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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-17

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w. Fl. King Drug Co., the enterpris-
ing druggists of Raleigh are having
such a large run on "HINDIPO." the
new Kidney Cure and Nerve Tonic
and hear it SO highly praised that they
cow offer to guarantee it in every case
to cure all forms of Kidney Troubles
and Nervous Disorders.
They pay for it if it does not give
you entire satisfaction.
If you use it, it is their risk not
yours. A 50 cent box sent by mail
unde.' positive guarantee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-17
Observation-Disclosures.

Fayetteville, y. c.. Jan. 14.-(Spe-
ciaL)-On Wednesday afternoon al
the home of the brides mother. Mrs.
w G.. Adams, of Little River Acade-
my, Mr. b. f. Vinson of Macon, Ga.
and Miss Josie Adams We're married,
the officiating minister being Rev.
Troy Adams, of New Bern, brother of
the bride. the beautiful ceremony of
the Methodist church being used.
The bride is d Lovely and accom-
plished young woman, one of Cum
berlands fairest daughters, while the
groom is one of Macon's esteemed citi
zenS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ninson have gone to
their future home at Macon, Ga.
:. X !.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-17
"A Bool. Party.

Pelham. n. c.. Jan. To- Especial -
cir. and Mrs. F. ID. Swami erte"tai n
ed their friends at very enjoyable
book party.
When the guests were assembled
numbered score cards ere distributed.
each bearing the name OF Il popular
book TO be represented by Il drawing
no a small blackboard which stood in
enc corner of the parlor. ON each
card, also, We're all the numi'ers Of
the series, and the title suggested ny
each drawing was to be written oppo-
site it's number The contest revealed
much unsupported talent with the
Crayon and some of the drawings We're
the source of considerable merriment
tt seemed quite a coincidence that t&c
eager contestants should tie for each
prize, Miss Eunice Gibbs winning first
prize. a staIuette, over Miss 'elen
Smith by drawing the longer straw
and Miss Louise Hinton loosing the
BOBBY, d small bag pipe to Mr. wv. =
Swami.
A delicious supper was then served
the dining room being decorated III
pink and white and the table lighted
by pink candles in a beautiful slver
candelabra. Mrs. F.. j. Lee, Of New
York, presided at the coffee table.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-17
CARROLL-FORT.

Especial to News and Observer
Clinton, Jan. 14.--After their we'd
ding at Mayesville, S. c., Mr.. and Mrs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-17
Royslers Candy.

Wholesome for the children, ap
proved by, tho grown folks, and en-
joyed by all.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-17
&c Memorial Exercises.

Theer will be no regular monthly
meeting of the Johnston Pettigre W
Chapter of the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy. but the Lee Memoir
ial'' exercises will be celebrated on the
J 9Th with Mrs. JosphuS Daniels.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-17

Ruddel'-Wrie.ht.

Rev. and Mrs. T. S. Wright wishes
TO announce the marriage OF their
daughter. Gertrude Jennette. TO Mr..
Delavan Rudder, on Wednesday, eveI'-
ing, January the eighteenth. nineteen
hundred and five. at half after S:X
o'clock, Baptist Church. Rockingham.
North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-17
Johnsonian Club.

The Johnsonian Club was delight
fully entertained by Mrs. Charles NJ.
Busbee. The annual programme o.
the club is year with Shakespeare.
At yesterdays meeting delightful pa :
pers were read by Mrs. Iredel. and
Miss Jamie Ward, being criticisms on
the play of Henry the Fourth.
The guests of the CLUB We're AIRS.
Lyman. of Ashev.lle. Mrs. Thorpe, OF
Granville; Mrs. L. c.. Smith and Mrs.
Margaret Busbee Shipp.
The club members present We're:
Mrs. A. B. Andrews, Mrs. JOS. 4.
Cheshire, Mrs. A. w. Knox Mrs. -.
E. Turner Mrs. McBee, Mrs. f. H.
Busbee, Miss Kate Ship, Miss Matte
Bailey. Miss Iredell and Miss jamie
Ward.
After the literary feature of the af-
ternoon delightful refreshments were
served
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
Still Central Penna

The thirty fourth annual conven-
ton of the Central Pennsylvania
Episcopal diocese held their delib-
erations in Reading, there being
1872 delegates present. 1t had been
expected that the name of the do
cese would be changed i'll accord
ance with the wish OF Bishop Tai
bot, but so much opposition to any
change developed that the project
was voted down by almost to 1 (,
and the name will remain unchang
ed. The convention was notable
as being the first since the division
Of the diocese and the setting off Of
the diocese of Harrisburg.
w. b. Fry of Drifton urged that
the name of Bethlehem be adopted
for sentimental reasons, and the
Hazleton delegation consisting of
T. NJ. Morris, A. p. Platt and Rev.
Yarnall sided with him.
Secretary w. X. Butler of .he
boaid of missions gave volumin-
Gus report Of the mission work dur
ing the year. He showed that the
treasurer report indicated def
cit Of s., ,977, and that joint COM
mittee of the old and new dioceses
would meet in Reading next month
to adjust the mission boundaries of
the two dioceses.
New churches were erected in
Ca,asauqua at cost of $4,000,
Stroudsburg So 900, Reading ST.
600, Dorranceton has So, COO pledg-
ed for a new church, and Wyalus-
ing 81 900. Lehighton has pur-
chased a lot for 81 900, and Pal
merton will be given new church
by a wealthy parishioner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
Guns That Shoot in a Hurry.

A most striking recent develop
ment in guns-and in speaking of guns
we usually include the gun carriage
or gun mounts the effort, now uni.
yersal, to throw the accurate and
quick control of the gun into the
hands of the people firing 1t. 1t may
well be wondered that this has not
always been controlling idea in lay.
ing out guns and their mounts, but at
the present time 1t is In this direction
that the greatest effort is being made.
The proof Of this is to be seen by a
comparison of the guns and mounts
made ten or fifteen years ago with
those now being made. The latter
are arranged much more conveniently,
and consequently their rate of fire is
much faster. Modern 6-inch guns are
being fired from ships eight or ten
times minute at targets about the size
Of ship and a mile distant, and hit
ting the target at each shot.--Scien.
tifc American.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01

would go over the side. We takes in
sail and when the weather moderates
we put a spare spar on the after side,
lashing 1t there with chains at both
ends, then wrapping a heavy hawser
around mast and spar.
but the mast was so weakened
that we dared not carry sail on it, and
all the rest of the voyage we made
without using It. That took at least
onct third off our speed, and what, with
this and the head gales we got we
were 1853 days coming home"
The Roanoke is of 3,347 tons net,
31l feet 2 inches long, 40 feet inches
beam and 20 feets 2 inches depth OF
hold, Her four masts are 200 feet
high and three feet thick at the deck.
Her lower yards are 100 feet long.
Her skysail yards measure forty-seven
feet She spreads 5000 square yards
of canvas.-St Louis Republic.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
MEDIEVAL RITES.
Used To-Day in Murder Trials In
Quaint Old Delaware.

At the recent trial Of a woman for
murder at Denver, Del, many quaint
ceremonies were in evidence.
Delaware clings to the old Eng
lish forms of legal procedure. The
jurymen, after being chosen were or.
dered by the crier to ego to the book
an then were sworn con the Holy
Evangelists of Almighty God" The
sheriff was ordered to bring the pris
oner to the bar and he and his deputy
went out and to the Jail After An
interval back they march across the
village green, the sheriff in the lead
carrying a red stick, on the end oi
which was n white spearhead.
Behind him came the prisoner in a
black dress, and wearing black cot
ton gloves and large black hat with
a veil drawn closely over her face
Behind her came the deputy carrying
a black spear This is a perpetuation
Of the old English custom. except
that spears are used instead of battle
axes.
The red stick and white spears
signify that blood has been shed and
the black spear is an omen OF the
doom that threatens the prisoner
The place of the black spear is in
the rear of the procession unless there
should be a conviction, when it Is
carried at the front to show that ven.
geance has triumphed and the white
spear follows to show the cause Of
the impending punishment.
Solemnly through the crowded
courtroom, hushed in awe, came this
queer little procession The white
spear traversed the space in front of
the prisoners dock, a small inclosure
screened by an oak railing fully six
feet high. The black spear stopped
at the further end, and Mrs. Powell
was told to sit down The spears
were propped against the pillars Of
the dock and there they stayed as
long as the prisoner remained in the
court room.
The indictment in ancient phrase.
ology fixed the value of the weapon
used, "a knife and a certain bottle"
at 10 cents because the old law pre-.
sumed them the property Of the state,
and it charged Mrs. Powell in wordy
detail with having committed the
murder without having the fear OF
God before her eyes and being moved
and seduced by the instigation of the
devil"
In the awesome language of the
English law the crier read from the
indictment a description of each and
every one OF the 53 wounds found on
tho girls body. His enumeration be-
gan:
"One wound on the left side of the
head of her, the said Estelle Albin, an
inch long and a half inch deep, in.
ficted by her, the said Mary A. Pow.
ell, she not having the fear of God be-
fore her eyes and being moved and
seduced by the instigation Of the
devil; one wound in throat OF her.
the said Estelle Albin, six inches wide
and four inches deep, inflicted by her,
the said Mary A. Powell, she not
having the fear" and so on through
the whole list.-New York Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
An Elephant Goes Wronu.

One of the more recent instances
Of bad elephants was Barnum G.
Barnum & Balleys famous clown
Mandarin" who killed three men and
manned a fourth, and was finally
strangled by steam winch on board
the steamship Minneapolis, just before
the menagerie reached New York har-
Dor from its tour abroad. AS a tall,
gaunt. hungry, 5-year-old, Mandarin
Joined the show thirty years ago, had
grown into a splendid, intelligent, gray
mountain Of good nature, and never
showed even trace of ugliness until
the circus was doing" France. Flap
ears cooked forward, trunk swinging
restlessly and little eyes growing more
bloodshot, the fine fellow stood, cease
lessly swayng his six tons from side
to side. The animal, however, showed
no inclination toward ugliness until
substitute trainer was duped into
putting the tricky old rascal through
his PAGES. The man laid himself fiat
on the ground to have the elephant
walk over him, exactly as the big
clown had walked over men thousands
of times before AS usual, the beast
advanced. head bobbing with every
step, he lifted his ponderous foot let
it hover over the man, then, with shrill
trumpeting OF fury, planted 1t squarely
on the unfortunates chest with all
the pressure of his $4,000 pounds.
Blasting madly, the animal started on
run, picked up a hyena cage and
smashed it, with one blow OF his trunk
broke the back of a mule, and would
have cleared out the show were 1t not
for a pair of equally huge tuskers
that We're brought in on a run to butt
and prod the crazy one back to his
senses.-A. w. Rolker in McClure's.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
Took What He Could Get.

In the province of Baden a motorist
recently killed a goose. The owner
was indignant and demanded shill.
ings damages. The motorist offered
him 2shillings damages, plus the goose,
which he did not want to carry off.
Not being able to come to terms, the
parties went to the mayor, who de.
livered the following judgment: "Mr.
Sepp, give me your goose, inasmuch
as you do not want it. Mr. Motorist,
give me the 2 shlllings you are will.
ing to pay as damages | give Mr..
Sepp shilling for his goose, which
kcer" And :hus i vas se.Iad.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
The Mexican Succession.

Mexico is at last to have vice
president.
In the experience of South and Cen
trail Americans the chief use OF a vice
president has been to lead the current
revolution against the president. Per
haps that Is why Mexico has never
had one.
But Daz is getting old. He was
president from 1877 to 1880 and the
power behind Gonzales's feeble ad-
ministration for the next four years.
Beginning again in 1884, Diaz has
been president for twenty years
straight"
In this total of twenty-seven years
Of power Mexico has become modern.
All It's railways have been built in
that time, its prosperity has greatly
augmented But Daz is old
At his death, which may not be
long delayed, Mexico wishes to avoid
any possibility Of trouble by having
a vice-president in office. 1t is under
stood that he will succeed to the power
when occasion shall be, and II salts
factory will be reelected indefinitely,
The official 'promulgaton" of the
constitutional amendment creating the
office of vice-president will soon take
place. The city council will go in
open carriages and put up posters
containing the amendment on the
street corners. An army corps will
parade the streets to prevent any dis
turbance. After that the election.
1t is not much like the ways Of
the United States.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
BOGUS CITIZENS PAPERS.
Court Officers, Judges and other High
Officials pected.-S15 to SIS

OTlCIdlS OuSpeCteC.-ol 10 hO
At least 100000 fraudulent natural
izaton papers have been sold to aliens
by dealers in the employ of two big
firms organized for the Illicit traffic.
In New York City alone it Is estimated
that fully 10000 forged certificates
of citizenship have been sold to for
egners who have been in the United
States, in some instances only one
day. In many instances they have re.
ceived papers before they took ship
those who are prosecuting the frauds,
that the two New York concerns have
turned out in the last year at the
most conservative estimate G,000
bogus citizens. Many of these "cti.
zens" obtained places in the street
cleaning department with the aid OF
the fraudulent papers and many were
employed in other branches of the
city's civil service. The price of these
fraudulent certificates ranged from
SIS to s75, according to the use to be
made of them and the value OF the
city jobs that went with them.
In Chicago thousands OF aliens-no
one knows how many-were made
citizens while they waited. One wit.
ness testified that he with one hun.
dred others was "naturalized" at one
Swearing in" in a hall on Clark
street.
From Wilmington, Del, taking in
Philadelphia; as far north as Albany
and Troy and as far east as Provi.
dence and Boston this wholesale sys.
tcm of fraud has extended. Officers
of the court, even a judge Of court,
and bankers and others standing high
In the communities are under sus-
picion, and evidence sufficient to con-
vict many others has been secured
The order went out in the begin
ming that the investigation should be
far-reaching in its scope. Every one
connected with the prosecution was
given to understand in the plainest
English that politics positively must
cut no figure. These instructions have
been adhered TO strictly. The result
Is that many convictions have been
made. SO far these convictions have
been for the most part of men who
occupied minor parts in the system,
but they have led up to most re-
markable expose of the methods en-
ployed in the great conspiracy.
In some instances the fraudulent
naturalization has been conducted for
the purpose OF securing votes, but in
the majority Of cases the crimes have
been committed purely for gain 1t is
impossible to say what extent these
frauds have extended and how long
they have been in existence. 1t Is
likely, though, that they have been in
operation for several years. An idea
OF the amount of money that has been
secured may be obtained by an esti
mate on the number of false papers
believed to have been issued in New
York. or the 10000 bogus certificates
said to have been sold here, it Is be-
lieved that an average price of $40
was received by the firms" dealing
in these articles, making 100000 in
this locality alone in the last few
years. On this hasis 1t is said that
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars have
been made in the sale of fraudulent
certificates Of citizenship throughout
the country.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
Salaries Increased.

In the annual readjus tment of the
salaries of postmasters two towns in
this county are included The
postmaster S salary at Benton is rails
ed from $1,000 to $1,000, and at
Catawissa from $1,000 to $500.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
AUDITORS NOTICE.
Estate OF James M She,o, late OF Scott township
dgcp0Spd

Estate or James M She,c, late OF Scott township,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
auditor appointed by the Orphans Court or o.
lumbia County to distribute the balance In the
hands OF X. }. Ruhl and Mark Greasy, eXecut-
ors OF James NJ Shew, deceased as shown by
their first and partial account, to and among
the parties legally entitled thereto, Will sit 10
perform the duties OF his appointment
at his oilice In the Town OF Blooms
burg, said county, on Saturday, June
l7th 1905, at p. m, at which time all parties
interested In, or having claims against said
estate may appear and be heard, or otherwise
fund. FRANK KELLER,
t-25 II Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Estate or Annie L. Ddpis G,pinner, late or the
Borough Of Centrdlia, decreased.
Notice Is hereby given that letters OF admin
istration N the estate or Annie e, Davis
Gwinner, late OF the Porough OF Centraiia,
deceased, have been granted 10 the undersign-
ed administrator TO whom all persons indebted
TO said estate are requested TO make pay ments,
and those having claims or demands viii make
known the same without delay TO
j. NJ. GWINNER
r. j. FLYNN, Centralia, Pa.
5-lS Ct Atty. Administrators
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01

1t isn't much use for girl to fish
for compliments with a hook nose.
Not even the most enterprising un'
dertaker seeks to bury the Dead Sea.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02
servlan Press and king Peter.

The ukase directed against the free
dom Of the Servian press, which was
issued by King Peter, was the retort
Of that monarch to a number of news
papers which have recently held him
up to apprObrium. The Narodny List
was the greatest offender in this re-
spect, for each day it came out with
a question of which the following are
samples:
who is the biggest rascal in Servia,
and in what high place does he sit?'
who has fomented all the troubles of
the last reign?" "On whose conscience
lies the guilt of the murders of Prince
Michael Obrenovitch and King Alexan-
der" "Who condones crime and puts
a premium on ~treasonT'
True, the monarchical Journals are
no less squeamish in their manner of
dealing with opponents. Referring to
the Narodny List, a semi-otticial jour-
nal says: 1.-The scurrilous opposition
rag evidently alludes to our sovereign"
and adds that it should be suppressed.
London Chronicle.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02
AeDS%M1
~
WASHINGTON

Washington reports state that me- OF
President Castro's political foes is in
New York getting the sinews of war
foy the revolt against Venezuela's
President, long predicted.
1t is alleged that Government officials
have evidence to prove that the West
ern railroads entered into a conspir-
acy with the Beef Trust to shut out
competition.
Representatives Of the Department
of Justice in American ports on the
Gulf of Mexico have been instructed
to closely guard against the clearance
of any filibuStering expeditions against
Guatemala. This was done at the re-
quest of the Guatemalan Government.
General Morteza Khan, who succeeds
General Isaac Khan as Persian Minis
ter to Washington, was formally re-
ceived at the White House by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, has broken
the record for. 7continuOus service in
Congress.
President Roosevelt received a por-
trait of the Empress Dowager of China
as a token of the Chinese Governments
good will toward the United States.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02
How a Bet Turned Out.

Yesterday morning an elderly man of
clerical aspect slipped while crossing
State street, lear Lake, and sat down
in the mud.
bet you a dollar he swears when he
gets up" said a bystander.
"DOne!" said another bystander.
They went out into the street and
assisted the fallen man to rise.
Then he turned to them, pointed to
his mouth, and made a few rapid signs
with his fingers.
But as neither of them understood
the deaf and dumb alphabet the wager
was declared of.-Chicago Tribune.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02
FOREIGN.

Sewers snowStorms prevailed in
Northern Spain and railway traffic
was delayed.
At an auction sale in London a rock
crystal ever and cover from the An
glesey collection brought $4,000.
The Gar has held an important
is reported the possibilities of peace
were discussed.
The unwilling of the statue of Mar
ii. the Cuban patriot who organized
the revolution which ended with the
overthrow of Spanish power in Cuba,
took place in Central Park, Havana.
The Austro- Hungarian Government
is following the United States in send
ing officials to Abyssinia to establish
closer commercial relations.
The trial OF t~hirty-one Christians ac-
cused of the murder of a .Jewess
named Spiwok in the anti-Semitic
riots ended at Kishineff. Nine of the
defendants were acquitted, while
twenty-five were sentenced to a month
in prison.
Plans OF the Government for a mu-
nicipal gas lighting plant for the city
of Paris were defeated in the Senate,
which rejected Il bill to that effect
that had been passed by the Chamber
of Deputies, and had been approved by
the Paris Municipal Council.
Peru has protested against the recent
Chilean-Bolivian treaty.
Tho strike in Warsaw, a special cable
dispatch reported, has extended to al.
chemists assistants.
japanese newspapers commented in
sympathetic terms on the death of
Grand Duke Sergius.