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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10

and The constitutionality Of the Walton
slaw attacked. The House committee
on pensions TODAY favorably reported
the bill pensioning at $12 month the
surviving members and widows of
members of the organization during
the late war known as the ''East Ten
/ nessee Bridge Burners.
{ THURSDAY Reconsideration OF the bill
making appropriations for the District
of Columbia for the year ending June
80, 1898, engaged the attention of the
House to the exclusion of almost all
{ other business. The further confer
ence asked by the Senate upon the I'M
migration bill was agreed to and
B Messrs. Danford rep. J, of Ohio, Will
4 son, DEM, of South Carolina, and
siBartholdt rep, Of Missouri, were re-
sappointed conferees.
d FRIDAY. The house, with few excep
q tons, applied lrself to the considera-
8 ton of the unfinished business, and
4 while thus engaged disposed of sixty
n one private pension bills. Reports
Mwere presented and ordered printed
s upon contested election cases cf Benolt
81 VS. Boatner, from the Fifth district OF
q Louisiana the second from that dis
81 trict this Congress); of Hopkins VS.
d Kendall, from the Tenth Kentucky dis
8 trict, and of Beattie VS.. Price, from tn.
81 Third Louisiana district, all in favor o.
81 the sitting members. The conference
q report on the military appropriation
q bill was agreed to. The evening ses
B sion was devoted to private pension
b bills.
81 SATURDAY. House in committee
81 of the whole concluded the considera
81 ton of the bill making appropriation
81 for the expenses of the district Of Co
b lumbia, for the year ending June 81
81 1858, and then passed it. But fey
81 amendments and those unimportant
Is were made in it. The bill to amend tn
81 Wilson tariff act, SO as to permit tn
81 Treasury officials to sell forfeited oplu1
N to the highest bidder and not requir
81 them to secure the amount of the dut
q of $40 pound, was passed.
q MoNDAY-The copy OF the returns {
q the votes of the several States for Pre-:
b idential electors, which the law direct
8 shall be sent to the Speaker, were lai
a before the House and will remain O
E the table until the official canvass
b the vote is made on Wednesday.
81 Talbert, Democrat, Of South Carolin
e. endeavored to get before the House
e concurrent resolution of the Legisl
D ture of his State favoring Cuban reco!
Snition, but objection was made to i
Breading and printing it in the Recor'
81 Mr. Talbert was compelled to conte1
g himself with reference of the resol7
81 ton to the committee on foreign affair
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Minor AyIenLiUu.

jacksonville, Fla, is to have q baby
show for colored infants.
The fifteenth annual meeting Of the
American Forestry Association was
held in Washington, D. G.
The Wilmington On. c. Star says
that the government work on the forti
ications at old Fort Caswell is being
pushed rapidly.
1t has been given out that VIM. J..
Bryan will make one or two speeches
in Virginia during the coming State
campaign in the interest of his friend
Daniel, and to talk against trusts.
President Eliot, of Harvard Universe
ty, has offered to Secretary Olney the
International Law Professorship Of
that institution, and Mr.. Olney ha
taken the matter under consideration
The Kepp Gear Wheel and Foundr,
Company's works at Allegheny, Pa.
has been destroyed by fire. There i
not another such works in the Unitet
: tates. Loss $50, 900; insurance So,
30.
The National Banks in New York ar
! reducing their circulation. One reason
Tor this course is the prospect of lon;
period Of easy money, and another
the high prices at which government
bonds ore ruling.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
One effect of Ii Hung Chang's Wis

One effect of Ii Hung Changes visit
to England and America IS seen in thu
appointment by him of two Chinese
women as delegates from China to THE
women's congress which will meet IL
London in 1898. The delegates are Miss
Marguerite Whang and DR.. Hukine
Eng, both Of whom were educated In
The United States. This Is a remarka-
bic concession from China, which has
never believed in women taking par,
IN anything outside of home life. 1t is
1 even a concession for Earl Ii, who die
not appear to approve Of the advance
ment which he saw women had made
here and in England.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Nearly Il Century Old.
st Washington Tuesday the Angle

Venezuelan arbitration treaty was sign
ed by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador, and Senior Jose Andrade,
The Venezuelan minister, in the Office
of the Secretary of State, at 80 O clock,
signalling the amicahle termination OF
a controversy that has lasted nearly a
century, as well as the resumption of
diplomatic negotiations between the
two countries, which had been suspend
ed for ten years.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Miscellaneous

Albert M. Billings died at Chicago
Ill, leaving an estate of about $40,
900, 900.
South Carolina has taken no steps t,
secure a representation of the State's
resources and productions at the Ten
nessee Centennial exposition.
Edwards r. Taylor, alias Arthur w
Plat, who is under arrest in London
England, for killing Jesse Tyree il
kentucky in 1885, has been extraditet
in the the Bow street police court ant
will be brought back to America q
nee by the Kentucky officials VIII
went there to secure his extradition.
Thos. Bateman, who was twice presi
dent of the Primitive Methodist confer
ence. lied in London
At Iufalo, n. Y, DR.. w. G. Klatte
q years old, dentist of Charleston
Is. c., was arrested owing to doubts a
TO his sanity.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
AS "ORDINARY LIFE"
Tennessee Decision That Affects Fra
ternities.

ternities.
A special dated from Chattanooga,
Tenn. says: "a decision handed down
|by Judge c. D. Clark, of the United
States District Court, in the case of
Gertrude H. Whiteside VS.. Improved
Order Heptasophs. materially affects
|all fraternal insurance orders in
America.
I'm overruling defendants motion
flor new trial in suit for recovery, on
Ia benefit certificate, payment on which
: was denied for the reason that the as
asessment necessary to the good stand
ing of the deceased member had not
been made as required by the supreme
! laws of the order, the court held that
sfraternal orders were on the same lega
footing as ordinary life insurance com
2panies, and that local tinancier of 6
Hodge could waive requirements of 6
8supreme conclave.
s The opinion is sweeping and will
acause special attention at all supreme
meetings"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
WORK FOR THE NEW CONGRESS
To Pass Tariff Bill and Authorize 8
Monetary Commission.

~ dSS d i dr1A Dill anu f1uOuOI1ZC q L
Monetary Commission.
Concerning the policy which will be /
pursued by President Mckinley and Sec!
.retary Gage after the Inauguration u
the new Administration, it is gathered
from their friends that at the extra ses-
] sion Of Congress to meet March Is moi
Eactual currency legislation will bel
passed, all efforts being devoted to the
passage of the tariff bill now preparing
in Washington. The currency ques-
ton will, however, come before Con-
sgress in the shape of bill authorizing
j thessappointment of monetary COM
mission to investigate the whole subject
kof currency reform.
3 It is Mr.. Cages idea that this com
Emission be as nearly as possible non
Bipartisan in character, and that it shall
&consist of practical men representing
FALL shades of opinion. The plan for the
sscommission will be practically that
8adopted by the national monetary con-
i vention at Indianapolis, and will pro-
wide for a commission of eleven persons
ITO be appointed by the President of the
4 nited States within thirty days after
8 the resolution becomes law.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
What Becomes OF the Milk.

Trained nurses and their field Of work
were being discussed by prominent
club of this city few days ago, and
one of the ladies, in demonstrating the
care of Infants, held up a chamois
model of baby's stomach about rs
large as a good-sized oyster, and ex-
claimed for her climax: "Now, what
becomes of all the quarts of milk that
are poured into that little stomach"
There was a startled silence, broken
10y a young woman In rear seat, who
murmured, lugubriously: "Well, most
OF II goes into your lap"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
A Cotton Planters Trust.

Vice-President Hector D. Lane, Of
the National Cotton Growers Associa
ton, was in Atlanta, Ca, recently il
conference with President Broughton.
of the Georgia Association. They were
planning for more thorough organiza
ton. Col. Lane states that three con
ventions Of cotton growers will be held
one in Waco, Texas, the second at Mem
phis, and the third in Atlanta. TIL,
purpose of the conventions will be t.
reduce cotton acreage and perfect a sys
tenn of correspondence which will keel
up with the acreage and condition O
the crop throughout the season.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Way of the Spendthrift.

The comparative statement Of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the United
States for the month of January shows
that the expenditures exceeded the re-
ceipts by 50, 952, 800. The receipts
were s24, 316, 994, and the expenditures
$50. 2O9, $3.50. Large interest payments,
amounting to ST., 764, O51, swelled the
deficiencncev for the month The ex-
cess of expenditures over receipts since
Iulv 1st, 1896, the beginning of the
fiscal wear. S43, S54, 1872 in January,
500. the expenditures exceeded the re-
ceipis by s., 291, go.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10

When the University Of Chicago was
started, it was thought good policy tc
secure eight or ten of the best men ii,
he country by offering them the un-
'receden:ed salary of $1,000. But aside
from the few men thus favored for e
special reason at the beginning, Other
salaries have been fixed upon about thu
scale that obtains at Yale, Harvard
md half a dozen other first-class insti
,utions. In other words, $1,000 Is the
maximum that any instructor ma,
nope to reach, while the rank and fiji,
|of the men are paid from $500 to 50,
|5Oo.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Attracting Much Attention.

The question of whether or not Viz
ginia shall hold a constitutional con-
vention is one that is attracting much
attention all over that State at present,
The Legislature at its last session pro-
vldes that the voters shall on the fourth
thursday in next May say whether OF
not there shall be convention to make
new constitution. If that PROPOSE
ton receives favorable consideration
the Legislature will make provision for
holding the convention.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Further Legislation Necessary.

AsWashington special dated Feb. 9Th,
says: "Replying to a House resolu-
ton asking what steps have been
taken to collect or procure settlement
|of the principal interest of certain State
bonds and stocks, now belonging to the
United States, Secretary Carlisle trans
mits a communication from the Attor.
!ney General indicating that further leg
islation by Congress is necessary be
fore the Department can enforce 6
settlement. The State of Virginia re
fused payment on her bonds when til,
demand was made.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
HOTTSF

TUESDAY. -The House passed the Dip
lomatic consular appropriation bill with
trifing changes, inducing the total ap-
preparation to $1,673, 7OS. The usual
resolution was agreed to providing for
a Joint session of Congress on Feb. 10th
to count the electoral vote and declare
the result. The other matters that
came up before the House were not of
general interest to the public.
WEDNESDAY, discussion of the
contested election case of Geo. Cornett
vs.. Claude S. Swanson, from the fifth
district of Virginia, occupied nearly the
whole day of the House, and by an
overwhelming vote Mr.. Swansons title
to the seat was confirmed. There was
considerable argument on both sides,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
A New Colony in GEORGIA.

A new colony known as Union City,
has just been opened in Cherokee,
county, Georgia. The promoters hav(
5000 acres Of land, and they have
hundreds of applications for homes
Ex-Governor Northen, of Georgia, and
r. A. Dimmick. of Washington, are
prominently identified with the project.
The location is at the foot of the Blue
Ridge mountains, in the edge of the
gold belt, in a good farming section.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
The Visible Supply of Cotton.

The total visible supply of cotton for
the world is 4,O1s,975 bales, of which
3,67s,67 bales are American, against
3,915, sol bales and 8, 431, 3Ol bales re-
spectively last year. Receipts of cotton
for the past week at all interior towns,
81 ,537 bales. Receipts 1850 bales.
Crop in sight !, O63, 291 bales.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Indians VIII Parade.

Agent Woodson of the Cheyenne end
Arapahoe Indians has received a letter
from General Porter asking for num-
Der of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians
to march in the inaugural parade "a.
Washington on March 4th. A band of
% reds will be sent to the Capitol as
requested.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Standard Silver Dollars.

The issue of the standard silver dol
lars from the minis and Treasury offices
for the week ended February 6, was
500, 300; and for the corresponding pc
Rod last year was $249, 649. The ship
ment OF fractional silver coin from Feb
1, aggregated S144. 500.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
An American Arrested.

Sylvester Scovel, New York World
correspondent. has been arrested at
Tunas, Santa Clara province, Cuba.
'onsul- eneral Lee will watch out for
the interest of Scovel as an American
citizen.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
The Gypsy Moth.

Massachusetts, is making up it's mind
to spend $500, 900 year for five years
in the effort to exterminate the gypsy
moth, and then to continue to pay 800,
900 year for five years after that
Then the committee will report prog
ress to the Legislature,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
(Signed) "RosAMoND ASH.
stManIius Street. East Syracuse. N. Y"
STATE OF OHIO. CRY OF TOLEDO, q.

FRANK ]. CaEssY I makes oath that he is til.
senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY g
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for eacn
and every case OF CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before ma and subscribed in my
49,, presence, this 9th day of December,
SEAL A. D. 1885. A.. W.GIEAsoN,
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken interna ly. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
FL. Chimney e. Co., Toledo, o.
q Sold by Druggists, 75c.
q Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Comes in for a Slice.

At Washington Secretary Francis has
ordered Land Commissioner LamoreuA
to issue patent to the Perrine heirs
of whom DR.. Perrine, Mrs. Cleveland's
step-father, is one, for $4,000 acres Of
land in Southern Florida.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Capitol Building Burned.

The State House at Harrisburg, Pa,
vas totally destroyed by fire Tuesday.
fanny valuable records were burned.
he Legislature was in session at the
ime the fire broke out. The Lose Is ST.
10000, and the insurance oLfJ $780,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Not His Knife.

Papa-Come, come, Willie, don't you
>now that it's very bad manners TO eat
With your knife: When l was 10
BOY didn't do that.
Wiliie-No. granma says you used 70
AXE your fingers-Buffalo Times.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
All About the North.

Cashier G. E. BREEDER, of the First
National Bank Of Bethlehem, Pa, is al
defaulter to the amount of SIS, zoe. He
has absconded.
A bill has been introduced in the
Kansas legislatul by Senator Hanna,
Pop on letting out all county offices
to the lowest bidder.
A bill to prevent prize fighting has
been passed by the California State
|Senate.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, John Lane,
in consideration Of $25, under written
agreement, sold aud released his wife tc
Jas. II. Hurst. All concerned celebra
ted the event.
The Illinois legislature is to attend
Mckinley in body.
A dispatch from St. Louis, No. say:
sweeping reduction in rates OF corn
: has been made to Southern seaboar(
points by the st. Louis railroads.
The eleventh annual convention O
: the National Brick Manufacturers As
I ISOLATION was held in Buffalo, n. I.
1 recently. Every State in the Union
was represented. r. B. Morrison, O
: Rome, Ga, is President.
Twenty-Five hundred men, employe
+ of the Illinois Steel Company, of Soutl
q Chicago, have accepted a sweeping re
& duction in wages. Not man from til
s. president down, was exempt from tn
production.
3 There are over one hundred cases c
1typhoid fever in Canton, O. The caus
lis attributedt the water supply Mrs
aEmma Troll, formerly amanuensis fo
: Major Mckinley, being among thos
: who have succumbed to the disease
At Pittsburg, Pa, in the court {
1common pleas George S. Grissom an
HI. E. Anderson were appointed i,
5ceivers for the Pennsylvania Lead Con
Apany of Pittsburg. Judgment Wa
confirmed to Trustee Grissom ft
$949, 900.
At Lancaster, Penn, Abe Henso,
one of the members Of the gang
thieves and outlaws who reside on Il
Welsh Mountains was shot al
killed by his step brother, Jerl
Green, who is also noted Grimm
and member of the same gang.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Hanna Wants No Cabinet Position

Nanional Republican Chairman Han
ma has decided that he will not accept
place in Mr.. McKinley's cabinet, and
Judge Golf has notified the President
elect that he, too, cannot become &
member OF his official family. Mr.
Hanna proposes remaining candidate
for the seat in the United States Senate
which Mr.. Sherman will soon vacate
and will fight for it, if necessary.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10

Arrangements for the training of
British infantry next winter are to be
on a more elaborate scale than usual,
and especial prominence Is to be given
10 long distance marching.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Cigarette Law Repealed.

The bill of Senator Fast, abolishing
West Virginia's cigarette law, over
which there has been endless litigation
in the State and Federal courts, has
passed both Houses
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
TOM WATSON'S CONTEST.
The House Committee Decides UnaI
imOuSly to Seat Black.

It is said that the House committee
on elections, which has charge of the
election contest brought by Mr.. Wat
son, Of Georgia, recently the Populis
candidate for Vice President, aga1ns
Representative Black, has decided t.
confirm Blacks title to his seat. TIL
verdict, it is understood, is unanimous
Representative Bartlett. of Georgia,
Democratic member of the committee
will make the report in favor of Mr.
[Rlack
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Powell Slated for Minister.

General Powell Clayton, Of Arkan-
sas, is said to have been slated for Min
lister to Mexico to succeed Hon. NJ. w.
Ransom, and the appointment will be
made soon after March 4th.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
Alabama Coal Mines.

The coal mines Of Alabama produced
100, 600 tons of coal last year, being
but 591, 900 tons less than the output of
the phenomenal season of 1895.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10

TITSstOpped rec ami perInanentiycnreu. NO
Cts after frat days. use nf DIR. KLINE's CHEAT
SEuvE REsToRER. Free 81 rial bolt eand treat.
sc. Send TO DE. Kline. G3l Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10

Convertible tandems are coming In Tor con-
sldera6e attention just now.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10

after six years suffering WIS cured by Pr
eos Curr.-MARY THOMSON, wv ONO Ave-,
allegheny, Pa, March 80, 1891.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
A DECADE OF AGONY.
4 Young Lady of East Syracuse Tells Her
Story.

"A Young Lady of East Syracuse Tells Her
Story.
From the Standard, Syracuse, ~ 2.
Miss Rosamond Ash, who resides with her
father, Mr.. G. s. Ash, on Manlius Street,
Syracuse, forwards the following testimonial
Ito the virtues of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
and account of her sufferings, which is
astartlingly interesting:
MANL1us STREET, SYRACUSE, N. Y,
August 16, 1896.
"For the past ten years I have been n
fear III sufferer from the most painful typ
/ of intiammatory rheumatism. which woul
make ITS appearance on the least possible
zproyocation. Winter was when l suffered
! the worst, and it generally attacked me from
my hips down, and I hal to 60 to bed.
While these attacks lasted, If anyone touched
he bed even, I would scream with pain, as
athe least contact was unbearable, for every
joint and every muscle gave me excruciating
agony.
J s:While was in this terrible condition, my
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Campbell, came to visit
me, and told me he knew of a case very
similar to mirs thar had been entirely rurrd
by the use of DR.. Williams Pink Pi Is for
Pale People and advised me to try them, as
the physicians were not doing me any good.
Or this my father bought me two boxes,
81 WHICH HOOK dCCOTuluS W ulIcCllOuS, anu L
8 began to recover, getting stronger every day.
III kept on with DR.. Williams RENE iy until
q I had taken two dozen boxes. and by that
y time every trace OF rheumatism was gone,
a AMI am now as we'll as ever was.
81 "If you have any doubts as to my state
: nent, l refer you for its confirmation to
q Rev. Mr.. Campbell, of Hastings, and Mr.,
3 Scr yer, CT Hastings, the latter b ing Super
)! ntendent OF the Methodist Sunday School
a who know all Of the facts surround ng my
81 extraordinary recovery. Pink Pills savaC
q my life and gave me health and strength
81 and we will never be without them in oul
"a house.
81 (Signed) "RosAMoND ASH.
Il "Manlius Street, East Syracuse, N. Y"
q DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in con
81 densed form, all tn. elements necessary t.
n give new life and richness to the blood AM
81 restore shattered nerves. They are also
b specific for troubles peculiar to females. sue
E as suppressions, irregularities and all form
81 of weakness. They build up the blood, an
81 restore the glow of health to pale and salloy
E cheeks. In men they effect q radical cur
E Ia all cases arising from mental worry, over
b work or excuses of whatever nature. Pin
E Pills are sold in boxes (neyer in loose bulk
81 at so cents box or six boxes for $3.50, an
y may be had of all druggists. or direct b
"a mail from DR.. Williams Medicine Compan.
~ Schenectady, N. Y.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10

Over 400 90 curel. Why not let No-To-Bsc
regulate or remove your desire for toba"r' !?
Saves money, III likes health ana mauhooi.
Cure guaranteed. TO cents and SlU0, at all
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
To Train British Infantry.

WHEN bilious or costIve, eat Cascaret,
candy cathartic; cure guaranteeI; 10c., 2jc.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10

Mrs. wins,ow's Soothing Syrup for children
acething. softens the gums, reduces In HANNA.
.ion aliays main cures wind collie. &c. a bottle
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10

JUST try 10c box of Cascarets, candy ca
81 ar ic finest aver and bowel regulator rlatie.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents

There arc 100, 600 wheelmen in New Jer-
sey