Newspapers / The Kinston Free Press … / July 3, 1900, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Kinston Free Press (Kinston, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE DA3LY FREE PRE PUBLISHED EiZERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY. r, .v,.. . VoL III No. 75. EONSTON, N. 0.. TUESDAY, JULY 3; 1900. Price Two Cents. KETTELER IS DEAD. Pear That Other Foreign Envoys At Pekln Are Killed. Were Safe June 26, But Could Hardly De- , fend Their Position Twenty-Four ; Hours Longer. ! U, .' London, July 2, 4 a. m.The Shanghai . correspondent of The Times telegraphs t ' that official information was received " there on Sunday confirming the report that ; Baron von Ketteler, the German minister at Pekin, was murdered by Chi nese troops on June 18.' Tbe foreign office has received a dispathfrom the con eul at Che Poo that the German minister ' . was killed on June 18, and . that all the , legations except the British, tferman and French had been destroyed. The foreign ministers were bolding out as late as the Ubtn, attue British puildmg, but it was doubted whether they could resist 24 . hours longer, as the government ' could do longer afford protection. ' The Times' dispatch from Shanghai , says that Sheng, tbe Chinese director of .. railways,' received on Sunday by special courier service from Pekin via Paoting - Fu, au urgent message from Viceroy Yung La, dated June 26, directing him to urge the speedy advance of the foreign troops, and stating that the position - at Pekin ' was critical, ? The soldiers were rioting iu the streets and the emperor, the tsung , li yamen. and Prince Ching himself were powerless to control events. Sheng, in , an interview with the British consul gen eral, confirmed the information in the ,.' message of " Friday -stating, that Prince Tuan was dictating a violent anti-foreign policy, assisted by 15,000 troops under Gen; Tungfubsiang, in Pekin; those under , Gen. Nieh, at Tien Tsin, and the Boxers. Sheng regards the position in the north as extremely serious, though only on Sat-! urday the Nanking viceroy had ' tele ' graphed Sheng assurance that the lega tions were all well on the 25th, and this . was confirmed in a sense by information - received by a military correspondent at - Tien Tsin, writing on the 26th, to the et- lect tnata runner woo arrived tnere on ' the 24th stated that the British legation : was the refuge pf all Europeans, and they were holding out. They had refused to accept a Chinese escort and 'leave the ' capital, holding tbe tsung II yamen re- sponsible lor its saiety. ' From a trustworthy source it is learned that Viceroy Liu received by telegraph , from Yuan Shipka an edict, dated Pekin, June 20, wherein the throne, after refer ring to the difficulty of solving the prob lem of the anti-foreign movement and the .. gloomy outlook for tbe future, bids the viceroy proiecii owu uoruers- wane doing the best to help Pekln in this crisis. Well informed Chinese regard tbe docu ment as a valedictory, and are thereby convinced of the truth of earlier reports - that the empress dowager and emperor have fled westward,'1 and that Prince Tuan having assumed control of the gov eminent, has nlaeod the son, the neir " designate, on the throne. Details of Ketteler 'a Murder. , London, July 2. Official dispatches re ceived by the consular body at Shanghai . confirm in the fullest manner the report of the butchery of Baron1 von Ketteler, the German minister, on June 18. Tbe minister was riding on : Legation street when be was attacked by Chinese troops and Boxers, dragged from his horse, and killed. His body was. hacked to pieces with swords.- The German legation and six other buildings were burned, and a number of servants bf tbe legation were killed and their bodies thrown into, the flames. ' Official confirmation of this ghastly business baa created the utmost conster nation among the consuls general of the Powers, who expressed fears that war a outrance will be declared against the Pekin government.. The consuls enter ; tain little hope that any foreigners are left alive in the capital. There were 100 foreigners connected with the legations, 50 in the custom house, English and American tourists, and others to the - number of 150, and nearly 500 legation guards. , , , LI miNO RAISING ARMY.' Keeping the Boxers In Subjection In the Province of Canton. London, July 2. Tbe Hong Kong cor respondent of The Times, telegraphing Sunday, says: "The anti-foreign f.H-licg in Canton and its neighborhood, although deepening, is kept in subj'?ction by the etrinyent meas ures of Viceroy Li Hung Chang, who is recruiting lares reinforcements of troops A lare crowd threatened the Vt'esleyan minion at FaUbnn Friday, but no dam e was done. . "Tt !. -rnr.-.i from Triatiti yesterday re port a t riot: attack on tiermin r:i way rir-ers ia the neighborhood of Kanm. Ti.. K :-op r. esvapi-d, tut many Chi - nn i r.:':- h rrojvrtv d- ! ( - ' f.t'Yfh- i i -: !, r - 1 t1 - -:n-T ! v- ! ) . i t i " : '. : c : v. j i Pi re !r f river, on June 26, and theroadfromTaku to Tien TBin is sow clear and the villages vacated. The advance was hampered by lack of transport and cavalry. - TheVapanese are still massing troops atTaku. Copies of alleged edicts were received by local officials yesterday, pre sumably emanating, from Prince Tuan, urging the expulsion and extermination of foreigners. The position in and around tbe capital is evidently one of internecine war, the allegiance of the native troops being divided between the parties of Yung Lu and Prince Tuan, the latter's greatly preponderating. Here among the natives the panic is subsiding. , Alleged Russian Outrages. , London, July 2.A dispatch " to The Daily Mail from Tong Ku, without date, via Che Foo, Friday, says: "It is im proper any longer to conceal the barm done to tbe cause of the allies by the bar barities and the pillage of the Russians ou the day after tbe bombardment. They wantonly shot natives and looted every thing, including the European houses, in Taku. The natives for miles around were looted of supplies, and labor ia scarcer." Insurrection Subsiding. . St. Petersburg, July 1. According to intelligence .received , in : official quar ters here, the Chinese population in sev eral localities has placed itself under the protection of Russia. The Boxer insur-j rection is no lonirer spreading, but is de- i (lining, and maintains itself only in the province of Pe Chi Li.. " .. , 1 he view of the situation in govern ment circles is that, with pacific action on the part of the powers and the gocd will of the Chinese government, the Boxer rebellion will be disposed of. in a short time. . . - ;- s Oermany Practically , - Declares War on China. Berlin. July 2. From well authentU cated reports the representative of the Associated Press is able to state today, after the detailed statement by Count von Buelow, secretary of state for for eign affairs, regarding tbe Unineee situa tion, Emperor William made up his mind toinBist upon full satisfaction for the death of Baron von Ketteler, for which purpose he resolved to send altogether armed forces approximately as large . as those of the other powers chiefly inter ested in restoring order In China. The pre cise size of the forces has not yet been determined, but it is expected that they will altogether amount to a score of thousand. A considerable portion of the German fleet will be sent also. This is evidenced by orders iesued tonight to prepare five large battleships for sailing. v . Troops Reach Peldn. London, July 2. A Shanghai dispatch says that the force which left Tien Tsin after Admiral Seymour's rescue party, has defeated tbe Chinese "troops and reached Pekin. This force was composed largely of liussians. ' . FALLING CREEK ITEM3. , . ' " July 2, 1900. Some of the farmers have commenced curing tobacco. , ? Miss Bessie Parrott returned Friday from Mt. Olive. M Miss Beatrice Bayner, of Kinston, is visiting Miss Lottie Wood. Dr. Bay Pollock, of Kinston, visited at at Mr. W. L. Kennedy's Sunday. , , Mr. Carr Carraway , of Lousin Swamp, spent Sunday at Mr. E. T. Mosely's. Mr. D. E. Wood and Mrs. Maude Had ley visited at Lousin Swamp Sunday. Mrs. Laura Brewer and children, who had been visiting at Mr. Mumford Brew er's, returned to Kinston Thursday. 16 to 1 to Be Declared. " ' Kansas City, July 2. From those who will make the Democratic platform, it is said that there will be an explicit decla ration for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. . : T Far Call! im Hum flaw Tk LuucATira Bomo Qotkimb Tuim' AU j - . t i .v .t r .1. . v l&r OiovCs MfnaMra i b mg bom. ajc HARDEST JOB -r-T li"' i : "V.'t it's all GENERAL NEWS.: Matters of Interest Condensed Into . Brief Paragraphs.1 Fire burned the building occupied by Tneuetroic (Mien.; Journal on Sunday Loss $75,000. , Four person8 of a flsbbtg party of eight werv uruwueu in UBiun uaroor ounuay oy xne overturning pi tneir cat boat. In a head-end collision of passenger urttiuB on iub s. k j. nouin western rail way, near Remington, O., Sunday, Bevera! Dassenirers and trainmen were injured The collision was due to the operator at Remington' failing to give orders to the eastbound train. The trial of Philip Nordlund, who May 7 last, as the steamship Prins Carl, on which he was a passenger, was passing uicKsanu,.. muraereo seven men and wounded five others, a woman and a bov and escaped in a boat to Kooinir. and who was captured the following day at CiSKiistavnar,. was concluded (Saturday, and resulted in the prisoner being con- viccea ana sentenced to oeatn. ! The reservoir of the Grand Rapids, Mich , waterworks system burstMonday and a deluge of more thiii 100,000,000 gallons of water awept down a hillside. at tbe foot of which hundreds of families lived. The loss of life i9 riot known, but me property aamage isnunareds of thou sands of dollars. Houses and barns were washed away, and a district three blocks square was wrecked. Nond of the bouses in the district escaped damasre. At' Cumberland, Md., the police are 1 i 4 - . . searcning ior an nnunown wmte man Who made a vicious assault Saturday night on Wing Lee, a laundryman. The stranger went into Lee's place and asked roughly, "Are you an American or a Chi naman?" He replied that he was a Chi naman, whereupon his interroga tor grab bed a pair of shears and made for the laundryman, exclaiming, "We're killing you Chinese in China, and I'm going to kill you now." Lee's nose was almost ctft off in the struggle. His assailant escaped- .- The 13-year-0ld daughter, of Nelson Booth; at Belington, W. va., was shot in the ankle a few days ago by a bullet in tended for a yankee soldier 36 years ago. An old Confederate revolver, which no one thought was loaded, was placed in a grate as a summer ornament. Scraps of paper in some manner became ignited and the weapon exploded. OmaBoeth's ankle was shattered. Mrs. Booth threw the revolver out of the window, where a second charge exploded, tbe bullet pass ing through the door. 'The Incident has caused an overhauling of all tbe old army weapons in tne vicinity. 200 LIVE3 LOST. The Injured Bring Casualties Up s to Half a Thousand. New York. July 1. The Ibsses sustain ed in the fire at the docks of the North German Lloyd steamship company, iu Hoboken, yesterday, are tonight conserv atively placed at nearly f 10,000,000; the loss of life, while merely guess work at even this late hour, will probably reacb as high as 200, and there are over 300 J -.1 1 !i .1.' ! . jL ' ' . . 1 men id lueuoopnais minis city, iioooKen and Jersey uty badly burned. The Oregon May Be Saved. r Washington. Jnlv 2. Thefollowino- tel. rgram, relating to the Oregon, was re ceived oy secretary Long today: Cbe Foo, July l.-The Oregon has run aground.' She is not in a dangerous posi tion; aDout degrees north latitude, 20 degrees 40 minutes longitude. Have sent to ner assistance three naval vessels. It la reported that there is water in one compartment. The commander of the Oregon did not require assistance, a Jap anese xnan-oi-war having boarded tbe vessel, v , j - Kkmpff. - TO COME. .-T ! i l ' t Cc-ne except lx'.r..g's cvtr l ": LaORANOE ITEMS. Fre Press Bureau. LaG range, July 3, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Duke left Satur day to visit relatives in Onslow county Apart from being one of the finest speakers in Aortn tarolina, Hon. li. li Glenn is one of the most pleasant and entertaining men in conversation we know. He spoke to about 400 people at Seven Springs last Thursday, and sus tained bis enviable reputation as an orator. We hope to see him succeed Hon Jeter Pritchard in the United States senate. Beaten but not conquered. The cap tain of the LaG range team claims that the delay in starting the game at Kins ton Monday operated against bis team, as it curtailed the time in which they otherwise would have had an' oppor tunity of redeeming themselves. . He also states that be failed to find three of his bats and ouemitin bis hurry to catch the train. As the game now stands one to one Captain Parks wishes to play the "rub" game, and will play either in Kins ton or LaGrange. .Prof.'Jl E. Debnani is a very busy man, tnese not days, hustling for the Uebnam and Kineey School. The catalogue is now being circulated, as is also an at tractive advertisement in The Kinston Free Press.'? With the military feature and the promise that, if success attends his efforts, tbe school shall be permanent and also with the reputation for health and successful schools LaG range has always enjoyed, we see no reason why we shall not soon . bave under way great educational institution. ORMONDSVTLLiE ITEMS. , July 2, 1900. .Mr. Hardy Sugg, of Snow Hill, visited nere ounday. . . Mr. J. R. Turnage went to Kinston last Tuesday. ' Miss Mittie Harper, of Snow Hill, is visiting Miss Kettle Uoward. Mr. W. J. Hardy and sister. Miss Fan nie, visited Institute yesterday. , ( Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Edwards, of Avden, visited relatives here Sunday night. - Mr. and Mrs. Y. T.Ormond, of Kinston, spent several days visiting relatives here last week. , , ." Mr. Hugh Lassiter, of Lizzie, was here a short while Saturday on his way back from Winterville. Mr. J. M. Ormond returned from Asbe- ville last Tuesday, where be has been at tending tbe Y,; M. C. A. convention. A good many from our neighborhood attended the picnic at Barrett's school house last Thursday. ; They report a pleasant trip. Mess. J. M. Ormond and J. C. Dail at tended - the Democratic speaking at Winterville. They report a pleasant trip and a fine speech. . , Mr. arid Mrs. W. A. Darden went to Seven Springs last Sunday, , Mr. Darden will return today but Mrs. Darden will remain for several days. There were not very many out at the speaking Saturday eveningon account of rain, but nevertheless Mr. Albntton gave us a good speech. , Mr. x. T.Ormond also gave us a very good speech. n Bought a Seetlom. ' . A ' Pittsburger who has money . to spare bad to go east on short notice, lie is a man given fo excluslvenees. and be detests traveling In a public conveyance because be -Is thrown in with so. many persons of whom he knows nothing. ; When be does tako a trip, be takes a stateroom wherever be can get it, or, falling In that. If his business is urgent, he takes a section in the sleeping car. lie bad little time to make arrangements last week, but his first thought was of a stateroom. Tie called one of the employees and Lurried him to the ticket office. "Get a stateroom. If you can,", be said, "and, if you cannot, get a section. You" know-whar a" section "Is--fwo bertha.'' "Yes, sir," replied tbe man as be started off. He returned soon with tbe informa tion that there wasn't a stateroom to be had on the train. "But I got two berths for you. sir," be said, banding out two tickets. lie nearly lost bis Job when bis em ployer examined the tickets and found one for "upper 3" and tbe other for "upper 8." Pittsburg News. Bla Stratesrr. - "I am going to sea." the young man aidand paused. Tbe young girl gasped, "0 Harry r Mr. TlmlJT She could not conceal tbe tears In her voice. Then be knew what be bad feared to ask ia so maDy words. 'I an ro!r.:o see." be repeated. "yocr father tonight. If you will give xne permission." Tfccn eLe fell npoa t!s bosom. rt::a2c!;tia Press. I I! hofi."trf--r.inmj:..ni 1-jrtak'rf i -noici.'i STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. MaJ. W. L. Palmer, of Newbern, died Sunday, aged 88. , Tarboro Southerner: Cotton blooms continue to be sent to this office. Ha v. ing settled upon who is entitled to the honor of being the first, watermelons and Other fruit will be in order and grate fully received. - ; Jack Self, a moterman on a street car at Charlotte, drank an ounce of lauda num Sunday night and disappeared. He was found Monday. He bad vomited the drug so it is thought he may recover. It is thought possible that a woman was the cause of his rash deed. Scottish Chief: Dr, J. D. Groom while taking up the usual contribution at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning, was bitten by a snubbed nose, bair-lip" fice-dog. We are glad to know the wound is not serious, but iou't it about time to stop this church-going dog business? Williamston Enterprise: Spread a can vas over Kobersonville and you have an up-to-date hospital.: Never i a the memory of man has there been so much sickness. There is hot a family iu town that does not require the doctor measles, whoop ingcough, bronchitis, dysentery, typhoid fever, etc. and often theeamepatienthas a combination. ; The North Carolina delegation to the Democratic national convention ' left Baleigh Sunday afternoon. C. C. Lyon, who was elected a daWntw (mm fh Third district, resigned, and H. McD. Robinson succeeds him. The only dele gate who did not go was A. W. Graham, of the Fifth district. AU the delegates are for Bryan. There is no choice for vice president. Towne has no Dem 1 ocratio sunnorten in Nnrth rni;nn The delegates' badges bore the inscripl tion: "North Carolina, the Republic aeainst the Emnfra. Kanano Pitv Tniw 4, 1900," with a portrait of Bryan. NEW REGISTRATION. t An Entire New Registration is Re- a.ulreL RoolqL..Open Thursday, June 28th, and Close July 21st. Beorinninir on ThnrsRir Jnna Ofith registration books will be opened 'and everV elector must recister. new registration is necessary. x ne oooxs open at u o'clock a. m., on above date and close at sunsetSaturdav. July 21, 1900. ; , ' The books are to be kept open "each day (except Sunday) between the hours of nine o'clock a. m. and sunset. . On Saturdav. Junn AO. Rn.t.nr1nv . Tni. 14, and Saturday, July 21, the registrar ' is required to attend at tbe pollingplaces in his precinct with his books for the reg- The reoristrar is renntrfld tr attanA f the polling place in bis precinct on Satur dav. Jnlv 28. 10DO far th it ' a in-oo , Vi AllOWinir ail inHiWtinn rt hia Ymnhm nnl o 1 w" vuuka uuu entering any challenges that may be uiaue. But cballenires day of election. No registration ran Iia sllnwa nff July 21, 1900, unless the person offering to register has become qualified since that date, and in that event: ha mm two. ister on election day. BASEBALL. Monday. Cincinnati 9, New York 6. Chicago 6, Philadelphia 9. Pittsburg 2, Boston 1. Brooklyn 8, St. Louis 2. BTAXD1NQ Or THE CLUBS. Won . Lml 1 P rJ Brooklyn...............36 y 20 , .643 Philadelphia... 33 24 .579 Pittsburg. 31 28 .573 Boston.. .........27 28 .491 Chicago .... 28 80 .483 Cincinnati.............M.27 80 .474 St. Louis. 24 80 .444 New York.-. . ....19 35 .332 State League Games. v . Monday. Durham 6, Baleigh 0. . Tarboro'10, Wilmington 3. , BTAKDINU OF STATK LKAOTTK.' Wnn In., P., r- Durham 4 2 .fifiT Raleigh...... 3 . 3 .500 Tarboro 2 2 .,100 Stateflville .. .. 1 l .r00 Charlotte 12 .333 Wilmington.....-...... 12 .333 Does It Pay to Buy Cheap ? ' A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What 6hall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if possible; if not possible for yon, then in either case take tbe pxxt remedy tLat has been introduced in all cm. zed coun tries with raeresa in severe throat and Ice q trutsbieaT-oeicbpe's German L'rrr p." It net only heals acd stimulates the tL. rns to destroy the "gena derj- I at B-.ajs izair.inatiao, ca:s cicy f t7"o torat;.-n, gives a rood t' ht's r il c-irfth patient. Tryo'K i f t:' 1 i- r J r-aryyearsbva-l err - 'it.? For ty theTts:; .! a ;Co. t i ' '
The Kinston Free Press (Kinston, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 3, 1900, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75