The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-28
GENERAL NEWS.

Of the Fish Furniture Co. in
Chicago Friday.
Cotton mill authorities in Bos-
ton, Mass, estimate that 7,OOO.-
OOO spindles in the United States
will be stopped within the next
4 months. 1t is said that condl-
tons among the mills is worse
than at any period since the panic
of 1907-0S.
The Democratic members of
the House of Congress elected
Thursday night the four minority
members OF the enlarged rules
committee as follows: Champ
Clark of Missouri, Oscar Uuder-
wood OF Alabama, Lincoln Dixon
of Indiana, John Fitzgerald OF
Now York.
There las been marked i'm
provement in the condition OF
Senator John w. Daniel, OF Vir-
glnia, who has been sick at Day.
Lona, Fla, and whose life was
despa red of for a while, and his
physicians believe it will be pos
slble to move him to his Virginia
home within the next two weeks.
More than tWo-score persons
were killed and almost Jas many
more were Injured Monday in
me wrecking at Green Mountain,
Iowa. of two Rock Island trains
running oyer the Chicago Great
western tracks from MashalltoWn
to Waterloo. Practically all of
the dead and injured were from
Iowa and North and Sou h Dako-
ia.
The new committee on rules of
the House OF Representatives
was elected Friday, as follows:
Dalzell of Pennsylvania, Smith
of Iowa, Boutell OF Illinois, Law
renee of Massachusetts, Fassett
of NewYork, S NTH of California,
Republicans; Clark of Missouri,
Underwood of Alabama, Dixon
of Indiana. Fitzgerald of New
York, Democrats. Dalzell was
chosen chairman.
The raising of the battl ship
Maine, now submerged in the
harbor of Havana, was provided
for in a bill passed by the House
"Wednesday. Under the provis-
ion OF this measure the wreck of
the Maine can be examined to
determine the manner of it's de-
strlction. The bodies of the sail
or dead that may be found will
be inferred in Arlington GENE
terry.
A roundup of grafters and
;bribe-takers is going on in Pitts.
burg, Pa, which reveals shame.
full conditions. A half a hun.
dred men or more, some of them
members of the present city coun
Gil, others members of forme,
city councils, have been indicted
for accepting brides for theil
votes for measures Influential
interests wanted enacted. Many
O them have confessed an(
Others are expected to do so.
Washington woke up last Tues
day to the fact that Clifford Pin
cEot, whom President Taft re
Gently caused to be deposed from
the office of Chief Forester of tn
United States, was on his way t
meet ex-President Roosevelt
probably at Naples. 1t is rumol
ed that Mr.. Roosevelt summone
Pinchot to meet him, and he wi
receive from the deposed Chic
Forester, with whom he has bee
for years on peculiarly intimat
terms, his first direct inform;
ton bearing on the Ballinge
Pinchot controversy.
The forest bill providing $11
100000 for the purchase of LANE
about the heads of navigab
streams has been reported favo
ably from the House commit
on agriculture, which looks pror
Using for the Alpa ach;an pa
schemes. One million IS to
spent the first year and two ca
year thereaf er until the apr
.liation is exhausted. The /
also provides for 5000, 600 for Fl
protection for the States til
spend an equal amount, and +
a forest reservation commissiC
In the co lr5e of a speech
the Senate in support of his /
creating a Departn ent of HeaI
with Cabinet officer at It's hes
Senator Owen said Thursday tt