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THE PUBLISHED EWERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY. VoL m No. 164. KINSTON, N. 0 MONDAY. OCTOBER. 15, 1900. Price Two Cents. GE11BRAL HEPS; Hatters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. ' The bat . jship Wisconsin made a fine record in ber trial trip. There have been 113 cases of yellow lever in Havana since October 1st. ' Youtsey's condition is still critical lie baa not yet recovered from his stupor. AdlaiE. Stevenson spoke in Hagers town, Md., Friday night. . He was given Hgnuiu urctuoQ. ' The Carlisle Indians defeated the University of Virginia playing football in Washington, D. C., last Saturday, 12 to It ia estimated that the Pennsylvania coal miners strike has cost miners, oper ators and railroads toe immense -sum of $13,500,000. - V, . " ' V : ' The grand camp of Virginia Confed I erate Veterans, at Staunton, elected the officers for the ensuing year; with K. JL. Maury, Richmond, grand commander. Filipinos lost 20 killed, 40 wounded and 22 captured in an attack last week on American troops : in the Island - of Pan ay. Two Americans were wounded. Ex-President Harrison ia said to be lukewarm for McKiniey and will not enter the canvass. He is not favorable to Bryan, but scores the Porto Rican bill. , " It is understood that .the president has selected Judge Gray, (Democrat), of Del aware, to represent, the United States, with ex-President Benjamin Harrison, on the Hague permanent arbitation tri bunal. ; ":y-3 --'hyX''li ;. V'- .Roosevelt made nine speeches in Ken. tuliky Saturday, winding up at Louisville. At Elizabethtown a crowd of ' roughs tried by noise and disorderly conduct to prevent his speaking. ? . Ex-Fire Chief Bv F. H. Bowers, deputy sheriff, jailor and a prominent politician of Key West, Fla.; is in Jail for killing Mrs. Charlotte Kno wles. tie shot her .with a pistol and. claims the weapon was dis charged by accident. V' ' ' r r : Russia's suggestion that the disputes as to Chinese indemnitee be referred to the international court of arbitration of The Hague, has been accepted by Amer ica and France. It .Is understood that other powers look with favor on the proposition. ';:( v. V i . ;':: .Youman Padgett, a well-known far mer, near Valdosta. Ga., was shot and instantly killed by an unknown assassin while at the house of a neighbor, Thomas V . Kay, assisting in nursing a sick child It is supposed that Padgett was shot in I mistake for Ray. " " " - - ' GTJCKEItS OF THE CAPE FEAXL One i Hundred Wilmington People Taken In on "Diamond Invest ment Contracts." ; Wilmington, Oct. 13. Persons who for jy weeks have been paying $ 1.25 a week on diamond investment contracts with the "understanding that at the expira tion of that time they would get flu, ire greatly disappointed on being told. -.Iter making twenty payments, that hey will have to make twenty more. Ihey signed contracts to pay the amount nentioued weekly for 104 weeks bat w ere positively assured by solicitors that Lhe contract would be redeemed at the nil of the first twenty weeks. The Mutual Fidelity Company, of Bal- '.xnore, the concern selling the contracts, vritos they have relied entirely on sohci- ors and-representatives and reminds iicni that in their applications they red not to hold the company respon se for agent's statements. Consider .Lle over a hundred contracts were left .ere. -ce the world ! have tried v.: every kind :!:!; to ch th; it the cid nan scythe End the to !cc': SOMETHING ABOUT ARMIES. Artillerymen Wert One Recuded Mechanics, Not Soldier. Until the time of Charles XII of Swe den the artillery was not considered a part of the army. The men serving is it , were not soldiers, rout regarded as mechanics." The officers had no army rank. Charles. XII gave artillery ofB cers a rank and regularly organized the artillery Into companies. f The battle of Pavla demonstrated the superiority, of the gun In the hands of the Spanish infantry.. The musket carried a two ounce ball and sometimes brought down at one fire' two or three mailed knights. - The French sent a flag of truce to remonstrate against the use of such barbarous weapons. . , ' Alexander, had four kinds of cavalry the cataphraitl, or heavy armed horse; the light cavalry, carrying spears and very , light armor;; the acroballstse, or mounted archers, used for outposts, pa trols and reconnoiterlng duty and the dlmachoe, or troops expected to act el ther as cavalry or infantry. .Alexander the Great reorganized his father's ar my. The file or lachos of 10 men was the unit; two files' made a dllochy; two dilochles made a tetrarchy ; two tetrarchles a texlarcby; two of these a syntagura; 16 of these a small phalanx; four of these a tetra-phalangarcby, oth erwise known as a large phalanx. The Greeks attacked in a phalanx, the spears interlocked and shields over lapping. After the first onset the spears were dropped, and the day was decid ed with the sword. The cavalry at tacked the enemy , in the rear, if possl ble. and; In case of victory, undertook the pursuit Pearson's Weekly. . - The Roar' Ref Bare. , - There is one comer of Central Amer ica that Is at present a perfect paradise for; men who have committed any crime. It is a place where the outcasts of the world's society rule the land of their adoption and where the officials of the government protect all thieves that come to them and make It danger ous for any detective to molest them. This is the republic of Honduras, one of the least advanced of the states of South or Central Aroerica. Honduras Indeed Is a curious mixture of jungle and gigantic forest, of 'cocoa and of rubber trees, of bugs, vampires, snakes and crocodiles of all manner of things that creep and crawl and sting and bite; a region where life in the daytime is a mockery and at night one feels as though sleeping in red pepper. ; Here, m every? hamlet and. city,, are to be found men from different lands, mostly outlaws from their own coun try. Chicago, Boston, New York and Philadelphia all ; furnish their -"quota. England, France, Italy and even far away Russia hnve their share. They make no attempt, at concealment, bear the names they were born to bear and go along about their business as if the laws of their own country had not de clared them outcasts. London - Ex press. -, . Naming- th Chines Baby. In China girls are called instead of Mary Ann or Marguerite "Spring Pe,ach," "Cloudy Moon," "Celestial Happiness" or what may not be con sidered so nice, "Come-along-a-little- brother" or "Add-a-younger-brother" or "Lead-everlasting-younger-broth- ers." The latter means that a son would have been more welcome than a little "go away child," as they call the girl3: -They belong to-the family of the husbands to be and do not count in the family .of their birth, so that when a Chinaman is asked, "How many chil dren have youf' he makes no count of the girls, although he may have ten. The boys only he counts, and his reply will indicate only the number of boys. lie gives ma sons sucn names as "Ancestral riety," "Ancestral Knowl edge." Tractlcal Industry." "A Lie to S Out," "Second God of Learning. 'Excite the Clouds," "Beginning cf Joy," "All Virtue Confute." The lit tle 6laves who bc5a lire as household CruJres before tier graduate lower answer to sucu carr.rs 83 :ls,' "As You '."Joy t) 'Net Tcr ricase," T;"arrows' Cr. Tour Kcrr-c rre," :."e." Kansas City J;urLr.l. V.Lat ll. THE SITTJATION HT CHINA. Two Rebellions. Both Opposed by ; The Foreign Powers. Paris, Oct. 12. Letters ; received in diplomatic circles here throw a some what better' light on the .situation in southern China where an anti-dynastic uprising is now in progress. The reformist movement there is di vided into two distinct parties, one led by Kang-Yu-Wel and the other by , Sun-Yat-Sen. The" former is r gitating for drastic reforms, but wishes to retain the present dynasty, while Sun-Yat-Sen aims at deposing tne dowager empress and making a clean sweep of the existing regime.. ; v ' v.7; 'r'i Sun-Yat-Sen is leading the present re bellion. The last anthentic news of his whereabouts was of bis presence at Yo kohama three months ago; but, Bince then he is believed to have smuggled himself into southern cwa and to be leading the reformist rebel forces, his plan of campaign being the capture of Canton, when, be calculates, the wnole of sontb China will join him. In the event of his seriously . threatening Canton, , Great Britain and France, possibly assisted by the other powerswould be forced to op pose bim, which would create a curious situation. The powers would then be acting against the .rebel forces in the south, which are anti-nynastio Vand friendly to foreigners, and at tne same time engaged in suprrppsing the Boxer rebellion in the north which is pro-dynas tic and anh-ioreiirn. , ?, . ' ... ;,; in the meantime. K.ana lu-wei is in active, owing, it is suppoHed, to the pres sure brought to bear on him by Great Bntain to which country be owes hia liberty, if not his life, for he escaped from the clutches of the dowager empress1 on board a British warship some time ago. At the present moment there are two armed movements in southern China that of the reformists, led by Sun-Yat-Sen, and the anti-foreign, pro-dynastic uprising of the Black h lags, who - are marching north to assist the dowager empress. - Mr. Daniels Says Bryan Will be Elected. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 12. Bryan is going to be elected, and unless all signs fail he will carry Ohio. "I spent-today with him in central Ohio towns. Great crowds greeted him everywhere. I talk ed with well informed men who go into details showing considerable gains in every county visited. He is in splendid shape. His voice is fine and he is confi dent of victory. ; JOSEPHCS JJAKIXLS. Chicago, HI., Oct. 13. The latest poll In Illinois by the Democratic committee shows that outside of Cook county the vote will be cIobo. ook county will give j Bryan forty thousand majority or more. There is perfect confidence in Democratic headquarters that Bryan will carry In diana, Illinois and Uhio, witn more tnan an even cnanceot success in Aiicnigan. The news from the Pacific slope is most encouraging. , , JOBEPHU3 DANIELS. - Dog-fl;ht In. Church. The Westminster Budget says that it was once usual for highland 6hepherds to take, their dogs to church and leave them outside the pews. .Two shep herds at enmity sat on opposite sides of the aisle one Sunday. Soon after the sermon began the dogs, one a collie and the other not, seemed to enter into their masters' quarreL One tender of the flock and then the other egged on his animal, and each faithful dog obey ed his master. The people at last cran ed their necks over the pews, and when the dogs actually fought not a few of the congregation were standing up. , The minister's patience was ultimate ly exhausted, and so he called to his 'hearers" and said, "Ah, weel, my brltherln, I see ye are more Interested in' the dogfight than in my 6crmon, and so I'll close the bulke and I'll bet half a crown on the collier' Had It Lowered. ' Sir Acgustus'IIarr'3 once settled the pitch Question la Lli own oSThanJ fash- Jon. A famous donna of Lis c era company came to hka cotu;-'air.Ing ti.at the piano used for vocal reLears- s.j was too Lia and asking that !t t.'rht be lowered. . Certainly." reined DrurIolar.ua, w.tu a t ow. ' iicre, i orsTta, rate a f :;'e or ir.t1.e3 rawcJ c: the I f cf t: i r .z::xn Cfnf(t tte Actor. -.3 i: Ivcft.'at-r l-i c" r . ii t : 3 !. ve a 1 - tr: :n . v.-r.? cn t:t - t: Cz?t cf I : :i 1 I I ; ; 1 e ly ; : ,::':: ' I r.,-3 a t--ttl .1 t;:ll:::::s 1 '.3 1 ! i f" ' "--"-. 1T t "? ' "WILL BE AT THE PAIR. Goldeboro Band Comlnff, Dance Muslo. . Plenty of Attractions, The Races Will Be Great I Secretary Green, of the Fair association announces that one of the bands to furnish music for the forthcoming fair will De tne wen known lioiasooro organiza tion, whose, director writes that every effort is being made to place bis band In a position second to none in the State, The very latest marches, walttes and overtures will be rendered during the entire fair, from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m., in the true Sousa style. This information will be truly gratifying to all lovers of stirring melody. ; r . : Another feature which will be narticu larly pleasant to both young and old, is that a good orchestra will occupy a stand in the. contiguous tobacco . ware house, which will be put in excellent or der and made ready for the occasion, and supply choice dance music by day as well as night for all who are terpsichoreanly inclined. '; More attention will be paid to the music features of the fair this year tnan ever oefore. Amonir the hardest problems presented to the fair management in - the matter of attractions, is not where can they be gotten, nut wnicn of tne hundreds avail able shall be accepted.: It is a fact which presages well that thus far every indica tion points to a better and more varied program than ever: before. Secretary ureen is tne dally recipient of importu nating letters from all kinds and classes of entertainment purveyors, and, since iue koou name oi tue iair . nas soreau over the country, some of the very beet attractions are exceedingly desirous o getting into the grounds. It is unnec essary to state that: Mr. Green' good judgment now sharpened by his record as a fair secretary will prevail as usual. ana tne uest or tne Dest cnosen. The raes will be as interesting and exciting as big purses and finely executed plans and famous horses can make them, The association spares neither trouble nor money to make its race meets mem orable events to lovers of horseflesh, This year the indications are that entrees will be , abundant and include many famous animais, insuring exciting con- vests: Bobbery at Farmville. Greenville Reflector. , There are entirely too many robberies occuring in Pitt county, and somebody's necic ougn t to oe broken if it is not stopped. Another is reported from Farmville. Friday night, the store of K. L. Davis & Bros., at that place, being broken into. The thief or thieves made an entrance by removing the transom over the back door, exactly in the same manner that the store of King & Morrill, at Falkland, was entered inursaay nignt, and then went out through a window. Mess. Frank and John Davis both sleep in a room together in the store, and the thief actually went into their room and searched their pockets, neither of them being awakened. The gold watch and pocket knife of one of them was taken. Possibly it is best that neither of them was awaxened, as tnere was evidence mat tne roooer naa taken a large grass blade into the room with him, no donbt intending to use it in case the sleepers were arousea. From the store somo cutlery out of the show case, some umbrellas and some other goods of a light nature were taken It is believed the same parties did this robbery that went into the stores at Falkland. Bloodhbunds were taken out to see if they could be found. ' Can't Fool the Drummers This Time. ' Concord Times. A very cunninar scheme Of Senator Ilanna s to prevent the drummers of the country from casting their immense influence for Bryan this fall has been discovered. Through his instrument ality, all the big trusts which he says do not exist at all have been in dueed to send letters to all drummers whose address they can learn, asking tnem wnetner tney can accent a rood job "in case McKiniey be elected." Mr. Ilanna surested, it is saM, that the trusts could so couch their letters that they would bind them to nothing, and would yet probably induce some of the drummers who were thrown out of work by trust consolidations to vote for and surpcrt McKiniey ia the hope of getting wort,. A omewnat e;m;,ar rian was tri--i ia ISij J and succeeded whether it will succeed tl.is je ;r U a r;!ioa. . Tts C:t Prt::r!;'.!:3 f:rC:.i::i 1 )-.ic It if t-n : j iron -, q'i :.ii. u tuu4 fvrm. No cam co pT. 1 , To fi ll t : "e.ii: at ti.e eo?c, cut r a!---:t an Jr.c!i : tl t :o cf a l a 1 t! .? r -ir:l ti -t li w in i: w::i $.:: --r o. Ti.e !i -1 v M 1 V t :1 nr. I rc'.l It a! :t It 'I.? 1 t ! - STATE' HEPS. Interesting . North Carolina' Items In Condensed Form. . i The Methodist orphanage at Raleigh will open this week. . Homer School beat A. & M. 2d team playing football at Oxford Saturday. lltoO. . . , . : The roster of North Carolina troops in the Spanish war has been issued bv th adjutant general. Burglars blew open Grimes Bros.' safe at Lexington Wednesday night and secured more than f 100. The Morcranton mutes and Rlno-ham School tied in a gac?e of football at Ashe- vilio Saturday, neither side scoring. , Greenville Keflector:- Smith & Hooker - have sold their line race horse, "Bird 1 Eye," to a gentleman in Maryland., The price was $ 2,000. The Newbern Journal soya that thre car loads of fish were shipped from More head City Saturday. It was the largest single shipment made since 1891. The' bulk Of the fish were mullets. ' A mass meeting "of Democrats wu held at Wilmington Friday and formed a Waddell club, the president of which ' is empowered to appoint committees for : organizing other clubs and inaugurating . an active campaign in Waddell 's behalf. Mr. W. H. Smith, president of Wayne ' Agricultural Works, 'at Goldsboro. on Thursday night let to the hymeneal altar Miss Jennie W ilson, a half-sister ofMisn Mary Mc Arthur, his first wife. The cere- ' mony was performed by lie v. F. V. Ferries, pastor of the Presbyterian - church. Gov. Eussell has commuted the death sentence of Drayton Medlin, of Gaston ' county, to life imprisonment. Medlin - was to have been hanged Oct. 18th. for killing Wm. Brown, floor manacrer of a cotton mill at Gastonia. Russell ' has also commuted the death sentence of Tom Smith, the Johnston county mur- -derer, to life imprisonment. Mr. Nathaniel McCormac, a farmer liv- ing a few miles from LaurinbUTir. has . hiid a great calamity to befall two mem bers his family in the last few days. His son Colin, while oiling the shaftimr of a cotton mill, became entangled In the ma chinery and was so mangled that it is feared be cannot recover. He was held, bard and fast while a set-screw, revolv ing rapidly, picked the flesh from the thigh and shivered the bone to atoms. ' Uia condition is critical. On Thursdav his brother Will had his hand sliced un n a cotton gin, and the doctors am ou tat- ed the arm above the wrist. Bothyoung men are highly esteemed in the com munity and great sorrow is manifested for them and their aged parents. MPTEIt'3 CONVENTION. May Accept 10 Per Cent. Advance, Provided it Will Last Till Next April. :w Scranton, Pa, Oct. 18. The anthra cite coal miners now on strike, after a two days' convention, late this after-' noon decided to accept the 10 per cent " net increase in wages offered by the mine owners, providing they will con tinue the payment of the advance until ' next April and will abolish the sliding . scale. If the operators consider the proposition unacceptablethe miners are . willing to arbitrate the questions at is sue. They also decided to continue the strike until the operators agree to the ' convention's proposition. Judging by the unanimity of the miners in accepting the above resolution, and by the determined stand taken by the ' operators it is generally believed that a long contest between the strikers and the mine owners is not unlikely. "No Birds in Last Tear's Nest" Philadelphia Record. "No establishment can long continue to do business on the strength of former prominence," says a persistent newspa per advertiser. "In every growing com munity the population is constantly changing, ol'i citizens dying or retiring to private life, while new men are com ing to the front. The public has a short memory. With new establishments as well as old showing daily enterprise, people cannot keep in mind business houses that have ceased to advertise." The steamer Joe l Cook cf the Ac?ata Line struck a snag la the river above Savannah Friday end sank. She had forty raw n;rers. All were rescued ty a tng. Tie boat's carpro i practicaL'y lost. Tu3 wreck may be ruised. AUC-iT FL r n 'It is ZX f.ict." F-y my travtT-? ia ill Prof. IT :t n, "t'.'it in r irts of t! .? Tor! 1 f r ' c Lift t : a r ny: i i- II. lire a's W 1 i.rc r r: Ac 1 ) t r t f-T. r t
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