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DAILY FREE: : 11 nib PUBLISHED EMERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, -irt: , - .: -'- ' ,-. ':-:. .:.:':,. -..p.- . ':.,.-,', : ' , ' '.- '.-.i "-;:. ... .: . . ' ...v.'i.: , . ' . :- ' i' ' 11 " 1 , ' . . ' ' .' 11 ' ' .' ' ' ' . , 1 ' ' ' " ' KINSTON, N. 0., THUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1900. Vol. Ill No. 149. Price Two Cento. GENERAL HEWS. ! "in i ii im vim .-. Hatters of Interest Condensed Into ; , Brief Paragraphs. - A freight train engine blew up Tuesday , at Johnston City, 111., killing the engineer i and fireman. .,",- There are 17 foreign steamships at Gal reston awaiting cargoes, and business is being resumed. L President Dias has been unanimously re-elected president of Mexico for his eighth term of office. The Chinese give further trouble. '. Biots j have broken out near Canton. The' Presbyterian and Catholic churches were looted and burned. It is officially announced that there will be no fusion between .the - Democrats i and Populists for congressman in- the! sixth district of Kansas. . Two freight trains collided near Har- risburg. Pa., Tuesday. Three trainmen ; were killed and two injured. Forgetful- ; ness of orders by a conductor was the I i ... . w . cause 01 tne accident. Owing partly to the scarcity of . Nora .Scotia coal in Halifax an order for 5,000 , tons of steam coal has been placed in Vir-1 giniafor immediate delivery for the use of j the .. British warships making tbelr nead- quarters in Halifax. ' The steamer ' Roanoke, arriving at Seattle, Wash., Sept. 25thf brings news of a disastrous storm at Nome in which seven lives were lost, thousands of dol lars worth of property destroyed and fully 500 people made homeless. - A Bristol, Tend., special says Wash ington county authorities are searching j for Edward ureep, a negro, w no may te lynched if found. At Glade , Springs . the i ! negro shot and fatally wounded - Nick lEdmundson, a young white man, whore-1 fused bim a chew ol tobacco. 1 The Iron Mountain shops, located at Baring Cross, Ark., were destroyed by nre Tuesday, morning. J? our . hundred men are thrown out of employment. The shops were the largest in that section of the country and "vere the main shops of the Iron Mountain system. Tne loss will reach $250,000. . ' . - , ,r- ' I Miss Elizabeth Van Lew, who during the war between the states, furnished the Union forces with valuable informa tion against the Confederate government, issisted prisoners to escape from Libby prison, and who after the war was re yarded by Gen. Grant with the post mas- ersbip at Kicnmond, died at ner Home in .hat city Tuesday morning. : , ; . I Two world s records were Drosen on he famous four cornered track at Terre Iaute, I1L, Tuesday. The Abbott, driven y Geers, clipped another half second rom the world's trotting record of 2:03, uready held by him, finishing a wonder- ulmile in 2:03J. Coney, 2:02, driven y Ed Gaylord, of Denver, went against ime to beat the amateur world's pacing ecord to wagon, finishing a mile in ':03i. which clipped half a second from "ree Bond's record, made in , New , York, I Gen. John M. Palmer, ex-senator from Uinois. died at his home In Springfield, 11.; Tuesday. Heart failure was the di- oct cause of Gen. Palmer's death. He ad been in ill health for more than two ears. Gen. Palmer .was born in Ken leky Sept. 13, 1817. From 1869 to bid he served as Republican governor f Illinois. Later be became a Democrat nd in 1891 was elected to the United tates senate. In 1896 Gen. Palmer was . presidential candidate of the National jiold Standard Democratic) party. Two more deaths from bubonic plague ere reported at Glasgow Tuesday, mat- -r eight in all since the outbreak. Only J persons are now under observation. A special irom Austin, 25tn, says re- irts that the towns of Marble Falls and in Saba have been destroyed by floras e stated to be erroneous. All crops id much farming property have been -troyed and several hundred people ins? in lowlands were made tempora t homeless, but there has been no loss life reported up to this time. At Aus n the river is three-quarters of a mile i la and is filled with debris of all kinds, luding dead cattle. ;:k-a-bcd docs i; '-I- i.. KffU cr's Pills can do everything I fich-a-bed end hall- r Willie and V''"'' ' rjSr " L ' m a" i .ill f iwv iir i i i i i nit --w. ti m - "Tea, Willie, papa was out walking, threw rocks at him. He hurt poor papa nal. ' ' . . ! DISSUADED FROM SUICIDE. !TI ConTlaelnc Ararameat Faraon , !, t?ae4 Wltb Telllnar Effect. "An Arkansas country store keeper of mj acquaintance had a bad attack of melancholy about a year ago," said a New Orleans drummer, "and attempted to commit suicide. He put a pistol to bis head and pulled the trigger, but the cartridge failed to explode, and be fore be 'could try It again tho weapon was taken away. However, be swore be would do the deed the first chance be got," an A ke was no doubt really of that Intention when he was talked out of It by a little itinerant preacher who was a reformed gambler, xne argu ment used by the parson was so pecul iar and Ingenious that It made a deep Impression on my mind. You,know ysu would be a dead man be said as nearly ds I can remember, If it wasn't for the fact that there was a defective cartridge under the hammer of your re- Tolver. Now, a defective cartridge Is very unusual thing be wvnt on. ' They calculate at the manufactory ; that there is possibly one to tbe quar-! ter million turned out. Tne cnance err that bad cartridge being in the boxful, that you bought for your gun was not) over one to another, quarter mllllnn, tne cnance or your getting noia or it when you loaded was exactly 1 to 50, and the chance of it being tinder , tho hammer was 1 to 5. That makes the total odds 1 to 500,053 ,i. - "At that point the little preacher sud denly straightened up, his eyes Cashed fire, bis chest expanded, and he shook bis forefinger under the storekeeper's nose. "You mlserac e sinner be roar ed, 'do you imagine for a minute that the Lord would have given you that t. kind of odds and let yon win out on the play If be hadn't got some good: and special use for your life? Don't.. let me ever bear of you trying to block him again T i The would be suicide thought the i thing over and concluded that the par son was right Ills melancholy prompt ly disappeared, and the last time I saw him he was bubbling over with cheer fulness. He believes firmly be Is s man of destiny." New Orleans Times. Democrat. Water Soaked Loci. On the shore of the rirer near "West- brook can always be gee a many cords cf rirer wood rood comes from tbe bottom cf tbe mer. For many years a thriTinr business 1st ben done in raisin? water oii.eJ 1 r la the rircr between Wet tire k ! Ilr.l- 1 n Fails. I'y t' t; cf boats tbe Irrs are drawn tD t towe-J to tbe Ian 'ir ? sr.J s;'. wiJe, fat e f :r?- . i: t3 cc-i- w"-'J. It is esthcatcj t 1 , . tr i ) rorJs rear: La t f3 r ft::i the rirer t I. 'Ik JocrraL 'rl; t". - 1"M II mil - and that coarse, rude Billy1, Bryan awfully." New York evening Jour " ALL HONOR, TO PARSLEY. Carious FolIdr m WUmtmr? Con . ceralms TUi CstMi Hel, Some quaint Ideas bare hovered around that familiar garden kerb and dish ; adorner, parsley, ,m England, DeTonshlre f oik . declare -"that" parsley must never be transplanted or great evil will follow. Suffolk people say It will not come up double unless sewn on Good Friday a notion that experi ments might surely soon have disprov ed while ancient dwellers In Hamp shire steadfastly refuse to give any parsiey away, ass, tnem xor roses, uues, fruit or rare vegetables, and basket- fuls will be gladly bestowed pn you, i but request a few sprigs of parsley and I you will be told, with a solemn shaking of heads, "No, we never pick parsley for any one; unless if s paid for!" The great historian Plutarch relates an Interesting anecdote on tbe subject j nf tlits herh. Timolfion ivfla leadlnff an army against the Carthaginians. ."But he was ascendlns a bill Irom the top of which the enemy's camp and all their vast forces would be In sight, be met some mules laden witb - parsley, and bis men took It Into tbelr. beads that it was a bad omen because we usually crown the sepulchei with pars- ley, and thence comes the proverb witb regard to one that Is dangerously CL 'Such a one has need of nothing but i parsley To deliver them from this superstition and to removewthe panic TImoleoo ordered the troops to halt and making a speech suitable to tbe occasion, observed among other things that crowns were brought them before the victory and offered themselves of f their own accord. For the Corinthians from arj antiquity have looked upon a wreath of parsley as sacred, crewnmg the victors with it at the Isthmian games.' The general then crewned himself and all bis ofScers with pars ley wreaths, and led bis men to bat tle, their fears conquered, the result being a decisive victory. Chicago Times-Herald. Measarlna; KeCletaea. A teaspoonful Is Just one drasa; a dessertspoonful, two drams; a t&Lle BpoonfuL four draxas. In mixing or administering dress of any sort quantities should bo cajcfoZy measured In a medicine glass, for tlsa one may be quite sure cf the an scat given, which is quite LEpcjsIlla ta to IX one uses spoons, far ti.es- tz-j la size according to fisHon. TTtea measuring medicine, it Ij lest ta star 1 its las3 ca the tal! f.r If c"9 lz. .i it ia tr.3 r zr. i ona cry c :j till it croc Icily, zz.1 thas 1j::z ez.il j four cut a L:.rcr or er t a-cut t- xa U prr?tr!cd by XX t C t;r. lit. i ( .t. Ti ct X'.'i I 1 c'-tt t 't; i la cTjct C.'.i V I :-' n fir; 1 t a MURDER NEAR LaO RANGE. Job Deaver Kills W1U i Candell , Because of His Daughter, Last night about 9 o'clock Job Deaver killed ill Uaudell by shooting him with a pistol." The homicide occurrvd at Dfaver's home near LaGrange. Caudell had become very intimate with Deaver'e daughter, and had, been warned by the father several times to let bis- daughter alone. Caudell and Denver with several others, were at the Jenny Lind store, in Bucklesberry, last night when Caudell left a. i - m i .. ' n.M , i .i inucruwu Hiiu wfot uu, ju ueuurt uaie Deaver, suspecting Caudell,. went to his nome where he . round . uauoeil with his (Deaver's) daughter and killed him Deaver returned to tbe Jenny Lind f tore, told the crowd there be bad killed tau dell, and disappeared. we near that the sympathy of the E eonlo in the neiirhborhood v . with aver. " TO DODGE HATTERAS. I An Inland Ship; Canal Being Sur- veyed. , . The government iir now engaged in purveying tbe roilta for a' pnmomi liip canal from Beaufort, N. C to Norfolk, Vrt.. bv wa v of tbe Dismal Swhhid Lanal i It is to be oi a deptnor sixteen icet, h us to avoid tbe dangers of IJattrrHri, and to transport government supplies in naval nhips in case of war. The engineer are making estimates of cost of tbe work. This is a work of the very greate.vim i portance to the people of the btttU. ice surrey began at two points uuoer parties directed by united estates engi neers and well fitted out with necessary steam crait and apparatus. Strikers Do Shooting. Harelton. Pa., Sept. 26. The H rst blood shed on tbe part of the strikers occurred today near ocranton. t wenty snots were fired by strikers and three men were wounded. M:' The question of the strikers having the right to marcb on tbe public nign ways was areued today id court, l be strikers who have attempted to march have in several cases been arrested and put in fail. ' ' 1 tttate troops nave oeen sent to xne Hazelton district. All is quiet here. VtUtvrcM and Sattlesnkes When , the International boundary 'commission resurveyed the lines bs- tween the United States and Mexico, Ithere were naturalists in tbe Dartr. nr. Mflflrni" who. with hl nnsliitanfsL .nitei tn.qn inwimmi f mm nA Imammais, teUs of a fight in the air be- tween a California vulture and ft rat AnnV wMM, h enw TOhn n1ni4n " ., r m Ifornla. i it was in tne eariy morning, xae Dig bird bad seized the snake behind tbe head and was struggling upward with ' c ,- -r 1 . m .. . .. ITU writntnff. ClPAfllT nnrnim. 'I'IMI snaice s captor appearea aware mat its "victim was dangerous. The burden was heavy, as the reptile was nearly live feet long. ' The grip of the bird on the snake's body was not of the best The snake (seemed to be squirming from Its cap tor's talons, at least sufaclently to en able it to strike. Its triangular bead .trn Kopn tn rorall and flnrt at iha mnsa It did this once or twice, and then. iwlth a shriek, the vulture dropped Its prey. The bird was probably 500 feet or so above the observers. The aston ished men were then treated to a spec tacle seldom seen. Few birds but a .vulture could accomplish such a feat, xne instant tnesnae escaped rrora Ithe bird's clutches It dropped earth ward like a shot and, like a shot the bird dropped after It catching it la midair with a grip that caused death. At any rate, the snake ceased to wri- gle. and the vulture soared awsy to mountain peak to devour its bard earn ed meaL Youth's Companion. ,. Too Urely. H f t rnrnf rtccol .T Mn'f ?i n o ret n nr these here theater troopers. Mr. ileddergrass What is the mat- Iter? Air. Vyuruios iuj r uj, iuejr out t'iuc4 this here drutnmer of Th' Black Vow Df Vengeance" as bavin plenty of life n It an Plame if they uldn't tin 13 people la th first act Baltimore Amer lean. Frts ef C!:ar;9. Ary ndalt su"( rir-j from a co d fettled on tie breast, broncLit!s, throat or lang trouties of end nature, who will call at Terr ple-'?ar?ton Drrx Co., will le pre-l nt.-J with a sa;-!a bot'Je cf I'.om bte's (ierman ir rrur, fn?e cf charre. Uoly one little ritfa to one rr.on, and none to cl. :rfi wubo-it orjt-r 'mtn rarnw. lr everbalsuch a t.n l s i.ern j -.r. c f t tiTi"..':-" I :'n irt'p i.i ail wor!J. Twf'.tr STATE HEWS. Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. The Argus announces that Goldsboro is to have a canning factory. Smithfield has been advanced from a fourth to third class postofflce. ' The Aberdeen & Aeheboro railroad will build a branch road to Jackson Springs where, a large ho'.el will be built. Postmaster Alexander at Palmyra has been removed. A postofflce inspector found the postmaster short 1163.45. Gov. Russell has refused to commnta the sentence of Chauncey Davis, colored. wno is t ue nangea at larooro t rlday. Dr. Delia Dixon, sister of Revs. A. C. and Thos. Dixon, was married Wednes day morning at Raleigh to Dr. Norwood Carroll. 1 - . It is said Butler has completed bis series of indignation meetings. The last one held was at Flea Hill, Cumberland county. ' , , Newbern Journal: Job Jackson, a colored boy about . 18 years old, was killed near Tuscarora Monday by a fall ing tree. , , . . ' . Thejrovernor offers 1200 reward for the arrest of "Boots" Brown. Ealeiarh' latest negro murderer. It is alleged two negro detectives know where Brown is ' and tbey will quickly nab him. - It is reported that since the Autrust ' election every operative who voted the Democratic ticket at Maiden has lost his job in the mills there, either voluntarily' l. Jf.l l,l . . ; or dj aiBcnarge, witn one exception. . Rev. R. II. Cline, of Cherry ville. had two . sons bitten by a mad dog Tuesday. Qs tooxinem to unanotte wnere a mad stone was applied. The stone adhered to one of the boy's arm for an hour when it fell away. Tbe engine of a freight train on the Carolina & Northwestern railroad left the rails near Lenoir Tuesday and rolled over into afield. Engineer Jack Palmar jumped and Was crushed to death by a flat car loaded with lumber which fell on llaleigh cor.Chariotte Observer: It seems that some at least of the negroes are planning to depart for Oklahoma. It is -; not known whether this movement will assume anything like the dimensions of an exodus, but it is said that next SDrinir uwrwa are w wiieineiraeparture. Winston Eepublican: N. T. Shore, who "4.11"? iock, na penormea MH dn 17 1"' He Wlnd the Clock f .1 . u. t - 1 t I 4 m ' . . ITtanri Rant succeeded the late Emanuel Fisher and Mr. FlHhArann. ceeded the late Samuel Shnlts. Theclock I has been doing active service since 1800. Edward Quinn. a younnr white man of i v. . wmuwj, nno Kiunu . S t ..a T. n Itar llrwt Inn n rnnmir oat b,U4 monaay nignt ac mount uuve. lie was. bauling logs for Mr, John Bell, who runs a saw mill at Mount Olive, and was rid ing on tbe tongue of the carriage between the wheels. He fell and one of the wheels of the heavily loaded vehicle passed over his head crushing it into a Jelly. Ue died in fifteen minute. . Superintendent of Public Instruction Mebane has mailed to theeounty superin tendents of public instruction and other school officials a circular letter in which be strongly ad viws them to in no case make (.n arrangement by which the dis trict school shall be combined with a private school. He insist that each school district have its public school- bouse separate and distinct from anr private enterprise and that there be no alliance whatever between public and private schools. Greenville IMlet'tor: Sometime durinir Tuesday night tbe store of Mr. O. JJ. Tucker, five milen below Greenville, was robbed. One window of tbe store was broken open, through which the thieves made an entrance. I be three money drawers in the tore were rancacked and about ' f 15 in cash eecumf. A large -quantity of goods was alo taken from the store. Blood hounds were taken down to put on the track. Tuesday night tbe gin houe of Mr. F. G. Decree. near Falkland, together with a lot of cottonand tobacco in tbe building, was de stroyed by fire. : Vj could not learn how the fire originated nor the extent of the loss. Besides Mr. Dupree's y-ersonal loss one of his tenants lot a-U cf bis crop. ' It Csr t isiu n Cea Osy 1 rk Laxatit Bboho utnurni Tajlkts. All drrrM rtund Ux aou) M tt (atii to can. K, W Gtu.l minitur. rt - boa kc IIo ward Convicted. Franlfort, Ky &pt 25. The iiry brought in a verdict convictirj Jina Howard of murdering William Gobl ia tbe c; i'.nl ground, Janaary COth. Tie jury w&ji out od'j thirty minutes alter mo t rT t ".r. Howard was s- -1 neJ to d ...j ar 1 board the verdict ar: J een-ten-.'e crrrjotel. c-e," ' ' crr,-t lit ' "' . '." ' -' -. "it: J. C. A N V ir tt' s Trcre r:v-a : w;:i t i j I; i r- . .r I r ' i: 9 1 C jcu a ' T'T..;r f tur cf ;'i ( i f - 1 . ! r ; v. -r r, ; r, - re; ? If, t . ".-3- r t V:.
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