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(?* *-~V <jod Anil Our IVwiIv?? *'i < VOLUME YIII. camden, s. c., fuiday, afril o, 1897. NO. 13. MM* Tilts Myron For Constables, and It Looks Blue for Them Yet, SJMOJJJON DISMISSES MOTION <Of the Attorney-General to Vacatc ? Ayrsta-- JJeolalon in FoU--Ju<lgo Tqjjyuaeiul'ft Opinion, The constables' troubles havo not *mdod, any if anything, thoy will havo & harden road to travol than horetoforo, ifo? tho Circuit Court has put itsolf on >oopr<\ iu as emphatic a manner aa pos sible, that the constables shall not seize, detain ov confiscate liquor im ported into tho Stato for pergonal ,bon emnption, Uonstablo J. M. Soott and ox-Coiu Ktables, Lucius, Cuthbort, Roach ancr W. J. Rarling arc required by Judge Simnuton's decision, handed dQWU at ? Charleston "recently/ to answer to the ohargo of violating the liquor im ported for personal uso by Messrs. William Bockrogo and M. Horako T*' ft io constables aro alflO roquired answer to the suit entered against liem for 000 by both plaintiffs, Tho oonslablou have been fearful of 4ho oonsoquonce of their rash deed ever *?inoo Mr. J. P, K. Bryan, tho attorney i'jr tbe plaintiffs, appeared in court and began tho present aotion against thom. , They felt that they wore liopiug against hope when Assistant Attornoy-GeuerUl Townsoml reooutly made a motion to ? vacate t he order of arrest, and tho do blsioh will oonsoquontly not bo ,in tho nature of a sunrise to tnem. ^ The oonstablofc will remain out of jail on bonds of $1,000 in oaoh'cftHo recently . given for their appeprtinco in court. Tho following ar<?,-tho opinions, 'Vhieh ox plain tho paaos iu detail anu,roquiro no further cgwmfenfc. : THIS DEOISJOJf. . The United States of America? Distriot v>f South Carolina? lu tho Circuit Court-Fifth Distriot. William Beckrogo vs. W. J". Harling and Lucious C. Roach. Tho plaintiff filod his verified com plaint stating that he had shipped by express to his own address, from Sa vannah, Georgia, to. Charleston, South Ourolina, a trunk couiaining two cjwrcs of Khino wine, four gallons of whiskey, two gallons of California port wine, two bottles of malt whiskey, products of a State other than than tho State of South Carolina; 000 cigars, four dozen oranges, eight cans peachos and ouo pair lino dross shoes. All of these in tended for a wodding festival, his own marriage at Charleston, on tho night of 2?th of January, 18d7. That theso goods renchod Charleston on tho 2oth .. of; January, and that the defendants 9 unlawfully; etc., entered the office of tlu> Southern iixpress Company in tho city of Charleston upon tho arrival of the goods i n said oity in due course "of ^'"'"transportation' ' and before delivery .thereof to the consignee, wrongfully, eto., took and carried awa^ the same. Upon. 11 litl g the cdinplaint with affi davit tho plaintiff moved for an order for the arrests of defendants under sub division 0, section 2U0 of tho code of civil procedure of South Carolina, , which permits such an arrest in an ac tion for the recovery of damages for tho vfrongful taking, detaining or con verting persohnt' property. An ordor of arrest was issued under this 000 , - ? ? ? The defendants now come in and by affidavits show that in the matter com-' * plained of they were acting aa Stato corietablos and they claim the immnni-' ty suit and arrest, provided for them in, the dispensary, law of tho State. It ia in (hoso ' words: "Section 45. Thai) chapter 1, title.yii, of the codoof civil: ?prbceduro of this State, entitled 'Of! Provisional itcmodios in Civil Actions, 'i shall not apply to any officer or person! having duties to perform under ,jthi3 not, and in *110 case shall an aotion be! against any suoli officer or person for damages to person- or property, as pro vided in said chapter." The question is does this seotion pro tect these defendants ? 1 The provisions of the dispensary law under which those defendants acted aro, iu sections &>,1 &8 and 82 of 1W06. in stat-j Antes at largo of South Carolina, 142, [ taken without warrant by an^ on rier, depot agent fcr express agent. stable, while i^transit or after at i m trai rival, . in possession \f a common car V i>r c Seotion 29 makes it thje duty of all con* atables to detain packages supposed to contain liquors in the possession of a common carrier. Seotjbn 82 provi .es that all 1 liquors containing alcohol transported into this State snail upon' introduction and a^iva1 in this State bejubject to the operation and effect of the dispensary law, to tho same> extent and in the same manner aa if they had been produced in the HUte. The Supreme Court of the United States, in the ease of Donald vs. Scott, -J 103. U. S., 08, has held that the provis-. ions of the dispensary Jaw of 1805, which are identical with these sediions of sot of 18M, are null and void. They are absolutely null ahd Void, because' they are in conflict with tha Constitu tion of j the. United States. This being so, th<?e provisions must be eliminated o?^Smiiary, . ys before the occurrence 00m plafasodof. tha act of the dalaad amtata taking thesa- goods oat of tha poseesston of the common carrier was is that ho aotod undor tho or ders of tho government, in thoao easca ho is buoii liot an or because ho ia tho officer of tho government but aa an in dividual and the court ia not ousted of luriadiotion because ho aaaerts author ity as Btioh officor. To make out his dofenoo ho must show that his author ity wob suftloiont in law to protect him. It ia noooasary theroforo for suoh a do fondant in order to complete hia do* fonno to produoo a law of tho Stato which conatitutos his commission as its agent and a w#r?nt for his act. This tho dofondant has undertaken to do'. " Die aot whioh ho sot# up in in oontra vention of tho Constitution of tho United states and in void, and thereforo is not a law of tho State of Virginia. "Uo stands thereforo strippod of hia offioial oharaotor and oonfossinfc a per sonal violation of tho plaintiff's rights, for whioh ho must answer personally." * Tho samo caso says further, pago 200; "Ihat whioh therotoro ia unlawful bo Ofluse made ao by tho supromo law, tho Constitution of tho Unitod Statos, ia not tho work or dooda of tho Stato, but ia a moro wrong and trespass oY thoso individuals who falsoly apoak and act in her nam?. " This clearly is not an action against tho State in any shape or form, (t'enn oyer vs. Couuaughty. 140 IT. 9. , at ptigo 10. Donald vs. Soott, supra.} Aro tho dofondanta protected from arroot? Tlio puriwjso of sootion 45 abovo quoted, in to proteot any officer or por aon having dutios to porform under tho statute, in tho porformaneo of thoso du tios. And if tho statute dooa not, or oannot,prenoribo tothom certain aotsaa duties, it canno(> inetruot thorn to vio late tho laws and bay they will bo pro leotod. It cannot bo olaimod that tho Stato constables onjoy absolute . im munity for any crimo or any act they mav commit whilst thoy aro oonstablea ana professing to carry out tho act, such aa murder, larceny, ombozzlomont, or any crime in the decaloguo. And why? Hooauso tho dispensary law could not exouso tho performance of or ex empt from liability for an act clearly unlawful. And when a seizure of pro- ? porty in transit, 'iu' tho hands of a oom mon oarrior, has been doolarod by the highest authority in tho land clearly unlawful, it cannot- be oxcuaod by tho ( jponsaay law. Every citizou is protoctod in his prop erty. No man can violato hia light with impunity if ho takes that property without due warrant of /aw. "Tho de fense stands heroBololy upon tho abso lute immunity from judicial inquiry of every one who asserta authority from t 10 oxeoutive Ir.'auobjof th j g< y .'rnment, however oloar it is that tho oxocutivo possossod no such power. Not only no Bnch power is givon, but it ia absolute ly prohibited both to the executive an? tho logialativo department, to deprive anyone of life, liberty or property with out duo procoss of law. " "No man in* this country ia so high that he is abovo tho law. ( Iso officer of tho law can sot that law at defiance with impunity. All of tho officers of tho law, from tho high est to the lowest, aro creatures of tho law and are bound to oboy it. " Uuitod States vs. Lee. 10(1. U. 220. The learned attorney -gen oral con tends that tlio mode of arro. t i* a pro visional remedy, granted only in special cases', and that the Legislature can di rect to what caso3 it shall apply. True. ?But tho Legislature cannot say-to^hat persons it ah all not apply. /All poisons are entitled to tho same projection from the laws which others en joyvx. (Consti tution of South Carolina, articlo 1, sec tion 6.) (Constitution of the United States, articlo 14, section 1. ) "How elso can principles of individ ual liberty and right be maintained, if when violated-, -th?- judicial tribunals are forbidden to visit penalties upon the individual offenders, who aro the instrumente of wrong whereon they in terpose the of the Stato? The doctrine is not to be tolerated. The Wrhole frame and scheme of the politi cal instruments of this country, State and Federal, protest Against it. The continued existence is not compatible with it. . I "It is tho doctrine of absolutism, pure, simple, naked and of communism which is it twin, the double progony of tho same evil birth." Virginia Cou finn/vA 1 14 TT Q Ort1 1 A. * *J. f Vi/l* Tho motion is refused. ClIAllliBS H. SlMONTON, March 31, 1807. Circuit Judge, M, Herskowitz ve. J. M. Scott and W. J. Harling. This caso is govorned by tho samo principles and mustroach tho samo con clusion as tho caao of William IJcck roge against W. J.'llarling and Luoius O. Roach, just decided. Very much appeared in tho affidavits which may go far to mitigate tho damages, if any are allowed, iiut this dooa not aQ'oct the principle. . The motion is dismissed. I CnABLES IL SlMONTON, March 81, 1897. Qen. Town$ond statod in his argu ment that such a decision would nulli fy tho dispensary law and provont its enforcement. iU ktodfrer A liOYAti WRtCOMB. Program of the May Mooting of tho Press Aisoclation as Arranged by tho Cltl&ous of Nowbcrry . Tho State Press Association having deoided to hold their next mooting in .ivewberry in May, tho citizens of that town have gone to work in earnest, aud expect to treat tho membfero royalty. To dothis committees have boot* appointed, and #rrangemeats are being made for the various events that will ocour. So faf the following program has beef J flllfcj .j-lJTZ i r 25? Address of welcome . by Maj. Eransand if on. Geo. B. Cromer . H. Hunt. - ; ;? WJ? Addrowroy the Hot*. Patrick and at nicbt a grand banquet at MM* xftiwlmrj. ?????-? ?? May 37? The meiaber* oT tho assooia ??* * AkMiM tn 1M the ] 1 RULES 110 101. ? ?? Circular From Stato Board Which Will Mako the Wor)< Uniform IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES Kor the Government of tho Penaton lioanls ? Intoiulod to Simplify fhe Now Linv. ' <"S At last tho Stato board of pontwons has coustruod tho complicated now pension law and issued somo rules and instructions "for thoguidauoe of town ships and county hoards of pensions as authorized by an aot with ret'erenco to ponsions, " which is intended to simpli fy tho now lav to such an oxtont that the boards will bo ablo to carry out its provisions without much diftloulty. It is earnestly to bo hoped tint the rules drawn up willprovo otfoctivo in accom plishing what ia doBirod. They are be ing j>rintod iuoiroular form and will be sent <^nt by the comptroller to those in terested in ull parts of tho State. Hero are the instructions: The pension boards organized in 1890 will ut onco call together tho soldiors and sailors resident in oaoh township in thoir respective counties, fixing tho timo and place for such mooting in each township, 1 hose soldiers and sailors, when assembled, oloet ono of their number oh airman and another ?ooro tary. Ton days after this township or ganization tho chairman of theso town ship boards meet at tho oounty seat and eleot four of their number ana ono phy sioian as a county oxamining board of pensions. 1'ouBionors now applicants for pen sions cannot bo elected a member of township ponsion boards. When old soldiers cannot bo found in tho town ships, reputable resident oiti/.eus may bo elected. Jf any township shall fail or refuse to organize as required by this aot, thou the oounty boards bhould reoommond three good men, not pen sioners, to tho State ponsion board, wha will appoint suoh township boards. All ponsionors resident in tho town ships must appear in person beforo tho township boards. Thoso already on the petision roll need not prepare and file new applications. All now appli cants must bepresontod to and have tho approval or disapproval of tlio township boards and oounty boards before tho State board can approvo. Township boards can drop from the roll of pen sioners, as now constituted, the naijio or names of any party or partios which in their judgment ale not entitlod to a P8*Sk>n under tho laws, and add to tho roll only such names of now applicants as may file suoh applications, with proof of service theroon, as indicated by tho blank forms prepared by tho State board. Applications defective or not filled up correctly in each particular, although approved by township and county boards, will bo disapproved by thoStato board. applications approved or disapproved by the State board cannot bo returned to tho Oounty or township boards after money has beon pro-rated and raid out. Township and county boards will notico that the la^ provides throo classes. "A," "B," atid "C," (with sub-divis ions of class "Cj" as follows: Class A ? Those who liavo lost both arms, both hands, or bo tk logs, or both eyes, or whoso absolute disability arising from wounds aro. ^quiyalont to the loss of either. "This dooa not in clude soldiers whoso disabilities arise from dieaBos or causes arising since the Var. Glass B ? Those who have lost ono arm, or one |,eg, or whoso disabilities from wounds aro equivalent to the loss of an arm or a log. ?" Class 0 ? (No. 1.) ? Those soldiers and sailors disabled by wounds, but not sufficient- to be placed in C!as." 13 wboc incomes do not exceed $260. Class C ? (No. 2. ? Thoso who have reaohod tho ago Of sixty years and whoso incomes do not exceed #100. Class C ? (Ho. }]. )? Widows of thoso who lost their If^es in the service of the State or Confederate States, and whoso inoomos do not exo od $2o0. Class C? (No. 4. )? Widows abovo the ago of sixty j'ears, whoso incomoB do not exceed 8100. Class C ? (No. /5.)-rWidowB of pen sioners. This class is not mentioned in tho printed acts sont out, but by tho act approved Beeembor, 181)4. I Blanks for the reports of township Land oounty boards in accord with these classes and eub-d visions havo been prepared and mailed to auditors to dis tribute among thoso boards. Class A gets ?0 per month or $72, and wll\ bo paid in full thjw amount; Class B $4 per month or 94fT; Claa C, with oacli of its sub-divisidns, $3 por month or $80. After Class A is paid tho balance will be pro rated between B and O on tho basis of $4 to $0. This money will be sent to tho olorks of court as h^retoforo provided in tho appropriation acts eaoh Sear, and will be sent just as soon as ie roll for the State can bo corrooted and completed. Township boards cannot be toooare ful in these matters of "income" and "physical condition. " . ft is a very poor w^?*egro8sincom?lTom labor, rent and other sou roes, doe? not exceed! $100. or- roor lands, if any thai will aot prpdttojj this amount.... Property_in apv plicant ?or - hh wife'a name deban them. Where soldiers or widows die from receiving a pension. :?i satL without 1*1 tow**Wp aad oontj boards act board*, and afterwards the $tato board. \ When the boards ( 18*H1) liAvo acted under laws then of force and] approved or disapproved applioationsyfor pou\ sions, let auch applications Unguent tci lownship boards, then to county hoirrd? to bo approved ?u- disapproved undorN t ho act of ISO? amen^ilig former acts. / I 1). 11. TosiVjosft. I <' Soorotarv of State. W. A. lUllDRH, Attorney General. James Nomton, Comptroller General. State Hoard of rensious. OUlt COUitIM AND KILLINGS. Is South Carolina to Become Murder er's PnrtulUoV "When a judge on the bench, in pass ing sontonoo on a man, praotically com mo 11 da him for violating the law, and when a Statu solicitor shoots a man dead fotf' cursing him wo have reached a pretty bad pass. And yot, if the nows papors are t-c ka believed, that isiyvvhat took place in South Carolina last week. Quo Davis tried to shoot one Smith bo cause Smith insulted. him by calling him namos; l)n\i < wan indictod for ''as sault with intent to fcill," but was convicted of "assault of fa. high and ag gravated nature. ' Judwo Gary lined iJavia $23 but instructed, that gift bo ro turned to I)avis beonuso he had been "grossly insultod and provoked. From which the inference is that if one iftan iusults another by calling him a bad mime ho is oxousablo if ho shoots, him. The judgo is reported as having said that the defendant "would not bt\ worthy his fathor's namo if lie had not resented the insult. " Wo call that dangerous doctrino. It is a particularly dangerous deliverance < from a judge oh tho bo noli. As long as our judges preach doctrino like that tho peoplowill furnish them murder cases to try. A judgo who believerf a man is not worthy of his father's name if he does not resent an insult, should ex press his opiu ons on that' subject in a very guarded manner. A fow days after the judge commondod tho son of his old neighbor for trying to shoot tho man who insultod him. Solicitor Tliur mond, of Edgel'ield, a follow townsman of this same judgo, shot ft man doad for insulting idm by calling him bad names. Tho iudge is reported to have given out on official deliverance as to how a gon gontlomau should act under such cir cumstances aud the solicitor bo actod without waiting for furthor ruling on the subject. How can wo hope that tho pooplo will ropoct the laws and human life when our olficors, sworn to oxecuto and en force tho laws, put suoh a low estimato on human life? Tho judge, who es toems it a commendable thing, ox at least a trilling offenso, for one man to try to shoot another for an -insult, ? ought to 'lot somebody else take hia place on the bench; the solicitor who will so far forget himself as to shoot down a man booauso ho calls him hard names, ought to resign his oftico at onco and never try again to act a?) tho State's prosecuting attornoy. Such officers ought to resign forthwith. Evildoers hav? no fear of tho courts run by s.itch men. * o A judge on the bench substantiality ? tolling a man to shoot whonever he is insultod, a solicitor shooting a man dead because ho abusod him, and tho governor pardoning it murderer while is caso is still ponding, is a bad record for one wook. South Carolina will be tho murderer's paradise after awhilo, if wo continue at tho present )^o. It ho has money, friends and fWnily infiu once ho will certainly be acquitted in the courts; if ho fails thero tho gover nor will mako it all right for him. Ho has nothing to foar in this State, ex cept some inconvonienoo, loss of time and lawyer's fees. < ? Somotimes tho nowspayar accounts of a killing will say by way of extenua tion that tho man killed made a move ment as if ho was putting his hand in his hip pocket.. I s it possible that putting one's hand ill one b pocket is a deadly otlouHO, for which the m^umust bo shot down without a second!^ delay ? Somothing like this recently occurred : A man on a horso w^a pursuing fi negro aud shot him; on tho trial tho man tes tified that tho negro appeared to be putting his hard in bis hip pocket; the murdei er was therefore acquitted on the plea of self-defense. Verily it looko as if we must have a now law, prohibit ing the manufacturers, tailors, sowing womon, wives and motliors from mak ing, selling or giving away pants hav ing liip pockets; and, that the man or boy convicted of wearing pants havinir hip pockets shall bo fined, or im prison od, or both? tho fine, of course, will bo romittod at tho discretion of the presiding judge; and the offender, if imprisoned, will be pardoned by*th? govornorl ? Baptist Courier. A TRIP TO 'MKXICO. Good Opportunity Afforded Teachers to <So There. for State Superintendent of Education Mayflold has recoived a lotter con^orn- 4 iner a pleasant trip to Mexico, vAioh is proposed tho teachers of the Educational Association tako. 'The rates and cost of tho trip would b? much reduced by many going on it at tho samo time. Tho letter is as fol lows: 4 'Mexico, March 22d, '07. uAfr. Wm. D. May fields State Mana ger National Educational J*tocla* (ion, Columbia, C. "DharSir:? -As previously notified, you ate awarfe that 1 expect to otgatiiM an excursion of teachers from the Na tional Education Association for a . trip through Mexico. "I think that it this is properly pro se ntWl it will tend to increase the at iendimoe ai Uia NationalEdOoaUoual Association. _ Will yon kindly ?ire me nam? and addresses of those m your Btatoto whom yon think it adyiaabla to forward deaoriptire matter pertain in# to tho trip, and girin* ooapleta itinerary. r:-. dMkm awtjag fortbereaeon*' ? - - on* undertaking in wniofc to prerara for fS&fim mSb* l^cKinloy Will Probably Send a Special Message to Cpu^ress, TELEGRAMS FROM GOVERNORS. I loll overt That tho situation In tho Floodod Districts Win Itequlro a Government Approprlut Ion. Tho Soorotary of War ban received tho following tolograms sont by t)io Governors of Louiainua, Arkansas and Mississippi: Baton ftougo. April 8. ?Up to date wo have l>oon nolo to hold our lovees in this Stato with tho oxcoption of a broak in l.owcr Bayou f^a b'ourohoro. -Tnoro in as yet no floodod distriot except a small territory affected by this erovasxo. i ho situation is extremely critical and tho co operation of tho department in strengthening and maintaining tho Iovoum is most earnestly solicited. Ac cept my thanks for interest in our peo ple Miuumu'J. FosTRn, Tiii. . Governor. Initio Hook, Arkansas, April a. ?I am gathering information by wire and otherwise, and will promptly re port to you as soon as reliably (lata can -bo obtained, by Monday probably. The entire Mississippi valley in .Arkansas is ovoriloodud, and tlity'o iM great destruc tion of proporty. Tllooxtont of. suffer ing for food and shelter cam only be vnguolXftpinoxiinsted, but it is safe to say iW(),0yu, added by the government to our IojjrI resources, will not bo too h1UcI\ lo iueot tho exigencies. v .Daniki^ W. J ONJvH, Govornov. Jack sou, Miss., Anvil !}. ? Telegraphic communication with tho flooded dis tricts is so interrupted by the overflows, that it is impossible to give anything like an acciuato estimate of tho number of suffering. But I think 810,000 would relievo the prosont distross. Many .thanks for yonr genorous interest in our strioken people. Will keop you promptly informed as requested. A. J. MoLavkin, Governor. 1 resident. MoKinloy will probably send n special moKHagc to Congress ask ing that an apprpriation bo madoimmo d lately for tho roliof of tho flood suffer, era of the South and South west. Jn a talk with Souutor ilonos mid Kcpr#ftoiit? alivos MoRao, Brundigo and Mo'Jul ? of Arkansas, he said lie apprecia tod tho need of inimodiato legislation. And in appealing to Congress, woulu tnko as his procodont tho appropriation or $iau,000 made by Congress for tho flood sufferers of 1890. Thcro has boon considorablo doubt express ed as to tho policy of the gen eral government in granting money and supplies to too distressed peoplo in any Stato. For several years past tho tompor of Congress ha? been opposed to it, as savoring too much of paternalism, and the government has contented itself with lending stor/is and tents for the purpose of sheltering fho homoless, lp' somo great disaster. Tho Arkansas delegation discussod those questions with tho Prosidont. Mr. MoKinloy was informed of tho pre cedent and requcstod to uso it, as a basis for a m^Ssage ' to Congross. lie wanted to know how much was needed, and after some discussion it was agreed that 31*0,000 would bo tho most desira ble mim.' Of this amount, Arkansas noeds $.)0,000. , COi>. MUCK OOKfl TO JAPAN. The Georgia Politician Oet? Relief? Nominations by the President, TIio Prosidont on Monday sent to tlio donate tho following nominations: A. 10. Buck, of Ooolgia, to be minister <to Japan; James I|oyle, of Oh ib, to bo consul at Livorpool; E. S. 'Pay, of./ Connecticut, to bo consul at Bradford, England; F. R. McCreery,. of Michi gan, to be sccrotary of the legation at the City of Mexico; Jfi. A. Aiigler, of Georgia, northern district of Georgia district attorney; Marion Erwin, of Georgia, southern disirict of Georgia. Karthqufcko Predicted. Juan N. Contreas, the noted astrono mer and oarthquako prophet, has made the following prognostications: Earth quakes will ocour in the two weeks of April in tho /one comprising Nora Cruz and the City of Mexico, Gueltfo and Co mP 80th. Heavy northers will blow at Vera Crnz and Tampico i from tho ?4h to 7th with a possibility of rain from tho 12th to 14th. Earthquakes are also announced for tho socond half of April, suporcodcd by hoavy gales and rains along the Gulf coast. lie Captured Wilkes Booth. Edward G. Doherty, for several years an inspector of pavement in the department of public works, died at bis i bfdne in Now York. Mr. Doherty was flRru in Canada. He served in the Viiion armyt On April 26th, 180.% ho "as in command of tho party which captured Wilkes Booth and T)avid E. Harold, the former the assossiu of President Lincoln and the latter im plicated in the plot, at Garret's farm, near Pleasant Valley, Va. To Jlegfn An Investigation. Tlie iritor-State commerce com mis* eionere hare- left Washington -to begin an investigation of charge* of fllsctlmi nation made against a number of rail road They will go firert over the Southern Railway Co Havanuah and then to Jacksonville, . Fla., and Austin, .TtsMr. ,..naaTr,. . A OestractSve Fire. storea. lx>? $15,000. I I KXI'OHITION OK I II 10 C'AHOIilNAB Opening |)?y Sluy 4th, rtt Charlotte, ' N. C,?ltQ\\ AdmUtdou and llutl roatl Kates. This iti tho day of expositions, Thoy are to l)? fouml upon overy hand, but it Una boon renewed for tho Carolinas i to inaugurate tho tlrnt exposition to be j managed entirely by women. Thin on- ! terprise, wlnob was instigated by the , Womeu'a Auxiliary ol tho JChaVlotto ! Young Men'a Christian Assignation, has its management vested in sJ\ exooutivo j committee of sixteen lyproaeutativo ! women of Mocklenourg uounty and is j advised by an AdviVry Hoard and ' honorary committec^m prominent mon from both iStutea^ri'lio oponinu day is announced forJ^ay -i t h and it iu expect* e l that ftlW^Tbo in readlnosa by that timo. Tlfftfuilding, which is centrally locatod, isjfcoiug up rapidlv andvwill t>r? an ornamout to t.'harlotto, both during and aftoyXne life of the exposition. Art, fewonoe and industry are tho special features to tt'o inoorporaUd. Ks pocial onlphasis is laid upon tho Fino Art Depirtmont by the management, as the ludiwi are ospooially desirous of in oroasiiif/an intorest in tho line art. in this? auction, tvV be inlluoneod by the /exposition Tno most popular picture in Amormo, "Breaking the Homo Ties, " has 'toon scoured and will be exhibited in tlfls department. This picture is vakiod at*?*H>,Oii0, and is i n surod for that amount whilo on exhibi tion. Homo of America's most pronii* nonx artists will exhibit, and the collec tion will number about N00 piemen. The solontiflo department Ay ill con tain usual exhibits with, eopient eniphaHisupon tho museum. The col lections of Colonial War and Historical Relics will be one of tho finest, ever gathered in this section, and will con tain relics from all over America and many foreign countries. A historical, portrait gallery will also bo an impor tant and attractive feature. The industrial department wil bo ono of the most compact and complete over gathered in so small a spaoo. It will inoludo manufacturing goods and will also contain somo niachiuory in oporation. The lights will be furn ishod from tho exposition's plant owned and operated by the Charlotto Machine Company. Tlio eleclrioity displays will probably bo tho huudsomost over Econ in the HoutJi unless it be that at Atlanta. _ Tho railroads will crant _ 'groat ly re duced rates and tho aami^siqu has boon placod at Jiocts. as it is the dcsii'o of tho management to have tho educational intluonccs. . that tho exposition will exert extended among tho pooplo who cannot ordinarily incur much oxpenso. Information of nny ohuraoter will bo cbooifully furnished by /Mrs. Minnie Hobb Kellogg, general manager, Char lotto, N. C. / TUB MARK KTp \V A 1 Tl N O . Somo Improving n\i<l Homo Nagging? Kftectof the'l'miA Hill. The weekly trade Aviows for the past weok, as reported by It. G. Dun A Co. and Bradstreet la, in part, as fol lows: ? ? ? "The markets are still waiting, some flagging1 downward and othors recover ing. Thero is much disposition to use the deoieion of the Hupreme Court again t railroad combination!) as an in strument for depressing stocks, and yet the buying has prevented a dooline exceeding ?1 por sharo, and for tttist stocks 20 cents per share. The reports of railroad earnings for the quarter have I been somewhat encouraging, the aggre>* gate - having been on roads witlxin the United Statos only 8.2 poroont. smallor than last year, and 'tho March returns havo boon rather moro favorable than those for Januaty or February. The. votp of tho House in favor of a new tariff bill has made no impression on business, since it has been expected since November that somo measuro of the same ftonoral character' would be- * come a 'law. If tho bill stands with its provision making now dittos applica ble April 1st, the chances anf that for eign imports and treasury receipts may 1)0 for ^ time "The cotton and odier' textile manu faoturers are slowly gaining in busi ness, though print cloths ana most sta ple cottons remain unchanged in prices, and the restriction of the output scorns to have given somo reliei to the mar ket. "The iron and steel industry has been staggered, so to speak, by the deoi^ion of the Hupreme Court affecting rail roads, since it is approhended that pur chases not o.ily of rails, but of cars, lo comotives and bridge material Will be affected. Tho demand^ftr rail* is still considerable, and one. order is pending for 10,000 tond'for Japan, but the redac tion in Messabi or*' with the want qi agreement aa yep among products ,in hard ores, tend to onoourage the'^belief in lower nricetT for finished products and so to hinder buying." Bnix) street's h a port. "The course of general trade shows some improvement, notwithstanding an almost stoppage of business in the south Mississippi valley by washonts, overflows and floods. The condition of country roadways throughout the central Western States and the North west is such aa to atill farther delay collections ana check demsjad from in terior merchants. Another drop is re corded in prices of Bessemer pig iron and steel billets and in wheat, ;flour, coal coffee and lard, which in pay* off set by increased Activity and higher prices for wu4Pand woolens, corn, oats, sugar and petroleum. Av heavy move ment of fertilisers is in tho south Atlantis Htatesrlatsrsat ia-alua* gles has increased on the northwest Pa cific ooaet ftndGataaeie* fe^esperfting cattle to Europe direct ' The most fat* orafcle trade rfftports are from the Northwest sprinjfwheat 8 <*Me. "3 s? r't^ksr. I ling off of about 11 y?r eeai g. FIFTY-FIFTH OONOKTCS9. ~ Heport of the Proceedings froiu Day to l>ny. SENATE. <! \Vki>nrsi>a v. ? Tn tho Senate Mill* (Don). ) of Texas, olio roil tho lollowimr resolution, winch wont over until / Thursday: "Honolvod, That tho com mittor on foreign relations btyjnstruot od to inquire what, if any, obligation tho United States has assumed towards tho people of Cuba, by aborting and V - maintaining tho light to prevent tho acquisition of that inland by, any Euro pean power, and compelling iu poo^lo to romain aubjoot to tho powet of Spain: and to report by \>ill. or othorwisc. ' Pottigrow gave notice of an amendment to tho tanlt bill which will romovo from tho dutiable, and placo on tho froo lint, all articles of liko character of domestic .production, or inannfaotnro that are made, or controlled by a trust, or combination for tho purpose of pro vont ing oompotit ion. in soorot so&fdon tho Sennto remained this a| tor neon for throe hours and a half, during which tiino it dinposod of albtho important amendments to tho general treaty of ar bitration and failed utterly to agreo as to a time whon tho final vote shall bo takon. ^ Tuuiwi>ay. ? lu tho Senate after tho journal was road tho tariff bill was rocoiyod from tho liouso and roforrod to tho oomniittoe on finance. }ialo( (Hop ) of .Maine, reported a joint reso lution authorizing the Secretary of tho Navy to transport contributions for tho relief of tho suffering poor in India, and asked its immediate consideration, it was read and pae&o'd/ The Sonato still further cmasculatod tho gonoral treaty of arbitration with Groat Britain, by striking out tho eighth see tion entirely, and adopting an amond mout offered by Paeon, which is inten ded to protect tho Southern States from any olaim ba?odup<>n securities issued during tho reconstruction period, There was quite a lively debato about freedom in Cuba, which was brought about by a resolution of Allon, (Pop.) of N ebraska, in tho oaso of /tho Cuban ? gonoral, Hivora, who is tonetrll by court martial and shot. Tho resolution declared that "in the judgment _of the Sonato it in tlVo duty 01 tho United States gorornmont to protest to the Spanish government against such a vio- > l&tion of the rulea of civilised warfare." The resolution offered by Morgan in re lation to tho letters from the Cuban general, Maximo Gomoz, to President Cleveland -and President MoKinley, was taken up and agreed to. So like wise was the resolution offoredby Mills, (Dom.) of Toxas, instructing tho com mittee on foreign relations to inquire what, if any, obligations, tho United States has asspmod toward tho people of Cuba, by assorting and maintaining tho right, to provont tho acquisition of _ that island by any European pow?^' and compiling its people to romain Bubjoct to tho dominion of ftpain. Sonato, after being in executive ses sion from 1 to 0:15 p.m., adjournod un til Monday. Monday. ? In tho Senate Alleu'sresq lution in behalf of Gonoraljluis Rivera, a loador of tho ^'uban army, who is to bo tried by drriimhoad oourt and shot, was passod. It places upon tho Presi dent the duty of making a protest to - Spain. A bill mtrotfHoed by Chewl!***-?'? to enable merchants, manufacturers and others to maintain priceB nnd "make profits wae unanimously passed. A joint resolution was introduced by Pate, (Pern.) of Tennessee, . and was passed . .. unanimously, authomingtho President to direct the surgeon general of tho Ma rine Hospital Jiureau to distribute all >? available supplies o?.> tenia, blankets, ? food and medicinesii and to purchase r? "such "further supplies as may -bo necessary for the relief of the Bufferect by the Mississippi floods. Tuesday. ? In the Senate Morgan and Han liad quite a lively HMMgtf m tfatf Cuban question, which waa .brqngbfc about by Morgan calling up his resolu tion recognizing the existence ot-m -state of public War in Cubfe. Farle (Dem.), of South Carolina, on behalf oi the new Senators, asked for a re-organ-? i /.at ion of the Senate committees so as to give representation to th^so not now placed upon %fty committee, but the resolution y/M not acted upon. The re mainder of the day's session \ya??i?.^ to debate on the bankruptcy bill. HOUSE. WunNKflDAY.? The obieot for which Provident MoKinley called the Fifty fllfth Congress in extraonttnltrv (tension a fortnight, oco wair^ac^mphshedj so far as the * House of Representatives was concerned, when th#HRHe^oB* the'.:: Dingley tariff bill was announced' by t Speaker Heed. The vote was, yeas/ 20r> ; nays, 121; answering present wnd - not voting. 21. The affirmative votfr was composed of. ll)9t Republicans and 0 Democrats ?Messrs. Broussard, liovey and Mey pf Tunisians; Ki|t>erg ana Bladen, of Texas- and one Populist, ~ Mr. Howward, cf Alabama. Mr. Raed, in the Bpeaker's chair, directed the clcrk to call his. name juit before the announcement of the vote, to which he responded aye, amid applause. The negati e vote comprised 117 Democrats ana fonr Populist 6 and fusionists, Mes srs. Laker, of Illinois; Marshall,- Simp son and Todd. According to a con clusion reached last Monday nightTne great number of . Populists, Suverftes , and fusiqaists contented themselves 1 with anfwexing "pfesw**-" :? *?? reurreed by a vote of ISO to 120 making tee duties in the bill effective Ap?lll#fc House adjourqedVntll nest HAturdary. - - ? SATr?n?ir~t,fie House passed the joint resolution authorizing the f' tary of the Nary to transport in stt Americanvcssel ?.wptch_ hesball y state* for ilto _ Jomud Vtu m* nidiiliiagf