North Carolina Newspapers

THE DAILY FREE PR. PUBLISHED EVERY EXENLl4o EXCEPT SUNDRY, Vol. Ill No. 118. . KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY; AUGUST &2, 1900. Pried Two Cents. GENERAL NEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. : Held Marshal Count von Waldersee, accompanied by his staff, left Berlin Mon day lor China. "Berlin foreign office officials are very emphatic in the assertion that England' great interests abundantly justify her in landing troops at Hbanghai. j Boas, a small town in Marshall coun ty, Ala., was destroyed bynre Monday, Every business bouse was swept away, The loss is estimated at f oV.uuo. The United States battleship Alabama left Cramp's shipyard Monday for ber official trial, which will take place off the New England coast during the early part of next week. ' AA territnc wind storm shook the city of Sheboygan, Wis., Monday. Eightlarge buildings were completely wrecked and 200 small houses were blown down, caus ing a less of 1300,000. 1 1. - Wm. M. Johnson, of HacKensack, in. J., uresiaeub 01 ne new ieroey ti Beuui. has been tendered and accepted the office of first assistant postmaster general, Vj made vacant by the resignation of Ferry iieato. . .. AAA ::AA.t -Walker Wilkerson was convicted Mori day of participation in the Humphreys lynching, which' occurred in Henderson county, Texas, in May, 1889, and was sentenced to the penitentiary. Three other men have received life sentences for the same offense. Sol Bloom, a Chicago music publisher, has brought suit for 950,000 damages against the . Union restaurant and hotel in that city for refusing to serve him while he was clad in a shirt-waist and minus a coat. This is said to be the first time the shirt-waist question has been brought before a court. . ;f . ' : ; A lot of Bresci buttons have been brought to Patterson, N. J.. from.New' ark. and they are finding a ready sale In the anarchist quarters. Only the radicals wear them, but ' they are being bought freely by others as curiosities. The but- ' tons nave the picture 01 the slayer 01 the king of Italy, and above it is bis name. . Near Leavenworth, Kan., Monday, Br. Surley Harrington, a physician of-Farley, 'drunk and imagining fancied wrongs, killed Jas. Wallace, his uncle, a wealthy farmer; Mrs. Wm. Wallace, Harrington's mother-in-law, and J , r. Dillingham, sheriff of Piatt county, who tried to ar rest him, and was shot dead " by Harry Dillingham, tbe sheriff s son. i, . I The population of the city of Chicago jn 1900, according to the official count of tne returns of tbe twelfth census, is 1,698,575. In 1890 the population was 1,099,850 These figures show for the ity, as A whole, an increase in popula tion of 598,725, or 54.44 per cent, from 1890 to 1900. The population in 1880 vas 503,181, showing an Increase of 96,665, or 118.5 per cent, from 1880 to 1890. .,. . W"-r'..- ' a . - I Near Arlington, Minn., Monday, Tbeo lore Wallert, a farmer, slaughtered his v-ife and four step-children with a butcher J he mav not recover. . Wallert married V widow with a family. ' The couple re ently separated. It is understood that Irs. Wallert had taken steps to secure a ivorce. After com mitting the crime Wal rt set fire to the barns, Which were de troyed with their contents. Wallert scaped, with a sheriff's posse in pursuit. The defense have filed a motion for the ontinuance until the October term of the tse against Henry E. Tontsey, who is idicted as one of the principals in the oebel murder. The motion is based on e illness of the defendant, on tbe illness ( his attorney and tbe absence of a large amber of important witnesses. The mrt did not pass directly upon the mo on for a continuance, but said only one I the grounds set up in the affidavit ould be considered, the illness of the fondant. Gen. John B. Gordon, commander-ln-ief of the United Confederate Veterans, s prepared a reply to a resolution re nt !j adopted by a camp of Confederate torans at New Orleans, condemning : Blue and tbe Gray reunion in Atlanta, i., recommending that no more similar :nions be held, and protesting against a. Gordon accepting an invitation to ? G. A. R. reunion at Chicago. Gen. rdoasays bis conscience must be his !p, and that he shall do what be Con ors his duty. Docs it Pay to Buy Cheap? i lipap remedy for conghs and colds is i ;bt, but you want something that I rtlieve and cure the more -severe 1 aEgrornus results of throatand lung '..Vs. AVh.it shall you do? Go to a ..-r and more rejmlar climate? 1'es, -.Lie; if not j'otNt-iMe for you, then in r case take tho ostT remedy that ! t n introduced in a'.l ciTilized cotin with fctwj in wvfre tLroat ' t rout!, Bosch-e'e Gorriaa F.rrcp." t only leaU ar.d etirr.-;'-- ih t;v . (' 'j tie p r:n c. I z ir... rr,r.;ation, ra"'- -r -, f A f"vd L: ."ttS r . r : j ' i IrTCT r ."A I i'ir .! ij tha 'ft::. : - . n STATE ALLIANCE. Fourteenth -Annual : Session Held At Hillsboro Last Week. The attendance at the State alliance at Hillsboro last week was larger than for tbe oast two years. Among other business transacted was the adoption of thefollowing resolutions: era' State alliance has been from the time of its foundation the earnest friend of education, and whereas there is now im Derative necessity for srreater school ad vantages within the borders of North Carolina than ever before. Now be it Resolved. " That tbe legislature o: North Carolina be and hereby is, peti- tioned -AA A-i;".'. '! J A-:':r 1st. To levy a special tax, under Ar ticle 9. Sec. 8. of the State constitution. sufficient to run our public schools for four months, and that in addition the special appropriation of ? 100,000 be con tinned. 2. To appropriate a sum sufficient for the support of the State University, the Agricultural and Mechanical college, and the State Normal and Industrial college upon a permanent basis, Buch appropri ation to enable free tuition in those insti tutions to be offered to every white etu dent in North Carolina.' -. 8., To enact such laws as will compel the attendance of all children, between tbe ages of 7 .and 15 upon the public schools. 1 4. To prohibit the employment of chil dren of immature age in manufacturing industries. . :. ' 5. To establish reformatories for young criminals.' - - A resolution was passed on the death Ex-Gov. Elias Carr, ex-president of the State alliance, also resolutions thanking President VV inston,ol tbe A.& Al. college, for an excellent address before the body, commending and endorsing ithe official organ, The Progressive Farmer, and its non-partisan policy, and appointing committee to confer with the A. 6c M. college authorities about the education at tbe college of practical and - theoreti cat farmers. 'President' Graham was detained at home by illness in his family. The alii ance will put additional lecturers in the field and hope to double tbe membership during this year. - : Tbe alliance also decided to offer number of premiums fur agricultural dis plays at tbe State fair in October.. ixlitor Poe of Tbe Progressive armer, when asked about the present and future of the order, said: i "I never care to re fer to the politics of alliance officials, as such matters are not considered in their selection, but to show the falsity of the prejudice of some, it may be well to say that tbe president and trustee, , tbe secretary-treasurer, and State - business agent, and assistant lecturer are all in finential Democratic farmers, while the remaining offices are filled by wide-awake farmers and educators, belonging, to other parties or none. The prejudice against the alliance is rapidly dying out and tbe outlook for re-organization is very bright. Democrats, Populists, Pro hibitionists and Republicans attended the State meeting, all worked in harmony and devoted themselves to the agricul tural and educational lines along which the alliance will work, and all will assist in the re-organization to be. effected this fall and winter." , . ' ; SEEKS AMERICA'S SUPPORT. Russia Expects War With Ens- land and Would Strip Her of Her Friends. : London, Aug, 21.--Julian Ralph, in Tbe Daily Alan tins moraine. Quotes from a diplomat of high standing, whose name is not given, who declares that Russia is vigorously endeavoring to secure Ameii can support and to break the harmony existing between tbe united states and Great Britain. England." savs the diolomat in nnen. tion, "has no first-class power except the United States which offers her tbe slight est ground for hoping for a friendly bear ing of her case. The bitter feeling of to day will generate war against her tomor row. Russia's plan, which is encouraged by Austria, Hungary, France and Ger many, is to strip Great Britain of all her support and leave her naked before e"uch a war begins. v To the Fanners of North Carolina. Ton are especially invited to attend the sessions of the second annual convention of the Cotton States Awociation of the Commissioners of Agriculture at Raleigh, on Ang. 28, 29, 30 and 31, in the North Carolina agricultural building. Many topics of interest to the farmer, cardener nuJ orchardiat will be diwussd. The Hon. James Wilson, secretary of ssrrirul- tnre, will be present, besides many other distinguished men of science. A rate of one and one-third fares has been secured, and in order to secure the benefit of tb Jow rate you should pur chase a stra'ght-fare ticket from your i tat ion. noting for a ot-rti.'Vate of rur- a?e. This certificate v ill 1 sipne-i I r t?: srrtary cf tt ftfcn iation at I; J- h. and will entitle you to a ret": tUketatone est a mile. V sure to r -rvf.ratewh'-n yci rnr-! -eyourt- I hc-" r.ar ii V.a f.rn.rrs cf t! rate w ,"! t4--. 1. STILL FIGHTING IN PEKIN. Chinese Troops Hold the Imperial . Palaoe and Make Obstinate Re siatanoe. J ' '. ' Washington, August 20. The Japan ese legation today received several im portant dispatches giving the fullest and latest information of events In Pektn. A telegram, dated at Tokio, August 19, says: .wv- y;--A'.:. ! ''..' "After the entry to Pekln wal effected by tbe allied troops, the Chinese troops, on August 15th, betook themselves to and remained in tbe imperial palace. A body of Japanese troops was ..told off to guard the palace and there they met with obstinate resistance by the Chinese troops. r ighting is still going on. . Tne bead quarters of the Japanese army is in the legation and the division is mainly Quar tered in the villages outside of An Ting Men. ' - EMPRESS ESCAPED. I A telegram dated the 19th Instant, re ceived from the Japanese, foreign office, gives the following dispatch f front the acting Japanese consul general at Shang hai. ; ' ,: , 'wf- "From Sheng's statements to me, I am inclined to think there is troth in the rumor that the; empress' dowager, at least, if not the emperor, top, has left Pekin for Wa Tai Hsien. in Sben Si pro m . v . " vince, via i ao ung a a, lor ne told me that some of the secretaries of the nrivv council crossed the Lukon bridge on the 12th, with banners bearing , inscriptions denoting that they formed a part of the imperial escort, and that Ln Chuan Liu, governor of Kiang Su, sent a telegram on the 14th to the southern viceroys and governors, directing thera to forward all war funds to Shen Si. But as an impe rial decree was issued on the 13tb, the departure, if it took place at all,, must nave been subsequent to that date.- "I have also learned from another re- liable source that Princes ? Ching Yung Lu and King Yi are still in Pekin, though i nnce i uan nas tonowed tbe empress aowager." , -;. ; n :.':! -' : " ' ' i ii' -i-'v Chasinff the Empress. ' : London. Anonat 90 H-TRnnfiiwain valrw has left Pekin in pursuit of.tb dowager pmnrpwi rmn nfirennrt. avnniinv n tut. esrrams from the north received at Sham t l I i . mi i . thftfc thA AmnrMii nnrl ha-r tMootiM In protected by 80,000 troops, have already J a ITT amvea at vy u i ai can, in enan Hi pro vince. Tha field teWrnnh nnrt.h nl Ynn T.nn In intAmiTltvl Anrl Tnf Kinrr nnAn TWin date BDDears to have reae.hml Ynnr Tann since August 17th. Heavy rains bave been falling in the province of Pe Chi Li. The landing of the British . troops at Shanarhai is . not eanninir , axMtamant among the natives. A-detachment of 1UU r rench marines landed there today. A rUHtomn pmlxpp la ronnrteA tn hon gone to Tien Tsin to take away the for- 1 . J . n t - - - - - . v .v v V rigvvra revcueu irom rexin. ; Minister Conger's Statement Pekin. Auirust 21. Minister fVm era fa autnoruy ior tne statement that, tbe en- a, 1 : a. . r r, . . . a' tire noBiue movemeni is purely a govern- menial one. mac T.nn iinitra m nomi merelv as a nreteit. bnt that: tha TtnTara nave no guns ana can ao nuie. tie says: "The imperial troops here were led by a confidential advisor of thnemnpoaa . Thov tried to annihilate us the day .before tbe renei column reacned us. The Tsunnr Lf Taman sent us word that nnW haA been issued to its ofScern to tnn flrintr under pain of death, but despite this the Chinese opened fire and continued all day. We should probably bave succumbed had not the relievinor allied cnlnmn ar rived when it did. More than 2,000 shells fell among us in eleven days." ' The Forbidden Oltv Fa.Ha j London. Anomst 21 Th RnrraA n Forbidden City, the residence of the em Deror of China. haaf&Hpn. Admiral Rnvu cables tbe British admiralty tinder Ant of Taku, 19th, saying that the allies en tered the Sacred Cityon the 17th. ROtTMANIA AND BULGARIA. Bulgarian Troops Moving to The Frontier. The Roumanian Army Corps Mobilizing for War. London. Ana-. 21. Rpfprrlnw tn tha ten sion between Roumania and Bulgaria, caused by the demand of the Roumanian government lor the arrest of Sarafow, president of the revolutionary committee at Sofia, the Bulgarian canita). tctmtthnr with the suppression of that organiza tion, me Vienna correspondent of The Daily Express says: ' 'The Bulgarian renlv to the not rf Roumsnia has been received at Bucha rest. It is couched in er-Trpsniveterma llu!(rarian troons are Irf-inffwntinnnnT mored to tbe frontier. The Macedonian revolutionary committe Las collected 1.000 volunteer, en 3r the command of l-c nnan rpzninr o'A'.ren and will raid RoTtanian territory. llw Ron" an in a army corps are moL. i.rr. u: LLnrles. freakirT to his r : crs Tzz '. i.r. s.-vid: 'Gentlemen, be Why Does It Not Rain? Did not the "maker of all things" promise rain? He said: "I will cause tbe showers to come down in his season there ehall be showers of blessing." When God sends rain, He is generous with it, "sendeth rain on tbe just and on theunjusf'See Gen. 8:22. Then why this long drought? Listen: " lour In iquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good thing from you." Jer. 5:25. - In Jer. 3d chapter, 1st and 2d verees. Qod names th sins of the iwople and then says: "Therefore the showers have been withholden. and there hath been no lat ter rain." a Now read from Jer. 5:21-24. Note these words: "But these people hath a revolt ing and a rebellious heart; they are re volted and gone. Neither say they in their heart, let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in His season; He reserveth unto us tbe appointed weeks of tbe bar vest." v, ., ,-. Now turn to Dent. 28th cbaDter. Read the entire chapter at your leisure, but notice specially the ,12th verse, t. After Moses had told the people the blessings were conditioned upon obedience, he said: "The Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure, the heaven to give tbe rain un to thy land in His Season, and to bless all the work of thine hand; and thou ehalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow." .;:.,::: A' v . He then itemized the curses that would follow disobedience. One. item is the withholding of rain. He says: "And thy heaven that is over thy. head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The Lord shall make the rain of thy land x powder and dust; from beaven sball it come down upon thee.un til thou be destroyed." ' . Solomon recognized that sin was the cause of drought. Hear these words from his prayer at tbe - temple dedication: "When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they bave sinned against Thee: if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, and turn from their sin, when Thou afflictest them; then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel that- Thou teach them the trood wav wherein they should walk, and give rami upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people, for an inheritance." IKines 8:35-30.i New, therefore, It being established from the world's best and oldest book- God's word and record that sin is the cause of drought, it follows that prayer on the part of the people for rain must be accompanied by botb confessing and forsaking of sin. It is an easy matter to do mouth-work of confession, but O how bard for most people to quit tbeir mean ness, especially if there is money in it. We are living in a time when sin is not only by the individual, but by great cor porations and organized institutions, such as railroad and trust companies and combines, national and state liquor deal ers' -associations. These run reckless over every part or God's commandments and in their downward sweep to inevita ble woe, carry thousands of men and women who depend on them rather than on God b promises for meat and bread. These organized machines of sin and transgression do not intend to cease: tbeir manipulators care nothing for God or humanity, time or eternity; they only want dollars. Hence, while they exist tbe judgments of God will continue to in crease in severity. There will be rain, but most of it in tbe months when crops are not growing. God's people will continue to pray, but their prayers will not avail for a whole nation, as did Elijah and Samuel's or those of Moses, but only lor them selves. - This has Bible support: ''The word of the Lord came again to me say Ing, son oi man. when the land sin- neth against me by trespassing griev ously, then will I stretch out mine band upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it; though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteous ness, saith the Lord God." Ezek. 14:12 14. The Lord knoweth how to deliver them that trust in Him." He has lost no skill in this art since He fed and wa tered Elijah; since Us delivered Joseph and Daniel. ' As to rain by "natural laws." all of nature's laws are but the lines that our almighty God holds in His own hands and by which ile turns natural forces whenever and wherever He pleases. I would not worship as God one who could not change the check-reins on nature's prancing team. As a rule, locomotives are made to go forward, but they can be reversed; so nature's forces were made to more, as a rule, in certain ways, bnt their maker, our God, reserved the right to reveree all natural order when it pleases Him to do so, either to bless those who cbey or to curse tboe who will not yield to love's call to V.t eternal. ' I know In whom I bare trusted. "Acquaint thyself with God." " D. H. TUTTLK. Tts Et:trrr::r:;::: f;r ZIVM id Ttrmx b a hc t of Giovc't Taithhi Oil Tojtjc It is iron i q-;'.:.".o U LutcWa t -a. r f y. Tr . rj . STATE I1BWS. . Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. 1 The auxiliary cruiser Hornet sailed about 11 o'clock Sunday morning with the Wilmington division naval reserves aboard. The State has received arms and equip ments necessary to completely equip the State guard. Ammunition nas not yet arrived. ' The first bale of new cotton from North Carolina was received at Norfolk, Ya., Saturday. It graded middling and was in good condition and of good staple. Monday was the date fixed by law as the limit of time for filing by counties with the secretary of stats their election returns. Three counties. Person, Ruther ford and Wilkes, failed to file returns. : The commissioner of agriculture says all the commissioners and all the state . chemists from the cotton states will be at the Raleigh convention next week. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will certainly attend. Uii Lizzie Brannon, aged 70 years, of West Durham,:: was burned so badly Monday thatdeath resulted next day. She was using oil to make the kitchen fire burn more rapidly when the can exploded setting her clothing on fire. . While strolUnir arouud Greensboro Saturday night, Vt V. Ruth, an Orange county farmer, was relieved of $180 In cash by an agreeable stranger who met him in an Isolated spot aud wanted a five-dollar bill changed. While Mr. Ruth was counting out tbechansrethestranirer grabbed the purse and ran. : There is nothing new in the strike situation in West Durham. Everything is entirely quiet and there , has been no effort on the part of the mill owners to put men in tbe place of those who went on the strike Friday afternoon. In all It was said Tuesday that there were between 250 and 800 looms idle. AA . The adjutant general is notified that ten military organizations - will be at Raleigh to attend the' unveiling of the Vance statue. These are from Hender son; Warrenton, r rank lin ton, Golds- boro, Wilmington, Charlotte, Clinton, Kinston. Winston, and Durham. The Raleigh military of course, will be in the parade. , A . - Wilmington Star: A "scraD" to which . attaches some political interest, reported from Clinton. Saturday at tbe "monster indignation meeting" at that town ex- Congressman John E. Fowler, who was one of the speakers, is said to have in dulged in bitter personalities and to have accused Mr, George Peterson, a merchant of the town, of having brought to Clinton arms and ammunition with which to intimidate Populist and anti- amendment voters. The allegation was not challenged by Mr, Peterson until Monday morning, when he met the ex-Congressmau on the , streets. - He repudiated the charge made in the speech and denounced the author. One word led to another with the result that fisti cuff was indulged in in which Fowler got considerably the worst of ic Further particulars were not obtainable. TRENTON ITEMS. Aug. 21,1900. Mr. W. H. Cox has put in a stock o groceries and hardware. " Misses Addie Cox and Mary Herritaire are guests at Miss Sarah Uerritage's. Mr. AI C Pollock, who has been in Kins- ton for the last few days, returned home Sunday evening. , . Mr. T. D. Warren, who has been visit ing relatives at Edenton, returned home yesterday evening. Mr. J. A. Smith, and son, who have been visiting relatives at Maple Cypress. returned home Monday evening. Jones county has many thousand acres of rich and fertile lands that can be purchased at reasonable prices. . Rev. D. H. Petree,who has been hold- ins a Drotracted meetinir in the Discfob' church, returned to his homeatLaGrange yesterday morning There has been a forest fire around Trenton for a week or two, supposed to bars started by lightning. It has destroyed several fences. Mr. F. P. "K cones returned bomtyester- day evening from an extended trip to T a ltlmftM Kdm ha V a as V i'm m goods for bis new store. Mrs. P. M. Hardy, of Institute, who has been vWting relatives, returned boms Friday, accompanied by her son, llr. E. L. Hardy and Lis wife and children. Mr. E. A. Rhodes, a prominent mer chant, of Trenton, has bwi sick for some time with typhoid lever bnt we are glad to bear be is improving a I.tue now. Parties wULinj? to intet in laDds that never fail to yield a good harvest when prcperly cultivated would do well to visit Jones county snd invest ;rats for thee:' Ires. At r..i-c facial swo'cr.t rf (Tina's s r n 't f'r tx ar; it cr.n l.ipn at ret no r.ft. Yoa ,.1 j- rov yonr-lves wcrtVy f. -r- -- rs f f tl t -;rs ( f 1 S77." "A t t'? r -t-r cf f-rA-n " I -r, l-i?-'.!: 'Tt-iC.r, t1'? x - r '- r ' ir a'.i t: ' , . , 1.11,1. " " "'"it ' : mtr-'tv;:: rr,:.- tV.it ' -.- Atf t--y t-'-ztc, pt j" ". -I . r lr-TP t-'w f-n 1 1 " ! , s i t t r 'c 1.' I r- 1; v : " 771 r- P-r- - '. f 1 i (A .jc: - Pr r r. t ) r : s to T;:i A 1 i, i:.