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Price Two Cents.
6E1IERAIMIEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
i Viceroy Tak, at Canton, says the for-
, ' eigners at Pekin were safe July 2Hd.
V Li Hung Chang is said to be detained
i chonifhiii )it t.'ia n id nnwera.nn irnft
it . aw . 7lj uuk ui' r -j
nicion. - ' " -'
The advance of the allies from Tien
Tain is now said to be determined on in
a dayor two. ',,--
Tha Democrats. Populists and silver
' Republicans have fused on a joint state
ticket in Kansas.
The Russian admiral is ordered to bom
bard - Chinese coast towns on conflrma-
, tion of massacre of the legations.
j China proposes to give a .safe convoy
to the foreign legations to Tien Tsin on a
guarantee that no advance will be made
on Pekin,
' The discovery of the fact that China
! - has made the same request to all the al
lied powers for mediation leads to the
belief that she is not sincere, but playing
for delay. - -
AfcflhiMuro. Wednesday; an explosion
- occurred in the chemical department of
the Windsor Celluloid Collar company,
setting fire to the building and resulting
in the death 0 lour women ana minor in
juries to four other persons.
William Hardy, an engineer at .the
- Richmond Locomotive and Machine
wnrta met a, horrible death Wednesday
nio-ht,. Hewascaujrhtin the wheel of
his engine and almost ground to, pieces.
Hardy was 28 years old and married.
The postoffice department makes pub
lic the . report of Assistant Postmaster
Gen. Bristow on his investigations into
the postal frauds in Cuba. He shows that
Neefy, Reeves and Rathbone were all im-
!licated In the peculations. Neely's de
dication amounts to ?13i,000. ,
The gold Democrats met at Indianap
olis Wednesday and decided not to put up
a ticket. When W. B. Haldeman, proprie
tor of the Louisville Courier-J ournal and
member of the national executive com
mittee, arose a sensation was sprung.
The speakerdeclared his intention of sup
porting Bryan and Stevenson. Mr. Hal
deman in 1896 contributed mach aid In
actively raising funds of the campaign
and maintenance of the work of the gold
' Democracy, and was a member of the
auditing committee of that party.
. NO HOPE FOR THE LEGATION.
. Oomulative Evidenoe of Their Mas
sacre Is Beinsr Continually Re
ceived. London, July 26. Mr. Conger's letter,
the substance of wcich has been trans
mitted to the United States secretary of
the navy, through Capt. Thomas, has
. increased the belief in London that there
is no hope for the foreign legations in
- Pekin and that the elaborate fabric of
' dispatches which the Chinese arebuilding
to persuade the civilized world that the
ministers are still alive is only intended
' to enable them to gain time to complete
preparations for warfare. -
They Want to Trade.
Nrw-Oberver. v
Information has been received to the
effect that in certain localities Re-pop-li-j-
can managers are ready to give two votes
. for the amendment to one for the legisla
tive ticket. This is proof positive that they
have given up the fight for the amend
ment and are centering all their strength
on the legislature. ,
Democrats should be on their guard.
"Forewarned is forearmed." ,
WILLIE, THE
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FREEDOM IN SIGHT.
In a Few Months Cuba VJ ill Have
a Constitution and a Govern
ments
Havana, July 25. In accordance with
instructions from Uov..(ien. - VYcod.
decree will be published fixing the third
Saturday in September as the date for
the election ol delearates to the constitu
tional assembly. The assembly will meet
on toe first Monday in November, wben
the relations of the Cuban state with the
United States will also be arranged
After a constitution is drawn up an elec
tion will be held and a' government
chosen, to which the representatives of
the United states will deliver the srovero
ment of the island.' The province of
Pinat del Rio will elect three delegates to
the assembly,' Havana eight, Matanzas
four, Santa Clara seven, Puerto Principe
two and Santiago seven. -
' .". Snow Fleas.
One of the strangest of air specks on
snow Is thei snow flea no mimic fle.
but an actual living and very lively
midget, whose swarms sometimes coV'
er the snow In patches as black as ink
or convert large, spaces of Its surface
to a dark gray color. They are crea'
tures of .the thaw, i have seen patches,
says William Hamilton Gibson, two
feet In diameter moving like a dark
shadow across the meadow, and I re
member once when .a boy walking on
the snow crust over a field of several
acres that ' was everywhere peppered
with their millions. . ,
The books tell us that the Insects live
In moss and lichens and the rocks and
bark of trees, from which they emerge
for exercise In mild weather. ( This
theory Is probably warranted by the
facts, but it will be no easy task so to
convince many a rustle philosopher
whom I know and to whom these fleas
are as much a celestial shower as the
snow Itself. Boston Transcript
Limits to Ht Gratitude. ;
"I feel that I ought to make some ac
knowledgment to the people who'were
so kind to na during my late wife's last
sickness." said Mr. Phroogle. "and
would like to have you Insert this card
of thanks In a prominent place in this
week's paper." v "'s v V V
"We are obliged to make a charge
for these notices." replied the editor of
The Weekly Blizzard, looking over the
manuscript, "and this will cost you
"Then yon needn't publish . It." re
joined Mr. Phroogle. "1 am not quite
as grateful as all that comes to." Chi
cago Tribune. ; . ' ',
. Uor llcoioa. , ; .
"Why did Mrs. Frlzzlngton, the rich
widow, who furnished all tne money
for the business she and you have
started, want the name of the.flrm to
be 'Rootle & Frlzzlnjrtou' Instead of
Frlzzlngton & Rootle.' as it ought te
be. seeing that she Is much more bear
Hy Interested than you?"
"She didn't want to be referred to as
the Beulor partner ".-Chicago Times-
Herald. ' - " - .' a ...
' . Inconsistent.
i "Ton keep me waiting so long!" com
plained the customer,
i ""Madam." Bald the worried grocer,
who was economizing In his business
'by employing only one clerk, "ain't yon
.the woman that was In here yesterday
kicking about short weights?" Chic'
go Tribune. ''.
OFFICE BOY.
MR. SIMMONS' COMPLAINT
To the Civil Service Commission of
Unlawful Partisanship of Federal
Officials. ' ' .
.- Washington, July 23. The civil service
commission taday received a complaint
from F. M. Simmons, chairman of the
Democratic State executive committee of
North Carolina, against the activity of
federal .officeholders in the- State cam
paign. It is dated at Raleigh, July 23d,
and encloses a letter Chairman Simmons
ha addressed to President McKinley, al
leging "meddlesome conduct and perni
cious activity".of federal officials. y K.
Mr. Simmons says he is gathering affi
davits to submit to the commission,
showing violation of the civil service
laws.'''- v:'-'; ': .;
: Mr. Simmons 'says - that ever since the
inception of the campaign federal officials
have been daily openly yaing their official
positions and power to control both the
itepuoncan ana ropuiwiconveniiona ana
coerce voters. XJryr
:i Mr. Simmons says that the entire fed
eral office-holding body in the State, he
understands, cure .been asking for cam
Daiarn funds, aud he lidda. it is chanred
that dispositions of offenses aarainst the
liquor laws are frequently dictated by
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DUCKED IN HORSE FOUNTAIN,
Jack King Punished for Distribu
ting' Campaign 'Literature, for
Butler. Trial of Two of His As
sailants. r v
Wilmington McsscngeK , V . "
Jack King was taken by a party of
young men in tne nltn ward Monday
night and given a ducting in the horse
fountain, corner Fifth and Castle streets
He was charged with having distributed
anti-amend ment and ropuhs tic cam paign
literature m tnac ward Monday lor ben
ator Marion Butler:
A promise was exacted from King that
ne "would not do so any more."
iie wens beiore Justice ol the i'eaceJ
J. Fowler yesterday morning and caused
tne arrest ol two ol them, Thomas M
Simmons and William C Branch, on the
charge of assault and battery. 'The jus
tice said evidence showed the accused to
be guilty and asked them what they had
to say for themselves. Simmons said
that he thought it "no crime to wash
dirty henchman of Butler's like King
v as. jvine addressed tne court, saviour
that he thought the young men did not
realize wnat they did and asked that the
court pot muict any punishment. '
PUT BACK ON THE TRAIN.
Fusion Speakers Are Not Wanted
. - , At Warsaw.
Warsaw. N. C July 25. Davis and
Person, fusionists, were billed to speak
here tomorrow. They came up on the
"shoo fly" train tonight, expecting to
get off, but were met at the train by a
delegation of 50 red shirts and pnt back
on the train. ' Big preparations are being
maae lor me entertainment 01 lion. u. a
Aj cock, who will speak at Kenansville
tomorrow. If this fusion gang re
turns tbey will be met with a carriage
ana escorted to Kenansville to bear Ay
cock speak, with a vie w of reforming them,
Lupnn ls.ior White supremacy by 1,000.
The Fusionist Drag-Net Is Three
' ' ; ' f f Tickets. v-.;. ; ;
Raleigh, July 26. The fusionists have
had printed three separate and distinct
UCKeiB.
One of them the fusion ticket, headed
by Thompson is meant to be voted bv
aii good l'opuiists and republicans.
ine otner two straight roDulistand
a straight Republican ticket are meant.
to use Butler's and Holton's own alliter
ation, "for fool folks who are against
nision.
The fusion ticket was printed bv Barnes
and has already been distributed. The
traight tickets are now being printed bv
Uzzell and are not , meant to be thor
oughly distributed.
lhey are just a blind "for fool folks
who are against fusion.
1 he plan is to distribute a few of the
straight tickets at places where it is pos
itively known that there are Populists or
Tt 1 1 1 1 1 . . .
itppuuticans woo -win not vote a lusion
ticket, and might, unless they can get a
iraigosiicsei, support tne democratic
nominee.
Such a ticket, however, will be offered
them by the managers on It as a last re
sort, all Republicans and Populist alike
being urged to vote fusion.
It Will Not Be Changed.
Ne wObvrrer.
The Blaek-and-Tan ipeaters have al
ready itarted tbe lie that the Itrlfilature
will meet saia ia order to make tome
char re la the amendment lust befors the
lection. It wsi well that the Democratic
jn-.r.t canc:s ar.t.c r'vted th:s l a by de-
anr x "thit fit r . i advrred f -;oa.
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A STORY OF DAN RICE.
Tlie Great Clown Old Hot Forget tbe
Tent Blan'a Dim
One story of Dau Rice, the veteran
circus clown. Illustrates his strict sense
of honesty and gratitude for favors.
Once he was stranded In Cincinnati,
the story goes, and was unable to start
a show on the road because he had 'no
tent and could not raise money to .buy
one, The tout Rice needed would bo
worth $2,500. The mannger of a tent
concern sent for the clown one morn
Ing and, taking him to, his factory,
showed a big tent that was just finish
ed. Rice looked at It with hungry eyes.
lie turned away, with a sigh.
"Fine tent, don't you think?!' asked
the canvas maker. . -
Rice looked back at It over his slioul-
fler, with another deep sigh,
"it's yours," said the tent man.
Rice was like a playful kitten In an
Instant ,
"I believe there Is a lot of money la
you yet," said the canvas man. "You
takev that tent and start your show,
and If you ever get money enough to
pay me for It the price Is $2,500."
Within two weeks Rice was on the
road with a show and began a success
ful career. For 13 years he never re
ferred to the tent, although be often
met the man who made It. One after
noon lie asked the tent man to be his
guest aton&of his shows, then In CIn
clnnatl. The two sat looking on, and
Rice remarked: . .
"Fine Bhow, don't you think?"
The canvas man declared that ft. cor
talnly was. 1 . ;
"By the way,"added Rice, "here's
that $2,500 I owe you." y lie took a roll
of bills out of his pocket and handed It
to the tentmaker.who pocketed It with
out unrolling It. The old tent man lov
ed to delate this story and always de
clared that the great men of this coun
try were P. T, Barnum, John Robinson
and Dnn Rice. New York Mall and
Express.
THE
BABY'S LITTLE JOKE.
It Worried the Fat Man. bat ne Tried
to Enjojr It. .
It happened In one of the late trains.
Everybody was trying to get to sloop,
and when the voice of a baby Was sud
denly lifted up In- n robust wail It was
not met with expressions of joy. II
cried steadily : from Spring Garden
street To" (Columbia avenue. Then -It
accidentally dropped a pasteboard box
it had. A very stout and, like his kind,
yery affable man across the alsk
stooped heavily and picked It up.
The child stopped crying as it took
It and promptly dropped it again. The
man, thinking It an accident, picked
It up once more. This time the baby
actually smiled, and as he threw It
down audibly cooed with delight. The
man looked distinctly uncomfortable
and became Interested In something
outside the window. Tbe child looked
at tbe box a moment, then at the man.
and. seeing nothing else, resumed his
wall, with much added wind. The
look of despair resettled on the face of
the woman with tbe headache, and she
gave a convulsive shudder as she felt
her head beginning to jump.
She gave one awful glance at the
baby and then leaned over to tbe stout
man, back of whom she was sitting.
My dear Sir," said she, "I have a vio
lent headache, and I am In misery.
Won't you please pick up that box
again?" And with a highly artificial
smile he complied. Out of pure cour
tesy be became a box lifting autom
aton, his piles of adipose making each
stoop come harder. But wben he wip
ed the perspiration from his brow and
staggered out. of the car at German
town be got a grateful smile from the
afflicted woman, as well as every other
passenger, that he felt paid blni.-
Phlladelphia Inquirer. -
Orlfftn of the Doat.
Only lately has the original boat been
found In use and among the savages
of the south sea Islands. There the
natives take the stump of a tree whoso
roots orrer a good seat, and, launching
this primitive craft, they paddle around
as contentedly as If there was no such
thing as a European steamer, and, to
tell the truth, they do not suspect Its
existence.
There can he no doubt whatever tLat
la this stump boat we have the original
tnettoJ of transportation by water.
Accident rertalDly contributed to this
C'.scoxery.
A tired iwliarjlnj savage found a loj
Coating tear him. lie rragped It and
u:. 1 that It hclJ Lira above water,
a r.ounU'd Lis I.-g and used a Coating
STATE HEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form.
Rowan county promises 2,000 Dem
ocratic majority.
It is now estimated that ther nra -
more than 8,000 genuine Populists in
The Tear inst elnspd hnn fian
prosperous in the history of the Baptist
orphanage at Thomasville. i
At Monteznma Tnesdnv mVhf. t t.
Barner shot and instantly killed Reuben
Burleson. It was in self-defense. j
The fusionists havo trnttrtn a. hi am.
naitrnfund find will anoni it.
to carry the legislative tickets in ths
close counties.
There were 3.000 rnmnlrt lit, n. frpnriil
rally at Nashville V'rNlnulntr r u
Aycockand E. A .Ponspoke. There was
Dig bariHCue.
Renublicans are -i it.l-Iinir ltanniiii,,.n
State chairman Holton's poor manage.
im-ub, uuu miy ue im ine worst cnairman
the party Las ever had but that he will
never resign.
The Lumberton ItotHnn inn nnnnnnmi
that P: E. MeBryde, of Rule Springs
towntthin. who wis n 1
of the legislature in 1890, favors the conV
Buiunouai amendment.
Senator Pritchnrd
- w- w uj v U WVS
D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, to fill the
vacancy in the industrial commission "
caused by the resignation of Mr. Smyth,
of South Carolina, which takes effect
September 1.. -
Greensboro TfIii!Tiim -Mr TT tt
Reynolds, of Winston, a tobacco sales
man, has filed a petition in bankruptcy
with the clerk of the federal court at this
place. His liabilities are 1 19,278.87,
with assets to the amount of $500. '
It is reDorted hrra t.hnt n. torn Anvm im
down at Clingmun some white lie-.,
publicans persuaded some negroes to
tnrasn out a lew Democrats. But the "
negroes undertook more than they had
bargained for. TIia thrm nr fnnr Tum. '
ocrata broke no a fw mma In 1-nm.Hni,
negroes down, after which the negroes
very wmmgiy gave up tneir contract and
made tracks without hesitation or men
tal reservation.
What an Infamous Business. c
Wilmington Star.
So far every registrar who has bwn
arrested in this State has bon arrested
on the affidavit of a negro which afflda
vits were drawn up by white instigators
and then srvorn to by their riegro tools.
Whether they knew what was in these
affidavits or not or what they were really
intended for may be a matter of doubt
with some of them, but there is no doubt
as to the negro on whose uflidavit Reg-,
istrar Williamp, of Rose Hill, Duplin
county, wa arretted. At the trial be
fore IT, 8. Coramicftioner Mallard, Tues
day, this negro let the cat out of the bag
and swore that he didn't know that the -paper
he swore to was for tbe arrest of
the registrar, that it was shown to him
by two Republican-Populist white men.
that they didn't read it to him, that he '
didn't know what was in it, but sup
posed it was something thoy were going
to send to Butler, which would count the
same as a vote. As the conspirators de
pended upon the testimony of this man
to prove their case, of course the only
thing to do was to release tbe registrar,
which was done. But if it hadn't been
for the bold front shown by the Demo
crats who gathered at Rose Hill to see
that justice be done Mr. Williams, and
or the further fact of this confession bv
the negro affidavit signer, the probabili
ties are the conspirators would have had
things as they wanted them, and Mr.
Williams would have been held in heavy
bond for trial by the federal court. ,
Y bat an . infamous business this isl
These white conspirators find an igno
rant, pliant negro whom they could use,
tlx up an affidavit for him, don't let him
know what Is in it, tell him that it wa
for a different purpose than that intended
and then get him to swear to it, and on
the strength of that perjured paper have
Mr. Williams arrested and brought be
fore a commissioner of their own crowd.
W ho is the iruilty party in this business.
this ignorant negro who did what he
was told to do and was in ignorance of
tbe paper he swore to, or the white con
spirators who planned this infamous pro
ceeding and the two white men who
used the negro to carry it out? The
negro deserves punishment for permit
ting himself to be used, but these white
vi.iians who knew inst what they were
doiDg ought to go to the penitentiary.
Kttrtburi.
Wben the Quantity of food taken is too
larjre or the quality too rich heartburn is
liktlr to follow, and ereciallT so if tbe
tion baa been weakened by con t
ation. Eat slowlrnn i cot too fr 't cf
ns.ly d'rtel food. 5!aticat the food
LorocrLly. Let fix hours fla: te-
weea r.,prJii and wL-a yon f.-cl a fullers
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