PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY.
Vol. Ill No. 76.
KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, l600.
Price Two Centa
general: hews.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
" The great railway strike in St. Louis
baa been settled. .
' It is now stated that the loss ol life by
the Hoboken fire is nearly 600.
' live deaths are reported Monday in
Chicago as caused by excessive neat.
The government receipts for the fiscal
year ended June 80th were 1568,988,849
and the expenditures fi8Y,7oy,lYi.
'- Gen. Abuino, a prominent leader of the
Filipino insurgent forces, surrendered un
conditionally to First Lieut. J. J. O'Con-
nell with the Macabee scouts on June 29,
with 64 rifles and ammunition. r:
"A barge crowded with negro long
shoremen was run down in Norfolk har
bor Saturday night by the steamer bssex.
- Of the 19 negroes unaccounted for the
bodies of 12 have been recovered. :
NoarPn mhprlAnd. Md.. ftamnel Thomas.
aged 48, and son, James, were both killed
' by black damp in a well They attempt
ed to clean the well Saturday. The son
went down first, and the father in an at
tempt to rescue him was overcome.
At Kansas City, Elsie Caroline Augusta
Teasel, aged 54 years, was found dead in
her room at the Vendome Hotel Monday.
Rhn had taken mornhine. and left a note
t flaying she was tired of life. She had told
the landlord's wife that her husband had
robbed her of all her property and then
' deserted her.'
Ellsworth L.Hite, who was untila few
days ago foreman of The Evening Tele
gram, at Newport News, Va.; and who
was prominently, identified with organ
ized labor, committed suicide Monday
morning bv shooting himself throughthe
heart, in his room at the Eikton Hotel,
while suffering , from melancholia and
At Terre Haute, Ind., Monday, Judge
Thomas B. Long, a thirty-third degree
Mason, and past master of the Indiana
grand lodge, F. & A. M., committed sui
cide bv snooting himself in - the head
Despondency is given as the cause.. Judge
Long in former years was chairman of
the committee ion correspondence of the
was personally known by every promi
nent Mason in the United states.
John Boon, colored, fired into a party
of dancers of his own race8aturday night,
near Portsmouth, Va. The wounding of
two men in the arms caused a panic, as
the revelers rushed from the room. Boon,
ambushed in the shadows, fired again,
this time seriously wounding one man in
the back. Boon waited until the dam-era
. had scattered into the neighboring fields
and then went into the deserted house
and searched It. Hidden under a bunk
he found a frightened negro,' who yelled
for mercy. A crack of the pistol answer
ed, and the man under the bunk was shot
twice in the arm. Having cleaned out
the dance. Boon disappeared. Officers
are searchingfor him. There is no known
motive for the shooting.
Size of Ballots Prescribed By
The Count Board of Elec
tions, for Lenoir County.
At a meeting of the Board of Elections
for Lenoir county, held in King ton on the
2d day of July, 1900, the - following ac
tion was Had in regard to the size and
color of ballots to be used In the election
to be held on the first Thursday in Au
gust, 1900, in Lenoircounty, to wit: .
fiesol veu: That the ballots , lor the
county officers shall be of white paper,
without any symbol or device and of the
uniform siie of 3 inches wide and 7 inches
long, of the character deposited with the
clerk of the superior court of Lenoir
county, and ic Bnaii contain notning ex
cept the name or names of the persons
voted for, and office to which such person
or persons are intended to be chosen
ana the same shall be printed in plain
long primer letters in black ink.
Resolved: That the ballots for the
members of the General. Assembly-to !
voted for in th'e election to be held on the
first Thursday in August, 1900, 6ball be
of the uniform siw of 3 inches wide and
2'i inches long. That the same shall be
E rinted in plain long primer letters, in
lack ink, upon white paper, without
symbol or device, of the character depos
ited by this Board w ith the clerk of the
superior court of Lenoir county and it
shall contain nothing except the name or
names of the person or persons voted
for, the county in which they reside, and
the office to which such person or persons
are intended to be chosen. ;
Ilesolved: That the ballots for the
township officer, to be elected at the
eWtion to ! held on vie fiiTt Thursday
in Aurrnst, 1900. t-lmll le of uniform size
rf y inch wi.le nnl l" intbea long.
Th.it the same Khali te printed in plain
rrim-T letters, in blark ink, upon
t r- rip"r without ornar.ient, prn.bol
or d .f tl e
il :. 1'. 1 t
;';rt cf ! ; r r
:irut'r deported by
. i Wk c f the en;rior
:r.y; and it fhall cn
t t! r;a" f tr na:r.v
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A SERENADE OF WOLVES.
How One Woi Started la the Ha-
tloaal Zoo t Wuhlactoa, '
In The Century Ernest Seton-Thomp-
son, who used to be known as "Wolf1
Thompson from bis , familiarity with
this particular form of wild animal,
tells how he started a wolf serenade at
the National zoo In Washington. . ,
While making these notes among the
animals of the Washington zoo I used
to go at all hours to see them. ; Late
one evening I sat down with some
friends by the wolf cages In the light
of a full moon. 1 said, ."Let us see
whether they have forgotten the music
of the west" I put up "my hands to
my mouth and bowled the bunting
song of the pack. The first to respond
was a coyote from the plains. He re
membered the wild music that used to
mean pickings for him. lie put up his
muzzle and "yap yapped" and bowled.
Next an old wolf from Colorado came
running out looked and listened ear
nestly, and. raising her snout to the
proper angle.- she took up the wild
strain. Then all the others came run
ning out and joined in. each according
to his voice, but all singing that wild
wolf bunting song, howling and yell
ing, rolling and swelling, high and low.
In the cadence of the hills.
They ung me tbelr song of the west, the west;
They set sll my feelings (glow;
They stirred up my heart with their artless art
And their song of the long sgo. -
Again and ugaln they raised the cry
and sang In chorus till the whole moon
lit wood around was ringing with the
grim ref rata until the Inbabltans In
the near-city must hare thought all
the beasts broken loose. But at length
their clamor died away, and the wolves
returned, slunk back to their dens, si
lently, sadly, I thought as though they
realized that they could Indeed join to
the hunting song as of old, but their
bunting days were forever done.
Webatitr'is'nd the Flow. ; "
Daniel Webster, when at his borne tt
Marshfleld, would never speak on poli
tics when here,, but be would talk to
the assembled neighbors and guests on
matters pertaining to farming. On one
occasion some Boston friends present
ed him with an enormous plow "to use
on his farm. Webster gave out word
that1 on a certain day it would be chris
tened.;! The day arrived, and the sur
founding farmers for miles came to
witness the event A dozen teams.
with aristocratic occupants came down
from Boston. It waa expected by ev
ery, one that Webster would make a
great speech on the occasion, review-
Ling the history of farming back to the
time when Clncinnatus abdicated tne
most mighty throne in the world to
cultivate cabbages in his Roman gar
"The plow was brought out, and ten
yoke of splendid oxen were bitched In
front More than two hundred people
stood around on the tiptoe of expecta
tion. Webster soon made, bis appear
ance.' He had been calling spirits from
the vasty deep, and his gait was some
what ; uncertain. ; Seizing the plow
bandies and spreading his feet, he yell
ed to me In bis deep bass voice: "
"'Are you ready, Wright?
"All ready, Mr. Webster. was the
reply, meaning, of course, for , the
speech. :
; "Webster straightened himself up by
mighty effort and shouted:
. " Then letter rip! ;
"The whole crowd dropped to. the
ground and . roared with laughter,
while Webster, with bis big plow, pro
ceeded to rip up the .soIL- The same
plow can now be seen on top of the
Foneull Hall market in Boston and Is
& conspicuous object for miles around."
Lewiston Journal. . .
We cannot tell with any certainty
when the first portable furniture was
Invented, and, to Judge by the ark as
It survives among our children, Noah
was either Ignorant of sucn things or,
and more probably, denied himself
their use for the time being in order
to leave more room for the animals.
But long before . Cowper somewhat
apologetically sang tbe sofa Homer
was proud to enumerate the cherished
and decorated pieces of. furniture la
the tents of the heroes before Troy
and described Odysseus' pleasure la
seeing once more his own beautiful
bed as sympathetically as any -otter
Incident of the return, while that be
tad sr second best bed Is one of the
very few. personal facts we know re-
fan
Inj our Fhatespcaro.
aJes of "Uly&scs sad Fhatcpeare!
A led -was a bed then. Ia Greece, a
cc-.h worthy of a hero; la Errand,
s r. . : ::-.: r ta?e cr i.:c. wsia us inp-
. 1 r-' f cr.J Lar..r!c;i and crrtalzs
t: ,t r. r ftll with tttir? r-'-p a
thi r-c.-.t .-.nr..s cf the C.rLti'Ji Cra-
: "..-CI
J-..::.--!
LAST HOPE 'IS GOME
That the Foreigners In Pekin Can
be Saved. Belief Column Unable
to Leave Tieri Tsln.f The German
Emperor Notifies the World " of
His Purpose to Avenge Ketteler,
London, July 'S.The fact that a relio:
column nas oeen unaoie to leave in res
ponse to tbe pathetic prayer of the
beleaguered legations at Pekin is Ken
erally regarded in London as destroy
ing almost the last vestige of hope for
the unfortunate loreigners pent up in tbe
Uhinese capital. 1 he worst is reared.
Bumors are current in Paris that the
British; Embassy has received notifica
tion of tbe massacre of the i Tench and
British ministers at Pekin; but, there is
no confirmation ol the report.
Shanghai reports that the internation
al forces at Tien Tein are suffering from
lack of good drinking water, owing to
the Pei Ho River beimr .choked with the
corpses of Chinese and other victims ol
toe Domoaromenc. . , .
According to the same dispatch the
international troops so- Tar from being
strong enough to advance towards
Pekin, are not sufficiently numerous to
attack tbe Chinese stni surrounding Tien
Tsin and keeping up a desultory fire on
the place. Thousands of Chinese are said
to be arriving from Lutal and to be
desperately attempting to re-occupy the
bridge leading to TaKu. , -
Southern China is Apparently
Breaking Away From Empire.
London. July 8. While nothino but
sinister news comes lrom Northern China,
Southern China is seemingly breaking
away irom tne empire. . Ail the provinces
south of the Yellow Eiver, whose viceroys
and governors maintain; friendly rela
tions with the powers through the con
suls, have been informally constituted
into a confederacy, with ankin as the
capital.
According to an express cable from
Shanghai, dated July 2nd, the southern
viceroys wholly disavowi Prince Tuan's
government. They have practically con
stituted an independent state, extending
from the Hoang Ho to ' the British and
French frontiers. Little else to illumin
ate the profound obscurity of the Bitua
tion reaches cable points.
Emperor William Declares War.
Berlin, July 3. Addressing the detach
ment of German marines which sailed
from Wilhelmshaven for China yesterday,
the Emperor made a remarkable
during which he notified the world of
Uermany's intention to avenge tbe mur
der of Baron Von Ketteler, the' late
minister of Germany at Pekin! and tbe
missionaries, and to dictate terms to the
Chinese from tbe palace at Pekin.
BASEBALL.
Tuesday. ;
Chicago 9, Philadelphia 8. ,
Pittsburg 2, Boston 1, . :' ' :
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Won.
Lost,
PerCt
Brooklyn.'.. 86
Philadelphia.. ............J.33 '
Pittsburg ...M.......81
Boston.. 27
19
24
28
29'
80
29
29
85
.655
.579
.529
.482
.474
Chicago ......................27 '
Cincinnati 26'
St. Louis....-..... 23'
.478
.442
.852
New York........ 19 ,
State League Games.
' ' Tcesday.
States ville 8, Charlotte It.
Tarboro 7, Wilmington 2. .
STANDING OF STATE LEAGUE.
Woa. Lost. PsrCt
Durham
Tarboro....
Baleigh..-
2
.007
.600
2
3
2
2
3
.500
.500
Charlotte.
States ville.-...
.333
.250
Wilmington......
THE OREGON AFLOAT.
Our Fine Fighting Ship la Going to
---"Nagasaki to Be Docked.
Washington, Jnly 3. A dispatch was
received at the bureau of navigation late
this afternoon saying that the Oregon
had been floated and was proceeding to
the dry dock at Nasraaki in tow of the
Japanese cruiser Akitisushi ma, a vessel
that took part in the battle of tne lain.
The dock at Port Arthur was found too
narrow to take in the big battleship, and
the Japanese srovernment courteously
offered tbe ue of its dock at Nagasaki,
about 300 miles from the point where tbe
Oregon met with her mishap.
Hoboken. N. Y was the scene of an
other Are Tuesday. A tenement building
was burned and 12 people were burned
to death.
A Good Cc:;h fcedlciae.
Ifany thousau!a taTebeea restored to
health find bareness by the n? of CLam
berlaia'e Coch lUrnedy. II e"licted with
any throat or l::r.g trouble, fire it a tn U
font is certain to prove ben-;.oia!. Orjbs
tbit have n-tM all other tritr:ir,t
f ?r ye ar, l.;r yj.ll.sl to thi --'.?
Tr. 1:' t I'-en r-tor !. .';: -
at r H ; lint t! i r ' f
f :pt: t' -.'th t-t: l.'-i t ii-: : :.
lira l-vi j.-.r ".- "'j cr.r'i I v 1: t-.
l ,rf ,iy J. lllic-o l, dri-
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 a. m, on
above date and close at sunset Saturday
juiy zi, j.vuu. . , : v
Tbe books are to be kept, open each
day (except Sunday) between the hours
of nine o dock a. ni. and sunset.
On Saturday, June 30, Saturday, July
14, and Saturday, July 21, the registrar
is required to attend at tne nol nnarn aces
in bis precinct with bis books for the reg
istration oi voters. . :
Tne retristrar is reanired to attend at
the polling place in bis precinct on Satur-
Tviln OS 1QAA V,- -I
allowing an inspection of bis 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 iiinra
that date, and in that event be mav res:.
i. i . j
iaer on viwuan aay. ,
-; Facts But No Fortune.
Communication.
The Exponent cannot produce one case
or Lhrmtian baptism by immersion from
tne Bible.
The Exponent cannot show Bibla an
t.hnritv fnr tho naa nf nnnta In hsntlDm
- t - , v. f V V. V .v.. UOUVIDIUi
India rubber suits, warming water in cold
weatner or waiting for baptismal gar
ments to be made. ;.?:' : v
Tbe Exponent can not show one verse
from tne Bible where John baptised in
water? John's answer invariably was,
"IndeeJ baptise you with water." It is
a plain fact that John sprinkled or poured
water upon Christ in Jordan. John beinar
a priest under the ceremonial law; and
as sprinkling naa oeen tne mode of bap
tism always, from whom could he have
obtained bis authority for changing the
customs c lie not being even a Christian
minister, having been beheaded before
tne first Christian church was organized.
We have , numerous Bible records of
households being baptized, does The Ex
ponent say there were no infants in them?
Does Tbe Exponent assert that the iail
at Phillippi had a pool in it? Acts XVI
83. If not. Paul and Silas sprinkled or
poured the baptismal water upon the
jailor and his family just after midnight
upon one occasion, if w, believe the Bible,
Tbe world will never be subdued to
Christ until the church adopts the divine
plan, and takes hold of the race at the
cradle. ;.:;;
Tbe promise fof the everlasting cove-
nantj is to you ana your cnuaren.
To Tbe Exponent, the stud v of the 14th
. "I - I ., s "
chapter of ttomans is respectfully sub
mitted. ' ,
II. N. B. Ja.
State Normal and Industrial.
The attention of our readers is called
to .the advertisement of the North Caro
lina State Normal and Industrial College
appearing eisewnere in these columns.
This college places the best educational
advantages within tbe reach of theyonng
women of tbe State at a cost ranging
irom vz to : , v :
We notice that 490 young women, rep
resenting every section and nearly every
county in North Carolina, were' enrolled
as students during the session of 1899-
1900. Of these 299, according to their
own statements, would have attended no
other college; 172 of them defrayed their
own expenses; 40 of them earned most of
tbeirexpenses by work in the dining-room
and laundry; 105 of them had taught be
fore entering college; 427 of them were
prepared partially or entirely in public
scnoois.
Any young woman, upon taking the
pledge to teach after leaving the college
two years in some public school or pri
vate school of the State, will receive free
tuition. All free tuition students cannot
secure boarding places in the dormitories
but earh county is entitled io a certain
number of appointments to these places.
The entire expenses, including tbe liseof
text-books, of a young woman holding
such an appointment would be f 92 for
tbe college year. .
This county is entitled to one place in
tbe dormitory.
Th 41 Jim fVrtw" law nrnrMinir fni i 1m
separation of whites and blacks on raiU
vat tmina. wnt In In nivnifinn in Vir
ginia Sunday, and so fsr seems to be
flT i at rrv rwv K 1
TV VI USj VUl WtrUlJ
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 throatand lung
troubles. What shall you do? Go to a
wanner and more regular climate? Yes,
if possible; if not poeaible for you, then in
ithercae take tbe only remedy that
as ten introduced in ail cmlized cocn-
tries with snceef s ia severe throat and
In r z trouble, "Iloec I.pc's German S vrc n."
It iiot cnby heals and stimulate! tLe tis-
s to ib troy the grin di.a, but
'.rn iniatnniation, can! er..y expy-
t r it:,n, ciTM a rood Exit's nt. and
"t" j.iti-r.t, Tryotxlottl lUi-otn--
' Iriryyearalyall drrrTt-tain t.
: . b IXtpu ly tl e Tt -x j . Mars ton
I .- i t V x
STATE NEWS.
Interestinff North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form.
The federal convicts 'hare been taken
from the penitentiary at Kaleigh to the
Tennessee penitentiary, 1
"' Mr, Allen J, Tomlinson, of Archdale,
was killed at Asheboro Monday by
lightning. He was chairman of the coun
ty commissioners and was, a good and
influential citizen.
The Vance statue arrived at Raleigh
Monday, from Providence, 11. I., Booner
than expected. It was taken to the
capitol square and placed in the arsenal
until the expert cornea to put it on the
pedestal.
The railroads have announced their
rates for passengers to the unveiling of
the Vance statue, at Kaleigh. August 22.
Tbe rate is one fare for tbe round trip
for civilians and one cent a mile for- mili
tary. This applies to all tbe railways
in tbe State. . ;
The State has chartered the Statesville
Grain Milling company, capital 150,000,
F. A. Sherrill and others, stockholders.
also tbe Dixie Chair Manufacturing com
pany, rf Trinity, Randolph county,
capital S10.000, N. C, English and others
stockholders.
Quite a number of inquiries regarding
lands and investments in North Carolina
are coming from Germany, where the
pamphlet regarding this State, which
the agricultural department last spring
had printed in German, is being well cir
culated by the, various American consuls.
At the Democratic county convention
of Wayne held Saturday the following
ticket was nominated; Sheriff. B. F.
Scott: Register of Deeds. Geo. C. Korne-
gay. Coroner, Dr. Thomas Hill; Surveyor,
G. V.Thornton: Treasurer, George Sharp;
State Senator, B. F. Aycock: Legislature,,
George E. Hood and w. R. Allen.'
The State board of elections has nre-
cribed the ballots to be voted for next
August as follows: For State officers.
7X incbes long and 8 inches wide: for
judges, 3 incbes wide and 2 incbes long:
for the. amendment 3 inches wide and
l( inches long. - All on -white paper in
plain long primer type, in black ink,
without ornament, symbol or device.
Newbern Journal: The returns from
the potato crop this ' season are most
disappointing. The exceptional farmer
bas got out even white the majority are
losers. An instance-of ' potato profits
was an incident witnessed in a barber
shop here last evening, when a patron
was approached by the boot black and
asked: "Want a shine, sir?" "Tell you
what, boy, I will give yon the profits on
900 barrels of potatoes I shipped last
week for a shine." The boy refused the
proffer and took the usual "nick."
Sampson Democrat: At the regular
session of the, legislature, Sampson's twq
Populist representatives, Vess. R. M.
Crumpler and C. H. Johnson, voted for
tbe amendment At tne adjourned ses
sion . lately convened , neither , voted
against it, Mr. Johnson asking to be ex
cused from voting and Mr. Crumpler was
not in his seat at the roll call. In con
sequence of their votes in the legislature
on this question in favor of White Su
premacy, it is alleged that the Republi
cans of Sampson county made the de
mand that Mesa. Johnson and Crumpler
be dropped, and the Populist countv
convention danced to the music and re
fused to nominate them for anything.
Raleigh News and Observer: Tbe News
and Observer is In possession of reliable
information to the effect that the Re
publican State committee, through its
henchmen in some of the eastern counties.
is soliciting campaign funds from the
negroes. "In my section," said Mr.
Thomas M. Arrington, who is here as a
delegate on bis way to the national
Democratic convention, "the negroes
have in several instances told their em
ployers that they have letters from Repub-
lcan headquarters, soliciting a contribu
tion of a dollar, aod that the letter
states that the monev is to be need -in-
buying votes of white men in the August
election. And the negroes say," continued
Mr. Arlington, "that they are sending
the dollar." Could any greater insult .
be beaped upon a white man? Is there
a white man in tbe State that will not
reeent It? We think not. .
BELGIAN CRUELTIES.
Mutineers Exterminated for Re
eenting the Governor's Atrocities
to Their Wives.
London, July 8. The Rotterdam cor
respondent of Tbe Daily Chronicle says:
"It transpires that the remit mutiny
at Shinkakaa Fort, near Bom a, was
due to tbe abominable treatment of the
soldiers'. wires by the governor of the-
fort, who, when the women refused to do
hard, manual labor without pay, had
them stripped and flogtred until the blood
ran down their bodies.
'The mutineer are now exterminated.
All were hunted down and shot on eight.
or lahd to the months of cannons and
blown to t'W-es by phi toons, b -lov tbe
admiring Iielician oL'icial. ia galadres,
by order of the acting governor."
Y.'Iite's I'.lack Liniment, It rr,re
F ;-t'-a. r.!.er.rr.uni and N-'ira'ii
A 3e bottle for 15c. . I. Hikes.