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7 7 a ; i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i The fRESS 1 . . 1 . . 1 I . I I; i i THE WEATHEK Fair and warmwto. T night aud J'xuiij. ia fcanfawi b to Wave things a Mock the people vast and . hi thea know a. r ii li . k l'llit"t'f 1 ! I I 1 i 1 1 ! I PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, kinston, n. c, Thursday; may 29, 1902, VOL. V. NO. 52. PRICE TWO CENTS. Da OLD HORTH STATE HEWS AUD GOSSIP ft'v'.M;:'ft. 'ft.'"''"'. " " " "' ' ' -i'-4'---,'Z::. tH AID ISTEEESTUG HAPPEIKGS. Bioh Oil Xlnd. AsbevUle Cltlsen: Indications of a rich mia And In Chunn's Cova an reported to hare been discovered. Oil magnate who have been bere prospecting nave onereo property owners In this section $20' per day for the privilege of. boring well on these lands. All these offers have been refused, the property owners believing that under the existing circumstances, It, In tn their Interest not to accept the offer of the oil men- r It to also learned that these same prospectors are trying to Mcnre oH leases In Autocrine, as 11 is, however, they are' unable to secure an oU franchise from tfte eity as prewni, and may not be able to do so for years . to-come. - t . r ,t ' Bobbed While at Charch. Greensboro Becord Mf. D. P. Fourt lives 13 miles east of (Jreeneboro and Is nnit waii.t.vi1n. Snndav he went to .. IJUIW ., w- . .... m ohnmh. Wklanr no his house securely. "When be returned,-or some time after tu.Mfnrnui h discovered that a tniei had unlocked the door, walked back to Ms safe,, unlocked Jt nd walked jout with something over auu in money, leaving a number of checks untouched. The safe Is one of the old kind wlta a Key. -Dum ! nn tv. The cart? was DO doubt an expert.1 , ' ' ' ; ' ; -i ."? ; Drowned la a Xard Can. yQ ft Winston-Salem, May 26 -The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joeepn v. Grobbe, aged about 1 year, was drowned In a lard can filled with water snnaay afternoon.' The little one was In the ' t nlin inat after the storm.. It is J i w - ir.ncrhfc the child had been dead at least 10 minutes . when found. It fell In the nan headforemost and strangled to death The mother, it to learned, has almost lost her reason on account of the unfortunate accident. ' Uchtnio' Destructive Work. Winston Republican: Mr. Beece Mc namroclh who lives a few miles, west of Mocksville. N. C. suffered a consider able loss pf property May 13 Paring a thunder storm lightning struck ' and tinrned two barns, one corn erlb. with all his corn, killed three horses, -burned: hie wagon, mower, reaper and plows.- In - ... : . . Lt. 1 1 fact, ail 01 nis property, excep we uweu- t SHORT STATE STORIBS. Tarboro' Southerner: The cotton . seed oil mills, which Bobert Pitt has been promoting for St. Lewis, has de finitely assumed shape. : The machinery ' has been ordered and articles of incor poration drawn up and forwarded to Balelgh. . , Gaynesville Courier: Cade A , Boone, i real estate agents, have sold a farm near Balsam, containing 285 acres, to a ' gentleman in the Niagara section of New York. The owner will come here next month to take possession of his purchase. . He intends to plant' an apple orchard and raise" other fruits. The considera tion was 2,200. The Tarboro Southerner reports that an Edgecombe county farmer finished only last week picking his last year's crop of cotton, which bad withstood all the storms of winter, and sold one bale of the cotton for 8X cents a pound. The eotton was not picked earlier because the necessary labor could not be ob-1 talned. Dann, May ' 27.The ' large furni ture factory of Messrs. Newberry Bros. k Co well, in South Dann, including about f8,000 worth of finished furniture, was completely destroyed by fire last night. The total loss was about $20,. 000, with only $5,000 insurance. The fire to thought to be Incendiary in Its origin. Greensboro Record: The 8eventh cavalry of Uncle Sam's army passed through Greensboro about 9 o'clock tbie moroing en route from Cuba to Chlcka mauga park, Ga. It required two train? to transport the regiment. A magn'3 cent band accompanying the solJn rendered several selections on the station platform bere to the delight of a larg- samber of our citizens who chanced t ' be In that vicinity. . Th5 Feek Pkks Job Priarinsf Dpurt- ment cas nst pueed or.iers for a I -ar- quantity ol new t.rpfs, borirsi, tm cuts n j otLer materiaK Anion? otLcr ar ticles a very power' job pre-i vn rr- 3tred ori wi:l tit even a I .1 Class of work thii fs nnw li"' ' tur-'"" I out. Tns Fr-s Yd; t Job l'r',..:: I fart men. 1 1 r f- i ret. cz'f t !" a top l.i I.'cr lit- r;i c .1, L ; t ' ..1 - Printers' Oonvaotion. Many of the loading employing printers of the state will meet in the Teachers' Assembly building at Morehead City on Thursday afternoon, Jon 12, at 2 o'clock. This to an important meeting to the printers of North Carolina, and every printer who expects to remain In the business ought to be ' there, , an) ought to go determined to do his part toward tw betterment of the bnslness. and help mke it so in North Carolina that print ing will not be the poorest bnsfness to engage in do his part toward making : the business of printing more profitable, which will also make Itmore respectable. All other lines of business are forming associations; and those engaged , In one of the most useful of occupations owe it go themselves and their fellow craftsmen to sacrifice a day or so from tbelr ardu ous duties and meet with their brothers and see if something cannot be done to better the condition of the printing bus! nee. Thk Fbm i'RKsa believes it can be done and Joins hands heartily with Mr. Beentan, who ha called the meeting, and will do what It can to hehi the move ment along. Every employing printer ehoald be sure to be there. It may be that stopping a day or so and attending this meeting will make it so that a year hence even a week or several weeks can be afforded for rest and recreation. : BASEBALL. New Bern 7, Wilmington 6; Charlotte S, lUfeigh 6; Greensboro 5, Durham 1.; Belatlve standing of the clubs today; ... -su f .-, ,si ; Won Lost. : 1 C: Charlotte....... 17 a 8 9 11 12. 19 .870. IUIelghM-.....................18 Dorbara... ...... ......12 .619 .571 .476 .428 .050 ftreensboro 10 Nnw Brn.....n....... .m9j Wilmington................ 1 ' The Banata, Railroad. Kuflsla.has been, .occupied for more than ten years In building 6,000 miles of railway over a very easy country for the most part,' and that railway. Is not yet completed. The turn around Lake Baikal, which Involves ' serious difficulties, ie not yet made and will not be for some years. The Manchu- rlan branch Is not yet complete.: But assume that we may call the railway completed, what do; we find 1 It- has taken Russia ten years to build 6,000 miles of railroad. The annual construc tion, of railways in the United States has twice reached 6,000 -miles. The Bnssian road has cost In the easiest part $30,000 a mile, and in Siberia it has probably cost, with the equipment, $50,000 a mile. Yet, despite this enor mous and wasteful expenditure, they have only got a single track laid with rails so light that they must relay It from one end to theotber. It is as yet a complete failure commercially. It Is not paying Its expenses, Hicaraeaaf, If There la Canal. . The construction of . the translsth- mlan waterway through the productive country of Nicaragua means to that country an opening up of Its latent re sources, immigration ; and Improved transportation facilities. The construc tion of the canal will draw thousands of foreigners to the country, both capi talists and labor, and it requires no stretch of the Imagination to see this increasing population spreading over the adjacent country both to the north and . to the south and settling on -the lands which can be had for the asking. Where there are now only dense for ests, silvery lakes, rushing mountain streams and silent prairies with tall. waving grass there will spring up .towns and villages, plantations and farms, and a new geographical and commercial center of the western hem tanlipre. Otitlnelc. AH ' 1 TRvyouS UT. PELEE AGAIll THREATENING '1 FLAMES ARD TERRIFYING CLOUDS Inhabitants Crowded In the Square Awaiting Deielopments. Crowded Together la laky Darkness An ticipating Instant and Awful Death Heavy ea Poandlna the Shore Prof. '. Hill Makes Darin a; Expedition pf Inapee tlon aad Inreatlratioa. I Fort' de France, Monday, May 269 p. m. Mont relee is again m eruption. Hags, inky-black clouds are rolling over Fort de France In great masses, in which there are peculiar lightning flashes. The inhabitants are now flocking into the great square of the town. II the demon stration increases a panic is Imminent. There are no noises from the volcano ! at present. - I Professor Robert T. Hill. United States. Government geologist and ; head of the expedition sent by the National Geo- irraphtcal society, has Just coma in from a daring and prolonged investigation of the volcanic activity in Martinique. Pro- 'eesor Bill chartered a steamer and care fully examined the coast as far . north as Port de Macouba, t .the extreme end if the island making frequent landings. After landing at Le Precheur, five, miles lorth of 8t, Pierre, he walked through an area of active volcamsm to the latter place and made a minute examination of the various phenomena disclosed. j Professor Hill to the only men who has set foot in the area of craters, fissures and fumaroles, and. because of his high position aa & scientist, his story to val uable. In addition to his work of inves tigation, . the professor reecoed la his steamer many poor people of Le Pre cheur who had ventured back after de- sorting tbelr homes and found themselves In awful danger. Be reports a follows: 'The son of the catastrophe in Mar - Mnique forms an elongated oval, contain- ing on lapd about eight equare miles of destroctlon, Tbls oval to partly .over the sea. The land part to bounded by lines running from Le Precheur to the peak of f Mont -Pelee, thence curving to CarbeL . There were three well marked sones: Firt, a center of annihilation, in which all life, vegetable and animal, was utterly destroyed; the 'greater northern part of St, Pierre was in this tone; second a tone of singing, blistering flame, which aleo.wasfatalto(klllife, killing all men and animals, burning the leaves on the trees and scorching but not , utterly de stroying the trees themselves; third a large, outer; non-destructive" tone - of ashes wherein some vegetation, .was in jured. The focus of annihilation was tbe new crater, midway between the sea and tbe peak of Mont Pelee, where now exists anew area of active volcanlsm,' with hundreds of fumaroles or miniature volcanoes. The new crater to now vomit ing black, hot mud, which is falling into the sea. iBoth craters, the bid and new, are active. Aiusnroom-ebaped ft steam explosions constantly ascend from the old crates, while heavy ash-laden cloud float hoiison tally frofci the new crater The old ejects steam, smoke, mud, pumice and lapilli, but no molten lava. , , . "The salient topography of the region to unaltered. . The destruction ; of St. Pierre was dne to the new crater. Tbe explosion bad great superficial force, acting in radial directions, as is evidenced by the ditmonntlng and carrying for . I tie 'un OTII . l,L.'.l. I aateme ;ft.ft, ; ','-"' -f.V ;.a.-. .' 9 r f 1 THE NEW AIRSHIP ' Th British Var department is having bnilt a new ainhip invented by Dr. F. A. Barton, who admits that hi machine will siu-pasa iitntoa-Dumont'a antediluvian tvpe" M the moat reoent eleetno ear lorpaaeee the old hone Santaa a race from Loudon to Hdiubniyti, 400 miiea, an a waer of Salt.UUO, bat tbe iira (Uian eayi that Dr. Barton mml make hie flyinf machine fly before he will deign to ac knowledge turn as a competitor. ' .1 he .barton maohine nsh ahaped, divided iiiterauly .. into four compartments, with a drivinf mechaniara consisting of lis screw propellers, ancli 17 feet in length, eoupled to three motors, its total length is 104 feet, with a deck width of onlv 2 1.3 feet. It is intended to earrv a crew of nve. on man at each of the three motors, ioe at the steering gear aud an aeronaut proper. The machine has all the latest improvements, euoh as eater ballast, safety netting, petrol for f del, eto. . , t ' : i -r yards the guns tn the battery on the hill north of St Pierre and the status of the Virgin in the same locality, and also by th condition of the ruined houses In St. Pierre. . 1 I "According to the testimony o ni pemons, there wax an ai-companyiog flame, :' Other think the incanlwent cinders and tbe, f.rce. of their, ejection were sufficient to canee the destruction. This mut be investigated. I am now following the iattfre of thto bin?' ;YA This Is the first positive scientific state- riient based on pbserved facte. Professor Hill has now started on horseback for the volcano. He will study the whole J affected area and will try to get to both f craters, r Ha will' surely -.visit' Morns Rouge and the slope of Mont Pelee, 1 ;j The undertaking Is very hasardons, as explosions may occur at any moment, as one did May 20. Professor Hill knows the rlekajba takes, but say s the only way to discover exactly what has happened to to go to the crater itself or as near it 1 possible. He will be gone two days, . ,111 ,1 .1 i, t MERE MEN.; -tt . The Marquis of Anglesey intends to take a London theater next season and give performances by his own compa ny for the benefit of charity,;-; . Ishak . Khan, the claimant to tbe throne of Afghanistan, is suffering from asthma.i which prevents him leav ing his house at Samarkand. , ..ft 7. . C C'Borcbgrevink. who has gone nearer the south pole than any man. living or dead, has made application t Washington to become an American citizen, thereby renouncing bis alle giance to Norway. Senator Test of Missouri, who ended his eulogy of the late Wade Hampton in the senate by quoting from Tenny son, is said to outrank even Senator Hoar in his familiarity with the poetry of England and America. , . . Senator Clark of Montana, who writes bigger checks than any other man in Washington, Is fond Of singing. He has a sweet, clear tenor voice which is not strong, but very nleaslno- to a small company. After be bad piled millions . on millions be employed a vocal teach er.. -ft'-ft- When tbe late J. Sterling Morton's wife died, he erected over her grave a tombstone which bore the names of their four sons. He told them he did this with the view that if any one of them did anything ; she . would be ashamed of if she were alive he would chisel his name from her tombstone. Senator Millard of Nebraska has very bushy ana- very black eyebrows. When be sits in a certain tight, the eye brows shade bis eyes to such an extent that It looks as If be had a pair of ar tistically blackened eyes. The other day tbe peculiarity was especially no ticeable, and half a dozen senators started toward him to ask him whether be bad been fighting. FRILLS OF FASHION. Lace stocks are much more chic than stiff ribbons and collars. , A dainty black and white boa has pink silk rose petals scattered among its frills. :. .. Painted stockings hr.ve not only flow ers and scroll designs upon the Instep, but some of them small cherubs. Marie Antoinette fichus and Corday berthas as well as sashes are a distinc tive feature of elegant summer gowns. Bright green algrets, long; beading toward the front of the bat and laid al most Cat. are seen in tbe trimming Of some bat3. ft , . . . . Ton Know What von are Taking Wfcea yon take Grose's Tstles Chill Tonic t m "nu;a t. airily printed oa ery bot . 4 i h is Hinpfy oa and quuuiie is a lt fs sort, h ISy. joe '!! tul'i ,";. '77. mm :Mh -mm OF P. A BARTON, ft drawn vehiola. lie U ready, he aaye, to ran , A Stone Dwad Town. "Io you keep plngpong?", asked the ncv resident of the proprietor of the village grocery and general emporium. . "WolW mum,'' was the answer, "we hisla't ordered all oi:r Hue of fancy gro-' 1 -erica fer the summer, and" ', "Oh, niercyl It isn't a gi-ocery; It is"- "I know It ain't," broke In the store- I;tHpec.ftMl was Jest a-goin to say thnt n hen we ordered them we was gain' to pick but ' tbe latest patterns In neck ties, because we nave a good trade uow, and" -ftftftft.?; ' "Goodness me, man! It isn't to wear.. It Is to"-:;v -: " J 7 . v. ' - , -ft-ft '. ; "I know that, too," Interrupted the proprietor of the store again. "I know that I was about to tell you that wc ares Intending to put In all -the latest novels when we lay in our new stocks, and if you'n come around then we'll be sure to have"- "Dear me!" put in the lady. 'Ting pong ish't a book; It's a game." v Well." said the merchant '"we try to handle all the new goods our custom ers demand, but when it comes to gomes, ' why, seven ' tap and croklnolc holds the banner In this town, and 1 don't reckon we want to make any change this year." Judge.. 0 ft Tee Warklnst Grind. , "Didn't you shingle your bouse six or eight months ago?" "Yes." "What are you shingling it again for?" ! "Well I couldn't think of anything ! else -to do to the house, and I've Just got to do something." Chicago Trib une. Trrtnsr ta Find he Reason. "Haven't seen you for Bome time. "No. 1 where nave you kept your self?" ( "Been away. "Oh, that s It Do you know, I was afraid it might be tbe fault of that ten dollar bill that you've owed me so 1 long." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Anthor's Delickt. "You ought to be satisfied now," said the wife, "you have so much more time ao yur writing no coal to bring In. BO umQ 1081 n unniiDg we piumoer. Nothing to do but work' the garden, beat the carpets, varnish tbe furniture and make yourself generally useful." Atlanta Constitntion. Scheme Thnt .failed. Wife All our neighbors are going away for tbe summer, dear. Husband-Well, that's good news. Wife Why is It good news? v Husband Because If they are alii gone no one will know that we remain ed at home. Chicago News. Wss Lore's Hot Blind. She You wouldn't mind saying this over again tomorrow, would you. dearie? I am a member of the M. P. D. C. club. "Why. what does that mean?" . "Moonlight proposals don't count" Why Be Resented It. "What makes you get angry when people call you a genius?" . "If s as much as to say," answered tne ongnt out practical young man. "that I don't comb my hair and keep my shoes shlned."-Washington Star. Postmortem, ft -you recuon Brer Johnson got wam welcome on de yuther side?" "I dunno. But I mighty certain er one thing: Dey didn't take him teri whar he wus gwine in de ice wagon!" Atlanta Constitution. Another Blow nt the Heat Trut "Come in and have a psychological sandwich with me." "What's thatr - r. "Two slices cf bread and belief tn a slice of bam." Cleveland Plain Dealer. FRESH FACTS III . .A FEW LIMBS Items of Interest for Hale and Female FEMININE CHAT. ,: V ftt-'Y'V.. I1 111 1 . . .'Y'l;' ; '' Mrs. Maggie Stranahan and Mrs. Ma tilda TJlrlch have beon appointed care takers of porks by the park commis sioners of Buffalo. N. Y. 1 Mrs. Mary A. Llvermore. the well known woman suffragist, is threatened ' with blindness. Specialists have been unable thus far to save her. Carrie Nation to said to have trade 1 a souvenir hatchet tbe other day for a pint of whisky - and then to have thrown tbe whisky into the gutter. - Mrs. ' Kate Brownlee Sherwood of Toledo, O., has been appointed by Gov ernor Nash a delegate to the national ' conference of charities and correction. Mrs. Nancy Irwin Butterworth of Warren county, O- has Just enjoyed the probably unprecedented experience of attending her daughter's golden wed ding. Mrs. Alice Merrill Horne of Salt Lake City, a former member of the Utah legislature, has been appointed by tbe - National Council of Women to take charge of tbe peace meetings in that state. Clara Barton visited the White House - the other day to say goodby to Presl- dent Roosevelt before sailing for Rus sia. Tbe president rehjiuded her of j their meeting in Cuba, when Miss Bar- ' ton told him that on that occasion be ; was the "dirtiest man she had ever seen. - ..''.'- -! Miss Jennie Spray of Hobart, Ind, ' has held the office of postmaster f or ' four years. Recently when some poll .; uviaun lui uff ' uiaavuiiuv t.uuiuaiv t to replace her the town rose in protest, . and a large delegation visited the coun ty representative and secured Miss 8pray's reappointment ( Mrs, Sylvia Dunham, whose pome is , in a village near Boston, counts her ' age by the successive types of vehi cles she has seen perfected. She was born in 1800,! At five years of age she rode In a stagecoach, at forty-nine she boarded railway train for the first time; at ninety -ulne she rode on an elec tric car.' at HXf she enjoyed an outing in an automobile, and at tbe age of 102 years she still attends to ber household : duties. .;;ft.'" V 1" ".. ." '. "qiv'' CURTAIN CALLS. Chauncey Olcott Is going to Europe ft to visit bis relatives In tbe south of Ireland. - Misses Margaret Walker and Elsie Ferguson have been engaged for "The Wild Rose." . i 1 Nellie Stewart the Australian singer, -has made a great success in Melbourne : -tn "Sweet Nell of Old Drury ft - "When ' Johnny ft Comet Marching ; Home" is the latest comic opera and Is the work ofStange and Edwards. "Beau Brummel" paid Clyde Fitch . only f 1.000. while from bis lata. plays ,, ho Is averaging as high as $30,000 In royalties alone. Nat Wills, the tramp comedian, has signed a five year contract with Broad hurst & Currie and will be one of next season stars. Mr. E. W. Presbrey has been engaged by Llebler & Co. to stage their next -season's production of Hall Calne'a "Eternal City." PINr-EATHERS. It rarely pays to waste time trying to cure egg bound bens or persistent cases of roup. Do not expect your fowls to do well If a large number are kept together in one building. Fowls often become lame and humble footed from being compelled to Jump down from high roosts. Tbe perches need not be more than two feet above tbe floor and should al ways be easily removable. .... Beans and peas thoroughly cooked and thickened with bran and fed twice a week are good for laying bens. Tbe profit In lurkeys ome from tbelr ability to pick op for themselves a good Uvlng on the range tbe best part of tbe time while growing. CHURCHMEN. Archdeacon Churton of England has ' been elected to succeed bis brother as bishop of Nassau. ... General William Booth to coming to America this fall and will speak in all the principal cities. ft. ft . ; - fti . . The report comes from Rome that the Right Rev. Sebastian Messuier. bishop of Green Bay. Wis may be pro claimed archbishop of Manila at the approaching consistory. . The Rev. Dr. Donald of ; Trinity church, Boston, ha Just been appoint ed, with the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott on the first board of preachers which the University of Chicago has ever had. the latter having Just adopted the Har vard clan.
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