EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY,
Vol. Ill No. 98.
IHNSTON, N. 0., MONDAY, JULY 30; 1900.
Price Two Cents.
PUBLISHED
GENERAL HEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
E. G. Ratbbone, director of poet
of
Cuba, was arrested Saturday, .
The Sutro Cotton Mill and the Loan
and Savings Bank at Yorkville, S. C
failed last week. L ' -'
Bryan says he will discuss imperialism
onlv in his letter of acceptance of the
presidential nomination.' r -
" Georgia's first bale of cotton of the
1900 cron was marketed at Albany, Ga.
Fridav. It was crro wn by aneirro farmer.
weiched 397 Dounds. and sold at 11
' cents. '.-. ,;;
Emperor William in his address ,to tbe
Herman soldiers about do Ban ior viiiaa
charged them to spare no Chinese and
' make no prisoners, which 1 has caused
' mncb i adverse criticism.
. The new wean" liner, the Dentschland
which made that record breaking trip
westward, has also broken the record
eastward, making the trip from New
York to Plymouth in 5 dayB, 14 hours
and fl minutes, au average speed of 23
' knots an hour.
- A Can Town special says that it
is
reported that Dewet,the Boer leadeij.bas
offered , to surrender on condition his
followers be permitted to return to their
homes unmolested. : It added that Rob-
erts refused to entertain anything except
unconditional surrender, v t
An account of the sailing of an airship
is sent the state department at Washing
ton by Consul Dubois. ; The ship sailed a
difltance of ten miles over Lake ton
stance, Switzerland. An accident to the
. j. A i-
slowly to the water without damage.
1 It is stated that Chas. A. Towne wil
h withdrawn from the national Popu
list ticket about August, at which time
AkA Dnnlla , nt!T,fkl r AAfniDltiM : Will
replace him with Stevenson for vice
president. It is said a cabinet position
will be given Towne if Bryan ts elected
Arrangements -have , practically- been
iximiiwiiHii iiii til in iiux L.uotoa 11 wui
hv the. United States of the islands of
fHbitn and Caeaven which were left in
finanish possession by the treaty of
Paris, although part of the Philippine
rch ne aoro. TDe once to , oe paia is
1100,000. V :?". ' v
The testimony in the Powers trial at
-Georgetown, Ky for the murder of Goe
hel is strontr for the prosecution. The
testimonv conclusively shows that Goe-
bel's assassination was the result of a
conspiracy, in which Acting Gov. Taylor
took a prominent part, ine evidence is
utronir aeainst Powers and others. One
witness testified that when the fatal
shot was fired he saw a rifle pointing out
of a window of, the secretary of states
office. The prosecution rested their case
Baniii 'ttli aTiwtH that tha pmpi
will ast three weeks longer lor deiense
and rebuttal testimony.
BASEBALL.
v State League Games.
The executive committee of the State
leamie met in Raleigh Friday. It was
decided to play a second series of three
.games in each town, ana a special com
mittee was appointed to makeaschedule
and report by August 1st.
The committee decided contested games.
The game played by Durham vs. Tar
boro in Durham was ruled out and .or
dered to be played over again. The rules
say that a game shall be called when the
spectators occupying open seat have
to seek shelter. Tarboro submitted
affidavits alleging that the spectators
had to leave their seats in tne game re
ferred to. '. '
The protested game of Wilmington, vs.
Durham was also ruled out and this game
will have to be played over.
The action of the committee affects the
standing of the .clubs, putting Charlotte
in ' secoud place ana Durham in third
position. -
Friday's dims. '
At Raleigh Raleigh 4, Charlotte 6.
The score was 4 to 1 up to the last inning
when Cuddy knocked a home run for
Charlotte when three men were on bases,
winning the game.
At Stateeville Stateevills 8, filming
ton 1. ,
SATCRPAY, "
At StatesvKlTbe game between
Statesville and Wilmirisrton came to an
end at the end of the Gth inninjr, after a
row between urrpire , end pitcher, in
which blows parsed.- TLe game was
given to Statpsville by the umpire by a
score of 9 to 0,
The neons at the end .of tbe sixth inning
stood (5 to 4 in favor of M'ilrrnnjton.
Durirt tbe S);Xt innir.r tie vifitor- with
drew from tl. frir n eorst of alleg
ed unfair d I -jr. f tU ciire
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BLOODY PITCHED BATTLE
With the Negro Desperado Charles
, In New Orleans. He Kills Four
Men Before He Is Shot Down.
Infuriated Mob Burns Negro
Houses. . .
New Orleans, July 27,-r-Af ter a desper
ate battle lasting for several hours in
which he succeeded r in killing Sergeant
Gabriel Porteous. Andy 'van Kurem
keeper of the police jail, and Alfred
Bloomfleld, a young boy, fatally wound
ing Corporal John F. ..Lally, John Ban
ville, ex-policeman, Frank H. Evans, A
S. Loclere, one of the leading confection
ers of the city, and more or less seriously
shooting several citizens, the negro des
perado. Itobert Charles, who killed Lapt.
Day and Patrolman Lamb and badly
wounded Officer Mora, was smoked out
of bis hiding place in the heart of tbe res
idence section of tne city and literally
shot to pieces,
The tragedy was one of the most re
markable in the history of the city and
20,000 people soldiers, : policemen and
citizens were gathered around the square
in which Charles was finally put to
death.
Tremendous excitement reigned in New
Orleans as the battle went on between
the police and citizens and the negro with
his Winchester.
At a late hour tonight a mob which
had evaded the militia and police, at
tacked the Thorny Lafon school house,
Sixth and Ham part streets, upon tbe
supposition that negroes had stored
arms and ammunition in the building.
They quickly gained possession and fired
the structure, destroying it completely
The school building was erected a few
years ago by tbe city and was devoted
exclusively to the education of colored
children. No negroes were found in the
school, but a number who emerged from
houses in the vicinity were pursued for
quite a distance. A strong force was
dispatched to the scene as soon as tbe
alarm" was given but too late to save the
rt. i 1 ( I 1 3 3
scnooi. xne moD was quicsiy uispereeu.
A complete list of casualties shows
that six nesrroes, and four whites have
been killed and ten negroes and 20 whites
wounded since the trouble began.
Orleans. "Jul 28. All through
the night tbe officers fought the mob that
set out to fire tbe nouses of negroes in
the vicinity of Tehopitoulas and Amelia
streets. They finally drove on the riot
ers. About 30 tenements were fired at
one time. . ' . . 4 . 1 "
Tie Center of the Earth.
Of late years tbe general view has
been that the . Interior of the globe,
though partly liquid, ia for the most
part solid. Some have considered that
a section through -the earth would
show the following:
(1) An outer solid envelope, (2) a
semifluid envelope, (3) a fluid envel
ope, (4) a smelfluld envelope, (T) a solid
nucleus. No. 1 results from a reduced
temperature only, No. 2 from a pres
sure and temperature not quite suffi
dent for liquidation, No. 3 from a tem
perature sufficiently , high to- produce
Complete liquidation, No. 4 from, a
pressure so great as to prevent even
the terrific, heat which most certainly
exists deep down in the earth from
completely liquefying the material on
which it works, and No. 5 from a pres
sure which overcomes completely the
liquefying power even of the - max!
mum heat of the interior. ' . . '
This pressure Is estimated to be at
the center of the earth 7,180,593,750
pounds to the square foot, a pressure
so enormous that no known substance
could fuse beneath it Even hydrogen
at the highest possible temperature
would under, such' conditions become
as bard as .a diamond. Hence it seems
probable that, far .from there being a
vacuum at the center of the earth,
there is a basis of intensely solid mat
ter there. Pearson's Weekly.
Not a Uribe.
Tou tttj," pursued the chairman of
the legislative investigating commit
tee, "that be resorted to no bribery
Khatever during. the campaign, to far
i rou know?" . . '
"Yes. sir. replied the witness; "that
Is what I said."
iPU he not circulate several boxes
it cigars r. -
'Yes. sir.' but them Cigars wasn't
bribes. Here's one of 'em. You can
Iry ItVC'hlcasro Tribune.
Question Answered.
Yes, Aupjet 1 lower still has the largest
al of any medicine In tbecmlited world
Your mothers and grandmothers neve
thoijrbt of DRi'nsr anything e!e for Ind
gwuon or Blujuraess. Doctors were
and they wldom hard of Appeo
tin.; Nfrvpi J'rwtration, of Heart
failure, tc. They uel u-:t Flower
torJ-an out tL.yt :a til ft fr
nt'ntat:on of cnd ersti food, rr r-!,it-
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; . MORE CAMPAIGN LIES.
Charges Made toy Butler's Organ
Whioh It Knew Were False When
Made.
Raleigh, N. C, July 27. The Caucasian
this week makes tbe charge that there are
five negroes employed at Democratic
headquarters. Of course this is not true,
as everybody who goes to Democratic
headquarters, and they are numbered by
thousands, knows. Reporters go there
every day, and know all the employees
are white people. : - V v V
Today's issue of Senator Butler's paper
quotes the following from the Winston
Republican: "Referring to some peculiar i
construction or the law, we quote a sec
tion as we find in copy in our possession
with tbe brand of the State printer on it.
"Section 211. On the day of election any
elector may and the judges of election
shall challenge the vote of any person
who may be known or suspected to be a
duly qualified voter How can a duly
qualified voter n be ; challenged? . Can
Chairman Simmons explain? If the
above is a misprint, then it is an over
sight deplorable in the extreme." ;
The above ira correctquotation of sec
tion 21 as it appears in the printed elec
tion law cent out by Populist Secretary
oi otaie inompson; out caretul examina
tion of the election law as amended bv
the June session, on file in Secretary of
btate Thompson's office, shows the word
"not" is left out in the printed copy after
the word "suspected." ' The law on file
in-Secretary Thompson1? office reads,"or
suspected not to be a duly qualified
voter." and permits the challenire of
illegal voters on election day.
Chairman Simmons ? discovered this
error, which must) have been made in
becretary ThompsOn'sToffice, . several
weeks ago and notified the Democratic
chairmen throughout the State that the
word "not" was in- the original and
omitted in printed copy.
A gentleman who examined this matter
for Simmons states that the clerk in Sec
retary Thompson's ofl5ee told him they
had discovered th mistake there, and
that it had worried them very much.
It is hardly possible that the Caucasian,
when it quoted the .Republican article,
did not know there Iwas a mistake,. -as
pointed out above, and that the word
''not," which is omitted in the printed
copy, appears in the enrolled copy in
Secretary Thompson's office. It there
fore appears that what the Republican
cans a oepioraDie mistake was made in
Secretary Thompson's office. It appears
that what The Caucasian holds up as a
lsemucrauc uiuuaeris notning Dut at'op
list blunder.
There is no Question about the riirht to
cuuiieugo uiegai voters on tne aay oi elec
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tion, outside oi the section referred to in
the article above. Section 16 of the elec
tion law specifically provides that an il
legal voter may be challenged, at any
time.
News from China. .
A Shanghai dispatch savs that Prince
man has been killed In a fight with the
tsoxers who bad revolted against him,
A cablegram announces the murder of
all the foreigners and many natives in
Taoting and the missions burned. .
Unless the administration at Wasbinor-
ton in a day or two gets positive proof
oi tne eaiety of tne legations at Pekin it
will abandon air faith in the Chinese
statements.
Secretary Hay, tv ho has inst returned
from Canton, Ohio, says tbe government
will not accept tbe oner oi the Chinese to
turn over the ministers to the allies at
Tien Tain in consideration' of suspension
of the campaign against Pekio.
Eighteen missionaries have been mas
sacred at Tung Chan, where tbe churches
have been burned. . .
It is thought the advance of ths allies
on Pekin will begin this week. .
Reports come toforeiarn mission boards
or tbe massacre of all missionaries at
aoTingTu. - .
There is much bitterness in Germany
toward the United States over the lat
ter' attitude in the Chinese matter. '
Minister Wn delivered to Secretary Hay
an alleged solemn declaration of the
Chinese uovernment that the legations
were safe July 24tb. and -receivimr aid
from that government, .
China's Ultimatum.
Shanghai, July 23. War or the protec
tion of empress dowasrer and unity of
the empire is the alternative presented to
the powers by the powerful vicerovs of
the Yangtze provinces. The ultimatum
of the viceroys is that thf re shall be no
partitioning of Cbinar end that the per
son of tbe empress c)Wer shall be beld
sacred, otherwise the present attitude of
the viceroys will be changed. Until now
the viceroys have professed f riendehip for
the foreigners. "
A C:!i psr;b Ktiidss.
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White Writes Saying He Was
Not Trying to Force Himself
Among Whites on the Train.
Tarboro, N. C, July 25th, 1900.
To the Editor of Thk Kinbton Fuce
PltKSS, (
Kinston, N. C.
Sir: My attention has just been called
to an editorial in your paper of lost Mon
day in which you state that "the negro
Congressman Geo. H. White and his ne
gro private secretary got in the white
compartment of the car going from
Goldsboro to Morehead City Sunday and
was ordered out by the conductor, and
ordered to go Into the negro compart
ment, but that he, White, did not want
to go there. The conductor told him he
would have to go or be put off the train,
that he still hesitated, but six or eight
white men gathered around and told the
conductor that they would take pleas
ure in throwing the scamp off anyway.
Thereupon the negro congressman and
his negro secretary gathered their gripB
and quickly went into the compartment
assigned to negroes," etc. '
I do not know who your informant
was but beg to state that your editorial
does me, inadvertantly, perhaps, a grave
injustice. 1 The facts in this ease can be
proven by at least a dozen white men
and colored men. and are as follows:
I had business in Newborn lost Monday
and tooK advantage of the cheap, rates
on the Sunday train which left Goldsboro
Sunday morning. I got into the com
partment at Goldsboro partitioned off
and set aside for colored people where
there were several other colored persons
including two ministers. I rode in that
compartment to Nev bern. and all aloncr
the route, colored persons got in and out
and no white persons . were allowed in
this compartment. At Newberne my
private secretary and I got off the train
l x a
to speaK to some ineuas, leaving our
satchel, umbrella, etc in the compart
ment in which we came. On leaving
ewDern,rwe stood on the platform until
the train passed James City ; and then
returned to the colored compartment in
which we were riding to find it filled by
whites While hesitating on the platform.
theconductor, Mr. Cbaa. K. II an cock, came
along and suggested that we would find
comfortable seats in the rear car. I there
upon remonstrated upon the humiliation
of going ; through several crowded cars
when l was already ridintr in the com
partment provided by Jaw for colored
people. The captain made some remark
to the effect that hedisliked to ask the peo
ple to remove and without any further
words we gathered our satchels, etc..
ana went oacK to a car in the rear.
As to the presence and the remark of
six or eight white gentlemen alluded to.
I know nothing certainly nothing of
the kind occurred in my presence. I have
never naa. nave not now, nor do I ever
expect to have any hankering to push
myself among any class of people where
I am not wanted. The circus incident
to which yen allude was started in much
the same way as the incident now under
discussion and had no foundation in
truth. I beg that you will do me the
justice to reproduce this statement in
your columns and correct the error which
you have made unwittingly, no doubt,
ana oouge.
? Geo. II. White.
The Fbek Pbess cives space to the
above because we do not wish to mis
represent anyone. If White states the
matter truly we have done him an injus
tice and take pleasure in correcting the
same. .
He savs the Tarboro circus incident
happened much the same way. This oc
curred several years ago and we have
never heard before that he denied it in
any particular. - ' '
' : Effective Prayer.
A very nice aud gentle curate went
to a Yorkshire parish where the parish
ioners bred horses and sometimes rac
ed them, lie was asked to invite the
prayers of the congregation for Luck
Gray. lit did so. They prayed three
Sunday for Luck Gray. On the fourth
the chrk told the Curate- he need not
do It any more. -
"Why r asked the curate. "Is she
dead?" . ' '
"No, said the clerk; "she's won tbe
teeplecbase."
Tbe curate hwnnie quite s power In
the parish.
A Philadelphia Slander.
Ellger You remember Tompkins?
Yes? , I saw, him down at Philadelphia
tbe other day. I was in the car, he on
the depot platform. I stuck my arm
cut of tbe window to shake bands wltb
him, and do you know before I could
get bold ef his hand , '
Jigger The train started, eh?
"No. my arm went to sleep T Types.
In the northwest provinces of Ind!a
3ats frequently cat without any CI
Tect'the leaves and green stems cf
e akaca or rcadar,. tbe milky Ja!ce
f wt!cb Is an acrid po!son for fcurraa
tc!r an! Is frcently used as such
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STATE NEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form.
John Scarborough, the white man who
was assaulted by the negro in Wake
county,- is in a very critical condition.
At Newbern lost week a colored car
penter named Chas. Pollock fell from
a church steeple and died from the in
juries received.
Jonesboro Progress: We regret to
learn that Mr. Jos. A. Campbell was killed
by being run over by his team last Mon
day afternoon. ' 1
Butler advises his Populist friends that
those who do not want anyone to know
they vote against the amendment can
vote a folded ballot.
The building and machinery' of ' the
Farmers' Milliug Co., of Goldsboro. was
burned Friday night. Insurance $1,100.
Loss some over that.
W.1I. Mitchhel has withdrawn as Pop
ulist candidate for sheriff in Hertford
county and announces that he stands
with his race for White Supremacy.
Fusionist had their couuty tickets
printed in Raleigh. After Rutler sent
them out it wus found they were incor
rect so the bosses had others printed.
. The. Democrats had a great rally at
Grindool, Pitt county, Friday. Between
3,000 and 4,000 people were present.
Several splendid speeches were made and
great enthusiasm prevailed.
Chas. II. Martin, former Populist con
gressman from the 6th district, has writ- -ten
a Btrong Jftter in favor of the amend
ment, truly saying that it will notdis
francbise any native, born white man.
Rev. Dr. W. S. Pettigrew, the oldest
ProteBtant Episcopal clergyman in North
Carolina, died Friday night at Kittrell,
his home, aged 82 years. He was a
member of the North Carolina State con
vention of 1861, which enacted the seces
sion ordinance.
Aycock was greeted by 5,000 people
at Clinton Saturday. Many men went
armed td the teeth, being indignant at
Populist threats that Aycock would not
be allowed to speak there. About 800
red shirts were present, 800 being from
Duplin. About 1,000 ladies were present.
Cy. Thompson spoke et Fayetteville
Friday to a crowd of 300 negrots and
50 white Rep.-Pops. Many Populists
got dipguatfd and joined the White Su
premacy rally of 1,200 whites in another
part of tbe town. The negroes had been
advised to stay away from Thompson's
meeting, but they knew their crowd.
Salisbury Truth-Index: Mr. Jacob
Ilonbarger, of China Grove, died Tues
day morning as the result of being sun
burned about two woks ago. Mr. Hon
barger's shoulder was blistered while
he was in the sun, but no utteution was
at first paid to it. It grew worse, how
ever, and blood poison finally resulted.
Leslie Pearson, 14-year-old-son of John
N. Pearson, who resides six miles from
Goldsboro, was kicked by a mule Thurs
day night, knocking him senseless and
crushing in his skull. W, II. Cobb, Jr.,
was called and spent tbe w hole of Thurs
day .night At his bedside. On Friday
Dr. W. H. H. Cobb, assisted by Dr. W.
Cobb, and Dr. M. E. Robinson, perform
ed an operation, removing several de
pressed pieces of the skull. The brains
of the poor little fellow could be seen
plainly. . He has not at any time been
perfectly conscious Bince the accident and
bis cocdition is very critical indeed.'
Mill M II' T TfVfiTrtlcr imrmiBn a .
A Forecast of the Result. Amend-'
ment and Democratic Ticket Will
Have 42,600 Majority.
Charlotte, N. C., July 29. The Observer
today prints special dispatches from
every county in North Carolina, forecast
ing the result of the State election next
Thursday, showing that the proposed
constitutional amendment and the Dem
ocratic ticket will have over 40,000 ma
jority, the exact figures being42,600. .
Ibeee estimates, it w claimed, are un
biased and forecast what correspondents
in the V7 counties believe will be the act
ual result of the vote. . ; -'
The figures show that Republicans and
Populists will probably carry 1J counties.
while 75 will give Democratic majorities
ranging from 100 to 2,800. Three coun
ties are put down as donbtiul. In a
summary of its forecast The Observer
says; ,
"Among other things brought by. a
study of the specials Irora all over the
State is the indication that tbe appeal of
the Republican and Populist campaign
ers to the white voters of tbe middle and
western sections of the State to go
against the amendment for fear it would
disfranchise thooeof them who cannot
read bas utterly failed. Tbe only evidence
of the success of tbe work on theilliterate
voter Is given in a few counties where the
expectation is that. the amendment will
run eLghtiy behind the Democratic ctate
tif ket. This lo, however, is rroliaMy
et ia lputlipan counties in which tls
amendnH-ut wul lead tbe vote."
Ia t'i.65ove eetimata Lenoir ii pnt
down for M0. Grre ."O'J, Jen-
rravpn 4 TO. V.'avn l.f ' V.iVori
rat l,:., on..' w irjax i.c.y,
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