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1 k. THE DAILY FREE PRE i i i i i i I. i i .I .I ' i - . ' ii ' ' i n ii . i ..Hi. i ii i i i i int i, 'i '- 111 1 . "" " "'i 1 1 1 """ ' d '" i . . i i i . in. i i i i PUBLISHED EERY EVENING ; EXCEPT SU NDHY. Vol.111 No. 67. , KINSTON, N. 0., SATURDAY. JUNE 23, 1900. ' Price Two Cents. GENERAL HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. . r Dawat hAH abandoned the race, as he . , save the neonle do not want him for president. The national Republican committee has re-elected M. A; Ilanna chairman of that . - committee. Since 1874 the consumption of coffee in this country has increased irom zao.vuv, OOO pounds to B7U,uuu,uuu pounas. ' Piatt says there would Be some doubt about Roosevelt carrying, his state as candidate for governor, but none as can- didate for vice-president, Apart from the developments at Tien Tsin, the state department looks upon the ; situation in China as encouraging, with the hope that the worst is over, ' It is probable that Estes G. Rathbone, the suspended director of posts at Ha vana, will be arrested within the next few days. The postal inspectors assert that they have evidence implicating him be yond any question ' The Democratic convention of Texas ' Instructed its delegates to support Wil liam J. Bryan. The platform favors laws to prohibit trusts; favors construction of the Nicaragua canal, and insists that the Chicago platform be reaffirmed in its entirety. - ' k man tto a nAminafiJ fnr f(na CL fiTXT .a, xuau t am uvu iuu wvs u v days ago : by a Populist convention in Missouri, whose blooming distinction, according to the nominating orator, was that he was "five feet ten inches high, SO years old. and never et a biscuit." He was nominated on the first ballot. - Snow, the wheat crop expert, declares ? the wheat crop is the worst failure ever known. He says that it is a national calamity, - He estimates the Dakotas as .promising only 20,000,000 bushels each and Minnesota 35,000,000 bushels, a total of 75,000,000 bushels; against 200, 000,000 bushels last year, and 225,000, 000 bushels in A sensation has been started in Ger - many by the declaration of Herr Martel, a member of the Reichstag, and editor-in- chief of The Deutche Tages Zeltung, the agrarian organ, who, in the course of a Dolitical speech at Ebenburg said: "Our next war will be naval, and against Eng. land. Of this we have been assured by the government, and lt was because of this assurance that the agrarians voted - for the naval bill, ' The jury in the case of B. H. Roberts, on trial at Salt Lake City. Utah, for un lawful cohabitation, returned a verdict of ' guilty.'. Roberts, in an agreed statement ol facts put Dei ore ine jury, aamitwa ne entered into polygamous marriage with I ' Maggie B. Shipp and lived with her and his legal wife. Sarah Louise. It is claimed that Roberta relies on the supreme court to reverse the verdict of the lower court on technical grounds. An investment of one dollar 10 years ago has just netted Speaker Clark, of the Nebraska house or representatives, io, 000. Clark bought for that sum the fee simple title to a local hotel, but was at once forcibly ejected by tne mortgagee, the Kansas&TexasTrustCo., which four years afterward closed its lien. Clark sued for rents and profits for the period between ejectment and foreclosure. A year ago he got judgment in the supreme court for $9,000. but that tribunal on a naw trial awards him $ 16,000. COTTON SPINNERS PLAN NEW MOVE. Proposition to Establish Sales "With Houses and Middlemen. Do Away Charlotte, N. C., June 21. A meeting of the board of governors of the Southern Cotton Spinners' association was held; here today. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: "The board of governors of the South ern Cotton Spinners' association having duly considered toe present condition ol the market, and having been informed from reliable sources that there is no glut in the market: that, in fact, from the bent information obtainable, there is only one month's supply of production v Don the market, can see no reason for the unusual decline in prices offered for yarn production. "The board of governors are of the opinion that this great and sudden de cline ic prices is unwarranted, and not j-istiSed by the pivsentconditionof trade. Your board of governors are of the opin ion tLat the only way to meet and con tend facwKsfuIIy with such a condition ii by a tboron-b organization arnon TOur?flre f"r tLe mutual protection of yonr sereral intre?s. , "Tt"y wouli farther reeor.;r.;eni that j pi tnk into' nerinnn consideration the r :r 1 s in ro'H n.ar r t' ' ; -r: 'it .' r of :.,rr yr-:r : C'3 awnv wita t..e "y t c- t: 1 r '. ? y -n t ! SAVING AN OLD PAINTING. InKcatons Method hr Which It Warn Transferred to Sen Cuhtii, . v"Did you ever hear of transferring an old oil painting to a new canvas V" said a well known art connoisseur of this city. "One would declare at "first blush that the thing was absolutely im possible, but I saw It done with a pic ture over' eight feet square, and the operation was a perfect success. The painting to which I refer had been a fine example " of the early., Italian school but It had lain forgotten in a garret for many years and had become so iacrusted with dirt and grime that it was impossible to distinguish any of the details!; v. Ordinarily it could have been cleaned without trouble, but the damp and mold of two centuries had rotted the canvas until it, was ready to fall apart at a touch, and scrubbing was! of course, out of the question. "That ; was the condition of things when it was taken in band by an ex pert restorer from Belgium who hap pened to be In the city. The first thing he did was to fflue a huge sheet of thick manila paper firmly to the face of the picture. Then he turned It over carefully and picked off every particle of the old decaying canvas, revealing the rear surface of the paint itself. It was a big Job and required no end of patience, but'the last thread was final ly removed, and nothing was left but the fragile shell of pigment. ; That he covered with the strongest fish glue, ,and a new Bheet of canvas was spread over it and pressed down. ; "In a few hours it was perfectly dry. and the painting was as firmly attach ed to its new foundation as If It had been there from the start Nothing then remained but to take off the. ma nlla paper. : which was readily done with hot water. After that the surface was thoroughly cleaned, and the pic ture fe now almost as bright ,and clear as it was, when It left the painter's easel. ' The owner could hardly believe Wa pros, tt seemeiiojilm that a verl table miracle had Been accomplished." New Orleans Times-Democrat i J v i WILES OF THE FOX. Some Clever Tricks by Which Iter nnrd Bafflea Ilia ramnera. .' Afox is entitled to all that Is said for Its wisdom and sagacity. " Not long ago the 4 Washington , hunt of Valley Forge started a young fox In the North valley, hills, and the hounds were run ning It across the open field when the hunters were surprised to see a much inrirer fox come from the woods and larger fox come from the woods' and run diagonally ncross the track of the young fox ahead of the hounds, and when they struck, the stronger track of the bigger fox thy took It up. young Reynard thereby being saved from be ing run down and killed by the hounds. Old hunters say they have frequently witnessed this trick when young foxes were being closely pressed and In dan ger of being run down and killed by the hounds. Another and an evjen sharper trick was played by an old fox some weeks ago' while being hotly chased by bounds. " The fox had run some 20 miles, and while crossing an open stretch of country was in danger of being ran down and killed. .In a field through which the fox was run ning with the hounds close to Its heels was the cellar of an old bouse, with a portion of the walls still standing. The fox made straight for the old cellar, leaped into It and made Its escape through a narrow opening In the walls. The hounds, supposing . the fox was trapped, dashed Into the cellar pell mell, only to find Reynard gone and themselves In a trap, as the bole in the wall through which the fox had 'es caped was too small to permit them to get through. . - . v When the hunters rode up, they found the pack in a trap, with one of the hounds wedged fast In the bole through which the fox had made its escape. By the time the hounds were got out of the cellar the fox was safe to Its hole. Philadelphia Times. Caanlhallslle. Oliver Wendell Llohnea enjoyed that tumor best which was of his own pro duction. On pne occasion be was hold Idz forth at rrent length on tbe sub ject of canulMIisni. and. bavia wound himself i:p to the proper pitch. be tvrncv.' suUJer.ljr to Thomas Bailer Au?ricli. wLo feiitlu? Dear hi.n a:! rsked: "Iuiaz;n: What woull rcj uo it too were lo uieti a can.n til? I U.!:;k." Mr Al.'rkh n-ect!j It it.' I -t!.2t -at ! a j;!ior..i ovit ii' '. i: c u -t i r i: BAD CHINESE HEWS Shelling of Tien Tsin Continues. American Consulate' Destroyed. Massacre of Foreigners. Murder of Missionaries. Legations at , Pekin Safe. Che Foo, June 22. It w officially re ported that the bombardment of Tien Tsin with large guns continues inces santly. The - foreign concessions have nearly all been burned and the American consulate baa been razed to the ground The Russians are occupying the railroad station but are hard pressed- Reinforce ments are urgently needed. The casual ties are heavy Tne , railroad is open from long Tau to Ubing JUang Chang, half way to Tien Tsin. f 1,500 Foreigners Reported Killed London, June 22. A ppecial from Shanghai says that it is reported from Japanese sources .that 1,5(0 foreigners have been massacred at Tien Tsin. Boxers Not Guilty of This. ., Berlin, June 22. According to a dis. patvh from Shanghai received here, Tien Tsin is being bombarded by Chinese reg ulars and not by the boxers. To Send More U. S. Troops. Washington, June ' 22. The govern roent here has cabled an inquiry to Gen McArthur as to how many troops he can spare if it becomes necessary , to send them to China. It is probable that at least two regiments will be sent. - . A recent census of Tien Tsin shows the foreign population to be about 1.000 per sons, including 110 Americans. Thus the report from Japanese sources that 1,500 foreigners at Tien Tsin have been massa cred would seem to be untrue or grossly exaggerated in point of numbers.- 24 MISSIONARIES MURDERED This Is Inferred From a Dispatch From Che Foo. New York. June 22. Rev,Dr, Leonard, secretary of tbe Methodist-Foreign r Mis sionary society in this city, received the following cablegram today: "Che loo, June 15. Tien Tsin bom barded. Pekin very serious. Hopkins, Jjrown and King saved, gunboat. (Signed.) vv ; ".brown." . The three men mentioned are mission aries. Dr. Leonard infers from the fact that only those who were saved are ca bled, the remaining 24 missionaries in Tien Tsin have been murdered by the Boxers."- V- Among them are many women, includ ing five in tbe Woman's Foreign Mission ary society, and members ol the Haynor, Jf ike and Hopkins and Brown families. Belief Column for Tien Tsin.' Rome, Jnne 22. AdispatchfromTakn, dated yesterday afternoon (Thursday), says: . . : , .., . 'An international column consisting of British, Russian and Japanese troops left Taku tins morning for Tien Tsin An Italian detachment, commanded by an ensign, will remain here to guard the Italian flag, -which with tbe flags of the other powers has been hoisted over . the forts." , :' " .- - ; , ' Legations at Pekin Safe. Brussels. June 22. Tbe Petit Bleu states that a telegram was received Yes terday by an important Brussels firm from China, saying that Admiral Sey mour's relieving force end the . Russian column entered Pekin simultaneously. The legations were reported intact and all the Belgian residents are said to be safe. Troops to Sail From India. Calcutta, June 22. Fourteen trans ports will convey troops from India to China. All except six are already in port. The Nerbudda and Talamcotta will probably sail Sunday with tbe Seventh Beogalin infantry. NEW REGISTRATION;-- An Entire New Registration is Re quired. Books Open Thursday, June 23th, and Close July 21st. " Beginning on Thursday, June 28th. the registration books will be opened and every elector must register, as an entire new registration is necewary. ' The books open at 9 o'clock a. m , on above date and close at sunset Saturday. July 21, 1900. The books are to be kept open each day (except Sundaj) between the hours of nlD o'clock a. m. and snnseL On Saturday, June SO, Saturday, July 14. and Saturday, July 21, tbe regiotrar is required to attend at tbe pollioplaces in bis precinct with bis books for the reg. iMmtien of voters. . TL rz'f trar is required to attend at the pr-V t r '.v ia bis precinct on Satur- T. Ju'y i 1'. DO, for t' rurrvfe of ' E3 1 any 7-ectiO!! of I ' .s 1 c Is and tLa-.-Ts that tnny t .tt' r ('. (- j r y -1 . r may te n,a!e on tie ...a ran I ,t"' U; , i -,? In!" t f T- n ' '. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Ar Act Supplemental te an Aet Entitled ' "An Act to Amend tbe Constitution of North Carolina," Ratified February 21 1899, the Same Being Chapter Two Hundred and Eighteen of the Public Lows of 1899. The General Assembly of North Carolina do Enact' Section I. l nat chapter iH, publio laws or 1890, entitled: "An Act tov Amend the Constitution of North Carolina," be mended to at to makeaaid act read a tollows: That Article aix of the Constitution of North Caro lina be and the tame 11 hereby abrogated, and in lieu thereof shall be substituted the following article of said Constitution, as an entire and indivisible plan of suurage: . ART ICLE VI. SUFFIACE AND ELIGIBILITY TO OFNCK. Section i. Every male person born in the United States, and every male person who has been natural zea, ai years 01 age, and possessing the quahhea tions set out in this article, shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people 111 the State, except herein otherwise provided. Sec. He shall have resided in the State of North Carolina for two years, in the county six months, and in the precinct, ward or other election district, in which he offers to vote, four months next proceeding the election: Provided, that removal trom one precinct, ward or other election district, to another in the same county, shall not operate to de prive any person of the niiht to vote in the orecinct. ward or other election district trom which he has re moved until four months alter such removal. No person who has been convicted, or who has confessed his guilt in open court upon indictment, of any crime, the punishment of which now is, or may here ma uc, ,uipriuiiuicnt in uie 0111c prison, snail oe permitted to vote unless the said person shall be first restored to citizenship in the manner prescribed by law. 1 . ' , :i ... ., Sec 3. Every person offering to vote shall bA at the time a legally registered voter as herein nre- scriDea, ana in tne manner nereaiter provided by law, and the general assembly of North Carolina shad enact general registration laws tc carry into efiect the provisions ot this article. ore. 4. every person presenting nimsell lor re 2. istration shall be able to read and write any section of the constitution in the Juigliah language; and be' fore he shall be entitled to vote he shall have paid on or before the first day of May t( the vear in which he proposes to vote his poll tax for the previous year as prescribed by Article 5, Section 1, ol the constitu tion. Hut no nuue person, who was, on lanuary itx7. or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote under the laws of any State in the United States wherein he then resided, and no lineal descendant of any sucn person snail oe oemea the ngnt to register and vote at any election in this State by reason of his failure to possess the educational qualifications nerein prescribed: rrovioed, ne shall have regis tered in accordance with the terms of this section prior to December 1, 1008. 1 ne general assembly snail provide lor the regis tration of all persons entitled to vote without the ed ucational qualifications herein prescribed, and mail on or before November f . 1008. provide for the male ing of a permanent record of such registration, and aHpersons so registered shall forever thereafter have the right to vote in all elections by the people in this State, unleM disqualified uuder Section e,-of this ar ticle:. Provided, such person shall have paid his poll tax as above required. Sec. .. That this amendment to the constitution is presented and adopted as one indivisible plan for the regulation of the suffrage, with the interit and pur pose to so connect tne ainerent parts, and 10 make them so dependent upon each other that the. whole shall stand or fall together. Sec. 6. All elections by the people shall be b' ballot and all elections by the general assembly shal be viva voce, - Sec. Every voter in North Carolina, exceot as in mis anicie aisquaunca, snau be eligible to office, but before entering upon the duties ol the office, he shall ta'.e and subscribe the following oath: ''1,, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) tat 1 win support and ma laws of the United States and the constitution and laws - of North Carolina not inconsistent therewith. and that t will faithfully discharge the duties of my office, as... ....... So held me God " Sec 8. ' The following classes of Demons shall h disqualified for office: tint, all persons who shall deny the being of Almighty God. Second, alt oer una wkn .hmll k.w. Kun rnnuirt.il n f J their guilt on indictment pending, and whether sen tenced or not, or under judgment suspended, of an treason or felony , or of any other crime, for whic the punishment may be imprisonment in the peniten tiary, since Decerning citizens oi tne united atates, or of corruption or maUpract.ee in office: unless such person shall be restored to the rights of citizenship in a manner prescnoea py law. bee. o. 1 hat this amendment to the constitution shall go into effect on the first day of July, 190s, if a majority of votes cast at the next general election shall be cast ta favor of this suffrage amendment. Sec II. This amendment to the constitution shall be submitted at the next general election to the boal- r 1 . . . . 1-. . . : -1 . a inea voters oi ins maie, in me swme manner ana under the same rules and regulations as is pro vided in the law regulating general elections in this State, and at said elections those persons desiring to vote tor such amendment shall cast a written or printed ballot with the words: "For Suffrage Amend ment" there 01; and those with a contrary opinion shall cast a written or printed ballot with the words Against suffrage Amendment" thereon. Sec HI. The votes cast at said election shall be coanted, compared, returned and canvassed, and the result announced and declared under the same rules and regulations, and in the same manner as the veta for governor, and if a majority of the votes cast are ia favor of the said amendment, it shall be the duty of the governor of the State, upon being notified of the result of said election, to certify saia amendment under the seat of the State, to the secretary of state. who shall enroll the said amendment, so certified, among the permanent records of hi office. Sec. IV. That this act shall be ia force from and after its ratification. In the veneral assembly read three times, and rat ified this ijtn day 01 June, iooo. President of the Senate. I ' , Speaker of the House of Representatives, State of Nona Carolina, -I te Su Office of Secretary of State, I. Cyrus Thompson, Secretary of State of the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify the foregoing and attached four (4) sheets to be a true copy from the records 01 tnis omce. - v In t unes whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and ahsed tny official seal. Doae in omce at Kaleign, this tbe 15th day of one, in the year of our Lord xm. (beat.) -- UKUMHUUrM-.il, Secretary of State. Does It Pay to Buy Cheap? A cheap rcmedr lor consrha and colds U all right, but jou want something that will relieve and cure tbe more eerer nd danr-ertirj" rmnltB of throatand Innir tronbW. What ahall yon do? (Jo to a wrmr And mnn rvtmlr t-liniAt.? Ym. if pofu-ibie; ii uot iilil. for you, tilen in either ea tnte the o"LT remed.r that jut bwn introduced in all civili-d conn- tna with' ucivn in eyerr throat and lurrtruubW,,'JVotliw''a (it-rmau Syrup." It not on It Lea nd ttimu!Ht the tia- to ritroy the pvrni Jin-ae, but ", ir.S irisiation, coni ?y eipf cur-tl m Tt ' Ht. TryofBbott. I-corn- ' i r- : j jf ars t all dr: - -;'ia the wot I or a.s.e ty the I err.; "-..antra STATE HEWS. Interestinar North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. At Charlotte Thursday Statearilie beat Charlotte playing ball 3 to 0. At Dor ham the Durham team beat Raleigh 5 to 2. The State haa chartered the Carolina Manufacturing Co., of High Point. It will manufacture cotton goods. W. H. Ragan and Others are the - stockholders Fair Bluff Times: Jim Byrd died at his home a few miles above town, on Mr. James Baldwin's place, last Satur day night. He was bit late Saturday afternoon by a spider, which reunited in his death that night. y :.'x- There waa a great Democratic rally at Mocksville on June 18th. ; Aycock made a masterly speech and aroused tremendous enthusiasm. After the speech the whole crowd shook bands with Mr, Aycock. Thirty Republicans were in the procession and some on the stage, . The June Bulletin ot the agricultural department will be of special interest to apple-growers. It will illustrate the best varities for North Carolina, will tell about pests of the apple, and will have a special article by Ueorge E. Boggs, of Haywood, the "apple king" of North Carolina. , . , ' Nowhurn .Trmrnal - Fli .1 . V Rham m. ' ports the smallpox situation as steadily ImnKAvlnrv Kf stri s4 ck vr i tiMia nf f ttAAAlAtuirl persons now detained will be discharged from custody, and one of the men who had smallpox is nearly well enough to be discharged.. All the patients are com fortably provided for and on the road to recovery. James H. Pou, Esq.; who has a large firm in Johnston county, tells of a queer phenomenon. It did not rain on his place this week, and it was too dry to plough. Yet so great was the quantity of moisture in the air that on Tuesday the land was moist and At to be culti vated. In a place in i Johnston four miles square there was no rain, - though around it over three inches fell, 'j Wnmlngt6n Start Politically, Duplin is "red-hot," as the Star is informed by two well posted citizens of that county. The white men are even more defiant and determined than they were in 1808. Tbey say it is a good thing for that despicable "nigger," Abe Middleton, that he left Duplin and went to (ireenshoro to help Holton run tbe campaign. New Hanover ought to drop right into the procession with Dnplin. "To your tents, 0K Israel." '- Mayesville Courier: Tanbark in a great thing with the people of this section just now. Mauy wagons pass through town every day on their way to tbe Junaluska tannery. At every station , along this roaa one sees many uox cars loaaea wnn bark for the tannery here, the one at Asheville, the one at Andrews, or for the . Chattanooga concern. Tbe prices for bark were very mucb advanced lately, and the sale of this product is a great help for the farmers in a rather dull sea- - sou for money. In tbe criminal court at Wilson Friday the jury In the case of John Jefferson for the rriurdor of Capt. Calvin Barnes in August last, returned a' verdict of not guilty, thus reversing the decision of the lower court. Tbe killing oi Uapt. Barnes. according to the evidence given in the former trial,' was a crime of peculiar atrocity. Tbe accounts seemed to point to tbe fact that he was shot down in - cold blood by an assassin crouching in ambush. liow tbe jury in the second trial could have arrived at each a decision with the evidence before them is more than the Wilson people can understand. They are indignant at this gross mis carriage of justice. Baseball. - Friday. Brooklyn 20, Philadelphia 13. Chicago 7, Cincinnati 4. ' Boston 6, New York 2. . -STAicnisa or THE CLUBS, . . Woa Lost. PerCt .658 .620 .500 .481 .480 .426 .426 .413 Brooklyn....... .....32 Philadelphia. 31 17 19 Bos ton 24 24 27 2(1 27 27 27 ittsburg..-. 25 Chicago M....M..MM.n.Mn.24 CintinDati...........-...20 St. Lou is 21) New York............19 Mormons Beat by Llasked Men. Tbe Mormon church officials, at their headquarters at Chattanooga, Tenn., have given out tbe details of an - assault on three of their missionaries at Concord C, as follows: 'NiDe men. heavily masked, burst in to a hoiHts in whk-h they were staying and beat up tbe Mormons very severely. Tbey condoeted one of them out of the county and ordeivd bim not to return under peDaJty of deHth. Thc Free Treks is prepared to do all in is ot artistic or r'ain job pristirx, nd on short notice prEer&Ily. Aiwajsia tock a Eif asfortE nt cf ftatiorrry, ,rrs. envelcr, card toarJ, etc. The ' i.r. Pn'M u t.:rc".r ; czt r.nra j -f I r;r.t.r ? t-.".a ever t- :r-', ar. i poo Irn tt fives eiii-.'c'J jn, nr. i at low
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