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7 THE DAILY FREE PRES PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY. Vol. IJI-No. 12. KINSTON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY. "AUGUST 15. 1000. Price Two Cents. GENERAL HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. The British steamer Palestro, wrecked off Hatteros, ha sunk out o! sight. Wreckers nave abandoned ner. Collis P. Huntington, railway magnate and multi-millionaire, of New York, died - suddenly Tuesday morning at his camp in tne Adirondack. The evidence in the trial of Caleb Pow era, charged with being accessory to the murder of Goebel, is all in, and argument by counsel was begun Monday. ' The railway train from Augusta was wrecked at Tennville, ea., Monday and thirteen people badly hurt. The train broke in two on a steep grade and the two sections collided. Mr. W. J. Bryan will receive notiflca tion for the presidency of the United States Monetary League at Topeka Kas on August 23, the date of the Peopled party notification exercises. i. Champion James J. Jeffries wrenched one of his ankles Monday by falling from ' a bicycle at bis training quarters, at Loch Arbor, near Asbury Park. N. J The injury was pronounced painful . but not dangerous. -' Jack Betts, a negro was lynched at Corinth. Miss. He was charged with as saulting a ten-year-old white girl in the country Sunday. A mob took him from jail and hanged him to a telegraph pole on tne puonc square.--. ? Homer and Walter Bitties, and Wil Lanier, were killed at Monroe Prairie. Miss., in a fight on the public road Mon day, in which J. o. Lanier and his sons George and Jeff took part, in addition to Will Lanier, another son. v The Norwegian barque Kopta put into Hampton Roads Sunday witn six cases nf rhROTpa fever on board, and signalled for help. She was boarded off Old Point Comfort by Dr. Brown, quarantine offl cer, who sent her to quarantine. In a railroad accident, not far from the citv of Borne. Italy. Sunday nigbt, fifteen persons were killed and 40 Wounded, of whom fifteen are seriously injured. Tha disaster was caused by the telescoping of two sections of a tram on the railroad from Rome to Florence. A petition in bankruptcy was filed Mon day in Chicago, by Henry J. ,0'Neil, commonly called "The Barley King." and known far and wide on account of bis transactions in that cereal. The amount of his liabilities is stated to be f 142,49 1 ; the assets f 5,000, Judge John Reagan, chairman of the Texas state railway commission, aim the only surviving member of Jefferson Davis' cabinet, announces that he will re sign bis position and retire permanently from Dnbliclife. He will devote the re mainder of bis life to writing bis memoirs, Judge"Reagan is 80 years of age. William J. Tuttle Monday murdered his wife and then shot himself. The par ties lived in Chariton, Iowa. ; Tuttle hiraA a Uverv team and. with his Wife. drove to their former home, in Benton 'townshiD. eiffht miles south of Chariton iUbth bodies were found dead in the buggy ,bv the roadside. Domestic trouble caused the tragedy. . , - I The North German - - Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Captain En- relbart. which saitoi from New York August 7th, for Bremen, has made the record passage of any steamer sailing "rom Sandy Hook to Cherbourg, cover ing 3,184 knots in 5 days, lu Hours and 14 minutes. Her average speed was 22.70 knots per hour. ' I To obtain freedom from his former wife to marry Nannie May Stewart, or v ortn ington, William Bateman Leads, of Chi cago, one of the principal tin-plate tnanu acturers of the country, is said to have -iven Jeannettelrect Lals $1,000,000 n bonds and stocks. The former Mrs. Iead knew that her husband wasvngaged ;o tbe dashing divorcee of Cleveland, but efused bis u treaties that he be freed, j One of the most disastrous summer tortn New York has experienced in ears swept over the city Monday,' leav. ng death and wreckage in its wake, t, brushed, aside the hot wave, cooled he atmosphere and then quickly eubsi cd. Twelve persons were killed by rowning, by lightning strokes, by beat trokes or by fire, as the direct" result of be norm in aud around New York. ' ' An' attempt was made to poison the hiuee ministerat Paris, Thursday by e use of perfumes. The minister, Yu :rritf received a letter which was signed Jul.e Crerwinska," and contained some d flowers which the writer asked the aimer to accept. Thesecretery of the ition, Armani di Parma, opened the iter and wu immediately overcome r thedyrfd odor emanating from the nvern. He fell lu a faint His recovery m mvompanieJ by violent sickness and ..r.tiuz. In fact, his condition present ; '-.tnny barar teristios of poironirrx, and J by prompt trvatrnent was Le nv I." Mile. Czerwineka has been ar 1. bbe appears to be mentally de J. 7 jiLir a dispatch from Pretoria, i j tintJ in London, endr dat of t lo. iiwluhit w a- ' ' -i t'.at -. ! ;it Krrpf r is contril'.oti;'. betw -n i 12,500,000 and 13,750,000 to the elec tion of Wm. J.Bryan, also, that Webster Davis bad received 1123.000 from the same source, as a contribution for the Democratic campaign fund, Charles D. Pierce, consul general and treasurer of the Boer relief fund, and P. Hauter Wee sels, special commissioner of the South African republic, of New York city, Mon day gave out a denial of . both state ments, adding to the denial tbe follow ing: "The Boers have other and better use for their fund). England is in des perate "straights for the sinews of war" when she will resort to such despicable means to influence the American people against the Boer cause, when fully 95 perl V nl.!.nnn am In St.... faA. " . I Prod acta From Corastalks. The building of a large cellulose plant at Linden, Ind., $100,000 being pent for Its mechanical equipment alone, adds a third to tbe mills for con verting cornstalks into valuable com' merclnl products, says The Breeder's Gazette. Corn pith ' cellulose Is the most valuable product to be made, but among the numerous other articles made from cornstalks are dynamite and other high explosives, fine art pa per, varnish, kodak films, car box packing, filler, waterproof cloth, lino leum, Imitation silk, patent leather fin Ish, face powder, glue, etc. The ctlll zatlon of cornstalks In this new Indus try enhances the value of the corn crop very greatly. The Indiana concern is paying from $3.50 to $4 per ton for cornstalks, which means from $7 to $12 nn acre to farmers growing corn. It can readily be understood that the gen eral Introduction of this Industry would bring millions of dollars more into the pockets of the farmers, for it is estimated that 1130,000.000 tons of cornstalks go to , waste every year In this country. ; It Is not likely that more than a comparatively small amount of this 1(50,000,000 tons will be used now or In the future, as the number of cel lulose factories is necessarily limited by the demand for their product Corn pith cellulose is used as a lining under neath the armor of battleships. It la the best lining known -end is sure to be used by all the navies for this purpose, but the demand for this purpose will of course not mean the utilization of more than a comparatively small part o'f the total crop of cornstalks. Sarcasm Prom tbe Fwlplt. "Bruddren and sistahs," sternly said good old Parson WooIImon after the collection bad been taken up upon recent Sabbath morning, ."before the bat was done parsed I expounded the request dat de congregation contribute accawdln to delr means, and I sho ex pectorated dat yo' all would chip In magnanimously. But now, upon ; cx amlnin de collection, J finds that de concocted amount contributed by de whole posse ob yo' am only the slgnlfl cant and pusillanimous sum of sixty free cents. And at dls Junction dar ain't no 'caslon for yo' all' to look at Brndder Slewfoot, what done circum ambulated de bat around, In no such auspicious manner, for, in do fust place, Brudder Slewfoot ain't dat kind of, a man, and. In the second place. done watched him like a hawk all de time muhsclf. , No, sixty-free cents was all' dat was flung In, and I dess wants to say dat. In my humble opinion, in stead ob contributln accawdln to yo' means, yo' all contributed accawdln to yo? meanness. De choir will now fa Tor us wid deir ree'lnr melodiousness." Harper's Bazar. - Arena-ed tbe Slight. A' rich Prussian banker who bad bought his title of "von" by some means or other managed to squeeze his son Into a regiment of tbe guards. Once admitted, be was of course treat ed by the otLer officers as one of them selves. On diiy the banker gave a splendid dinner, to which he invited through his son nil the officers of the regiment tare one, a very nice fellow. who, however. was not noble, having no aristocratic "von" prefixed to bis name. ' All accepted the Invitation, perfectly unconscious that one of their number bad been so badly trvated. When, bow ever, they took their writs at tbe table. the absence of their comrade was Im mediately noticed. Some one remark ed the fact to the host, who Bald In a loud voice. "Ah. you see, we are golnj to l er.tre on ton'.zht. a really se lect pnriy. you know. "Then wo r.iuM not disturb you," fcakl the wrier oClcvr present, rlslnj fro:n 1! calr. sc.! one after another tbe pr.rplsn-.t Ti solemnly filed out cf the roou. thru Ptr.p'y a renting the slight to w!i!r!j n ofl'.er of their rc V cnt had Ieen 6u')Jtcted. YH'te's r.Tnck Liniment. It X lott.e for l.k?. 1. 11 IIoco ALLIES HEAR PEKI1I. General Chaffee Reports His Ar rival Last Thursday at the City of Hosiwu. International, Force Believed to Be Now Within a Few Miles of the Imperial City. Apparently Met With no Great Opposition. Washington, August 18. Tbo ; Araeri- I can commander in China, in a dispatch ui just vuim wumt, iw.Ti t cu o kvv war department late this afternoon, sent a thrill of exultation , and expectancy throughout official quarters by announc ing his arrival at Hosiwo, only 83 miles from Pekin, last Thursday. -i ,v . The last heard from him before , this was at Yang Tsun, which had been cap tured after a hard fight, and word 6f his movements since then has been eagerly awaited. Thursday he was 88 miles be yond Yang Ts-an. Lang Fangthe place wnere toe HI rated Seymour expedition met its late, and turned back, nod been left behind. The battle of Yang Tsun was fought on tbe 6tb and the advance to itosiwu was accompusned on tbe nth a march of 18 miles in three days; This was four days ago, and at the same rate of progress Chaffee is even now fairly within striking distance of the walls of of Pekin. It was a consummation which the war department had awaited calmly, and stirring as the news was that the American force was now : nearing the gates of the Imperial city, Secretary Root and Adjutant uen. Corbin evinced no sur prise as it accorded with calculations, aitnougn tne advance nas oeen more rapid than was expected. ;. ! chaffee'b dispatch. The dispatch from Chaffee, conveying so mum in so iewrworas, is as iqiiowr: "Che Foo, August T. "Adjutant General, Washington. "Tenth arrived Hosiwu yesterday. (Signed) "Cbaffeb." Word of tbe advance soon spread throughout official quarters, in tne en thusiasm of tbe moment a report got about tnat this was the day tor tfte ao tn at arrival at Pekin. - But the war de partment bad not a word of the advance beyond Hosiwu. It was deemed hardly likely that the march to Pekin could have been covered in the last four davs and up to 'today. This would still leave tbe international forces nine miles from Pekin. NOT MUCH OPPOSITION. . "Viewed from any standpoint, the ad vance to Hosiwu was cf the utmost Im portance, not only strategetically, but also in showing that communication was open back to Che Foo, that the expected opposition from Chinese h'.rdes had not been sufficient to prevent a steady ' for ward movement, and in the influence it would exert upon the Chinese govern' meat. Uriel as tne dispatcn is, it conveys much information beyond that specif! cally contained in its few words. Al though it Is not stated what force has arrived, the war department accepts it to mean that this is tbe ' international force which first took Peiteang and then Tang Tsun. It baa gone steadily for ward along the left bank of the Pel river, keeping on the main road, which '.skirts tbe river bank. At Yang Tsun the rail way crosses the river and branches off to the west. Now the forces have left the railway far in the rear and are de pending upon the highway and tbe river. Hosiwu is a place of considerable size and the largest town between Tien Tsin and Ching Chia Wan. The latter place and Tung Chow are the two cities of consid erable size on the line of advance after leaving Hosiwu. It was surrounded by orchards and gardens and is not a place likely to afford opportunity for strong defense. It is the highest point on the Pel river where the river water is pended on. as the native wells are d- tbe the source of supply on the balance of route to Pekin. . "; A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. Russian Artillery Opened Fire on American Troops With Fatal Results. . V. V.k 1 .l.l dispatch to The Evening World today. dated Che Foo, August 9, via Shanghai, says: A terrible mistake occurred at the taking of Yang Tsun. Russian artillery opened fire on the American troops. Be fore the mistake was discovered many American soldiers bad been killed or wounded by the Rnssian shells. The I ourteenth U. 8. renment took part in tbe attack cn tbe Chinese trenches. As the Chinese fled the regiment entered and occupied one of the Chinese positions. A Russian battery, some distance off. did not notice the movement. It opened fire on tbe position and pUnted shells among the Ameiican troop. The Russians were quickly notiSed atd ceased their fire.". Tht But PrtJcHptuB fur Cbl'tt fewr ii Vtl of CaorB! Trmss Cmtx l lowic. It Kef t rp with tbe town news. Tkx eek Peess prints the town news. Or'y 10 cents a wk. BASEBALL. Getting Beady for, the Games. Wilson Tbe boys were out in large numbers to see the stag game between the "Jay Birds" and the "kids." It was a matter of no little surprise to us to see how very many boys and young men we have in Kinston who can play really good ball. We bad entertained the opinion that ball players were scarce here but will bold that view no longer. ' Much speculation was indulged in yes terday and last night as to the team Wilson will bring here tomorrow. Vis itorn here from Wilson aud nearby towns are confident that some of the names given us are but cloaks to hide better ball players from other places. The opinion seems to prevail that itcher Williams and catcher Radeliffe rom the Tarboro league team will be up against us when the -umpire calls, play tomorrow. These constitute the best battery of the Tarboro team which re cently won the pennant in the State leairue. ' v ?- However, supposing that this battery does come, tbe odds are in favor of tbe home team. There seems to be fio limit to the con fidence our people have in our ball team and we believe tbey would offer odds on tbem against Boston or any other team. On practice yesterday the boys showed up well and in any event they will give Wilson all she can stand up to. . We note some minor changes that will be made in position for the two games. Hickson will play short, Johnson sec ond and Leon Oettinger right field. Otherwise the team will stand as usual, Manager Herbert is training his men carefully in batting and we think this wise. It is the most essential thing in run getting and the one thing in which amateurs are usually weak. Our new second baseman shows up well in this respect and it will be a mighty strong pitcher that he wont toucb up. To those who are unacquainted with him it is only necessary to say that he played with Ben Stanley's Chapel Hill team for three years. . v;. ' Indications are that the attendance will be very large at both of these games but all tbe ladies .will be provided with scats in the grandstand wnere they will be protected from stray balls and the trees cast a refreshing shade. The Wilson team will arrive on the early morning train from Goldsboro and be quartered at Hotel Lynch. ' "t BRYAN'S BOY SAVED By Gen. Wheeler. He Was Hang ing by His Toes from a Window. Chicago, Ills.. Aug. 13. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, commander of the department of tbe lakes, today saved tbe life of Wil liam J. Bryan, Jr., the 12-year-old son of tbe Democratic candidate for tbe presi dency. The lad visited Gen. Wheeler and tbe latter, alter his nret greeting, turned to his work, and allowed the youngster to amusehimself as best be might.. Young Bryan found a loose chair caster and a biir bundle of rubber bands. These lie tied into a long string and then securing the caster to the bottom went to a win dow and began bouncing the piece of iron up and down on the sidewalk, 70 feet below. -..- . - The general being engrossed with his labors, paid no attention to. the boy, who gradually became so interested in his play,' that' he leaned farther and farmer out of the casement of the window. "Fighting Joe" happened to glance up a few moments later and was horrified to see the lad hanging with bis whole body over the sidewalk, and only the toes of his shoes clutching tbe angle of tbe win dow. He eat aghast for a moment and then rushing to the window he pulled tbe lad in by. his legs and landed him safely on the floor. ' Speaking of the occurrence afterward Gen. Wheeler f acknowledged that young Bryan was within an inch of being dash ed to death on the pavement below when be caught sight of him. ;. BRYAN'S GENEROUS DECISION. Rather Than Embarasa McKlnley He Will Stay Away. Chicago, August 13 The Chronicle to morrow will say: , . "Col. Wm. JennimraBrvan will not be in Chicago on Tuesday, August 28th, the day of the great parade of tbe G. A. R. Rather than embarrass rresident JUclvin- ly by a counter demonstration the Dem ocratic nominee for the Chief Magistracy will defer bis arrival to the next day or perhaps two days later. This decision was reached After Mr. Bryan was made acquainted with tbe program and thej part to which be was assigned by Lzec- utor Director Harp." Announcement has just been made of tbe death Sunday at tbe Manhattan state hospital of New York city, of Wm. Steinitx, the chess player. The deceased was born in Prague, May IP, 18-17. lathe great tournament at London in 1872 be gained the world's championship. His title as champion nl the world he deiended with great success apuntall comers until 1834. when be waa defeated by Emanuel Lasker. boon aller, his mind began to fail. . Tc Car a cc:j l Cf Osy Cor rrfttw c- bo. STATE HEWS. Interesting ; North Carolina Item t In Condensed Form. The city of Greensboro has bought it water works from their private owner ship for 87,600. A seven-year-old negro boy shot and killed bis five-year-old playmate in Pitt county Monday. An "unloaded" gun was the weapon. A party of New Yorkers who own and1 operate a number of silk mills both in the north and south have decided to locate a silk factory in Raleigh. Col. J. C. L. Harris, theactingadjutant general, has gone to Washington, D. C, to press the payment of the remaining State war claims against the govern-. Charentus, a horse bred on the farm of the late Major Tnckerandeoldin Raleigh for 150, won the great Kearney handi cap at Saratoga Saturday, time 1.13. This beat t he record. . , A negro child about two years old at Halifax got hold of a carbolic acid solu tion last week, drank a portion of it and died almost before Dr. Furgerson could arrive. Tbe child was the daughter of Jamea Uargrave. After a lingering and painful" illness with cancer of the face, Dr. I. C. M. Lof tin died Monday at his home at Rocky Point, Pender county. A dog bit Dr. Lof tin in the face when be was a boy, and the wound never healed entirely at anytime. Several years ago it developed into a cancer, and his sufferings were great but were borne with patience and fortitude. For three years his sufferings bare been intense aid many times be was at the point of death, rallying oc casionally but without hops of recovery. Sunday night about half past 10 o'clock Mr, J. C. Mi-Coy, Miss Minnie Thompson, Mr. Glyndon Rivenbark and Miss Blanch Kirman came near being held up by robbers about eight miles from Wilming- ton. They were returning from Croniy where they bad been to spend the day. Mr. Rivenbark heard a noise by the road side and called the attention of the party to it. They then saw a man come out of the bushes and be said "hold up." At the time six or seven more men cameont. Tbe party suspecting them as robbers put whips to their horses and was soon outof eight. At Raleigh Mr. Asbury Woods, who lives in tbe western portion of the city, attempted to kill himself Saturday night, despondency being given as tbe cause for the rash a.t. He wrote a note and told the members of his family of what he -was going to do and took a bottle of laudanum and went off to himself. He was found before he had taken the drug and his friends bad to scuffle with him to prevent him harming himself. Later he tried to kill himself with a pair of scis sors. He is about 65 years of age and says that he has lived long enough and wants to die. ALMOST A RIOT AT DANVILLE. Negro Shot by a White Man Whose Bridle He had Seized. Danville, Va , August 13. As Mr. Fer guson Rincrgold, of this county, was driving up Craighead street in hia bvtrsrr today his bridle reins were roughly grasp ed by a negro named James Williams. A word or t wo passed when Mr. Fergu son pulled a revolver and fired at the negro's bead. Tbe ball sped wide, how ever, striking another negro some dis tance away. A large crowd of negroes were on the streets from three excursions,' from Richmond, Lynchburg and High Point, and . great excitement reigned while the police carried off Ferguson. At one time it looked like a riot would break ont. Ferguson had a preliminary bearing tonight. His bail was fixed at 1250.,- v - CHAIRMAN MARION BUTLER. A Populist Paper Says He Will Take the Stump for MoKinley. Lincoln, Neb., Aoirust 13. The Even ing Post, a local Populist paper, says that Chairman Butler will take the stump for McKinley. Vice Chairman Edmins ton was asked about this matter this evening but declined to talk. "In the absence of definite information," said Mr. Edminston, "I can say nothing about Senator Butler's future course." Question Answered. ' Tes, August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in the civilised world. Your mothers and grandmothers never thought of using anything else for Indi gestion or Biiiounw. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom beard of Appen dicitis. Nervous Prostration, of Heart failure, etc They used cgust Flower to clean out the system and stop fer mentation of undigested food, regulate tbe action of the liver, stimulate the nervous and organic action of the ry tem, and that is all tbey took when feel ing duU and r-ad with headaches and other aches. You only need a few doses of Green's Augnit Flower, in liquid form, to make you satfrSed there is nothing serines the matter with you. For sale by Temple-Mar ton Drug Co. V
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