PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT, SUNDRY,
Vol; III No. 73
KINSTON, N. C, SATUBDAY, JUNE 30, 1900.
Price Two Cents.
MMRALJEIS,
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
B.H. Snell was hanged at Washington,
D. C, Friday, for the murder of Lizzie
; Leisenberger, with whom he was infat-
uatea. -
; An unknown woman committed suicide
by jumping from the Bay Line steamer
Georgia on her trip from Baltimore to
Norfolk Wednesday night, v
" The Suffolk, Va., saw mill company's
dry kilns were destroyed byfireThursday
night, inclading the mill plant and sev
eral houses. Loss f 100,000.
' The Prohibitionists in their" national
convention nominated John G. Woolley,
of Illinois, for president, and Henry B.
Metcalf, of Rhode Island, for vice-presi
dent. .
There is resentment among negroes in
Tlimtflvi p. Ala., because oi emorcemens
f of the rules of the street car company re
garding the separation 'of the races on
the cars, and motormeu have been made
Bpecial deputies to stop disorders ' ,
Judge Van Wyck, of New Yorkays:
r "I believe that Delaware, Maryland. West
Virginia and Kentucky will return to the
old homestead of Democracy, and the
New York delegation will earnestly urge
the national Democracy, by their course
in the convention, to aid the organized
Democracy of New l'ork to get back
within the fold those who left us in
IHQft
Richard Croker, of New York, said a
few days ago that he had changed his
opinions on .free Bilver. A year ago he
said that the silver question was dead,
and that no one could be elected president
on that issue. "It is every man's right
to change his opinion when he discovers
- he has made a mistake," remarked Mr.
Croker. 'l believe that Bryan will be
elected. The itepuuiicans will De on tne
defensive. ' There will be an uprising of
. the people against . the McKinley admin'
' istration." . 1
The Republicans carried Oregon by
10,000 majority; but a proposed amend
ment of the state constitution, repealing
that section of the instrument which Tor
bids "any free negro or mulatto to come,
mfltito or be within the state, or hold an.
real estate, or make any contracts, or
maintain any suit therein," was rejected
Theoretically, the negro man is a floe fel
low, a desirable citizen on election day
and (rood material with which to diver
sify the politics and the industry pf the
nation. But the practical opinion of the
theorizers is expressed in the Oregon vote
of continued ostracization. Philadelphia
Record.
f Hosier For Scholars, r
, Honey and bread was a great neat
with Pythagoras and bis scholars and
counted a sufficient food for a tern
perate life," wrote Dr. Thomas Muffett
Jin . 1575, , "for bread strengthens the
body, and honey both nourishes much
end also cleanseth away superfluities.
"Polio Romulus being asked by An
(Justus, the emperor, how be lived so
long! By nourishing (salth he) my la-
Krards with honey and my outward
fcarts with ayle. The like answer like.
,-wlse made Democritus, being demand
ed the like question. Furthermore, It
Is so general a meat through Russia
tLXi. the children eat It on their bread
very morning as ours do butter to
their breakfast; with whom and with
old - men it agreeth exceeding well.
cleansing their breasts, opening their
pipes, warming their stomachs, resist
lag putrefaction and engendering sweet
and commendable blood. Raw honey
is never good, therefore clarify it thor
oughly at the fire; also let it be honey
that ran and was never puffed out of
the combs and of young bees rathel
than old, feeding upon thime, rose
mary, flowers and such sweet and
wholesome herbs. -Then - may -you
boldly give it as meat to young chil
dren, to cold and moist complexions
and to rheumatic old men, especially
ia northern countries and cold climates
and in the winter months."
Blr4a ad 'Old" Colaa. .
A French physician lately had an op
portunity to observe a polnte da Tarls
.which had been lying for several days
la the stomach of a child and found
that the gastric Juice bad acted upon
tie smallest particles of the article
blunting the Made and point and giv
ing the medal a brown color. Ia thlf
manner nilsht.be explained the process
fcj la Italy to produce cIJ coins anJ
r:e.Ial. Larpe birds are made to swal
low rouLly stmi!;tHl coins with tie
!::..! r cf TiN-rlu cr Calula. After
a-.-.'.. '? tLc an'L .ils clve c a.ila the
f ' r;v-i wlk'.i t.f33tL!I a ?
: .'. layer cf i t.ai fc-rmeJ
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
M AclSopP'enenttl to an Act Entitled
. "An Act to Amend the Constitution of
North Carolina," Ratified Febrnary 21
1899, the Sane Being .Chapter Two
Hundred and Eighteen of the Public
, Laws of 1899.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do Enact:
, Section I. That chapter ai8. public laws of .1800.
entitled: - "An Act to Amend the Constitution of
North Carolina," be amended so at to make said act
read as follows: - '-
. That Article six of the Constitution of North Caro
lina h mnA thm tame is hereby nbrnroted. and in lieu
thereof shall be substituted the following article of
said Constitution, as an entire and indivisible plan of
suffrage:
ARTICLE VI.
SUFFRAGE AND ELIGIBILITY TO OFFICE.
Section 1. Every male person born in the United
States, and everv male Derson who has been natural-
zed, si years of age, and possessing the qualified
uons set out. in inn anisic, suuu u ciiumcu cu .uic
at any election by the people in the State, except as
herein otherwise provided.
Sec. , He shall have resided in the State of
North Carolina for two years, in the county six
montns, ana in me precinct, wara or oiner eieuupn
district, in which he offers to vote, four months next
proceeding the election: Provided, that removal
from one DiVcinct. ward or other election district, to
another in the same county, shall not operate to de
prive any person of the light to vote in the precinct,
ward or other election district trom which he haa re
moved until four months alter such removal. JNo
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
after be, imprisonment in the State's prison, shall be
permitted to vote unless the said person shall be first
restored to citizenship in the manner prescribed by
law.
. Sec. 3. Every person offering to! vote shall be at
the time a legally registered voter as herein pre-
SCrjDeu, B1IU HI uie lliumicr- iicicuilci iivtiugu vy
law, and the general assembly of North Carolina
shall enact general, registration laws tc carry- into
affect the nrovisions of this article. : v
.Sec. 4. . Every person presenting himself for reg
istration shall be able to read anti write any section
of the constitution in the English language; and be
fore he shall be entitled to vote Be shall have paid
on or before the first day of May of the year in which
he proposes to vote his poll tax for the previous year
as prescribed by Article 5, Section I, of the constitu
tion. But no male person, who was, on January 1,
1867, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote
tmrlor the laws of anv' State in the United States
wherein he then resided, and no lineal descendant of
any such persoo shall be denied the right to register
and vote at any election in this State by reason of
his failure to possess the educational qualifications
herein prescribed: Provided, he shall have regis
tered in accordance wnn me terms 01 mis section
prior to December 1, 1008.
The i-eneral assembly shall provide for the reeis
tration of all persons entitled to vote without the ed
ucational qualifications herein prescribed, and shall
1. - r kt . 0 n ,.'.a .u. 1,
Oil ur UCIUIV numuuci . , iyuu( p.v..u iui uib .Hiv
ing of a permanent record of such registration, and
aUpersons so registered shall forever thereafter nave
the neht to vote in all elections bv the people in this
State, unless disqualified uuder Section a, of this ar-
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tax as above required.
Sec. 5. That this amendment to the constitution is
presented and adopted as one indivisible plan for the
regulation of the suffrage, with the intent and pur
pose to so connect the different parts, and to make
them so dependent upon eacn otr.er mat tne wnoie
shall stand or fall together.
' See. A. AH elections by the people shall be by
ballot and all elections by the general assembly shall
be viva voce. : . .
Sec. 7. Every voter in North Carolina, except -as
)n this article disqualified, shall be eligible to office,
but before entering uponAhe duties of the office, he
shall take ana suoscnoe me louowing oatn:
"I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will support and maintain the constitution ana
laws of the United States and the constitution and
laws of North Carolina not inconsistent therewith,
and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of my
orhce, as.V. so help me Ood."
Sec. 8. The following classes of person shall be
disqualified for office: ' First, all persons who shall
deny the being of Almighty God. Second,- all per
sons who shall have been convicted, or confessed
their guilt on indictment pending, and whether ten
tenced or not, or under juagment suspenaeo, 01 any
treason or felony, or of any other crime, for which
the punishment may be imprisonment in the peniten
tiary, since Dec jming citizens 01 me unicea states,
or of corruption or malpractice in office; unless such
person shall be restored to the rights of citizenship in
manner prescribed bylaw-.
' Sec. 0. That this amendment to the constitution
shall go into effect on the first day of July, toos, if
majority of votes cast at the next general election
shall be cast in tavor ot this suffrage amendment.
Sec. It. This amendment to the constitution shall
be submitted at the next Breneral election to the Qual
ified voters of the State, in the same manner and
under the same rules and regulations as is pro
vided in the law regulating general elections in tnu)
State, and at said elections those persons desiring to
vote lor such amendment shall cast a written or
printed ballot withthe words: "For Suffrage Amend
ment" inereon; uu ngN wi in a tvnerary opmioa
shall cast a written or printed ballot with the words
"Againit Sunrage Amendment" thereon.
Sec III. The votes cast at said election shall be
counted, compared, returned and canvassed, and the
result announced and declared under the same rules
and regulations, and in the same manner as the vote
for coventor, and if a maioritv of the votes cast are
in favor of the said amendment, it shall be the dutv
of the governor of the State, upon being notified of
uie result 01 saiu vici-uun, 10 cerwy saia amenunieni
nder the seal of the State, to the secretary of state.
who shall enroll the said amendment, so certified,
among tne permanent recoras 01 nis omce.
Sec IV. That this act shall be in force from and
after its ratification.
In the EeneraJ assembly read three times, and rat
ified this 13th day 01 June, 1900,
. . j - l A. Ktl.ULDS,
. 1 President of the Senate.
- . H. li, CONNOR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
State of North Carolina, i
Office of Secretary of State, )
I. Cvrus 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 of this orhce.
n -itnest whereof. I have hereunto eet SQY hand
and ah. xed ny official seal.
Don m omce at Kaleigh, this the 15IA day of
June, in the year of our
Lord 1
CYRUS THOMPSON,
Secretary of State.
000.
(Seal.)
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Foreign Ministers Werd Not With
Belief Expedition. Oonyer Prob
ably Dead. One. Report That The
Legations Are Still at PeJdn. '
Washington, June 29. The navy de-
)artment thia morning reived the fol
owing rablejrram from Admiral Kempff:
Cbee Foo, June 29. Fekin relief expedi
tion now in Tien Tain with 200 sick and
wounded. ' Ministers and Pekin party
not with them. No news from them. .
' 1 Kempff.
The department also was advised this
morning that Admiral Kemey, on the
Brooklyn, has arrived at Hong Kong en
route to Taku. The Brooklyn will Bail
tomorrow for Taku via Nagasaki.
. Washington, June 29. Admiral Kempff
today acknowledged the error he had
made in .reporting - the presence of the
foreign ministers with Admiral Seymour's
column eight miles out from Tien Tsin.
His cablegram this morning admits that
there is no knowledge of their where
abouts and it is assumed that the error
in the first report arose from the ad
miral's acceptance of a rumor that was
very generally current at the time the
cablegram was sent. .
AGREEMENT BY THE POWERS.
Spheres of Influence, Commercial
Convention, Troops in China, v
' raris, June 29. A representative of the
Associated Press was informed today
that, as a result of negotiations between
the powers, an agreement has been ar
rived at which provides for the mainten
ance of the statu quo, as regards spheres
of influence and commercial agreements,
guarantees and compensations which will
be demanded from China. - '
According '' to the understanding the
international army of occupation will
consist of 8(7,000 men. Russia and Japan
will provide 12,000 each, Great - Britain
will provide 10,000 men. France 8,000,
and Germany, America and the other
powers 5,000 each, v
.The Russian army corp in Siberia,
which has just been mobilized, will only
cross the Chinese frontier- in the event of
the crisis being aggravated, A
. Legations Still at Pekin.
London. June 29, 6 p. m.-.The British
consul atChee Foo wires the foreign office
today that a meesege from Pekin to the
Taotai of Customs at Tien Tsin Bays the
foreign legations are still at Pekin.
" , RELIEF OP SEYMOUR. ,.
Found Entrenched and Surrounded
by Hordes of Chinese. Fifteen
Days Continuous Fighting.
London. June 29. 4 a. m. The casual
ties of the international force attacking
Tien Tsin were: v " r ,
Americans Killed, three; wounded,
two. British killed, two; wounded, one.
Germans killed, lo; wounded. 2 1. Rus
sians killed,-two; wounded, 87.
The iron fire of the Americans and ttnt-
Lish is described as "Deautiful."
After the relieving force pusned on to
relieve Admiral Seymour, Chinese regu
lars under Gen. Nieb, says a dispatch
from Shanghai, again attacked Ties Tsin
fiercely and bombarded the foreign set
tlement with a terrible fire. "
Col. Dorward. British, commanded the
column that relieved Admiral Seymour.
American marines participated in the
achievement. The admiral was found
entrenched and surrounded by immense
masses of Chinese, who were driven off
by the relieving force after a brisk fight.
His men bad made a brilliant resistance,
never failing in courage for 15 days of
continuous fighting. During ten days
the men were on quarter rations. Tbey
started with provisions for ten days and
they could have held out a day or two
longer. The column was a few miles be
yond Lofa. Deeming it hopeless to at
tempt to break through the hordes. Ad
miral Seymour essayed a night retreat
toward Tien Tsin: but he came into col
lision with a stroDg force of Chinese ar
riving from the northwest and could
neither advance nor retreat. There was
nothing to do bit to entrench and to
stand sifge. lie vainly attempted hello-
graphic communication.
(Seymour s men cauzot several Chinese
who said the legations bad been burned
and the ministers killed. Others said
the ministers had been imprisoned.
Fusion Cpeatinj in Wayne.
3oldbboro. X. C, Joes 20. J. II. Mew-
boorne and Dr. Fox Person addressed an
audience of 53 rerroes and 42 white men
atPikerille t.a evening. Uben Person
ictrod'Jced Mwboorce there were 40
bite men end S i negroes. Soon' after
l!ewboorrie ! ".n t! e ncroler was n-
verfed. lb ere v, as little enthusiasm.
A contract l as t n awarded to a
Us' -'r. frn f;.r l-r.iidirir tb ofWrs'
c"-7 r- 1 1 --r'. '. at Fort Caswell.
t. ? r z;h c ' t' f p-e F, .r river, to
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THE CHURCHES.
Services will be held at the churches in
Kinston tomorrow as follows, to which
every Doay w invitea: . .
Methodist Church. 5
Rav. J. Brvsn nt Gnldsltrirfi. tren
nrA.1 nnriArintitnnnnt of Sundav schools
of the State, is expected to preach at
The evening service will be held at8:15
Sunday school at 9:15 ft. m.
Epworth League at 4 p. m. . s
Christian Church. '
. Xn nrearhintr tomorrow. ; ; . ;
The communion service will be held at
10:30 a.m.
'. Sunday school at 9:15 a. m. '
.;, Episcopal Church.
Services both morning and 'evening.
Sunday school at 9:15 a. ra. ,
,- Services held in the grand jury room.
. ,- Presbyterian Church.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 0 p. m ? A
Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.
The quarterly communion . will be held
in the mornng, .
, Baptist Church.
Rev. J. E. White, v corresponding secre
tary of State mission board, will preach
hnth mnrninsr and evenimr. Mr, White
is easily one of the best speakers in the
State. All are especially invuea xo near
him. ' '
' At night the ordinance of baptism will
oe aaminiBiereu uv tuu iwwr,
Sunday school at 9:80 a.m.
B. Y. P. U. meets Monday evening.
., ,- The Chapel. :
' Sunday school at 9 a. m.
Preaching in the afternoon.
'Prayer meeting every Friday night.
Christian Science.
Services everv Sunday morninir at 11
o'clock in the opera house". .
NEW REGISTRATION.
An Entire New Registration is Re
quired; Books Open Thursday,
June 28th, 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 necessary..
The books open at 9 o'clock n.' Ui.f-on
above date and close at sunset Saturday,
July 21. 19U0.
The books are to be kept open each
day (except Sunday) between the hours
of nine o clock a. m. and sunset.
On Saturday, June SO, Saturday. July
14, and Saturday, July 21, the registrar
is required to attend at the polling places
in his precinct with his books lor the reg
istration of voters.
The registrar is required to attend at
the polling place in bis precinct on Satur
day, July 28, 1900, for the purpose of
allowing an inspection oi nis books and
entering any challenges that may be
made.' -,. ;-'
But challenges may be made on the
day of election. ;, ; .
No registration can be allowed after
July 21, 1900, unless the person offering
to register has become qualified since
that date, and in that event bo may reg
ister on election day. ' '
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' ':. ' . PobcIsIbsx Ens.' .
Break an egg carefully into a coffee
cup and sprinkle it lightly with salt
and pepper. Have ready a small stew
pan containing some boiling beef tea
which has been nicely seasoned. Care
fully slip the egg into the pan and
poach It in the. usual way. When it is
done, place it on a rather thick round
of buttered toast. Thicken a small
quantity of beef tea quickly with a lit
tle corn flour and pour it over the egg.
Another way of serving a poached
egg ia as follows: 'Break a new laid
egg into a buttered teacup, season it
with salt and pepper and place the cup
In a stewpan containing sufficient boil
ing water to reach rather more than
half way up the cup. ' As sqpn as the
egg la set turn it carefully on to a piece
of hot,' buttered toast. While the egg
U cooking boll a. small quantity of
cream in a saucepan, season It with a
little celery, salt and pepper and add a
teaspoonful of chopped' parsley to it
Pour the cream over the egg and serve
at once. New York Post.
" SobbcI Teth.
Bound teeth not only add to one's
comfort, but -they prevent disease.
Many diseases of the eye, ear and cav
ities of the head are traceable to un
sound teeth, and there Is not a disease
to which the body Is liable that is not
ajrijravated by on unhealthy condition
ef the teeth. Eye diseases are espe
cially common as the result of poor
teeth. These oCectlons may vary from
a t'.mrle dlmncsi of !?ht to total blind
toss, tLe fvmptoms. however, nsuallj'
dlsarrarin? TvLcn the teeth are at
tended to. Toor tectb are. moreover,
a common rruc, of iLidlgrcstlon. for
pood (l otion an take place only
TfUa tic (oinl H thorcuslily castlcat
el.a:: 1 U f-c-;;z 1 find tca'iby
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STATE NEWS
Interesting1 North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form.
Robert P. Howell, Jr.. of Goldsboro,
has been appointed a cadet at West.
Point. , '., . '
A mass meeting in Greensboro Friday
night declared that the business interests
of the city have prospered since the dis
pensary was established.
Special Master Martin has filed his re
port in the Carolina Central's fertilizer
case, against the corporation commis
sioners. It ia favorable to the latter.
' Chatham Record: Siler City haa be
come quite a market for onions. In one
day last week two merchants there ship
ped eighty bushels. Some ot the farmers
near there make more money raising
onions than any other crop. .
Webster's Weekly: The peach crop in
this section will probably be the largest
in mauy years.' Even the chronic grow
ler has no room for complaint unless it
be that there is danger of the trees break
ing down uuder their precious burden, v
The State charters the Central Carolina
Fair association, which will have its
racetrack and fair grounds at Greens
boro. The capital stock is $25,000,
with privilege of increase to f 50,000.
The association asks for all the privileges
given the State fixfr at Kaleigh.
Chairman - Simmons v says that the
Republicans and Populists, are making
a desperate effort to secure the next legis
lature, so when that body comes to can
vass the vote on the amendment they
can throw out enough counties to defeat
the measure. Chairman Simmons says
the plan will not succeed. - .
The secretary of the State board of
heulth has completed his report on small
pox in North Carolina for the twelve
months ended April 30. It shows that
there were 2,800 cases. The death rate
was 5 per cent. During the fifteen
months previous there were only 616
cases. In the counties of Guildford and
Rockingham there were 1,029 cases and
29 deaths.
Mrs. A. A. Smith, a widow who has
efficiently filled the position of clerk in
the revenue office at Winston for nearly
8 years, was notified that uo allowance
had been made for salary after June 80 th.
Mrs. Smith whs working under, civil
service, and asnochargecould be brought
against her, the above plan was devised
to give her place, which pays f 1,000 a
year, to a Republican. .
Lumberton Robeaonian: It has been said
that the negro bad been relegated to
back seats in the Republican conventions
this year. This does not apply to
Robeson county. In the Republican con
vention held here Saturday there were
probably a hundred (87 when we count
ed) negroes and five white men Dr. Nor
ment, Esq. Proctor, Ed. Shooter, S.
Albin and a man named Wilkes,, we
believe. - - :
' Intimidating Registrars! , '
Chatham Record. .'
There seems to be a conspiracy on the
part of the fusion leaders to make an
effort to intimidate atd bulldoze Demo,
cratic registrars by threats of arrest by
federal officers.
1 n rtfa aruMMri t.ha HAniilmnan mnvAn.
ticn, held here last Monday, Mr. A. M.
Self, in his blundering manner, accident
ally "let the cat out of the bag" and dis
closed a part of this conspiracy. u
lie turned to tne large negro part oi
his audience and told them that, if any
one of them was denied the right to reg
ister, he must go at once to a United
States commissioner (naming bim) and
get a warrant for the arrest of the regis
trar. And. Tjullintr out oi his Docket a
Eackageof papers, Mr. Self said tbey were
lank warrants which he had obtained
for the purpose of having such registrars
arrested. '
Well, all we have to say is, we dare Mr.
Self or any of his negro allies to try to
have any registrar arrested, and ha will ,
very quickly find out that the true white
men of Chatham will not tolerate any in
terference or arrest by fusion or federal
officers.
BASEBALL. "
Fkiday.
Boston 2. Cincinnati 3.
Chicago 1, Brooklyn 0.
Ft Louis 4, New York 8.
Pittsburg 2, Philadelphia 4.
BTAXDIKO OF TH CLUBS.
v Woo.. Lost. PerCt
Brooklyn..-.
. 35 18 .660
Philadelphia..
Bo ton.-
Pitteburg.l.
33
27
J28
24
22
26
28
29
30
28
32
.600
.509
.500
.453
.455
.440
.373
Cincinnati..
Chicago it
22
19
St. Louis.
Naw York-..
State League Games. -Feidat.
Wilmington 3. Raleigh 2.
Charlotte 7, Durham 8.
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