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PUBLISHED .EERY EARNING EXCEPT SUNDAY. Vol.111 No. 63. KINSTON, N. 0., TUESDAY. JUNE 19, 1900. Price Two Cents "STATE HEWS. -r if" "-''r; .' ' '( tr.i iiiiirivr'iiiii n 1 1 ' "wiw" - Interesting North Carolina Item" In Condensed Form. . 1 Northampton county now has absolute prohibition. An error of the enrolling . " clerk made the act read that license must . be granted by the judges of the supreme courts of Northampton connty instead of superior court judges. This ' error makes that part of the act, invalid, con x eequently there is no ..ipoWer to issue , The, Republican delegates to the na ' tional convention left Sunday for, Phila ' delphia. Senator Pritchard, who is at ' ' the head of the delegation is absolutely the leader of bis party in North Carolina. There is not a break in line as regards ' him. save for Gov. Russell and a few of the latter's political family. One of the ' latter is J. C L. Harris, who was for a v number of years secretary to the Republi . can State committee Harris is in open revolt against Pritchard. The Baptists of North Carolina have twenty , missionaries in Ubina, the ma jority of whom have families, and there . ' is much anxiety on the part of ' their relatives and friends as a result of the ' Boxers movement and the crisis in the ' government, which has resulted in the massacre oi i foreigners, mere is oc , casion for fear by reason of the fact that , a number of the missionaries from tnis , State are far removed from the coast and r are located in the northern province, ' where the Boxers have been most active , in their efforts to exterminate foreigners The status of affairs in Republican' cir ', clesin the First district is such that Chairman Holton and. the State com mittee may be called upon to settle or arbitrate matters.- One wing of the party in the district does not, evidently. ,; intend to stand by the nomination of ' Isaac Meekins for congress. Dr. Abbott, clared the nomination invalid,' on the ' i w a? V - L.U grouna mat no convention cau ue ueiu without due notice, and that the one ' which named Meekins was in session in- ' side of an hour after the executive com mittee had directed its members to com "j plete their business, f Dr. Abbott says ; Meekins is "an ambitious ybung man," v and intimated that he is a bolter. T A HOBO ON A TRAIN. iBIa Brief interview W4th Brake man and the Conductor. " . ' "I spent several hours in a small country town not far from here a few .days ago," said. a young professional man of this city, "and to kill time I Joined the usual group in '. the corner grocery store.1 One of the crowd was . t, a freight brakeman, and 1 be told a ' , story about a tramp who was stealing ' a ride on the bumpers during his last run. - . - V. ' ;-.f -f . The conductor seen him - first, he paid, 'and when he came back to the ; catfoose he said, says he: "Bill, .there's a blamed ugly lookln hobo ; on . the ? trucks behind the first car. Suppose ' ' you go up and j fire him off." "AH v right, cap," says I,, and starts front When I gets to the first car, I looks -Y down, and, sire enough, "there "was a big, greasy ; hobo , squattln on tho s edge, holdin on to the brake Iron. ' "Ill, there!", says i, "what d'you mean .by . tryin to beat the road? We're goln " slow now, and you hop right off!" The x hobo reached around into his pocket and pulled out a gun about a yard long. When he pointed it at me. It looked i like a piece of stovepipe. ; 'Ton freckle ; . nosed baboon," 8f5s he, If you don't go 'bout your business real sudden, TU cave your face In! Skip!" saya be. I 1 skipped. ."-'When I got back to the caboose, the conductor says. "Well, Bill, did you fire the ho!o7" "No! says I. "I didn't In cbattln with him," I says, "I found '-out we-was kin, and-Ididn't really have the heart to bounce the poor fel- .ler!" "Well. Ill do it myself, then!" says the conductor, gettln hot and away be goes over the tops. Pretty soon I could hear him comln back llckety split on a dead run. He slid down the brake Iron like a streak of greased' lightnln -and dropped into the caboose seat all out vof breath. "Did you fire him?" says I. "No," says " be, sort of faint ."Why, how was that?" says I. pretcndln to be surpris ed. "Well I'll tell you," says he, con fidential. "It's funny, but d'you know, when we got to ta'kln, I found out he was some kin to me too." Chicago Icter Ocean. . fitcb Mfe. V.'l --n a man v. l,o lires ia a to&rilr.z L -.:.? !..-. pont, tLe ton T.aJj assumes ti t.'- it prnt !nT3rtance.-rL::aJ-;l- ll'.x r.wrl v Dream of the Maimed. M. de Manacelne.the Russian psyche4-( neist mentions the case of a person born Irlthout arms or feet who always areamea mat ne naa oeen muiuateu. Now. It should be borne in mind, he Bays, that the majority of persons born without arms or feet always-dream that they possess these extremities. It Is evident, he maintains, taut tnis tm ference results, in ; the "first Instance, from weak ; impressions hereditarily transmitted, and in the second instance from ' the strength and precision ; of these Impressions. Tersons- wnose limbs have been amputated are subject to curious delusions while asleep. They never dream that they are walking on crutches: aulte the contrary, they In- variably dream that they are walking with their feet with this difference onlythat as time passes their extrem ities appear to become shorter and shorter. . ' y; M. de Manacelne mentions, as a curi ous fact Ithat this hallucination Is very pronounced when the wound has healed Without complications; wnue on uie other : hand . there Is no hallucination when the process of cicatrization has been gainful. Moreover- we find the reason of is-difference. In . the greater or lesser intensity oi tne Beasauoua ev perienced; f Stljl, If the dreams of ab normally,; t o'rmed perspns are charac terized; by 'certain peculiarities, they are none the less subjected, as are other dreams, to the mysterious conditions of the human organism, ana, use otner dreams, ' their "V repercussion on the wakeful state Is identical. The Paraon and the naomter. A ' good rooster story comes from a Somerset county correspondent. A cer tain clergyman, whom we will call Rev, Mr, Little, gave one of hla parish ioners a rooster, as a slight token of esteem. In the family was a bright 4-year-old boy, and he always called the rooster "Brother Little." One morn ing the little fellow ; saw the rooster coming : toward : the; house, and : he shouted, ."Grandma; here comes Broth er. Little," ABvv-.- M " Grandma; never stopped to look out or make any inquiries, but started quickly to pick up and set things to rights about the room. This done, she asked the boy, "Where Is Brother Lit tle?" .. "Just gone into the stable." replied the boy. - - ' f - Grandma thought . she might have ... . time to cnange ner uress ana quic&iy dodged into another room and In a very short time appeared attired in an other gown, but , somewhat , out of breath. Again she asked the boy if be had seen Brother Little. J Yes;" said the Innocent child; "there he goes back to the barn with the rest of the hens." ' ' . : - ' ; Grandma did not say a word, but sat down for a few minutes to rest and later she seemed to enjoy the Joke with her grandson, who looked on won derlngly as though he only partly took in the situation. Bangor Whig and Courier. ' J- ' ' ; Bur Caolr Soloist. t . ' Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches bave the credit of providing the finest and most elaborate music, but the finest music in. New Tork is heard in .the Jewish synagogues. It is chiefly! sung, however, by-he best singers of the Christian churches, who thriftily "double np" and draw two salaries, a good arrangement for both temples and churches, albeit , the churches pay double and sometimes treble the salaries paid by the temples. The salaries of soloists In the larger American cities range from $S00 to 12.500. the latter sum being paid In a Irgle instance.-r AH engagements date from May I. which is moving time for church singers as well as house mov ers. Their church salaries form the basis of the soloists' Incomes, but many fees are earned as a result of church work. Weddings and funerals yield quite a number, and private re citals at the borne entertainments of millionaire church members are weighted with the golden fruit. There are also whole orchards of concerts and oratorios for those capable of shaking the trees. Success. Saved tier Life. r.!,rT Hear cbout Mrs. TltewadJ? Tell tcr tustand she would klU her self If te dlia't buy her a new besnet j:-js-Wtst CW Tlte-sraJJ do? rrr,C;t estimates ca funerals, f:-;r, 1 t cr :i f.t J- ty tnylr the tcct r - 1 htcJ tcr I'.re. Dolllmore Am cr'. A f " r - '.: z dxr r-r'-z adis to - r c f V- 3 t t rry ir " a vtj wan 'J IT IS A DARK SECRET. Neither Affirmation Nor Denial of Pekin Riot Story. ; Report of Ger man Minister's Murder Traced to Chinese Censor at Shanghai, Where It Is Said, That Communi cation With Pekin Has Not Been Interrupted. Position of the Ex peditionary Force Known to Be Perilous. 'Rumors Continue, London, June 1 2 a. m. There is not a cabinet in Europe apparently that knows what has been transpiring in Pe kin for five days or in Tien Tsin for three days. Nor are there any tnat know witn what difficulties the small and inade quately equipped international column is contending between these cities. - The German foreign oiflcerupon learn ing the report of the murder of Baton Von Ketteler, the German minister at Pekin; sent a telegraphic' inquiry to St. Petersburg .the Russian tovernment. be cause of its wires , to janchuria being supposedly in a better position than the other governments to obtain direct news. In reply the German foreign office was in formed that nothing .whatever was known on tho subject, as communication with Pekin was interrupted. The .report, . spread world-wide from Shanghai, that the legations bad been attacked and that one minister, probably the German, had been murdered,, has been traced toTaoTai Sheng, who, for a few' days, as. the .empress dowager's agent, has been censoring telegrams from Shanghai. -r . . . ' Lines Closed Only to Foreigners. The Shanghai correspondent of The Daily Express says: " ' ? "Sheng, as head of the telegraph, ad ministration, pretended that the line connecting. Shanghai with Pekin had been down since June 0, and that the wires to Tien Tsin were cut on June 15, Nevertheless it is notorious that constant communications have been passing from Shanghai to Pekin over the northern and western route,: althougb", Sheng has refused both ministers and consuls the privilege of using the lines.1; It is. known that last Friday Sheng received a mes sage from either Pekin or Tien Tsin. This dispatch said that Gen. Tung Fub Siang's troops aided the : Boxers in an organized attack on the foreign lega tions, and that in the course of . the . at tack some of the legation buildings were reduced to ruins, and one foreign minis ter sliced-to pieces. . v ' "Why in the cables it should bave been added that the murdered minister was Baron You Ketteler is not explained." According to another telegram from Shanghai, dated June 17, at 7:25 p. m., Shemr has fled, fearing that the foreign authorities were about to arrest him be cause of his stoppage of telegrams. A third cablegram asserts tnat tne re ports' of the murder of the German min ister emanated from Pekin are quite con firmed and are discredited at Shanghai. . TRQOPS UNDER ORDERS. Ninth Regiment Qoing to China ' From Manila. Manila. Jane 18. 10 a. m The Ninth regiment has been ordered to Manila, whence it will proceed to China. -The irunboat Concord, with marines aboard, has sailed under sealed orders, supposedly for Cbina J -- The British cruiser Buena Ventura has sailed for Hongkong with troops and stores for Hongkong and I ten Isin. , , , CHINESE FIRE FHIST. Then Oet a Taste of Modern Guna, and Surrender. - London, June 18. The allied fleets at Taku have demolished the Chinese forts and the Asiatics at that point hare sur rendered. The news comes from Chee Foo, via Shanghai, and is dated June 18th. 12:30 d. m. The Taku forts are bow in the hands of the European naval forces. ' The situation of hostility at Taku had reached Such a stage that the naval rep resentatives of foreign nations dispatched an ultimatum to the Chinese commander of the forts. The reply came in the shape of several shots which were deliberately Ami at the foreign warships. The fleets immediately replied and the . Does it Pay to Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for coogbs and colds is all risst, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more severe and dar, -re rot's result of throat and lnng troubles. What shall you dot Go to a warmer end more rvs-clar climate? Yes, if powil.'e; if rot poc&.ble for you, then in pilher c.ae tR t: cxt.T remedy that taj t-pen iztro-iaced ia a.1 cii;.:red coua-tri-.s with s-j Tfs la severe throat and hr-tru"' ' s,,I,..schAe,iC.--' Ittictcr'y l.".Js end .:.-: i jrn p. .' the t:s- C ; rf&mt tut ii c ;ry th frm fi,-.3j It..-.--.-, .-jtcn, (!--' tors;! r"ri a r"' "' ' t r 3 Chinese gUns were soon silenced. The Chinese commander then surrendered Although the date of the engagement is not given In the Chee 1 oo dispatch, it is believed that it occurred Sunday. 'i After the. native troops manning the forts had been reduced to a state oi sub mission tho commanders of the various warships in the harbor sent detachments from the fleets to occupy them. The Chinese fortifications were badly damaged by the fire of the fleets and it is believed that many of the native soldiers were killed. Affairs at Taku are now more peaceful and there will probably be nttie lurtner opposition around iatu. , FROM TIEN TSIN. Russia Reported to Have Landed ' 7,000 Troops. London. June 18.- The latest news from Tien Tsin is that the marines, r with supplies for Admiral Seymour's force, have been cut off seven miles from Lang Fang, and have returned to Tien Tsin to procure reinforcements to enable them to cut their way through. The statement that the Russian troops are siding with the empress dowager is reiterated in almost every message from Chinese sources. The latest news sta,ted that 7,000 Russians, with twelve machine guns and twelve field guns, are march ing from Tien Tsin to Pekin. The hordes around Pekin areconstantly swelled. Well informed Chinese, who are not unfriendly toward foreigners, declare that now upward of 120,000 are outside the city gates, all armed . in a more or less crude fashion, with probably more than 7,000 Chinese troops among them. ' - Memorial. To the President and Board of Directors of Orion Knitting Mills: Your committee appointed to draft resolutions expressive of our deep sorrow occasioned by the sudden death of our friend and coadjutor, Mr. John Quincy Jackson, beg to submit the following, viz: v Whereas, The deceased was an original subscriber, a charter director and a zeal ous supporter of the Orion Knitting Mills (the pioneer manufacturing enterprise of our town), having given much of bis per sonal attention and - judicious counsel towards the successful - development of the enterprise; therefore, . 1 Resolved, That the unexpected an nouncement of this summary dispensa tion of Divine Providence, by telegram yes terday morning, cast a thrill of profound sadness throughout our entire commu nity, and that we, his co laborers, deplore the loss of so valuable a member of our board of directors. Resolved, That we the more readily yield submission td the mandate of the all wise Judge of all the earth when we remember his Christian virtues, feeling assured that be is but called up from the environments unrest to the elysian fields of eternal joy. . Resolved, That we-tender to his be reaved widow, bis relatives and friends our heartfelt condolence in their sad affliction. ' . Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of our factory, a copy furnished Thk Kjmstoit Fbeb Pbebs for publication, and that a copy be sent to the family of our lamented friend and brother. , x v J. W. Collins," .V :.-!.;. . S. Okttinokb,- - . i - H. D. IIabpeb, Sh., ' - ' 1 Committee. June 15, 1900. v Wh7 Be Wee Arrested. "There Is such a thing as being alto gether too clever.' "You think so?":L ill 1 -1 T."l know it.. I was walking along the street yesterday when I noticed-a 3 note lying ou the pavement. I 6tooped to pick It up. but It looked like a coun terfeit, so, I passed on.'. - ; j- "And thV note turned otit to be a good one. of course T" ' "No. It did not but I was arrested before I had gone ten steps farther," Arrested? What fort UJ - "For.; r.sK!a;t t-ounterfolt money. London Auswits. - ; - : ' 5 . OtilifcIoB Travrlrra. . , "Whet I In tl.nl box yiri are so care ful abont.-If 1 may a.skT." Inquired the man who hsd s-t'.rl the lower berth In the hIoi'iht. r "That's n wllwthw of rare snakes I am taking to a inuAenm. They are too valualili to le trusted out of my sight" replied the man who was pre paring to climb to the upper shelf. "Say. I'll trade berths with you." "AH right I'm not particular where I sleep." Chicago Tribune. ' , Frered II La Caae. Miss Willing af ter the proposal) But an yco quite sere you believe la second love? Mr. Woodby (a widower) Certainly, my dear. Now suppose a raan buys a pound of sugar: It Is sweet Isn't It? Hiss Willing Yes. of course. But Mr. Woodby And when that's gone he naturally 'wants another pound cal the sccz l pond Is Ju?t as sweet. I, n't It? Ch'rara News. TU till rrn:r;t cs f;rCt':'i - J f ! V - " of G t T-nn Cn- i .--. It m $ f i.T' 5'-; n ia uit km. X- nr t s J. I .x,t'C GENERAL MEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into . Brief Paragraph. Rats killed a two-months-old negro baby in Baltimore Saturday night. , There is Hot fighting in Columbia. In a battle between government forces and revolutionists last week 400 men and 85 officers of the government forces were killed. ..;;;.;..;. Three men were killed and fourteen per sons injured by an explosion of gun powder and dynamite used in the manu facture of fireworks, at Philadelphia Sunday Senator Clark came out ahead in the Democratic primaries held in Montana last week. Not a single state officer who signed the protest against Gark betng admitted to a seat in the Ik S. senate was sent tc hie county or state conven tion. Clark will head the delegation to the Kansas City convention. ' At New Orleans, La., Saturday, Mrs. AnnaSpuhler, wife uf a former prom inent physician, shot and fatally wounded a laborer named James Carver, who had been employed by deputy con stables to aid in enforcing a writ of eject ment. Carver was breaking open the door of Mrs. Spuhler's room when the woman fired. It is thought that the body of the man found in the Potomac river below West ern port is that of Healy Dugan, a miner, of Bogg's Run, W. Va. . Dugan was well dressed and weighed about 200 pounds. It is believed he was murdered, as his head was crushed in. The body will likely be disinterred for the purpose, of further examination. ; v In a rear end freight collision on the r Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Ureen Spring, fourteen miles east of Cumber land, Md., Sunday morning, while one of the trains was taking water during a heavy storm, Brakeman William Smith, aged thirty, of Martinsburg, W. Va.,was instantly killed, and B. Entler, of Mar tinsburg, conductor,' was slightly in jured. . ( Six athletes, representing Georgetown university, left Washington at V o'clock ' Sunday morning over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for Boston, en route to the Paris exposition, wnere they will contest with the champion sprinters of the world during the week of July 15. The party consisted of Charles J. Martell, manager and director; Prof. William Foley, physi- ' cal director; Arthur F. Duffy,! the Ameri can champion short-distance sprinter; Bernard J. Wefers, the former champion; W. J. Holland and Edward Minanan. At Omaha, Neb., Sunday, C. H. King, a stock broker, shot and killed a hackman named James Flood. King had tele phoned for a hack, he and his wife in tending to tako the train for Birming ham, Ala. Flood was intoxicated wbeu . he arrived, and insisted on coming into the house. King commanded him not to enter, but Flood kept coming. King then shot through tbedoor.the first shot ' penetrating the right lung, the second entering the abdomen, ana a third the back. Flood died almost instantly. The state officials of Kentucky, as well as representatives of the prosecution, -will neither affirm nor deny the report that requisitions on governors of Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania for the arrest of W. S. Taylor have been made out in anticipation of bis trip through those states to the national convention. It is the general belief that the attempt to arrest him will be made in Philadel- ' Ehia. A number of persons in Kentucky ave written to Gov. Stone, of Pennsyl vania, urging him to follow the position taken by Gov. Mount, in the event 'Tay lor is arrested. Gov. Taylor's friends say they1 bave assurances' from leading Republicans of Pittsburg that a requisi tion will not be honored in that state. LARGE SPOT ON THE SUN. French Astronomer Says Phenom enon .WW. Be.. Visible .to the Naked Eye. Paris, June 17. Abbe Mareux, the as tronomer, has discovered and sketched through the big telescope in the optic palace 01 tne exposition a remarkable spot on the sun, forming a part of an ex tensive group and having a diameter of nearly 40 kilometers. This spot, he says, will remain for seven days and become visible to the naked eye. lie predicts the appearance of other spots in July, August and September, in ferring that the beat during those montbs will be very great Refuse to Answer Negro Census ?fn.n, Roanoke. Va., June IT. Much interest is being taken in local political circles over the appointment of J. IL Brown, a negro, as a census enumerator. The re sponsibility for the appointment is placed on K. L.bproul, whorecommenaed brown. The supervisor of the census for the sixth YirginU districtwassrreatly snrprisd that such an appointment should be inade. It is statej that sev ersJ poople repd to answer Frown's interrogation!. 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