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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-06-23
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Sheriff McEachern Dead.


died Of paralysis at the residence
of his brother, Mr.. J. IL. McEach-
ern, near Lumber Bridge, last
Wednesday evening at Z o'clock.
The deceased had been in feeble
health for more than year be-
fore he was stricken with paraly-t
sis last November. For several |
months he had been gradually.|
growing weaker and his friends
and the public were not surprised
at his death.
Hector McEacbern was born
near Lumber Bridge In. November,
1910, and was in his fifty-seventh
year: He was attending General
D.. H. Hills school at Charlotte
when he entered the Confederate
army in May, 1861. enlisting i'll
Company G, 9th Regiment. He
was afterwards elected lieutenant
Of Company D, 51st Regiment,
and won much reputation for
bravery. He was slightly wounded
at Bermuda Hundred, but re-
manned at his post until the close
of the war, when he was captured
and imprisoned for four months
at Fortress Monroe. 3.
! He was elected to the Legisla=
lture in 1880 and served one term.
I'm 1887 he was appointed Sheriff
rof Robson county to fill out the
l1nexpired term Of F. J. Floyd,
who resigned, and was nominated
by the Democratic party and
!, elected in 1888, serving the full
term of two years. He received
a second nomination and election
: in 1892, and could have been nom
mated for the third time in 1894
> but declined to be candidate or
> account Of failing health. HI
: served as Sheriff for five years ane
the county never had a more eff
cient and capable officer.
The writer, who was a very init
mate friend of Sheriff McEachern
. can say without fear of contradic
:: ton that during the whole of hi
official service there was neye
. aught against HIM, either as al
officer or as a man. He. was a
. near without a fault as any MAJ
. who ever lived in the. county
. During his life he was regarded b
! all classes and colors as a high
toned gentleman in every respect
and he died without an enemy
- He was a ruling elder in Lumbe
i Bridge Presbyterian church, ser,
of ing in that capacity for a humble
80 of years.
:. The funeral was conducted {
the residence of Mr.: J. III. Nj
Eachern, only brother of the d.
l ceased, Friday by Rev. P. R. Law
- assisted by Rev. A. R. Pitmal
The services were attended bV
:; , largo concourso of friends and re
l,a atives, who paid their last So
:; tribute of respect to their friel
:; and kinsman: Quite a number
,so colored people were present
" show the high esteem in whit
,r they held him.
,o1 A high-toned gentleman wi
49, was loved and .honored for his p
- rity of life and Christian charact
-, has been called to his rewar
80 Robson county has lost. one =.
-, her very best citizens. go ~.
- A FRIEND.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-06-23

For want of room our stock is not SO large as
USUAL but every article we offer is a bargain and
we invite all to call and see us. ..sn i: : ~.
Yard wide Percales, best goods usually sold at
al;coas e. Eleoant Inc " lite Goods V;ctoria
Lawns, India Linons Check Lawns Etc, Sc. up
Marseilles worth 18c for: 1Oc, Swiss Organizes.
Plain .Organdies, Fancy Organizes worth To- to.
12Acj, Our cut price &c. Plain and Dotted Swiss
Mulls beautiful line of Laces and Ernbroideres--
everypattern new Plain and Novelty Dress hzgss
t>clt prices in Light and Medium Shades -
1875 Suits Men and Boys Clothing. No room
Ito carry them. We must sell them. Prices never
so low. Every piece New and Frst-class. See them
Hatsain the Late Nobby Shapes and Colors
Full assortment Of Groceries at Bottom Prices
Dontt fail to visit our Millinery Department
over DR.. Mcmillan 8 Drug Store.
Thankful for past favors. - x4.-- 60
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-06-23

crops have made wonderful
;progress in the last ten days. Tho
not weather il just what they have
'peen needing and theythave grown
very rapidly. Prior to this warm
spell they were small and back
ward.
a change has been made in the
services at the Presbyterian
church. Instead Of having preach
nhE morning and night twice IA
month, services are now heltkevcry
sunday morning, with no night
service.
The herald., 1897-11-06
GROWING MORE SERIOUS

The contents Of a very remarkable and
important letter written by Hannis Tay-
or, formerly United States minister to
Spain. concerning the Cuban rebellion
and the relations of the United States
to Spain, are given in the Associated
Press dispatches this morning. Mr..
Taylor declares positively that Spain
is deceiving the United States in it's
professions regarding autonomy for
Cuba, and that in any event the ruling
classes in Spain will never permit the
government to carry out policy that
would mean a triumph for the revolu-
tionists. He says that Canovas trifled
with the American government as If it
had been composed of children; and that
General Blanco has no authority to give
the Cubans autonomy. Otherwise he
would have proclaimed it upon his ar
rival at the island.
1t is certain that the Cubans will never
accept even autonomy. They are in
the struggle to secure independence or
death, and Spain is not in a position to
suppress the rebellion within any def
mite period. The situation grows more
and more serious. 1t begins to look as
if the intervention of the United States
must come; and that, we are assured
means war.
The herald., 1897-11-06

It makes the tariff more elastic, but It
also makes it more changeable than 1t
is at present. 1t gives the commission
power to increase duties. but it does
not give them power to decrease them;
at least it is not so specified in the BILL
The bill is not a measure to take the
tariff out of politics. 1t is a measure
to take the tariff out of congress. 1t
makes a tariff for protection the law
Of the land. The Democrats believe in
a tariff for revenue only, sufficient to
meet the wants of government eco
nomically administered. Suppose the
Democratic party should come into
power and appoint tariff commission.
That commission would have to levy a
tariff according to the Stone law. The
Democrats, of course, would at once
proceed, and properly too, to abolish the
law itself.
There are some features of the bill
that might work better than the pres
ent system of levying the tariff, but
the measure fails entirely in it's an
nounced purpose.
The herald., 1897-11-06
THE RAILROADS WON'T SUB
SCRIBE

The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
railways have decided that they will not
contribute anything to the fund for next
years Fiesta. The reasons given are
that they do not get returns for the
money invested and that the times will
not permit them to make donations for
the purpose.
Hitherto it had been quite generally
supposed that the railroads and the
hotels received more benefits from the
Fiesta than any other classes of busi
ness. 1t has often been asserted that
the retail merchants do not find their
Fiesta subscriptions directly profitable.
# the railroads and the hotels will not
contribute, the Fiesta project for next
year is apparently in bad way, as pub
lie opinion seems to be divided as to it's
expediency.
Those who have the matter in hand,
however. declare that the refusal of the
railroads to subscribe does not discour-
age them in their determination to hold
the festival and to t-do all previous
efforts in this direction. Should they
succeed they will be entitled to high
praise.
The herald., 1897-11-06
MURDERERS' FARCE ENDED.

The beginning of the end of the Cali.
fornia murderers' farce has been
reached. The supreme court of the
United States has dismissed the appeal
of Harvey Allender from the Judgment
Of Judge Morrow of the circuit court,
denying the appellant writ of ha beas
corpus. 1t may now be expected that
the penalty inflicted by the law will be
carried out.
Allender murdered Walburga Fellner
and Venanz Crosetti in San Jose in
August of last year. 1t was a case of
jealousy. The murderer was tried ana
convicted of murder in the first degree
He appealed to the state supreme court
which affirmed the verdict in the lower
court. His attorney, following the eX-
ample set in the Durrant case, appealed
appeal was denied. Then Allender was
permitted to appeal to the United States
supreme court.
1t is reasonable to suppose that the
dpptdlS VI w OIQeIl, IJuTTdnt, Hill ana
Ebanks will be given the same treat
ment accorded that of Allender.
The Stockton Mail, commenting on the
supreme courts decision, fears that such
will not suffice to stop the dangerous and
exasperating practice of trying to give
condemned murderers a longer lease OF
life through the medium employed by
the attorneys for California murderers.
1t is to be hoped that the Nails fears
are unfounded. While it is true that
decision of the supreme curt decides
only the case that is Immediately af-
fected, and that another of the same
kind may at once or at any time be
brought, still the precedent established
is usually respected without further
tests.
But, even should the murderers ana
their attorneys continue to make a
cats paw of the supreme court of the
United States, their opportunities ara
not likely to last very long. Senator
White has announced that he will i'll
troduce in congress a federal statute
cutting off such appeals, and surely
there can be no objection to its passa ge.
The herald., 1897-11-06
EQUABLE TAXATION

1t has been an evanescent dream with
honest lawmakers to devise an equable
plan of taxation that cannot be evaded
So many attempts have been made with
such poor success that many people have
come to believe that justice in taxation
and the collection Of taxes is impossi-
BILE. Still efforts in that direction con-
tinue, and if the millennium is possible
we may yet have a plan that will treat
the rich and the poor and those that
come in between alike. At present the
burden falls heaviest on the middle
classes.
Some time ago the governor of Mas
sachusetts appointed committee to in
vestigate the question of taxation. This
committee, three of whom are profess
sors in Harvard university, has lust
made its report. The document is signed
by ex-Councilor Barrus, c. T. Dunbar
T. ]. Coolidge and F. W. Taussig. 1t
should be understood that the plan rec
ommended by the committee is in
tended to apply to the state of Massa-
chusetts alone. The principle features
recommended are as follows:
/. An inheritance tax levied without
respect to realty as well as to person.
atty at the rate of per cent. with an
exemption for estates not exceeding
Sl0,000 and an abatement of $1,000 on es-
tates from between 10000 and s25 o0O
the revenue from this tax to be distrib-
uted from the state treasury among the
several cities and towns, one-half in
proportion to population. one-half i'll
proportion to assessed valuation.
2. A tax in proportion to house rent
ais: only the excess over $4oO of rental
being taxable.
g. Abolition of the present tax on in
tangible personally, such as stocks,
bonds and securities, loans on mort
cages, income; the taxes recommended
under one and two being relied on to
yield at least as large a revenue as is
row secured by the taxes to be abol-
ished
4. Assumption by the state treasury
of county expenses.
5. Appropriation by the state of the
revenue from taxes on the corporate
excess. now distributed among the
several cities and towns.
1t Will be noted that an Inheritance
tax is one of the principal features rec
commended. 1t cannot be charged that
such Il committee is guilty of an at
tempt to cOnfiscate wealth in making
such recommendation. The tax on
house rentals to be paid by landlords is
something new, but its good features
are easily observed. The committee in
explaining its recommendations upon
this point says that the house rental tax
is almost impossible of evasion, easy of
administration and certain to produce a
revenue. 1t is clear because the rental
value of a house is easy to ascertain.
1t calls for no inquiring into a mans pri
vate affairs.
1t is to be hoped that the state Of ,tas-
sachusetts Will make practical test of
The herald., 1897-11-06
ANCIENT CITIES
Discovered by Swedish Travellers in
Central Asia

STOCKHOLM. Sweden, Nov. 5.-The
most astonishing contribution to science
in many long year was contributed by
DR.. Sven Hedin, a young Swedish sa-
want, who has just returned to Stock
holm after four years sojourn in what
have hitherto been considered inaccessi-
BILE portions of Central Asia. Dr. Hedin
was backed by King Oscar and was alb
sent about four years. He mapped out
five different routes through the high
and difficult mountain ranges limiting
the Pamirs to the east. In these re-
gions important discoveries were made,
especially two old towns now buried in
the moving sands, with many paintings
and sculptures, proving the existence
OF high culture in ancient times.
Wild camels were found in great num-
bers. Only two days were passed with
out water Then the doctor continued
down the Tarim, the commercial river
system of which was mapped, and thence
to Karasan, Koria and Lake Lobnor, the
position Of which was finally deter
mined. Twenty-Five lakes were dis
covered. The people of this district, he
reports, are fierce and warlike.
The herald., 1897-11-06
COAST DHrENsns
Mekeljohn Now on His Way to Los
Angeles


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. SC. d.
Meikeljohn, assistant secretary OF war.
arrived from the north today. He is on
tour Of inspection Of western fortifica-
tions. and is accompanied by a party
consisting of j. c. Scofield, his private
secretary; Capt. G. F. Chase, third
United States cavalry at st. Louis: C.
E. Ware Of ST. Louis and G. A. Deane,
land commissioner of the Missouri Pa
cific railway. The latter gentleman has
charge of the party. which has been
travelling in his private car, Magnolia.
Secretary Meikeljohn and party left
st. Louis three weeks ago, and have
since visited Fort Leavenworth, Kas.;
Fort Crook, Omaha; st. Paul, Yellow
stone Park, where a stop of five days
was made; Helena, Seattle and Port
land. He expects to remain here three
days. and tomorrow will begin an in
spection Of the local Notifications, COM
mencing with those at the Preside.
where he will be rendered review by
the troops quartered there.
From here the party goes to Los An
geles. thence to Ell Paso, San Antonio,
Little Rock and Hot Springs, and ex-
poets to reach st. Louis on November 81.
The herald., 1897-11-06
Wolcott Won't Talk

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Senator Ed
ward o. Wolcott of Colorado and Cen
.ral Charles Payne, two of the monetary
commissioners appointed by President
Mckinley to confer with European gov
arnments concerning the feasibility of
establishing International bimetallism,
arrived here tonight on the steamer
Campania. The othe-' commissioner,
former Vice-President Adlai e. Steven
son, will return on later vessel.
Senator Wolcott and General Payne
asked to be excused from saying any
thing of their mission abroad.
The herald., 1897-11-06
A Land Office Job

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-The presi-
dent has selected Frank w. Mendell of
Newcastle, Wyo., as assistant commits
sioner of the general land office.
Mr.. Nendell is expected here in few
days and probably will take his office
at the middle of the month. He will sue
ceed Judge Emory of Georgia. Mr.. Men
dell was Representative at large from
the Territory in Congress. He is ma
tive of St. Louis; has lived in several
Western States and Territories; was
Mayor of Newcastle for seven years; has
been President of the Territorial Senate,
and was a delegate to the Minneapolis
convention.
The herald., 1897-11-06
Chinese Cheap Labor

JOLIET. Nov. 5.-There is a rumor
in circulation here that the operators at
Carbon Hill are planning to import Chi
nese laborers to take the place of the
strikers in the mines.
The company is at work moving its
house close to the shaft, and it is said
will build a stockade to include both
house and shaft. 1t is reported as COM
ing from one of the operators that as
soon as the company can get ready to
receive them. 600 Chinese will be shipped
and that if this experiment proves
success, other operators will follow suit.
The herald., 1897-11-06
Buried Together

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 5.-Angelina
Mendenhall, aged 81 years, died fifty
five hours after her husband had passed
away at the age of 50. The husband and
wife were buried in the same coffin to-
day, made double width. A few hours
after the husbands death, his wife
asked that she be allowed to see him
once more. The coffin was placed by
her bed and she said: Il am glad that he
is at rest" Those were her last words.
For fifteen years. Mrs. Mendenhall said
that she would not be present in life It
her husbands funeral. even if he died
first, for she would join him a few
hours after death.
The herald., 1897-11-06
A NEW TROJAN HORSE

An organized effort is being made to
take the tariff out of politics. At least
that is what the officials of the Tariff
Commission league declare. The league
Is an organization formed for the pur-
pose of urging favorab BILE action by con-
gress on H. r. 4056, bill For the rails
ing of revenue and the creating of a tar
iff commission and for other purposes"
introduced by Representative Charles
w. Stone, by request, at the last session
of congress.
The bill is being discussed by the COM
mercial organizations of the United
States, and will come before the local
Merchants and Manufacturers associa-
ton at it's meeting next Monday night.
AS an introduction the bill cites that
the difference in the cost of production
in the United States and foreign coun-
tries is the only equitable and just basis
upon which the rates of duties upon
imports should be levied, and that the
levy of this difference in the cost of
production is necessary to promote and
encourage domestic industries.
Section one of the bill provides that
the duty levied on all goods imported
into this country that come into COM
petition with similar goods manufac-
tured or produced in the United States,
shall in all cases be an amount fully
equal to the difference in the cost of
producing such goods.
Section two prescrbes a specific duty,
except in special cases where an ad
valorem duty may be added, or where
specific duties are not practicable an ad
valorem rate may be used.
Section three provides for tariff COM
mission, to be composed of one chief
commissioner and six associate commits
sioners, who shall be appointed by the
president with the advice and consent
of the senate.
Section four says that it shall be the
duty of the tariff commission to investi-
gate and ascertain the difference in the
cost of producing goods, and that the
difference shall be the minimum amount
of duty to be collected on such goods;
but that the amount so levied and col
lected may be increased, whenever it
is considered necessary, in order to raise
sufficient revenue to meet the appropri-
ations made by congress and all other
expenses of the government.
Whenever it is found that goods are
being entered at any of the custom
houses of the United States at less price
than that upon which the difference in
the cost of production is based, the COM
mission shall increase the duty suffi-
ciently to cover the difference, unless
it is found that the cost of production
in this country has been reduced in like
proportion.
The commission is permitted to place
a provisional duty on imports for the
purpose of encouraging infant" indus
tries.
There are other sections to the bill,
but enough has been summarized to
show it's general character.
How a bill that proposes to levy
tariff for both revenue and protection
will take the tariff out of politics is
hard to see. 1t seems to be simply a
new method of administering the pro-
tective idea. 1t takes the fixing Of tar
iffs out of the hands of congress and
places it in the hands of commission.
The herald., 1897-11-06

Just 1856 persons died in Havana in
three days of this week, while so per cent
of the people in the Matanzas district
are in danger of starving. If Spain cam
not keep people from dying at the rate
of 35 per diem in Havana, it's chief
stronghold in Cuba, it is difficult to see
how General Blanco will make much
headway ''pacifying the insurgents"
The herald., 1897-11-06

Ex-President Ezeta of Salvador who
was committed for contempt Of court by
an Oakland court apologized and set
tied when he found that he could not get
up a Central American revolution over
the matter.
The herald., 1897-11-06
Supervisors Fees

MODESTO, Cal, Nov. 5.-By a decis-
ion of Supreme Judge Minor today su-
pervisors who are eX-officio road COM
misioners will, under the county gov
ernment act. receive no compensation or
travelling expenses as such commission
ers, their only remuneration being sal
airy and travelling expenses as supervis-
ors The decision was on suit brought
by Supervisor Davis against Auditor
Post for mileage as road commissioner.
The herald., 1897-11-06
Little Pete's Murder

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5.-The sec
ond trial of Chun Woon Sing, charged
with the murder of Little Pete" whose
real name was Fong Ching, was sub
mitted to the jury at p. m. today. AT
10 O'Clock tonight the jury came into
court, announced that no agreement had
been reached and was locked up for the
night.
The herald., 1897-11-06
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION
State of California, County of Los Ange-

State Of California, County Of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. M. Holt. superintendent Of circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald being
first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
for the five months from February /, 1897,
to June 3O 1897 Qnclusive), the total circu-
iation of the said Daily Herald was 1890 6S5
copies being an average daily circula-
ton of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1071.567. being n daily
average of S3O6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219,059 being an average
tor each Sunday of 1O,431.
L. NJ. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of July, 1897
FRANK J. COOPER.
Notary Public in and for the County of
Los Angeles, State of California.
The herald., 1897-11-06
McKav's Body Found

HAVERSTRAW. N. Y, Nov. 5.-The
body of Algernon w. Mckay, who lost
his life in the New York Central railroad
disaster at GarrisOns, was found float
ing in the middle of the river off Iona
Island four miles below the scene of the
wreck today. Mckay was the private
secretary of Superintendent Van Eten
and was riding on the engine when it
plunged into the river.
The herald., 1897-11-06

a second meeting of the deciduous
fruit growers of Southern California
will be held at the Chamber of Com
merce of this city Nov. II, when an Or
the interests Of members will be formed.
That such an organization is greatly
needed is amply demonstrated by the
experiences of the past few years, and
by the success of similar organizations
in other branches of horticulture. There
will doubtless be large attendance at
the meeting. The call is printed else
where in this mornings Herald.
The herald., 1897-11-06
A Randsburg Suicide

RANDSBURG, Nov. 4-P. e. Smith
of the Wedge saloon. who came here last
January from Seattle, committed sui
eide at o'clock this morning by shoot
ing himself in the mouth with thirty
eight calber revolver, the ball coming
out the top of the head. The man seemed
in the best of spirits up to the time of
committing suicide, and no cause is
known for the act. The deceased was
well known and popular.
The herald., 1897-11-06
Insurance officials

HARTFORD, Conn, Nov. Sat a
today Stephen Ball of the
Hartford Insurance Company has been
elected President of the National Life
Assurance Association. Assistant Sec
retary Calkins was elected Secretary.
Mr.. Ball has been an officer of the Hart
ford Insurance Company for thirty
wears.
The herald., 1897-11-06
CRoKER'S COLD
Led to a Foolish Report of His
Death

NEW YORK, Nov. "a rumor that
Croker was dead was in circulation in
all quarters of the city from early morn
ing to late this evening. 1t also spread
throughout the country, and inquiries
as to the truth of the report were re-
ceived from points as far distant as
San Francisco. The Tammany leader
has simply slight cold, and will prob
ably be we'll enough tomorrow to start
on trip to Virginia.