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, .1.r..l'l- H I mly Free iEicrj Everj Cool Id . THE WEATHER: Cooler. i a stepping stone to T wealth. . X 0 t p i I i t 1 1 . . ( n i i I'l'l't'l- t'I'l' ! 0 Pr 11 IlllE, : PUBLISHED: EVERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY. , VOL. V-NO. 168 7 KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 15. 1002. PRICE TWO CENTS ' ' - ' - i - . , . ., , , . . 4 ,. . , rf .,'...,,.,, - v . - . ; , '. . . J1 , ., .',.,'.-,.- ...-.-....-.-.,.. . !.,: '('.., V' ,.. ,.,- ,--..., V ).-,' -, ......4 c , '; ,',- ...,.-,, .. '. , v -v. " ' 1 111 '. "' " 1 " " " " ' "'"'"'"' ''"'"- . ..hi ..niM.i-lW..i-wp. mi .. , ... , i.,...s i. i.i m m wi.i .wi.m. ..m u-iuiwh is 111 1 n mwm mmm m 1 1. m l - . OLD WORTH STATE ; HEWS AMD GOSSIP ODD AID IITERESTIKG HAPPEXflGS. The northbound fast mail on the 8outhern miraculously escaped. disas trous wreck two hundred yards from ' Goldsboro Tuesday afternoon. It bad v juet pulled out of the station and had attained a speed of fort miles down steep irrata. going north, when at a t sharp curve it lft the track, bumping t o the cross ties for mora than two hundred yards, part of the distance including high ; embankment, steel trestle and ' sharp curve. The train was stopped by Eogl neer Joe Stedman without serious dam' : . age or accident, except that caused to the trestle and derailed ears. It is a mystery how the train escaped wreck. Civil Engineer Fry found the cause of the accident to be a small Iron tap three or four Inches In size placed on the rail, pre ft sumably by a boy curious to see the re sult. Instead of knocktug the tap off, the wheels of the engine had mashed It, ; and were lifted off the rail them selves Fayettevllle Observer; Deputy Sheriffs J, MtD. Monaghan and WV A. Besrd and " ' Policeman J. H. Benton Friday niaht captured a Croatan named Frank Winn, for whom there Is 1300 reward ou a : charge of murder. Sheriff Cook received - word that Winn had left the train Friday and was making .towards Fayettevllle, accompanied by his son. Winn killed his " nephew, in Wayne county, last Juno and was bound over to court for trial on the charge of murder. He was subsequently , released on habeas corpus proceedings, giving abond for f 2,600. Six weeks ag he jumped bis bond and has since been at largei . , ' ; Tarboro, N. C , Oct 14. Saturday a cyclone developed southeast of here, be ginning at John Sutton's farm. Is swept to the Coker place demolished the bnlld :' inRS,iorxnp swcsn m luuuer 10 v Austin's scattered for 50 yards sacks 1 . i ' j jiji r w V. J peanuts and tore up a barn and, tenant house, from which the occupants nar rowly escaped. At Judge Howard's Oak Spring farm it blew, off chimney, scat tered cotton and fodder. Those wbo saw , the storm say it was an appaling sight The clouds swirfed and rolled while the - wlud b Uowed and hisced. la' Ha path ; trees vers twisted off and carried In the air, and it destroyed all it touched "Kings Weekly: State Treasurer Lacy 1 rules out tuoee "nickel in-tht-elot" ma chires whioh may or may ndt give money for each coin dropped in bat which al ways pi jy a piece otjnuslc; the idea be ing that the music is not equivalent for the money put in. A ruling 'was made - some time ago that the machines which always gave chewing gum but which were uncertain as to money returned could not be prohibited. But these too are purely for gamllng. Raleigh Newa and Observer: Few ne. gross are registering in Raleigh and thoe who do, come In under the 'iread and write" clause. Ferry Noble, a colored barber, came In under this clause as he is able to read and write the constitution and can recite much of it from memory. Caesar Johnson is the only negro thus far known to have registered under the ' "grandfather clause" as his grandfather was a free negro and entitled to vote. Wilmington Star: Bol. Lewis, a young Wilmington negro living In the first ' ward, and employed at night as a car coupler on the A. C. L. yards In this city, . was almost Instantly killed as the result of being crushed between two cars Salur day night. The negro went between the ears to make a coupling and was caught in his stomach between the bumpers and horribly mangled. His father and mother live in "Brooklyn" and the remains were turned over to them forturial. - t ' Salisbury Sun: Mr. Thomas Cougben our's dog, "While trailing an o'possom last n'ght, was badly bitten by a mocca sin snake. A smaller dog bad trailed tb 'poFsom, when one of Mr. CoughenourV rVfS came cp and took t hetrail. In an Wtant t!.e snake bad the dog by the leg Mid d.'d not rt 'i ase Lis grip until killed by I'r. Cougleoour. The dog bled pro-fui-ely. TLa ensla was about five ftt fa leCTth. He Learned iCrtnt Truth. ' ' f J t1 t 1 V 1 t ) t I' t' rr r ; ! T . . I t CHOICE MISCELLANY Perhaps because an elephant aneexet wa seldom or because be neesea so loud oriental folk are very , auperstltiousv about the occurrence and believe that to bear an elephant sneete brings good luck. The Baltimore Herald gives an account of the effect produced by the sneeie of Jumbo II. at the Maryland Industrial exhibition : Jumbo's sneeze la like the bursting of a boiler, and it created a fairly good sized panic. The elephant began to get ready for the sneeze half an hour be fore It happened, and as the time for the event drew near he was rolling about In his cage, apparently in great agony. Suddenly he stopped, gave one bellow and then sneezed. ; The look of perfect contentment on his face after the great event was la startling contrast to the terror seen on the faces of the fleeing people.- Visitors to the exposition were running in all directions, not knowing what awful thing It was from which they were racing away. . Among the Mohammedans of the ori ental and Cingalese villages Jumbo's sneeze caused wild excitement. They rushed to the cage and, bowing before his elephantine highness, began pray. Ing at a rapid rate. When they fin- lBbed, they explained that an ele phant's sneezes are of the rarest occur rence, and the event was one of great significance to them. Elephants are suseeptlhle to cold and catch cold eas ily, but It laveryj very rarely that they sneeze. - Hymns Allowed la Ah Treaaavr. , A day or two after Secretary Shaw disciplined several clerks of the treas ury .department for playing poker and indulging In other practices not con sistent with his views of the. proper conduct of public officials he entered his office at an unusually early hour, even for him. Richard Page, of Afri can descent and of great dignity ac quired through ' his long connection with the department as a messenger, was singing an old fashioned church hymn, not thinking of course that the secretary was within the sound. of his voice. When the messenger turned and discovered that the secre tary: had heard him singing, he war sore afraid and begged that his viola tion of the rules of the department which prohibit the making of unusual noises, should not result in his Imme diate discharge. "Never mind. Rich- i ard, never mind,! consolingly Bald the secretary." "I see nothing in the rules of this department which prohibits the singing of church hymns. If tnore of that kind of music were rendered here, we would all get .along better. You can sing hymns, Richard, in this build-; lng as much as you want to, but re member, Richard, that I want you to sing only hymns when you sing at all." , , , ' . A New Sport For Wobs : "Hammering" is an unpleasant proc ess on the Stock Exchange, but in Aus-' tralla the word has recently ailred a new . and more agreeable significance. At antipodean bazaars "hammering" is now an established institution. Ladies who enter for the Competition go on a platform with hammers in their bands. Each is supplied with a piece of the hard Australian timber largely used for the paving of London streets. Each lady Is also presented with three nails, and at a given signal they start to work. The lady who la the first to drive her three nails home to the head wins the prize,,; Says one descriptive reporter: "Steel sparks and splinters flew around. The nails would go any where but through : the wood. The hammers would go anywhere but on the nail heads.' London Chronicle. The Ocean Trip. Half an hour or so appears to be an important saving in time in the ocean voyage. ; Columbus - and Cabot and Drake would not have thought much of it, but in these days of ship speeding every captain of a liner Is ambitious to maintain his record and to beat it If possible. Again, there are people even in this age of hurry and bustle to whom the ocean trip is in itself an agreeable incident The society is gen erally pleasant there are interesting' sights on the deep, the fare is as good as that of a first class hotel, seasick ness has become unfashionable, there is plenty of reading matter and no dis position to look at it and the trip Is in short a restful loaf till the ship is with in range of the wireless telegraph and the meddling world resumes its chat ter. Brooklyn Eagle. Am Ingrenloaa B win die. A novel kind of swindle was prac ticed In a German town the other day. man struggling along under a heavy urden suddenly stumbled and crashed ronb a plate glass store window, o rmrrletor of the store demanded r'j' 't The porter said be bad no 1 i y. Fassersby advised that he le ' 1. A thousand mark note was ! 1 c i which, be e-iid, b'lor?e-J '.!' ; r. T). f !'; '.( ; r, ' ' II") i ' : s f r t? ' " ' : i : l : 1 ' 1 ; ". w 'i,t ;' r. A ! t ; - : tr-i t:,e SLTALLPOX RAGING: fflllEWBERl! TEI DEATHS REPORTED FROM IT Countj Board of ' Health Quarantines " Against Few Bern. The smallpox situation In New Bern bas reached proportions that threaten the sanitary safety of othereommnnitlee, and It is meet and proper that prompt action should be taken to properly safe guard the interests of this community. It has been rumored for some time that smallpox was prevalent hi New Bern, but for obvious reasocs the conditions were kept from the world nutaide the city, and Intact the citizens ofNew Bern themselves were In ignorance of the" true situation The authorities at New ' Bern, and the New Bern Journal of that city have been derelict in their' duty to the iiuulie ln withholding the fact, and even sow'. when It Is so evident to ' every one, the Journal does not publfsb the condition to the extent that they really exist. We give below the statement of the 'Journal today. " ' , ' 1 ' "Last night the local smallpox sftua tlon, In Nw Bern, could be summed up, as far as actual known cases of the dis ease, as one case, wblcb on account 01 the patient's condition, previous to hav ing the smallpox, made ft impossible to remove the woman. Tbe county board of sanitation have aaaea vr. unaries uany, ana vt. e . w. Hughes to the sanitary committee, with full authority to act in any and every way which they mar deem proper to protect this community. Every suspected case fa given Imme diate attention, and every actual case le at once removed to a place beyond the city. Compulsory vaccination continues and will be continued until everyone is vac cinated. S'noe October 1st fly actual cases of smallpox bave been found and cared for in this city, tbe case" being on the bor der of the city, and all except one, col ored. . . ... i : The facts in tbeeaoe as learned by Dr. Pridgen, superintendent of health . ol Le noir county, from Dr (as. Duff v, assist ant superintendent of health at New Bern, l that there ,re nnmber of--caee -in Newbern and Craven county, 10 deaths having occurred from it up to last night, and another death Is expected today. Dr. Duffy f bas been very courteous j ; to Dr. Fridges in regard to the matter since he has been in a position to speak with Authority, but this cannot be tald of some of tbe other members of the health board of Craven county. Several weeks ago when Dr. Pridgen notified them of a suspect, who had come from New Bern, and was returning on a train to that city, not a thing could be learned from, them concerning the disposition of tbejparty suspected, further than that tbe car in which she rode from here was fumigated. That party, It is now learned, is in the pest house in an advanced stage of virulent smallpox. Dr; Pridgen has been persistent in bfs efforts to find out from the, authorities at New Bern the true situation but until last night when he got in communlca tlon with Dr. Duffy over the 'phone his efforts were unavailing. The situation at New Fern is undoubt edly serious, and we have no doubt that the board of health will take proper steps to protect sanitary conditions at this place. - -- .:' , It will be recalled that New Bern un hesitatingly established a quarantine against Kinston , when the situation here was not near so serious as it ap parently Is at New Bern nojr. J: 1 The interests of Klnton are too great to take the risk of a smallpox epidemic. Since the above was put . in tjpe, the county beard of health has declared a quarantine against New Bern. The townfboard will meet tonight and it Is practically certain that they will en dorse the action of the county board, and do tbe same thing. Oil Stalna. To remove oil stains make a past- with fuller's earth and soft coal water and epread It thinly on the stains. Let It remain for some hours and then brush off with a stiff brush. If tbe stains have not disappeared, repent tbe process. A United States senator has been advised to resign on account of bin neaun. it is inurnatoa that there an rrue members of the national legMa trie who might resign for the health it the public. Ju-Vintrfrom what Mr. Kaldwin my ! f,"t the yo'.n; men ni bis arctic ex 'It'in. .".r. Zr;'it pi ;'-;irn t) ! : .-r r'-'-' !) ( to scii-I imi r.i.-u-e i':-n-x r.v.U'.vi d'!.!"" nfi-r the '..;-., - -. ..' - ' ... ; , ,. ; . ..' ,. - ' . . . f- J , V V: ' ' A- - r r 1 . i ' ' k - '. 1 J . J 4 'A . . r i THE NEW AND THE OLD GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICES 1 The new government printing office, bas seven acres of floor space, will be of the government and does not make growth. JSet the structure is so large 14.000,000 pounds of steel, one-seventh of Portland cement The doors have the door and window frames of iron, proof it wu possible to make It be about $2.4UIMH)0. ' ..,!' ' ,t head cut orr. Oommltte Suicide at Goldsboro by Throw C la Hlmeelf Uader Train. New Bern Journal: ' 'Albert Combs, a white man, married, committed suicide at Qnldsboro last night - by throwing bimaelf Under the A. fc N.C.eboofly. His. bead was severed from his bodyy:' Mr. C. J. Rivenbark.'whd Ik In the city.' says that Coroner Dr. Thomas Hill, male the following report to tbe clerk of the court for Waj ne county. '"Having been notified by affidavit, of Sheriff B. F. 8cott that a dead man had been found on the A. ft N. C. railroad. went to the place indicated and found that Albert Combs had been .killed by the A. ft N. C. ehobfly.' t examined witnesses and found that it was a case of suicide and not necessary to have a jury.'! ' , " The Investigation developed the fact that Combs, an hour or two earlier ln the evening had attempted self destruc tion b.r throwing himself on the track before an approaching freight train and was snatched from the jaws of death by Mr. Gus Klenletb, an eyewitness. Combs then remarked "there is another train coming shortly," went to his home and Quarreled with his wife, left home and was found on tbe track after the shoofly passed. The large purchases of coal in Eng land for shipment to tbe United States have quite naturally forced up the Pj-ice of that commodity In the British market i and will possibly ; make the conditions of living somewhat harder over there. That however," is only re versing the condition that exists here when Europe has a short wheat crop and bids up the price of the poor man's flout,. In. our market, -A serious and pronounced shortage ig any of the great staples ln any. part of the world Is pretty likely to have. In greater or less degree, an effect upon all other parts of the world. A. London paper. suggests that in case American de mand for British coal forces the price to an excessively high figure tbe gov ernment might prohibit Its exportation. The government could not do so with out an act of parliament and It is dif ficult to nee how' parliament could pro hibit exportation after putting a tax on exported coal for the benefit of the Imperial treasury. Attention of unwonted kind The bible now receives. ' It is a splendid thinp, we find. For prtsHing autumn leaves. Chicago Record-Herald. One Didn't Pay. He Will you teach me bow to make love to you? She 1 will if I can get up a class. Detroit Free Fresa. Hen! Wealth. ' -J In stc-Vs r--l won, ! i' a lut-Ky T . .or. ... i he mane ? piie, J... it In h! i i'.iar. Tr.i-ka llra! l. IT- th lor 1. I ut r. uow neurlng completion, although It only large enough for tbe current work any substantial allowance for future. that It has consumed in Its erection as much cast iron and 45,000 barrels; been made of an asbestos composltJon, and the whole structure is as nearly fire The cost when ft Is completed,' will . Panned Potato. - '. ' For panned pota toes peel and cut r:i? potatf'i. into thin slices and let stand In rota AViitt-i- the iiiinutea. Lay in u bnkl:itf dish. Hjirlnkllug each layer with salt and pepper. When the dlab Is almost full.' pour In enough milk to cover the potato- and tke In a slow oven for two hours, stirring ccualon ' Sleep Talkra. ' ' Persons who talk l: their sleep will frequently unswer questions if spoken to softly. Memorjr Freaka, ' ' A ::n. it ia Instanced as one of tbe curiosi ties of the memory that people who know long pieces of verse by heart fre quently cannot remember their tele phone number. , , Faded Wrttlnic. writing rendered . illegible by age may be restored by moistening it by means of a feather with an infusion of galls or a solution of prussiate of pot ash slightly acidulated with muriatic acid, observing so to apply tbe liquid as to prevent the ink from spreading. Tho Oldeat Statu. . The oldest statue of tbe world Is of the sheik of an Egyptian village. It is believed to be not less than 6.000 years old. , ' The Real Mother Cooae. "Mother Goose," ; who is probably more familiar to children than any other personage in story books, was a real person. , Mrs. Goose, for that was her real name, lived with a family named Fleet who kept a little store ln Pudding lane, Boston. Interest. A dollar loaned for a hundred years and compounded at 21 per cent will amount in that time to $2,551,709,404. ' Filtered Water. ' ' : Fish kept in filtered water, it is said, will die. That is because tbe food bas been taken out of it The food, how ever. Is what makes unaltered water dangerous as a beverage to human be ings. . 1 . Cheer Up. Ere Ions we'll hear the wintry blast. And by some ptrange device The mercury will drop as fast -- As coal so up ln price. ... . . Baltimore Newa ' Real Cataetle. "1b she pretty?" ' "Why, man alive, ber- father's worth $40,000. Of course she's pretty r New lorker. ' . An EaslUh View. Will Schwab retire? He won t, not he; No answer we're requiring. The thins' absurd, tccause. you see. No Yankees are retiring! London Express. There's Many a Slip on the lee or wet ground at tb's time of year, an l tnany a sore spot i" conse- aure. o amount 01 caution wlil guar antee yon eza net wriii?nt. I hat le why we ke;p rerry ravlc ralnkil.ir on tan.l orelevethn ncbe of brnwi flesh, ana now, throbbing mtiaeles. It h.w glren re 1!. f !o two sr-neratlon There is but one l'a'Llkii;r, 1'erry Davis'. GENERAL ITEtIS OF niTEREST KEWSY ITEMS FROX ALL FARTS Bask Cashier Commltts Suicide Strike .: Rotes of Different Trades. , Fighting is reported as being tn pro gress between government and revolu tionary forces In Veoesuela. . Tbe street car strike in New Orleans has ended,, tbe differences between, the street car company and strikers having been amicably settled. , It Is said unofficially that the British ' government will ' ask parliament to authorize a Transvaal loan of f 150,000, 000 or more, to be guaranteed by tbe Imperial government. . Several hundred cigar makers em ployed In the faetory of LaBose de Cuba. of the Cuban American Manufacturing , company and tbe LaRosa Eepanola fae tory of tbe American Cigar company, at Tampa, Fla., are on strike. : Two aeronauts, De Bradehy and his engineer, Morln, were killed by falling from a dirigible balloon in Paris Monday. Tbe wire ropes attaching tbe car to the ' balloon gave way and tbe car with Its occupants fell to the ground from a great height. Reports now state that tbe striking miners mar Dot accept the proposition of the mine owners, as the .fatter named too many restrictions in tbe offer for ' President Roosevelt to name the board of arbitration. .1 A Charles 0, Dales, cashier of the New York County national bank, committed suicide by shooting Sunday night at bis home at West New Brighton, 8. I. An Investigation of his accounts at the bank was made and the annountement was made that they were all right. - . Sunday sight, in an altercation near Brlggs' store, In Dickinson county, Va., Wm. Bartley fatally shot John Crabtret. Bart ley and We wife then started fcr their borne and wlen near CUntwood were ambushed and Mrs. Bartley was mortally wounded. The trouble grew out of an old feud Involving several fam-" Hies, and mpre bloodshed is expected. The Georgia ra'lrond engineers, claim ing to bave support of the; engineers In 0,000 miles of railway in that section, bave given publie notice that if a petition by them for mileage wage scale instead of per diem Is not granted by October 23rd, they will fctrile, intimating that the engineers on connecting roads will go with them if necessary. The wooden steamer, C. B. Lock wood foundered in a storm fifteen miles off 1 Aehbula, Ohio, Mcnday night. The captain and crew succeeded in launching , two boats just before the steamer went down. One of the boats containing the captain was picked up near the harbor this morning. The other boat has not yet r been beard from. Tugs and life-savers are searching for the missing boat, which contained ten members of the. . . . ; . . . . crew. v ' ' TRENTON ITEMS. Mr. F. Brock made a business trip to Kinston yesterday. Mrs! L. P. Foscue left yesterday morn ing to visit lelatlves at Kinston. Mr. J. J. Rogers came from Kinston Monday on business. Mrs. 8. E. and Mies , Mary Koonce visited relative at Newbern last week. Dr. 8. E. Koonce, of Pollocks vllle. visited here last week. Mrs. Fred Parker, of Olivers, la vitilt. ing at her brother's, Mr. R. P. Parker, in Jones county. . , - " 5 Miss Julia Hammond will leave today to visit relatives at Kinston. It la renorted that Collins, one of the men who broke jail bas been carght at New Bern,and is in jail there, to 1 line was in jail for court costs. Be claims that be was asleep wnea ui creasing was done.: ;,".f: Mr. H. M. Pollock bas moved from New Bern and opened a grocery store next door to Mr. J. P. Brogden's. ' - There are several rural five delivery mail boxes on at the post office. Mr. Charles L. Abernethy will address the people at Trenton on Wednesday, October 15 on tbe issues of the day. Be sure and come out Over 1R0 bales of cotton were sold on Our marsej rnuaj, yrivea atYvrngiug about 8.20. ' ' It might be said that Trenton ra more pianos to its slae than any other town in Eastern Carolina. There is one to about every three families. The steamer "Howard" arrived Mon- dav evening with two negro passenger said to have come from a smallpox dis trict. Immediate artlon was ten by the towu officers and the eteanitr was authorized to take them back lm- medlatlr. , An enUrtaW.ent was plven one n'jrbt m week by tbeyonngn-enn! 1 r-r,trn t' ih Tonnir lad'es at Hott-1 Vr'F '" njoyedalongHtay and l.-wiit txci-:ng.
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