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v " t ?- i " f ' " ' THE DAI PRE PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY. Vol.111 No, 65. KINSTON, N. 0., THURSDAY. JUNE? 21, 1900. Price Two Cents LY GENERAL HEWS. Blatters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. , Tbere is to be a f 2,000,000 pork-packing plant erected at Richmond, Va. " The New York delegation endorsed Laeuti. uov. ivooarun ior vice-pniueufc . at a meeting in Philadelphia Tuesday night. ' ' Billy Harrahan.of New York, was ' - knocked out in tne seventeenth rouna 01 his fight with Tommy West, of Brooklyn ' ; before the Seaside sporting club, of Coney Island, Tuesday night. , : ' - ' The supreme court of Missouri over f - ruled the demurrer of the Continental Tobacco Co. to the application of Attor ney General Crow in the ouster Droceed insrs for alleged violation of the state anti-trust law. - ' A freight wreck at Crabtree, W, Va, Tuesday night on 17-mile grade, demol ished 12 cars loaded with corn, tore up a hundred feet of track, blockading both tracks and delayed traffic over 10 hours : The wreck was caused by the breaking of a flange on a car. , Henry Hairs ton is to be executed at Martinsville, Henry county, Va., Friday for rape. 0 wing to rumors that negroes would attempt to rescue him, and that tbe whites would try to lynch mm, mm tary nave been ordered oy the governor - to hold themselves in readiness to pro- ' ceed to the scene. . " . Isaiah Etbendge. aged (2 years, was killed Tuesday by Wesley Perry, colored The two were cutting timber on' a. farm near Virginia Beach, va., and quarreled Etheridge. it is said, attacked Perry with a knife, and the negro used bis axe, the ; , first stroke of which severed the right arm and the second inflicting a fearfu ' wound on the other side. Perry went for - : a surgeon for his victim and surrendered ' himself to the authorities at Virginia Beach. ' " ' ' : OUT A PATH TO PEKIN. Vice Admiral Seymour Reached ' 1 - ' The City Sunday:.. Five pundre.q Chinese Were Killed. i London, Jubb 20. A news agency dis patch from Shanghai dated June 20th, save: - "After an arduous march and frequent fighting with the Chinese, Vice Admiral Seymour arrived at Pekin Sunday after noon. On five occasions the Chinese at tacked the column in great force. There were many mounted men among the Chinese, but most of , the natives were badly armed. : At times they fought with - admirable courage and bravery. The losses of the Chinese during the march are estimated at 50O killed. The losses of foreigners were trifling. ' -v. "The exact state of affairs inside Pekin ' ' it is impossible to describe; io view of many conflicting reports, nothinghaving . been received from the legations or for eigners there. . "Surprise in expressed at the fact that a large force of Indian troops has not been ordered here." AMERICANS NOT IN THE FIGHT But Kempff Acta With the Powers . .' Por General Protection. Washington June 20. The navy de partment has iust given out the follow Ing statement regarding the contents of a dispatch from Admiral Kempff, brought - from Taku. to the too Ana forwarded by Commander Taussig, of the York town: . ''' . ' ' 1 : "The departmen t has received a 'cable gram from Admiral Kempff dated June 20th. He says the Taku torts were cap tured by the other foreign forces; that heavy firing was beard at Tien, Tsin en the evening of the 17th instant. He is t making common cause with the foreign ' powers for general protection. There are three hundred Americans ashore. On May -81st the number of foreign troops at Pekia wa 430. Tbere are . 6.000 men ashore now at Che Foo and about 3,000 troops,-, Russian,-German and English have just arrived." .. 1.30O Japanese Troops Sail. ( : v "Washington, June 20. The American minister at Tokio telegraphs that two transports with -1,300 men and horses sailed today from Japan for Taku; that GOO Japanese troops have already land ed, and fHe Japanese war vessels are now at Taku. Ue adds that the Japan ese government is prepared to send ad ditional forces should the necessity arise, j Does it Pay to Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for cooghs and colJa is a'l right, but you want something that will relieve and en re the more severe and dargtrons repxilts of ttroatand Inrz troubles. What shall you do? (Jo to a warn-.T un 1 more n-imlar climate? Ye, if po ; u'r ot for yon. t n i: U.-r t . t-ike tr. rxiT remA.fy that ir.tro-i'i.-e-i in all fiTi.Z'Xl coun ia sv-re throat en 1 - xtru;.h!--, '!' vch-'s G rir.nnjrup." :.t or.'y l '-. s- 1 tie ti , ti - t' i r - t .t - . , t : ; r- ? n ' ! i r , t ' 1 ' WARREN AND SUGG Are Named for the Senate by the Demooratio Convention Today. A Big Convention. Resolutions on the Death of Senutor Jackson. ' Several Fine Speeches. The convention of the 8th senatorial district was called to order by Mr. M. DeW. Stevenson, chairman ot the senato rial executive committee,' inN the court house in Kinston this afternoon at 12:15 o'clock. - " . The convention was well attended, the courthouse being crowded with an in telligent body of Democrats, each county being well represented.. The convention was opened with pray er by Elder II. Cuningham. - W. 8. Herbert and C. L. Stevens were requested to act as secretaries. The following . committees were ap pointed; - ' Un credentials c;arteret, j. i. iujim; Craven, C. E. Foy; Greene, W. E. Best; Jones. R. A. Whitaker: Lenoir, N.: J. Rourp: Onslow. Fi W. Harget. On Permanent Organization Carteret, N. W. Taylor;Craven, D.L.Ward; Greene, W. A. Dar en; Jones, H. C. Foscue; Le noir, S. I. Wooten; Onslow, I. E. Ketch, urn. ' " ... On Resolutions-Carteret. W. L. Aren- dell: Crnven: W. B. Pearce: Greene, L. V. Morrill; Jones, G. G. Noble; Lenoir, H. E, Shaw: Onslow. T, E. Gilman. ' The following were named as executive committeemen: - Carteret, W: M. Webb; Craven, M. DeW. Stevenson: Greene. Geo. W. Sugg; Jones, Tnos. C. Whitaker; Lenoir, Dr, J.M. Par- rott: Onslow. Col. 8. B. Taylor. Hon. J. A. Bryan moved to appoint a committee io preparesuimuiwrcouiuwyuo on the death ot Senator J. Q. Jackson. The resolution was adooted and the following were named: W. L. Arendell, of Carteret: Gen. C. A. 'Battle; J. E. W. fiiigc. of Greene: Beni. Brock. 8r.,of Jones w. w.,uarraway, oi jjenoir; Auuuipu Dnffv. of Onslow. When Mr. Bryan arose io mane vu motion, he was greeted with cheers be fore he could say a word attesting his popularity.. ' , - Hnn.l . K. Thomas, congressmau lroiu the TljixL4iatrict,: was called on. and made a fine speech. . He touched briefly on national as well as State issues, and ably presented the Democratic conten tions. He said the amendment proposed to the North Carolina constitution bad been attacked by such men as Linney and the negro White in congress. He said the amendment is stronger after the attack than it was before. His speech was short but. interesting and instruc tive, and was frequently applauded. Hon. J. A. Bryan , was cauea on nu responded briefly saying be came ; to listen and not to talk. He said the ques tion was too plain for him to try to in form the intelligent men present on the bearing ot the , amendment , upon ; the franchise, but urged the importance of its adoption. He said unless the amend ment is adopted North Carolina will suffer negro domination; the State will h crowded with negroes from other states, who together with 35,000 white men with blackwashed hearts will rule and run our good StaT He argu'ed hriefWbnt strongly for the adoption ot tha Amendment and urged the white men to go to work among the doubtful, nninformed and deceived white men to inform them - truly concerning the the amendment, which will not disfran chise hot white man. The speech was frequently applauded. Mr. c K. it or. ior- tne commitree on credentials. reDorted all the counties represented and no contests.- : Mr. D. L. Ward, for the committee on nreoent orcanization reported the com mittee's recommendation ot Capt.J. W. Grainger, for chairman! W. 8. Herbert and other members of Democratic press for aerretariefi. r- .- . . . - Mr. J. W. Grainger was escorted to the chair and thanked the convention for the honor. BE80LX7TIOSS 0! SEXATOK JACKSON'S DEATlf Gen. C. A. Battle reported as follows, for the committee on the death of Sena tor Jackson: - --- Whereas, the convention of this, the 8th senatorial district, has learned with profound sorrow of the death of John Quincy Jackson, late senator tn the gen eral assembly of fortu Carolina from this district, therefore. Resolve. That in the death of this dis tinguished citizen the State has lost a wise legislator and noble exemplar of every manly virtue. In his life he illus trated the purest Christianity and iruei patriotism, lie died at his post at tne State capital on tbe 14th of June, 1900. mourned by his people, who cherish his memory and embalm his virtues. As a school boy be was the arbiter in all dis putes and from his decision there was no epraL- a farmer, as a soldier, as a l.wj-er. an-3 as a citizen, he wa aJ oj aCLii-tian gntlman, without fear and wi ' oat rv;-ron h. Tui convention tenders to , devote! w ife tVir u .'-:rt:t rr" j- ' ?. V. V.'. ("at miyat, ;- Fi-Ni. I':: I.. t I .1 1 C t I Y, J. i:. wak, i, - V,. L. Arr ; li C. A. 1'ATTir. ute to the memory ot his friend, the bon ored deceased, testifying to his ability, honesty, virtue and fine character, and man greatly beloved by all in the. senate Hon. W. VV. Larraway, as a school mate of Senator Jackson, paid a deserved tribute to his memory, in beautiful and feeling language, At 1:80 the convention took a recess for dinner until 2:30 o'clock. v. AFTKBNOON. At 2:40 o'clock Chairman Grainger called the convention to order, the con tented countenances of the delegates in dicating that they bad bad dinner, RULES AND RESOLUTIONS. The committee on rules and resolutions reported as follows, through Mr. W. L. Arendell: That the majority, vote shall govern all measures and nominations before this convention Resolved. That we endorea the Chicago platform of 1890 and' the . Democratic State platform adopted in the city of Raleigh, on the 11th day of April. 1900 and pledge our support to the principles enunciated in the same, and to the mec tion of our peerless candidate for gov- ernor and other State officers nominated at said convention. , Resolved 2nd. That in vtbe person o! Hon. William Jennings Bryan! we recog nize the leader of the hosts of unterrifled Democracy in the nation, and endorse the great fight he is making for financial reform and the firm stand he has tauen against trusts and imperialism. Resolved 3rd, That 1 we endorse the action of the Democratic . members o( the general assembly of North Carolina, of 1899, in giving to tho peopleof this State good and wholesome i a ws, andmostespe cially the constitutional amendment to bo submitted to the ieople for ratifica tion, and do most heartily thank them for their patriotic, service in attending the adjourned meeting of the general assembly, without compensation, save and except the gratitude of the white people of North Carolina, , W. L. Akendell Chm'n H. E.SHAW.Sec'y. The report was adopted. - .' The chair declared nominations in order Dr. R. A. Whitaker placed the name of Thomas D. Warrenf Jones county i be fore the convention. ' He paid a beauti ful tribute to the grand old Democratic party. He spoke in high praise or Mr, Warren, asterlingyoungman a Thomas Jefferson and W. J. Bryan democrat, Mr. L. V. Morrill, in 'behalf of the Democracy of Greene county, presented the name of John E. W. Sugg as a repre sentative farmer and successful business man, and paid a fine tribute to the farm ing industry, which he said should be represented in legislative bodies, together with other classes. He said ' Mr. Sugg would make a capable and ablerepresen tative in the senate. . ; ; Hon. Rodolph Duffy made a fine speech. placing in nomination Mr li. M, Koonce, of Onslow county. He said that Onslow has always gone for white supremacy, and always will. He was applauded heartily. Every reference to the name oi wunam J. Bryan was heartily applauded. Mr. ii. E. chaw, in a nice speech, sec- onded the nomination of Mr. Koonce f ..Hon. W. W. Carra way,- on behalf of Vance township, . arose to second the nomination of Hon. J. E. W. Sugg, and said he made a good representative and will make a good senator. - ; . Mr. Y. T. Ormond made a good speech seconding the nomination of T.D.Warren, of Jones county . Mr. C. 8. Wallace, of Carteret county, seconded the nomination of Mr. J. E. W, Sugg. ! ' - - . -. The chair appointed H. B. Bryan, Jr., and Geo. W. Sugg as tellers. The first ballot, resulted: Warren, 110X: Sugg. 110X: Koonce, 55. On motion of Capt. Carra way the nomi nations were made unanimous by accla mation. , Mr.T. D. Warren accepted the nomi nation is a timely speech, promising if elected, as he expected to be, be would represent the white people with diligence and to the best of his ability. He made a fine impression 'and was vociferously applauded." Capt. J. E. W. Sugg accepted the nomi nation and promised to help carry the banner ot white supremacy to a success ful conclusion. - . Mr. T. E. Gilman offered the following: Besolved. That no more in the Eighth senatorial district does the rotation idea prevail or be countenanced in the nomi nation oi candidates. -....; Mr. J. A. Bryan made a strong argu ment in favor of continuing faithful rep reentati res in legislative bodies. fcaenx Kicsey, of Craven, advocated the system of rotation, as giringeacb county an opportunity ror representa tion. ; ilr. Gilman, of Onslow, itrorsrly op- poeed rotation, notwithstanding it would L tiaiow s line two yearw renoe. Me0 .U Arena U &ni M .;; e H . fcteven- soa rc ke m lator c.i ids rei, it;on. . A tuoticn to tat! the !ction was tat !-d, ari . t!. ret cn . t -."Oi'JtlOD was ad r 211'. . for, to ; VT Cr J. I. r HT.4 5. n tuATJ- t and we hereby express our appreciation of their able, efficient and statesmenlike services rendered by them in the present legislature. ' - The convention adjourned at 4:30 o clock. ' ' BOERS REPEAT RAIDS. Severe Losses Inflloted on the Troops Guarding Lines. London Has Had no Advices From Preto ria for Several Days. Gen. Run die's Force - in the Free State Threatened by a Strong Foroe of Burghers. Railway ' Traffic Be' tween Delagoa- Bay ' and the Transvaal Interrupted by De struction of a Bridge. ' London, June 20, 8:23 a. in. The cas ualties made public by the war office, in eluding a long list of missing, show Brit ish losses in engagements hitherto not reported. In an attack on a reconstruc tion train at Leeuw Spruit, June 14 three were killed, five wounded, and GO captured, Leeuw Spruit is 40 miles north nfKroonstad. This was the day of the Zand river attack. 80 miles distant Auoiuer list enow nine wououeu anu x I.. -If ..1 , ...... 1 3 .! missing in an action at vrederort on June 7, no previous mention of which has been made. The Daily Mail points out that it quite possible the wires have again been cut in Lord Roberts' rear, as no dispatch later than June lo has been received. The Boers are gathering 'in force in front of Gen. Bundle, near Ficksburg, tils forces stretch forty miles.- As some parts of the line are weakly held, the British fear that the Boers may break through. Outpost . skirmishes are o; daily occurrence. The Boers there are commanded by de Villiens and Hermann Mr. Steyn is at Bethlehem, the tempo rary capital of the Free State. -. Malana Bridge Destroyed. According to dispatches fromLourenzo Marques, dated yesterday, the Malana bridge has b?en destroyed. One account says it was blown up. Another asserts that it was undermined by a patrol from Swaziland, and so collapsed under the weight of a train, This will temporarily interrupt the flow of supplies to the Boers from Lourenzo Maronps. . ' The Bloemfontein correspondent of The Daily Mail, telegraphing June 10, says that Lord Roberts is getting huts for 80,000 men, and is arranging retrans port for a part of bis army, although his plana are not to take effect immediately. The Lourenzo Marques correspondent of The Dally Express says: ! "A German-American, well known to the New York police, is alleged to have planned a desperate attempt to steal some of the bar gold from the trucks attached to President Kruger'a travel ing capital. He is said to bavo carried off some bars before he was discovered.' The Lourenzo Marques correspondent of The Times says: ; . ! - "Three escaped British prisoners are believed to have tampered with Malana bridge. ' A freight train pitched into the stream and two men were killed " Arming Released Prisoners. Lord Roberts in his last dispatch re ports that over 2,000 stands of arms have been given up at Pretoria since the occupation of the capital. These will be utilized by the released British prisoners. of whom there are 148 officers and 3,039 men. Of the former 12 and of the latter 248 are in the hospitals. v ' , The total of the British losses June 4, In the attack on Pretoria, says Lord Roberts? amounted to only 2 men killed and 1 officer and 48 men wounded. Gen. Buller reports that the first train through passed Laing's Nek Tunnel, Monday, June 18, and proceeded to Charles town. The first batch of Mafeking's sick and wounded arrived at the hospital at Deel- ontein June 15. Volksruet, Transvaal, June 19. The town guard of WakVerstroom has sur rendered to the British and a number ot Mansers with several rifles of - American manufacture, have been banded in. Gen. Uildyard has returned here. Kitchener's Close Call. London, June 20. Gen. - Kitchener's sleeping car was at Kopje Station, when the Doers nnder lien. DeWet suddenly opened a rifle fire at 3 a. m.- Kitchener man f red to reach his horse and galloped to' 1L. -noetr, two miles distant. The Boers tube be red .900 men with three guns, icey trjrned I he culvert, which ad just Deea rebuilt, and derailed the train. .' , ' Cape Town, June 20. 4Jn. Kitchener bad a narrow ecape from capture in the -f- r m T.t fct lv uwfcprcit,Junel4th. is was Peering in tbe repair train when t was -attacked and many of the ecgi- nerg were caj'tcrwi. Tbe Hoers aVvd to be hemmed in by Grai r.unile- ti-nn , he!iicg IVksburg f?erdr Jnn 19). .It is said they ep- 3 force is r!rchirgfroxa tn r;h i;on t!."!i an.l i -! t: y wul endeavor to t r-.. ir.ii a v&t.iward. , s v 1 t: :'" ' '4-. r;r--.v-a4. STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. Dr. H. S. . Lucas, scientist, died at Franklin Wednesday. He was born in Blandford, Mass., in 1817. He was a scientist of considerable note, and the first to produce epeom salts. Monday night about half past 10 o'clock two prisoners, J. W. A. Cahoon and J. W. Harrington, confined in the county jail at Greenville, broke out and made their escape. Both are white. Wilmington Star: The Third district ' congressional convention will be held at FayettevUle June 28th. at 12 o'clock. It is learned that there will be no op position to the renomination of Hon. Charles R. Thomas, of Newbern. Arrangements are completed for the . trip of the North Carolina delegates ' to the national Democratic convention. They leave Raleigh Sunday afternoon July v 1st, in a Pullman 'buffet car, going ; via ' Greensboro, Asheville and Memphis, and will arrive Tuesday evening. The Hotel Carolina, the largest in the State, at Pinehurst, is practically comv plete, though it will not be occupied nn til next November. Its cost is $250,000. It is of wood. Tbe design is strikingand tbe furnishings most elaborate. Like all of Pinehurst, it is the property of J. W Tufts, of Boston, who, by the the way, a is to become a citizen of North Carolina, ' as Mr. Flagler becomes one of Florida. Newton Enterprise: From the Lincoln Journal we learn that the man suspected of the horrible crime near Iron Station. where a woman was cut to pieces with a razor, is named Jackson, a brotber-in-law of the woman he came so near kill ing. , It seems that he had some months before married a sister of the woman, who left him becase she' discovered that he had another wife in South Carolina. The - Populists begin their regular campaign next Saturday, when Senator Hatter speaks at V ent worth and Cyrus Thompson 'nominee Jfor, go veroor,. at, Concord." rTht other speakers scheduled are J. B. Schulken, J. M: Mewborn Z. T. Garrett, H. F. Sea well and Rev. Bay lus Cade, tbe Republican governor's Populist private secretary. J. B.Lloyd, who is Senator Butler's private secretary, has been assigned to duty at Populist headquarters, .v ; - Raleigh Post: Mr. Henry Clark Bridge rs, of Tarboro, won the target championship at the tournament of the. Interestate Target association in New York last week; The New York Prebs speaking of the event said: "Success at tended the second day of the Interstate association's grand American handicap target tournament yesterday, 1 Tbe prin cipal event on the card, tbe preliminary handicap, was won by Henry Clark ' Bridgers, a native of Tarboro, . U.,wbo had been shooting under the name of Tarheel.'" . ,, At Raleigh Monday night ayoungmanV named Bledsoe was drunk in a barroom here. A horse dealer, J. 8. ' Carter, ot Virginia, saw bis condition and said be would take him home and did so. As soon as Bledsoe arrived in the bouse he begun attempts to injure his family, svruck bis father, tore bis mother's cloth ing and had a pistol at his sister's breast when Carter seised him. In the struggle ' he shot Carter in the right breast, tbe bullet, a 38-calibre, striking a rib and going around to the back Where it was cut out. Carter threw the desperate man on the floor and as he was taking tbe pistol away Bledsoe again pulled the trigger, but tbe hammer caught Carter's hand and thus his life was saved. Carter is doing well, and tbe only danger is that of blood-poisoning. Wilson' News: . Sunday afternoon, at the crack of a . pistol, Pat Williams, . a negro 23 years old, an employe of a brick yard near here, fell as he was jump ing a fence to escape the officers in Luca ma and in two or three minutes was dead. A warrant for the arrest. ofWil- liams had been received by McRae Bojett, a police officer of Lucama, who deputized . W. H. Woodard to assist him. They . bund Williams Sunday afternoon and arrested him, taking a razor from, his . Socket. On tbe way' to the station, duse up town Williams asked why be was arrested and Mr. Boyett began to read tbe warrant. During the reading Williams broke and fled, Boyett calling to him "Stop or I will kill you." As the -negro reached a fence he vaulted over it . noooard Bring iusc at this momenc, shooting high, but the ball struck. -The negro cleared the fence, but tell some ten ' feet beyond and in two or three minutes was dead:- Exercises at Greensboro, Raleizb, June 19. Tbe exercises at the State Normal and Industrial College for young women at Greensboro commenced today with tbe annual meeting ot the alumna, when Dr. Miriam Bitting-Ken-nedy, of New York, delivered the annual address. This evening tbe representative essays by the eradiates were read. Tomorrow, cocrr.ferrip-it cav, i-ir -?rr i.e- ccd, cf Jdisouri, will c !;vr t1 en- ual aJ2r.s, an 1 Cor;rr-"in Join II. r.a", cf North Carol Id a, ','. rrr?"it t! ' t 1 t ,1 t . c ! -ill. graduates with a copy eat a cf tie corti- cn.
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