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Price Two Cents.
GENERAL HEWS.
Hatters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
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Atel B. Freeman, a well known business
man and son of Judge M. R. Freeman, of
Macon Ga., was accidentally : drowned
Saturday while batning,
Mrs. W. P. Swartz wasarrestedat Bal
timore Friday for robbing ber husband
They live together and she says be has
lost f 10,000 in the past 12 years.
Dillard Herndon, sixty years of age, was
hanged at Washington, Ga., lor tne mur
der of John Lovinsrood inOctober, 1899
The purpose of the murder was said to
have been robbery. '
Charles Mielenz. of Chicago, died by his
own hand Friday rather than his ' wife
ahnnlrf anffor financial ornhftrrAJjamHTlt.
ille was unfortunate in business. He had
.12,000 insurance on his life.
I Two thousand rest-makers are on
'strike in Manhattan N. Y.' Their de
jmands are for the payment of the same
scale of wages which was in force last
year, and tor a ten-hour day system ana
or weekly payments
1) A high government official says a plot
a made to assassinate President McKinley
and fourteen Europeans are under arrest
'ja New York.- It is said that a plot was
formed in Naples. Secert service men deny
,be assassination story.
I The jury in the case of Caleb Powers,
.barged with being accessory to the rnur-
!er of Wm. Goebel, returned a verdict of
uilty Satruday. The vote was unani-
t.
lous. The verdict fell upon rowers lite
1 thunderbolt.
He declares it is most un
'ist. He, will
i'e. ' .;"
go the penitentiary for
I A wagon containing a party of camp-
rs was struck Friday- at aim station
ra., ten miles below Allentown, by
prthboutrd passenger train on the Per-
lomen branch 01 the Philadelphia ' ana
eading ' railroad. Three. of the camp
's was instantly killed and the wagon
as demolished.
An armed mob numbering fifty men
rcibly entered the jau at Veep nun. ua,
iday night, and taking out Bill Cater,
iiegro, riddled him with bullets. He
d instantly. , Cater was charged with
urinal assault on a" white woman. As
.on as Cater was captured he confessed
crime and later was identified by bis
Am Strickland, a negro living in Henry
imty, Ueorgia, was taken out by
twd Saturday and given 150 lashes on
bare back and then shot once in the
1, twice in the thigh and once in the
I Srickland had been using highly in
diary talk, saying what he would do
I white man crossed his path, and has
a regarded as a fire-brand in the
hmunity. 1 ,
,rs. Annie Greer. 19 years old and
med but a lew wees, nurcnased
chine in 8partinbnrg,S. C, Friday on
plea that she needed it to kill thiev-
dogs. An hour later she sent for ber
iand, telling him that she had pois
1 herself; believing she was jesting,
r laughed and joked till the woman
me ill. She died soon alterward
eason is assigned for the act.
ke Shore train No. 3, west bound.
I wrecked at Bay Bridge, Ohio, near
1 usky, at 1 o clock h riday. '. The train
,'leveland at 10:55 p. m., and struck
iken rail near Bay Bridge, five miles
1 of Sandusky, The engine and two
cars passed over the bridge sareiy.
next . three cars, consisting- of two
and a combination car, went over
ridge, and beyond a severe shaking
d a bad scare, no one was injured
ose cars
' rles H. Angle, commercial agent for
mctaw, Oklahama, and Gulf rall
l died at the Monticello huteL . at
Ik, Va., Friday night of heat pros-
n. lie was unwell when be ar
here a few days ago and his condi
addenly became wore. Physicians
ailed but could not save his lire.
'ngle is on her way' to Norfolk
Vtlanta. Deceased was a railway
and tilled an important and re-
Lie position. ;
. Wm. J. Bryan will devote the
r part of this week to speech
$ in Nebranka and Kansas. Thnrs
t raoon will be speut in Kanea
The afternoon will be given over
Populist uotiaVation ceremonies at
, Kansas, whore he will respond
-eh by Hon. T. If. Patterson, oo
l.im of his nomination of th pres
1 y the Populist party. On Friday
an will speak at Manhattan,
1 Beatrice, Nebraska. Satur
w . '1 tro to South Omaha to attend
:i club picnic, where he will
( naia and Fish.
.1 a al tisli form the chief artl
1 of tl.e Cariha of Guatena
'.3 fornu-r U cultivated oaly In
L quantities for tLclr daily
; .1 c?etal'.le to cat with tLc'.r
Le tLrlr Ftrsr? I read ceJ
. .-? cassareep, which fvrusa
' ' lawdast Graaatea
I IXost of the circus acrobats and sot
few of the rough and tumble come
glass of the stage who have graduated
from the ring were reared and learned
the rudiments of their business In the
lumber towns of the northwest In the
"business" these are known as "saw
dust towns" on account of the saw
mills, which are their chief industry.
There are many of these in Wisconsin
and Michigan and several in Iowa that
have turned out the bulb of the acro
bats and tumblers in the business. , ;
1 In the "sawdust '. towns" . the small
boys have exceptional facilities; fori
learning to turn somersaults and hand
springs In the great beds of sawdust
that surround the mills. Soon they be
gin to try the more difficult feats they
see done In the shows that visit the
towns. After school hours they turn
ble until it is time to go home and do
the "chores." From out of them all
there generally rise two or three boys
who get the ' knack of the acrobatic
feats, and these work In constant ri
ralry, each trying to excel the other.
One day along comes a circus, and
the best boy tumbler applies for a Job
and shows what he can do. Perhaps
he is given a chance as a "top mount
er," or the top man In a pyramid act.
because he Is light and active. When
he gets older, heavier and stronger,
he may become an "understander," or
the man who holds a mountain of men
on his shoulders. And thus be gets
to the show business. Exchange. ,
Do To Et Oat or 1st
The number and variety 'of- knives
and forks that now grace a well equip
ped and formal dinner table may well
dismay one unused to such a variegat
ed display of cutlery and silver. There
are forks for the oysters, for the fish
and for the roast and forks as well for
anything else that may be served.
There are also knives to correspond to
the forks that may be needed. These
Implements that social convention de
crees to be necessary to convey food to
the mouth are usually laid out in for
midable rows on -ttber side, of the
plates ':i ',y..:l--.v, : . :.r!. v
The other evening a simple western
maiden at her. first eastern dinner sur
veyed her supply of knives and forks
with growing trepidation. Her com
mon sense told her that they were laid
out in the regular order in which it
was intended that they should be used,
but nothing in her experience bad
taught her which was the right end of
the row to start in with. Finally, in
despair, she sought help from her next
door neighbor, a prominent physician.
"Say, doc," she questioned anxiously
as she pointed at the offending objects,
'do you 1 eat out or in?" New York
Tribune. w-v- ,
Prare of a 9oukrtte. ,
The people who live in stageland
have the strangest ways. I sat in a
box In one of the theaters one evening
and I could see into the wings on the
"prompt" side of the stage. A comic
opera was on, and I saw one of the
lending women come and take her
stand there In the wings, waiting for
ber cue. I could see ber quite plainly,
and 1 watched her with curiosity, won
dering If she were not cold In the tights
and thin gauze of ber scant costume.
The comedian began the long speech.
the last word of which was to call her
on. She bowed her head, her lips moved.
and thrice she made the sign of the
cross with a devoutness which left no
room for doubt that she was actually
praying. An Instant later she had
frisked out on the stage with a laugh
and a dance step and a wink that was
anything but pious. Nobody seeing
her conld hare dreamed that Just the
moment before she was actually pray
ingpraying for guidance in her work.
praying for strength to succeed, as
earnestly and with Just as much faith
and reverence as if she well, as If she
were anything in the world but a danc
ing girl In a comic opera. Washington
Post
A Lobs Lightning; Conductor.
Bavaria boasts that It Las the longest
lightning conductor In the world. It
rises some yards abore the top of the
meteorological station on the Zcg-
spltze, the highest point la the German
empire, and runs down the side of
the mountain to the bottom of the IIoI
lenttal. .where there Is running water
til the year rouud. The length of tee
rod U five aDd a half kilometers, nearly
Lref miles and a half.
A rLHosopber ssys tLat every failure
Is b Ftrp toward sueccrs. This ?x
jla.'ss why sor.;e cea tc-cotr.e richer
Ar
ere-y I'r.f tr.PT ra.L .l:z:o ..cws.
THE FALL OF PEKIH
The Empress, Prince Juan and the
Bulk of the Army Evacuated the
City. There Was Some Resist
ance. Japanese 8aid - to Have
Had 200 Killed. Ministers Safe,
Washington, August 17. The allied
armies have captured and entered Pekin
in the face of obstinate resistance, and
the members of the foreign legations are
sow. - -'
Official confirmation of the fall of the
Chinese capital came to the United States
government tonight in the shape of
two!
cablegrams, one from Admiral Remey
and the other from Consul; Geo. Fowler
at Che Foo. The cablegram from Ad
miral Bemey came to hand first early in
the evening, followed very soon ' after by
that from Consul Gen, Fowler, and the
officials, realizing the great public inter
est in the event which it was believed bad
happened in Pekin, at once made them
public. Admiral Remey's dispatch is as
follows: (..V-w',' ; t.V.
Washington, August 17. The navy
department tonight received the' follow
ing cablegram j from Tien. Tsin, dated
16th, 10 p. m.: "Pekin was captured on
August 15th. Foreign legatlonsaresate
Details follow shortly." I f -
That from Consul Gen. Fowler, giving
important details of th occurrences at
the time of the capture of the city, was
given out in the subjoined official state
ment:
Washington, August 17. The acting
secretary 01 state makes public the 101
lowing plain telegram received this (Fri
day) evening from United States Consu
jrowier at Uhe Foo: - t
"Che Foo, August 17. 1900. The Jap
anese admiral reports that the allies at
tacked fekin, east, on the 15th. Obsti
nate resistance. In the evening the Jap
anese entered the capital with other
forces. Immediately surrounded the le
gations. The Inmates safe. Japanese
loss over iuu; Untnese loss 3UU.",
' FLIGHT Or THE EMPItEBS.
Shanghai dispatches say the Emperor
Kwang Su accompanied the empress
dowager to Heian Fu. much against his
will. Prince Tuan commanded the rear
guard of the imperial escort, of which
Boxars formed 65 per cent. . It was ex
pected that Gen. Tung Fuh Siang would
follow after the arrival of the allies All
the palace treasures were sent to ' Hsian
The heresav accounts of the method of
entry to Pekin are contradictory, some
maintaining that there was severe right
ing, and others that th entrance wan
not opposed.
Mew Uhwang was again attacked on
August 13th, but the Russians repulsed
2.000 Chinese, inflicting heavy loss, al
though they also suffered severely.
According to a dispatch to The Daily
Express, from Che i 00, thedispatch from
Mr. Conger, which was received by United
States Consul Fowler Wednesday, after
saying that all the Americans were alive,
except the Ingus baby and seven marines,
admitted that there was some sickness,
but said that he expected the food would
last until relief came.
Entered Pekin August 15th.
London, August 17. "The allies ha?e
entered Pekin without fighting, the lega
tions are relieved and the foreigners . are
liberated." ?.
The foregoing, received from the Ger
man consul at Shanghai, was given out
by the JJerlm foreign office at 1 o clock
, ra. . ' : - ,
A special dispatch from Shanghai says
"The allies entered Pekin August 15th.
It is believed that Yuan Shi Kai's troops
have gone thence to bhen Si to protect
the empress, who, Recording to reports
received by local officials here, with Tuan,
the imperial household and the bnlk of
the army and Boxers, left Pekin August
ith, for Usian ra. 1
Shanghai, August 17,2:40 p. m. Li
ITung Chang has received a telegraphic
dispatch announcing that the allied
forces entered Pekin Wednesday, August
iotn, without opposition.
The British troops will land here to
morrow.
All is quiet here and in the Yangtss
valley. ' - '
Cause of Chinese Collapse. '
London, August 17th. The collapse of
Chinese resistance is explained in dis
patches from Shanghai as being due to
the failure of the Chinese to flood the
country below Tung Chow. The earth-
wort s connected with the dam at tbe
rv i IIo were unfinished and tbe cnnal at
Tut s: Chow was full of water facilitate ?
boat transport when tbe allies-arrived
tl.re.
m nlrt !- twefn t'ue allies and tb h-sra-
tior rs r.r : 7? rart of tn wall at l kin
wf re exr 1--l darirg tie niornir of
Arruftl'th.
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.".I p-rrivir? at Talu. Tie
-rt- Witt- kin 1 aud I'rar.k.
-y. Ti. r.u: .n
I v z i, Tt 1 ran on a r"-1
II J ft--a:. -T
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Takagaso which went ashore recently
has been towed off and is now at Port
Arthur.
A dispatch from Yokohoma, under to
day's date, announces that an official
telegram from Seoul, the capital of Korea,
says the inhabitants of the Piong Yong
district, adjoining . tbe frontier, are
alarmed at tbe landing of 1,000 Bus
eianB In the neighborhood.
.... Japanese Report.
Tokio, August 18. Gen. Yaguhi wires
from Jfekln, under date 01 August lotn
as follows: -: l, --'I'i v v,. v " vu:
"The allies attacked Pekin early yester
day, opening with artillery on the east
ern side. The wall was obstinately held
by the enemy. The Japanese and Rus
sians were on the northward of the Tung
Chow canal. The Americans and British
were on tne south side. At mgntiau tne
J apaneee blew up the t wo eastern gates
of the Tartar city and entered. In the
meantime the Americans and British en
tered the Chinese city at the Tung Piong
gates. Detachments of each force were
sent toward the legations. The parties
met near the legations and opened com
munication. ' All the ministers and their
staffs were found safe. The Japanese
loss was over 100 killed, including three
officers. The losses of the other allies
have not been ascertained. Four hun
dred Chinese were killed." .
A SPELLING TEST.
Here
Are Some Tongue Twisters
' With Which o Grapple.; ,
If you cau spell every word correctly
in the following rhymes all legitimate
expressions you may consider yourself
qualified to enter a spelling bee:
" Stnl up, je pollers, now tnd tptU T
Spell plunukliitoscope and knell;
Or take lonra simple word at chilly ,
1 Or K,ucer or the garden Illy.- v
To apell audi worda aa ayllogiam
And lachrymose and aynchronimi '
' And Pentateuch and aacchartoa, F.
. Apocrj'plia and ceUdine,
, Jepnine and homeopathy, ,
Paralyslt and chloroform,
Ehinoceroa and pachyderm, .
aletempaychosU, gherklna, basque
la certainly no easy taak.
Kaleidoacopc and Tenneaaco, -Xamtchatka
and eryilpelaa
And etiquette and anaatraa, . - . "
Infallible and ptyallira, - 1
' , Allopathy and rbeumatitm
And cataclym and beleaguer,'
Twelfth, eighteenth, rendezvoua, intriguer
' And boata ot other worda ail found ,
' On Englialt and on claado ground; 1
Thua Bering atrait and lUchaelmaa,
Thermopylae, jalap, Havana, . .
Clnquefoil and ipecacuanha '
And Rappahannock, Shenandoah '
And SchuylkiU and tbouaand mora V '
Are worda aome prime good spellers miaa
, ; In dictionary landa like thia. . '
- Nor need one think hlmielf a acroyle
If aome of these hia efforts foil
Nor deem himself undone forever
i To miss tbe name ot either river, .
- ' The Dnieper, Seine or Guadalquivir.
-LewIston (ilc.) Journal.
Working Cattle).
Before the days of coal and western
beef working cattle were common on
the bill farms of New. England, says
The Rural New. Yorker, -Wopd brought
a good price as fuel, and the cattle
were Invaluable for hauling it out of
the rough wood lots.- After serving
their purpose at. the yoke the cattle
brought a good. price, as beef. - Even
when the price of, wood fell and west
ern beef found Its way to every butch
er shop within easy, distance of a rail
road there was a place on the farm for
the working ox. He was not fast
enough for the new generation; but, as
with other slow old things, it was a
mistake to try to get rid of him en
tirely. There are many jobs on a billy
farm which the ox can do better than
any other working partner. We would
like to hare a yoke right now to work
among the roots and stumps at tbe
back of the farm. . It does not cost
much to feed such cattle, and wherev
er the land Is rough and stony they
will more than pay their way.
' Sheridan's Wit.
Richard Brlnslcy Sheridan was one
day dining with Lord Thurlow when
his lordship produced some fine Con
stantla which bad been sent him from
the Cape of Good Hope. Sheridan,
who saw the bottle emptied with un
common regret, set his wits to work
to get another.
Falling In his attempt, however, be
turned toward a gentleman seated
farther down and said, "Sir, pass ce
cp that decanter, for I must return to
Madeira since I cannot double the
Cspe." San Francisco Argonaut.
Hard Wcodi la Paragaar,
C-etracho Is one cf the protatle
vroo's la Paraguay. It yields an ex
tract c?ed for tannlug leather. The
forests cf Paraguay ore full cf It The
t: ; rt cf Q-e! ratio Is very ccr.s!J:ra-
r?ln? rrltjc'ra'.ly to Europe thocb
:li is nut to tie United States ts a
t cf ti-- Arr-.t:r; n-zi::c, t.
Interesting North Carolina Items)
In Condensed Form. -
' Governor-elect Charles B. Aycock has1
donated to the Thoraasville Orphans
two hundred watermelons. v -.-?
The strike is on in West Durham. &
union man was discharged which precipe
tated the strike, in which 150 employes
in the Erwin cotton mills joined.
Andrew Richmond, colored, was
found dead in a field near Gibsonville
Friday, Coroner J. P. Turner was sum- -moned.
Nothing is known about the
circumstances of his death. "
' Kenneth Mclrer was killed at Sanford
late Saturday by a runaway team. '
He was hauling logs to the veneer mill
there when a log rolled off the wagon
frightening the mules. Mclver was about
thirty years old. , , - -
Mr, J. A. Crews, of the Wilmington'
Messenger, who has recently returned '
from a trip to the Orient, says it will
take hundreds of thousands of troops to -conquer
the Filipinos and that the ;
natives are well dressed and Intelligent. 1
King's Weekly: We hear that nearly 4
all the large lumber mills in the east are
shutting down. The drop in prices of ,
lumber is the cause and lots of -hands
are being thrown out of employment.'
It is said to be very hard on many hands
with families to nunnnrt a ha
get other work just now.
Raleigh Cor. Messenger: The scaffold V
for the execution r.f Tnm
,: wvueo ITUI WW
erected this week. Jonra mnrriomwi a
entire family of six. He was seen hw ;
.vour corresnondAnt nA h .t,Jl .
signs of completely breaking down.. He r
boj9 Kuau ua vne noti to tninK about bis
crime.: Hia fin car nailn hau Mn.
like bird claws and be is thin and weak.
Raleiirh NAwa.nhMmrai cnn: n.vi
Nichols has a knife that is something ol J
a curiosity. It was sent him by his .
brother in Mississippi who was a member
of Forest's cavalry, and the knife was ' '
made by him. - It is 11 inches lonir when 3 '
openea, tbe blade being 5 inches lonjr.
The ornament tn th tni.
- -w uauui, m V UI -..
brass, and on one side is cut an excellent
representation of Gen. Forrest, and on !
tbe other is a-: nintnra nt o. 1
soldier. The knife has a keen i a
is good for many years service.
The Democrat nf ttiA aUft.
sional district met at Wimington Satur-
j uu uuuiiuauni witnouc opposition,
and by acclamation, the present incum
bent, Hon. John D. Bellamy forcongress.
and Hon. W. 13 rtmi .v:
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Charlotte News, for Bryan and Steven-
uu Biwwr., iD9 meeting was presided
over by Hon. James Gt Covington, of
Union. On receiving tha o-airoi it- r-
ington made a splendid SDeech closinir 7
with a parody on "Ho, for Carolina,"
which took the convention. The chorus ' i
wound up with '"Tis the land of love and
White Supremacy." . ft
VANOB MONUMENT UNVEH.' '
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A. & N.O. WM Run a Special Aug.
aa. ixjw Rates of Fare.
Ill td. I 1M n '. '
n. u. i,. j. tuotuw 10 go inrougn
v" "e," "ituuui vimujcc, inciuaing me
elegant Atlantic and North Carolina par- ;
.w. w.vuuiuiuuauus OI &u
persons on the line of the A. & N. C. R. B.,
giving seven hours in Raleigh to witness "
the ceremonies of unveiling the statue of
Z. B. Vance. Special to return same day. :
Fare for round trip, when tickets are
purchased,
eooDronnxiniv inAiran oo ioaa
if. City to Raleigh and return......3.10
ewbern to " - ru
Dover to ' " " qon
Kinxtnn tn " u i " a k
LaGrangsto- " g.05
B!11EI)TTT.1C nr BPTrrit: mm
Leave Morehead City 4.20 a, m.
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Dover
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Kinston............
LaGranee
Ar ve iTOiosDoro.
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Leave "
Arve Raleigh
Tlpf nrn in cr aruvial tnln
Raleigh for Goldsboro and A
O - . ' i v U.U
& N. C.
stations at 6 .-IK) p. m.
Lave Ooldsboro.-...... 8:20 o. m.
Kinston 0-9fi -
Ar"veNewbern . 10-30 "
' Morehead Gty H;40
8. L. Dill, General Supt.
Does It Pay to Euy Clieap?
A chean remedr for concha anil ee? fa
allrxbt, but you want somethbgthat
wi!l relieve and curs the mnn vtcm
and da,rrons result of throatand forr
tro-jblcs. What nhall you do? Goto
wanner and more rcvAxf r'.inmt? Y
if possible; if cot pop.vtle for ycu, then ia
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ta t-e-a itrcsiaev-i in ail civi:..-"-! coua-tr.-
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