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7 THE DAILY FREE WUB PUBLISHED EWERY EVENING EXCEPT SU.NOHV, Vol. rUNo. 99.! KINSTON, N. 0., TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1900, Price Two Cents. ...V,: ;- ,J 4uiiiU- dill GENERAL HEWS. &-:.:,, f, -b . ,'r , IMI. -j, ff lll(;N T:v .- -rr v rn Matters of Interest Condensed Into " Brief Paraarraphs; 1 1 " Gen. Botha has escaped with his army of Boers from the British -attempts to hem him in. - ? At Matebuala. Mexico, thirty Mexican miners were entombed in a burning mine and either burned to death or suffocated. . . New Orleans was quiet Sunday.! Most of the soldiers have been relieved, a detail , of 20 men being left at the prison with the Gatnng guns. rr , , ; A dispatch from Manila says that dur ing last week's scouting 10 Americans were killed and 14 wounded." One hun dred and eighty insurgents were killed and 60 taken prisoners. Forty insur gent rifles were captured. Senator George L. Wellington, of Mary- - land, and a number of prominent Wash ington lawyers, who in ley U and until recently, have been classed as strong .Republicans, will appear on the stump vthis year in advoctoy of the election of v, Bryan. .y" . Near Columbia, S, C, Sunday, John K. James took his 5-year-old son rowing on the lake. The child lost his balance and fell in the water. James plunged in and caught the child, but could not swim to shore. When the body of the father was recovered be was clasping the dead child in his arms, - William A; Clark, of Montana, left New York Saturday for a vacation in Europe, Before sailing Mr. Clark said to an Even ing World reporter: "Yes, I may have given a check for $100,000 to the Demo- crane campaign iuna. remaps n was for more than that amount. 1 sent a contribution." Ten miles south of Williamson, W. Va., a fight occurred -Sunday night among a number of men engaged In a game of . cards. Knives and revolvers were used freely. Joseph Stevens -was shot in the head and Galoid Benart in the abdomen. The latter will die. Several others were - slightly injured..' All engaged are under ; arrest. rf - "--' ''- ' ; Near Springfield, 111., Sunday ten per - sons weiv injured, two fatally, -by the ;-. premature discharge of the evening gun ' at the Illinois national guard encamp ment. The explosion - was . caused by some one throwing a lighted cigarette i into powder which had fallen to the ; ground. The accident occurred in the presence of a large crowd of visitors to the camp. ." s Henry Overmyer tried to commit sui ' cide at Muncie.lnd., Thursday, and at, last accounts was still living with good , chances of recovery, regardless of the fact ' . that he is 68 years of age and that he has three pistol bullets in his brain, two through the ears and one through the forehead. The wounds are healing, aud ( there is a complete abscence of pus for- - mation. Overmyer in taking nourish ; ment regularly. I - ' At Richmond," Kansi; Friday citizens engaged in a street fight at midnight ' with a gang- of- robbers who bad at v tempted to rob the Bank of Richmond, ',, Several shots" were exchanged, and it is thought one robber was wounded. The robbers blew ,tha safe, door - into the street, and Ihs'nOisetof the explosion brought a crowd to the scene, with the 'result that the robbers were driven away without securing any plander. . Crazed by strong . drink, Chas. Holbert, ; a foundrymanl tan . amuck with a revol ver through the streets of Denverside, a suburb of East St. Louis, 111. As a result of uis indiscriminate firing Oscar Hoi ton, a peddler, was killed and Jerry Jakes received a bulkf through both' thighs, making a serious wound Then Holbert fired at his wife, missing her, and finally put a bullet through his brain. The maniac created a reign of terror in the town. There are many bullet holes In the windows and doors of houses where be shot at the residents of the place. willib And: it r J.'ur ' r '-"j THE DEATH CJRTHE WORLD Scientists Fall to Aame as to How ' ' - the End Will Come. . Scientists seem to agree that the earth some day Is to be destroyed by gigantic cataclysm, but Tall to agree upon the "how." Dr. Henry Smith Williams, - In - writing in -, Harper's Monthly on "Some Unsolved Scientific Problems." says: ; . , ; ;. , .: "If ' so ' much uncertainty attends these fundamental questions as to the earth's , past and; present, - it is not stranse that open problems as to her future are still more nr.iuerous. We have seen how. accordlsg to rrofessor Darwin's computations, the moon threatens , to "come back to earth with destructive force some day. Yet Pro fessor Darwin himself urges that there are elments of fallibility In the data Involved that rob the . computation of all certainty. :- . r: y ; "Much thi same thing Is true of per haps all the estimates that have beeu made as to the earth's ultimate fate. Thus it Iku? been suggested that, even should -ie sun's heat i:ct foraake us, our da, will beccnie mouth long and then jfcar laug: that all the water of the glj&be rr.ust ultimately filter into Its depths and all the ah' fly off Into SDace. leaving our .earth aa dry and as devoid of atmosphere C3 the moon, and, finalft-.that ether friction. If 1t exists; or,, in default of that, meteoric friction, must, ultimately brinz the eartlr back to the sun; '-':r 1'- i "But In ; all these prognostications there are possible compensating factors . . : . . 1 . I . . ' 1 1 tnat vmaie me esumates uuu ieu ve the exact results In doubt. The last word of the cosmic science of our cen tury Is a prophecy of evil If annihila tion be an evil. But It 13 left for the science of another g&neration to point out more, clearly the exact terms in which the prophecy Is most likely to be fulfilled." " - ' Shattered Diamonds. " ' "Under certain conditions, which ars rery raro anX remarkable," Bald an "old Jeweler, "a diamond may be shattered to atoms by a smart, sudden blow. The 8 tone' seems to disintegrate and fly apart, as nearly as I can express It, and ) when the KImberley gems first came Into the mar'et the Brazilian brokers claimed that they were espe cially subject to that kind of accident. For the time being ,-the story had its effect on trade, but it was proved to be untrue, and the Incident Is now forgot ten. In the course of an experience of nearly 40 years I have known of only two cases of diamonds being broken. 'One occurred many years ago, when I ; was working' in a shop in the old Reid nouse in Chattanooga. A ladysj customer dropped a i cluster brooch from the counterto the tiled floor, a distance of about S'i feet It struck squarely on the ; center Etone, which was broken Into a number of small. Ir regular fragments. The diamond had weighed about two carats - "The other instance took place liere In New Orleans about six years ago. A St. Louis traveling t man named Crawford, bad -solitaire "weighing Va carats set in a ring." He -was standing In the store and while conversing about something made a sudden gestnra and struck the stone against a metal fix ture,. It. was split, into small. Jagged splinters, a number of which we found on top of tha showcase. The drummer himself was the most astonished man I ever saw. He had supposed dia monds Vcr indestructible simply be cause uieywere nam." New uneans Times-Democrat His apa. ! x i n i t -i J.1 : nt T wnr.t tnT' S'v.iys t' 'I yoj J at tou w ?: ,t to is!- r HELD AS HOSTAGES Ministers Held at Pekin as a Lever - To Secure Terras of Peace. .' Con tents of a New Imierlal Edict, i London, July 80, The Shanghai cor respondent of The Daily Express, tele graphing Sunday, says? . ; , "A new imperial edict promulgated this evening urgently orders all ' viceroys and provincial governors to endeavor to ne gotiate peace with the powers whose ministers are 'held as hostages pending tne resuu oi tne over tares tor the aban donment of hostilities against China.' "The vicerovs are also commanded guard their territories vigilantly against attack and to prevent- by all means their power the advance of the foreign troops, especially along the langtse Ki ang. , The decree says that tbd officials will answer with their lives for any fait ure to execute these orders. "Commands are ahd given that not single loreiirner enau o auowea to es cape from the interior! where there ' are still fully 2,000 .Europeans, connected with missionary work, in isolated situ ations. ' ' ISWhen the governor of Shantnnir com municated to the consuls the-, imperial uecree, oi juiy a ne omitted thetollow. ing important passages addressjfj to Li xiungnang: . " 'it is admittedly , unadvisablo to ki all the ministers, but it is equally unwise to send them to lien Tsfn. It will be much wiser to keep the survivors at Te- kin as hostages. - " 'ion are commanded to hasten to Pekin. , You are inctirring imperial dis pleasure oy delay, x on have been ap pointed viceroy of Chi-Li, because, with your military experience, you will suc cessfully lead the imperial armies against u f : rn.: r s t s.u a- t we iumguei b iu vui-jui, wmcu ill JjU, the present viceroy, is unable to do, ow ing to his ignorance of military, affairs . "Li Hung Chans: replied to this edict. asking to be allowed to retire on account of his age. BHENQ ADSIITB DlTPLlfilTY. "Sheng now adroiti that.be" has had telegrams since July' 19 announcing that every loretgner in raotlng-m was mur- American missionaries: and announcinsr also that two French jesuits and 1,000 converts nave been massacred atlvwang-ping-fu, on the borders of Shantnnir and Chi-Li. A majority of the consuls' favor strong measures against Sheng's ' duplic- (THE VfAU OF EXTERMINATION. , A special dispatch from Shanghai savs mat tne lurunisn mission station, north of Ning Po, has been destroyed, and 13 miHsionanes nave been murdered. The Chinese general, Li Ho Keh. is now marching on Pekin. He has, ordered his troops . to exterminate all Christians Already one French priest and from 2.000 to 3,uuu natives nave been , slaughtered The general situation is steadilv be coming darker, and a crisis is said to be fast approaching, f-v r With the arrival of the "Second Janan ese division, the allied forces at Taku and Tien Tsin will number 70,000. The river floods near Tien Tsin are diminishing. it M reported that Jiussians from Har bin have arrived at a point 150 miles taorth of Pekin after severer fighting; THREATENS DEATH TO ALL. Gen. Tuna Will Kill ' Ministers Snould tne Allies Start for Pekin Berlin, July 29. The Chinese legation in Berlin hasr- received a message from Sheng. director general of railways and telegraphs, saying that be bos received a dispatch from Pekin -annouscing that Gen. Tung Full Siang threatens to kill all the members of tne legations if the national forces advance upon Pekin. i Evidently the legation is embarrassed by the receipt of this dispatch, as the Chinese minister "has not communicated It to the German government. TIDINGS FROU PEKIN JULY 16 v . 1 - Attack on the Legations Still In Progrefca on that Date. jbonaoD, wciy ju. ine limes corre spondent at St. -Petersburg sends the following important dispatch:' a ne minister oinnance- has sent me tonight the third telegra received from a director of the Russian I nk of Tekin, M. Pokiltoff, dated Jnly 1 as follows: "Disorders continue. .' nti-Cbristians attacking Europeans ac l ( ::inese Chris tians, foreign detacr" shot down by crowds of ant? ' acs. Todav anti-ChrUtians Lum. a tv p. The con flagration spread rBTiii!y. burning tht greater part of the tracing q-iarter. The fiani-a rarbd tbe towa gate of, Teian- tnra, Ect far fro.a Lration tret. The fire was fnSnej, tat tauaM a cornmo tioa atnor the European., E9 showing tbe detenn;.-"! dp?'; - of tbe anti-Cbris- tiacs to cremate us alirs."- . tIt ,' ; ; -n cr.tvM-turt!efct l-o Wt by tH Mar r' h0 rf ! with V - town .. t-JR"3 rewg. a ' INSTITUTE ITEMS. . . July 30, 1900: Mr.Guy Dawson left Friday for Ayden. Miss Daiy Gray spent a few days, last week at Kinston Mr. It. E. Bizzell, of Baltimore, spent ridoy night here. , Miss Mollis Hardy returned Friday irom Washington, v. u Alias ream . &vans, ot ureenvnie, is visiting Miss Julia White. Miss Katie Kilpatriok, of (Juinerly, is visiting at Mr. vN. J. Allen a. - Mess. S. P. and P. M. Hardy went to Trenton Friday and returned Sunday Mr. Roy Evans, of Greenville, spent baturday night at Mrs. ttettie White s. Mr. J. R. Whitfield, of Seven Springs, spent baturday night and bunday here, Mr. Frank White and Miss Mollie Hardy spent Saturday and Sunday at Lousin Swamp. Miss Lee Bryan returned Friday from on extended visit to Jom-s county. and Kinstnn. ) Miss Mando Lnssitw, who : had been visiting Miss Maude Dawson, returned to her borne at Lizzie I riday KINO HUMBERT MURDERED. The Heart of Italy's Monarch Pierced by a Murderous Bullet. An Italian Fired the Fatal Shot Monza, Italy, July 80. Kiug Humbert has been assassinated. He was shot here last evening by a man named Angelo Brossi, and died in a few minutes. The King bnd been attending a distri bution of prizes in connection with a gymnastic competition. Ho had just entered his carriage with his aid-de-camp, amid the cheers of the crowd, when he was struck by three revolver shots fired in quick succession. " X)ne pierced the heart of his majesty. who fell back and expired in a few mm- The assassin was immediate! v arrested. and was with some difficulty saved from the fury of the populace. lie gave his name as Angelo liressi, de scribing himself as of rrato, in Tuscany. The pnooeof JNapies will succeed to the throne. King Humlert was a good ruler, loved his jwople and was greatly beloved by them. ; : . - An Odd Coincidence. - "Late one night some years ago in a western town," said an old telegraph operator, "I received a message which read, 'If you wish to see your brother alive, you will have to come Immedl ately.' The message came from San Francisco and was addressed to an old man who lived across the street from the station, so I put on my hat and went over and delivered It, seeing that It was Important that he should have It at once. "The old man caught the train that left at midnight, and while he was buy Ing his ticket 1io told me that the mes sage referred to his brother who had left home 20 years before and from whom he had heard nothing during all that time. ' ' ' " The next night a. party called and asked if there wcr any messages for him, giving tbe same name as the old man who had left the night before. He must have noticed that I looked at him rather blankly,- for he went on to ex plain that he had a brother In Califor nia who was sick and that he was anx ious to hear from him.. wcil it turned out that the mes sage that I had received tbe night be fore was Intended for him. ne was a stranger In the town and chanced to bear the same name as the old man whom I had sent on a wild goose chase across the continent Fortunately for me ,1 was transferred to another town before the old man got back.' That Is afl theje Is to the story except that It is true." Detroit Free Press. , , Sam Thing. ' At a woman's euchre party the other day one of the fair players stopped the game with this query: TWhat do they call a little black cat In England?" A number of the members bad been In England, but they all bad to give It The riddle maker smiled sweetly as she trumped her partner's ace In true j traditional style. . "Cant guess? . Why, kitty, kitty ast the same as anywhere else." New Xork Hail and Express. Food Plnnta. A wonderful reserve fund for the in- r-m appetite Is to be fouild In the teg- etxbla diet of the Klamath Indiana. - A core! vark'ty of food, forming a menu unknown to the civilized. Is offered la e pulp of the great yellow water Lly. which U converted Into a fariaaccous fod; In tbe weed known as gooseft, which It ars a Mnck need that U rrounJ cp for loaves au l i-akes. and In the ar rowhead, which In tbe fall develoj a iUrc!-T white tuber St the eud uf tbe rtKt. STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. Only seven negroes registered in ths new county of Scotland. - Some responsible citizens of Lenoir have bound themselves in a bond of fl,000 to Lenoir College that the amend ment will disfranchise no white man. .Stump Ashby, one of the Texas Popu lists, returned to Raleigh Sunday from Lumberton, where the citizens told him politely . but firmly that he could not make any fusion speech. . He laughed and told them they were Hi to 1, and that he believed in that ratio. King's .Weekly: The Democrats of Beau fort had a big dinner and rally at Old ord several days ago. The opposition tried to get uponefortheirsidelessthana mile away on the same day. The Dem ocrats had a great dinner and crowd while the others had a little motley as semblage, in which the whites didn'tcaro for their wives, daughters and sisters to mix. so they left them at the Democratic speaking. Greenville Reflector: Mr. Alfred Forbes lost four barns of tobacco by fire Satur day and Sunday nights on his farm near Farmville. The barns vtre "killed out" Saturday and nil the fire taken out ot the furnaces. Some time Saturday night one of the barns full of tobacco was burn. ed and three mere, which were all he had on that farm, burned Sunday night. Mr. Forbes thinks that it was the work of an incendiary. There was no in surance. Mr, ShakesiMHire Harris, who lives near Concord, had the misfortune to have his two large barns, his side cribs, and 250 bushels of wheat and three bead of cat tle, a ton of cotton seed meal and a quantity of roughage burned Wednes day night.. Mr. Harris was awaked about 11 o'clock and without dressing rushed to the barn, which was then aflame, and succeeded in getting out his horses and mules before the roof gave in. The burns were built after the latest Elans and were large covering ground 0x200. Thev were filled with foraora nn whtnh to vtrirxtavoA him in ft To nf nrK!K v 4 uivu uv a u v- vtw w wVf rt usU he had a considerable number. . Air. Har ris knows of no way by which the barns could have been fired , except by ' incen diarism. FALLING- CREEK ITEMS. juiyao, iooa; Mr. Claudius Warters has some cotton open. , Miss Kate Sutton- visited in Kinston last week. - Miss Bessie Parrott is spending this week at Kinston, Miss Lillie Hodges is visiting relatives' in South Carolina. Mrs. Maude Hadley spent a few davs last week at Goldsboro. Miss Ada Darden returned from visiting at Seven Springs Sunday. Mess..!.' L, and W. T. Kennedy spent Saturday at Seven Springs. ' Mr. Leon Harper, of LaG range, visited Mr. Eugene Wood Saturday. . .. -; Mr. J. II. Darden, Jr., spent Saturday and Sunday at Seven Springs. : Miss Sadie Harper, of LaG range, vis ited Miss Muriel Hadley Saturday., Revs. Jackson and Movie, of Goldsboro. . spent Saturday at Mr. Dempsey Wood's. Mess. Burl and Paul Holland, of Grain ger's, visited Mr. Claude Whitfield Sun day. ; ' " ' : ' ' . Mr. and Mrs. Thad Askew, of Lousin Swamp, spent Saturday at Mr. W. E. Askew's. ,, j ... Misses Mattie and Mariorie Kennedy. of Coahoma, visited their brother, Mr. 8. G. Kennedy, last Tuesday. Mrs. Pattie Hill', of Kinston. and Mrs. J. L. Herring, of Grainger, spent Friday night with Mrs. Demjwey Wood. . ; .. Mmi KafwHinm Vjl.l in an1 T?rln-. TTi ring, of near LaGrange, spent Wednesday and Thursday at Mr. W I. Herring's. Mr. Artemus Haskins, of Oriental, and Miss Alpha Haskins. of Kinston. visited at Mr. L T. Hawkins' Saturday and Sun- dayt , ;.. " . , - :!' Five Thousand Boers Surrender. London, July 30. Gea. Roberts re ports that Gen. Pnncleo, with whose forces Gen. Hunter had been engaged three days, has surrendered 'with 5,000 men. The surrender took place at Neau port; Question Answered. Tea; August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in theci vilised world. lour mothers and grandmothers never thought of using anything else for Indi gestion or Biliousness. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom heard, of ippen dicitia. Nervous Prostration, of Heart failure, etc They used ugnsfc flower to clean out the system and stop fer mentation of undigted food, mrulate the action' of the liTer, etimti'ate the nervous and orjrar ic action of ths sys ten, and that is r.'.l t? ".v took when fetl-Ir-dullinj til v ; j ' haJ vi.es and oxpt ach.-s. l'oa r j ce1 a lew doses of Green's Ar ru-t I :.:-wpr, ia V, i'.i form, tomak.yc3 sr.' -1 tL-ere is rcLLrx series tl e rat!---r with you. Tor fil ty Ten:;;e-?!ar.U a Itru? Co.
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