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4 7 m:in. rarmer to t ly. ' I 1 1 1 I 1 Tie Way to lis TIIEVEATI.I. in basins U tm nava thine Fair and warmer in Mock tha people waat and JL night aad Friday. ,MUmUall.., ,j B-l I l-l-l I I ' I ' I ' t I'l'l't'fl'l'l'l ; 11 iiijl PUBLISHED;.. EiZERV HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, VOL. V NO. 46. ; : Y KINSTON, NO, THURSDAY, HAY 22. 1002. " " - PRICE TWO CENTS, OLD NORTH STATE IB AND GOSSIP ' ' "' ;P'-.,' ' CUD AID UTEEESTIHG IUPFEJOT. Two Tonnj Ken Killed tyUgl Where They Sought Refuge. Yea-stated la Foolta With a Pistol and Killed Hi Friend-ThePnbllo Bolldlaics BiU Reported la Senate Three Victim for Oaa Haaglac-rlUiral Boot Carrier i Arrested for Bobbin the Mail. , Winston-Salem. Mar 20. Darin rain and thunder storm at Wirt, Va.", j Concord special to Raleigh Time: Alice Beaver wan trock by faet Southern railway train this morning killed. The body ..was terribly nancled. 8he wai 44 yeara oJ and of a prominent family. She waa a good, woman and leave a husband and eleven children. Marion Democrat: Mr. R. J. Harbin and Arthur Elliott are starting op srockfarm in the anborba of Marion. They hare wired In 98 acres of grating land and bare a good pasture for cattle, hogs, fete They have a variety of stock now, Including a pair of thoroughbred bloodhounds from Edison. Kennel, f ? toulsburg. May 29. Then waa quite a serious cutting affair at.Piney Grove church, about three miles from here, yes terday, r A man by the name of, Dement, stabbed another man named Fulcher In rr:r""wi7rZ; wound j,OUOTBV MWW - f afternoon "Bud" Short, a member of the extended to the lungs and la said to be quite eerious. All ; of tha partlea are white. & i m m, ; F. M. Lynch, who lived on a farm near taurinburg, committed suicide Saturday by blo wing the top of hia head, off with a' shotgun. Bis 'preparation ' for i the suicide waa deliberate , and made with car. -,ue Jelt a note stating that the ttM uot;f due" to . raahnessl bnf kad been . contemplated and seriously con sidered for two years past Aside from this he assigned no reason for the deed. k, - ; , baseball: railroad bridge force, And young man1 . named Peters, rural mall carrier,: were killed by Utthtnlng.' The two men went lathe depot when the storm came up, and they had been dead perhaps an hour j or more when found. The . depot agnt went to his home, a short distance way, before the storm. Upon, his re turn be found the two young men lying ' on the floor. The company has no tele graph operator at WirU, and there are no wires in the building, hence the killing : of the two' young men by Itghklng was the more surprising. t, jtt ' The ioi sad tte pistol Afi" Tarboro, May 20. Eedmond Joynerj bbi men acquiitea oy uia coroners jury In the case of the killing of Frank Dancy, colored, the verdict being" " accidental shooting, Tba killing-occurred in the home of Louis Battle In Bocky Mount Dancy was before a glass arranging hi hair and Joyner had the pistol." Dancy told him to stop fooling with It, but ai , moment or two lawr j lJIifl weapon aaj discharged, I Dancy staggered into an adjoining room and died in about fllteeu minutes, ,the shot entering just above the j Nw Bern, heart. , - - i '.Roral Boat Carrier Bobbed Mall. ,; Oxford, May 21. Our community was hocked ' yesterday when Mr. Terry ' Callle, a young matt of 18 or 19 yeara of T am. waa arrested by a united States mail detective for -robbing .the mails The fletecuve an a wap wmcn caognt Wa8D,Bgton 5, 8 tois 4; ' nun ana nroTea on kuu. ww w a mall carrier on a rural delivery line. His widowed mother, who is sorely afflicted, has the deeDest sympathy of .all who know her. , Y-1 Three to Haaav V Salisbury. May 21.-The STILL BELCHING ' FIRE AMD DEATH iPiLLIKG SPECTACLES II ISLAKDS Frenzied People Yitaly Seek Places of r'r yil 1 Safety5 :'r ,1 ,jitiHinl.fT - Oreensboro 1. Raleigh 8: Charlotte 6, niralngtoB 3; New Bern 1, Durham 0. ' Games today: New Bern at Balelgb, Oreensboro at Charlotte, Durham at Wilmington. . ' BelattTS standing of the clubs today: , Won. Lost. P. C. Charlotte. Ratelsrh....... Oreeneboro. nurham, Uleeeeeei ..11 ..10 iM. j 1 ' 8 i' 5 T 18' , .786 .667 .B83 .533 .400 .071 Wilmington Pittsburg 8, New York 4; Chicago 4, Philadelphia 8; Cincinnati 1, Brooklyn 8. ' BoetOn 1, Chicago 2; Philadelphia 12, Cleveland 11 r Baltimore 2r Detroit 4 Awfml Thandetiaaa aad IJahtailaae Ao oosapaaled by Ball of Great Hot Stoae United State Vessels - Dolnc Great , Beecoe Work -Hot 8tone Drops at St. Loala Bappoeed to be Trom Mont Poles. Kingston, Island of St ;Tinoent, Mon day, May 19. Another great eruption of the Sonfriere volcano occurred last night. Throughout Sunday, the adjoin ing districts trembled"' and some- of th shocks tWere ielt here. J Smoke, Issued from the craters and fissures of thp mountain and the atmosphere ' through out the island of St. Vincent waa xed ingly hot ' - m 1 j While the worshippers were returning from church at 8:30 p. m. an alarming luminous cloud euddenly ascended many miles high in the north of the island and drifted sluggishly to the northeast In cessant lightning felt on' the mountain and one severs flash teemed to -strike about three miles ,- from Kingston. The population of Fort de France was thrown thunderous rumblings in the craters mtq a frenzy of panic during, which, sol lasted far two boars and then diminished I diers. nollce. men and women.'" aH teni until they became mere murmurlngs. J 1 1 fleftlrantlc, weeping and praymg, rushed The inhabitants were frensied wlth fear "uh the treets, while overhead the at the time of tha outbreak, dreadin 1 glowing fiery clouds rolled relentlessly a renetition of the eataatronhe, which I n1 rained down Atones, still, hot, .amid try 7; . mx- - - . . ili r - n (w NEW AND OLD FRESHLY TOLD Stories Celled it the Rational Capltcl MAP OF MARTINIQUE AND ADJACENT ISLAKDS. St. PSern, the eitr rreendy dVstmved by Volcanic actios, was In the northera pert of Mart Hmona and ITort da rranoe u ten nnit-a aoutn of it. Morthaaat of En. riarra la Mont t'elnal . the roloano that killed S0,0U0 Tmple in few minute. Booth of Martinique i be Vinetnt, vbioh haa also bean darastatea by a volmno, 1 ; '.' VI A ' :' y4'. Bw It I Done. f'hJ ;4 The first object in life with the Ameri can people is to fget rich," ' the second, hnw tn rnirain : nrond : hftftlth. The first can he obtained bv enenrv. honestv and Sunremel sarlnir: the second (irood health) by ns- eourt's opinion handed down this morn- J" 0Wi August Flower. - Should you f , " . . a. . v. be a despondent sufferer from any of the lug in the case of the State againet Fkm- eflects of DygpepMa, v Uver Complaint, tnw will Msmlf. If. O. tirlniA ATA.Iltion 111 knmMAst1a TnHirvaafjr.n s.fyt einnh nasi Bowan. Fleming's case carries with it I Sick Headache, Palpitation of the Heart, that of BlchBlaton, both of whom are ow .'n r'T' , " uii ri. . I Olzztness of the Head, Nervous Prostra- eonvicted of the rape of Mrs. Belle Livei . t gDlrlt. 9te ton need not eoffr another day. Two doses of the well-known August Flower, will relieve yon at Once. Go to J. E. Hood and get a sample bottle 'tree. Regular siie, 75 cents. Get Green s Srecial Almanac. caused such terrible loss of life on .thle island. Tbey ran from the streets into the open country, crying and praying for preservation from another calamity. ' No one on the Island of St Vincent slept that night All , business Is suspended here. , The streets are empty and every one is terror stricken ''.Tha feeling of suspense la pain ful. : People pass their time gating at the northern sky, where the thunderclouds gather and the mournful roaring of the volcano is heard." T Ashes and. pumice are faJIfajgr .alowjy'ln the outxlistrlcts. ci-s irSV?V There Is an alarming report. the e wfrliog ashes: ' ' ' ' v ' The steam launch of tha United States cruiser Cincinnati took some refugees to the French cruiser 8uchet and nearly a hundred persona sought refuge on' the Cincinnati and on the : United States special steamer Potomac. At 10 o'clock the Potomac went to Investigate matters and all reports agree that Lieut Benja taihB. McCormlck,' the ; commander ol the steamer, did great wort Ha went In close to St, Pierre and found that lty' had ; bee bombarded with enormous r tones from the volcano,, .and that .the ' j ' ? a. II 'A a " rums teit scanamg alter ine nrsc great disaster had been nearly razed.' Millions of tons of ashes then covered the mined from a creditable source, that Enham mountain, I ct. near the Marrlaqua valley, an old. ap-l Further south the smaller stone nad parently extinct crater, 4s showing signs l AtrAA the hrniaaa at the hrm- vil M A.IiA. fTtl-t- v t a . a ' m I ., m cwv.v. u vwcano is onjy. SIX tAirara whn had stuck to tbair homes. rood, a white woman. Arcn uuiay, a negro murderer, will die with them. ITarmer Morderonalr Aasaolted. Salisbury, May 21. Mr. Jacob A. Smith, a well-to-do farmer, of this county, while on hie way to Salisbury yesterday morning with a load of cotton, was mur derously assaulted by some unknown person and nearly killed. He wasfovnd unconscious In the road and is now in a critical condition. Hi purse, contain lng ten dollar, was not touched. Iftiblle Building- for Sister Tows. Washington, May 20. The omnibus oubllc building bill was reported by the committee today to the Senate. Itcarries $160,000 for Winston; Elizabeth City, 1125,000; Greensboro, 875,000; Darham, 150,000; Goldaboro, f 35,000. The Dur ham appropriation was cut from f 70,. 000 to 150.000 without Senator 81m- mons'jknowledge, and he will endeavor to secure the original amount SHOUT STATE STORIES. miles from Kingston. - . Fort de France, Island of Martinique, May 21. Yesterday' eruption from Mont Pelee was violent In the extreme. Colossal columns of volcanic matter were ejected from the .volcano, which' rained huge, red hot boulder, many feet in di ameter, on the ruins of St Pierre and the country near It, from an enormous eleva tion and with fearful velocity. The vol canic clouds advanced until tbey reached Fort de France. , ? The spectacle was appalling and sub lime beyond all description. The whole W. M. HERBERT. W. S. HERBERT. : HERBERT fi HERBERT, Weal Estate and Employment Agents and Promoters. Will Begin Business by June ist. Honest nd Square Dealings Jn Real Estate Guaranteed. Property sold, teased and rented. Rents or deferred payments : promptly collected ; only safe, substantial schemes helped along. Lieut. McCormlck took on board the 180 Potomac refugee, the oldest of whom was 72 years and "the youngest three days old.'" The lieutenant fed them and brought the party to Fortde France. This work of rescue was difficult and dangerous. ' ' 8t. Lonis Hear from Mont Pelee. St. Louis, 2L A meteorio stone weigh ing about five pound fell at Thirteenth and Mullannhv 'street tonlarht It wa Imbedded in the earth several feet where it struck. The ground wa damp from recent shower and sent forth a strong flow of steam. .When the esroillte, meteor, or whatever it may be, was dug up it was so hot it could not be handled and wa rolled Into a pool of water where it remained for 'two hour before It could be touched. It seem to be com posed of iron, and is strongly Impreg. bated with snlphur.. Many scientists Claim that It is a volcanic stone hurled out of Mont Pelee, being thrown above the atmosphere surrounding the earth and finally comingback within the con fines of the law of gravitation fell in St Louis. . f The provision for municipal build-' lng In the omnibus public building re port of the committee on public build, tnvs of the house Is highly satisfactory; to Washingtonlans generally. TheDIs- rlct of Columbia under the present orm of government has never had a building it could call its own, a build ing in any way suitable to it needs, convenient of location aV beautiful to look upon. In the Old days,' under tha territorial form , of government, the city hall was the District building, and It filled the requirements of that pe riod. At th time It waa coimtnicted the present' city hall was on? of the beautiful structures of the city. It ft. hardly built for wear, however, fend has outlived its' usefulness by tnany years. . When the establishment of the pre-, lent form of. government ' wa accom plished, the three comtn'lHS'oners, were placed In rented building and pored (from place to place as" the work of the jvaribus departments increased and de manded more . room. ' For year the jcommiSBlowra. the board ef trade and . lhciMlrlAHB' AifUAtial KMinlHa4Ma ta.a Y " -.al " M ' a ' I f "I1W VV"" VilUlsMUVin 1WVW - i Z VZ-"'l7 -' . ?V.WrTOUA tqiCQngreea for a, municipal .1:. To Bx-uonfaderatA Boldlara . and 1 . TOTMrknrai ,....- 'y'.--j.i blank' appljcatloh for" pnfonsv"Ap)1t- eatloDS filled out and filed with the eWfc of the Superior court will be acted opoh by the county board of pension pn. J,b first Monday in July.- J hope alf who wish to apply will do o ! in timer' I am instructed by the stats auditor that the? application are only for thos whom names are not now on the pension roll. However", I shall be glad to make out application for 'any aoldtert who fel rare tbey are disabled to such an extent that a new application and doctor's .ex amination would result In eecuring. to them a greater amount than ' that which they now receive. All soldiers and wid ow who received pensions last December will pleas report to me, o tha-a -eor- rect list of those living may b sent , to the state board. Tours truly, k v. , ( PLtToCOLMNS, Clerk Superior Court i ,''''':::,. .., ., ..... , v ,V Grifton M. SL Sunday Bohool. The Qrifton Circuit M. E. Sunday School convention which bad been in session at Hugo adjourned yesterday The report showed progress all along the lines, and the schools are in a flourishing condition. Rev B. F. Bumpas, of New Bern, made an address before the convention yester day. He left Kloston for his home yes terday afternoon. The Imperial Tobacco company ha leased a storage warehouse in Durham and expects to buy much leaf on that I market the coming season, j , The State Press association will meet at Eendersonvllle June 25-2G. Free entertainment was offered, but the ex ecutive committee decided on the pay feature, and a rate of f 1 a day at hotels was maJe. ' Tadi?"vCIeR!rpV:;i:r. John r 110!? r t. ttie. irecu, connrr, a mari irom w Lich he has t ' 1 C r worth of colla. !ie was Lo-- Vt lit. A M. Hajnes, is la J Cs ciz:. -.'3: i for two c. 3 cf f r ! f .111 j c I r n r it) la x 9 f' ' rr-'dcycrthoir::: 1-"J':-!-.ughcd ; ,1 i- 1 i. The Blc Flsrht to Come Off. San Francisco, May 21. Bob Fitislm- mons and Jim Jeffrie met today and in five minute made-all arrangements to fight for the championship of the world In San Francisco next July. The articles ill be signed and the date of the fight fixed Friday afternoon. The fight will be under the auspices of the San Francisco Athletic club, which offered 75 per cent. of the gross receipts for the privilese. The club suggested ths afternoon of the fourth of July as the time for the fight as pictures could be taken better than at night and a larger crowd secured. Flta Simmons agreed to let Jeffrie select the date. D. A. Greaney waa (elected as reforee. Deaths ITearby. I'.rt. Joseph Moore d!eJ at her home at Cs. !oz yesterday afternoon, of Bitot's ' aee, aged about 19 years and having be a married only about a year. The re- k " s wlJ ce interred la the fam!:y bury-lr-rround today.- ;ie, the w'.'a of lTr." Alfred Joyner, ' f t ter to:r,9 about t - 9 r. ' : 1 ye'.crJay aftc-r a t'..crt f'?..-':-;o.;.v.;.i 'ii:-: 'i : Oxford aad Aaacrloaa Stadeate. ; Oxford la far from being the most progressive of the world' colleges.' at is the intellectual center of all that Is undemocratic. It la the bulwark of the monarchical system, the defender of the British aristocracy, the foe of re ligious freedom, ; It is absurd to sup pose that this ancient Institution, with its 8,000 students, will be much affect ed by the influx of a hundred callow American boys. On the contrary, the stamp that Oxford will put upon its American student will we slncerelv believe, render them unfit for a useful career as citizens of the United State. A postgraduate course in Europe may be all right, but a British education for an American life Is not San Francis co Argonaut ' Tea . r ! 1 t I - 1 i iz:: cir a::t iddlh 1 E. t a 1 r I 4c 5c! a f ",r 127 j- - li-J tLltLr.jcL"!. ' ' "I l I ' !?i t!9 - '. llill.tc t J Lcni - 3 ti 1. r:.? i. Tie f --'."7 tt v Bra Dicker Adasa. "I sees." mid Brother Dicker. "Mat one er de preacher Is in trouble tont da sarplnt what tempted Eve.1' Now, dafs mighty fur back ter go hoatln' fer trouble, but I recklo Adam mus feel lak reachln' over en s ha kin' nan' wld 'lm. De preacher I talln "bout dont bTeve In de snake story, but lay all de blame on de man. Adam cant he'p hisse'f now, en hit looks onfalr ter be naggln at 'im dataway. I feels so sorry fer 1m sometimes dat I almoa wish I wuzn't related ter 1m. But I'll bet you on one proposition.'' - v "Whafsthatr , "Ef Adam had ter be made over en was livln'. in die day ea' time, he wouldn't be so free wid eparerl bar Atlanta ConstltuUoo. The Best Preeerlptloa for Malaria Chilli aad Tvrmt j a boula of Oaora't Tarn. ' UM Cmiu. Tome. It si simply iron and qnioitM ia IMlMfora. Kocmp-N Pa. Moaioe. Stevenson Property ! Bt order of esartw will oa tha th An of In1 ton. . t, at tha hour of i o'clock Boon, to the bighrrt bidder for cash all of that property tituated ! am in ootrn comer or vtieea aaa Oordoa streets io tht towa of Kinnon, N C, bettprknown as ihe John H. Sievenson oropertT. KrooticS Ouees mmet nh one hnoird irt. msQinff ba k one hundred aad tea f"ct, ia. s tiooi-- on Uoriloa street one hoo dr,d and tea feet 1 n of ct of the aie is to Riant dmiioB between E. M Sieenoa and aiarv A. enJ'is. Jmu wilt be wHeutect w spproT&lof court. . utm turn no amy m way, iqos. T. C. WOOTEJf, A. D.WARD Commisnooers of Loart bnljfUng that would provide adequate amtrnmodatlon for the departments of the city government .. . e. 4;.Sfota Ctittnt rtr tke afaseaaa. $.:":) The National museum ha received from" Peter Henderson, a tnilitary tailor of Edinburgh. Scotland,'' com plete Scotch higblander's costume for the exhibit for which the museum Is now. preparing and collecting of cos tumes of the different tribes, nations and peoples of the world. This costume arrived In a bermetlcAlly sealed tin box, and no one in tha museum had the slightest notion of what It contain ed Until It was opened. ' The costume ' i magnificent and of the bright red and green striped plaid of the hone of Uordon. r ., '4.;-.: : Thkene-dBU,tilacki knife," that form part of every blghlander equipment Is incased in silver and leather shfnili, The handle is of black bog oak cap-ed in the form of a thistle ' head, while the end of .the handle la bound round with a silver rim engraved with a deaten of. thistles and Id which is et an Immense "cairh-gorm,1 or handsomely cut and polished topaz, on of the few precious stone found In the mountains of Scotland. ' r .,' ' aatoaUaed Her Vtsltera. There is a young lady In the navy department who has a fine sense of humor. Part of her duty Is to index the official mail signed by Judge Dar ling of Vermont, assistant secretary of .. tbenavy. Two ladles of her acquaint ance dropped In HtpoA. her the other day.' and In the course of an Interest ing exchange Of feminine view one of them exclaimed suddenly: " " - "What I'd like to know Is whot do you do with yourself here all day, any how r "Oh, not much," was the reply of the clerk, "except to read a lot of letters signed 'Darling. Her visitors were astonished at tha ' -statement and sighed for additional de- ' taiJa, but they were not forthcoming.' ' Inaia-ala of 14 bra r? Attaches. ' In 'olden- times the profession of a man was proclaimed by the Insignia he yore. That custom bos long been aban doned, and in our day a general cannot be distinguished from tin apothecary save by bis bearing. An exception must be noted, however, In the cuse of the librarian of congress. Mr, Putnam, who, like hi predecessor. Mr. SpofTord. carries a green baize bag to and from his -office, not for the purpose of an nouncing his occupation, but to facili tate the transportation of his paper. The custom is such a practical and sen sible one that nearly all of his employ ees have followed their chief's example, and a voluminous green bag has come to be regarded as the insignia of the staff of the library of congress. : " Whoa tke Doctor Aarreod. Not long ago a number of doctors, representing ail the confllctlngbrancbes of the profession, were arguing before in nouse commerce committee) in be half of a bill relating to tha public health. ' - . "Upon ' thi measure," : said . ths spokesman of the physicians, "all ths doctors are agreed." ' Bepresentatlve Hepburn of Iowa threw up both of his hands. "Gentle teen," he exclaimed, "yon had better leav the room at once. It Is the first Km I ever knew doctors to agree, ani X am afraid if you stay here any lon ger your harmony will b disturbed." ; Ldi-e Can Wear Shoe oa sir small-r after jir AH- a", Foot-Fase. a powder to be haken into t.,e ho. It makes t . ' I or oev taoes ferl easy; )r..s instant relj-f to c.,.e aad bootor. It's tre greatrst cor.ort e -c- r. the ae. Cares and prer-nts ", -n f-t, b, , ea-ious a-i sor enots. A .lea's "-t-u a a .r I utinl ti.i rf,hot,a - -i. it a ' 6 a- a"oestn-e, - a i u- ai i 'i . I pa. -a tR: v by a U A. A.rfB S. . mi rd, L ijy, ti. V.
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