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lilK MB 11IHDED Fop Constables, and It Looks Blue for Them Yet. SIMGNTON DISMISSES MOTION Of the Attorney-General to Vacate j ArrHts--I>ocislon In Full--.Judgo i Townscnd's Opinion. The constables' troubles have not ended, any if anything, they will have ' a harder road to travel than heretofore, j for tho Circuit Court has put itself on :n ioiui u 1U uuii'uniiu it milliner US pussiblo, that tlio constables shall not seize, detain or coniiseate liquor imported into the Stato for personal consumption. Constablo J. M. Scott and ex-Constables, Lucius, Cuthbert, Roach and W. J. Harling arc required by Judge Simouton's decision, handed down at Charleston recently, to answer to the charge of violutiug the liquor imported for ]>ersonal use by Messrs. William Beekrogo and M. Hersko wit/.. The constablos are also required to answer to the suit entered against them for JO, 000 by both plaintiffs. The constables hnvo been fearful of the consequence of their rash deed over since Mr. J. P. K. Bryan, the attorney for the plaintiffs, appeared in court and began the present action aguiust them. They felt that they were hoping against hope when Assistant Attorney-General Townsend recently made a motion to vacate the order of arrest, and the decision will consequently not bo in the nature of a suprise to them. The constables will remain out of jail on bonds of $1,000 in each case recently givou for their appearance in court. Tho following are the opinions, which explain the cases in detail and require no further comment. TIIK DECISION. The United States of America -District of South Carolina In the Circuit Court Fifth District. William Beekrogo vs. W. J. Hurling and Lucious C. Roucli. f ti..> c.i.,.1 i.: :?i .1 ' ..t I'Kxiiiin iiivo jn.t \unucu coin- 1 plaint stating thatluv hail shinpcd by ? express to his own address, from Sa- ' vannah, (ieorgia, to Charleston, Month ' Carolina, a trunk containing two cases 1 of llhino wine, four gallons of whiskey, * two gallons of California port wine, two hottles of malt whiskey, products t of a State other than than the State of 11 South Carolina; .r>00 cigars, four dozen < oranges, eight cans peaches and one * pair line dress shoes. All of these in I tended for a wedding festival, his own ' marriage at Charleston, on the night of 1 :27th of .lanuary, IHH7. That these 1 goods reached Charleston on the 30th ' of January, and that the defendants unlawfully, etc., entered the ollice of the Southern Express Company in the ' city of Charleston upon the arrival of ^ the goods in said city in due course of < transportation and before delivery 1 thereof to the consignee, wrongfully, -I etc., took and carried away the same. 1 I'pon tiling the complaint with alii- 1 davit the plaintill* moved for an order I for the arrests of defendants under sub- I division (5, sect ion v20U of the code of I civil procedure of South Carolina, ? which permits such an arrest in an action for the recovery of damages for the 1 wrongful taking, detaining or con- 1 verting personal property. An order : of arrest was issued under this see * tion. ' The defendants now come in and by * atlidavilsshow that in the matter coin- ' plained of they were acting as State constables and they claim the intmuni- { ty suit and arrest, provided for them in 1 the dispensary law of the State. It is { in these words: "Section 4.j. That chapter 1, title vii, of the code of civil procedure of this State, entitled 'Of \ Provisional Itcmedies in Civil Actions,' shall not apply to any officer or person < '-r > - -? i Iiuiiu^ >iiiiiL-n iv; i>uri(irill llllUCr 1I11S act, and in 110 case shall an action )>c against any such oflicer or person for damages to person or property, as pro- ' vided iu said chapter." i The question is does this section protect these defendants ? The provisions of the dispensary law ' under which those defendants acted are * in sections U5,28 and 82 of 18SM1, in stat- ( utes at lnrgo of South Carolina, 142, 148,145. Section 25 declares that liquors 1 which are contraband may bo seized 1 and taken without warrant by any con- , stable, etc., while in transit or after arrival, in possession of a common car- 1 rier, depot agent or express agent. Section 'J!) makes it the duty of all constables to detain packages supposed to contain liquors iu the possession of a common carrier. Section Hi provi les 1 that all liquors containing alcohol transported into this State shall upon 1 introduction and arrival in this State be subject to the operation and e licet of the dispensary law, to the same extent ami i;t the same manner as if they had t been produced in the State. The Supreme Court of the United States, in the ease of Donald vs. Scott, Km U. S., US, has held that the provis ions (n urn dispensary law of ISO."), which ai'o identical with these sections ' of act of IH'.lii, are null and void. They are absolutely null and void, because ? they are in conflict with the Constitu- ' tion of the United States. This heiu<* so, these provisions must be eliminated f from the dispensary law and be treated ( as if they did not exist. Donald vs. " Scott was decided and the opinion pub- * lished on the 1 Sth of January, ISO?, ' eivrht days before the occurrence com 1 plained uf. This boinjr so, the act of the defend- 1 ants in tukin<r these floods out ot the s possession of the common carrier was 'r not one of the duties they could perform or be permitted, or bo instructed to perform undor the dispensary act ' It is urgod that those defendants acted ' under orders of the State officials and (l that this exonerates them. But as the ' act under which the State oflicials jrave their orders, if indeed they did tfive 'J orders, and under which these defend- '' ants acted, is null and void, there was no authority whatever for such orders r and no justification for such action. This whole matter is set at rest in the Virginia Coupon cases, l'oindexter vs. r (ireenhow, 114 U. S.. 'JS7. The court v says: "Another class of cases is where an individual iH sued in tort for some act injurious Id Another in regard to i>er " ?vu or property,- to which hi? dufetibo " is that ho has acted under the orders of the government. In these cases lie is sued not as or because ho is the oflieer of tho government but as an individual and the oourt is not ousted of jurisdiction because he asserts authority as such officer. To make out his defonoe ho must show that liis authority was sufficient in law to protect him. It is necessary therefore for such a defendant in ordor to oomplete his defense to produoe a law of the State which constitutes his commission as its ugent and a warrant for his act. This the defondant has undertaken to do." The act which ho sets up is in contravention of the Constitution of the United States and is void, and therefore iH not a law of tli? Mfuln of Virnrinin. "He stands therefore stripi>ed of his official cbavuotor and confessing u porwn?l violation of the plaintiffs rights, for which ho uftust answer iiersonally." The same case says further, page 290; "That which therefore is unlawful because made so by the supremo law, the Uonstitution of the United States, is not the work or deeds of the State, but is a mere wrong and trespass of those individuals who falsely speak and act in her name." This clearly is not an action against the State in any shape or form. (I'enni>yer vs. C'onuaughty, 140 U. S., at l>age 10. Donald vs. Scott, supra.] Are the defendants, protected from Arrest? The purixiso of section 46 abovo pioted, is to protect any officer or person having duties to perform under tho datuto, in the porformanoo of those duties. And if the statute does not, or 2annot,prescriho to them certain acts as luties, it cannot instruct them to violate the laws and say they will be pro-. tooted. It cannot bo claimed that tho State constables oujoy absolute immunity for any crime or any act they may commit whilst thoy are constables ?nd professing to carry out the act, such is murder, larceny, embezzlement, >r anj- crime in tho docaloguo. And vliy? Because the dis|>ensury law could lot excuse the performance of or exsmpt from liability for an act cloarly mlawful. And when a seizure of property in trausit, in tho hands of a common carrier, has been doclnred bv the ugliest authority in tho land clearly mlawful, it cannot bo excused by tho lispensuuy law. Kverv citizen is protected in his prop;rtv. No man can violate his riirlit i <11'li-.iiiuiiiki'ii i iisi it til ton--Knelt of Uiillroiul Kueilit les. Although not u Lowell yet awhile, 'atntlen has made a very j?ood be^riniin^ looking to such an end. for it lossesses one ol' the best organizedeot011 mills in the South. The mill is it anted to the east of Camden, near the vmth Carolina depot and almost on the rround of the old paper mill, now Ions; linee destroyed. Its mauaueineut is omposed of men of splendid business ibility, and they have a superintendent mi ployed who is not only an all-round 1 nil! man but a tine organizer of help, iml under his supervision the system of unninjr the mill is almost perfeet. The 11 i11 turns out a very line quality of hirtin^, ami when bleached is as pretty roods as one would find in a dnv'sjourley. By rights there should lie a leaehery established in Camden, for it ertainly has advantages over many niicr pmees noma, in that its water is if tin* clearest and best adapted to such uirposes. '1 Ik aek of railroad facilities which ias I'm o long stood in the way of Canilen's a ivaiice nent will, we hope, soon ie a thin^ of the past. If the projected ailroad is lmilt, in running from Cheaw to Columbia it will doubtless pass hrough Camden, thus giving it three nilroixlx. The building of this road as talked of some Jyears ago, and was urveyed and stake?! out. It then fell lirough, but this time it seems to be omothiog more than mere talk,-The tfttc. vitli impunity if he takes that proporty vithout due warrant of law. "The deense stands here solely upon the ubso ite immunity from judicial inquiry of very one who asserts authority from ;'ie executive lvanehjof th.i government, lowever clear it is that the executive (oasessed no such power. Not only no inch power is given, but it is absolutev prohibited both to the executive and ho legislative department, to deprive 1113-0110 of life, liberty or proi>ert3' without due process of law." "No man in his country is so high that he is above ho law. No otlieer of the law can set hat law at detiance with impunity. All >f the officers of the law,from the liigh>st to the lowest, are creatures of the aw and are bound to obey it." United States vs. Lee. KH1 U. S., 2,0. The learned attornej'-general conends that the mode of arre?t is a provisional ronied3-, granted 011I3* in special uses, and that the Legislature can direct to what cases it shall apply. True. Hut the Legislature cannot sa.v to what lersons it shall not apply. All persons ire entitled to the same protection from he laws which others enjo3*. (Constiution of South Carolina, article 1, secion a.) (Constitution of the Urited states, article I t, section 1.) "How else can principles of imlividml liberty and right be maintained, if vhen violated, the judicial tribunals ire forbidden to visit penalties upon lie individual offenders, who are the instruments of wrong whereon thc3' incrpose the shield of the State? The loctrine is not to be tolerated. The ivliole frame ami scheme of the politi al instruments of this country, State mtl Federal, protest against it. The ontinued existence is not compatible b\- it It it. "It is the doctrine of absolutism, pure, simple, naked and of communism ivliieh is it twin, the double progeny of he same evil birth." Virginia Coupon cases, 114 U. S., 2111. The motion is refused. CHAULKS H. SlMONTON, March 81, 1H11T. Circuit Judge. M. Ilerskowitz vs. J. M. Scott and VV. J. Hurling. This case is governed by the-samo principles and must reach the snuie conclusion as the case of William lieekroge againsi. W. J. llarling and Lucius L5. ltoaeh, just decided. Very much ippearod in the affidavits which may ?o far to mitigute the damages, if any iro allowed, ltut this does not att'ect the principle. The motion is dismissed. ClIAUI.ES II. SlMOSTON, Circuit Judge. March 511, 1H97. (Ion. Townsend stated in his argunent that such a decision would nulli "v the dispensary law and prevent its ,'U forcemeat. CAMDKN COTTON MlbhS. OUR COURTS AND KILLINGS. Is South Carolina to Iiccome Murderer's Paradise ? When a judge on the bench, in passing sentence on a man, practically commends him for violating the law, and when a State solicitor shoots a man doud for cursing him we have reached a pretty bad pass. And yet, if the newspapers are to be believed, that is what took place in South Carolina last week. One Davis tried to shoot one Smith because Smith insulted him by calling him names; Davis was indicted for "assault with intent to kill," but was convicted of "assault of a high and agfravated nature." Judge Gary fined )avis $25 but instructed that $15 be returned to Davis because he had been "grossly insulted and nrovoked. * From which the inference is that if one man immltB another by calling him a bad name ho is excusable if he shoots him. The judge is reported as having Baid tliut the defendant "would not be worthy his father's name if he had not resented the insult." We call that dangerous doctrine. It is a particularly dangerous deliverance from a judge on the bench. Ab long as our judges preach doctrine like that tho people will furnish them murder cases to try. A judge who believes a man is not worthy of bis futher's name if ho does not resent an insult, should express his opinions on that subject in a very guarded manner. A few days ufter the judge commended the son of his old neighbor for trying to shoot the man who iusulted him. Solicitor Thurmond, of Edgefield, a fellow townsman uf this same judge, shot a man dead for insulting him by calling him bad names. The judge is reported to have given out an official deliverance as to how n gengentleman should act under such circumstances and tho solicitor so acted without waiting for further ruling on tho subject. How tan we hope tlint tho people will ropect the laws and human life when our officers, sworn to executo aud enforce tho laws, put such a low estimate on human life? The judge, who esteems it a commendable thing, or at least a trifling offense, for ouo man to try to shoot another for an insult, ought to lot somebody else take his place on the bench; the solicitor who will so far forget himself as to shoot down a man because he calls him hard names, ought to resign his oftice at once and never try again to act as tho State's prosecuting attorney. Such ollicers ought to resign forthwith. Evildoers have no fear of tho courts run by such men. A judge on the bench substantially telling a man to shoot whenever he is insulted, a solicitor shooting a man dead because he abused him, and the governor pardoning a murderer while his case is still pending, is a bad record for one week. South Carolina will be the murderer's paradise after awhile, if we continue at the present rate. If he has money, friends and family influence ho will certainly be acquitted in the courts; if he fails there the governor will make it all right for him. He has nothing to fear in this State, except some inconvenience, loss of time and lawyer's fees. Sometimes the newspaper accounts of a killing will say bv way of extenuation that the man killed made a movement as if he was putting his hand in his hip pocket. Is it possible that putting one's hand in one's pocket is a deadly offense, for which the men must he shot down without a second's delay? Something like this recently occurred: A man011 a horse was pursuing a negro and shot him; on the trial the man testilied that the negro appeared to be putting his hand in his hip pocket; the murderer was therefore acquitted on tho plea of self-defense. Verily it looks as if we must have a new law, prohibiting the manufacturers, tailors, sewing women, wives and mothers from making, selling or giving away pants having hip pockets; and that the man or boy convicted of wearing pants having* hip pockets shall be lined, or imprisoned, or both the line, of course, will be remitted at the discretion of the presiding judge; and the offender, if imprisoned, will bo pardoned by the governor!?Baptist Courier. A ROYAL WELCOME, Program of the May Meeting of the Press Association as Arranged by the Citizens of Newberry. The State Press Association having decided to hold their next meeting in Newberry in May, the citizens of that town have gone to work in earnest, and expect to treat the members royally. To do this committees have been appointed, and arrangements are being made for the various events that will occur. So far the following program has been mapped out: May 25?Address of welcome bvMaj. H. H. Evans and Hon. Geo. B. Cromer and W.H.Hunt. * Mav 26?Address by the Hon. Patrick Walsh, and at night a grand banquet at "The Newberry.1' May 27- The members of the association will be given a chance to see the sights of the city ami get themselves in shape for the "Grand Press ball," to be given at the opera house that night and tv ? IIIIUIII' r<U) iii^ ilKU IIII.1 IIJllI will eclipse anything of its kind ever ^iven in the up country. May 2iS The Association will leave for Harris Springs, where Proprietor Harris has arranged for another banipiet and on the next day will pull out for Nashville, where they will see the sights of the exposition. Newberry, as well as Kditor Aull, who is the hustling president, wish it) 1 to ome and will "ive a royal welcome. Til 10V WISH HOOD WATER. Lancaster People May Vote lloiuls for Artesian Well. The people of Lancaster want an artesian well. The subject is hein^ agitated and it is probable that the conn.:i ...:n i ? -i a * " i n win orupr hu eiecuon ior ilie people to say whether bonds shall be issueil to hore the well anil build water works. First, however, the charter of the town will have to be changed. Under the present eharter Lam-aster enjoy a municipal taxof not more than It mills. So the town attorney's advice will he asked as to whether an election to decide whether the charter shall he changed can he held at the same time as an election oil the question of issuing bonds. If it ho le^al both elections will probably bo held at the same time. ?The State' ma ? a n ?. Question at Issue Was the Power of Darlington to Exclude Them. WARD VIOLATED THE ORDINANCE Under the Law the Authorities Have the Power to Rxclude Hooters From Cities and Towns. The town ot Darlington, in this btate, lias lor several years bail an ordinance providing that "it shall be unlawful for any person or i>ersous to keep any hog or bogs on uuv premises within the corporate limits of the tovn; au^.ahy person or persons bo doing sbj^lbe punished by a fine of not less t ^31 dollars or imprisonment not ex^Rnng thirty days, or both, at the discretion of tho said board of health. Mr. Ward owns a residence on Pearl street, one of the principal residence streets of the town of Darlington where he resides, and owns about six acres, his enclosuro onibraciug about two acres. Mr. Ward kept a hog within his enolosure, the hog being in his lot, not confined in a pen. There was no report against Mr. Ward for keeping his premises in an uncleanly condition, which appeared to the health officer, who examined same, to be clean and in proper general condition. He was charged with keeping the hog on the premises in violation of ordinance. Mr. Ward admitted keeping tho hog on the promises, but denied the power of the council to pass and enforce the ordinance in question. Muyor Dargau differed with him, and imposed a fine of $20. An appeal was taken to the Circuit Court by Boyd & .Brown, for appellant, and Messrs. Woods A McFurlaud Represented the city. In a trial of the case Judge Buchanan ( decided against the hog spending his , summers in tho town. , The case was appealed to the Su- \ preme Court and that august tribunal lias been unable to agree, for there was ? ii_. .?A. A, 1. 11. _ 1 uii <*<]uiuiv uivmuu t'uuri us ui ? uuuict ( ho could be permitted to luxuriate in the city of Darlington or not. But under the rules, when the court is divided the judgement of the lower court holds, and it is thus that the Darlington hog will in future have to do his grunting outside of the corporate limits. Justice Jones says that he is "unable to agree to tho opinion by Mr. Justico Pope, as one sustained by authority and sound reason, viz: that in order that tho i>olice power may be used by either the legislative or a municipal corporation there must appear affirmatively that its uso is reasonable. The six-page opinion concludes by suying: "If we hud the power, can tho Court say upon the evidence that the Circuit Judge erred in finding in effect that tho ordinance was reasonable and necessary ? Tho presumptions are all in favor of the reasonableness of the ordinance. The burden of showing that the ordinance is not reasonable is u(>on him who usserts it. What evidence was before tho Court to show the ordinance to be unreasonable, sufficient to override the implied fact of reasonableness and necessity, issuing from the enactment of an ordinance on the reeorn- ^ mcndation of the board of health charged with the dutj*of preserving the public health? Is the power of town council to preserve the public health to be measured by the size of Mr. Ward's / lot? Does the cleanly condition in which he keeps his premises relute in any way to the question whether the , keeping of hogs within the limits of i Darlington is or may become preiu- 1 dicial to the health of the people of the town ? There are two dissenting opinions, one by Chief Justice Melver, and another by Mr. Justice Poj>e. After an extended legal discussion on the issues, Mr. Pope says: "As we before remarked, hogs are recognizable us a ' legitimate species of proi>ertj'. and therefore, in order to forbid their presence in the town of Darlington, iu the lot oi ft corporator as its owner, some , thing more must be clone than was done J in this case to justify the denial of the 4 defendant of his right to have his prop- j erty on his premises freed from this ordinance. 1 do not feel that a law such as the police power needs any more dis- \ cussion at my hands. It is too well un- j derstood to justify any extended notice j of its generul effect." { Mr. Chief Justice Mclver concurs in ( the opinion of Mr. Justice Tope, but j adds a few words indicating the differ- j ence between this case and that of the town of Humnierville vs. l'ressley. } There was nothing, I10 held, to show ( that the keeping of the hog in the two- ( acre lot was detrimental to health, and . to the contrary the health officer re- \ ported the place in good condition, and aside from this Justice Mclver holds that it is clear to him that the council had no power to pass such ordinance as ' that in question. FAIOIKKS* INSTITUTES. Cif'iiisoii Authorities Will Continue to Hold Them. The Trustees of Clenison College at their recent meeting decided to con- j tinue the work of holding farmers' in- ^ stitutes. Arrangements havo already been made to hold institutes at the fol- 1 lowing places: At Greer's in April; at < Fair view, Greenville county, May 1; in l Chester county, April 15-lti; in New ' berry county, August 14. Ihese institutes will be hold without 1 cost to the community. Members ol - the college faculty, who are experts ii: the various lines of agriculture, chem istry, horticulture, dairying and vet erinary science will be present. Every county in the State has tlx ' right to at least one institute. In or ' der that arrangements may be made t( cover as much ground as possible witl the least expense to the college ) nrtiet 1 wishing institutes held in their coin t inanity should address at an early dnt< < President E. 11. Craighead, at Clemson i A Wilmington corpse was brought to ( life by the singing of the mourners. I This Is not the tirst instance of music 1 being horrible enough to raise the " death . .. . I / I PAIjMETTO pointers. In the court of common pleas al Charleston Thursday,the jury returned a verdict of the sum of $7, fiOO for the plaintiff in the case of the Carolina Terminal company against the South Carolina and Georgia road. Mr. Burke, representing tho respondent, served notice of appeal. In a short time Columbia is to have another hotel. Mr. F. M. Nixon, pro priotor of the Nixon House in Sumter, has been negotiating for some time with Lorick & Lowrance, owner * of the old Columbia Hotel building, for c lease of the house and it is un derstood that negotiations have progr? soil so far that tho lease contract l--~.s been signed. Prof. Wardlaw lias written to the South Cavolina College faculty oat the executive committee of the Stat-- Teachers' Association has decided u|>cu Parii Mountain us tho place for the annual meeting and June 80 as the date, provided un auditorium bo erected. If not they prolapse to meet at the South Carolina College, July 10-22. It is said that the auditorium will be built, hence the committee's decision is for Paris Mountain. The franchise granted to the Charleston City Railway bjf City Council is entirely satisfactory to the company, and the work of tearing up tho old horse car line has begun on Meeting street at South battery. From now until the grst of Juno the company is going to push the work with the greatest possible speed, and expects to have nearly all of the old City Railway in trim for the trolley line by that time, nly two months is left the company in which to tear up streets in tho city,but with the big force which will be put on it is probable that everything will be in diape to start the first cars by the end >f two months' time. "** Jl'ltY REFORMS. Text of Important Hill Passed by tlic Last legislature. A bill of considerable importance which became a law at the last session af tho Legislature is unknown to nine men out of every ten. It is a reform jr improvement in the jury system of the State and is given below in full. It provides; "That during the last ;erm of the court of general session for jaeh county in tho year 1807 six of tho grand jurors then in service shall bo lrawn in the manner now provide I by itw ior tut? empaneling 01 petit jurors 11 criminal cases, who shall serve as ?rand jurors during the next succeeding year. Section 88 (b) further provides: "That the clerk of the court of general sessions in each county in the year 181)8 and each succeeding year tlicreifter, not less than ir? days before the lommencement t>f the term of the court n the said year, shall issue writs of velire facias in each county for 12 grand urors to be returned to that court, who, ogetlier with the six grand jurors for vhose selection pro\ ision has herein >een made, shall be held to servo at sack term thereof throughout said rear and until another grand jury is selected and empaneled." Section 88 (e) provides: "That at he end of each succeeding year thereifter during the last term of the court >f general sessions held in ench county or such year, six of the grand jurors hen in service shall be drawn as liereubefore provided, who, together with 2 grand jurors selected in the manner lerein prescribed, shall constitute the ;rand jury for said year." A TitII* TO MEXICO. t Ooo?l Opportunity Afl'ordcd for Teachers to <?o There. State Superintendent of Education daylield has received a letter eoncernng a pleasant trip to Mexico, which is iroposed the teachers of the National Educational Association take. The ates and cost of the trip would bo nuch reducod by many going on it it the same time. The letter is as folows: "Mexico, March 22d, '1)7. 'Mr. Wm. I), Maj/Jicld, State Manager National Educational Association, Columbia, S. C. "DearSib:?As previously notilied, pou are aware that I expect to organize in excursion of teachers from the Naional Education Association for a trip dirough Mexico. "I think that if this is properly proicnted it will tend to increase the aton /I o linn n 41^/v .1 A - ??1 .vu.tiaijvv I* t IUU .1 tllUIIlUl J .U IH Ill lOIUO Association. Will you kindly give mo lames and addresses of those m your $tate to whom you think it advisable to forward descriptive matter pertaining to the trip, and giving coniploto itinerary. "These addresses are particularly deiirable this far in advance of the asso iation meeting for the reason that anyone undertaking the tour should have impletimo in which to prepare for the rip before leaving lio^ie. "Yours truly, "HAUHV INOKHSOi,n." The next meeting of the National reaehers'Association will he held at Milwaukee, .July >-!'. Heduced rates kvill be given by the railroads and hotels o the teachers attending. From there .lie trip to Mexico will probably start. Nominations Continued. The United States Senate has confirmed the nominations of Jos. L. Bris;ow, of Kansas, to be fourth assistant l>ostmaster general: Henry ('lay Evans, ){ Tennessee, to bo commissioner of !>ensicns; Thos. Ryan, of Kansas, to ie first assistant secretary of the inferior; Frank W. rainier, of Illinois, to ?e public printer. To Retire From tlie Itench. Stephen J. Field, Associate Justice of he United States Supremo Court, has lecided to retiro from the bench in nuy. ^ The Invesications <>r a French derliutologist, In*. Saboiirand. go to show lint baldness is a contagious disease, luo to a microbe which lie claims to lave isolated. It is spread, lie delares. by barbers' brushes, and Its iresenre is not recognized until the inrm has been done. In other words, in ounce of prevention is worth several >uttle# of lialr-restorer. i GEORGE THREATENS WAR I : I i The Kine of Greece Assumes a Bel| ligerent Attitude, > - __ % DENOUNCES THE GREAT POWERS. ' (f the Allied Nations of Europe Blockade Volo, Hie Navel Base of Supplies* It | Will lie Useless to Try to Restrain His | Hen?"I Will Order My Troops For. I ward," lie Says?All Athens Excited. I Athens, Greoce (By Cable). ? Kin# Goorgo In an Interview at tho palace with James Dreolman, the well-known American correspondent uttered a kingly threat which brings the Great Powers (ace to face with a war mar, in mo boner or mnny, will smash the Turkish Empire and turn central Europe Into a battlefield. A CITIZEN OP CIIETE. 'The Grout Powers should take warning boforo It Is too Into," said tho Kin:;. ' The Grcok nation cannot endure this state of affairs much longer, and the situation will become uncontrollable. Tho world busnever aeforo witnessed such a sjieetuclo as six powerful nations, acting in the name of christian civilization, surrounding an islnud with tneir warships and starving a noble Christian people, whoso only offence is that '.hoy have toucht for their liberties. While doing this the nations are feeding an t upholding thoir savage Turkish oppressors. "It seems almost incredible that the egoism bf the Powers could lead th en to outrage svory principle of humanity, ignore and t trample downtho publlcsentiui?nt of Europe mil in(1 let slow death upon the bravo Cretans. 1 cannot understand it." Tho lines in the King's face grew har l and his big brown eyes Hashed, the veins stood but with paiuful distinctness in his temple*. "It is hard to restrain the natural impulse bf the Greek army to vindicate the honor ->f their llag and advance on tho Turkish forces which threat* 11 our northern frontier," lie mid. "We did not send our torpedo ho its and troops to Crete until tho Turks threatened to seud more troops to subdue the Christians in the island, and we did not send our army to the frontiers' ot l'.pirus and Macedonia until a large Turk shforeetiir atened us there. "Now it is said that the Powers are threatening to blockade Volo, ttie naval base of our forces in Thessaly. It would be nu iuhtmous thing to blockade Volo while the Turkish army menaces our territory. "If it Is done it will lie useless to attempt to hold our troops back any longer, and I will order them to go forward. My mini is made up. "There is not another people like tho Greeks in the world. See how the Greeks are coming If -a across seas ami continents, I from tho mos. distant ends of the earth, to I fluht fnr th?% mintm lihurtv nn.l v. tion. "Those raea who are marching past the pnlaco at this moment are Greeks from remote parts of the Caucasus. There are more than 700 of them, their Greek ancestors having lived In the Caucasus for a century. "Greeks are coming from overy country, and all this shows what an unconquerable spirit moves the Groek race at this moment. Their national sentiment is magniflcent. They are pre|>ared to make any sacrifice, and no loss can bo too great for them. "They will fight barefooted; they will light even without hope, und, if this conflict be. gins, the Greeks will not cease till they have achieved victory or the lost fighting niaa has fallen." POPULACE WILD FOP WAP. Stirring Scenes on tlin Departure of the Crown Prince for the Frontier. Athens, Greece* (By Cable).?When i: became known that the Crown i'riuc.i (Vui-tantin would leave the city iu the evening lor the Greek camp at I.arissa, to takec unman I of the Greek army iu the Pel i. a large r nv l gnthero 1 in front of Constitution Sipi ar , adjoining the palace. The square;uid streets adjacent were (lllod with an exulted thr ng. cheering, singing patriotic songs ami firing revolveis. The populace shiuite I "Tor union and war," and cheered continually ;'oi the Crown Prince and the army. The demonstration of the crowd in : 1 during the service in the palue * ,!i:ip I an 1 thousamisgathered in front oi th -t t ? witness the departure of Constant .n. \:. t r. menso throng, includ'ug many thoa an * of Cretans, assembled out tie quu\- a: I'.rn-. ?, brilliantly illuminated by lime lights fr un houses in tin* vieinty, to will .-a tti-enbarkation. The wildest eat!iu-i;n e w s dis played, with shouting. <*in iritis .v; ;h .ncossaul disebargoof therm-. Iiali.ciH I'ire <>n < Sir ?! i . Canf.a, Cr t" ('Ky Cable). ? I>nr i> * :li if tack on Fort Istziden, near Apnkmmm, mo Italiun warships i.i hu?in bay lire.; mi tho Christians unit luuii of tbo Turkish garrison. Were wo to believe nothing but what wo could perfectly comprehend, not only our stock of knowledge in all the brain-lies of learning would lie shrunk up to nothing, but even the affairs of common life could not no carried oil. In 1SJH1 there were imported into tho Vnited States a million dollars' worth of bristles, nearly $li,(?00.000 worth of feathers. $.'{.<K>0.<XX) worth of furs, and uiore than $1,000,000 worth of hair. ^