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PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDHY, Vol. in No. 74. KINSTON, N. 0.; MONDAY. JULY 2, 1900. Price Two Cents GEIIERAL, HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. " Webster Davis will attempt to get f nlank in. the Democratic platform ex Dressing sympathy for the Boers. He " tried but failed with the Republican, con vention. - A landslide occurred at Ilartsell Hill. 13 miles below Decatur, Ala., on the Louisville & Nashville railroad Friday, ' One negro and two white men were killed , and it is thought several others Bbared the same late. ' Owing to the feeling at Montgomery, Ala., Gov. Heard, of Louisiana, has re fused to honor a requisition lor canlord , Jacobi, a prominent youDg man of Baton , Bouge, accused of attempting criminal assault in the Alabama capital. A story is in circulation that plans have been perfected to nominate- Bryan on July 4th, even if the other business of the convention, sucn as permanent organiza tion, committee on credentials and even the platform should have to be post- At Pittsburg, Pa., Friday, one fireman . was killed and 11 others, were injured, and nearly $300,000 worth of property was destroyed by a fire that broke out in the machine shop of the BestManufac k turing Co. on Twenty-fifth street, shortly . after 6 o'clock. :.- Probably crazed by drink, E. M. Davis shot Dr. W. 8. Alrith Saturday night in Live Oak, Fla. Two shots took effect. Davis was arrested An examination of ' the victim's wounds showed that the only hope for bim was an operation, and a special train was chartered. and Dr. ' Airith was taken to Atlanta. It is feared that bis injuries are mortal. : Bear Admiral John W.Phillip, com mandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, died (Saturday afternoon of heart disease, During the war with Spain be command' , ed the battleship Texas and participated in the destruction of Cervera s jteeu. .On being raised to the grade of rear admiral by the passage of the naval personnel , bill, he became commandant of the navy , yarp at .Brooklyn. - . - f That street car strike in St. Louis was indeed ' most dreadful. I The Louisville r nnnrinpInnrnnl davb that 1 fl hn.va hoon killed, 75 wounded with bullets, 108 otherwise injured: more than a dozen women beaten, and 81 cars wrecked The strikers have lost wages amounting to nearly 1300,000, and most of them bave lost their jobs permanently; while the city has lost millions. At Columbia, S.C., Friday evening Mrs. Bell Graddick was acquitted of poisoning ' her husband. A verdict of guilty was ex- Twwtofl hv fiAfpnrlnnr, una RnArtAtnrii and a dramatic scene followed the reading of the verdict. Mr. Uraddick, a grocer o Columbia, was slowly poisoned in Feb ruary with arsenic. A young man, rep resented as Mrs. Garrick's lover, was first , arrested as accessory, but was not tried. The woman is young and fine looking, The United States warship Oregon struck on a reef and stove a rock through her side, near the island of floo Kie, in the MiaoTao group, 50 miles north of Che Foo, Friday. The vessel was under orders to speed as fast as possible, and it seems that no blame attaches to her com mander. It in not known yet whether the vessel can be saved or not. The Ore gon is one ol tne nnest vessels In our navy. - Her total cost was $6,515,032. a A terrible - catastrophe happened at Hoboken.N.Y., Saturday, fire consuming many million dollars worth oi property and causing the loss of many lives. The four great piers of the North German ijiuyu iiue were wuwy uesiroyea. i ne passenger steamship Saale, the freight 1 J 11 ' A A 11 .1 A mi and passenger steamship Alain, and the freight and passenger steamship Bremen, of the North German line, were burned to the water's edge. The Hamburg line steamship 1'hoenicia, a passenger steam ship, was also burned to the water's edge. Campbell's-storage warehouses, on the opposite side of the street, five large buildings in all and each five etoiies high, were consumed. The loss is estimated at over $10,000,000. It is not yet known how many lives were lost by drowning and flames, but it is known to be great. One man reports having seen SO persons perish. . Near Martinsville, W. Va., 200 laborers on a new railroad being built, after being paid off at their camp, got drunk and wanted to go to town. Their gang boss, James Underwood, ordered them not to go, as be wanted them to work next day. Several insisted on going, and Underwood drew bis revolver and ordered tbem back. "Doc".Swaney and Tom Gilpin, two of the leaders, defied Underwood and got the others in tue garg into a state of mutiny. As Swript and Gi!pin were leading tbe mob. Underwood shot Swa Dey throrch the heart. Several were armed wiih clut s.the contractors baring wNf-'y rrcr..: itej r reams in tne camps. (., ,1 1-1 t' noli toward Underwood, wl.-js' nt (i.'r-n tbrorsh the body and f i. lie was L.iOwei r ar. r to Martins Tiiie, t-tti r'jr-:rrs we- 0Tertrte tim. I'cf.rwp t to crurfc t? 1 1 5 8 C r ;- CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. An Act Supplemental to an Act Entitled "Ad Act to Amend the Constitution of North Carolina," Ratified February 21, ' 1899, the Same Being Chapter Two Hundred and Eighteen of the Pontic Laws of 1899. The General Assembly of North Carolina do Enact: Section I. That chapter i8, public laws of 1899, entitled:' "An Act to Amend the Constitution of North Carolina," bo amended so as to make said act read as follows; That Article six of the Constitution of North Caro lina be and the same is hereby abrogated, and in lieu thereof shall be substituted the following article of said Constitution, as an entire and indivisible plan of suffrage: , AKllV.Lt VI. SUFFRAGE AND ELIGIBILITY TO OFFICE. Section t.'-- Every male person born in the United States, and every male person who has been natural, zed. at years of aee. and possessing the aualifica tions set out in this article, shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people in the state, except as herein otherwise provided. Jaee. a. He snail nave resided in the State ol North Carolina for two years, in the county sue months. "and in the precinct, ward or other election district, in which lie offers to vote, four months next receeding the election: ' Provided, that removal rom one precinct, 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 has re- moved until four months after such removal. ... No person who has been convicted, or who has confessed his guilt in ooen 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 ananner prescribed by law... : Sec. t. Every person offering to vote shall be at the time a legally registered voter as herein pre scribed, and in the manner hereafter provided bv law, and the general assembly of North Carolina shall enact general registration laws tc carry into enect the provisions of this article. sec. 4. fcvery person presenting himself lor reg istration shall be able to read and write any section of the constitution in the English language; and be fore he shall be entitled to vote he shall have paid on or before the first day of Mav of the year in which he proposes to vote his poll tax for the previous year as prescriDea by Article 5, section 1. 01 toe constitu tion. Hut no male person, who was, on January 1867. or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote tinder the laws of anv State in the United States wherein he then resided, and no lineal descendant of any such person shall be denied the right to register and vote at anv election in this State bv reason of his failure to possess the educational qualifications herein prescribed: , Provided,- he shall have regis tered in accoraance witn tne terms 01 tsiis section prior to December t, 1008. X he general assembly shall provide lor the regis tration ot all persons entitled to vote without th ed ucational qualifications herein prescribed, and shall on or before November 1, 1908, provide for the mak ing of a permanent record of such .registration, and alfpersons so registered shall forever thereafter nave the right to vote in all elections by the people in this state, unless disqualified uuder section a, ot this ar ticle;. Provided, such person shall have paid iis poll WAU KUVVS IB4UI1CU. - Sec. 5. That this amendment to the constitution is presented and adapted 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 tnera 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 sha; be viva voce. Sec. 7. - fcvery voter in North Carolina, except as in this article disqualified, shall be elidible to omce but before entering upon the duties of the oifice, he shall take and subscribe the following oath: "I do solemnly swear for affirm) that I will support and maintain the constitution and laws of the Lnited States and the constitution and laws of North Carolina not inconsistent therewith, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of my omce, as... So help me Ood. . Sec. 8. The following classes of persons shall be disqualified for office: First, all persons who ahall deny the being of Almighty God. Second, all per sons who shall have beets convicted, or confessed their guilt on indictment pending, and whether sen tenced or not, or under judgment suspended, of an treason or felony, or of anv other crime, for whtci the punishment mav be imprisonment in the peniten tiary, since becoming citizens of -the United States, or ot corruption or mal-practice in office; unless such person shall be restored: la the rights of citizenship in a manner prescribed by law. Seen. -1 hat this amendment to the constitution shall so into effect on the first day of lulv. 100. if majority of votes cast at the next general election shall be cast m favor of this suffrage amendment, Sec. II. This amendment to the constitution ahall be submitted at the next general election to the qual ified voters of the State, in the same manner and under the same rulei and 'regulations as is pro vided in the law regulating general elections in this State, and at said elections those persons-desiring to vote lor such amendment shall cast a written or printed ballot with the words: "For Suffrage Amend ment" thereon: and those with a contrary opinion shall cast a written or printed ballot with the words "Against suffrage Amendment" thereon. sec. 111. 1 he 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 governor, and if a majority of the votes cast are in 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 said amendment under the seal ol the state, to the secretary ot state, who shall enroll the said amendment, so certified, among the permanent records of his office. Sec IV. lhat this act shall be m force from and after its ratification. In the general assembly read three times, and rat ified this 13th day of June, 1000. . President of the Senate. H. G. CONNOR. Spcaler of the House of Representatives. - State of North Carolina. 4 seSti 1 Office of Secretary ol State, I . Lvrus Thompson, secretary of state of the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify the foregoing ano attacneo lour (41, sheets to fie a true copy trom tne records ot mis omce. In witness whereof, 1 have here tin to set my hand and ah ved my official seal. Done in omce at Kaleirh. this the irth day. of June, m toe year of our L-ora 1000. (Seal.) THOMPSON, Secretary of State. DoesitPayto Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for cooyhs and colds is all rkrlit, but too want something that will rtlieTe and cure the mors severe and f'angrmns results of throat and lung tix 'iMi-i. tiat r-tiall you do? bo to a waruirr amd roor rvpilar ciimattT Yea, if .oriiil-; if not 'tvihle- for you, then in ntur-r cuwf iiske iue oly rtHxuly that vn n introiin-J ia ail civi.-zJ coan- riV wiili rHj' t-ois ia wrtn? tl.roat and ' trva ok r.tf ( It not oti'.v t ) !- I ;r:i:.-n, f. hffilis nnJ ft. trcj t.e pr n-.r,it.n, t- v. t; 1 c tut .-j 1 ; " ' t' r 1 3 FOREIGN MINISTERS SAFE. Five Days Ago Given 24 Hours to Leave Pekla on the 18th, They .Refused. . ;-' Washington. June AO Thn navv dn. partment has received the following ca blegram irom Admiral nempil: "Che Foo, June 30th. , -'Secretary Navy, Washington. "Ministers at Tekin were given twenty four hours to leave on the 19th. Thev Mfimail Dn1 n on aftll ; 4l,Aan , TPI-n Tinl.l-1 luumiu uuu uii; oijii . buviv, iuo X O&IU relief forces got half way. They were attacked by imperial troops on the 10th Aicuaiia was in command, i? our were killed and 25 wounded. McCalla and ensign Taussig wouuded but not seri ously.- Now over 14,000 troops ashore, commander wise commands at Tonk Ku. In -charge of transportation, rail and river. ' The combined nationalities find it necessary to make use of some civilians to operate railway. (Signed) . , -" "Kempff." Our Polloy Toward China Un- changed.' ' Washington. Juue 80. For the first time since the break of communication wish Tien Tsn, news come today of the foreign ministers there, which the offi cials accept as accurate. Assurances coming from four separate sources that the ministers were safe.: bodily at least, up to five day 8 ago, seem to remove all aouDt on mat point, while tne agree ment oi tne dispatches ol Admiral Kempfi, of United States Consul Itagsdale at Tien Tsin, and Minister Wii'u advices to the effect that the ministers are etill in Pekin would seem to afford a solid basis for the acceptance of that statement. The news of the day, important though it is, has not yet changed the policy of the government towards China. There is nothing to show-that .the imperial government is -responsible to a degree warranting the declaration of a state of war. Therefore the plan is to push forward in the effort to bring away the foreign ministers, doing this side by side with the other powers, and leaving all other Questions for future determination. If the Chinese government ordered the attacks on our forces, then they have de clared war, and if that fact shall be es tablished, the government will act ac cordingly. On the iQfrher hand, if the Chinese government was"TioT" directly ' a party to the uprising, then it has de monstrated its incapacity and must reckon with the United States govern ment hereafter for the injuries inflicted upon its citizens and its interest. Mean while as our commanders in China ap- nnu l f wtk lAllAmmfV o rrtnais AAiiMa they will be left unhampered bv further pvti vf &sv iviiun lua M ui vivi vu ou( instructions at thisjuncture; and will not even be reinforced, unless they request it. The above were the conclusions bad at a cabinet council today. There is still no war with China. It may be noted that Admiral Kempffs prudent course, as set out in the news dispatches, and in the absence of official statements, meets the unqualified ap proval ol the administration. - : Settled Oot of Cort. A barrister, riding bis bicycle on a path was caught by a policeman.. The gentleman at once came off the path and tried to reason with the policeman. "You aren't really going to run me In for thlsr he asked. : "Yes. sir. I can't help It." ."Well, come in here (a public house close by), and we will talk about it" The policeman followed the gentle man, who ordered two glasses of beer, one for himself, the other for the po liceman, both of which were finished before he again remarked: "Surely you are not really going to make a fuss about this?" "I must sir. It's my business." "Ah! Then at the Brume time It will be my business to report you for drink ing beer while on duty." The policeman's expression sudden ly changed.', You're a lawyer, I suppose, sir?" Yes." ,', And a sharp one, too,': he said as he went out and left the gentleman to continue his ride. London Answer. AeeosnsaodatlBs; DIaesiaee. rerhaps the record for school attend ance belongs to a Walworth lad named Thomas Ward, who was never absent or late during his 11 years of school life, beginning with his fourth year. The local member of the school board for London tells the story that when the proud boy received the attendance medal for the eleventh year, which bad to be specially struck to meet his! case, the mother wis questioned as to I Low her boy had been able to make I so remarkable a record. lias r e bod he usual cLilorea s cotrs;la!ntsT she was ssked. "Yes, iir." Tie r. f aa!c 7" -Yes, f!r.- "Wloerjcg coujhT i "Yts, t'.r." , 0UEER WEDDING PRESENTS. Gift That TVcr Not Appreciated bjr Thoae Who Received Them. Even at a . marriage feast, as ft seems, there will sometimes be the cn vlous or the Jealous or tuu malicious. Av well known author received from a rival man of letters a Bcrapbook con talning a collection of all the adverse criticisms his works had ever received, while a popular artist was presented with a set of vlcmeutary works upon self- Instruction in drawing and paint ing. Not long since a gentleman who is a passionate devotee of bunting received as a bridal gift from on anonymous donor a complete set of raise limbs, a set of artificial teeth and a couple of glass eyesthe whole of which must have cost a considerable sum accom panied by a note, the writer of which trusted that, by reason of the recipl ent's many fulls' while following the hounds, some or all of these substitutes would ultimately prove of use. , An elderly, crusty tradesman, on espousing a spinster of mature age. was presented by a London undertaker with two coffins for himself and wife, whlcb. unlike roost of the other offer ings you will receive, are sure to be of service." The bridegroom i ,-nted this singular If useful gift, and It took all the efforts of mutual friends to prevent a breach of the peace. Equally vexatious was the girt re ceived from his neighbors by an in firm octogenarian who wedded a pleas ure loving woman more than CO years his Junior. It was a large brass cage, "intended" so ran : the subscribers' note "to restrain the wayward flights of a slddy young wife who has mar ried a decrepit old fool for bis money.' The husband of a lady whose great beauty hardly . atoned foi Uer sharp tongue fouud among bis wedding pres ents a scold's bridle or branks, a gift from hla wife's sisters, with the hope that, "if Kate makes your life as un bearable as 6be has made ours, you will not hes?tate to put the accompany ing offering to Its original use." Lon don Answers. ( Llrlng Without Noarlahment. There seems to be no philosophical necessity for food. We can conceive of organized beings living without nour ishment and deriving all the energy they need for the performance of their life functions from the ambient me dium. In a crystal we have the clear evldenceof the existence of a formative life principle, and,' though we cannot understand the Jife of a crystal. It Is none the less a living being. There may be, besides crystals, other such In dividualized, material systems of be ings, perhaps of gaseous constitution or composed of substance still more tenuous. In view of this possibility nay, probability we cannot apodelctic- ally deny the existence of organized beings on a planet merely because the conditions on the same are unsuitable . for the existence of life as we con ceive It We cannot even with positive assurance assert that some of tbem might not be present here, in this our world. In the very midst of us, for their constitution and life manifestlon may be such that we are unable to perceive them. Nikola Tesla in Century Mnga- tine.' Optician's Latin. niram bad returned home from col- lege where be bad won high honors as a student of the ancient languages, but he "fell down" one day when his sister, a demure young girl In her teens, ask ed him to translate a sign she bad seen In front of an optician's office which read thus: . COX ICLTTJ glBO CTT0 CBET CS. "Hiram struggled manfully with It Tor several minutes and gave ft up. "It isn't good LAtin.'.' he said. "There are some words m It that are Latin. but the others are either wrong In ter mination or are barbarisms from other languages, and. taken as a whole. It doesn't make sense." "That Is what said. rejoined his fearer, "but Kerarvh. out fn the kltch- rn. translates ft Uhout any trouble. Che says It rrrans, 'Consult us about your eyes." " Whereupon Hiram collapsed. Youth's Companion. One This) 5ee4fl. Irate Father (of pretty girl) What! Is It pcjsible you fccre again after the treatment you received hut night! Toucg Man Yes, sir. When you k!cLt J nf dorm ita!rt and set tee cog ca t.', U e-.'.l tore a urge piece frcra c; tr"ucr. STATE HEWS. , Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. It is learned from federal officials that all the federal convicts now in the North Carolina penitentiary are, next Monday, to be removed to the penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn. There are only seventy of them. While working on a telephone line Saturday at Charotte, Will King, a negro lineman, fell forty-five feet lo the ground, and died before aid arrived. The man's skull was crushed and he was otherwise injured about the body. The accident Tv as caused by the breaking of a cross bar. A number of people witnessed : King's fall. Ud to the first of the past week 771; white supremacy clubs hud been active! organized in the State and arrangements completed for organizing 222 this week. b u. Winston, who is onianizer for the State, says those counties which in 1898 did not bave any of these clubs Tare now, most anxious for them and that those county chairmen who at first thought them of little value are now most active in seeing that they are formed. ' Mr. Jas. Hickman, of the firm of Ilussell & Hickman, merchants of Granite Falls. was found early Friday morning with three empty laudanum vials near him, and a deep gash cut in his throat with a razor. He died a few minutes after he was found. No one, thus far, has given any reason for the rash act, though it has been intimated that he was finan cially embarrassed by some trade recently maderlle leaves a wire and one child. The corporation commission which has been busily engaged for several days in the matter of assessing the value of the railway, telephone, steamboat and telegraph property of the State, gave out the result of their work Saturday. There is but little change from the valuation of last year. The total valuation of the railroad, steamboat, telegraph and tele phone property in the State this year, was placed at $4,007,420. Total last year, fri3,771,G02. Difference, $235,824. Gov. Russell Saturday granted a respite of 30 days to Drayton Medlin, of Gaston county, who was under sentence - of death to bang July 7th. Medlin was convicted at the last term of the Gaston county court of the murder of Mr. Brown, superintendent of one of the Gastonia millH, and was sentenced to be banrred on July 7th. The condemned man is al lowed to live till August 7th, his attorney having promised to present to the gov ernor newly discovered evidence. Mr. F. I. Osborne, of Charlotte, is attorney for Medlin. One of the closest friends of Gov. Bus sell was asked what would bethelatter's attitude to wards the franchise amend ment to the constitution and in reply said that he did not have any idea that the governor wouia register or vote; mac ne felt it might be regarded as ungrateful by those who bad in years past supported him at the polls if he voted for the amendment. It was quite clear, to judge from what his friends said, that if be, did not think himself thus tram meled the governor would vote for the amendment. The States ville' Landmark tells of the elopement of a married I man, Will T. uowans, with ayounggiri.fcttAUodbey, in Iredell county recently Gowanswent to Salisbury Monday, taking a calf to sell, and while gone he sold his wagon and two horses. Tuesday night be re turned near the house of Mr, God bey, in a buggy, and took Mr. Godbey's daughter, Etta. The man leaves a nice wife and two boys, eight and nipe years old. The girl with whom he eloped is 20 years of age. Both are considered to be of good families. ,-- QUERTT.T.A OPERATIONS By Boers Are Reported From Half a Dozen Points in Orange River Colony. London, June 30. Active Boer guerilla- operations are reported from half a dozen . points in Orange lUver Uolony. - Boer official reports from uacnadodorp aver that part of a British convoy was captured on June 23d near Winburg. I be Lourenzo Marques correspondent of The Times says: "Both the burghers and the foreigners ho are arriving here profess a strong belief that it will take from three to six months to subdue the Boers." Another dispatch from Loureozo Mar quee saye: "A conttjrnme nt to a lo reign arm marx- ed "Dutch Cheese Damaged," proved, on landing, to contain army boots for the Boers. It passed toe customs, nevertne- kM, with oDUoual dispatch and the British consul i making representations to the Portuguese government. 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