
BOXERS KILL AMERICAN.
Dr. Edna G.
Terry, a Methodist
Missionary
at Tsung-hua, the
Victim.
New York, June 13. News has been
received in this city of the murder of Dr.
Edna G. Terry, in charge of the station
of the Methodist Episcopal : Woman's
Foreign Missionary society at Tsung
hua, China. The tidings came in the
shape of the following message to Dr.
Terry's brother-in-law: ''Dr. Terry mur
dered. ; Break news gently."
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
To Meet Again July 24. The At
tendance Phenomenal.
Raleigh, June 15 Last night at 10:40
o'clock the special session of the legisla
ture passed into history.
It lasted just three days, beginning at
noon on Tuesday and ending last night.
It adjourned to meet again on Tuesday,
July 24, at noon. ' .
The attendance of members has been
phenomenal, when it is remembered that
they came and remained here at their
own expensea fact that shows the
determination of the people of the State
in the preseut fight for white suDremacv.
and the patriotism of the men elected by
the people, to represent them m their
general assembly. - .
Several local bills passed both branches
of the legislature yesterday and last
night before adjournment. ,
committees' hepobt.
- Mr. Holman, of the special committee
to ascertain from the State treasurer
whether any money had been paid out of
tne puDiic treasury to Tbeopbuus White,
of the shell fish commission, reported a
communication from Treasurer Worth,
which was read, stating. that no money
had been paid Mr. White, except on
account of repairs and operating ex
penset of the steamer "Lilly." ,
Mr. Gattis, of the committee appointed
at last session to examine into the affairs
of the agricultural department and the
State prison, submitted a voluminous
document, together with a formal report,
stating that the expenditures of the agri
cultural department- had been excessive;
that the State prison had not only ex
pended money excessively, but that the
management for two years had been in-,
competent, etc., the committee finding
not only gross extravagance, but waste
fulness and drunkenness of employes!
etc. The report is very severe also in its
characterization of the misdeeds of man.
agement and employee, and at the con
vict camps and farms, cruelty to convicts.
(The period in question was when these
institutions were "managed" by the fn-
sionists.l The report also recommends
that a change in the laws governing the
State prison be changed, and the Indiana
law was cited and recommended.
DEATH OF SENATOR JACKSON,
Particulars of His Death.' Arrival
v of Remains. . The Funeral
- A mass meetingof citizens was held in
the court bouse yesterday afternoon at 5
o'clock to make arrangements for meet
ing the A. & Si. C. train at the depot and
accompanying the body of the late Hon.
J, Q. Jackson to his late residence. Mr.
A. J. Loftin was chairman and Mr. Ralph
Harper secretary.
.The following were chosen as pall bear
ers to convey the body from the depot to
the home of the deceased: Mess. B. W.
Canady, J. W, Collins, . T. Ormond,
T. C. Wooten, A. J. Loftin and Dr. H. D
Harper. ' : :-' .e-w-C- ' v--.V.-
-Mess. W. C. Fields, D. Oettinger and
Dr. H. Tull were appointed to call upon
the business men today to ask them to
close their stores during the funeral of
our honored deceased citizen.
There was a tremendous crowd at the
Ar & $;"rdepat-yeBterday afternoon'
awaiting the arrival of the 0:22 train
bearing the remains of , senator Jackson
upon the arrival of tne tram the band
some black casket was taken from the
depot by the pall bearers, and carried be
tween a double line 01 citizens to the
house. ...
At 4.:4-5 this nft-.ernnrm tli remnina will
be takeo to the ai. t. church where a
funeral service will be held by the pastor
Kev. U. U- imttle. Alter the service the
interment will be made in the cen.etery
All the stores and places of business
will be closed this afternoon" at the
funeral hour so that all may attend the
last sad rites of our most honored citi
zen. -
From the Raleigh News.Observer.lath.
we clip the -particulars of the death of
Mr. Jackson: . . : .. ' :. v.
The people of Raleigh were shocked
yesterday morning when it was ; an
nounced that Mr. John a Quincy Jackson,
senator from Lenoir county,- was dead
He reached here Monday afternoon to
attend the adjourned -session, and was
the guest of his kinsman and friend, Mr.
Jesse A. Jones, on Hillsboro street. He
was in bis usual health, quiet and grave
in bis demeanor as was bis wont, courte
ous, kind of disposition and friendly. He
was interested in the legislative work in
hand and at 10. o'clock on Wednesday
sat writing at his desk in the senate
chamber. A senator remarked to a friend
that he was writing very slowly.
Shortly before 11 o'clock he left the
senate with Mr, Jones and another friend
and they walked up Hillsboro : street.
They were walking rapidly, and after
they had gone a short distance Mr. Jack
son said : "Walk a little slower, I don't
feel like walking rapidly." Arriving at
tbe bouse 01 Mr. Jones, tbe senator very
soon retired to his room apparently in
good health. He was always an early
riser. Since he has been in Raleigh, it has
been his custom to be on the front porch
to get the morning paper and read it be
fore breakfast. And so, when he arose
very early and went on the front porch
it was not noted by any of the family.
Mr. Jones thought he left his room a little
after 4 O'clock. VA little after 5 o'clock
the newsboy noticed that he did not rise
or move at all when be threw the morn
ing paper in the porch, and he said to
Mr. I). T. Johnson, who lived next door,
that be thought tbe senator was dead
Mr. Johnson went over to Mr. Jones'
and found that the surmise was correct.
Mr. Jones and his family were greatly
shocked. His body was still warm.
showing tbat be bad- been dead only a
few minutes. He was sitting upright in
his chair on the porch, hi arms resting
on tbe banister, lie was in a perfectly
natural position, as if talking to a friend.
His face had no pain upon it,-but wore
its usual calm and placid : expression
There was a peace pervading that this
world cannot give and that this world
cannot take away, ; . , . f ; ,
I be bony 01 tbe dead . senator was
taken to Kmeton on the afternoon train
accompanied - by Senators Bryan and
Butler and Assistant Sergeant at Arms
White, Representatives W. W.' lr
raway of Lenoir, Sugg of Greene, Noble
of Jones, and Russell of Carteret, Rev.
J. O. Guthrie, a former pastor of Senator
Jackson. Mr. IS. J. Kouse, Mr. rarrott.
Mr. W. D. Pollock, and Mrs. John Mur-
phey.
The sudden death of State Senator
John Quincy Jackson yesterday morn
ing was a blow to 'his fellow senators
and to the State. He was a pure and
upright man, a model citizen, an example
of the wise legislator, and nearest
the perfect man in public life the ' State
has known in this generation. He
was just in all bis dealings, jealousy and
rivalry never had place in bis breast, he
was not ambitions or desiriocs of leader
ship, be found happiness in doing bis
duty and when be had done bis doty
he gave hixnlf no trouble about tbe
conut'ires. A good lawyer, as hon
est a ma as Cod ever maut?. he always
haialura practice and r'op! kne'w
that b w oe! J be more cart ' .! w ith t'eir
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money and their interests than with his
own.' He was a devout Christian, living
up to bis religious obligations. Mo pub-
lie or privateduty came between bim and I
uis reugiuu.
In all ways he was an ex am Die of those
virtues that are lound in tbe perfect man.
Eulogies in General Assembly
. Senator Bryan announced the death of
Senator Jackson and paid a high tribute
to the-character and worth of such a
man as Senator Jackson. In all the rela
tions of life be was honest, pure, able
and sincere. He was true to every duty
throughout a life of 70 years. In every
relation, as" father, husband, ; attorney,
citizen and lawmakerhe was a model
in this rushing age for us to imitate.
There never was a truer soul.,
.Senator Bryan then moved tbeappoint-
ment 01 a committee to report resolu
tions of respect, and a committee of two
01 tne senate ana lour 01 tne bouse to
take charge of and attend the remains
of the deceased to Kinston, and that the
sergeant-at-arms of the senate have di
rectiort of the obseauies. v ,
Several oixhe senators made eulogistic
speeches, and Lt.-Gov. Reynolds, in his
remarks, said he bad thought the night
before u uod should call the purest man
in the senate chamber it would be Sena
tor Jackson. ' .
In the house, Representative Carraway
announced tbe death of senator Jackson.
saying heaven bad never opened its por
tals to receive a nobler or purer soul,
and that tbe angels sang ''Well done,
thou good and faithful servant, enter
thou into the kingdom of thy . Lord.?
Capt. Carraway said he had known Sep-
ator jacKson in Doyhooq, manhood and
old age as a farmer, lawyer, soldier and
legislator, and that be was not only in
capable of doing a mean act, but he was
iqcapable of knowing how to start to do
a mean act.
The senate committee on resolutions
(Senators ' Daniels, Justice. Harris and
Franks,) reported the following resolu
tions by Senator Daniels wbicb Were unan
imously adopted and unanimously con
curred in by the bouse: , .
"Resolved, that the senate has learned
with deep regret of the death of John
Quincy Jackson, late , a member of this
body, who .suddenly . departed this, life
full of years and of honors, in tbe city .of
Kaleign on the morning of June 14th.
"Resolved further, tbat in tbe death of
Senator Jackson the senate has lost a
valued member and the State one of its
best citizens, whose useful, conservative
and exemplary life, sound common sense
and spotless integrity had gained and re
tained tbe confidence and Tespect of all
who knew him. - .
"Resolved further, that the profound
sympathy of tbe senate is extended to
his Jfamily, that these resolutions be
spread upon tbe journal and that a copy
be sent to tbe widow of our lamented as
sociate whose death is a personal be
reavement to each member of the sen
ate." A POLITICAL OUTRAGE.
An Old Man 70 Tears Old Knocked
Down By a Young Republican
Because . He Favored Amend
ment; ,-. , ;. :. -' - .
Pilot Mountain, N. C, Jnne 14. One
of the most brutish and cowardly as
saults that' has occurred - in onr good
State was committed on Saturday in
Stokes county at Boyles store.
Col. Waddell bad spoken to a good
crowd and after the speaking Thos.
Greene, an old gentleman of seventy
years of age highly respected,' talking
to a crowd of people standing by re
marked that he was, a Republican but
so sure as he lived to see the first Thurs
day in August be was going to vote for
the constitutional amendment. As soon
as be made thi remark and for no other
provocation, one Andy Voss knocked the
old man down and would have stamped
mm but lor tne interference 01 friends.
Could anything be more cowardly or
rnmamsh? . An old gentleman . seventy
years old, so feeble tbat be had to carry
two sticks for support, knocked down
by a strong young man for no other
purpose than that he said he would vote
for tbe amendment.
The Democrats in Charge. -
Frankfort, Ky., J une 13. In the court
of appeals an order was entered today
sustaining in part tho motion of Attor
ney Gen.Mreckinridgein the minor state
contests and discharging the supersedeas
bonds 01 the republican state officials,
so far as they relate to possession of
the state offices and buildings. The!
efftt of this is to put the Democratic
state-offlcials la possession of the offices
and buildings at once. . . -
Refused to Honor the Requisition.
Indianapolia, Ind., June 13. Gov.
Mount has Mued to honor tbe requisi
tion of Gov. IWltam, of Kentucky, for
tbe return of W. a. Taylor.
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STATE HEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Items
' In Condensed Form.
The annual meeting of the State Bank
ers' association met in Greensboro
Wednesday.. '
Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem
postofhce8 have been advanced to offices
of the first-class.
The supreme court adjourned Thurs
day for the term. The term just ended is
the longest ever held in tbe history of the
court.
Lexington Disnatch: There are now
over twenty-five hundred white suprem
acy buttons being worn in Davidson
county. ' - 1 v
Gov. Russell has changed the 'death
sentence of Mack Fesperman, wife mur
derer, to 20 years in the penitentiary
The circumstanees of the murder were
extenuating.
Chatham Record: . Dock Pollard, of
Cape Fear township, died week before
last at the advanced age of 84 years, and
yet his mother is still living. It is said
that she is 100 years old. '
George Vanderbilfc has begun work on
a new dairy at Biltmore. ueorge F. 1
Weston, of tbe State board of agriculture,
who has charge of tho work, gays the
cost will be $80,000, The-herd of cattle
at Biltmore now numbers 245. It is
easily tbe finest in all the south.
Raleigh Correspondent: A Vaucecoun-
ty Populist tells me he ' learns that in
Halifax - and Warren ; the negroes are
holding secret meetings, As to tbe pur- -
pose of these there is merely conjecture; -some
saying tney believe it has to do .
with the franchise amendment and their
course in relation to it; others that it is
in regard to emigration.
The northbound vestibule on tbe South
ern railway was wrecked four miles east
of Asheville Tbutsday morning. The
train consisted of eight coaches and two
engines. Jttotn engines left tbe track,
rolled down an embankment, taking two
coaches with them. " The engines were
completely wrecked. !' The colored fire- -
man was fatally hurt and tbe baggage-
master and one engineer badly bruised. ' -
A horrible and fatal accident hanoened
at the Holloway copper mine in Gran
ville county about noon Monday in which
a negro man by the name of Stanfield lost
his life. The negro fell down a shaft,
a distance of 150 feet. At the bottom "of
this shaft was a tub of drills, about three
inches in diameter and several feet in
length. The unfortunate negro fell on
these and three of the drills went through
him, entering his abdomen and coming
out at his back. - He lived for two and a
half hours and was conscious to within
a few minutes of his death.
The board of commissioners of the
town of Washington have decided to
refuse to recommend to the county com
missioners for license to sejl liquor any
person whom they have reason to believe
engages in the sale of liquor on Sunday.
The Messenger snys tbat while parties
engaged in tbe sale of liquor have been
believed by the people to sell it on Sun-'
day, as cases of intoxication on Sunday
would indicate, still it bas been impos
sible to obtain sufficient evidence to con-
vict the parties, and this resolution of
the commissioners was passed to meet
such cases. .
Dr. Richard H. Lewis, secretary of the
State board of health, says that just now
smallpox in the State is abating, but
that "itismereltakingalong breathing
spell, to be ready to start again next
winter." He added: "Unless the people
are vaccinated there is no telling how
great will be the spread of the disease.
The people are taking few precautions.
Only about 10 percent, of the population
has been vaccinated. All the reports
agree in giving that . estimate.,' Dr.
Lewis went on to say tbat tbe people
are submitting more cheerfully now to
vaccination than heretofore. '
Asheville Citizen: Claude Connelly, a
12-year-old colored boy was struck un-.
der the heart yesterday by a 38 calibre
bullet and seriously wounded. The shoot
ing took place in the boy's borne in Vk ,
toria, in a bouse occupied jointly by his
parents and another family. A row took
place in the other family, in which the
man shot at bis wife with a revolver and
missed her. The bullet struck some ob-.
ject, and rebounding, struck tbe Con
nelly boy, missing his heart about two
inches and passing through bis body.
The boy msy recover, though his condi
tion is critical. Tbe man who did the
shooting escaped.
Question Answered.
1 Yes, August Flower still has tbe largest
sale of any medicine in tbecivilizcd world.
lour mothers and grandmothers never
thoaght of using anything else for Indi
gestion or Biliousness. Doctors were
scarce, and they seldom beard of Appen
dicitis. Nervona Iroetration, of Heart
failure, ttc They u-ed ngnst Flower
to clean out the system and stop kr
mentation of nnfi gsted food, mriJate
tbe action of tbe liver, - ftimulate the
nervous and onriTlc e. tion of tbe rrs
tetn, fi-. .l tbat is fi.Il t' y tck wbf n f--lr
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