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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD."
AN EXCELLENT A DVEBTISING MEDIUM
VOL. IS.
SMITHFIELD, N C. FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1899.
NO. 1
FRANCHISE RESTRICTED.
The Election Laws of Vari
ous States.
i i connection with the discus
i nw going on in North
.iroltna with reference to re
..rvting the franchise the fol
i . ,vin;j: synopsis of the constitu-
, 'nal requirements for a voter
;:, v.irkus States of the Union
: i.tv prove interesting:
The Louisiana franchise act,
;i.-oviiles that a qualified voter
r:,;st he a citizen of the United
:ates, a resident of the State
r two years, the county one
v. ar. and the precinct six months.
it unable to read and write as
: r.vitlcd by the Constitution,
:h.n he shall be entitled to reg--ur
and vote if he shall, at the
v.wi he offers to register, be the
orvt tule owner of property as
- i to him in the State at a
, .' i ui.m of not less than $300
the assessment roll of the'
. .iiritit year in which he offers
: icister, or on the roll of the
rattling year, if the roll of the
, . rrt r.t vtar shall not then hare
completed and filed, and on
w it such property be per-
. v.a or.lv, all taxes shall have
.v-i pai.i.
r.-.o South Carolina election
: ,v provides that a voter must
. d citizen ot the United States,
:rt,t of the State for two
vc '. the county one year, the
a:; tt ur months and the pre
, t tour months. He must
have paid for six months
; ie the election any poll tax
t ::t ii iluc, ar.d must read and
vr:ti any section of the State
Constitution, or can show that
i.e owns and has paid all taxes
i!ae the previous year on proper
ty in the State assessed at $300
'r more.
A voter iij Mississippi must be
.-: citizen of the United States,
who can read or understand the
Constitution, and who has paid
a!! taxes. lie must also have
1: voii in tne State two years! and
:n the c -untv and precinct one
car.
Tne laws of Georgia require
that to become a voter a citizen
mast have
ne vtar
resided in the State
and the county six
rn- nths. and nuist have paid all
i.;s taxes due since 1S67.
Conmeti-utt and Massachu
setts require voters to be able to
read and write the English lan
aaire, after a residence in the
:ate of one rear.
The States of Rhode Island,
Klaware, Maine, Massachu
setts, New Jersey and West Vir
ginia exclude all paupers from
the riht to vote.
In New York a voter is dis
. :a!ihed if he has been convicted
o; any crime, or who has paid or
; 'omised to pav compensation
ir giving or withholding votes,
or who has laid any wager on
the election.
The Vermont law is the most
water-tight of all. In that State
n one cjoi vote except those
ho have obtained the appro
bation of the board of civil au
thority of the town in which
they reside." Thtse boards ha-re
absolute power to say who shall
a 1 who shall not vote. It is
t' sfranchisenu nt on a scale never
fl reamed of in the South.
I'ersons Convicted of felony or
' t!:er infamous crimes, idiots,
i natics and those who deny the
t' -an of an Almighty God are
;: t allowed to vote in North
Carolina.
in Delaware a citizen must pay
t registration fee of $1 before he
is allowed to cast his ballot,
i n new Western States are the
m -t lileral in their franchise re
; i'rements. Colorado. Idaho,
V vorning and Utah allow any
eit.-of the United States, male
' " irmale, to vote, after residing
!;i ih-e State six months.
' 'reon allows white male eiti
i : us of the United States to vote
;'!ter residing in the State six
U-nnessee and Pennsylvania
ri a lire voters to have paid their
1 txes for the two years preced-
I '.,' the election.
A citizen of California who is
II aahle to read the Constitution
m English, and write his own
1 'nie, is not allowed to casta
t " .
1 he Australian ballot law, or
1 i'-an based on it, is in force in
' the States except North and
''th Carolina.
I h'e requirements for electors
!1 South Carolina, Louisiana
ississippi serve to almost
"nirdetely disfranchise the ne
.' voter, and he is, therefore,
not a factor in the politics of
those States.
The registration of voters is
no! required m the States of In-
-I . 1 -v . .
uiitua anu Oregon, ana it is pro
hibited by constitutional pro
visions in Arkansas anel West
Virginia.
Women are allowed to vote on
local questions in Arizona, Con
necticut, Illinois, Delaware, In
diana, Iowa. Kentucky, Massa
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota.
Montana, Nebraska, New Ilamp-
V. . XT T XT - . 1 T-k 1 .
new i ci si v, ini in 1 'a Kora , i
Oklahoma, Oregt.n, South Da-
kota, Texas Vermont, Washing
ton, Colorado r X Wiscorsin.
Envoys AnxiOUS tO Stop the;
War.
Manila, April 20 In the
course of yesterelay's conference
the Fihpipi'jo envoys told Gen
eral Otis that they had been con
quered, but said they had no
power to surrender without au
thority from the Filipino Con
gress. At a second conference
this morning, in which Dewey
and Schurman participated, the
request for the cessation of hos
tilities pending the convening
of congress was renewed. Otis
said he had no power to grant
an armistice on the basis sug
gested. The envoys returned
through the lines this alternoou
after lunching with Schurman.
General Otis promised amtiesty
to all offenders provided the Fil
ipinos surrcndereil uncondition
ally. Mr. Schurman, in an inter-
view, saui tnat at tne conference
he hael told the envoys of Pres
ident McKinley's intention re
garding the future government
of the Philippines. After the
cor.lerence Colonel Arguelles re
quested a conference with Schur
man alone, which was granted.
Arguelles begpn talking about
independence and suspension (t
hostilities, but Schurman de
clined to discuss these matters.
Schurman explained that the in
surgents, could, by laying down
arms now, help the Ameiican
commissioners frame ji scheme of
government for recommendation
to Presieient Mckinley, thus in
fluencing the determination ot
the future government and giy
ing them more dignitv thou a
suspension of hostdities. Schur
man was requested to write to
Aguinaldo, but refused. Ar
guelks impressed Schurman as
being sincere and honorable, but
not conversant with the secrets
of Filipino politicians. Schuman
was led to believe that the send
ing of the envoys was the iKgin
ning of the end. Arguella's mis
sion did not surprise him, as the
commissioners have held con
ferences with former insurgent
cabinet officers, who last week
advised Aguinaldo 's leaders to
surrender, as their cause was
hopeless.
Before leaving, the envoys vis
ited the Filipino wounded, giv
ing each a half dollar. They
said they were pleased with their
treatment. Arguelles said that
he believed that Lieutenant Gil
more and the missing sailors ol
the Yorktown were now prison
ers of the Filipinos and were
being brought across the island.
Attempt to Frighten Illiter
ate Whites.
The latest scheme ef the fu
sionists to defeat the proposed
suffrage amendment is to intimi
date or frighten illiterate white
men, by telling them that the
"grandfather" clause will be de
clared unconstitutional and void
and the remainder of the amend
ment will be enforced.
Of course the amendment will
be voted upon ftnd" adeipted as a
a whole and if one part of it is
enforced all of it will be. And if
one part of it is unconstitutional
none of it will be enforced.
When pie eating lusionists as
sert that the Democrats are op
posed to illiterate poor white
men yoling.it iswelltoask them
who gave the poor while men in
this State the right to vote? Our
older readers will remember that
the Democratic party, over forty
years ago, gave "free suffrage"
to all white men in North Cato
liua and remoyed the property
qualification. And the Demo
cratic party certainly is not
now going to take away the
right of suffrage from a large
class ot its own vol ers. Chat
ham Record.
You cannot accomplish any
work or business vnless you feel
well. If you feel used up tired
out," take Dr. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine.
Violets.
Mie nut 'em in a letter as sweet as
sweet could. 1e,
An writ u lino croun' 'oin, an' kissed
Vim sweet fi-r me
A little Inim-h c" violets that Mossrnud
roun the place.
An jest jirowed up in sweetness from
smilin' in Lcr face!
Mie said they wuz all crowin' fm? a
million they must In-!
lut the sweetest o' the violets wuz them
she kissed fer me!
An" I know they'a none kin lcat "cm
'ueath these here springtime skies
j Tlltv' sorter rot the look ' her, from
) smili"' in htr ev,s'
j An" 1 wear 'em Oh, I wear 'cm in the
j country in the street.
j 'Ttst where my heart kin hear 'cm say
thinirs about her sweet!
Ain't nothin' half so dear as them so
full o'.love an irraee,
lint they wouldn't he so purty
hut fer
milin in her face'
F. L. Stanton.
Cyclone In Missouri.
Wilmington Star.
Kiiksvdle, Mo., Apiil 2S. As
a result of the ternado that
swept through the eastern por
tion of the city yesterday even
ing, demolish ng half of the resi
idci'Cs and other buildings two
hundred families are homeless
and more than thirty dead bod
ies and seventy iijtireel persons
have been rt covered from the
ruins. More than a dozen in
jured will die. Although the
rescuers have been searchirir the
ruins ever since the storm spent
its lury, many are- still missing
and it is thought that a consid
erable number of the unfortu
nates weie ceuisumed in the
flames that broke out soon alter
the storm hael ceasid. The
work of rescue continues, but it
may be days before the total
number of victims is known.
When the tornado struck the
city last evening, most of the
residents we. e at supper. The
tornado cut a clean path one
mile l'ng anil six hundred 'ect
wide, through the residence st c
tion. leaving dt-ath and destitu
tion i:i its wTike. iluildiuos were
demolished or twisted apart ami
scattered to the lour winds. A
conservative estimate places the
agrcgatc amount cf tlamage at
LMMJ.OOO; the individual loss
ranging from $100 to $10,000.
The wind played many pranks
and there were some miraculous
escapes. J. C. Coonfie'tl and his
family were eating supper when
the tornado struck their home.
The house was picked up and
dumped against a hill. The
house was net completely
wrecked and the family escaped
wit .out anything worse tbau a
severe shaking up. Houses on
both sides of the residence of V.
M. Hull were blown into splin
ters, but the wind was content
with twistinng his house off its
foundation and leaving it intact.
The house was in the centre of
the district and it was used as a
hospital after the storm. P. J.
Reiger, a prominent attorney,
ran into the path of the storm
to save his family, who were
helpless with lear. Dashing into
the house he carried his wife and
children into the cellar. As he
stumbled into the place of safetj
the building was leveled to the
grout: tl.
Among the first of the build
ings wrecked was the elegant
ten thousand-dollar residence of
Mrs. Mary Hensley, in the south
western part of the city. Not a
vestige of it is left. The resi
dence of II. Lowell, just outside
the town, were twisted into a
heap of ruins and three of his
children were buried in the de
bris and killed. Other large resi
rlences were lifted from their
foundations and torn into kind
ling wood.
Brave Men Fall
Victims to stomach, liver and
kidney troubles as well as
women, and all feel the results in
loss ot appetite, poisons in the
blood, backache, nervousness,
headache anil tired, listless, i un
sown feeling. But there's no
need to leel like that. Listen te
I. W. Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He
says: "Electric Bitters are just
the thing lor a man when he is
all .run down, and don't care
whether he lives or dies. It tlid
more to give me new strength
and good appetite than any
thing I could take. I can now
eat anything and have a new
lease of life." Only 50.cents at
Hood Bros.' Drug Store. Every
bottle guaranteed.
Visiting Cards for either ladies
orgentlemen for sale at Herald
office.
Labor Troubles In Idaho.
WVrdner, Idaho, April 29
Wardcer, to day, has been the
scene of the worst riots since the
deadU labor w ar of 1892. One
man is dead, another is thought
to be mortally wounded, and
property, valued at $250,000
has been destroyed by giant
powder and fire. The damage
was done bv the Union miners
and sympathizers from Canyon
Creek, about twenty milesrom
W ardner.
This mornine a mob cf from
800 to 1,000 men, all of them.
armed and many ol them mask
ed, seiz:d a train at Burke, the
head of Canyon Creek. There
were nine box cars and a pas
sender co?ch and they were
black with the mob. The visi
tors brought with them 3,000
pounds of giant powder.
After a parley of two hours,
1-iO masked men armed with
Winchester rilles, the Burke men
in the lead, and those from
Wardner ollowing. started witn
yells for the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mill and other" build
ings, a third of a mile from the
depot. They sent pickets ahead,
and one of the pickets fired a
shot as a signal that the mill
was abandoned. This was mis
understood by the main body ol
the mob who imagined thatnon
union miners in the hills had
opened fire on them and the' be
gan firing upon their own pick
ets. About 1.000 shots were
thus exchanged between the
rioters and their pickets, anel
ack Smith, one of the pickets,
formerly ol British Columbia.
and a noted figure in
drill
con-
tests was shot ilead.
By this time, the strikers had
taken possession of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mill which
they found deserted, the man
ager having elirected his em
ploy s not to risk their lives by
battling with the mob. Pow
der was called for anel sixty "U
pound boxes were carried from
the hotel to the mill. Theheavi
est charge was placed under the
brick office building; other
charges were placed around the
the mill. Then the boarding
house, a frame structure, was
burned. Fuses leading to the
charges were lighted, and the
strikers, carrying the tlead body
of the picket, retired to a safe
distance.
At 2.36 P. M. the first blast
went off. It shook the grtund
for miles, and buildings in Ward
ner, twe miles away, trembled.
At intervals of about sixty sec
onds four other charges went off,
the fifth being the largest, and
completely demolishing the mill.
The loss to the Bunker XI ill cc
Sullivan Companv is estimated
at from S250.000" to $300,000.
In a few minutes the strikers
went back to the station, the
whist!-: was blown for strag
glers, the snob climbed aboard
and at 3 o'clock, just three
hours after its arrival, the train
started lor Canyon Creek.
Duiingthe fusilade from the
guns ol the mob im Chain, a
Bunktr Hill auel Sullivan mine
man. was severely shot through
the hips". It is reported that he
was carried eff b7 the strikers
and that his wound is probably
fat ii J I- Rogers, a - stenogra
pher in the employe of the com
pany, wns shot through the lip,
hut his wound is a trivial one.
This morning the non-union
mir.eis at the Bunker 1 1 ill and
Sullivan mine had warning ol
the coming of he inch and left
the mill, and took to the hills.
Thev' liaye not been seen since.
Uniori nun woiking in the Last
Chance, left the mine this after
noon, presumable to take part
in the i iot.
The present strike in the Couer
d'Allcne mining district began
about ten days ago, and is di
rected principally against the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine
at Wardner, where non-union
men arc employed. The de
irands ef the miners for increas
ed wages were met by the mine
owners, but the miners demand
that the union be recognized ar.d
that non uuion men be discharg
ed was refused, nd the Last
Chance mine closed to-flay. The
Bunker XI ill and Sullivan, how
ever, continued to run with non
union men until to-day, when
they were driven out.
To-night the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mine is closed indefinite
ly. With the mill wrecked it is
impossible to handle the ore oro
duced at the mines. The Last
Chance mine is likewise closed
down It has been getting pow-
er from Bunker Hill mine, and!
will prevent the Last Chance
from working for the next three
months or until its own com
pressor is completed. Mean
while the total working foie'e of
th town is laid off.
The wrecking of the mill plant
involves the livelihood of six
hundred men. The Bunker Hil
mine, up to thetimeof thes'rike,
h;' been working 3G0 men and
the mill 90, while the Last
Chance altogether employed
150 men.
Fiifpinos Crushed.
Manila, April 30 Before Ma
ior General Otis had issued the
order directing Major General
Lnwton to return to Angat yes
terday, pending rhe conference
with the Filipinoconimi&sloners,
the troops of his command en
countereel the rebels in a circle of
hiils outside San Rafael, about
five miles northwest of Angat,
dislodgiug them after au hour's
fighting. The Americans had
three wounded. A thousand
armed Filipinos fell back as the
Americans advanced.
The villagers met General
Lnwton, offering hira provisions.
They dare not lice into moun
tain country on the east, be
cause of the robber tribes there,
and on the west are the troops
of Major General McArthur.
When Dean C. Worccster.ol the
United States Philippine Com
mission, said to Colonel Manuel
Arguelles that the Americans
were under no obligations o re
Irain from fighting, the Filipino
fjffieer replied:
"Would vou fight while we
are discussing terms of peace?"
Air. Worcester responded with
the sucirestion that an armistice
would give the Filipino leaders
time to escape.
"My God! Where would we
escape tor the ruipino ex-
elaiuuel, refeiring to the men
acing hostile tribes behind the
Filipino lines.
General Arguelles said also
that Aguinaldo expected Calum-
pit to be the cemetery ol the
American army.
Lieutenant Colonel Wallace, of
the First Montana Regiment;
Major Adamsand Major Shields,
who slept on Friday night in
Major Luner's camp, where they
went to inform the Filipinos
that their envoys would retuin
in safety, found the Filipinocom
mander cordial, the Filipino
troops removing their bats as
the Americans passed. The Fil
ipinos complained to them that
the Americans used explosive
bullets. The American officer
retorted that the copper shells
used by the Filipinos were worse
than explosive bullets. General
Luna said he regretted being
obliged to kill Americans, but
that was his business.
The so-called Filipino Congress
will meet at San Fernando to
morrow, and peace or war will
be considered. In the course of
the conference yesterday Jacob
C. Schurman, chairman of the
United States Philippine Com
mission, told Colonel Arguelles
that if the insurgents would now
lay elown their arms he and his
colleagues would consult Jhem
regareling the plan of govern
ment to he submitted to Presi
dent McKinley. He could assure
them that there woule! be a pre
sumption in favor of their sug
gestions, adding that the Com
missioners would be especially
desirous of satisf3ing the legiti
mate aspirations of the Filipi
nos. Millions Given Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern in
the land who are not afraid to
be generous to the needy and
suffering. The proprietors of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds,
have civen away ten million
trial bottles of this great medi
cine; and have the satisfaction
of knowing it has absolutely
cured thousands e f hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis,
Hoarseness, and all diseases of
the Throat, Chest aod Lungs
are surely cured by it. Call on
Hood Bros.', Druggists, and get
a free trial bottle. Regular size
50c. and $1. Every bottle guar
anteed, or price refunded.
Suicide by poison is not more
censurable than by refusal to
cure yourself of Female troubles
with Simmons Snuaw Vine
Wine or Tablets.
Recent Flehts at Samoa.
Api, Samoa, April 18, via Auck
land. N. 2, April 27. Further
details of th lighting which oc
curred at Vailele ou Apui 1,
when two American naval offi
cers and one British officer
were killed, show that oac hun
J 1 r . i
ureu oi uie luataaiaus werc
killed or wounded
A deserter from the Mataafans
says that Lieut. Lansdale and
Ensign Monaghan of the Ameri
can crusier Philadelphia were ic
tiring ironi tae battlefield when
a Chief, who was srrtina fnr ,1,
natives, saw them. He shouted
to the rebels, who were retreat
ing, and they returned and shot I
and killed Lieut. Lansdale. They
also shot Ensign Monaghan,
but his wounds were not fatal.
iic iougnr. until ne was over
powered by the natives, who
then killed him by cutting off hi.
, , . . .
utner aeserters trom the rebels
declare that in December the
uermans sent to the Mataafans
quantities of cartridges which
wereconcealed in bags of rice
and sugar.
On April 8 a German schooner
attempted to leave the harbor
without reporting her departure,
as ordered by Admiral Kautz.
bhe was brought to by a shot
that was fired across her bows
Ly the Philadelphia.
The Mataafans are now oc
cupying Vailima, the home
of the late Robert Louis
Stephenson, and the country in
that vicinity. There is much
fighting between them and the j
1 amasese ftiendly natives.
There was a battiest Muliangi,
fifteen miles from Apia, on April
o. Lieut. Gaunt, of the British
cruiser l'orpoise landed there
with 100 men. The British force
was attacked by 2,000 Mataaf-
....... " - ' "H"" - -
one ann 'titer a tirir titrnr
com pencil io retire, i ne ngni-
ii . i i !- ft. I
ing continued to the water's
cage. iuc uritisn were com
pelled to swim to their cutter
under a heayy fire.
A small party of friendly na
tives thereupon charged with
reckless courage upon the vil-
Iage, which was burning, and
urovc tue.uaiaaiansout. l.cuz.
Gaunt returned to support the
friendlies. Ultimately all with
drew from the village. Only four
of the British force were
wounded.
The cutter meanwhile had ex
hausted all of its Nordenfeldt
ammunition, ana tne l'orpoise
shelled the bush to the rear o
the village. The Mataafan loss
waseignt kiueo ana wouuaea.
Tbeie was desperate fighting
on April it at v anima. trie
Mataafans, who were strongly
tortlhetJ, liew the Uermatl nag
from their positions. The ships
shelled the rebels, but their fire
had but little effect. Lieut.
Uaunt. leading lu irienaiy na-
uves anu supponeu uy lanu
and Masauga friendlies, stormed
the first position under a heavy
r -li t J l At j
lusuiaae ana urovc out iuc "e-
tenaers, wno iook reiuge in tne
second fort, 150 yards in the
rear of the first one. The Tanus
and Masaugas tried to bolt
when the fighting became hot,
but Lieut. Gaunt drove them
back at the point of his revolver.
After repeated efforts Lieut.
Gaunt found that the second
fort could not be taken and he
retired. Several of the attack
ing force were killed or wound
ed. Lieut. Gaunt captured a
Get man flag that was flying on
the first fort. His own friendlies
fought splendidly.
As they returned Capt. btuart
signalled from the warship Tau
ranga, '"Well done, Gaunt's
brigade." The American and
British sailors loudly cheered
them.
A German ex-officer, named
Buelow. armed 400 rebels and
started with them in thirteen
boats for Savaii. The German
warship Falke, with Herr Rose,
the German Consul, aboard, pur
sued them and brought them
back.
Berlin, April 27. An official
dispatch from Apia, dated April
18, states that after the arrival
of the last mail the United States
cruiser Philadelphia went to
Pago Pago. The British war
ships continued to bombard the
coast villages of Upola. Slight
engagements have occurred on
shore.
A collision on April 17, three
miles from Apia, ended in the re
treat of Malietoa Tanu's people.
About seventy natives were
killed or wounded. None of tbe
J Europeans were hurt.
AZSQVUTLLY
Makes the food more
wovm bwwh)
Tornado Picks up a Prai
rie Fire.
Colendge, Neb., April 30. A
" ,c. 1 "urnmg n nay
in I
flats along the northern tier of
counties of Nebraska, ten miles
from here, passed into the track
of a tornado yesterday after
noon and was swept diagonally
across this county for twenty-
live miles, destroj'ing everything
in its path. The property dam
age is known to reach into the
uc oniy nves reported lost
I T-1 1 I- . 11
are thn of Tr T?ite t
ston and her five-year-old boy.
The woman saw the fire romino-
and ran to a pasture to release
the stock. The l.ov
her. Both were knocked down
by the terrified animals and the
Ire passed over them. The
body of the boy was almost con
sumed and Mrs. Livingston
lived but a few hours
A number ef herds of cattle
were overtaken and consumed.
A large number of farmhouses
were destroyed and the families
escaped only by racing beyond
the track of the storm. The
path of the fire was nearly one
mile wide. The farmers manag
ed to put out the flames along
the bottoms after the tornado
bad passed over.
A Russian iceBroaklnir
Steamer
kus.ih 1 iinirn in pvirtpnri in
these dav f,r8t .because of the
- - - -
prominence given to that coun
try by the Czar s call for the
peace conference, and, second.
through reports of activity and
progress in various fields of en
terprise. The great Trans-Siberian
Railway is pressing
stcadily onward toward itagoal,
ua tuf. n,.;--,.
are making
themselves masters in Manchu
ria and the northern provinces
of Mongolia and of China.
While they have been staking
almost everything upon the ac
quisition of a seaport and rail
road termitius.on the Pacihc be-
Iow the jinc of beavy ;ce that
bas aiwavs closed Vladivostok
and tbe Siberian harbors, one ct
their enterprising nayal leaders
has been hard at work inventing
a way to open icc-bound har
bors by mechanical means. St
nffsI.hr heretofore hna heen
shut off from sea traffic during
several winter months, like
Duluth and other of our great
lake ports by tbe jce tbat forms
on tbc Neva. Admiral Maka
rofr wbo hflS lonj been exneri
menting with ice-breaking steam-
r
ers, has at last invented a huge
piece of naval construction that
accomplishes the desired end. It
plows its way with remarkable
rapidity through solid ice, leav
ing behind a broad channel in
which other vessels may safely
navigate. This invention will
not greatly diminish the Russian
zeal for the China Sea and the
purpose to maintain Port Ar
thur as a great Russian mari
time rendezvous and railroad
terminus; but along thousands
of miles of frozen coast-liu? on
the Baltic, the North Pacific,
and the Arctic 0.eantbcre will
be ample opportunity to use
Makaroff's ice breakers. Review
of Reviews.
Greenville Reflector. We bear
that on Wednesday a'ternoon
near Kilquick, in Edgecombe
county, a woman went out to
the well to draw a bucket of
water and fell dead by tbe well.
A messenger was sent for her
husband, who was away from
home at the time. He got in his
buggy and started home, but fell
dead before reaching there. We
could not learn the names.
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STATE NEWS
Weldor. News: Plans have
leen perfected for the construc
tion of the (silk mill to be erected
at Koanoke Junction, four miles
above Wetdou. The building
will be a brick structure, 315
feet long and 78 lect wide. Work
on the construction will begin
about July 1st.
Scotland Neck Common
wealth: There has rcen a re
port prevalent here recently that
a big, fat, sletk negro has been
going around amongst the col
ored people and tellintr them
that all who pay him 25 cents
will be entitled to draw from the
Government money whicb is in
keeping for tlum.
Salisbury Truth: Two color
ed boys, Wiil Steele and Claud
Bowden, thirteen or fourteen
years of age, were up before
Esrmire Murphy last Saturday
charged with highway robbery.
They held up and eearched Ar
thur Thoma, white, near Salis
bury last week. Tbry were
found guilty and ordered to be
well whipped by their fathers.
Weldon News: A band of
Gypsies were in camp for several
days at Bass' Crossing on the
R. and G. Railroad last week.
While there they traded horses
with any and every one wbo
stopped long enough to listen
to them. Several Halifax coun
ty people made trades with this
roving baud, and were badly
cheated o a matter ol course.
Kinston Free Press: Mr. B.
C. Turnage-, wno clerked for his
brother, Mr. T. L. Turnage, in
Pitt county, about three miles
from Farinville, wns murdered
Tuesday night and the store
was I urned. We learn by 'phone
from Snow Hill to-day that
there is so much excitement at
the scene of tbe crime that facts
are hard to learn. It seems that
Mr. T. L. Turnage, proprietor
of the store, and wbo lives near
by was awakened this morning
bvtheglaieof the store being
on fire, anel rushed through the
flames and got tbe body of his
brother out before it was burn
ed. His brother's throat was
cut, his head badly beat up, and
there were several gashes on his
hands and bis body was cut in
several places, as if he had been
in a fevere fight. The murdered
man evidently made a desperate
resistance. The store was evi
dently robbed, the clerk murder
ed, and the store set on fire to
tide the crime.
Charlotte News: A deplorable
tragedy occurred in the Hickory
Grove section of Mecklenburg
county Tuesday afternoon. Mr.
Hugh Russell, a young man 19
years old, was accidentally kill
ed while in tbe act of taking his
gun from tbe rack on the side of
tbe wall. Shortly after dinner
young Russell decided that he
would go squirrel hunting. He
went into the house to get his
gun, saying that hi would clean
it before Ufeing. This statement
indicated that Mr. Russell was
not aware that ihe gun was
loatled. The gun rack was high
er than Mr. Russell could rench
without getting em something,
so be got on a chair and was in
the act of stepping to the floor
when the gun was discharged.
At the time he must have had
the muzzle pointing towards bis
head, for the entire load took ef
fect just above the right ear,
almost completely tearing away
the skull from that side. Tbe
young man fell to the floor in
stantly and died before any one
reached him.
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