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' Oi SIIIIE NEWS BUDGtL Happenings of Interests Throughout the State. SUPREME COURT DECISION. Tragedy at Rdsrficld?Murpliy'ft Sentence Commuted to 1.11*0 I in* prldoument?Itoad Will Ho Cuilt. ? The Supremo Court on Wednesday rendered a decision sustaining Judge Benet in a dispensary decision mude in the cuse of tho City Council of Florence vs. E. A. lirown. Tho court was divided, Chief Justice Melver uud Justice Pope ulHrming the decision and Justice Clary and Jones disssenting, and under tho Constitution when tho court is so divided, the decision of the lower court is uUirmed. Tho principle* underlying the decision aro very important and of interest to every city in the {State. In stating the case the Chief Justice says that on JuneSii, lb.lG, the defendant wus conrioted by the flavor for selling spirituous liquors ivithm the limits of the city in violation of an ordinance of the city prohibiting such sales, from this conviction and sentence the defendant appealed to tho Court of Sessions, Judgo lionet presiding, who reversed tho municipal court ou two grounds: First, because tho charter of the city conferred no authority on the i ity Council to pass tho ordinance claimed to have b en violated. {Second, because tho Dispensary law is of gonerul application and contains all that is necessary to the regulation of tho liquor question, and that tho right to prohibit the sale of liquor is vested by the Constitution in the Ucucrul Assembly. From this the citj' appeals and tho grounds make but two questions: First, wlietnor the charter of tho eitv confers any authority to pass the ordinance in question. Fecund, if so, is the Dispensary law exhaustive of the subject, and excludes a municipal corporation from passing any wrilinanco forbidding the sub.'of spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of any municipality. \\ In It: the second ground is not sustained vet tl.e lii-til i. 1 1 * , "V ? ^ mil UIU JUU^meut is allirmcd. .lust ice I'ope concms. .Justice < iary dm- cuts, thinking that jud^im a! hould ho reversed on hot 1: of the questims raised by the exceptions. .?usticc ,I ones tiles u separate dissent iu.v; pinion, n^reeinj^ with .Justice tdari that the ( ncuit i onrt should he re, ci. , <1 on hoth ?i't;umis. The lintel V. Ill tse Unlit. There seems to tic no doubt of the intention ot tin ? duo IIi \ er and ( hui leston t.uiircud to build the hrancli road from t.lacU; Icirjj to (-nUncy. \oiir corresi>?nuie.i! is informed tlial the eontrnet for the ;:i:i Iinx will ! < let within two weeks, and that the nam has already heon eonlracted for. if tin' road is hui!t to uallney, it is ahno.-t sure to he extended to . j ui tanhui;^ l?\ do way of flifton, and po. ibly to i .rccn\die, I'iedinont and i i-l/.er. It is .-a: that the i duo luwr and < hnrh ton wsl. seenro siillicicvt. Inn mess l>\ Pol-im;; tlie line ineiitinned, to make it. one ot thu most prolitable railroad oropcrlic m the South. ) ncre is also a : troiiu' | r?.liability that the road will lie extoinU-I from t'aiinhu to luintcr duiii; the present summer, if this plan is consummated, tin; loa I will then ha\c connection with all four of the importa it. railroad system.-, o] era! injt i i iti.. laic, VI/.: the houl licvn at .Million, .n. I . iiluekshitrit and i.ock 1 iill, ! >. r. .with the ."sealu aiiI ir t.ine at Shelby and Catawba nunction; with the South v arolina and 111 i- ia at v an.den, and v.itli the Atlantic v oa t t.ine at. ."Miinter. Tragedy at Mil^cliclil. A ditiicully occurred hctweeu Sulieitor >J. \\m. Miiiriiioii.l and Mir. W ill I in. tis, mho tia\eis hr the Mini ray ! >ru^ company ot ( olitmhia. Weuiiesday cu'iiinj,', m ar i hiirmt.lid's olkce. r.u^elieid iliUii.nml slid Hams. iho let! 1 elltlTll." Jllft In low till! Ileal t. Iiari'is walI.e.I u lew Metiiiid l> i 1 ami soon on i hut mo ml mii ii'i.ui'.< iI .i.i11 i;? ia jail. At tiir eornm s unpiest ('apt. i?. S. I Hi i ose, t lie only eyowitness 'o the. Killing, te: liin.il Unit when v\ ill Ham:., woo was on tno street, ilctioiiiii i I 1 hiiruiond as a ilirly seoiiudrel. i >.111*t.;<>1111, lroai h'.s onieo iloor, shot I .iii i.-, wiio luael' s, ol?o, bill ?I(?* 1 in In c ::iiit<11? s. 'i he jury m i.i>|ii. si found Hint Will linrri.s caiac to li;s in ,.tli by a gunshot wound al tin! bands of .1. William ihurinoiid. i ayI. w..ose, who was only a ft;w b et from Harris, ti-slilicd thai liarris was not uruual. - !?> Murphy's JSrnic,iirr ( oiniunScd. City Attorney < anolt, of Augusta, by his eneiy;etn; work ilom; in tno last twenty days, bus :ueeieiicd m sa\in^ t ho I do of I'iitiiel I'. murphy, and liiat unfortunate iiiuu w ill not liavo to pay the death penalty upon thegallows. as the ease now stands, Alurpliy ssentence has lieen eonmiuteil to lite imprisonment in the Mate penitentiary. uov CIUOI I'.lllM'lll! IlilS glVOIl llIU CilSf tllO greatest anio.int of careful and puiustakmg consideration. .Since his last interview with the prisoner, lie haw been eunvinced of his guilt, and Murphy would surely have (tied on the gallows today, but tor the earnest work of Air. ('arroll. ? l'orty four men and women, the majority white, but several I cgiues. stood the civil sii-vic? examination I hnr-dny at ? olaml'ia. ! or clerk copyist, Id stood tin; I'Xiiiniualion; for tbe rail* v. a,* u 1 . o for watchman, I for i #i.i] < ooi .. i : i for in*?* ? ngcr boy. At (Ireer.v o< d Wcii..i d. y morning lire v. a di . ? . e" i on tlo onIn : c'otloii i Intfoiin. ' riti :cn ? u ,? tided pi on | l\ < a In . 'ih .. an i j. prevented v. hat mi: .. have I . m . very serious liic. '? >ioii wind >\ blowing direct l,\ town the I.:!-: i ort;oe oi I'.c- tor. n, but by ha; I a o 1 . ily i,!.oi;l twenty live hid a ci< ottoii vwre damaged. 'I ! e large new cotton nidi at 1 nion is gradually beginning work and in a short time wilt he running in full U reo. a j lick iikaiuno "Will He p ,l of Appeal In fralltc As- j ( lociutlon Case. Atton lonerul MoKonna lms directed ^ct Attorney McFurluno nt New tuko an appeal from the decision <Bho circuit court of appeals, delivered J New York last Friday, in favor of tu Joint Tratlic Association. ^ composed o.[(?astern trunk lines. This k case is oltfL'y allied to that of the ' Trans- Misf ri freight association, in J which tho V/ ited States Supreme t ourt last Monde held that the anti-trust law J wus const/-itiouul. The same questions ' arc invofed as in tho Trans-Missouri { case wit' the audition that tho Joint ' i iuiiiu /sovt miiuu is cniir^tMi Willi vio- I 1 at ion x* the anti-pool.ug clause of the iuter-?nte commerce art. The circuit 1 court'J appeals held that the United . State- had no right to go into court in an frftempt to dissolve the association undTr either the anti-trust or inter-stato 1 coymoree acts. It is contended at the ! department of justice that even the dissenting opinion of tho Supremo Court di/l not sustain points sustained l>y tho eirc.uit court of appeals. When the papers in the appeal arrive 1 the Attornej'-Ueneral will ask the ' Bupreme court to advance the cuso so that it may be heard at the present term. ( AnotherUoiul Drawn Out. f Tlit .St. Louis and Han Frunoisco rail- ' road Thursday gavo notico of with- | drawal from all the traffic associations, ' both freight and passenger, in tho West , and Southwest. This action is tuken 1 on account of the Supremo Court docis,- ] ion on Tuesday declaring the Trans- \ Missouri Traffio Association to be il- ] , legal. So far no action has been taken ] by an3' of tho car service associa- tions. News of the Flood. t Another break in the levee at Fifteen 1 Milo 15a3*ou, nine miles below Modoc, Ark., is reported. It is now over live, hundred feet in width and hourly in- l creasing. Assistant United States Kn- i gineer Nolly states that in his opinion < nil the White river levee system, from < Modoc south, will eventually go lu 1 pieces. .i Kansas Cit3r, Mo., tho Missouri I river is within Uti feet of the danger line j i and 1110 indications are that it will i 1 go at least one foot higher. The bottom ' ! at the mouth of the l\aw river is over: flowed and tho squatters have been j compelled to take refuge on the bluffs, i The belt Lino bail way trucks are under water in places and serious trouble ' is feared. 'I lie Armour I'ncking Com- 1 j panv lias a large force of men at work ; to guard against damage by tho expect! oil overflow. J Ueverul more breaks in the levee at [ j bird's point have occurred ami .1 sir! rent of water as strong a- a mill r.n e is ( | rushing through the center of that vil' luge. A lrendy a doz? a lion-urn have ! been swept from their foundation-; and it now looks as if there will not be a ; building left in the place. Cortunatoly j the dwellers had ample warning ami I removed most of their household goods I . and merchandise. ! With one exception, the bridge over the Hint river, at Albany, Ca , there is not a public bridge left in the comity, i The iron bridge across the Kinclieei foonec creek, recently built jouitly by j Doughty and bee counties unci costing 1 - s. i . u swept awa.) without a vestige , being left. ['ucUct Shops Win. .Tudgo Iforton, of tho circuit court, ( 1ms overruled tho motion of tho board j of 'rude of Chicago, the Western Union j Telegraph Company, the Cold ami Stock telegraph Company and tho Costal I olograph Company to dissolve the temporary injunctions. restraining these parties from detaching telegraph x\ ires from the place of husines of Harry K. \\ vly and the W. A. Michel Commission Company et al., and from removing "tickers" and from cutting oil' or in any wise interfering with "the supply of information a . has been heretofore supplied." I u concluding his decision, the.Judge says: " 1'lie defendant telegraph companies have been so long permitted to conl inuc to transmit to the public the 'market news' and said telegraph companies have been so long employed by the public so to do that said companies may new beeonsidi red as agents of the l public for that purpose, reeogui/.ed as | such by the board, of trade. Free silver lii'iiulillciiiis, A now politirul party 1ms been launched in Nebraska. It is composed I of members who have heretofore alliliitt t with the llcpuhlicaiis. 'nut hist November voted lor '.V. J. ! I-\ :?!I forlTcsi< 1 ! ?11 on the currency ourstion alone. '! ho convention which mot in (nucolti was not largely attom;ed. Charles W ooster. a niomhor of the lower house of tho Legislature. was male chairmnn. '1 ho present name l ieu Silver liepnlilicans of Nebraska was retained. j Judge I >. I>. (Jrcgory, o? Omaha, was made tho Nebraska member of the National Committee and a State organization was etVoetecl. Six Congressional district committeemen were also selected and arrangements perfected for carrying on an active campaign. Contrary to exnectntions<, Mr. i try an was not present Three Friends Sei/.ed. At Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday the steamer Three Friends, which arrived in port Thursday, has again been seized by order of the United States Court, in accordance with tho recent decision of the Supreme Court, in the libel ca o pending against the boat I he bond was cancelled, after \\lii"h a dcpu'\ | i marshal v. a * phi t d in ? lt:o . i i t in / j I will ho allowed to Cm lowing i?u tho I j ri\er. j udiug a tri:.l of tin- case j ! against ii. I' l!i I'tliinglllllnVs I iig <'ol; o;t "VJit!, I j At Birmingham l!ic A.\; ? mids, 1 I capital g'Oii,!. (!, wore f rn nll.t launch I til Ihui'day in id with ? . oi the I j . tock subset ibed. \1 a li t <>t ing t f the ! , I stock holder* 15. '5. ( Tmer w n ehvtr i : pre l it ut and tunairer and 1 >?i\ I I raiuer, M'ci'ctar and grcc a malum > l". ' I 'I he following were t h-rtt 1 a board of j dirccltirs: It. I.. Conor. Ilobcrt Jaini- \ son, W. J. Milnev, David Trainer audi I M. V. Josenli llifi.iinifl.n... i< ii 1 11 utrliins, \\ oivrstrr, .Miihs. ; I ). M. ! 'I lioinpsv.n, I'lovnlcneo, li. I.;nn<l.i. I I l\ Wilson iukI II. H. Cluulwick. ('liar* 1 lotto, N. 0. IIAKI) m,OW AT RAILROADS. hipremo Court I >00 Is Ion May Cause a III;; Kate War. Within a week it is expected by high nilroad officials that not one of the organizations having jurisdiction over >assenger and freight rates will be in jxisteueo in this country, as a result of he plain decision of the United States Supremo Court that all associations vhieli have for their purpose the luainenance of agreed rates ami the division )f trailie aro illegal. The oldest organisations of this character must go to >icces. In fact the work of disiutegraiou has begun, the legal advisers of the p eat railroads boiug quick to grasp the hopelessness of the situation, so far as continued membership in theseassociaions was concerned. General Solicitor Kenna. of the Santa Fe system, advised die traffic manager of that road to withlrnw immediately from all freight associations of which it has been a memjcr. On reliable authority it was stated iliat the following important lines have ilso decided to give notice of witlidrawd: The Wisconsin Contral, tst. Louis md San Francisco, tho Minneapolis ind St. Louis and tho Chicago Great tVestorn. The peremptory action of all these torn panics means the certain disruption >f tho following associations and committees; Western Freight Association, i'rans-Continental Psssenger Association, Southwestern Traftic Association, rrans-Missouri Association, Southwestjrn Passenger Committee, Mississippi Valley Freight Committee, tSt. Paul and Minneapolis ltate Association, Colorado Freight Association, tho Local Passenger Association of St. Louis, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Dourer and O.hicnsro, Local Freight Agents Association of Chicago, St. Louis Association of General Passenger Agents, Phicago and St. Louis Traffic Association, Western Classification Committee ind Minneapolis Central Freight Association. 'J ho concensus of opinion is that a period of widespread and disastrous rate disturbance is at hand, because ?uch road can now do ns it phases, and jut rates, openly and secretly, regardless of the interstate commerce law. Railroad men and shippers agree that uicli conditions w ill work injury to tho general public, giving big shippers and merchants who get lowest rates an advantage over competitors. Wreck on the Southern. Passenger trein No. 11, on the Southmi Railway, was wrecked near Blackslmrg, S. C., Wednesday afternoon. The train consisted of engine Xo. 2"^. mail and baggage cars, one second-class coach one lirst-elass coach and one deadhead sleeper, "'Tnzelniere. " 'J lie engine, mail and baggage cars stopped entirely clear of the main line, all right side up, except the tank and engine. The list of injured were: F.n iriueer t imlhim, brui-es on hand, head mul foot; I lrcnian Hulsey, hurt on ankle and hands; Flagman Chapman, lei; hint; llohert Mnnstield, postal clerk, injtiroil on una ami chest. The damage to til > train was slight. The. cause el the accident has nut boon a seertaincl. Town Completely Cm! er Water. Tho town of Elba, on Pea river, in L'ohee county, Alabama, is completely covered with water. It is six feet deep in tho public square, and (lowing through evi ry business house in lovtn tleneva, at the junction of Pi a and ['hoetawatehie rivers, is in almost the s'nine eondition. Every lnidye in Coffee county has been swept away, there is miieh suth l iinr throughout the Hood territory. Twelve bridges have been washed away in I'urhonr county utul much damage done to funning interests. Horlinbs Ci'iitenary <'er monies. In the celebration attending the centenary ceremonies of Kaiser Wilheltn I, Emperor of Germany, Tuesday it is estimated that upwards of it?() persons marched in the procession, which was of the most gorgeous description. Matty of the historic, costumes worn by Die pa miters woroof cost I v material and ornamentation and of artistic desijrn. Prince I'.isntatvk has b-on the recipient of almost countless Iclcfrraphie, written rind verbal congratulations in connection w itii the centenary of the Emperor. Fatal Collision at Augusta. An open switch caused a head-end collision between two trains on the bonth Carolina ?V Georuin. Kailroad just across the river from Augusta Wednesilav afternoon, which .i. 'i'. I'.wimt. ii'email oil the accommodation, was i.The passengers wen* hadlv hakon up, but no other serious damage \va done. The Aiken aeeoiumodutiou, ruining to Augusta. ran into n siting, colliding with a shifting; engine at la< lied to a train of freight ears. >1 unit ions of War. The Petersburg (Va.) Iron Work.s Company, which has a largo contract for furnishing tho United States Clovernment with munitions of war, shipped Tuesday 8tjo,oi)0 pounds of projcctilos to tho arsenals at Sandy I look and Fortress Monroe. The eonipauy has just received from tho Ordnance Department at Washington another large ardor l'or projectiles. Stmt hern Kail way Knriiiii<>*. mi. . cj ? ii ? * > * i no nuuiiiiTii i.iiinvnv oiu'iiiii".s, across, for IVluunrv, nrr ??I,TO,It'JO, an ii:? -?r of : -' I."; ami aot t?*<OS,7*0. hi iiioroii o i f . . , I I":; n. ; fn.ai July I to I ul niiir.v ! .'I'.'.t'S.'i,. ,n, a ileoii'ii i- i f i..; not, $4,<M7?8 i7, u (loercuso of '.i7 Anollicr IVvns l<*ailuri'. At ! . To* , \V<? iiiostlay i..> inii. r, 11 *iti i >i\i ii iilr 1 n <i 1 t'l tni -t, o? v : . iu r his ;Jock of rlntl.itr;, plo., ti? (). !' tVnnor, to tho :iiii< Hit of . 7, 1(10. A lari.'I* portion o' it is iionowtnl niotioy, in to tlio J ari. i': n:nl Mpivlumts' I'aiil.. mill lorn! i'!i|>ituli:.| i ami mIiiJo ii!i nu'rcliants in otlior l itio . Tito fuiIuro wa s rait u'il In tin* rinsing of tlm I'livmoid huJ 7?11;? . lia.iis' l?auk. llKADSTItKET AND DUN. ! Weekly Trade Review of These Two Leading Agencies. R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly review of trade issued on Saturday, say: ' j Roroly have markets sustained such 1 j nirprises as they have received of late, , I with bo little loss. Foreign conditions t i and London alarms, the collapse of the , 1 iron oro combination, the destructive 1 Broods in the Mississippi valley, and the | decision of the Supreme Court against i . railroad associations, have been used I to the utmost. lint II.?t ill vnilvnn.1 I stocks has the result been important. | With confidence that bettor times ami ; ! larger business are coining, men are i !ess disposed every day to throw away j J flood investments, and the very fact j that prices of products are low is re- | f yarded as a guarantee against much i J further decline. In all industries, also, | * number of mills, shops and hands at ! work, gradually increases. Cotton was helped up an eighth by i ! the flood, but has lost half the gain. I j Manufacturing is more hopeful. \\ ith- | 1 out change in prices goods were in i better deuiaud, and sales of f>00,000 1 pieces of print cloth result in a stronger tone. Tlie final dissolution of the lake 1 iron ore pool has been expected ever ! since the Carnegie-Rockefeller deal, , and insures low prices for ore the coming year, though, perhaps, not lower j than in Prices are still advancing> and of many kinds have risen ' two or three times during the past month. The wool manufacture is stead- ' ly increasing, but cautiously, as it is 1 too early to anticipate results from changes which may be made in ' duties. The failures of the week have been ' 201 in the United {States, against 238 j last year, and 00 in Canada, against 39 last year. Bradstreet's report says: "While . tlie week is not without favorable features, unfavorable influences have been more numerous. Leading month mar- I kets show no change. Merchantilocol- j lections arc slow and the volume of , funds off. rcii is in excess of the dc- j mands for discounts. The tendency of i investments to improve has temporarily disappeared, under the influence of the Supreme Court anti trust decision, which apparently threatens arrangements for the maintenance of railway rates, us well as rail way trades-union i activity, ?<? far sis it may a fleet inter- j State commerce. The tendency of prices is downward, quotations beiiur lower for wheat, Indian corn, oats, coffee. cotton and for pi-* iron and steel billets and the lower priced ore Stormy weather, hiirh water and tloods j in the Ohio. .Missi>sippi and .Missouri i river valleys, and in the country drained by tributary streams, have interfered with interior trade. "'he hank clearings at 77 cities throughout the i'nited States are disappointing, the totul beiii# only SSM-*,o in.iiiiij for the week, '?.('? percent, less than in the like week one your u?o." t'liloajjo <;ruiii and Produce. CntcAon, Saturday. The leading futures were as follows: Wheat: Open. Close. March 7 21 7I| May 72: 72: .1 ul y 7 k' 71 ] September lit)* Oil/, < 'orn: Ma. ' ii ./ 23* 237 Vay.... 24 i 24J .1 *r \ . 2 ~?3 2"?S September 20,' 2li? t >ats: Murcb 10? Hi1 May 17.1 17/ .lulv IS is Mess Cork : May S ii."i MOO ,1 ul'v S 70 M 70 bard: May 1171 1 20 .lulv -I 30 4 30 bibs: Mav 4 00 4 00 .July 4 02A I 02\ Liverpool Cottan Market. Liverpool, Saturday. Futures closed quiet but steady. Match 3 *)M(./,.V,i March and April 3 flSy/ "til April and Mav 3 r>8(").'?i) m 1 > ?' -- - - - ,,,,, .. 111 nv r>?? i .hint' un<l .fiily H 5 S (</":."i<> | Inly mul August :5.7s . V.! Auirust it'.ui Si'i.temhor I! *ii?(" 77 September iiuii (letober !! f?0(jj.."il (letober ninl November 11 4"t(<r..4(i November ami J'ccember If I I s Uocember ami January If I f y 11 January ami February Ni'\v York Cotton Futures. Nov. ViliiK, Saturday. Cottonipiiet. Futun s cloVi d Mi adv. Lipiie.-t. Lowest. Yi avell n (I !"5 April 7 0 1m \ ay 7 <>'.? <5!>'J J linn 7 Oli 7 01 July 7 10 7 OS August 7 11 7 OS September I! S i (5 SI (vtober November (5 715 (5 71 December (5 74 (5 74 January Februury A Ivi^iO Investigation. All of the circumstances connected vith the alleged plot to kidnap the child of a citizen of Houston, and hold it for ransom money, are so peculiar as to cull for tin. nwwt vi<iri/l ..... I: ?' The Waters Fulling. The latest reports front llto flooded districts along the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers is that the waters are gradually falling, and that the wor t is over. l.inMc for IJnek Taxes. V111 renu- ('ourt oflsentuc!;\ |> , rendered n decision which may ninki .1 e hanks of th.e State liable for1,t.t i , j ".?,) 1 ark ta\es. Luis t'o.uii ?, . The jury in tin*case of l?r. .lo-i l.ui . who has been on trial in tV I n It I Stalls ("ov.it i allinio: r <. i the c iar> ol pirm with *lenoial lioloil', to n nd a 1 i11h11s*i rinv c\j . r.t <>n to ( 11i u in I .:ly, Ion thi ste.".n..s|iip .iaiitos \\oodalI, returned u \i-rdict ol guilty. A motion wa- ade lor a new trial. \ en % <?i lv Follows (?eo:'giii. lioth auti-ti ast hills introduced by ti e l.exow trust investigating committee at Albany. V N.. have passed the 1 \sseinhly without amendment. They now go to the .Senate for iietiou. Fin V-y 1 FTII COXliKKSS. Report of the Proceeding:* from l)i?y to Day. SENATE. Monday.?The legislative session of he ^'euate lasted about 40 minutes, the unit ration treaty between the United states and Great Britain being taken ip thereafter, behind closed doors. In lie short open session nearly JiUO bills vere introduced and many others were eportod back from committees. intituled in the latter were the "free lomestead" bill, ami the immigration >ill, with the provision as to Ua .adian aborer eliminated, both of which wore wider consideration in the last Congress, the latter failing to be ome a aw owing to President Cle\? :and's reto. The four great appro]a iation nils, the agricultural, the India a, the uuidry civil aud the general delic ency, .vliich also failed for lack of Mr. ' 'leveund's signature, aud which were rentrodueod and passed last week bj* be House, w ere referred to tbo coiunittee on appropriations. The House joint resolution was passed extending intil December next the investigation is to the use of alcohol in the arts, by i joint commission of Congress. Tuesday.?The Senate indulged in m almostono-sided denunciation of the jivil service law and its administration. [)nlv one Sonator, Lodge, defended the nnv, it nil lllO lipsiiui UI n an was mat n notion was abroad to, withont a division, but amended so as to instruot the committee on civil service and retrenchment to inquire and rei?ort whether the rivil service law should be continued, ruiended or repealed. Turpie (Dern.), >f Indiana, made an argument in favor of n constitutional amendment to make United States Senators elected by the popular vote instead of by tho State Legislatures. These bills were passed 1>v the Senate: Directing the Secretary of War to furnish a thousand tents to shelter and relieve the sull'erers from tho Hood in tho Mississippi ri-or; to tmetid tho act repealing the timber culture laws. A constitutional amendment to make the JlOtli of April inauguration <lay was introduced t\\ Mr. Hoar. Wki>xk.si?ay. - The Senate spent onlj half an hour in open acssioi: ktday, the remainder of the tinu being given to the consideratioi of the arbitration treaty, behinc closed closed doors. The agriculture appropriation bill, one of the foui money bills that failed at the lust ses sioii, was reported hack in the shape n which it passed the House last week ami was placed on the calendar. It vil be acted on at an early day. The attack upon the civil service law and its administration, which distill guished yesterday's proceedings, wa: followed up today by the introductioi ?>f two lulls, ono by Mr. Allen, Popu list, of Nebraska, for the repeal am annulment of the law ami of all execu five orders issued under it: and tin other by Mr. I'ritehard; llcpublican o North Carolina, eliairinan of the eom inittee on civil service and retrench ment, modifying it in its upplieutiou t< the Co\ernment Printing Ofliee. While in executive session the Sen ate eonflrmed the nominations of bin ger iiermaun, of Oregon, to be font missioner of the (Scnernl l.aml Ollice and Kmest ('. limine, of Wisconsin, ti be Auditor of the state Department. Tnrie-n.w. Among the bills intro dueed and referred was one by Mr Koruker. b'epublieun, of Ohio, to pro vide a modern organization of the av tillery of the army. Air. Pasco pre seated, in an amended four., the ere dentials of John A. Henderson as Sen ator from the State of I lorida, ut.de appointment by the (lovernor, until th next meeting of the Legislature ii April next. Air. Hoar staled that iv action had been taken by the commit tee on privileges and elections in th matter of the admission of Senators, t h appointment of Coventors. At ItbiW, on motion of Air. Davis, lie publican, of Minnesota, acting chair man of the committee on foreign rein tions, the Senate proceeded to the eon sideratiou (with the doors closed) o the arbitration treaty. At:! p. m. th doors were re-opened and the iliilin islied 1 ntsincss, t he bankruptcy bill, wa taken up, the bill being read in exten so. The reading of the bill occupies exactly one hour. Some formal amend incuts were otVcred by Mr. Hoar am were agreed to. Mr. Nelson, Keptibli can, of Minnesota, oh'ered a substitut for tho bill, whieh was also read in full and when it was concluded, the Senate at ' :t?U ;>. m., adjourned. 't hree minor nominations only wer conlirmed by the Senate, of local inter est to New I ngiand and <diio. Fnin.w. Mr. (!rav. Democrat, ol fcred a resolution for printing tho re eent decision of the Supreme Court i; the Trans A1 issonriease. Air. Cttllom of Illinois, stated in that connection that ho had rece iv?* I a large number o letters and telegrams, asking for print ed conies of the decision and that n least 1,000 copies ought to he printed .Mr. t'oekrell, Democrat, Missouri suggested that after the decision \va printed as a Senate doeuinent, addi tiona! copies eoiihl be ordered. withii a cost of > i(M). ! he re. olution van the: agreed to. Mr. Morgan offered a resolutioi whirli was agreed to, directing the At torney Oonural to inform the Sonat whether any, and if so, what agreemen lias been entered into by the I'resident or any of the departments relating t the future disposition of tlio Unio: Pacific ltailroad property, l?y sale o otherwise. A resolution was offered by Mr Lodge, ttepubliean, of Massachusetts calling for copies of all papers and 001 respondcin'C, diplomatic or otherwise on liI? in the State I bjpnrtnient relatin, to tlie arrest and iiupri oniiient in ( ill of two American sailors, lliehcliu am ! oltoii \ large number of bills wcr iu'roduecd, among 11 i one by Mi Mm v. I;? | >li I 111 : i , of I Vnnsylvmil.! I?V I to r::i!; t : . - ti: .n.i I v ^ii. t'ulh in. I h-jc. I >lti n.i i !!!i:i , to prmnot - aerial tiMi.fi irtation. At o'clock t!- t* t'cnate ml < uriH'il i:n;i A'on lay. HOI St-;. Mo- 'mi, The i.n in'<i( iwas krf l\ u:ni icv iitu: !;. !:i lr<i in I 'm- i I<> ? lit- 1 < nllii'.: ot t In l>i!i i -'Mi) i<-l I \ tv.o i;.>m ; ami ii In.it', although 11 <-1< \\.. no | i?:?-]i e.-ii the i a 1 til' tin- I'litI 1ll.ll In- v. .1 follow I t'li1 text in full 1'iii- iiM.. (Hep.) Nfnitie, made tin <>jciiiiii; speech. mill it v. a* iin exhiius ti\i explanation mnt defense ot' tin iiii-aHiirc. Wheeler. I >ein.) of Alftlminu n-si i ti ll tint tlin prosperity which tin I eople ot'tiic I iiitfil States liii? 1 enjoy ?>il Inul liceii the result of their own in ilustrv au?l eneiffv; not of the protectivi 1 - * system, et\ Ho was followed l>y Hopkins, (Ken } of Illinois, in favor of the bill, and against it by Hell, (hop.) of Colorado. At o'clock a recess was taken until rt p in., when the continuance of the debate was had. Tuksoay. ! he House had the second day's debate on the tarifl' bill. The event of the day was the speech of Dollivcr. lie held the attention of the whole Home, Democrats and Kcpublicans alike, for over one hour, and kept his hearers laughing heartily, nearly from start to linish by his humorous descript on of the effects of free trade, or tariff for revenue only. I His eloquent periods in advocacy I md defense of the protective tarin policy aroused his political associates to u high statu of euthusiusui. j t)ther speeches 011 the hill were | made by Messrs. (lihson, (Hep.) of j Tennessee: i.acev, (Hep.) ot Iowa; j Newlunds, (Sil.) of (Colorado, the latter I of whom spoke as an opponent of the | Hepublican park's financial policy, I hut as an advocate of protection A [ full measure of prosperity, he claimed, , ; would never he restored to the colli.trv until thoold-tiuie parity of silver with gold was re-estahlished. The s|>eeches 111 opposition to the hill were made by Doekery, (Denr.) of Missouri, who attacked the agricultural schedule, i?artieularly, and Mr. Mcl.auriu, (hem.) ! of South Carolina, who advocated a taritT on cotton and rice,and announced his opposition to tho policy of free raw , material. The Senate joint resolution appropriating $15,000 to enable the , Secretary of War to purchase touts for the houseless victims of the Mississippi river flood was agreed to. Wednesday?Large audiences in the 1 the gnllerios, and an unusually large , attendance on the floor of the Mouse of , Hoprosoutatives, heard the third day's : general debate upon the tariff bill. Tho i ; principal speeches of the day were those , J of Johnson, of North Dakota; (Irosve| nor. of Ohio, and Kvans, of Kentucky. ' Republican members of tlio Committee .... vi*...... .....1 \i?..,.u ..r U... v?i? V* O Illiu tHUiiliO, III IU t \ll ? JH/ . | bill, ami of Mc.Millin, of Tennessee, tho [ oldest Democratic member, ugaiust it. , Other speukers were Fox, Democrat, of Mississippi; Siius, Democrat, of Ten , I ncsee; 'J'orry, Democrat, of Ar, 1 kansas; Savers, Democrat. of 5 | Texas, and Maddox, Democrat, of , fieorgia against the bill; and by Adams. I Republican, of Pennsylvania, and [ Walker, Republican, of Massachusetts, r in favor of it. The general debute wiii . be closed Thursday, xvlicu Ru sell, of , Connecticut; Dai/.ell, of Pennsylvi.aia; Steele, of J ndiana, and Payne, of \*ew I York, Republicans, members of the i committee on ways and means, and r Railev, of Texas, the Democratic lead . or, will speak. s Mr. Rrownlow, Republican, of T?n, nos-oe, introduced in the House a hill . I establishing a department of comI 1 inerce, labor and manufactures. . j Thcusday. This was the last e day of general debate on the f tarilT bill in the House of Jlepre. j sentatives under the order aoopt. 1 ed last week but, because Mr. bailey's . | throat would not permit bun to speak | thie afternoon, an agreement, was made . i to give two hours to general debate I just before taking the, vote next Wed. j nesday, which will he occupied by liim , j self and .Mr. Dingley. The proceedings were unusually in tert sting, and they were listened to generally by a large number of mem hers and crowded galleries. Kpeechns against, the bill were made by Messrs, Talhert , Democrat, of Pennsylvania' ('lark. Democrat,of Missouri; Me iuire. i. Democrat, of California; Cuuu, i'opu . list, of Idaho; Simpson, I'uoiilid. >! i-! Kan. as; ('ox, Democrat, of I eimes-cic e McRae, Pemocra'.of \ rkaii^a- ; . iurke, ii Democrat, of lexas; Pent/., Dei.moral. ,.c < ii. i 11., i i 11 < ... ? II ? MI ill, ill 111 I ?l" \ l 1 I * i 1 ' I , I ll'IUUl I .VI , Ml . ; Missouri in it:; favor speeches wciv (1 made by Messrs. Tuwnoy, Hepulliean t? ' of Minnesota; MalzeM. lb-publican. of Pennsylvania; Jim-sell, lU-puhlican, of (.'onnecticut, ami 1'uvne. Kcpuhlicau, of Now York, members of tin* commit . | too on ways ami moans: ami Crow, Ho . | publican, of I'onnsylvaifia: Colon, lu,f public-an, of Kentucky, ami Pauley, licpubliean, of Texas. At tho evening session the ilobato oi s tlio tariff lull was eoutinuoil .Mr. . Skinner, Populist, of North < arolinu. j in supporting tim bill, said iiuh if b-i tho past ii"? ye ars tho Soiilh lucl hooi ;1 try injr for protect ion as the North am Past had, it would today be the niosi prosperous seo'.ion <>f the country. Piiiow. Tho consideration of tin tariff hill unde r the live minute rub . for the purposes of amendment-, wiijel 0 it was oxpoeted would be strictly Intsi -. noss, opened with the liveliejst political contes t of the session, lusting threugd tho throe hours, i- Promptly ii|ion rea-linvr e>f the [>ie-fa ii tory pnu'o of the bill, Mr. Mockery, I tesnoorat, of Missuri, offered ai asiie-mlineut fe-r Ihe So-rctary of tin ,f 'i i e?asiiry <o admit free of duty any ar ti. !< I ho produot ion and price of whicl t was control lee I by a triisl in Hie I'nitud Plates. Mr. Min;*!ey, ohairmnn ol Die < 1 ?> I 111 i t ! II? I ?! I U'll l << !) T 11 i 111 <1:1 T i v. | Mill. s the point that Hit; amendment wa.nof [. in order in that plaee. The point wuu sustained hy the eliairinun, mi ! hi i ; ill n iug wa4 sustained l>y a vote of !.jS 1U'4. u In tlie course of the afternoon sovera > ehnnges of duty were made, ninoip. e them being an increase of half a cent or t the duty ou earhonate of ammonia; ai ; increase from 5iu to til cents n pound m 0 the duty 011 sulphuric ether; and in u creasing the duty on tho products n r i>iglead from to 15 cents a pound. At r,:ir, p. m. the House adjourned, having disposed of '.?\ pages of the 1(1: i, of the tariff hill. Satproav. The House, in eommit i, tee of the whole, progressed even more 1.- slowly in its eonsideration of the taril! n bill than 1'iiday, having disposed ol 1 only live pages again, t nine and a hall e the dav before '11k discussion tooli a \\ ii!? i iuivn-. eovorin;* the proposition lliiil t im fun i*,iu r i'Jiy. Ill - ta\ undri i a pr-W-etive leri.V; tlmtadui on hidewould he more l>eue!i"in! to tin* farmet ; 1 i; i a I i tin' ?i111 ifin the '? rieultur n ! :? i:? dole: Ilia' * i_c iron can l?c produce in Air tonne -coin eon.peti tion wii i uir North an ! f< . it,11 umu trie-, v. it li a > in a! lor duty than ; i n ton alt ..iiiuli no motion was made tore dure it ; tliat tnmt are, in the main. 1 leiH'tie'id to the eon** liners. \sa.e Milt <>t" the day's work, r. few iium.t v t ei ial elian^e . v. ere made in the ehem ' it a) and eai t lis, and em t heuw are sehod ules, ]ti'o|iieed 1?\ the ooiuinittee mi wavs and means ? flra c fain a i . <iiolo._;:" t \-' 3 people talk to I'lems. Ivc i- it a * ' I'll pa Yes*. or. some. wii.'li '? 'j s *:i!k to the;:* hus'rind *. I'ttek.