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PUBLISHED eiCERY BUEsN.NG EXCEPT SUNDRY, .Vol. Ill No. 135 KINSTON, N. C., TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 11-1900. Price Two Cents. General hews. vUvv . . ; ; ' Matters of Interest Condensed Into JBrief Paragraphs. Tom Ketchum. better known as "Black Jack," the noted leader ol a gang of out laws that terrorized the southwest for several years, has been, convicted of train robbery at Clayton, N. M., the penalty for which in Iew Mexico ia death. A dispatch from New Orleans says: A tri p over the storm-s tricken section along the Mississippi river,' starting some 80 miles below the city and reaching to the gun, snows a carnage 01 aoouc iiw.ww to the rice crop. Truck farms, poultry, cattle and other damages will double the amount. The river rose six feet during the storm and flooded the section. The disabled steamer Oteri was towed into . Port Eads this evening, all well. . , -f A consolidation of the Southern Cotton Spinners', association and the Hosiery Yam Spinners' . association has , been practically ; concluded. , The conaolida tion will bring together jjnder one organ ization between ,80 and 85 per cent, of the; yarn makers of the south. , The Hosiery Yarn Spinners' association rep resents a business of $10,000,000 and the ' Cotton Spinners' association a business of more than $80,000,000 annually. Ben Bickamore, foreman in the Balti more & Ohio blacksmith shop at Keysbr, W. Va., lost his right arm Saturday afternoon in a large, slowly revolving cogwheel. He was cleaning the wheel when bis fingers were caught, and in attempting to extricate them his band , and forearm were, crushed. Seeing that death was sure unless be could free him self, he then .braced his feet against the machine, and with superhuman strength , literally tore his arm off at the shoulder. The wound was dressed, and the nervy patient is doing very well. . It is said that Edison has solved the iroblem on which he has been working or years, of generating electricity direct from coal without the use of an engine or dynamo. -Heretofore 90 per cent. ol the heating power of coal was lost, while with his process there practically no loss Of heat.' A company,, is now being formed to put bis machine upon the mar ket. This achievement, if what it is rep- - resented to be. will relegate the. steam engine and revolutionize the methods of propulsion. It simply means that every thing new propelled by steam will be propelled by electricity. But this is owy one of the many things it will do. Prof, Olin A. Wilson, of the manual training department of the public schools ol Chesterfield, Md., was drowned Bun - day afternoon, under distressing ctrcum stances. In company with Mr. J. King Wright, Misses Mary and Julia Burchinal and Louise Brown, be went bathing a nan mue Deiow uiestertown. Alter a short time in the water he got beyond his depth and called for help. Mr. Wright ' went to his assistance, and had almost got the drowning man to a place of safety wnenrror. Wilson lost bis bead and grap I)led with his rescuer, who only saved bli ife by diving. The professor then sank calling for help as he disappeared from sight. . - - -.. Torpedo Doata. .... The average distance of discovery of a torpedo boat by the searchlight fro&i a battleship has been calculated to be 181 yards . and the . greatest . distance 1,000 yards. Thus, taking the distance it which the torpedo can be fired with effect at 500 yards it will be generally found that a torpedo boat will have to tross about 300 yards under fire from fbe ship she is attacking, and it wi! take the little craft about half a minute to do this. - Consideration. , Clerk I have been in your employ now going on five years, and I am get ting the same salary I started with. .: Proprietor I know it, bnt every time that I've made up my mind to exit you down or discharge yon something has reminded me of your wife and little ones at home, and so I just couldn t do It There, my mac. you see I havo s heart as well as a head. Chicago News, The mushroom's life is measured by hours, but it flourishes long enough for an insect to hang its egg on the edge of the f'umbrella" and for the egg to be come an insect reac to colonize thl sext "silver bnttou" that poshes un Frs ef Cbargt. Any adult suffering from a cok) settled on the breast, bronchitis, throat or Jang troubles of and nature, who will rail at Tempi Marston Drug Co., will be pre vented with a sample bottle of Boocbee's German Sjrup, free of charge. Only one bottle given to one peroon, and rone to children without order from parent. 'o throat or Inrg remedy ever bad nrh a sale as Boscbe' German f rrcp ia all parts of tbe ciTi'.izi world. Twenty years aio million of bottles were riren awsy, and your drr. :t Trill t-'i jot i-ii, : iz ':'' z. It i-t rallr tl.e cz'.r Throat z J Lur? Tf-'.r er&'.ly er'oni ty pry. c -t ctt'e will cztp cr j" i H r !"'.- i i r . civ.. t're ;re it rr . An Imprtnom Resolve. When little Dickie Swope's man. He's goin to b a sailor, And little llamey Ttncfter, he's A-froin to be a tailor; Bud Mitchell, he's a-froin to be A stylish carriage maker, An when I grow a grea' big maa I'm goin to be a baker. Ab Dlck'll buj his sailor suit Of Ha me, an Ha me' 11 take it An buy at fine a double rig , As ever Bud can make it, An then all three'U drive roun fer me, t An we'll drive off togevTcr. A-tlingin pie cruet 'long the road : Ferever an ferover. '. . James Wbitrorab Riley. Steel Forks In the White noose. Writing of "One Hundred Years In the White House" and recalling Boine of the notable entertainments given by our chief executives, Rene Bache In The Ladles'" Home Journal says that "President Madison revived much of Ihe formal ceremony which Thomas Jefferson had discarded, and under his administration great attention , vfas given to the statebamjuets,, no expense being pparedJn malting them: as fine, as possible.! President Jacksau .disliked ceremony even more than did Presi dent Jefferson, and, preferring a steel fork himself, be always provided each guest with one sliver fork and one of steel. After dinner be smoked a long stemmed corncob pipe. He wished to throw the doors of the White House wide open to the public, but this idea he was forced to relinquish after the experience of one occasion on. which he extended an ill Judged hospitality to all comers. The .carpet lp, the east room was ruined by punch which the mob spilled In its eagerness to , get, at the buckets containing the beverage, the gowns of .. many ., ladles , were spoiled, and the furniture was broken. . At bis farewell reception President Jackson introduced a curious novelty in the shape of a gigantic cheese which was cut into pieces and distributed among the gUeStS." V 'y 'v:,; Z'i' i Atrial Anchoraare. ' 1 On last bank holiday a fete and gala was held in a country town. A balloon ascent was the chief feature of the day's amusements,; and tbe process of filling tbe balloon with gas was watch ed with great Interesfby a crowd of country bumpkins, one of whom cast bis eye upon the grappling Iron In per plexity, "Wot De, tnat, uouesr quotn ne to cftronnnton. ! ' !'! . . . .. . . . . . i "Whoy. that be the anchor,' answer ed Giles. ,' ; ' . .."Anchor:" repeated tbe first bumpkin in even greater perplexity than before. 'tWot use be an anchor to Vm Up in the air? Wot f-nn they uncbor 'er to?'; ": , - "To the clouds, o' courser replied Giles In tones expressive of scorn for his ; mate's lgnoranct. - London An ''.if'' rb-U by TcahfTer, tstoe, THE ALAEA-A DURU.'d Tie crct fr zV,f I A'.n'. a Is tbe t.r e ft.tr.e l aa irtnr" of IT Ld-J a Lour for four cx r.';--.3 ! rr t-zrX of over IS isou an Lour. i.e Is tie APPALLING STORU. Galveston Overwhelmed by Storm And Tidal Wave. Loss of Life Estimated at 3,000. The City a Complete Wreck. Other Towns Wiped Out. Houston, Tex.j Sept, 9 The West In dian storm which reached the Gulf coast yesterday morning, wrought awful havoc in iexas. reports w cuuuictiii, uui ii is known that an appalling disaster has befallen the city of - Galveston, where Jt is reported, a thousand or more lives have been blotted out and a tremendous property damage incurred. The nrst news to reacn tniu city irom the stricken city of Galveston was t re ceived tonight, James 0, Timuiona, who resides in Houston, and who is the gen eral superintendent of the .National Com- press company, arnveu iu a city ai 8 o'clock from Galveton; He was one of the first to rea'jh here with tidings of the great disaster which has befallen that city, and the magnitude of that disaster re mains to be told, because of bis endeavors to reach home, After remaining through tbe hurricane. on Saturday, be departed from Galveston on a schooner and came across the bay to Morgan's Point, where he caught a train for Houston. The hur ricane, Mr. Timmons said, was tbe worst ever known. Tne estimates made oy citizens of Galveston . was that 4,000 houses, most of them residences, have been destroyed and that at least 1,000 people have been drowned, killed or miss ing. Some business houses were also destroyed, i but most of them stood though badly damaged. ' 4 THE CITY A COMPLETE WRECK! The city. Mr. Timmons avers, is a com plete wreck, so tar as he could see irom the water front and from the Tremont Hotel. Water was blown over the island by the hurricane, tbe . wind blowing at the rate of 80 miles an hour straight from the Gulf and forcing tbe sea water before it in big waves., I he gale was a a steady one, tbe heart, of it striking the city about 5 o'clock 'yesterday evening, and continuing without intermission un til midnicht last niu-ht. when it abated somewhat, although itcontinuedtoblow all night. Tbe city of Galveston, be said, is . now entirely submerged and cut on from com munication. .Tbe boats, are gone, the railroads cannot , be operated and the water is so hiarh neoDle cannot walk out ai oj way oi ids onage across tne Day, even Ishould that bridge be standing. Provis- , . iiit , , . . it, ions will be badly needed as a great ma iority of the people lost all tbey had Tbe . water-works power bouse was wrecked and awaterfamine is threatened as the cisterns were all ruined by the overflow of salt water. This, Mr. Tim mons regards as the most serious prob lem to be laced now. -Tne city is in dark ness, tbe electric planthaviDgbeen ruined Houston, Texas, Sept: 9. The relief train has just returned. The party got '4J". -4 '1 fCW.'.:':? v.. ' ' V ' - ';; . M i . HER SPEED TRIAL ju n of tJ.t? nary Dur.r - trr r no closer than six miles of Virginia Point, where the place was covered with lum ber, debris, pianos, trunks and dead bodies. Two hundred corpses were counted from the train. ;. y ; - Nothing can be seen of Galveston. Two men were picked up who floated across to tbe mainland. ' They say they esti mate tbe loss of life np to the time tbey left at 2,000. ' Wreck of a Santa Fe Train. Houston. Texas, &ept. 9 The Santa Fe train which left here at 7:55 Saturday night, was wreckel at a point two miles north of Alvin. Mrs. Prather, of Rosen burg, Tex., was killed and several were injured., The train wae; running slowly when it encountered the heavy storm. It is reported that the train .was literally lifted from the track, Mrs. Pratber was thrown across the car and half way through a window. Wben the car as reached it was found that ber head bad been under water and she was drowned 3.0OO LIVES LOST. Governor Sayers" Beport on the Galveston Disaster. ' New York. Sept. 9. Tbe World print the following: will ."Austin. Texas. Sept. 9.- Information has Just reached me that about 8,000 lives have been lost at Galveston, with enormous destruction of property. "No information from other points. (Signed) "Joseph D. Sayeks, . . "Governor ALVIN WIPED OUT. Not a House Left Standing In Alta- loma. Houston, Texas, Sept. v. Meagre re ports are arriving here from the country between Houston and Galveston. Along the line of the Santa re road tbe tornado was the most destructive in the history of the State. The town of Alvin is re ported to be practically demolished Hitchcock has suffered severely from tbe storm, while tbe town of Altaloma is reported without a house standing, . LGalveBton is situated off the mainland on an island 30 miles long by one and a Quarter wide. Four great bridges con nect it with the mainland.' It is only 18 inches above the sea level. Tbe whole city ia under water and relief parties most reach it by ferries and skiffs. Sabine Pass Said to Have Been Wiped Out. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 9. A special from Beaumont. Texas, says it is reported there that the city of ftabine Pass' has been almost entirely demolished. . . Scenes of Death and Destruction. New York, Sept. 10. The World's Austin special , says: "Five ; thousand lives are now thought to have been lost in tbe West India hurricane. The prop erty damaged at Galveston is placed at 110,000.000. Tbe destruction ol rice and cotton crops amounts to f 3,000, 000. Gov. Sayers admits that bis esti mate telegraphed at midnight of 3,000 dead at Galveston may tell only half tbe terrible story. At midnight 1,200 bodies had washed ashore on Virginia Point, Steamers ladened with water and phy sicians left Houston at daybreak for Gal veston. 'Houston, Sept. 10. Additional parr ticulars of the storm at Galveston . show that about 1,500 persons were drowned and $10,000,000 of property destroyed. Not a building in the city escaped dam age. Ail the batb nouses on the beach were destroyed - and tbe attendant drowned. The Seely Hospital was de stroyed and most of tbe patients drown ed. Tbe Ball High School and the Kos- enburg school are in ruins aud many who bad taken refuge in them are lost. - Eight bir steamships in tmrt are wrecked. All three railroad bridges and county bridges area wept away and the keepers and their families drowned. Tbe loss of life is ap palling. The entire island was sub merged. The water was eight feet on Tremont Avenue, probably the highest point in the city. ....... Your fall goods are now in or will soon amre. To sell tbetn tney must be prop erly exploited. Put an advertisement io ins x.hi,k iiuw mm iKii uurjormer patrons and prospectivecustomers know what yon bave and tbe inducements you are prepared to offer to secure their fall and winter trade. That lazy liver of yours needs a whip. Aver's . Pills will stir it without stinging. IQiniU. TS cents a box. J. C. Ayer. Com pant, rraokI Ctrr.:sts, Lewd, Mask Aja' Hair VTfor Ajn't Gerry Fectorl Ayrr's Cc Karons Ajrt't fj Cure STATE JEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. John Lewit, the fat boy of Currituck county, weighs 500 pounds. The report of bis death was . not true,, says The Fisherman and Farmer. , Tbe Lincoln Journal says Will Springs, aged 9 years, was shot and killed at Lowes ville last Monday afternoon by Andrew Springs, aged 11. Both were colored., Columbus News: A colored man by the name of King was killed by lightning one day last week while he was standing nvar tne nre-pjace, ine lightning ran down tbe chimney, striking him and kill ing him instantly. Concord Standard: Mr. Pink Misen heimer tells us of a feat that is hard to heat and he dares you to repeat, in which he got tbe meat if he didn't choose to eat. .. On Friday he fired both barrels of his gun at a pestiferous group of English sparrows. ' He gathered up results to the number of 104 dead birds. - .Wilmington Messenger: Tne Wachovia flouring mills have purchased property at Winston, and will erect a three-story building to be filled up with new machin ery and to have bins for holding 25,000 bushels of grain. The new plant will have a capacity of 100 barrels of flour and 500 buHhels of corn and will be com. pleted not later than October 15. '. A dispatch from Winston' Sept. 9th says: Tbe impression prevails here that the negro who assaulted Mrs. Patterson, wife of a prominent farmer in Rocking ham county, Thursday has been caught and hanged or shot to death. A man who was out with the searching party was here today, and told officers that there was "no need to hunt for the negro any longer.'.' He gave no particulars, but the officers were led to believe that the negro brute, whose name has not been learned, bas paid the penalty of his crime.."::,';,'. . ,v--- Tarboro . Southerner; Fire last week broke ont in the savannahs on John Cherry's farm and has burned over a mile of tbe county fence. .The soil is so .dry that the .small roots and fibres burn with ease. Clearing tbe land of leaves, straw, etc., has no deterent effect other than, de laying the prcgress of the fire for a short time. Tne sou of some or this land is like peat and burns readily, .The fire of ten, will bury, under .the cround for a short distance and then come to the sur face again. In that section .there are hundreds of acres of this savannah land, which is now beiosr burned over. The fire is raging in both this and Martin counties. Rockingham Anglo-Saxon: Miss Sarah Brady, a young lady who bas been em ployed in one of Mr. Morgan's mills near Laurel Hill, was brought to Rocking ham on tbe train Tuesday nhrht. She was violently insane, and it was with great difficulty that she could be man aged at ail. She bad shredded her cloth ing en route and gave other evidences of totally dethroned reason. She. was car ried to jail to await admiHsion to the asylnm. - Her conversation in her sanest moods showed plainly that the . holiness scamps who bave been going about the country preaching the monstrous doc trine of sinless perfection and gathering np the loaves and fishes were responsible for her pitiable, condition. . She ; told . Sheriff Wright that the holiness preach ers told ber that unlet she was sancti fied she would go to hell. She was very much calmed when the sheriff told her that the devil was dead that Judas was the devil and he was hung eighteen hun dred years ago. LaG RANGE ITEMS. . t , . , . , Fbeb Pkem Bpbxau, LaGrawge, Sept. 10, 1900. Mr. R. M. Harper has accepted a oosi- tion with Mess. Williams 4 Creech. - Mr. Alex Milton McDonald left today to enter as student at Chapel Hill. Mr. Frank Garrlas baa opened a gro cery io Dr. Hadley'a store on the corner. Mrs. J. Y. Joyuer and family, of Greens boro, are visiting at Mr. T. R. Rouse's. lit. G. E. 8atton and R. B. KIumj ill go on the Pipkin excursion tomor row. - Mr. Haywood Edmundnon, of Wilson's Mill, visited at Mr. T. R. Rouse's last week. Mrs. Julia A. Creech and daughter. Miss Roea, are visiting Mr. Jno. Taylor at Uookerton. President Bryan bas had a siding put in for the convenience of the tobacco warehouses. Cart- Ben Webb is here adjusting the oewginnerTfortbeLaGrange Manufac turing company. Mr. WiW Phelps and family, of Ceor- gi.Vre here on a viit to his grandfather, Mr. Wiley Ourganus. Prof. JoH-rh Kinder, of WCson. is here to!y. We ho. the Prof, will come btkc k here to lire. We mias Lim. - WLayoa v a: t a tV.-v.l rTF'ctry tbe new reni-?T, Clamrlala's t,;cr-ich and Liver TatMs. Tbr are fvj to takesr. J r'-a- i: t infT -ct. Pr; r -'s. ilT:' s free at J. II II joTj dr: :' :!.
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