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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-01

Daily except Monday, 1laily except sunday
p,sAan on sne ScOSI6nd NECK RranCn RoSd
saYes Weldon s. p IN. HALIFAX $50 y 10, kyI
rivos ScOtlaD0 Neck 20 p 10, GresnUtllA 81
m, hinstou Is pm. Returning leaves KlDs
SSon s. 8 m, Green wife So q m, arriving sc
Halifax II Is q Tns Weldon il 30 q m. daily eS'
cept Sunday.
TrstnS on che Washington Brancn le&VE
Washington 20 q IN and 2 80 p no, STF1v
Parmele 9 10 am and 400 p m, returptnR leave
parmele 9 80 N and s cop m, arrive WRsb'
lngtou il 90 b NJ and 2 20 N. daily sxeept
Trafn leaves Tarboro, N q, daily, except
Sunday, 30 p III, Sunday 4 10 p ma arrives
Plymouth daily except Sunday, Z 80 are,
9 co a M, Returning leavee Plymouth daily
except Sunday, Z 30 q m.Rnd Sunday CD m,
arrives Tarboro 10 Go a m, II 90 a IN.
Train on Midland N. G. Branch leaves
GOldsboro daily, except Sunday7 10 n M, AZ
rivirg smithtIeld so q m; returning le&Vst
Snithheld coo q "A; arrives as 9oldGbnTC
l026am.
Trains on Nashville Branch leave RoCRN
Mount asa 80 p m, arrives NASHVILLE q o. r n
spring Hope $50 m; returning leaves
Spring Hope 90 o m, Nashville IS ne @is
rfyes as Rocky Mount % q M daily oxceEl
sunday.
Train on ClIntOn Branch leaves wsrs&T
for Clinton daily. except Sunday, at IL 25A
"a and ID . 10; returning leaves CLINTON ~
70C M and 800 p m
Train No. 7g makes clOao connSctlCn ~
Weldon for all points North tally ell Tt'A
Via Richmond.
q. rs. ENERseE. Gem Pass. Agent.
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OTHER COTTON MARKETS


Galveston, quiet, 7-16, 6,sSi bales.
Norfolk dull, 55S, 1873 bales.
Baltimore, nominal, 8, - bales.
Boston, steady, So, $50 bales.
Wilmington quiet, 514, 50 bales.
Philadelphia quiet, g. bales.
Savannah, duh, 51a, 1856 bales.
New Orleans, quiet, 5 Pa, 500 bales.
Mobile, quiet, 81, 30 bales.
Memphis, quiet, So, So bales.
Augusta, steady, 81, ISL bales.
Charleston, steady, 5, lab bales.
Cincinnati, quiet, 6, 209 bales.
Louisville, quiet, 9-16, - bales.
st. Louis, quiet, 5 ZIG, 1858 bales.
Houston, quiet, 5 7-16, 1858 bales.
New York, quiet, 90, 728 bales.
RALEIGH COTTON.
RALEIGH, N. c., August 81.
Receipts bales. Market quiet.
Strict middling cotton 5A
Low grades .....-.. -.....-... n5A
PRODUCE.
Spring chickens .................. I2%d17%
Eggs ..,.,.t...'..''.''....''' 10 0Io12
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-01
LOCAL STOCK MARK ET.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Ills, August 31.-A SHARP
advance in corn to-day, although not
holding until the close, oycrshadowcd
the bearish considerations i'll the wheat
pit and partially sustained wheat prices
September wheat closed Il to 9sc lower
and December lost Il to 3sc. Corn
compared with last night is Is to Hc
higher Oats are unchanged to &c low
er. Pork declined 1714c.; lard 1212c anc
ribs 2l5c
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-01
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, August 81 P. M-Spot cotton,
increased demand, prices barely steady; Ameri-
can mddling 5-16d
The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which
/ 900 were for speculation and export, and in
cluded 1900 American; receipts 1000 bales, in
Guiding ], 200 American.
Futures opened quiet with moderate demand
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-01
DECLINE IN LIVERPOOL
CLOSED HERE AT NET LOSS OF
TO 5 POINTS.
DRY GOODS MARKET QUIET IN MOST LINES
Print Cloths and Goods Dependent on that Mar
ket We're an Exception. Sales Fairly
Heavy in Both Extras and
Odd Goods.

New York, August 31-The dry
goods market is quiet in nearly every
line except print cloths and those goods
which depend on that market The ad-
vance in print cloths yesterday was OK
pected, but it was not thought that il
would occur so soon. Odd goods, it is
also announced, are firmer in tone than
they were two days ago. The sales
to-day are fairly heavy in both extras
and odd goods. twenty-five thousand
pieces are said to have changed hands.
Other cotton goods are quiet in nearly
all grades.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-01
NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK, August 3D. P. NJ Money on call
csnt Prime mercantile paper 3&G41a per cent.
Sterling exchange easier, with actual business
in bankers bills at 4.84a4.s41a for demand,
and at As24a483 for sixty days Posted
rates S484M4Sl-2 and S.S6. CONNER
cial bills S4.S2. Silver certificates 59zd 6o IL
Bar silver 59zSa60H. Mexican dollars 4o 40,
Government bonds easy. State bohos oull'
Railroad bonds firm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-01
COTTON.

New York, August 31-The situation
in the local cotton market is without i'm
portant change or new feature. To-
days market was very dull during the
greater part of the session, with fuc-
tuations restricted to II matter of two
points. \ decline in futures at Liver
pool instead of an expected advance,
and expectations for heavy receipts
caused Il decline at the opening of /
to 3 points. The market, however.
showed n fair amount of steadiness, Il
small bunch of continental buying orders
being in evidence and crop accounts, as
well as weather reports being anything
but satisfactory. Business in the after
noon came to a complete standstill. The
market closed dull at net loss of /
to points.
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on low grade winters but steady higher brands;
winter straights $3.50; do. patents S3.75al.O0;
Minnesota patents $l.25ai55; Minnesota bakers
RYE -four firm at S2.4Oa29O
BuckWheat -four dull.
Corn meal steady; yellow western 70; city IS.
Rye firmer; No. 2, As; state 46a46 ID.
Barley steady; western choice new mailing 500
do. feeding 81 l-2.
BARLEY malt steady; western 55a6l.
Flax seed easy at % IL.
May 673e; September 68'a December 66'a.
Corn, spot steady; No. 2, 36@a; options, May
-; September closed 3i9a ;Decemher closed Boz
Oats, spot steady; No. 2 q; options, Septcm-
r Beef quiet; family sl1al1.5O; extra mess 50;
beef hams S21 so; packet S9.5Oal0.0O; city
extra India mess $I4.50al5OO
Cut meats steady; picked bellies elias;
picked shoulders 4a4 IA; picked hams LA
Lard weak; western steamed closed S. l0d
542 IL: city S5I0a5 %; September S5.37 IL, nom
inal; refined easy; to continent $3.50; South
America S6.l5 compound 31salA.
Pork easy; mess S925d9(5; short clear
81 GOA 1900; family Sll.5 1900
Butter steady; western creamery ii 1-2d IS IL;
creamery l3a17; State dairy 1917.
Cheese quiet; large white "a; do. small rs;
large colOred IL; do small ~; light skins
81 6 1-2 part skins SLAB 10; full skins 2a2 e.
Eggs quiet; State and Pennsylvania l6d
IS 1-2 western fresh 16.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys S1.25a1.75; Long
Island Sl.31 LA l.I5; sweets, Jerseys, Sllz IL
ALSO; southern $l.25a150
Petroleum dull; Philadelphia and Baltimore
Sc AS; do in bulk 1885, refined, New York, $3.50.
Rosin steady; strained, common to good, $l.3O
a1.35.
Turpentine firm at 20 1-2a3O.
Rice firm; fair to extra 538a64; Japan 5/8a
6 IL.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 28a33.
Cabbage steady; Long Island S2,00300
Cotton seed oil dull and barely steady; prime
crude 10; prime summer yellow % IL bid; do.
winter yellow 27a2S.
Freights dull; cotton by steam 15d; grain by
steam I'd.
Coffee-Optons, September 5,60a565; October
So 10; spot Rio steady; No. Z, invoice 6Sa No Z,
iobbing So mild steady; CordOva 8015.
Sugar, raw very firm; fair refining 1916; CEN
trifugal, 96-test, $40; molasses sugar 9-16
refined strong; crushed So; granulated 57-l6;
cubes 55s.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Md, August 31.-Flour dull;
western super S2.50d2.75; do. extra S2.90a3.23;
do. family S3.50a400; spring wheat straight
$4.35d4.50.
Wheat easier; spot and August 60 1-2a69'f;
September 69a69ii October 68l aa68&I; De
cember g. 1-2a67 steamer No. red -; South
ern wheat by sample 65G71 do. on grade --
Corn steadier; spot and August 3lAG3i p !;
September 81 a3i October 81 a3il5; steamer
mixed 49,; southern white corn 33a35; yellow =
Oats steadier; No white western, "a bid;
No. 2 mixed 24a25.
Rye firmer; No. nearby 10; No. 2 western
491l
The herald., 1898-02-22
SENATE TAKES ACTION
TO SAVE THE FRAGMENTS OF
THE MAINE
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Ordered to Make Inquiry and Report
to the Senate-Private Pension
Bills Passed
Associated Press Special Wire


WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l--The galleries
were filled today when the senate con-
vened. the crowd of spectators doubtless
being attracted by the probability OF fur
ther debate upon Cuban affairs or matters
connected with the catastrophe to the bat
tle-ship Maine.
The joint resolution providing for the re-
covery of the bodies of the officers and men
from the wrecked battle-ship and for the
recovery of valuable property on the snip
which was passed by the house of repre-
sentatives last week, was presented TO the
senate and passed, 1t carries an appro-
priation of 100000.
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts introduced
a joint resolution directing the transfer
of valuable historical documents from the
several departments to the National Lii
brary.
Mr.. Allen of Nebraska introduced the
following resolution:
Resolved. That the committee on naval
affairs be and is hereby directed to make
thorough inquiry into the destruction of
the baaI, ship Maine in Havana harbor
on the 18th inst. and report TO the senate"
The resolution was passed without
word of debate.
AS no other business was pressing, the
senate. at the suggestion of Mr.. Hale of
Maine. began to consider unobjected-to
bills on the calendar. Among those passed
were the following: Requiring masters and
The herald., 1898-02-22
IN THE HOUSE
Private Bill Day Devoted to Passage
of Pensions

WASHINGTON, Feb 21.-This was pri-
vate bill day in the house, and but little
was accomplished. owing to the fact that
most of the time was consumed in the
passage OF private pension bills coming
over from the Friday night session three
weeks ago. The feature OF the day was
the spirited contest over the bill to pay
Newberry college, the Lutheran institution
In South Carolina, $4,000 for damages by
federal troops.
On motion Of Mr.. Bailey, the Democratic
leader, the house voted-58 to 35-to OBJ
serve Washington's birthday by adjourn
ing over tomorrow, but Mr.. Dingley raised
the point oi no quorum, and before fur
ther action could be taken the house re-
cessed under the rule until o'clock. The
republicans desire to go ahead with the
sundry civil appropriation bill tomorrow
After the pension bills, twenty-seven in
number, had been passed, the house went
into committee OF the whole on the private
calendar. The first BILL to appropriate
$1,000 for damages and injury sustained
by Newberry college. South Carolina. while
occupied by New York regiment az a
barrack in 1865 after Lees surrender. was
opposed by Mr.. Dingley, Mr. DaIzeII and
other prominent Republicans. Mr. DalzclI
declared that 1t was an attempt on the part
OF the Democrats and southern Republic-
ans to rob the treasury.
The herald., 1898-02-22

mates OF sailing vessels of over seventy
tons to have licenses issued by United
States inspectors granting to the state
of Wyoming $1,000 acres of land to aid in
the continuation, enlargement and main
tenance of the Wyoming state soldiers and
sailors home; and to amend an act to
prohibit the passage of local or special
laws in the territories, to limit territorial
Indebtedness, etc.
At o'clock consideration of the bills on
the calendar was resumed, and the meas
ure providing for the twelfth and subse-
quent censuses was laid before the SEN
ate.
Mr.. Allison thought the census bureau
ought not TO be made an Independent bu-
reau, but should be placed under the de-
partment of the interior, under the gen.
eral supervision of the secretary of the in
terror. and he proposed an amendment to
that effect.
Mr.. Teller of Colorado offered an amend
ment to Mr.. Allison's amendment provid-
ing that the census bureau be placed under
the department of labor and that the
commissioner of labor have general su-
perVision of the work. The amendment to
the amendment was lost-21 to 20.
The question reverted to the amendment
offered by Mr. Allison. 1t was adopted
~ TO g. The bill was discussed until 5:1O
,. m, when, without action, the senate,
on motion of Mr.. Carter of Montana, went
into executive session and shortly after
ward adjourned.
The herald., 1898-02-22
THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY

on the complaint of Mrs. Minnie Cronin,
who claims that the company has not car
ried out its contract.
The Snow and Ice Transportation COM
pany recently opened an office inthis city
and advertised to take passengers to Daw-
son City for a stated amount, by means OF
steam sleds. They also claimed to have
contract for transporting the government
relief expedition over the Dalton trail.
Agent Smiley says that the company is
perfectly legitimate and will carry out its
contracts 10 the letter.
CAN'T TELL WHY
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 2l.-Edward
Rosenfed, vice president and general man
ager of the Snow and Ice Transportation
company of Chicago, which has a contract
with the government to transport relief
supplies to Dawson, was arrested tonight
on a telegraphic warrant from the chief
of police of Seattle charging him with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses. Mr.
Rosenfeld says he is absolutely ignorant of
the cause of his arrest.
BROUGHT LITTLE GOLD
VICTORIA b. c.. Feb. 21.-Three steam
ers, the Danube, the Thistle and the Tees
returned today from Skaguay, each with
few Dawsonites on board. There was very
little gold on board and no late news.
Passengers from Skaguay bring news of
blockade of the Dyea trail by miners and
packers who resisted the demand of de-
tachment Of United States troops to go over
the trail before them. 1t was feared at
Dyea that trouble would arise over the af-
fair.
Mike Quinn, formerly of Minneapolis,
Mimi, has been appointed marshal of Ska
quay.
Two men, whose names are not known
were detected robbing a cache at Sheep
Camp, and one of them while trying to
escape, turned and fired at his pursuers,
who returned his fire and then dropped to
the ground. Thinking that he had killed
the man, the fugitive turned the revolver
on himself and sent bullet through his
brain. The other man was taken back to
Dyea, where he was paraded through the
streets with placard on him setting forth
that he was q thief. He was afterward
lodged in Jail.
Among the returning Dawsonites was
Geo. Beldon, one of the last men to go to
the Yukon last fall. He was one of q syn
dicate which purchased the little steamer
from the Creek mission for $40, 900 and made
an attempt to reach Dawson, but got only
to Circle City, where the boat stuck in the
ice. Beldon made his way by sledge to
Dawson and thence TO the coast.
w. y. Hill, who arrived from Stewart
river, says there is lots of gold there, but
it is too expensive to get provisions up the
river. The steamer Thistle stopped at the
wreck of the Corona and found that the
wrecking expedition had begun work for
raising her.
Nearly 1000 miners licenses were issued
here today.
Harry Scott, young Englishman, who
lived on one of the adjacent islands, and
Fred Smedley were drowned Saturday by
the capsizing of their boat.
The herald., 1898-02-22
MILLIONS FOR MINES
RoTHscHILDs SEEK CONTROL OF
KLONDIKE
CANADIAN CLAIMS SCARCE
Miners Who Flocked to Dawson Are
Busily Flocking Back Again to
United States Territory
Associated Press Special Wire

H~HSStosSN ASSS SPSSAoA "Ho
TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 21.-Joseph La
due, recently from the northern gold fields
says: ''The North American Transporta-
tion and Trading company is the only one
now buying claims on the Klondike. l un-
derstand that they are acting as agents of
the Rothschilds. l met Mr.. Cudahy on the
train from Chicago to San Francisco and
he told me that they had just received S400,
900 in drafts which had been given in pay
ment of claims there. He said the COM
pany was acting as agent in purchasing.
and 1 learn that the RothschSds are pre-
pairing to spend 5000, 600 in t1le puprchase
of mines. 1t looks a little as though the
great eastern banking house was making
stupendous efforts to control most OF the
claims on the Klondike."
COOPERATIVE MINES
TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 21.-Sixty-seven
men. comprising the Alaskan Klondike Co
operative expedition, arrived here yester-
day over the Northern Pacific. The party
comes mainly from New York and Phla-
dephia and will leave here for Alaska with
one of the most complete outfits ever taken
into that country. They will carry a COM
plete complement of the most improved
machinery, two steam launches. a sawmill
and an assayins and refining plant.
OVERLOADED SHIPS
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Feb. 21.-
As consequence of the unufavorable crit
icisms that have followed the sinking of
the Clara Nevada and the trouble that at
The herald., 1898-02-22

Mr.. Cooper (Dem) Of Texas and Mr..
Lattimer (Dem.) Of South Carolina warm
iy championed the bill. The former In
Weighed against the spirit of sectionalism
which still prevailed In certain quarters.
Mr. Mahon Rep) Of Pennsylvania Mr..
Walker (Rep.) of Massachusetts and other
Republicans Joined in to appeal to the
house to pass the bill. and 1t was favorably
acted upon with dissension. Two other
minor relief measures were also laid aside
with favorable recommendation.
Mr.. Bailey (Dem.) of Texas moved that
the house observe Washington's birth
day by adjourning over tomorrow. Mr..
Dingley opposed the motion, but 1t was
carried-5S TO IS.
Mr.. Dingley made point of no quorum,
which the speaker sustained. At this mo-
ment the hands of the clock pointed to 5
o'clock, and the speaker announced that
under the rules the house was In recess
until o'clock tonight. the evening session
to be devoted to the consideration of pri-
vate bills.
NIGHT SESSION
At the night session of the house the
private calendar was cleared. Thirty
eight pension bills and two bills removing
charges of desertion were passed. Among
the pension bills was one granting pension
of $50 per month to Margaret Custer Cal
houn, a sister of General Custer This bill
has already passed the senate.
At 0:30 o'clock the house adjourned until
tomorrow
The herald., 1898-02-22
CURIOUS BUILDING
Different Foods Make Differen

Different Foods Make Different People
The kind of food one eats and the LIQUID
one drinks have muAh to do in determining
how much of health and strength may be
depended upon to carry out life's work.
True, the quality of the mind greatly af-
fects the body, and on the other hand the
affect the mind.
Well selected food is of the utmost i'm
portance to brain workers and highly or
ganized men and women. We are apt to
eat and drink almost anything that looks
and tastes good. and afterwards wonder
why our brains do not earn as much as some
friends whom we have in mind. Our phys
ical systems are all trife disimilar, and
when one finds that he is not keeping up
to par. close inspection OF what is being
put into the stomach is wise.
Many people are slowly but very surely.
injured and their lives cut short by the
daily use of the narcotic drug, coffee.
Nonsense" some one says. 1t is easy
to say nonsense when one does not have
access to chemical research and scientific
data. Facts are exceedingly stubborn
things, more so than stubborn people are
aware who cry out because some favorite
drug cannot stand in a favorable light
under the careful search of chemical
analysis.
The stubborn facts about coffee will make
themselves felt after the stubbornness of
the unfortunate users has been broken
down.
Health, longevity the power to do things.
and peace with the nervous system. are
the things that weigh many times more
than the indulgence in cup of coffee.
1t is easy for one to slide off from the coffee
habit when Postum Food Coffee Is used.
particularly II 1t be well boiled, for then
the fragrance and taste of coffee is brought
out of the Food Coffee. and 1t is really de-
Iicious. Chemistry shows that 1t contains
about 50 per cent Of food elements neces-
sary for rebuilding the brain and nerve
centcrs.
The herald., 1898-02-22
TRACK AND TIE
One Building Contract Let and Two
Roads Sold

PRESCOTT. Ariz.. Feb. 2l.-Bids for the
construction of the new railroad between
this city and Big Bug mining district were
opened today and the contract awarded to
Robinson & Son of Southern Arizona. The
new road is to be built by the Santa Fe,
Prescott and Phoenix, and starts from this
city. The line will be about forty miles
long. of standard gauge, and taps some of
the richest and most progressive mining
communities around the city. Work is to
be commenced on March 10th and the road
completed in ninety days.
DENVER, Colo, Feb. 21.-Standing on
the steps of the Arapahoe County Court
House. at noon today. Judge w. d. Corn
ish. Special Master. offered for sale the
road and appurtenances of the Denver Pa
cific Railroad and Telegraph Company,
under foreclosure of the first mortgage.
The property was bought by Mr.. Lawrence
Greer, on behalf of the REORGANIZATION
Committee, for s2,0oo.Ooo. there being no
other bid.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 21.-Chas. Il.
Wright. principal holder of the stock of the
Washington and Columbia railroad. to-
night confirmed the news of the sale of
that road to the Northern Pacific.
The herald., 1898-02-22

| tended the departure of the steamer North
Pacific for the north. carrying gold seek
ers, Col. Huestes, collector of this customs
district, has determined to force all YES
sells bound for Alaska to carry only the
number of passengers allowed by the fed
eral permit
CANADIAN CLAIMS SCARCE
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2l.-Stewart
Menzies, an agent of the Alaska CONNER
cial company, who has just returned from
the Klondike region, starting from Dawson
City on January goth and from Skaguay
on February 10th, reports that the tide of
gold hunters who fiocked into Canadian
territory when the news of the rich strikes
in the Klondike region was first annuonced
is nsw turning, and those who abandoned
their claims on American and Chicken
creeks are now returning there accom-
panied by many others who have been un-
able to locate claims on Canadian soil
Menzies says that just before he came out
claims on Davis, Chicken, Napoleon and
Walkers Fort creeks. which are tributary
10 Forty Mile creek, showed better results
than before the rush to the Klondike, es-
pecially those on Chicken creek, which
are from S to y feet deep, averaging 80 to
the pan. On American creek, which is a
branch of the Yukon river, the claims are
very shallow running from SO to s. per
pan at depth of from to feet. He alsc
says that rich strikes have been made on
Birch and Mnook creeks, near Circle City,
and on Miller and Glacier creeks, which are
tributary to Sixty Mile creek
Menzies predicts that the majority of
those miners now on the Canadian side
will cross the boundary in the near future
as it is almost impossible for one-fifth of
those already in the Klondike to locate
claims, and they will be compelled to
spread out over territory which. while not
so rich as the Klondike, promises better
returns than were formerly expected.
DISABLED BOILERS
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Feb. 21.-
The steamer Townsend in tow of tug Re-
lief, arrived this morning from Portland,
Ore, with fifty-seVen passengers. Fifty
men from Wisconsin have been here four
weeks awaiting the arrival of the steamer,
and now it is thought that it will be neces-
sary to put in new boilers before she can
make the trip to Alaska.
KANUCK REGULATIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. q. - Representa-
tive Lewis of Washington, who has just
returned from Ottawa, where he went TO
appeal to the Canadian government for
some modification of the Canadian regu-
lations requiring American miners bound
for the Klondike to procure their licenses
at Vancouver, Victoria or Dawson City,
says he found a feeling of intense hos
tility toward the United tSates, especially
on account of the passage of the Payne
Frye bill, which is designed to prevent
British vessels from sharing in the Alas
kan carrying trade. There was no dspo-
sition to concede anything to the United
States in the controversy, and Mr. Lewis
returned convinced that no concession