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GENERAL HEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
Eleven negro men wer drowned In the
Warrior river, Akron, Ala,, Monday by
, the capsizing of a skiff.
There Is a cotton famine in Lancashire,
England. Thirty threat companies in
tend to suspend work in a fortnight.
A new story of the massacre of the
foreigners in Felon comes irom xsew
chwamr. China, and places the time as
j m.v izcn. . - - v
In the Powers-Goebel case Monday the
state showed positive evmence 01 a con
spiracy to kill Goebel and how the con
snimev wm carried out.
Elijah Clark, a negro, who on Sunday
assaulted a 13 -year-oia wniie gin, was
' taken from jail at Huntsville, Ala., Mon
day and lynched by a mob of 1,500 peo
ple. -"V:i.r y-. ' I - ' ,' ; ? '
Oat of an army of 100.000 men; all we
can muster to send tounma is nooui io,
rin rpi, om - "nnlirinff" v Cllha
UW. .lira ivou , v TV Y. '
Porto Rico, and the "pacified" Philip
pines. ' . ' :"Vv;"'
. Gen. Chaffee will have under bim, in
China Brigadier Gens. Wilson, Grant and
Barry. Orders await the transport
Grant at Nagasaki to hasten with an
needtoTaku. '
At Colonial Beach, Ya., Monday night
James Nelson was fatally snot Dy ueorge
Muse. Nelson found that Muse was on
intimate terms with Mrs. Nelson, jand
struck him with a club Muse opened.nre
. with a pistol, five shots taking effect.
Snob W. W. Astor, who extradited
himself to bootlick British nobility, has
evolved into a "cad." That's what the
Prinno nf WaIam nronounces him. W. W .
nlnvari himself OUt. find
ctuquab uv uvv ' -
to be as much despised over there as he
deserves to be on this side. , v,
John A. Barsanti, a saloon-keeper in
Van Buren street, Chicago, was shot and
fatally wounded by aliold up man at
111 PIUAX Ml UUD1UCSD cb" V j
i: ua fMocxi i hand nvor his money
on the demand of the robber, and the
shooting was done during a rough and
tumble light between the men The rob-
ber escaped. " . -
r. Thnmni.T Writrht of Manchester.
of the same place, severely injured in an
accident which occurred late Saturday
.!!. - tk,. Kjinthern Ril.ilWaV. about
90 miles from Richmond. The freight
train on which they were running uuu
nfin nn account of a hot box. , It
,-i,f k thofAll of a counlinsr Din
DCCUiD Wiav JJ v c .
a - m n n wAav . 'it i iih ruin urui
luur can ov vuo ico. v
become detached and were lagging be
hind. Wrfcht and Owen were going
over their trairf when , these cars came
np with a cratb. v'
The commandant of the Norfolk navy
yard has sent out a statement that a
number of persons in North Carolina,
.Virginia and Maryland have been of late
.nfinrf fhomoAlvM All CO Vein men t
aaents for the employment of laborers
and mecnanics in tue xiurjui uj jc.
These parties are branded as frauds as
ha o-nvorn merit has no acrents or agent
outside of the navy yard. - As a conse
quence of toe. neianous wor vi iuubo
parties it is probable tnat many menwiu
go to Norfolk expecting to at once go to
work in the nav yard and will be sadly
disappointed. . , ;-; - ' . -
' NEWS FROM CHINA."
- Chinese and Russians 'About To
Fignt. Li Hunff Chans Says The
, Ministers Are Alive. Tp be Taken
To Tien Tsin. ' :
Shanghai, July 24. Ten thousand Chi
node regulars, well armed and European
drilled, bar the way to Pekin to 3.000
Russians juBt arrived at New Chang Irom
Port Arthur. A decisive battle is inevi
table, probable today. ;
LI Says Ministers Are Alive.
New Tork, July 24. The World pub
lishes a special cable today that U Hung
Chang says the envoys and missionaries
rn Alive.
Ministers to be Taken to Tien Tsin.
Washington July 24. Minister Wu has
received a cablegram from Sheng, director
of telegraphs 'at Shanghai, which states
that the foreign ministers at Pekin are to
be brought to Tien Tsin under an escort.
Sheng further states thai the ministers
are being supplied with food and pro
tected by the Chinese government.
A Good Cooss VtiSiclne.
Many thousands have been m tore J to
health and barpiness by the ce of Cham
berlain's Cough remedy. If afflicted with
any throat or hina: trontle, cri ve it a trial
for it is certain to prove bentflcial. Cocgbs
that have resisted all other treatment
for year, bare jklied to ti's renedy
and perfi-ct bpa!tb t-een r"-to!vi. 0-s
that errc-i I ; ' -, t; -.t t' ( ..". .: f f
fimocs health rforts fi'-i to test St,
have p-p-'-t'j cur -J I j its c
For sale ty J. 11 llooJ, drr -r'.-t.
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The Progressive ' Farmer Strongly
Commends the Franohise Amend
ment.
Raleigh, July 24. Yesterday in Chat
ham county the fuelonists caused the
arrest of Registrar Stedman, who is the
uncle of Editor Poe of the Progressive
Farmer, which is the organ of the North
Carolina Farmers' Alliance. That paper
today editorially commends the franchise
amenumeni). i eayv;
"Thecharge that the amendment means
the substitution of aristocracy for Democ
racy, the death knell of political freedom
and the control of the State by one polit
ical party for an indefinite period regard
less of its acts is wildly absurd.
"All know that the negro question has
done more to enslave our people poli
tically, and to promote the uninterrupted
control of southern politics by one poll
tical party than any other one thing.
In the south it has been in all its history
the most potent foe of political purity
and statesmanship and the most power
ful protector of demagoguery and par
tisan slavery with which we have had to
deal.
."The south has not produced a Jack
Bon, a Jefferson, or a Calhoun eince re
construction ; days. They - could not
grow in our political atmosphere at this
timev They discussed Issues; they , ap-
i . . i ' . . i . .
peaiea xo a people wuono juugineut auu
intellect were not kept in subjection by
the presence of a race problem. The en
franchisement of a race just emerged
from slavery has made political slaves of
many of their former masters. , Many
good people believe the amendment will
be making the State's ratio of voting
population a whites to 1 negro, render
negro rule impossible in any. county, re
move the negro from politics, give greater
liberty to our people and benefit whites
and blacks alike. 10 charge that they
are actuated only by desire for office or
by un-Democratic ideas is as futile, as it
Is unjust.
"The charge that the educational qua!
ification means an aristocracy, does not
seem to be better grounded. . But it it be
an aristocracy; then it is one that practi
cally all white boys of ordinary Intelli
gence and industry can enter a fact that
ougbt to stimulate interest in our scuoois
and elevate our citizensnip.
"Nor do we believe that there is danger
of the elimination of the . grandfather
clause, leaving in force an educational
test for whites and blacks alike. . This is
a scarecrow that' has been deserted even
by its makers."
SHAKESPEAREAN PARTS.
The Melanebolr Dn la tb Loaors(
' of Tbm All, .
The longest part In any Shakespeare
an play Is Hamlet, ' who is before the
audience almost constantly. Hamlet it
a constant talker, and it is surprising
that In the circumstances be says so
many wise things. He has to bis share
1,609 lines. Richard III Is another long
part as the character speaks, 1,101
lines, and next cdmes I ago, with 1,11?
lines. Henry V has 1.0C3 lines:- ' '
. One would suppose from seeing the
representation or from looking over the
play that Othello had more lines than
lago, but It is not the case, for the val
iant Moor has only 8S3 lines. Corlola
nus has 8SC. the Duke in "Measure For
Measure" 880 and TImon 8S3. Antony
in "Antony and Cleopatra" " does not
seem a very long part Judging by the
appearance of the prompt book, but la
reality be has 830 lines. : r '
Brutus In "Julius Csesar" has 727,
Falstaff In "Henry y 719. Macbeth
appears a long part Judging from how
much be Is on the stage in the repre
sentation, but In fact be lias only 703
lines,. Romeo has CIS, which is only s
few more than the King In Hamlet,"
who has 631. Casslut In "Julius Ca
ear," although a first class part has
but6071ine. V
The female parts In Shakespeare's
plays are not very long. The actress
who plays Portia has 680 lines to
study. Rosalind has 749. " Cleopatra
has C70 and Juliet 64 L Deademona
has only 2SD. Beatrice has 309. Only
20 of Shakespeare's women have more
than 000 lines each, and some "of the
most famous of the great bard's femi
nine creations have comparatively lit
tle to say. Cordelia la "King Lear"
has only 113 lines. Kate-ln "Taming of
the Shrew," although so conspicuous
and voluble, has but 229, while Lady
Uacbeth has but 2 1L Baltimore Amer
ican. - ii '
. In the tlrre of Louis Quatorze In
Franco food In general was placed op
en the table la one bu;e dish, and each
helped himself with bis caked hand.
As late as the middle of tbe sixteenth
century one glass or pellet did duty
for the whole talle. . .. . ,
XIpd lian mlssod their opportunities
c.o-f ortt-a tnan opportunities ,nave
ANOTHER REGISTRAR
RESTED. . ;
DUPLIN IS AROUSED.
Arrest of Registrar Williams and
Other Despioable 1 Methods of
Fuslonists Have Set the People
Wild. I
Kenansville. N. C. July 23. Such en
thusiasm as exists among the white
people of Dupnn county has never been
known before In the history of thecounty,
and tne indignation against the fusion
ists who are taming heaven and earth
to register negroes is so great that
it is feared that trouble cannot ' be
orevented. and if it does come it will
be serious, and' the ' class - of whites
who are now advising negroes to regis
ter and vote! whether qualified or not,
will be classed with the negroes in the
future. f '
. Democratic iregistrars are being ar
rested in their desperation and Marion
Butler is at the bottom of it all. He has
been in communication with convicts and
is having them nd negroes to swear out
warrants agaitist white men. Hejiad a
hard time getting this done and came to
tne county eaturaay . aiternoou ana
brought a United States marshal with
him. When it was learned that be had
got off the train at Warsaw, a storm of
indignation went upfront different point
on the W. &,"Wi ft. K. and . crowds were
anxious to go to his home at Elliott and
drive bim from this section, of tbe State
and could hardly be restrained from do
ing so. He has had a warrant sworn
out against Dick Williams, registrar for
Island Creek township, by a negro, and
Williams will be tried at Rose Hill Tues
day at 10 o'clock. Hundreds of Demo
crats will be there to witness the: trial
and to stand bis bond if necessary. It is
reported that Populists will not allow
Democrats to assemble there. Both sides
are aroused and the Democrats -will not
yield an inch, as they, have the county
safe by several hundred majority and do
not propose to be bulldozed out of it by
negroes or negro-loving white men.
Marion Butler is advertised to speak
at Warsaw next Thursday, the eameday
Aycock speaks there, but no one thinks
he will make the attempt. Several hun
dred red shirts will meet Aycock at
Warsaw,! and if Butler is found there
it is safe to predict that he will not
speak and it b doubtful if trouble can .be
prevented. " '
The registration is conmlete and the
county was carefully polled today. The
result shows a majority for, amendment
of olA and since the arrest of tbe regis
trars it is confidently believed it -will ex
ceed 750. 'The fusionists are beaten badly
and are resorting "to every means f to
defeat tbe Democrats, bnt every attempt
works against them. They are advising
negroes not to work Tor Democrats and
trying to arouse them against the whites:
but tbe negro has been very peaceful ex
cept when incited to anger by white men.
mere is evidence or numbers of cases
where they have sworn to lies about
their age, eta., and if tbe fusionists con
tinue to obstruct the electors, warrants
will be sworn out and the jail here will
be filled with tbera and we will see if tbe
whites who are giving them mean advice
will stand up for them. There never was
such determination in Duplin, and if the
present tactics are pursued by fusionists
until election day, there will be a revolu
tion in the county. , -; ; ;t v
. . v ,.Wilminjrton Ready. ; : ,
Wilmington. N. U.. July 23.Wilminjr-
ton Democrats had a special train pre
pared and will rush 600 white men to
Rose Hill if needed to prevent tbe carry
ing, out of fusion threats of violence.
There ii great indignation here at the ar
rest of Registrar Dick Williams. .
news came tonight that Mr. Stokes
Williams, registrar in the adjoining town
ship, Bock Fish, had been indicted by
Mallard. This only increased the indig
nation. -.
' Sixteenth Cetry Apple. :
Apples be so divers of form and sub
stance that it were infinite to describe
them all. Some consist more of aire
then water, as sour puffs called Mala
pulmonea; others more of water then
wind, as sour Castaras and Pome wa
ters. To be short, all apples may lx
sorted Into three kinds, sweet, soure
and unsavory. Sweet apples ease the
cough, quench thirst, cure melancholly
comfort the heart and bead, especlallj
If they be fragrant and odoriferous.
and also give a laudable nourishment
Sourt apples hinder spitting; straitet
the brest. gripe and hurt the stomach
encrcase phlegm and weaken memory.
Sweet apples are to be eaten at tbt
beginnln; of meat, but 6oure and tan
apples at the latter end. All apples ark
worst raw, and best baked or preserv
ed. .-.-'-,"...". ..
FhWp of Macedonia and Alexander,
his son, from. v. home perhaps a curious
and ikiircl herald may derive our Lan
cashire men. were called rtlloraell ap
ple lovers because they were, never
without apples In their pockets. Tea.
all Macedonians, his countrymen, diJ
so love them that bavin? ceer Bat jlon
surprised a fruiterer's bey tLey Ftrived
for It tLat many were drowcex Dr.
Ttocas MeSTett la 1573. -
White's Elack Liaimect.
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FIRST DIRT THROWN
In Construction of Oreat Eastern
' R. R. Interesting Ceremony at
Fremont.' "
Fremont, N. C, July 24. In the pres
ence of several hundred citizens from the
counties of Greene, Wayne and Lenoir,
Mr. J. W. Lynch, of Kinston, president
of the Great Eastern Railroad company,
threw the first shovel full of dirt in the
construction of the Great Eastern rail
road here today.
There was as little ceremony about the
proceedings as there has been bluster and
brag and blowing of horns over the or
ganisation of the company and the bond-
msr of the road. For two years Mr. J
W. Lynch, of Kinston, and Maj. J. H.
MaCleary, of Suffolk, V'a., have quietly
and consistently overcome every obsta
cle to the building of this road, until to
day, when the good citizens of Greene
county were convinced that in a few
short months they would have railroad
connection with the rest of the State,
often promised but never realized in the
oast..-. :- :
At 1 o'clock the crowd gathered under
the shade of a big water oak. which
marks tbe terminus of the road, to begin
exercises planned for the occasion. Mr.
Jno. W. Davis welcomed the enterprise
in a brief speech and was followed by
Mr, Li. V. Morrill, of Greene, and Mr. J
E. Robinson, of Wayne. Mr. J. W.
Lynch, president of the new road, then,
with a slight show of emotion, threw the
first dirt in the construction of the road
Maj. MaCleary followed with another
spade full, as did also Mr. L. V. Morrill,
attorney for the road, and Mr, Geo.- w,
Sugg, Sheriff Edwards, of Greene, and
Mr. Josiah Exiun. '
After this the crowd was invited to the
town ball, where the citizens of Fremont
hod spread a feast of barbecue and wa
termelons and everything else! that a
hungry railroad director, president or
spectator could desire, and the ladies of
ttVvVMAnf ntASii i 4-r ana tlilitL oil Vl O
j truivuu ncio nun C dcu VUUV MI aiiui
enough.
At the close of the dinner Mess. L. V.
Morrill and E. B. Lewis thanked the la
dies of the town and the citizens for the
feast spread so bountifully. ? .
The active construction oi this railroad
has now begun and the people along the
surveyed route can reasonably hope to
see it in operation to Snow Hill by the
time snow flies. The completed road
will run from Raleigh to Engelhard, on
Pamlico sound, via SnoW Hill. It was
first proposed to run by Goldsboro to
Snow Hill but the Goldsboro people dis
couraged the idea. Now it is too late to
change and they will see themselves side
tracked once more because of . their : pro
crastination. - r .'
Make no mistake about it, this road is
being built, and built to stay, notwith
standing the doubts and distrust of
timid minds, and the fears of those who
don't want to see it. ,
FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.
Chairman ' Simmons Determined
To Have Pernicious Activity of
Federal Officeholders Punished.
Raleigh. July 23. Democratic State
Chairman Simmons today forwarded to
the civil service commission a copy of his
recent letter to the president and wrote
tbe commission the following letter:
"I herewith enclose a letter addressed
by myself as chairman of the Democratic
State executive committee of this. State
to the president. Tbe letter is a true
statement of tbe meddlesome conduct
and pernicious activity of federal office
holders in the State campaign which is
now in progress in North Carolina.' I
am getting together affidavits which I
propose to submit to your commission
showing open and flagrant violation by
these officers of the civil service laws and
regulations which it is your duty to en
force. As soon as I have secured these
affidavits I will submit them to your
board for investigation and adjudica
tion." Chairman Simmons is also in commu
nication with Ex-Senator Gorman, Sen
ator Jones, of the national executive
committee; Senator Morgan. of Alabama;
Ex-Senator David U. Hill, of Jew York,
Senators McLaurin and Tillman, of
South Carolina; Money, of Mississippi, and
Mchnery, of Louisiana, lie expects to
enlist tbem in behalf of the people of
North Carolina against the attempt of
tbe federal officeholders to take chanre
of the affairs of tbe State. He has asked
them to assist in securing a full investi
gation and adjudication by tbe commis
sion. He has also written to Ex-Sen n
tors Ransom and Jarvis and Mr. C. B.
Aycock upon tbe subject, askingnot only
their co-operation, but that tbey appear
before the commission, lie says affida
vits are already coming, showing the'
meddlesome interference of federal office
holders in matters of election, as well at
pernicious activity. It is further given
out that not only Chairman Simmons
but the white people of North Carolina
are determined to prees this matter and
to hare a decision as early as pow-ib'e;
thatthiaisa matter not only of State
importance but of national concern; that
if the r-ppublican party does not intend
to tLlorr te civil service laws, it oujbt
to rvpRl them; that the national caia
pc" -3 hi crm very soon and It is pxd
1 1 iTo r.a taierstaniir? a to Lat
? c i t f-rv: 4 ccrr.disMon' propose to
STATB HEWS.
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Interesting North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form.
Gaston county promises 1,000 Demo
cratic majority.
In Craven county the registration
shows a white majority of over 400.
' A prominent Democrat says Mecklen
burg county will declare for the amend
ment by a majority of 2,500 to 4,000.
The Chowan-Roanoke Times says that
Northampton is good for a Democratic!
majority of 1,000 and that it may reach
1.500.
Dan McRachan, of Columbus county,
who organized the Populist party iu that
county, is out for the amendment.
Columbus is said to be safe for 800
majority. - , .
More fusion rascality. The registra
tion books inllunnicutt township, Samp
son county, were tafcen by a mob Satur
day night.; The books showed a Demo,
cratic majority of 27. ,This is Butler's
own township.
' The Vance statue was Monday after
noon placed in position in the Capitol
square at Raleigh in the presence of a
hundred people or more. It is an excel
lent piece of work. It was photographed
and, then draped so to remain until
August 22.
In September, when the State Agricul
tural and Mechanical College reopens, it
will have a new feature in the shape of
the first textile school in North Carolina. :
Many gifts of machinery for the use of
the students are being made. The plan
finds favor with mill men and also with
makers of machines -
Winston Sentinel: Mr. N. Glenn "Wil
liams, of Yadkin county, is one of North
Carolina's leading farmers. His wheat
crop this year threshed out 5,815 bush
els. This was grown on 220 acres. His
individual crop amounted to 5.659 bush
els. Average per acre was 25 8-11 bush
els. His best field of wheat was 37 acres,
wnicn produced i,ZLUft ousheis.
Mr. A. S. Thompson, of Robeson county,
has a card in the Lumber ton Robesonian
severing his connection with the Populist
party. He says he was a delegate to the
State Populist convention last May and
helped nominate a ticket with tbe dis
tinct understanding that there was to
be ho fusion. Mr. Thompson was nomi
nated by the People's party for register
of deeds of Robeson county. He has
written a card declining the nomination.
Wilmlugton Messenger: Whilo in the
west Mr. Bellamy learned that in
Mitchell, the strongest Republican county
in the State, county script is selling at
10 cents on the dollar and in Madison
county, Pritchard's home, it is only
bringing 30 cents on the dollar, and
since the institution of Republican rule
the county s indebtedness has increased
from f 12,000 to f 60,000, aud to cap tbt
the climax the county treasurer has re
ported that "burglars" had' robbed his
safe of all the county funds.
Wilmington Messenger: Reports were
current yesterday at Whiteville that the
registration books at Cerro Gudo in
South .Williams : township,, Columbus
county, had been stolen.' Th registrar
is Mr. Henry Coleman and he isastauncb
Democrat. This township Is ' one of
largest in the State and always gives big
Democratic majorities.! There has been'
a large number registered and only two
were against the amendment. As to the
truth of the statement it is Impossible
to accurately confirm or deny it. If these
books have been stolen and the thieves
are canght there is no telling what might
happen to them. v
McKinley May Arbitrate.
Washington, July 23. The president
has listened to the appeal of tbe Chinese
government as transmitted through
Minister v u and has signified his willinir-
ness to mediate between tbe imperial
government and the powers, but only
upon conditions which must be met by
tbe Chinese government; Tbe exact na
ture of the terms proposed b the state
department cannot be stated until to
morrow, when publications will be made
of tbe text of the Chinese appeal and of
tne presidents auswer. it is Known,
however, that the answer is entirely con
sistent with the statement of principles
laid down by Secretary Hay in his iden
tical note to the powers, and moreover
it accepts as truthful the Chinese state
ments relative to the safety of the foreign
saimsters at reian. ' ,
Does It Pay to Buy Cheap?
A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is
all right, but yon want something that
will relieve and cure the more severe
and dangerous results of throat and lung
troubles. What shall you do? Go to a
armer and mora recrular climate? 1 es.
If possible; if not possible for you, then in
either case take the oj.lt remedy that
has been Introduced in all civilized coun
tries with rocresa in severs throat and
lu r. g truu ties, " lloschee's G erm an Syrc p."
It not only heals and stimulates the tis
sues to destroy tbe g?rm dea, but
allays in.-itniriation, canws eay expec
toration, r-ives a rooJ E ht s ret, aal
cu res ths patient. TryoTKlot'J. r.-c-v.
rcer any year trail d.-r ; 'in U
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