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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-11-20

at all. But when they really consider it
incumbent upon them. they can accom-
p.ish it.
The President set a good example to
he nation by appearing at the coacert
on time. Promptly at eight o'clock he
ent.redh.s box at the upper right band
81. e. The orchet TIA 1889 to their feet
pla, ing the national hymn. the audience
rising ale: them Tx, enc man, aud
there was not heart 10 that multitude
which did rot be at th at music.
OF course no one vac in q concert
frame Of mind. Tie cannon smoke had
not wholly cleared from the air and the
same Fourth Of July epirit that had ex-
uited in the streets in the morning was
there, Intellectually disguised in dress
coat and opera hat. No one listened to
the first number. Beethoven's Symph-
ony in G major. 1t would have taken
something more penetrating than that
weakest and most immature symphony
OF the symphonic master to have caught
the attention Of that restless crowd On
the whole, considering the occasion. the
number was not fortunate selection.
During the andante movement. Gov
ernor and Mrs. Hastings, attended by
Mr.. and Mrs George Westinghouse, IT,,
entered their box on the upper left side.
And here I must degrees upon the
famous Mrs. George Westinghouse. jr.-
never forget the jr. Everyone knows
that George Westinghouse is the fore
most manufacturer OF electrical, appar-
atus in America. employing hundreds Of
men-who, by the way. are called the
Westinghouse slaves-and is a mighty
man. NikOla Tesla himself went to
work under him. But Mrs. George,
when he married hsr, was not exactly q
reputable person-shs now looks like
circus rider well along on the down
grade. Nov, although money is potent.
Presbyterian Pittsburg sill draws the
line on few things, and it drew large
black one on Mrs. George Westing-
house, cir" Her servant girl physicg
nom, did not help her out either. and
she we.rs an artifi:isl complexion and
had her hair-well, treated with sea
baths" as they say in Lincoln. Ireaily
never encountered such an extraordinary
person in reputable society. Oace up' n
time some generous woman did invite
her to a reception. ard Mrs. George took
q boy in buttons along to hold up her
train and entered the drawing room like
q princess of the hood when pr;ncesses
did such things. One OF the guests, q
really foe woman, was overcome by tho
situation and laughed. Mrs. George
made q face at her and flounced back
into her carriage md went away in
tears. After that she shook the smoke
OF Pittsburg out Of her per oxide tresses
and dwells haughtily apart at Lenox,
Macs. Their magnificent residence here
is called Solitude" and very fittingly
80. for she only deigns to visit her liege
lord once every few years on state occa-
sioLs. She came back last winter to en-
tertsin Count Hilkoff, the Russian min.
lister CT transportation, and this winter
she came back with the McKinleys and
left with them. Where or how the Nc
Kinleys picked her up. doL't know.
Well. back to the concert. The sec-
ond number was Campsnari's solo "V,s.
ion Fugitive" from Massenet's HerUd-
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-11-20

following among other ?
had and done. to-wi,:
Francis G. Faulkner as
Assignee OF the Con-
necticut River Saw
ings Bank, Complaic-
ant.
George f. 'Imtl lin. ct.
al, Respondents.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

Scotland Neck Commonwealth.
Mrs. Mary E. Whitehead, relict
of the late Jacob Whitehead. died
at her home in Scotland Neck,
Dec. 8.
Wilson Advance: The police
census. which has just been COM
pleted shows that we have a pop
ulation of s. O44. This, of course.
does dot cover the large floating
population which has no fixed
place of abode. If these could be
gotten at the total would doubts
less reach 1000 souls. AS it is,
we can show that the last census
report Chat of 1890 is far from
correct: that report credited Will
son with a population of 2. 900
Wilmington Star: It is some
thing unusual to see fine, red,
ripe Strawberries in December,
but Mr.. J, e. johnson, who trav-
els for McNair & Pearsall,
brought some berries to the city
yesterday that answered exactly
to that description. They were
takan from the strawberry field
of Capt. A. 4. Paddison, at Bur
gaW.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
SPEAKS FEELINGLY.

AS the Richmond Dispatch we'll
says, President KcKinley, in his
recent message, while advocat-
ing ratification of the Hawaiian
annexation treaty, ~antagonizes
the abrupt assimilation of ele-
ments perhaps hardly yet fit to
share in the highest franchise of
citizenship"
The President has reason to
speak feelingly on this subject
Thanks to his town party, no
President has suffered more than
Mr.. Mckinley from the assimila-
ton of elements not fit to share
in the highest franchise of cftis
zenship. The curse of negro en-
reimbursement the Republicans
sought to put upon the South
has redounded on President NC
Kinley with aggravating and
pestiferous force. Since his in
a~uguration there has been, we
are told, an unprecedented de-
mand from the colored man
and the brother in black
for recognition in the dis
tribution of the omces-such a
demand as to cause US TO wonder
if there was not more significance
than appeared at the time in the
warning in the Presidents inau.
gural address against "a citizen
ship too ignorant to appreciate
the great value and benefcence
of our institutions and laws"
And just here it is worthy of
observation that certain Republi-
can papers that are beginning to
recognize in the operations of
the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments a veriication of the
adage, "curses like chickens
come home to roost," are pro-
pounding avery pointed question
to their contemporaries that ia
vor annexation but endorse the
Presidents characterization ut
terance. Our inquisitive Republi-
can friends want to know how
the Republican party is going TO
reconcile the abrupt enfranchise-
ment after the war of the corn
field negro of the South with the
disfranchisement Of the native
Hawaiian.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

It will be seen that this total
estimate is much lower than that
of NELL, who puts his figures at
10, 500, 900.
Latham, Alexander & Co.'s
comments on the crop are as fols
lows:
"During the month Of July the
crop generally promised we'll, and
large estimates of the yield were
made. In August and September,
an excessive drought and other adj
verse conditions prevailed, and a
marked deterioration occurred.
During October and the greater
part Of November favorable
weather was the rule, and the crop
has been materially increased
thereby, Although the crop was
planted late, the drought forced
cotton to early maturity, and our
correspondents say up to this date
the crop has been marketed rap
idly. In opinion, the move
ment henceforth will not prove to
be in excess of the movement of a
normal cotton year. For a time
quarantine restrictions in a portion
of the South retarded shipments,
but to a much smaller extent than
was generally supposed"
Latham, Alexander & Co. have
a well-established reputation for
reliability and they have prob
ably come very near the facts in
their latest circular.
They put the total visible sups
ply Of cotton in Europe and at
sea at 3, 708, 1856 bales, against s.
81, 97Q bales . year ago; the cot
ton ma keted up to December z,
1897. at 5,478, O84 bales against
1866. O13 bales up to December
z 1897, 1896; the stock in United
States ports at 1,O87 1923 bales
against 1852 ,O23 last year, the
total exports up to date at 2,7O1,-
635 bales against 2.453, 247 last
year. The price of cotton. in
middling uplands, in New York
was on December z, 1897. 5 1916
cents; a year ago from that date
the price was z GIG cents.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

Weldon News: oome people
at work in a field near CASTOR last
week made a horrible discovery.
The saw a dog with something in
his mouth, and on examination it
proved to be the leg of a white in
FAINT. Investigation led to the dis
cevery of the mutilated remains of
the infant, It had undoubtedly
been murdered, as it's little skull
was badly crushed and there we're
other evidences Of the horrible
crime. The coroner was notified
and an inquest WAS held, but the
investigation failed to furnish a
clue to the guilty party or par
ties.
Salisbury Sun: There is a hen
on Chestnut Hill that is doing
something sout Of ordinary, or
rather above the apefnge. She
lays two eggs every day, and three
days in each week 1.-the eggs arc
double onas.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

Greenville Reflector: On last
Saturday morning about 8 o'clock
Mr.. J.. J.. Laughinghouse, near
Grimesland, lost a double barn
and $50 barrels Of corn by fire.
He says he has no idea whatever
how the fire originated. The loss
is about 5000 with only 5000 in
surance on building and 5000 on
the corn, which he carried in the
Farmers Mutual Fire Associa-
ton. Mr.. Laughinghouse has
been unfortunate in this direcs
ton, and every one will sympa-
thize with him in this additional
loss he has sustained. It was only
last winter that his splendid
dwelling house was burned.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
TOM BEED'S

From Virginia there are three
contests for seats in the United
States House of Representatives.
These are Wise (Republican)
against Young Democratic in
cumbent), Thorp (Republican)
against Epes democratic incum-
bent), and Brown (Republican
against Swanson Democratic in
cumbent). The cases are before
Elections Committee No. 8, of the
House, of which General James
A. Walker, Of Virginia, is Chair
man, and the Washington Post
says that the contestees feel very
lgloomy over the outlook, as they
declare that the policy Of this Con-
gress will be to GUST all Democrats
whose titles are contested.
To unseat any of the c%ontestess
would be an outrage, but
the Republicans are given to out
RACES of that character. Moreover
|one of the o missions made in
constituting Committee Nc. 3 was
Ian outrage. Not to have put
Hon. William A. Jones, senior
congressman from Virginia, on
the committee was an outrage
against fairness, decency, and
courtesy.
However, fairness, decency, and
courtery are not to be found in the
lexicon of Thomas Bracket Reed
when he has personal feeling
AGAINST a man, and Reed has in
tense personal feeling against Con.
.Igressman Jones. For cause, the
Representative from the FRS
Virginia District scored the val
liant Maine Statesman exposing
his record during the trying days
of 1861-'65 and showing that he
was invincible in peace and invisi-
BILE in war. He Inundated Reed,
and justly, as that worthy hae
never been Inundated before, anc
since Reeds r~eaccession to the
speakershlp, Mr.. Jones has hac
mo committee membership worthy
of his talents and ability. There
never was a greater exhibition o.
pettiness than is involved in Reed
treatment of the Virginia con.
Igressman, but if the Maine state
man can stand the public contempr
his course in this matter has ex.
cited, Mr. Jones can stand no
being sshonored'' at the hands Of
such a vindictive peanut politician
as presides over the House.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

The WEEKLY ARGUS has quite
a large number of delinquent sub
scribers on it's books.
The season of the year is now
at hand when the farmers have
money, and while their individ-
ual Indebtedness to this paper is
small the aggregate amount is
large to us. This is to notify,
therefore, all our delinquent sub
scribers hat unless they settle
their subscription to this paper
by the FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, or
come in and make satisfactory
arrangements with the editor,
their names will be dropped from
the mailing lists and their &C
counts placed in the hands Of our
legal collector.
This is a simple business state
ment and means just what it ex-
presses. We have been very in
dulgent with our subscribers, and
we hope they will now show
their appreciation by complying
promptly with this announce
ment.
The WEEKLY ARGUS for 1898
will continue to give it's readers
all the news that is fit to read,
county, State, national and inter
national, with up-to-date edito-
rails on all leading issues.
Address all communications to
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Goldsboro, n. G,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
THE COTTON CROP.

We have received from La.
than, Alexander & Co., New
York, their estimate of the press
ent cotton crop, based upon in
formation received from cores
pondents in all parts of the
South and travelling rep1esentas
tiYes Of the firm up to December
z.
From this mass of information
the following estimate of the crop
by states is made:
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

promise ana nope, vet
full of hidden dangers. Whether she will
upon the health and condition of the deli
cate, special organism which is the source
and centre of her womanhood.
The lives of young women are often
wrecked because of a mistaken sense of
modesty, which leads them to neglect the
earlier symptoms of feminine Weakness.
These troubles unless corrected, develop
into serious chronic difficulties which be-
come a dragging burden, running life's best
opportunities and blighting all possibility
of happy wifehood and motherhood.
Any woman suffering from these delicate
complaints needs the health-giving power
of DR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. II
heals and strengthens the w%o1nanly organs;
stops weakening drains; gives vitality to
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ganic s%oundness and constitutional energy.
1t is the only medicine devised for this puT-
in diseases of the feminine organism.
Mrs. w. b. Duncan, of Arlington, Mo, writes
81 have used your Favorite Prescription and
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DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription? p 1 told an
anxious mother, whose daughter rs years old
had not been right for five months, about the
two-thirds of a bottle of 'Favorite Prescription ,
She was all right. She had been treated by two
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DR.. Pierce's great thousand page illus
trated book, "'The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser" sent paper bound on
receipt of 81 one-cent stamps to pay the
cost of mailing only. Or, a handso1ue
c1oth-bouI,d copy for 81 stamps. Address
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Fayetteville Observer: The men

Fayetteville Observer: The men
who broke into Whaley's jewelry
store last week have been captured,
and are in custody in hope Mills.
Policeman Benton discovered that
white man was peddling specta-
cles on the streets, and following
this clue he caused their arrest
Wednesday. The white mans
name is Geo. w. Dorsey; the
other man is a mulatto, name an
known. Officer Benton has gone
to Hope Mill to bring them to this
city.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
} The Same...
Old Sarsaparilla.

That's Ayers. The same old
! sarsapari1la as it was made and
, sold by Dr. J. c. Aver SO gears
! ago. In the laboratory it is
| different. There modern app1i-
! ances lend speed to skill and
! experience. But the sarsapa-
] ri11a is the same old sarsapari1la
! that made the record-5O gears
! of ,sres Why don't we better
it? Well, we're much in the
! condition of the Bishop and the
! raspberry: Doubtless, he
said, "God might have made
better berry. But doubtless,
also, He never did," Why
don't we better the sarsaparil1a7
We can't. We are using the
same old plant that cured the
| Indians and the Spaniards. 1T
I has not been bettered. And
! since zoe make sarsapari1la COM
pound out of sarsaparil1a plant,
! we see no way of Improvement.
Of course, if we were making
J some secret chemical compound
! we might. But we're not.
We're making the same old sar-
sapari11a to cure the same old
I diseases. You can tell it's the
| same old s07sap09.ilI0 be-
cause it works the same old
! cares. It's the sovereign blood
| purifier, and-ft's Ayers.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
Without A Rival.

AS a positive cure for sprains, bruises,
and pains of all kinds, Salvation Oil
has no equal. Mrs. Frank Juif, 518
Gratiot Ave-, Detroit, Mich, writes :
ST used Salvation Oil in my family
and can say it has no rival as a lini-
ment; it certainly lures pains. I
sprained my ankle and it cured me
and since then I have always used it
for any pains and bruises" Salvation
Oil is sold for only Is cents. No other
remedy will do the work as promptly.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
les
rilla, Sales Talk" and ~
show that this medi- = Qh q -

cine has enjoyed public confidence and
patronage to a greater extentt than accord
ed any other proprietary medicine. This
is simply because it possesses greater
merit and produces greater cures than
any other. 1t is not what we say, but
what Hoods Sarsaparilla does, that tells
the story. All advertisements of Hoods
5arsaparilla, like Hoods Sarsaparilla it
self, are honest. We have never deceived
the public, n this with its superlative
medicinal merit, is why the people have
abiding confidence in it, and buy
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

Itch on human, mango IN horses,
dogs and all stock, cures in 80 minutes
by Woodford's Sanitary Lotion. It
eve fails. Sold by M. E. Robinson &
Bro, Goldsboro. N
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
ood'S
S~arsapari|Ia

Almost to the exclusion of all others. Try 1t.
Prepared only by I. Hood & Co, Lowell, Mass.
., are the only pills to take
hoods Pills with HOODS Sarsaparilla.
The record-union., 1897-06-25

Elections No. /, L. w. Royce, Indiana;
Elections No. 2, G.. w. Prince, Illinois.
Gals Of the French Embassy here ne
fuse to impart information concerning
any connection the anarchists have had
with the holocaust. NJ. LIE Faivre, the
First Secretary of the embassy, said
tonight that there had been no COM
munication received from his Govern
ment looking to the apprehension OF
the alleged leaders of the outrage, who
il is said, have fed to America. This
he thinks, would have been the case
had it been believed such persons were
engaged in the affair and had fled TO
this country. NJ. LIE Faivre was III
Paris at the time of the disaster, and
remained there for several days. I'm
mediately afterward there were inu-
nations in some of the newspapers at
tributing the catastrophe to anarchlStlc
sources, but publications of that char
acter soon ceased. Newspapers that
have since come to hand conveyed Ine
impression that the opinion that an
archists had been at the bottom of the
affair was inconsistent with the reai
facts in the case which, according TO
Investigations showed that the fire was
due to accident
The record-union., 1897-06-25
THE WAR IN CUBA.
Spanish Defeat the Insurgents in
Havana Province.

HAVANA, June 24.-ColoneI Gueli-
zeras, with column of troops. and act
ing in conjunction with the local guer-
rilla forces and garrison of Madruga.
has been engaged with an insurgent
force under the leadership of Aran-
gurea, which was entrenched in the
Sierra De Grille, near Madruga, in this
province. The Spanish troops, the Of
fetal report says, successfully dislodged
the insurgents from all the positions oc-
cupied by the latter, until the enemy
reached Abro Del Cafe, where the in
Surgents made a determined stand.
Eventually the insurgents were also dis
lodged from that place, and the Spanish
troops destroyed the enemy's camp.
The fighting, the official report adds.
lasted from from 3 o'clock in the after
noon until o'clock at night The in
surgents, in retreating, left ten men
killed on the field and the Government
force lost one Lieutenant and ten SOL
diers killed, and had one Major, one
Captain and 134 soldiers wounded.
Dispatches from Cienfuegos, Santa
Clara, say that active operations of the
Spanish troops have compelled many
insurgents with their families to seek
refuge in the Spanish lines
An official announcement Is made from
Pinar del Rio to the effect that twenty
five insurgents with their families have
surrendered to the Spanish authorities
in that part of the island.
The record-union., 1897-06-25
POLITICAL CRISIS.
rlay Result i'm a Radical Change in
Canada's Constitution.

NEW YORK, June pa dispatch
from ottawa, Ont, to the Press, says;
A political crisis that may result in
radical change in the constitution OF
Canada is imminent. The Senate, ma
jority of whose members are Tory dere-
licts of past Federal and Provincial
Governments, has declined to ratify GER
tain contracts made by the present Lib
eral Ministry. The Ministry have put
into the estNates items which will en-
able them 60 carry on the contracts
Should the Senate defeat them, an ap-
peal to the people against the Senate
will be inevitable.
The Liberal Ministry have a large
working majority in the Commons,
which is the popular branch. The Sen
ators are appointees of former Minis
tries, and hold office for life. Usually
they have recognized their position, and
busted themselves with hearing divorce
suits, formally approved bills and attend
ing receptions in Rideau Hall.
The Canadian Senate, practically for
the first time in its history, has under
taken to grapple with the House elected
by the people. The outcome of the bill
will be watched with intense interests,
for it may be the beginning of the end
of the Senate
The record-union., 1897-06-25
DECISION REVERSED.
Supreme Courts Ruling i'm the
SpreCkeIS Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.-The
Supreme Court to-day reversed the Su-
perior Court in the case of Claus
Spreckels VS.. the Hawaiian CONNER
cial and Sugar Company. The appeal
was from an order refusing to dissolve
a temporary injunction restraining the
corporate defendant from further pros
eeuting an action already commenced
by the defendant in the courts of Ha-
waii.
The defendant held that the courts of
this State cannot restrain residents
within the State from prosecuting an
action already pending before the in
junction suit was commenced, except
to prevent a multiplicity of suits.
In deciding the matter the Supreme
Court held that under the present law
the plaintiff cannot make a case which
entities him to the relief asked.
The case is one which involves the
ownership of 5000 acres of land, held
in trust by Claus Spreckels. For it his
two youngest sons, August and Ru-
dolph, brought suit in Hawaii. AS soon
as the papers were served Claus
Spreckels consulted his attorneys, Del
mas and Shortridge, who brought suit
for an injunction preventing the pros
ecution of the case in the islands.
To the injunction Bishop and Wheel
er replied for the sons The case came
up in Judge Troutt's department. After
a lengthy hearing his honor granted
the injunction and the sons took an
appeal which was to-day decided in
their favor by the Supreme Court of
tba State
The record-union., 1897-06-25
Nearly Crazed by a FIy.

A bookkeeper in local wholesale
house has been spending sleepless
nights for three weeks in fruitless ef
forts to make his books balance says
the Chicago Post" There was an ap-
parent shortage of 5000 that could not
be accounted for. He added up col
lumns and struck balances until he was
almost insane. He finally worked hlm-
self into that frame of mind that usual
ly lands q man in Canada, the insane
asylum, or a suicides grave, when the
manager of the house invited his con-
fidence. Then they went over the books
together, but the $500 shortage was
still there.
The head of the house was called in,
and the work of overhauling accounts
commenced again. They had not gone
far till they came to an entry of 81 800.
Why, that should be 81, ,0O0," declar-
ed the employer. How did it happen
to be entered s1,900?"
A careful examination showed that a
fly had been smashed between the
pages of the cash book, and one leg
made tail of the first cipher of the
$1,000 entry, converting it into 8.