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I?E MEMORIAL TO HAMPTON. Nearly Nine Thousand Dollars Must ta Raised. HAMPTON MEMD8UL COMMISSION Meets at Columbia, Suggests a Pian for Raising the Fund Nec? essary for Making the State's Appropriation Available and issues a Stirring Address to the People of South Carolina. Columbia, April 3.-The Hampton * memorial commission, which met Wednesday night, today issued the -following address : TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA. At the last session of the General Assembly of this State the following Act to provide for a memorial to the memory of Wade Hampton was unani? mously passed and by the signature of the Governor became law: Whereas, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted by the., last Democratic Convention : Whereas, it has pleased God in His wise providence to call to his eternal rest our illustrious fellow citizen, Wade Hampton ; and whereas, we, the Representatives of South Carolina, in convention assembled, recalling his glorious example in war and in peace, and especially mindful of his' incalcu S labie services to the State as her great leader and counsellor in 1876, would put on record our sense of his noble career and our appreciation of his loss : Therefore be it Resolved, That in the death of Gen, Wade Hampton South Carolina laments the loss of one of her greatest citizens and most distinguished soldiers, and a leader and counsellor in her direst, necessity, to whom she ; owes a debt of lasting veneration and love. His name and fame are a herit? age of which any people might be ^proud. And we further, recommend that a suitable statue be erected by the State and placed in the State Capitol. Therefore be*it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina : Section 2. That the sum of $20, OOO be appropriated, to be used in connec? tion with $10,000 to be raised by voluntary contribution. Said $20,000 shall not become available until the sum of $10,000 shall be raised by voluntary subscriptions, and the same shall have been deposited in some bank within the State, to the credit of the commission to be appointed by the Governor, as provided for in Sec? tion 2 hereof. The total amount shall be used for the purpose of erecting: upon the Capitol ground an equestrian statue to the memory of Wade Hamp? ton. Section 2. Thtft a commission of five citizens be appointed by the Governor to take charge of the funds appropriat? ed in Section 1, when available, and alsoj of all voluntary contributions which may be committed to them, and they Eihall take charge of the location, inscription and erection of the monu? ment. THE COMMISSION TAKES CHARGE. In accord with the terms of this Act we have been appointed by his Excel? lency, Governor Heyward, a commis? sion to carry out its patriotic pur? pose. We had hoped that the excel? lent and distinguished gentlemen ap? pointed by the Association of Con? federate Veterans to raise a fund for the purpose of erecting a monument to Wade Hampton would continue the task they had so earnestly and success? fully begun, but since they have thought it best \ that both the collec? tion of the private fund necessary to secure the public appropriation and the erection of the statue should be in our hands we heartily enter upon this labor of love, assured . that we shall have the cheerful co-operation of the men and women of South Caro? lina, and that the pious work will soon be accomplished. Mr. Robert W. Shand, in behalf o? the Hampton memorial committee,, has already placed in our bands the sum of $960.50, raised by the Hamp? ton Memorial Association; to which $249.10 has been added from contri bu - tions made through Gen. Wilie Jones. The sum of SS, 795.60 must therefore i still be raised by subscription in or- I der to secure the appropriation from j the public treasury and to justify us j in perfecting a contract for the pro- j posed statue, for which we are now preparing to secure designs and | estimates. We are informed that other sums have been subscribed, and we j ask that they be collected and forward- j ed to J. Q. Marshall, treasurer of the commission, at once. . PLAN FOR RASING THE FUND. We have adopted the following plan for raising the additional amount. The Confederate camps in each county are requested to recommend five suit? able persons in their respective coun? ties to be appointed by us a county committee to collect and forward the quotas requested from the several counties. We feel that- this is a pri? vilege rightly belonging to the com? rades of the deceased chieftain. The sons of the veterans are urged to unite with their fathers in this work, for in honoring Hampton they honor their parents. The Daughters of the Confederacy and the rest of the patriotic women of the State, who have ever been instant in ministering to the heroes of the Lost Cause when living and commemorating their valor when dead, and have in many ways already testified to their love for Wade Hampton, need not be urged to make this the crowning effort of their patriotic devotion. The public at large will esteem it a privilege to testify to their admira? tion for one who in war and peace was the embodiment of the spirit- and genius of South Carolina. Wade Hampton's long life of more than four score years was devoted to the service of his State. In early manhood he was a safe counsellor in the General Assembly. When South Carolina led in secession, it mattered not that this p?licy was not deemed by im to be wise. He was among the first to draw his sabre and shed his lood, bearing the ?ame and honor of is native State far in the forefront of attie, achieving for her and for him self a repntation for valor that extend? ed throughout two continents-wherev? er the story of tho straggle was told. _ In the political revolution of 1876 it was H?mpton's wisdom and prudence, coupled with his determination, that gained the victory. As Governor of his State and as her Senator in the halls of Congress he showed himself a statesman of the highest rank. In declining years he was the sage, offering counsel from the abundance of his wisdom and experience. And at the last, when he had fought the good fight and had finished his course, he tranquilly yielded up his life breathing the prayer, "All my people, black and white, God bless them.'5 Though Wade Hampton lives in his? tory and in the hearts of his country? men, and needs no monument to re? mind them of his life and works, they feel that they owe it to themsleves to erect a noble equestrian statue in the Capitol grounds, so that strangers seeing it may be reminded of this son of South Carolina, who loved her with heart and soul, who would, like Leonaids have cheerfully fallen in obedience tb her laws, and, like Wash? ington, lived to bring order from chaos, prosperity to her industry and peace to her people. C. S. McCall, J. Q. Marshall, Alta? mont Moses, E. M. Seabrook, B. A. Morgan, Commission. Colnbmia, April 3, 1903. 0OOT&T1ONS NOT PROPERTY. -^ Decision of Judge Adams Against the Chicago Board of Trade. St Louis, April 6.-Injunctions sought by the Chicago board of trade to establish the ownership of quota? tions on the prices of grains and other commodities were denied by Jhdge Adams, in the United States District Court today, and the dealing in futures condemned. In the decision Judge Adams said : "The property which the complain? ant asks this Court to protect by in? junction process is the right to mono? polize the speedy dissemination of in? formation instructing the public what wagers are being made on the fnture price of grain and other commodities by the members of the Chicago board of trade. "Information of the prices made in other parts of the exchange on grain and other provisions for actual con? sumption or export, or even for the purpose of holding for specualtive pro? fit in cases whei? the grain or other provisions are delivered in fact, or are intended to be delivered, might and undoubtedly would promote legi? timate trade and commerce} but the other kind of information conveying intelligence as to the wagers that are made in the 'pits,' in my opinion, has no legitimate tendency to pro? mote the commerce of the country, but* on the contrary, tends only to excite the gambling propensities of the public. "Such is not a species of property which appeals to a Court of conscience for protection." THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. Conditions at and Above New Or? leans Practically Unchanged. New Orleans, April 6.-The river conditions in Louisiana today were without important developments. Dur? ing the day the gauge here was 20.3 feet, equal to the highest figures reached here this season. The outlet at Hymeiia has not yet been\closed, and until the work there has been ac? complished it is difficult to estimate i what maximum will be reached. Sack? ing there has been steadily in progress and the cribbing continues to hold. ? Reports from Magnolia say all ; danger there has apparently passed. Washington, April, 6.-There has been but little change in the lower Mississippi Ki ver flood situation ex? cept that a crevasse was reported Sun? day on the right bank of the river, thirty-five miles below New Orleans. It was 12 feet wide, but was probably closed during Monday. The river at Vicksburg is still falling tonight, but ai New Orleasn it has risen one tenth of a foot, reading 20.4 feet on the gauge, the highest stage yet report? ed. No decided changes are indicated in the near future. An Expert in His Line. Atlanta, Ga., April 4.-G. II allman Sims, collection clerk for the Capital City National bank, has been placed under arrest by United States Deputy Marshall Scott upon a warrant sworn cut by President Speer of the bank, charging Sims with embezzling a sum estimated at nearly $94,000. Sims is now held at the Piedmont hotel by the deputy marshal. He refuses to "talk about the affair. Hallinan Sims, 26 years old, who as collection clerk of the Capital City National bank of Atlanta, made way with ?94,000, seems to be in the com? mon thief class. Sims had been em? ployed in the bank for eight years, and according to his admission has been stealing during the entire time. Most of the young men who fall in this manner are tempted to speculate and for this purpose "borrow" their em? ployer's funds. When they fail in the speculation, exposure follows. Or, perhaps, an infatuation temporarily deadens their sense of honor. Not so with Hallman Sims. While he was welcomed in Atlanta homes and gave many opera parties he had no entangle? ments. He spent money very freely, however, for a Si,OOo a year clerk, and to explain his income, bought and stocked a farm in south Georgia, ex? pending 825.000 for that purpose. He told the bank officials that an old uncle was backing him. A dozen bank j examiners have certified to Sims' doc? tored books being straight. Ho was systematic and expert in his thefts. Columbus. Miss, April (?.-Almost the entire toA'n of Kennedy, Ala, a station on the Southern Railway thirty miles east of here, was destroyed by fire today. The loss is $13,650. Richmond, Va., April 6.-Reports from over the State indicate consider? able damage to crops by frost last night. In the trucking region Irish potatoes are said to have been cut down, and strawberries to have been seriously injured. Tobacco seems to have escaped unhurt; AFFAIRS IN CHINA. The Empress Starts on a Pil? grimage Carrying the Whole Court. Pekin, Aprils.-The report received here that the action of the United States increasing her Asiatic squadron is on account of "the alarming re? ports on the situation in China" caused surprpise in Pekin. Such re? ports were not substantiated by the United States or British legations, which possess good facilities for judg? ing the situation in China. The only disturbances considered serious are those in the Kwang-Si province, the southern province of China border? ing Tonkin, where 100,000 rebels are said to be under arms, which were never directed against foreigners. The latest reports regarding Gen. Tung Fuh Siang, the ' ' Boxer' ' leader, and Prince Tuan, the exiled anti foreigner, who are at the head of the insurgent forces in the northwestern province of Kansu, are reassuring. The government claims to have come to an understanding with them where? by they agree to refrain from hostili? ties. It is believed that the govern? ment is supplying them funds on con? dition that they remain quiet. The dowager empress and the court started today on their journey to the western tombs. They will be absent from Pekin 18 days. Other trains will carry most of the high officials in Pekin and the court's entire house? hold of eunuchs and. concubines. Busi? ness traffic on the railways entering Pekin will be practically suspended for several days. The masses regard 'the pilgrimage with astonished disapproval and predict that heaven will send dis? asters. The United States consul at Canton telegraphs that the situation in the Kwang-Si province, resulting from the rebellion there, is serious. Thousands will die unless assistance arrives. A Short Story For Young Readers. Editorial in the News and Courier April 6. Once upon a time-it was many, many Years ago, and in a very far Country-there was a fine old Gentle? man who was the happy possessor of a China Shop in which he took much pride, because of the peculiarly delicate Character and orderly Arrangement of its carefully selected Contents. Find? ing his daily routine of Existence somewhat dull, and being hospitably inclined, and desiring a little Enter? tainment it occurred to him-this was before Mankind had learned the painful lessons of Experience-that it would be a Good Idea to invite a Dis? tant Acquaintance, a famous Bull in a neighboring Parish, to pay him a Visit and make himself At Home for an interval in the Shop. The Good Ida was speedily carried into Effect. The Invitation was sent, and in a few days the illustrious Animal arrived, and was cordially welcomed by the fine Old Gentleman, and proceeded at once to make himeslf At Home in the Shop and to make Entertainment therein for his Host, as he had been Especial? ly solicited to do. It was a very Live? ly Entertainment while it lasted, which, happily, was only for a few hours, and at the end of it, the Shop presented a Scene of some Confusion, as though a Cyclone had passed that way and had played Hobbes with its delicate Contents and reposeful and well ordered Arrangments. The fine Old Gentleman was much Impressed with the outcome of his novel Adventure, and being greatly j Surprised and Grieved at all that had j happened frankly Expressed his Sus ! picious regarding the whole matter. "I have surely been betrayed," he said, to his Friends and Neighbors. I "It must have been a Bull !" Vincent Chicco lil. Vincent Chicco, who has been critically ill since Saturday, was much improved yesterday and it was said last night that he was not in the dangerous condition that his friends feared. He is confined to his room in his establishment on East Bay. A priest called to see him and this led to the repert yesterday that he was dy? ing. His family gave the assurance, however, that he was out of danger. The constables have been making it j so hot for Chicco that his friends de? clared the constant raiding was re? sponsible in a measure for his condi? tion. The officers raided his place every day, took everything that looked like blind tiger liquor, and then told Chicco that he would have to quit. Chicco announced a few ago that he was going to run a lunch counter, and he was preparing to start in this busi? ness when he was taken ill.-News and Courier, 6th. Big Fertilizer Factory Burned. Birmingham, Ala., April 5.-The immense storage house of the Bir? mingham fertilizer company in East Birmingham, said to be operated in the interests of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, was completely destroyed by fire this morning, the loss being estimated at $.225,000. It is yet impossible to obtain the amount of insurance carried. The fire originated in tho keg room in the northeast corner of the building and was briskly fanned by a wind almost a gale in velocity. The wind swept the flames straight down th? raain building, and in 30 minutes the entire structure was a mass of rains. The company was carrying a large amount of raw and finished products Ten freight cars on a siding and in proximity to the shipping department were also destroyed. Mazatlan, Mex.. A pri 1 -Every day adds .to the assurance that the plague has in reality been stamped out. There have been no deaths hero from the plague in three days, and but one seri? ous case remaining in the hospital. There has been one death at Siucros. . -afr. ? ? ? -^aa* Washington, April 5.-Mrs. Roose? velt and her children, who have been on a cruise on the Mayflower down l the Potomac river and Chesapeake bay, returned to Washington this afternoon. A carriage from the White House met the party at the boat and they were driven to the White House. All the family are well and greatly bene? fited by the week's outing. TILLMAN TO PLEAD. He Was Arraigned This Morning For That Purpose. The initial move in the trial of James H. Tillman for the murder of N. G. Gonzales will be made this morning immediately upon the con? vening of the court of general sessions, when the defendant will be arraigned to plead to the indictment found against him yesterday by the grand jury for the crime and also for carry? ing unlawful weapons. The counsel on both sides,at a preliminary hearing yes? terday morning agreed to the arraign? ment for plea today and it is under? stood that counsel will at this proceed? ing make application for a change of venue. Upon the best information obtain? able it was, however learned last night that the question of a change of venue was still a matter that the defendant's counsel was undecided about and would depend largely upon late de? velopments. Senator Ben Tillman ar? rived in the city yesterday and was in close consultation with Congressman Croft all during the afternoon and evening. The counsel for the defense are, for obvious reasons, not disclos? ing any move in Tillman's interest, however infinitesimal. It is within the legal prerogative of the defendant to waive his plea and in accordance with the statute he has four days from the time of arraign? ment to plead, until the trial. It will be necessary for the motion for a change of venue to be made at the hearing this morning. The counsel of the prosecution are prepared for this motion and are inclined to ex? pect it. ? All the counsel in the case are in the city. Associated with Solicitor J. Wm. Thurmond will be former At? torney General G. Duncan Bellinger and Col. Andrew Crawford. Tillman's counsel are Attorneys George Johns? tone, George Croft and Patrick H. Nelson. The attaches of the court of general sessions will take all due pre? caution for the preservation of order in that tribunal.-The State, April 8. SUNDAY HiSHT MURDER AT SANT?G. Son of Superintendent Fant Killed by a Negro, Brown Rodgers, Who Escapes. Special to The State. Santuc, April 5.-Rodger, son of Superintendent Fant and nephew of Maj. Fant, was killed by Brown Rod? gers, colored, tonight at 9 o'clock. Brown Rodgers is a mulatto about 5 feet 6 inches high and weighs about 150 pounds. The killing occurred at the house of a negress. Fant was on the point of entering the house when the negro fired two shots from within, either of which would have been sufficeint to produce death. The first took effect in the left breast and pierced the heart, the sec? ond entered the back of the neck at the base of the skull. Fant died instantly. The iaurderer fled and at last ac? counts had not been captured, though a diligent search is being prosecuted by the citizens and officers. HANDLED ROUGHLY. The Experience of Sewing Ma? chine Agent at Bishopville. Bishopville, April 6.-A sewing ma? chine agent by the name of Hattley was severely beaten by two men. Woodham and Wyndham, yesterday. He was struck on the head with a bar of iron and it was thought that his skull was fractured. The men were arrested and put under bond for ap? pearance at court in June. A BOOM TN MAY COTTON. ^ The Price on 'Change in New York Jumps to 10.38. New York, April G.-May cotton was again the feature of a very sensa? tional market today, selling up to 10.30, a new high record mark, in the first half-hour, other options advanc? ing from 1 to 6 points. There was again a very strong demand for July, which next to May was most active. The bulls maintained their attitude of last week and did what they could to discourage the advance, but were helpless in the face of unusual condi? tions. Over 400,000 bales are due Liver? pool and the visible supply in this market is barely half of that of last year. Good weather, improved cables and the great excess of exports over receipts make a combination which the shorts find impossible to over? come. The top price for May was reach? ed several times in the first hour. July went to 9. S3, and other options were correspondingly strong and active. The market maintained its firm tone all through the first hour There was a renewal of the rumor of last week that plans are being laid io organize a corner in July. Further buying by the shorts advanced the price of May cot? ton to 10.34 at 11.30o'clock. July was then quoted at 9.85 and August at 9.44. The bulls were still apparently indifferent to the further advance, which resulted almost altogether from short covering. In spite of the earn? est efforts of the bulls to check tho advance May sold up to 10.35 before the end of the morning session. Offer? ings were decidedly light and the maintenance of high prices was due almost entirely to covering of short contracts. May cotton touched 10.38. the top price of the day, in the early afternoon. There was no special news to account for the further advance other than that the short interest was still fearful of the situation and Con tinued to cover. The bulls appeared to be well satisfied with conditions and sold May moderately. The market became somewhat un? settled toward the close, with prices generally below tho top, although the reputed leader of the long interest was reported to have purchased some? thing like six thousand bales of May cotton at a price very near the high figure. The closing was steady with these bid and asked prices: May 10.35al0.36; July 9.92a9.93; September 8.82a8.a3, and November 8.42a8.43. CUBAN CONGRESS MEETS. President Palma's Message Deals With American Relations. PRESENT CONDITIONS GRATIFYING. Treasury in Hearty Condition and island Has Prosperous Future. Habana, April 6.-Congress reas? sembled at 5 o'clock this afternoon and will probably continue in session for three months on account of the neces? sity for the enactment of many laws before all the departments of the gov? ernment get thoroughly under way. A message from President Palma was read at the opening session. The president congratulated the country on the maintenance of peace and order since the strikes last November. He recommended new legislation concern? ing municipalities and sanitation. The message then says : "Our relations with the United States continue to be close and cordial. Much more gratifying is the noble and resolutely favorable attitude of the president of that great republic. It is enough to remember the obstacles which his stubborn will have over? come in negotiating the reciprocity treaty and obtaining the ratification thereof, and his firm purpose to sum? mon a special session of congress to definitely approve it. Besides the sympathy and respect which we in? spire among the American people by our exemplary conduct as an indepen? dent people, who realize the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, these circumstances powerfully con? tribute in solidifying the good under? standing between both nations. "It is to our interest to worthily cultivate those sentiments and we can? not do so better than by carrying out our obligations to the Washington government, expeditiously, frankly and correctly, whether it be by grant? ing what we ought to grant or refus? ing what we consider ourselves justifi? ed in refusing. It is unnecessary to recall the fact that in the naval sta? tion agreement which is in the.hands of the senate, the United States has obf?ined sites at Guantanamo and Bahia Honda, after asking also for Nipe and Cienfuegoes. It being im? possible to elude carrying out our duty in accordance with, the Platt amendment, the execntive believes that the convention bas been made the most favorable possible, and .re? commends a speedy approbation so that it may be possible to negotiate an additional agreement to establish the price of the leases and other con? ditions and details regulating the pos? session of the stipulated areas of land and water. The government is at present occupied with the Isle of Pines matter, and it has reason to hope that the settlement therewith will be satisfactory to Cuba." President Palma expresses the hope that the question of incorporating into the treaty all the provisions of the Platt amendment will soon be settled, and adds that after this has been dene it will seem unnecssary that the Platt amendment should remain any longer a part of the constitution. President Palma points out that the cash balance at the treasury amounts to $2,638,000 and advises that it should always be kept at $1,500,000 to prepare for emergencies. POLITICAL NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM THE NATIONAL CITY. Secretary Root Announces That There Must be No "Tariff Tinkering." -T Washington, Aprils.-Some remark? able instances of lack of harmony in republican ranks have come to light during the past week. In an extra? ordinary speech Secretary Root has announced that there must be no "tariff tinkering," that the sacred Dingley schedules must not even be touched before election, nor at a short session, and, as the session following the election, will be short, this postpones the "tariff re? vision by its friends," of which Mr. Root talks so confidently, until the winter of 1905-06. Secretary Shaw has taken occasion to deprecate all tariff revision, not even holding out the promise of a reform in the system in 1905. Mr. Shaw urges that high prices bring prosperity and the trusts and all their attendant evils are to be preferred to competition. No tariff revision for the present and probably none for the fu? ture, this seems to be the sum and substance of republican doctrine. There is a seriously discordant voice, in the republican concert however, a voice which, now that there is no elec? tion at hand, dares to tell the truth. It is that of Representative Babcock of Wisconsin who cries out against the dilatory tactics of his party and frank? ly states that the Dignley tariff law is robbing tho American people of mil? lions of dollars, is transferring from the pockets, of the people to those of th Steel Trust alone, upwards of $S0, 000,000 annually. This is how Mr. Babcock explains tho situation. He says that protection means the equali? zation of the cost of American labor. On an article, which costs to produce in this country 81.25 and which, be? cause of cheaper labor, can be produc? ed abroad for 81, Mr. Babcock would place a tariff of 25 cents and he unhesi? tatingly says that every cent of tariff above that amount means the robbing of tho people. Tho Steel Trust can produce steel cheaper here than it can be produced anywhere else in the world, therefore the tariff of nearly $18 per ton which is now assessed is actually a license to the trust to rob the Amreican people of that amount on every ton. What the republicans will do to Mr. Babcock when they learn that he has talked thus to a news- j paper correspondent remains to be j seen. G rc nt expectations have been enter? tained wir!? regard to the President's speeches in the ivi'sr and those mem? bers of hi: party who iooked for some encouragement in the nature of a promise of tariff relief have been dis? appointed. The President has already demonstrated that he has been con Mr. Hanna and other high protection? ists. Amazement is expressed in Wash? ington at a trick of which Mr. Roose? velt was guilty in Milwaukee. He pretended to quote in entirety his famous Minneapolis speech but at? tempted to take advantage of the mem? ory of his audience^ and omitted with? out reference ene Of the most import? ant statemments made in that speech. In his speech of September 2, 1901, Mr. Roosevelt, then Vice Presi? dent, said, "The vast individual and corporate fortunes, the vast combina? tions of capital which have marked the development of our industrial system, create new conditions and necessiate a change from the old at? titude of state and nation toward pro? perty." These words the President deliberately omitted without reference fco or explanation of the omission. In the opinion of democratic statesmen no clearer evidence is required that Mr. Roosevelt has abandoned the cause of the people and espoused that of the capitalist and the monopolist. It is stated in Washington on excel ' lent authority that the President has sharply rebuked Secretary Shaw be? cause of the latters' activity in mak? ing changes in the personnel of the Treasury staff. Heretofore Mr. Shaw has had free scope in the making of changes. He has been permitted to get rid of Secretary Spaulding and to promote his private secretary, Arm? strong, a young man only 29 years old, to the important position of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Recent? ly, however, Secretary Shaw has listen? ed to charges preferred by Wilbur F. Wakeman, whom Mr. Roosevelt de? posed, against George Robinson whom the President appointed Assistant Ap? praiser only two weeks ago and the Secretary is now investigating Robin? son. The Secretary has also ? stirred up trouble in the Chicago custom house and the President has apparently put a quietus on this extraordinary activity on the part of his Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary Root has issued further instructions with regard to the in? spection of militia regiments by offi? cers of the regular army, prior to their enrollment as properly qualified troops. The Secretary instructs that only thoroughly competent officers be charged with" the duty of inspection and that they refrain from undue formality in the performance of their duty. He urges that the militia be provided with magazine guns of the required type as.soon as possible so that they may become accustomed to dandling and drilling with them. In every instance the officer charged with making the isspection is instructed to first confer with the adjutant general of the state with regard to the most convenient time and place for the inspection which may, and probably will, in many instances take place dur? ing the annual encampment. Although the President and Mrs. Roosevelt are out of the City, improve? ments at -the White House are still be? ing made. On the long terraces at each end of the main building have been placed rare trees and shrubs, in? cluding a number of Dutch green bay trees which have been especially im? ported for the purpose at a cost of approximately $200 each. All of the treees and shrubs are grown in tubs so that they may he removed to a place of safety in cold weather. An instance cf the mistake the Government makes is dealing on a purely arbitrary basis with the Indians came to light this week. A delegation of Flathead Indians have come to Washington to protest against a rul? ing of the Secretary of the Interior whereby every Indian is compelled to pay a tax of |l per head for all cattle he pastures in excess of 100 head, .on the reservation. This, the Indians claim, was ordered without consulta? tion with them and amounts to putting a tax on enterprise. The amount col? lected is redistributed pro rata among the Indians so that the lazy, shiftless members of the tribe profit at the ex? pense of those more enterprising. Enforcing the Dispensary Law in Charleston. The City Court convened yesterday and eleven defendnats, charged with violating the dispesnary law, pleaded guilty and were fined 850, thereby enriching the city treasury to the amount of $550.- W. T. Schumacher was tried by jury and f und not guilty. The long and tedious Court pro? ceedings were enlivened by the results of the effort to try the case of the city against R. E. McManus, charged with violation the dispensary law. The jury retired in good order and in about ten'minutes announced that a verdict had been agreed upon. Mr. McManus was found guilty. "That is your verdict, so say you all, gentlemen? asked the Court. The foreman nodded his had. Then up rose Mr. W. H. Sigwald, a member of the jury. "That is not my verdict, your Honor,'"he said. "Did you not agree to this finding":" said the Court in astonishment. "Well, it was this way, your Honor," explained Mr. Sigwald. "Five of the jury wanted to convict Bob McManus, but I wasn't going to say a man was guilty on such evi? dence as we had in this case, so I voted nay. That's the way we stood-5 to 1 for conviction. Then the foreman said: 'Boys, the majority ought to rule.' I said, 'Sure, for I'm a Demo? crat. ' I agreed to let them write guilty on the indictment on the ground that the majority should rules But cn the evidence submitted I say that Mc? Manus is not guilty. I just wanted to make my position plain." "Then you have argeed to the find? ing of the jury in this case?" again* asked the Court. "Yes, sir, on the ground that ??T? majority should rule: but on the evi? dence in this case ?, individually, \ : - ncunce Bob McManus not guilty." In the cricumstances it was not legal? ly proper for the Court to accept the verdict of the jury and a mistrial was ordered. Atlanta, April .'.-While a negro wedding was being performed tonight in a church on Alexander street the iioor of the building gave way and 200 people precipated to the ground, 15 feet below. Eight people were injured sericusiy enough to be taken to the hospital" among them tho minister, Rev. H. C. Dennis. None of them will die. Neither the bride nor* groom was hurt. They were only half married when the accident occurred and the ceremony will h