North Carolina Newspapers

Vol. Ill No. 82 KINSTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY. JULY 11, 1900. Price Two Cents. SAFE ON JOLY 4TH. ' German, Safe on July 4th. Dow ager Empress Again In Control. Japanese Enormous Prepara ' tions. i. Washington, July 10. The following official dispatch was received here from China: ' "CheFoo. "Secretary of State, Washington. ; ''Shan Tung, governor, wires has re ports 4th July all legations in Pekin safe except German. , Fowler, Consul." Mr, Goodnow Wires thd News. Washington, July 10. Secretary Hay has received a dispatch from Mr. Good- . TTm.IajI DttitAa AAnanl .f. filt a n a t UUW, UUIICU DWira Vuoui cu vuaufeuui, stating that it is given out by the gov ernor of Shang Tung that the legations were standing on July 5tb, and that the outlaws were dispersing. Mr. Goodnow adds that this statement does not obtain general credence. Gen. McArthur wires that 1,000 more troops will leave Manila on July 13th and will probably reach Taku July 20tb. He intimates that it will be impossible lor him to send more at present. EMPRESS AGAIN IN CONTROL. She Sends Dispatches Recommend ing the Proteotiqn of Foreigners At Any Cost. Shanghai, July 10. News from official sources was received last night at 10 o'clock, to the effect that the empress had on June 80th resumed the reins of gov ernment and appointed Tung Lu prime miniatoi. Tf. ia said that she Bfinfc di- i i i t l i.i . 1 : 4. n of 100 per day, thanking the viceroys of the Yang; Tse Kiang provinces for their loyalty and recommending that they pro tect foreigners at any cost. - JAPAN'S PREPARATIONS. A"". 1 "' ""' ' -:,''C in t3..4- Ann Tmnno1 In flVnnn. ' Before the Rainy Season. - London, July 11. The Che Foo corre spondent of The .Express, telegraphing yesterday, Tuesday, says: ; ; 'The Japanese force is equipped with 86 heavy mortars and 20 field guns and has pontoon and balloon sections.' It is expected either Marshal Nodzu or Mar? shai Cyama will take command. , The plan of campaign; contemplates opera tions extending two or three years. "A further force of 13.000 men will be landed at Taku a week hence, and 10,000 additional soon afterward?. Before the rainy season is well advanced Japan hopes to have 63,000 troops in China. "These formidable preparations are viewed with great distrust .by Russia, Germany and France." , . THE SITUATION IMPROVED. Prince Chlng With His 10,000 Troops Siding With the Foreign- r ers. t ;. ':rf: -; ' London, July 10, 3:23 a. in. With the foreigners in Pekin probably safe amid civil war, with Prince Cbing on their side, with the powers united and their forces constantly increasing, the outlook in China is now rather more hopeful than it has beea for a month past. It appears from the cautious statement given out by Taotal Sheng in Shanghai that, the reasons that the heavy guns bearing on the legations at Pekin were not used is that Prince Ching, who is served by 10,000 troops, seised all the artillery ammunition. Sheng likewise intimates that Yung Lu, commander in chief of the northern army, is associated with Prince Ching in opposing Prince . Tuan's fero cious designs and dictatorial ambition. Sheng, who appears to be the sole Shang hai conduit of Pekin, cheers the foreign consuls by them confidential communi cations, but takes excessive precautions to prevent the Chinese from thinking bim friendly to the foreigners. - ' The feeling of unrest in the southern and central provinces continues. The members of the official class in those pro vinces stiive to remain neutral, with a leaning toward the foreigners, until they thall see whether moderate or extreme factions will win in Pekin. Prince Ching seems to be standing for the dynasty and the old order against Prince Tuan's in ordinate ambition. CAPTTBlt OF PEKIN THK KEY TO THE fflTC ATJ05. , - From a foreign view point, the cap ture of Pekin U tbe key to the situation as there ia a fear, according to 2"he Daily Mail's Shanghai rorrefpomient, that de lay row mean 100 recruits for tbe Box ers for every soldier of the allies in the lard. ..-...! Two couriers srriTeS at Tien T.in on Ju!t lpt, fro-n Tfkia. One brocsrht a k-tt-r from .r C.ani LlaeBoni'd, tb t, to ths tarr ti ct as Pr.: htr:: t h r t lis-;! cf ; : C. f r V X 1 - i: ' -t t ' r 'X r. i . : t , .t t: are reported by the couriers to have been assassinated, Sir Claud MacDonald's lettter is dated four days earlier than that of Sir Robert Mart. :W;v v YSv;ii.'::': '1 A dispatch to a news agency here, dated Tien Tsin July 2, says: "The empress dowager," so far from being dead, is actively striving to prevent the factions fighting. Prince Ching has informed her that he would rather lose hia head thau be constantly obliged to warn her of the consequences of the prolongation of the present anarchy. Prince Tuan is quite willing that thing should he decapitated, but the dowager empress will not allow this. Prince Tuan has decided that ,he will take full responsibility. He purposes to retake Tien Tsin and Taku. Outside of Pekin, except in the Pe-Chili and Shan Tunc eniintrv. th nennle ara snnremelv indifferent. However all this nay be, the allies at Tien Tsin are having an exceed ingly unpleasant time." The last engagement of which news has come through, occurred on July Oth Tbe Chinese artillery opened at - dawn. Their flre was more accurate and their ammunition better, the shells exploding with precisiou and setting lire to several buildings. Her majesty's ship Terrible's guns attain quieted tbe Chinese who, again shifting- their artillery, . re-opened the attack in the afternoon, nut. a thunder storm breaking, the Chinese suddenly quit. The allies immediately attacked and drove the Chinese from their works, but lost 30 killed or wounded in so doing. The non-combatants are leaving Tien Tsin and tbe opinion of a minority favors tbe military leaving also. The Unmasking of Butler. , Mr. Josepbus Daniels, national, commit teeman from Worth Larolma, telegraphed his paper from Kansas City: r "The honest people of North Carolina who know Butler's true character will be glad to know that at last the honest leaders or the Populists have found him out. It was his use of southern votes, representing no strength, that forced the nomination . of Towne- at bioux uty Nearly every leader oLthe party except Butler opposed that nomination. 5 He used hie position as chairman and used padded southern votes to force his Own re-election as chairman. In doing both he betrayei the Confidence of the biggest men in the party who now have no con fidence in him. If I had the liberty to print the names of the Populists who de nounced Butler in language more forcible than W. a. Kitchin ever used, it would show the wily senator that bis race as a Populist leader has ended. The Towne men blame Butler for their failure, apd some didn't hesitate to say that they had found out that he was a Republican agent. - . '.' "Towne comes out of the convention with a great reputation. He bore him self with the dignity and character of a statesman and a patriot. He promptly urged the silver Republican convention to give their loyal support to Bryan and Stevenson. He will enter the fight in support of the ticket, and by his splendid ability and matchless eloquence be a powerful factor in all this section' Mr. Butler has for a long time "run with the bare and held with the hounds." He has traded first with tbe Republican, then with " the Democratic party, and then with both at the same time. He has had no object in this save the further ance of his personal ambition, and no matter with which party he baa traded, tbe trade has always been for Butler. We Democrats in North Carolina found him out long ago, and it is pleasing to know that the national committee is finding out the man and hie purposes. - Mr. Butler's bitter fight for tbe negro in North Carolina has separated him from the great body of sincere and earnest white Populists who so long believed in bim; they see him new as be is only a schemer and a political trickster, who would betray bis race and party for the hope of re-election to the seat in tbe senate he now occupies. . Mr. Butler is unmasked. His utter selfishness and lack of principle, are as patent as his insincerity. , TUB POPULISTS IN GREENE. Eleven Populists and Seven Ne ' groes in County Convention. Snow Hill, N. C. July 9. The Fopulist county convention was held here Satur day. There were present by actual count 11 Populists, 7 negroes, 3 white Republicans and about 20 Democrat, who went to sw the fan and be amused. Chairman Willis E. Mnrphrey was master of ceremonies and seemed to enjoy the privilege of presiding over such an immense (?) . convention. They nomi nated a full county ticket, remarkable for its extreme weakness. Greene is safe for tbe amendment and the Democratis ticket. A Good Con;! L'dlclne. Many thousands have ben restore! to health and baTT'iaess by the we of Cham berlain' Cough Remedy. lfsf.D.icted with any throat or lunar trouble, rive it a .rial for it i certain to prove benecial. Conbs Wr-.Xx hiT9 resisted r'.I other .treatment f -r t hare yi.-MeJ to this ren3y a-i r'.-t t h'-illb teen mtorei. C&.- t' ' t 1 7 ttit the c!:ate r.f ' . . . r. '. . to I St, i it? I --a r: .-(-," j r:r-l by itaue. i c r f t j J. 11 1 loo-i, dr --i i- GENERAL HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. Jeffries will not fight Rublin, but Fits Simmons will meet bim. - The presidential election was held in Mexico Monday. Diax was re-elected. The Oregon will sail for Japan on the 10th or 12th. She will have to be in dry dock about three months. The total strength of the U. S. army in the Philippines is stated to be 63,420. Of that number 31,oal are regulars and Sl,60o volunteers. : . ' Minister Wu has cabled, tbe news to China that large rewards will be paid by the American people for protection of the persons with Minister Uonger. ,.' Judge Simonton Jias handed down an ODinion upholding Jbdire, Go'ff's decision that the telephone company has no right to use the streets oi Richmond. Eleven world's bicycle records were broken by John Nelson, of Chicago, at Charles River Park, Boston, on Monday night, r Nelson covertd 66 miles and SO feet in two hours. '; . 4 An entire family oi nine ; persons died near Calico . Rock;.Marion coupty, Ark., from eating poisonous toadstools, mis taking them for mushroons. The victims were W. J. Fink, his wife and Beven chil dreri. , ; , The cases of the common wealth against Youtsey, Powers, Davis, Whitaker and Combs, charged with complicity in the murder of William Goebel at Frankfort, Ky., January 80tb,' were called before Judge Uantrill on Monday. There are v i witnesses for the prosecution. ;, We did not believe at first that the Boers would keep up guerilla fighting long, but it seems that they will. Chinese news has overshadowed that irom south Africa of late, but wo are reminded that war still prevails there by England's list of casualties for the past month, it being 3,000 good and valiant men, 1,200 of these being dead. -Charlotte Observer. , In compliance witUjan agreement sign ed by representatives of most of the cot ton mills in Fall River, Mass., to curtail production four weeks during this sum mer, several mills Monday suspended op erations. All the mills represented on the manufacturers' selling committee have entered into an agreement to close for four weeks. When tbe curtailment is in full operation nearly 20,000 employes will be affected. The stoppage of machin ery is due to the lack of demand for print clothing. ; ' '. ... ;.' . y 7 , . , , ' . A fatal disease, which the local physi cians believe to be smallpox, but concern ing which there is some doubt, has broken out at Columbia, La., the seat of justice in Caldwell parish, and the local authori ties hare appealed to the state board of health for assistance. So far there are 50 cases of this disease. Its peculiarities are that it attacks negroes only, although whites have been thrown in contact with it, and that every person attacked dies sooner or later. The board of health is inclined to think the Caldwell epidemic is smallpox cf a virulent typf. Two physi cians and a large number of tents have been sent there. " ; 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 necessary. The books open at 9 o'clock a. m., on above date and close at sunset Saturday. July 21, 1900. Tbe books are to be kept open each day (except Sunday) between the hours of nine o'clock a. m. and sunset. On Saturday, June 30, Saturday, July 14, and Saturday, July 21, the registrar is required to attend at the pollingplaces in his precinct with his books for the reg istration of voters. 4 The registrar is required to attend at the polling place in his precinct on Satur day, July 28, 1900, for the purpose of allowing an inspection of his books and entering any challenges that may be made. But challenges mar be made on the day of election. , , No registration can be allowed after July 21, 1900, nnless the person offering to register has become qualified since that date, and in that event be may reg ister on election day. Does it Pay to Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want something that will relieve and our the mora severe and dangerous result of throatand lung troubles. Neat snail you do? trotoa wanner and more rernlar climate? 1'es. if possible; if not poes.ble for yon, then in eitner c& tase tee C5XT remedy that ha been introduced ia all cmlli coun tries with rncv-Rs ia severe threat &Dd lnr g trvut "Boschee'i G errr.aa S jrc p." It not ociy tea;s and -t--j tr.e t.- sie to d'ftrcy the pern d..- e, tut aI!3T ir." i ition, C3 ei.y expec- t; V ':, r r a r-ei r t's ret, aj czr" t e t ii-:.t. a rye s.; ctt,. I'.-cc-ti- r. - ' :r;yj-irtya:i frr :-.ia ti. wcr. 1. lorsa ty tie Ttr :. L'irstoa BIO RALLY AT DEEP RUN. Over 1,000 People Present, t Capt. Shaw Made a SupSrb Speech, Carrying Conviction to Hearts of His Hearers. ' Lenoir county Democracy had a field day in Trent townsbio yesterday when Capt. W. B. Shaw told the gospel of White Government to over 1,000 people. The weather was hot and the people were busy housing tobacco, but they came out by hundreds and brought din ner for all, and to spare. v Some came the night before and camp ed on the field. Daylight brought more, until by 11 o'clock tbe grove around the old Deep Run meetiug house looked like tbe scene of a Georgia camp meeting. Elder Cuningham was field marshal, and no general - ever carried out a cam paign with more discretion and energy thau he showed yesterday in looking after every detail. Capt. W. B. Shaw began to speak at 12 o'clock and spoke for over an hour. Tbe people listened with tbe deepest interest throughout bis whole address. f o ora tor in the State can secure the attention of our people better than Capt. Shaw, and we believe that no man has done more effective work for the amendment than he has done here in our county. His earnest manner and convincing oratory carry conviction with them. His elo quent peroration, in which he depicted the terrible fate of the traitor to his coun try and to his people, the man who would sell bis principles for gain, drove home his calm and dispassionate argu ment with stunning force. Altogether it was a great plea for Democracy and tbe cause of White Supremacy. The dinner was sufficient for twice the crowd, even if a thousand people did get all they could eat. It was mostly barbe cue, for that is the Democratic bill of fare par excellence, as the Pops and Reps never have a barbecue, for fear their allies, tbe negroes, might show their well-known affection for good eating to such an ex tent that there would be none left for their white leaders. s- . After dinner the county candidates an nounced themselves in short and appro priate speeches. : - - Hon. T. D.1 Warren, Democratic nomi nee for State senator, was also present and made an eloquent and effective plea for White Supremacy. j Flowers, from the ladies of Pink Hill, were presented to Capt. Shaw by Hon. T. D. Warren; and to Sheriff J. C.Wooten, from the ladies of Wbodington, by Mr. E. ts.iJLewis. : Among those present from Kinaton were Hon. J. W. Grainger, Henry Knott, G. L. Kilpatrick, W. L. Holderby, E. R. Wooten, L. P. Tapp, Ben May, W. L Barber, W. F. Dibble, C. W. Forlaw, W. R Bond, E. B. Lewis, John Braxton, Yer- Copeland, Asa Waller, J. H. Temple and S. A. 'Bird. v Capt. Shaw spoke again at night in the court bouse to a crowd that filled every seat in the hall and made another splen did effort in the cause of good govern ment. Many ladies were present. Many ladies were also at the day speaking. The people of Trent recognize the great truth that the women of this country are the hone of the nation and see to it that their influence is on tne side of law and order. r - : . ? - ' - . Larger Chapel Needed. ' Communicatioa. . p " To all lovers of religion and morals: We find our chapel is too small for tbe increase of children and youth- as well as adults who come to us. ; We have 110 or 112 with eleven teachers. Our build ing is 20x40 -with recess for library, which has 200 volumes. We have a new f80 organ. - The property is insured for 400 three years, policy paid. All we really need met now Is The 8pirit's presence and more room, which we must have to accommodate all who come to Sunday school. We are not often overcrowded at our 4 o'clock services, which is often conducted by the pastors of churches in the old town. Our Friday night prayer meetings, conducted by laymen, have often another feature in connection with our work the tem perance pledge, which is never o use alcohol in any form as a beverage or buy or sell it. We try to teach the ruinous consequence of visiting the bar-rooms, alias saloon, sample room, or tbe owl, for each is a barrier to religion, good morals, chastity and virtue, in fact as the Spirit of the Age, published several -years since, said, it is the' mouth of bell baited with honey. So we think and believe today; therefore we wish to save the youth of our land if possible. The old soakers are out of reach only as we can plead with tbe Father for them. His word says no drunkard tan enter the kingdom of heaven. Now.we have this much to say, if.any person or person Who can and will do so, let us know.- Wt promise to spend tbe money jadiciously. -We need some 1450. The land has been given large enough to put the addition on and we can secure more to give air. We thick God the Father has blessed you or some of you with wealth. Then give to His crz He has promised to Five la return good measure pressed clown aad etTiken together. ! TrffpectJuliV, , ' V J- Wxbb, -'.. spt. Sunday School. Subscribe to Tee Feee Peess. State hews. Interesting North Carolina Items) In Condensed Form. J. A. Drake, a motorman on .the Ashe ville Street railway, was drowned Sun day morning while in bathing in the French Broad river l he State Firemen s association at Wilmington Tuesday night elected J. D. McNeill, of Fayettville, president; W. C. Von Glahn, of Wilmington, secretary; T. A . Green, of Newbern, treasurer. i The Democratic convention of the 5th -congressional district met at Durham Tuesday. Hon. W. W. ' Kitchln was unanimously renominated for congress and Maj. W. A. Guthrie-received the nomination for elector by acclamation. Greenville Reflector: Mr. John Elks, an old Confederate soldier, died at his home near Winterville about noon Thurs day. He fought through the civil war and received a wound at the battle of Antietam from which he never entirely recovered. . ; Wilson News: Mr. Geo, W. Batts bought a box of eggs yesterday and put them in his store on Goldsboro street. Today in going over them he' found a shell just being broken by a healthy Joung chick coming out. " The extreme eat had proved equal to an incubator. Mr. Batts has taken the waif home and turned it over to a hen with a brood of her own. This is a true story, vouched for by the chicken editor.' Raleigh News and Observer: Rev. Marion R. Pernell, one of Franklin coun ty's most highly respected citizens, drop. ped dead as ne was hitching his horse to go out to one of his churches Saturday morning. Mr. Pernell had been in the ministry for thirty-fl re years. He was in his eightieth year and had probably established more Baptist churches than any Baptist minister in the State. He leaves a devoted wife and three sons. Charlotte News: Wm. Stowe, a col ored boy f mployg d at ,W. II. HonserV brickyard, got his leg cut off about eight Inches below the knee this morning at 9 o'clock, in the cutter at the brickyard. Stowe was employed to knock mud off the. brick wires and replace the wires when they break. The boy went on the wrong side of the cutter and began tam pering with it. His knee struck the trigger, throwing the cutter, in motion. Stowe. got his arms caught in the wires. In his efforts to release himself he threw bis leg under the table where the thresh bar is The leg was caught and cut off. Drs. House r and Alston, colored, were summoned. They gave him all relief possible and then had him carried to the Good Samaritan hospital. RULING IN RE OISTRARS' CASE Refusal to Dismiss Warrant on Ground of No Federal Jurisdlo- tion. ' J '--. - Winston, N. C. July 10. The trial of Thomason and Wall, tbe two registrars for tbe August election, for alleged viola tion of a United States statute, was be gun at 2:30 this afternoon before United States Commissioner Beckerdite. v The counsel for the defendants mads a motion to dismiss the warrant for the want of jurisdiction to act under the warrant, this being a registration for a State election and no federal office being involved. - : . Able speeches were made by Judge Jas. E. Shepherd and Col. T. M. Argo, of Ral eigh, in behalf of their motion. The pros ecution, was represented by Judge John G. Bynum, of Greensboro, and Maj. John W. Graham, of Hillsboro, who spoke against the motion ThecommissionerOvei ruled tbe motion for dismissal, and at 6 o'clock court ad journed until 9 O'clock tomorrow, when evidence will be submitted for the defend ants and the prosecution. The action of tbe court this afternoon in ruling the registrars to trial, was -no ' surprise to the Democrats, as they had predicted before the motion was made that this would be Commissioner Becker dite's decision. . What the Amendment Means. Biblical Recorder. - - - . We are going . to -have division and strife so long as tbe people refuse to think for themselves. Now as to the amend ment let the reader get it and read it before be advocates it or calls the man who favors it a tyrant or one who op poses it a scalawag. Read it. Think about it. If yon find, yourself incapable of doiDg so, do not talk about it, and do not vote on it. We have examined it closely. We stake onr reputation for understanding plain Eoglish on it, that the amendment, is designed to disfran chise illiterate colored voters, and that it will not aHect the suffrage of any white man. We do notee why there should be any great strife or division about this. All who favor disfranchising illiterate colored voters ought to be a'Jowed to vote for it, and all .in faTor of ret r., Lir? them in the body politk;, oc?bt to t-e allowed to vot epair;tit. At'. irca derstanwirg wi'.l make for p- TTlite's T.lack Liniraent ?jU 2Zc bottle for 15c It cures pal a. : C r.--:Co. J. lioo.