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PUBLISHED EERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY. Vol III No. 81 KINSTON, N. 0., TUESD&tf, JULY 10, 1900. Price Two Cents GENERAL. HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into 7 Brief Paragraphs. Hugh Wlllard, a mine foreman, near Garrett, Md., was struck by lightning Saturday and instantly killed Two electric cars collided near Scran- ton. Pa.. Sunday, as a result of some bad boys tampering with a switch. The mo- torman of one car received fatal injuries . and 10 others were badly hurt. ' Postoffle Inspector Bass has completed an inspection of the pcetofflce at Gaines ville. Fla.. and found the postmaster, James Bell, short.in his accounts to the amount of $1,400. The shock of the dis covery caused the death of the postmaster.- . J- : George Schoening aud William Grabs were killed and Fred Frige was probably fatally injured at Columbia, III., Sunday. : The three men were in a buggy, which was struck and demolished by a train at ,a Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern rail road crossing. At Huntington, Va!, Sunday, Town Marshal Allan Depreist was shot and killed by Lee Higginbotham and Joseph : Lindsey. The marshal was raiding a speak-easy alleged to be owned by Hig ginbotham and Lindsey, and was shot in a general fight which ensued. The statistical report of the inter state commerce commission for the yenr ended Jane 30, 1900, shows thit the number of railways in the hands of receivers on that date was 71, a net decrease of 23 as com pared with June 30, 1898, The number of roads placed in the hands of receivers during the year was 10, and the number removed from their management was 39. On June 30, 1899, the total single track mileage in the United States was 189, 294. an Increase for the year of 2,898 j This increase is trreater than for any year since 1893. The aggregate mileage, in cluding tracks of all kinds, was 252,864. The total number of casualties on the rails wera 7,123 killed, but only 239 O these were passengers. .' A severe storm 'swept over Lake Erie Saturday night. At Buffalo, IN. i., many yachts were broken from their moorings and driven on shore, and the damage to small crafts will be considerable. The large passenger steamer Pearl, which was caught Dy the squall as she was backing from her dock at Crystal Beach, Ontario, with 900 Buffalo excursionists on be ard, and driven stern foremost on a sand bar, was released. The damage to the boat is reported trifling. The res cue of the passengers was perilous. Gang- ilanks were spliced with rope and pushed rom the Crystal Beach dock to the deck of the Pearl, which had listed to port so badlv that it was feared she would be turned completely over by the -waves. Across this nndulating bridge each of the 900 men. women and children on board was forced to walk or crawl, 'while the driving sea foamed about them Near Philadelphia, Pa, David Hallen and Isaac Brumfine, both 18. rears of age, were drowned in theScbuylkul river Sun day afternoon by a rowboat going over . n . 1 t a. 1 i.1 "A tne natrocK aam.just aoove me cny Hallen and Brumfine were members of a nicnic party, and. In company with Leon kaDDlain and Tillie Stein, hired a boat for a ride on the river. They didn't know the proximity of the dam, and when they discovered it the boat was too close to be rowed away. There was not much water going over the dam at the time and the little craft stuck fast. The lock' keeper came to their rescue in a launch and threw them a rope, which he told them to tie around their bodies and jump overboard. Hallen and Bmmflne refused, but the girl and Kapplaindid as directed. When they jumped the boat was light ened and shot over the dam to the rocks below. Hallen and Brumfine sank imme diately. The other two were drawn to the launch safely. , BASEBALL. Monday. - St. Louis 10. Boston 5. . Chicago 3, Jew York 2. . Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 4. " 8TA5DINO Or THE CLUBS. - v w Lost. Brooklyn 41 19 . PLiladt!p!iia..........33 28 Pittborg..r 34 29 Chicago 32 30 Bonton......................23 34 Cini-iuuati......... ...28 33 . St. Louis..'. 25 33 Per a .680 .555 .539 .510 .450 .459 .431 .410 New York , 21 29 State League Games. Monday. Darbam 10. Raleich 7- ' StatesTille 7, Tarboro 8. STA5m0 of statk leaove. Woo. Lor. Per Cl Tarhoro 7 3 .700 Iurhm 6 3 .CG3 iukish r 5 .r.oo Charlotte 4 4 .f.00 tsiUwV.i............. 2 5 .285 Wilmington 2 0 .230 Tte Best Frecrl;tie Ut CM"s 1 r-c It l i "T y V i m-h. V ctir i 3 c- u UiUca . .c. K'f-' 7 cp with town tew. Tfe Y : r. i'i:.- rr:ut the town tews. Oz'.j 1 J -.1? a vrt- L. THE CATJ0A8IAN LIAR. Chairman Simmons ' Disproves Another of Its Innumerable False hoods. : Raleigh Post, July 8th. . ; Chairman Simmons, speaking of the statement made in the Caucasian, to the effect that the Democrats were respon Bible lor the election of the negro Con gressman Whita, stated to a reporter last evening that the managers of that paper, when they pumisnea tnis state' ment. knew that it was not true. Mr. Simmons said that in the cam paign of 1896 the Democrats were, so anxious to defeat the negro White in the Second district that, after the Populists nominated Mr. Lloyd, they did not put out a candidate, intending, if Mr. Lloyd would take a position in favor of white supremacy, to support him, so. that the white vote oi that district mignt not oe divided, that sometime before the election Mr. Lloyd was informed officially that if he would declare for white supremacy . A . lJt 1 . ana denounce me lusion wuicn nis party in Edgecombe and Halifax and some other counties in tne district nad made with the Republicans, by which they had agreed to vote for negroes for the legis lature, the Democrats would put him on their ticket and vote for him and elect bim, in order to prevent the election of White. Mr. Lloyd was furthermore told if he would not do this, but would resign and let the committee of bis party nomi nate Mr. Fountain, another Populist who had declared for white supremacy and against fusion with negroes, the Democrats would put him on their ticket and elect bim. Lloyd s answer was that he would first have to consult Senator Butler. He went to see Senator Butler, and instead of coming out for white supremacy, proceeded to Baieigb and gave out an interview, declaring there was no negro domination in eastern North Carolina, although he was living in a county with thirty odd negro magis tratea and other i.ejrro officers galore This was just before the election. Im mediately thereafter Mr. Fountain de clared himself an independent candidate for congress and the Democrats voted for him If he had received the support of the Populists that voted for Lloyd be could have been easily elected. . There seems to be, said " Mr. Simmons, no lie too bald-faced for the white' allies of the negroes t- attempt to palm off on the people in their desperate attempt to feel and deceive them into voting for ngro rale and negro suffrage. A Sod of m Sea Cook. - The Information concerning the ex pression "a son or a sea cook, says the Philadelphia Times, has not been found in any reference dictionary. It comes from a prominent citizen, a man of affairs and a man of Intelligence. In 1S62 he- was for a period the cam paign companion of .: Leonard " Swett who at that time was a candidate for congress in Illinois. Mr. Swett was the bosom friend of Abraham Lincoln his alter ego. . In 1SSS he was the ad' vocate In Chicago of the presidential aspirations of Walter Q. Gresham. ; At the time referred to Mr. Swett had an engagement to address' voters In Fremont and Pekln, in Tazewell county, and by the Informant referred to was drlTen from Fremont to Pekln. Swett had few equals as a conversa tionalist, and the talk was brisk and naturally never to be forgotten by the man who had proffered bis services as a driver. The latter, speaking of a well known lawyer of Pekln, remarked. "He Is a son of a sea cook." ' Mr. Swett turned abruptly about and said: "That expres sion Is not correct. You mean the son of a sekawk, which Is a perversion of the Indian same segonfc, .which means a skunk and Is usually pronounced se kawk. Few people ever nse the term correctly or comprehend Its meaning. On Old Dora Guard Anotbcr. . Two beautiful chestnut horses. Jack and Sam. were among my early friends. They were clean built, high stepping trotters of a speed which might have distinguished them on the track, but they led a happier life, being favorite carriage horses In a region of beauti ful country roads or sometimes, under the saddle, threading ' lovely forest paths. Barely used In single harness, they had been as rarely separated, ana when In their old age Sam. became blind it was a touching thing to see Jack's constant watchfulness over bim. Their pasturage was In fields broken by rocky ledges and where more ban one steep ravine suddenly descended from the smooth sward. Jack never left his friend Constantly beside him. If Sam went too near a perilous eJf. the stream, a rock or fence, he would go between bim and the danger, push tag hid aside or, if that could not be dcre, te euld take bim by the inane find f -zC.j lead b!rn to a place of safe ty. No E'.IUTcinents la lumps cf t-.z-r. t l-n cr tte n't ta'iet tver drew Ar:-.al TrlonJa. SOME LITTLE HOPE. The News From China Offers Some ' Little Hope for Foreigners at Pekln. VIoeroys Fear Retribu tion. St. Petersburg Hears of Tortures. ' London, July 8. The Times today has a dispatch from Tien Tsin, undated, via Che l oo, July 2, and Shanghai, July 6, which says:. .;N3-S 'fr.r ,r "Very little damage has been done to the British settlement, although 1,000 shells were thrown into it during the week. No foreign residents were injured The French shelling has ceased, but snip ing is continuous." . . Shanghai, July 7. All difficulty in the matter of the Japanese reinforcements having been apparently removed, the British consul states that 25,000 men are now embarking at Ujina. Military observers acquainted with the country in northern China regard the reinforce ment now under orders as generally defi cient in cavalry. Native Report of Pekln Situation Shanghai, Jnly 8. Information of the state oi anairs to toe nortn continues to to be derived almost entirely from native and official sources, chiefly through Yuan Shihkai and Sheng. if reliable, the situ ation in Pekin is less critical . than has been feared, and the prospects of the early advance of the relief party are greatly improved. Their messages report the attacks upon tne legations slacKeniiig, the Boxers having sustained heavy losses and the defenders obtaining material support from native sympathizers. The knowledge that adequate reinforcements are en route is calculated to nave an early effect in the Pekm provinces. Serious disturbances continue to be re . . . . - ti ported from a widening area in Manchu ria, Chili, and Shantung, but it is reason able to infer that any movement in the near future will lack cohesion, as was shown at Tien Tein and Pekin, and that from lack of food and supplies, will tend to dissolve into bands 4 plundering Jthe country upon lines of leant resistance. Viceroys Fear Retribution. The viceroys at Nankingand Wuchang telegraphing the British consul, urging the foreign bowers to give assurance that whatever happens to the north the person of the dowager empress shall be regarded as sacred, and also addressing the consular body, that the viceroys rer new their request for an assurance that in any event there shall be no hostilities except in the region of the disturbances in the north. , Thess communications, coincident with the arrival of Shen flan king, on Friday, may reasonably be as cribed to fears of retribution, and were possibly made under pressure from Pekin The Nanking viceroy nas received as surance of material support from the British government in the suppression of any disturbances in tne xangtsze region. This will have an excellent effect in re storing confidence In tne minds of pro vincial officials, many of whom are doubt ful of the results of the viceroy s policy, if unsupported. St. Petersburg Hears of Tortures St. Petersburg. July 8. Although no official news of the fate of . the foreigners in Pekin has been received, the newspa pers publisn what purports to oe tne contents of a telegram received in the banks, stating that the members of the Bussian mission were first tortured with boiling water, which was poured over their beads, and were then decapitated and cut to pieces. Drastlo Measures in Canton. Hong Kong, July 8. The viceroy ' is taking strong measures to suppress row dyism in Canton. During toe past month there have been, on an average, live pub lie executions daily. At a great meeting Oi uanton s leuaing proiesaionai ana mer cantile men tbe speakers insisted upon the importance of avoiding interference with foreigners and native Christians as a means of preserving pe ace In tbe city. FATE OF PEKLN LEGATIONS. More Conflicting Reports of Battle With Fanatical Chinamen. London, July 9. 2:45 a. m. The for- ign consuls at Shanghai Diet on July 7, and officially announced that the lega tions at Pekin were safe on July 4. Tbe foregoing statement, read with Consul Warren a d if paten to tletoreign omce on Saturday, makes it potmible to believe that the legations will bold out for a number of days ytt. Having fought to a etHndetill the first outbreaks of a fanat ical fury, it is believabU that something may intervene to save them. Tbe news, after ths sinister rumors of the la9t ten ajs, is enough cpon which to build up oven. Tbe Shanghai correspondent of The Expire, telegraphing on funday,at5:10 m , howeTer throws domt upon t-on- ul Warren's information. He ajt: "TaotaJ Eherg cow admits that there was en error in ts communication to Gen. Werron. T! date of the courier's rriral it (. : -t e l a wa J .'.t 3, which dtct p::'t to Lis d-Trture from I't!:-). TLe K-urr.ey from l'l ia to C! ca 1'a occ"r;'S Cvs dajs. TL cccrk-r. therefore, could not have left Pekin later than June 28. Tbe date of the massacre there, as given by Chinese reports, was June 80 or July 1." Tien Tin is still hard . pressed, A Chi nese force numbering . from 80,000 to 100,000 men, as estimated by inconclu sive reconnaissances, floods the country roundabout Tien Tain, communication between which place and Taku is appar ently possible by river only. NEWS MORE CHEERING. The Legations in Pekin Defended by Imperial Troops. Washington, July 9. The following telegram was received last night by Min ister Wu, from Sheng, director general of the imperial telegraphs at Shanghai dated yesterday: .. "July Srd, two legations in Pekin still preserved. - All ministers sufe. Rebellious troops and rioters make attacks, but suffer many losses. Jtnperial troops are pruircuug uul IlltWb WI(,U UlUlCUIiy III UO' ing so. It is feared that food and a muni nition are exhausted. " Though fearful in giving fake encour ngemeut, th state department officials here are bound to admit today there is reason for hope nw respecting the wel fare of the legations at Pekin. Minister Wu's cablegram from Sherig, token ; in connection with the .report of Admiral Bruce from Tien Tein has done much to encourage this hopeful feeling. Mr. Wu brought his telegram to the state depart ment this morning in person, and pointed out to Stf' retiry Hay what he regarded as some significant and gratifying feat ures of his dispatch. Such for instance was Sheng's description of the Chinese wno are attacking the legations as ''re bellious troops and rioters." and the pos itive statement that the Chinese govern' ment is opposing them. 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 were opened and every elector must register, as an entire new registration Is Bcesttry,.-:i.; xne oooks open at v o clock a. m , on above date and close at sunset Saturday, juiy 31, iuo. : The books are to be kept open each day (except Sunday) between the hours of nine o clock a. ui. and sunset. On Saturday. June 30. Saturday. Julv 14, and Saturday, July 21, the registrar is required to attend at tbe pollingplaces in nis precinct wttu bis books for the reg istration oi voters. j The registrar is required to attend at the polliog place in his precinct on Satur day,' July 28, 1900, for ths purpose of allowing an inspection of his 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, uulens the person offering to register has become qualified since that date, and in that event be may reg ister on election dayr . . . William M. Cvarts aa a WltT" Wlllinni M. Evarts dearly loved a Joke so denrly, Indeed, that once, when secretary of state, he came nigh upon being the death of one of bis subordi nates. A consul In the West Indies wrote borne stating that bis health in that climate was bad and asking tor a transfer. At that time there happened to be a vacancy In northern Sweden, and to it the astonished and dismayed consul was transferred Instanter by Mr. Evarts. It was not what lie had bargained for. and, as ' an Icebound winter was a change that would have meant translation for him to another sphere, the secretary finally relented and gave bim a berth elsewhere. . At one time in tbe department of state a new elevator man bad been em ployed who did not know Mr. Evarts by sight In his car was a conspicuous sign to the effect that by order of the secretary of state smoking was prohib ited. Late in the day the secretary boarded tbe car In company with a fa mous senator, tbe latter smoking a ci gar. The new man promptly touched the smoker on the elbow and said. pointing at the notice, "Can't you read that slgn7" Mr. Evarts promptly tore down tbe offending notice and, turning to the elevator man. said: "What sign? I don't see any." The .attendant. Sus pecting something, wisely Field bis peace, but be followed tbe pair out and asked tbe guard at tbe door who the little chap with the large head was. Tbe guard told him. New York Tribune. VTktr H Dlda't Stady. "My gracloosr cried tbe sympathet ic glrL "Your dog seeius half starred. He locks an if be hadn't bad anything to eat for a week." 'Neither be bas, poor fellowT replied tbe ct Ui';ri' tudnt "1 forgot all about bim." "WbT, r!icre was be?" ' Ir:iFd tn my study room!" fc'.lnlf!: !a HecordL STATE NEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. The State Firemen's association meets in Newbern tbia week. The Naval Reserves at Wilmington are planning for a practice cruise on the Hor net to the Bahamas. Several miles from Charlotte, Sunday night, Wm. Kell shot and killed Anna Ardrey, both negroes. Jealousy was the cause. , Several small dwellings and a stor were burned at Concord Saturday night, the fire starting in a house bwlonging to Warren Coleman, colored. Loss f 3,500, no insurance. A wind storm visited Concord Sunday auernoon. several nouses in tne course of erection at Cabarrus mills and the Gib eon mills were blown down, and consid erable damage done to eurly corn. A special from Frunklinton says that a number of negroes there, whore names are known, have openly made threats that if the amendment is carried the town of Franklinton shall b burned. The white people there are aroused to fever heat. Such threats only make votes for the amendment. , ' : Goldsboro Argus, July 9: Eighteen prisoners broke out of jail last night. Sheriff Scott bad been instructed to turn on negro, who was thought to have blood poison, out in the hall and be secured a piece of iron, from the stove with which the crowd in the cells prized loose some of the iron work and made their escape. Four of the prisoners re turned and gave themselves np early this morning. There was no desperate character in tbe crowd. News-Observer: In : his speech in Raleigh Saturday Butlercomplainedthat his crowds were small, not for the rea son that his cause was a weak one but because the Democratic leaders would not let their people go ont to hear him. This Mr. Butler knew to b absolutely falsejike. manyothar-.AUiiagsthat he said. White men don't ask permission from anybody to be allowed to hear public discussions, but go when they please. The trouble with Mr. Butler is that the white people of the State don't want to hear him and don't believe him ' when they do. Webster's Weekly: Marion Butler and Jeter Pritchard ted the people that the ' Democratic party bas broken faith with them in allowing them to vote on the question of eliminating the ignorant ne gro from the suffrage. And yet each of these men denounced tbe other no longer than three years ago for treachery and a deliberate violation of pledges. Pritch ard said Butler broke his contract with him most shamefully, while Butler replied in kind and said Pritchard was re-elected by corrupt methods. A pretty pair they are to be going up and down the State talking about bad faith. Hunter Wall, another registrar in Win ston, was arrested Monday morning by a United States deputy marshal on war rant sworn out by two negroes, charging nan who reiusing to register tnem. Tbe registrar promptly gave a S1.000 bond for his appearance before United States Commissioner Beckerdite next dayw Reg istrar Thompson, who was arrested Fri day, will be tried at the same time. The registrars say tbey have not refused to register any negro who could identify himself or answer the Questions Dutdown in the election law. Democratic Stats Chairman Simmons arrived there Monday from Raleigh. He was accomDanied bv Judge J. E. Shepherd and Col. Thomas Argo, wbu will attend the trial of the registrars. Pritchard Answered. ' NcwvObraYer. In Senator Pritchard' speech on the constitutional amendment, delivered in congress in reply to a question asked by Senator Money, concerning the number of negro magistrates iu this State, he substantially admits Congressman Bella my's statements aboot tbe number of negro magistrates, bnt asserts that it cannot be shown that a single one of these negroes have ever tried a case In which the property or rights of a white man were involved. This declaration of Senator Pritchard . should not go unnoticed. In thecounty of Lenoir alone, Chas. F.Dunn, u negro msg- istrate, has tried a number of cases against white people, and we are reliably inform ed that be bas tried one case in which a negro mechanic by the name of rettiford was tbe plaintiff, and a highly respecta ble white lady was the defendant, and in wnicn tbe only property she bad was ln- volved. This same negro magistrate also tried a white man. named Faulkner, for failing to have his measure examined by the standard keeper, and the warrant was issued at the instance of a negro constable. Tbe re was nothing to be gained by making affidavit to remove these cause.' as there are two other ne gro niHgistrates in the town of ILirstoa, wnert Dunn residt. No doubt there are numerous other instances of negro magistrates trying white people in the State, and we have only mentioned two casts tried ty this negro out of quite a number. . ' Set-scribe to The Free Press.
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