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PVBlJsHBD EMERYl E2ZBNING EXCERT 'SU N DRY. Vol.111 No. 69. KINSTON, N. C.. TUESD A.?, JUNE 26, 1900. Price Two Cents. HARMS IN A TRAP. Four Americana Bailed and Seven Wounded. . Surprised Near Tien Tain. The Brooklyn Ordered From Manila to China. Looks Dark for Foreigners in Pekin. Washington, June 25. The navy de partment yesterday issued the following bulletin: . "A cablegram from Admiral Jvcmpff, . dnted flheFoo. June 25. says: ., " 'In ambuscade near Tien Tsiu on the 21st, four of Waller's command killed and seven wounded. Names will be fur ninhpd as soon as received, force of ' ; 2.000 going to relieve Tien Tsin today, . "'Kempkf.' "The secretary of the navy has ordered Admiral Itemey to go with the Brooklyn to Takn and to tender to (Jen. MacArthur ' the Brooklyn can carry." Admiral Kempff's dispatch, giving the first definite news of the shedding of . American blood on Chinese soil, came early yesterday morning and was turned over to Secretary Lonsr when' he arrived i at the department. With Admiral Crown inshield, the secretary carried the dis patch to the white house, where, on the nroHident's return from church, it was laid before him. The determination there upon was reached to order Admiral Re . mey, in command of the Asiatic squad ron, on board of the armored cruiser ' Brooklyn.' The secretary and Admiral i Crowninshield returned to the 1 navy de partment, where the necessary orders were dispatched to Admiral Remey. -. The effect of this transfer is to make Taku the headquarters of, the Asiatic squadron. The Brooklyn is expected to sail at one, as the orders sent contem pt plate getting the admiral on the scene at ' the earliest moment. A HINT OF ARMY PREPARATIONS. The war branch of the government is preparing for any eventuality that may arise out of the Chinese situation. As stated by one of the. highest officers of the army the Bcale of preparation is of a magnitude which would both interest and surprise the public. But, he added, the information would be of even greater interest and service to any t foreign foe which the United States may be called ' upon to face within the next few weeks or months, and for that reason there is no purpose iunn.v ()umi; hud i-uuiyicic )reparations making to meet whatever ssue arises. All that the officials will say is that both the army and the navyr if the occasion arises, will give good ac count of themselves. ; - STILL UNBASY FOR CONGER'S SAFETY. ' While the Berlin reports as to the safety of Baron Ketteler and the ' legations at Pekin appear to dispose of , one of the most alarming stories of the crisis, Min- later Uonger at resin is sun cub on iruui communication here, and there is no direct and official assurance of the safety of the ministers and legations, nor is . there a word of the relief force, including . the Americans which sought to break through to Peking , . ' , . DARK FOR FOREIGNERS. ' Desperate Situation of 5,000 of The Allied Forces. London, June 25, 8 a. m. The posi tion of the international forces in the section of Northern China, where 10,000 men are striving to keep a footing and to succor the legations in Pekin, appears to be in peril with every fresh dispatch. Pekin has not been heard from direct for 14 days. The last dispatch was one im ploring aid. Admiral Seymour's column of 2,000 was last heard from twelve days NEED EACH " - ' ' .... MSm 11, r ffW ... . "" ago. At that time it was surrounded midway between Pekin and Tien Tsin. Possibly now it has reached Pekin. The 3,000 internationals at Tein Tsin were hard pressed and fighting for their lives on Thursday, and a relieving force of less than 1,000 had been beaten back to Taku Friday. Observers on the spot think that 100,000 men would not be too many to grasp China firmly. Chinese runners who hare arrived at Taku report that a foreign force was en gaged several days ago with an over whelming body of Chinese 40 miles west of Tien Tsin: At Shanghai it is assumed that this force was Admiral Seymour's. The powers are said to hare fatally underestimated the numbers, desperation, and armament of the Chinese, who for three years have been accumulating rifles at the rate of 20,000 a month. ' REPORTED CHINESE LOS8K8. It was reported from Shanghai last evening that the allied forces had blown up the Taku forts and that every avail able man had been sent to the relief of Tien Tsin. Two thousand three hundred Chinese bodies are alleged to have been cremated at Taku and more than 4,000 Chinese are said to have been killed at Tien Tsin. AMERICA MUST SAVE CHINA. Ex-Minister Barrett's Views as to Our Polled in the Far East Cincinnati. June 24. Hon. John Bar- rett, ex-minister to Siam, was' here Cleveland to be day. Before leaving for said: ' "In restoring Deace in China, the United States should be the principal influence to determine the future and the fate of China, It is America's influence only that can successfully solve, this problem and keep China from an impending break-up America must stand for the integrity of the Chinese empire, for we have every thing to lose and nothing to gain by her "On the other hand, if America allows China to be divided, the expansion of our commerce and the extent of our moral influence will be absolutely limited by the attitude 'and policy of European na tions. "Another interesting point is this: The United States is the only power whose leadership and dictation of policy Russia would accept." ..... . r . .. .. - - Foreigners at Pekin Safe. Paris, June 25, 11:25 a. m. The French consul general at Shanghai tele graphing yesterday, reported that the Chinese minister of railways andv tele graphs has informed him that all foreign ministers and foreigners at Pekin were safe last Tuesday, June 19th, and were preparing to leave with the authority of the Chinese government. PEACE MOVEMENT PINES. IN PHILIP- Gen. Mao Arthur Replies to Native ) Leaders. Question of Friars. ' Manila, June 24 10:85 p. m. Gen. MacArthur has given a formal answer to the Filipino leaders who last Thurs day sumitted to him 'peace proposals that bad been approved earlier in the day by a meeting of representative in surgents. In bis reply he assured tbem that all personal rights tinder the United States constitution, excepting trial by jury and the right to bear arms, would be guaranteed them. - The promoters of the peace movement are now engaged in reconstructing the draft of the seven clauses submitted to Gen. MacArthur in such a way as to. ren der it acceptable to both Bides, -The seventh clause, providing for the expulsion of the friars. Gen. MacArthur rejected on the ground that the settle ment of this question rests with the com mission headed by Judge Taft. OTHER. GENERAL HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. Crops have suffered severely in Alabama from excessive rams. Senator Daniels, of Virgiuia, is talked of for the vice-presidential nomination as. Bryan's running mate. Joseph Gillespie, ai years old, was crushed to death Sunday morning be tween bumpers of two freight cars at Vivian, W. Va., while acting as flagman A passenger train loaded with excur sionists, bound for Green Bay, Wis., col lided with a freight train at Depere, five miles south of Green Bay, Sunday morn ing..- Six persons were killed, one is miss ing and 34 were injured. At Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sunday, Chas Melford, a maniac, killed' James Jbitzsiru mons, fatally injured Joseph Urate, se riously and possibly fatally injured Mrs Jas. Fitzsiramons, slightly jnjured Miss Kate Fitzsimmons, and then ended his own life. r A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern railway ran into a wash' out, one and a half miles north of McJJon ough, Ga., Saturday night and was com pletely wrecked. The wreck caught fire and the eutira train, with .the exception of the sleeper; was destroyed. Lvery per son on the train, except the occupants o: the Pullman car, perished. Not a mem ber of the train crew escaped,. Thirty-five people in all were killed. - v A cyclone - passed over Beaver county, O, T., formerly known as No Man's Land Saturday night. Henry Bard well, Steve .Bird and Abe Weightsman were killed and Wm. Hamberger and Paul Rhodes fatally injmred. ' The storm ' swept the country for GO miles. Thousands of cat- ltle were stampeded and many killed and injured. (Several houses were destroyed. The home of Geo. Nebb, a ranchman, was carried aUU yards, and lo ranchmen, who had taken refuge in the bouse, were badly injured. 1 A Word More as to the Baptist " , Infants. Mn. Editor: I notice that, in yester day's Free Press f A Baptized Infant" shakes a red rag at the Baptist bull and immediately jumps the fence. This was very wrong of the Infant, but infants are not responsible. The Exponent man is also in the wrong and l wonid enjoy seeing him get a trood shaking up. lie raised a question where there is none. Jjut he can weed his own row. What I am concerned in is this:. About midway of bis article the Infant srratu itoualy slaps at the by-stander in this wise: "Now, for the benefit of the Expo nents constituency, who probably do not think, the writer begs leave to say:" Then he flirts his hand under his coat- tails in Pickwickian ttyle and hands us out a -tnougnc, a great thought, a thoughtful thought, a wonderful, glo rious, transcendent . Shade of Webster. band us down a few more synonyms lteader, look it upit's huee. ' A "thinkleea" constituency will, doubt less, De greatly edined.' We have seen , these old Paedobaptist imitation arguments threshed until they were threadbare, but we have nerer run amuck of such a thought as this before. But that is not all, of the food for the thinkless. See this: "Had it and belie? ed in it for more than fifteen hundred years before there was a Baptist church Now, this is thought, all thought, nothing but thought, and of the variety of which Parker dreamt. 0,Lord, why don't some of these preachers post themselves as to the his tory of their own church before assailing tnat oi otnere. ; But let's see that long, whopper-jawed sentence about a seeming strangeness: "It must seem stranire, yes passing strange." Verily, brother Infant, I agree with you. It does. Yon remember the Jam aboat the old brother who never eld family prajer because he didn't know bow. His pastor wrote off one for him to memorize and use,; but the old fellow posted it at the head of the bed and just before retiring would kneel and point to the prayer and say: "Oh! Lord, them's my sentiments." As to the pasainir strangeness O. In fant, 4,them'a my sentiments." in conclusion let me. spring a great thought: "What'n the matter with the Baptist InfantT" . "He's all right!" - Oxe of the Thoughtless. , Tlsi Best PrttcrI;tloi far CfclHs Frrrr b Wt! of Gmf Tivrtixst Onu Toktc. it tisipiy troa mud jninin is a tuuien 97- inca. c AAAA AAA JLAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAi 1 1 C o 110!": If. A PUBLIC DEBATE At Edwards' School House on the , Amendment. The Amendment Comes Out Ahead. Reported for ThbFreb Press. There was a public debate on the con stitutional amendment among the farm ers and neighbors in Woodington town ship at Edwards' school house Saturday night, There was a large neighborhood gathering to bear the amendment dis cussed, and doubtless good was done for the cause ofWhite Supremacy. Mess. Kenyon Baker, Dick King and Jacky Vause spoke against the amend ment, and Mess. Curtis Loftin and Felix Lpftin spoke in favor of the measure. Mesa. H. E. Shaw and Emmet Wooten, passing, called in. and Mr. Shaw was called out and Bpoke in behalf of the measure. . The feature of the occasion was the comments of Mr. Curtis Loftin. He snid he had Scripture for his position, and tnat it was the parable of the talents Said he: "It is apparent the man with the ten talents represented the white man tLe man with the five talents the white man in the Republican party, and the one with one talent represented the negro For 35 years the negro has been intrusted with the one talent: he has buried it. and has been a dismal failure in the exercise of his trust. Now the day of reckoning is come. The uood Book says that the one talent shall be taken from the one-talent man and given, not to the man with five talents, but to the man with ten talents. So it is with the conditions today, The one talent (the right to vote and bold office) is to be takeii from the negro and given to the white man, represented by the ten talents,- and not to the white ite- publicans, represented by the five-talent men." - There were many good bits made by the supporters of White Supremacy, driv ing their opponents into the last hole. They tried to hide their opposition be hind the "1908" clause, saying that boys would oe disirancnisea; They were toid that they could not be disfranchised that boys were not allowed to vote any more than women, and it was an insult to the white boys in Lenoir county to say that they could not learn to read and write in eurbt vears. If the white men who fear that the boys ever will be hurt by this amendment, will consult the white women in their neighborhood tbey will engage to teach the sons of parents who are too poor to send them to a free schoo. so they may vote under the amendment. LaGRANGE ITEMS. . i Free Press Burkao, - ' LaGbanoe, June 25, 1909. Prof. Joseph Kinsey. of Wilson, is visit ing nere. Mr. Edwin Wooten has returned home from Mt. Olive. , . Mr. W. P. Kornegay; of Mt, Olive, is visiting at Mr. S. I. Wpoten'a.' . The LaGrange baseball team will play the Kinston team, at Kinston, on July 2, Mr. A. B. Newland has been appointed master of tratreportation of the A. &JN.U. roilrnn1 I Miss Carrie Wooten' has returned from Washington, D. C where she bad been attending school. v . Mrs. Gunter. after soendinir soma time visiting her 'Bister, Mrs. T. K. Kouse, re turned to Wilson today, ; A chapter of orphans from Oxford will give an entertainment at the High School at night on July 10th. "He that giveth to the poor, lendeth to the Lord." Mr. David G. Turner, in attempting to get off the mail train Monday afternoon, fell, and lour or five car wheels passed over his shoe-heel, without injury, how ever, to his loot, it was an exciting mo ment po the many spectators. Mr. Charlie Sutton, while returning home from here Saturday night, was shot in the hip. Dr. Hadley probed for the ball, but failed to find it The shootins happened near the cemetery while be was in company with others, and is supposed to have been accidental. The poop or raised after deck of a ship over which floated the national flag was considered to be always per vaded by the presence of the sovereign. As the worshiper of whatever rank re moves his hat upon entering the church so from the admiral to the powder monkey every member of the ship's company as be set foot upon the poop saluted the deck." the Invisible pres ence. But since in steamers mere u often no lee side the custom In them bas completely died . out. St Louis Post-Dispatch. , A TsDck Jot at. The boarder who was earring the roast beef at the request of tee land- .'y laid down the knife and fork and took a short rest. "TLe rpfrlt is wcncs," he remarked. tct tbe f csh Is stron;." .s r.r? iff' t. c-.rr t t t ' ? r ' ! ' ; ' : : , i 1 3 - I If r '? ttry v STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. At Greensboro Monday night Ab. Al ston shot and fatally wounded Lula Carr. Both colored, Alston escaped. The Coast Line has let a contract for the erection of additional machine shops at South Becky Mount, to cost f 18,000. The Republican club of Upward, N. C, has passed ringing resolutions declaring in favor of the amendment and white supremacy and against nigger-rule and boss-rule. Greenville Beflector: Another robbery occurred Saturday night at Mildred, be tween Bethel and Tarboro. The store of Mr. Marion Cobb was broken into and what cash was left in the money a rawer, ana a quantity oi gooas stolen. Senator Marion Butler is eending out a circular as Populist State chairman, which he says is the most important of the campaign. It calls- on the Populists to see that every man in tbeir party is registered, and to give all aid to that end. , The Democrats have organized White Supremacy clubs in all the counties of North Carolina save ten. The purpose was to have one in each township, mak ing some 1,400 clubs, but there will be more, as in Dare county, with only five townships, there are nine, and in Bertie, with nine townships, there are twenty clubs. Key. H, C. Williams, a negro preacher, of Waynesville, in a sermon at Asheville Sunday declared thaj; the negro is nbt fit to vote and that it is best to take the ballot from him, A negro mob went to the house where Williams was staying after the service. Three ' went in ana threatened him with death if he did not leave at once. The police dispersed the mob and have Williams and wife under protection. Newborn Journal: A very unfortunate occurrence, resulting In the death of a boy, took place near Maple Cypress Sun day. Mrs. William Gaskina went to visit Mrs. Thomas White, taking, with her her son about 7 years of age.. Mrs. Gaskins has a boy of about tbe same age. While ' their mothers were talking tbe boys went into another room and soon afterwards the reoort of a Distol was heard. The . ftnakina hn xtrna fannA lvlnff nrrnM ft. bed with a bullet in his head and death resulted from the wound. The boys had gotten hold of the weapon in some way while playing, with the fatal result to young Gaskins. By Ithe bursting of a cylinder head oi an ammonia pump Monday morning three white workmen are lying at bt. I'etors Hospital at Charlotte in a very serious scondition. A negro waa also badly burned. The pump was sent to Charlotte from Salisbury ,to the Mecklenburg Iron Works for repairs, and it seems that ttfima ommnnla rmnr. inti T.nm Avlinlai through a leak in the casing. When the cylinder was heated gas generated, re sulting in a terrific explosion. It waa .heard all over the western portion of the city, f ragments of iron varying from the smallest size to pieces of SO pounds in weight, flew with terrible force in every direction. . . , Oxford Ledger: Will any man of Anglo- Saxon descent, allow himself to be fooled and led by the pie-bunting, nigger-loving falsifying, federal office-holder, or job promised Republicans? Stop and think a moment. There is not a white man in this county against the amendment who has not already had a job, or expects one or has been promised one by the Republicans. Every white man who comes to you and asks you to vote ! against the amendment, will be a man who bas been bought with a ' price. Wonld yon believe anything a white man told yon who thinks a negro equally as , good as himself? The man who says that tbe amendment will disfranchise any white man knows it will not and , only says it to mislead the ignorant. Envoys Say War Will Go On. Y " New York. Jane 24.Tbe Boer envoys, Fischer, U. 11. Weasels and A. D. W. Wolmarans, at the Manhattan Hotel to night, said they were engaged in the, ' preparation of a statement covering the , situation in South Africa and the result of tbeir visit to this country. It will be probably completed and ready by tomor row cisrht. Mr. Fischer, speaking for himself and his colleagues, said: "Our visit to this country has been successful froai the point . of view that we have ascertained that the great bulk of tbe American people pie ajjainft the armed forces of Great JJntain. This fact was plainly demon strated from the sentiment displayed at all the "meeting that we attended, both jointly and separately. As to tiie present conditions w bonta Africa, the tnrmies which were enter tained by ns have happened. Tbe war is not yet orpr ly ey r nns, nor does the "T ci a f-'wci; .fM town ryti.e vast Tr . .1 trrv csn purrf; ! r." re w. 1 1 a f ir?-! 'I d '-"Titration 1 I ,! ! t; i. 1 j r. ; '. t n honor Ts pi
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