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jortr. ftnncth ud rboleMmeMM. i Vm
fOABOoiloal tium ordinary kin da and eansot b
tld t eompetWon with Um multitude of low
tL uin weigu um rpnospnwe powaers,
8o0 on to cam. Rotal Bakhto FOWSbi
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BROIVNS
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BITTERS
WILL CURP
t:
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HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA
CHILLS and FEVERS
TIRED FEELING ,
GENERAL DEBILITY If
PAIN jn the BACK & SIDES ,
IMPURE BLOOD f
CONSTIPATION !
FEMALE INFIRMITIES : i
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA j
KIDNEY AND LIVER
TROUBLES
;0Jf SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS'
Thm
aaTni UAd. ced B4
TAKE NO OTHER.
RACKET
STORE
TBI
B IKCIAI3 BOtU OFmAlXIttH.
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We aw receiving our spring stock of goboda
'.J and bsTe been so doing for some time. ! Our
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Hardware,
Hats and Caps, Carpeting,
Dry Goods Department will be filled.
Notion Department, as well as
Boots and Shoes,
Oilcloths and Bugs, Window ' Shades sndTTin-
j
ware Departments are complete. We are pffer-
r ; - , j, ;
tar some oi the Greatest Bargains erer offered
arrivals
we
CONGHESSIOM AL.
THIS SKBTATK DIMCITSSEnTHE MATTE
Of OSKjr avEMaHMIS.
! UMBMN lr. Brdr Offtrt
in this city. Among our daily
ball place before our people some "Landslides",
WaapiNQTOK, April 12. SxM
Mr. Riddkberger mored to take Up the
resolution, relating to the consideration
of executire nominations.
After some debate Mr Riddleberer
oalled for the yeas - and nays en bis
motion to take np the resolution. The
yeas and nays having been taken re
sulted in the - defeat of the motion to
take up; yeas 7r nays 51. The Sena
tors TOting in the t affirmative were
Messrs. Bowen, Georjre, Logan,?Riddle
berger Vance, Van Wyckand Wilson,
of Iowa. This vote is not in any sense
a test of the strength of the open ses
sion movement, inasmuch as many of its
strongest advocates, including Messrs.
Piatt, Teller,' Gibson and Mitchetl,
voted in the negative; Mr. Logan sub
nutted aa additwa tefhio!iiJM
lating to open ezeoutire sessions. This
addition. recites tho Senate rules which
the resolution proposes to amend.
tit. Piatt asked and obtained unani
mous consent to address the Senate; aftr
the morning business tomorrow, in sup
port of his resolution relating to open
executive sessions.
A resoluon offered by Mr. Beck was
agreed to, appointing Mr; Gibson, of
Louisiana, to membership of the Senate
committee on commerce, 4n place of Mr.
Jones, of Florida, during the : present
temnorarv absence of the latter Senator
from the Senate.
The Indian appropriation hill; wis
'taken up. At 1.4d p. m., ion motion.
the bedate went into executive session.
At 2:50 the Senate doors were re
opened and a recess of twenty minutes
was taken to enable Senators to observe
the -parade of the veterans of the Dis
trict of Columbia, who were celebrating
the twenty-fifth anniversary of their de
partureor the seat ofjWar in 1861 1 'ij
At the expiration of the recess the
Senators returned tothe chamber and
Mr; Blair attempted lo' secure immedi
ate consideration of the, general pension
bill, but the Senate having already giv
en unanimous consent for the continua
tion of -the Indian; appropriation bill,
the reading of thelatter was resumed.
several amendments providing for addi
tional items of expenditure were ruled
out on points of . order. The bill was
passed as reported from the committee,
The Senate adjourned.
, L -I I'J, jHocsa. 'It ;
Mr. Morrison, from the committee oh
ways and means, reported a bill to re
duce the tariff in relation to the collec
tion of revenue.' "Referred to the com
mittee of the whole. ;
Mr. McKihley presented the views of
the minority-f the committee. ',
Mr. U Iseill, of f ennsylvama, asked
unanimous consent to present an open
House,: instead of tLrough the pojtition
box,, as required by the rules, a protest
of manufacturers in every State of the
Unipn, employing over 47 ,00 . work-;
men. aeainst anv reduction of the twin.;
I Mr. Morrison insisted that the protest
should, be, presented through the peti-i
tion box., i 4 , p.
1 Mr. Morrison, from the committee on
rulesr;reported the resolution for the
appointment of a select committee of
seven, members to be appointed by the
SDeaker to investieate the causes and
extent of the disturbed conditions exists
ing in jthe ' relations between the
road corporations engaged in interstate
and their employees; in the
bia were taken up. A Senate bill was
passed, -authorising the attorney gen
eral to institute Suit against all persons
having, or pretending to have,! a title to
or in part for land or water affected by
the: improvement of the Potomac river
or its flats opposite Washington. The
bill was amended so as to provide that
no money shall be expended for the im
provement of the flats until thei question
of adverse title shall have Been decided.
The District of Columbia appropriation
bill was passed without discussion; or
substantial, amendment. The House, at
6:30; adjournedi j j ' 1
Special to the News and Obsibvib.
r FAtwtvdU, N. C, April 4 2.
Mrs. Mary Hales, widow of the late
James Hales and mother of ex-town
marshal Henry Hales, dropped dead, of
heart disease, at 7 o'clock last; evening,
near the half-way ndge, on rerson
street, while on her Way to. the Baptist
Bobisco.
Lonl Cbarchlll AHhi Hr. eiadston
church
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commerce
States of Illinois. Missouri. MississiDDl
; .t... 'M.i!ownKwhiBnprof'rtmne,l Arkansas and Texas. The committee
t i ,n shall htTI
, tltioa at prices that show the difference between
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dealing with live men and dead men; between j
tha eaiih and the credit systems: between the
'right and wrong war, hence we throws among
tli masaes these matchless roods at match-
.'Si:
Jess prices. Upon our counters will be throw n
day after day. New Arrivals at Panic ' Price;
, from houses that have collapsed and others that?
' will co down. If there is honor in. man and
j ;. ' 1
s virtue-tn good goods at low prices, we meant
W masters of the field. Bad luck and, hardg
shall have "power to send for persons
HATTKRS
STRZ
SS
NOW QtJtXT, BUT OTHXR
III PROSPECT.
East St. Louis; Hi. , April 12. The
presence of militia in this city continues
to; have its desired effect and no disturb
ances or unlawful acts have been repor
ted since the incendiary fires of Friday
night, and it is believed that no en
counter between ; the military and the
strikers will occur. ; The same Btrict
guard, however, on the railroad prop
erty is observed this morning and the
vigilance of the sentries has in no way
been relaxed. The time over which ihe
order extended requiring those who
Wished to go over the bridge into East St.
Louis to, supply themselves with passes
elapsed at midnight last night and the
urioge in is morning presents an anima
ted appearance, pedestrians passing and
repassing without interference, and
transfer wagons, heavily loaded, arc
crossing oyer, and on the other side oi
he bridge their drivers are approached
by intimidating strikers attempting
to persuade them to again stop work.
The promise of military protection to
those who might desire to go - to work
today, has resulted in the employment
of a large number of applicants, most
oi whom are not AJiights of Labor, but
those who are employed in filling the
vacancies caused by the strike! of the
atter and who left their places last
Friday after the fatal shooting by the
deputies. The platforms of the various
freight depots are busy with men active-
y engaged in loading and : unloading
cars and no attempt at interference; by
the striken has occurred, nor; is any
anticipated. '
St. Louis, April 12. The miners of
the i St Louis .distrust who struck last
week held a meeting, yesterday and re
solved to remain firm and not to resume
work until after the strike by the
Knights of Labor is ended. Very little
coal is on hand in this district and; ex
pecting a cutting, off of the supply will
effect seriously the manufacturing ' in
terests of the city. ; Over 450 miners
London, April 12. The house of
commons was again densely crowded
this evening, as the result of the ex
tended announcement that Lord Ran
dolph Churchill would attack Glad
stone's home rule bill. Among con
servatives and whigs there was intense
interest in Lord Randolph's fiort.
Prince Arthur and Prince Christian and
the Duke of Cambridge sat together in
the peers' gallery, and they were sur
rounded by a host of peers. Mr. Glad
stone in reply to questions stated that it
would De impossible to close the debate
on his request-for leave tonight, and
that on this account he had decided to
postpone introducing his Irish land pur
chase bill until Monday next. t
Lord Randolph Churchill, by Virtue
of his motion to adjourn at the last ses
sion, haying the floor, resumed the dp
bate on Mr. Gladstone's request for per
mission to introduce the home rale bill.
His speech was a long one He said
that after long consider a tio a he had
oome to tho C4&&Mio& that the scheme
involved such a complicated mass of
contradictions that if anybody besides
Mr. Gladstone had proposed it it never
would have been taken seriously. In
conclusion he said the effect of the bill
would be to free Ireland from the su
premacy of parliament and the sov
ereignty of the Queen. He regretted
that it had not been deemed consistent
with the customs of the house to take a
division on Mr. Gladstone's motion for
leave to introduce the bill, but the day
of decision would speedily arrive, when
the house would vote against the pro
posals, which were desperate, uncon
stitutional and misleading. (Loud
cheers.)
1hx Wont CMflra.
THI S1NAT1 WILL KITC&N A BATCH OF
NOMINATIONS.
Washington, April 12. In executive
session today fifty-three messages; mak
ing ns many nominations, were Jaid be-f'-ro
tLu body The nominations were
originally made to succeed officials
whom it was proposed to suspend or re
move, but whose terms of office have
since expired. Mr. Edmunds offered a
resolution that all the nominations be
returned to the President, on the ground
that the failure of the Senate to confirm
the original nomination had the effect
of a rejection. The resolution went
oyer for over tine day. Among these
nominations was that of John D.
Burnett, whose nomination to succeed
George M. Duskin as district attorney
for the southern district of Alabama
was the occasion of the reoent political
controversy in the Senate.
' Kalchf Boforo tn Court.
St. Louis, Mo., April 12 The cases
of John J. McGray, judge adyocate of
district assembly j No. 101, and fire or
six other Knights who were arrested two
weeks ago for obstructing trains and
interfering with the business of the
Missouri Pacific railroad, came up be
fore t Judge Horner, of the court of
criminal correction, today and after a
hearing of the testimony were taken
under advisement; Word
A1SEW ATTEMPT.
TWO ftVlTH hROIOHT A6AI9ST STATE
! lAlDltOBBOBERTS,
'oaol tu Pymat of I
V Cn SpMlal Tsx
trM mm
haa hftpn
on the Illinois & St. Louis (Pittsburgh) I telephoned from East St. Louis yards
raiiroaa nave struca ana it is expected tnat tne switcnmen oi tne unio & mis
tuw
nlnch tome hbzhtoned old credit con
oerns which must have money to meet the de-
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manda. They all know we have Uie cash and
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bat at our place money will buy double its
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value and we can offer goods at figure! away
below the regular wholesale men of Broadway
Beet Calico in this market, 4c per yard;
Worsted Dress Goods, different kinds, c per
i I
yard, selling in this city at 124 and i lfto per
and papers to sit during the sessions of
the HOuse, and to visit such places in
those States as may be necessary Jn order
to facilitate the investigation. It shall
report during the present session, with
such recommendations as it 4nay deem
proper to make.
T Vsr is mar :. : . a .1 .1 " tti
jnrf morrison statea tnat tne du
which' had "recently passed the House
known as the arbitration bill, was inad
equate in its provisions. The objeet;of
the pending resolution was to enable
Congress to learn the facts of the ease
so that it might perfect its legislation.
Mr, Jteagan contended that vKngress
had no more power to regulate, ques
tions arising between common carriers
and their hired laborers than questions
arising between common carriers and
their butchers or grocers; These were
local 'questions, and the fact th at one of
the Dsrties might be engaged in inter-
State commerce did not give Congress
jurisdiction over the other. The ques
tion was whether a Democratic .bouse
of Representatives would deny and re
pudiate local self-government, or
whether it would assume that the states
were no longer able to execute ! their
function. The resolution was adopted
without a division. ' ;
Under the call of States a number of
bills and resolutions were introduced
and referred, among them a resolution
by Mr. Brady, of Virginia, authorising
more Will strike about Belleville, to as
sist; the Knights in their struggle. ' A
man who is well informed declared yes
terday that all miners in St. ; Clair and
Madison counties will be out this week
excepting, perhaps, the men employed
in tne macniue mines. AUSI Ot. Jjpuis
coal district, extending over a radi-
ous 01 niiy : miies, nas ivo mines
and gives employment to 4,000 miners.
Of this number 1,000 are employed in
machine mines, and .they vouldJ not
strike on their own account. Few of
them are- Knights, but most of the other
3,000 are members of that :order, and
it is believed by their brethren that they
will demonstrate their loyalty : if called
upon to do so V V
Tko Bcbl07' StrUto.
sissippi and Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy roads had resumed work.
Judg- Baxter Sntctmr.
Washington, April 12. The Presi
dent today nominated and the Senate
unanimously confirmed Senator Howell
E. Jackson, of Tennessee, to be circuit
judge of the United Statesfor the sixth
judicial district, vice John Baxter, de
ceased.: The President has withdrawn the nom
ination of Orlando W. Ppwers, of Mich-
igan, to be associate justice or the su
preme court of Utah.
Senator Chase today reported ad
versely from the committee on post
offices and post roads a bill to increase
the rate of postage on fourth class mat
ter to two cents per ounce.
Today's demand was made upon Gen.
W. Pi Jioberts, auditor of the State,
which is preliminary to suits for the
payment of interest on the "special tax
bonds," 1 There are two cases, one by
Morton Bliss k Co., of New York, the
other by A. H. Temple, of Wake.
There are $11,000,000 of the special
tax bbndi, but the present suits are
based only upon the bonds issued to the
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford
railroad.; The following is a copy of
the demand (which is the same in
bth cases) :
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f TH DEMAND.
To THI AtJDITOB Ot TUB StATB OF NORTH
Carolina:
We hereby present to you ten thousand
dollars of the special tax bonds of the
State of North Carolina of the following
tenor: t '
This certificate of debt is not subject
to taxation for any purpose whatever.
CtflTKD STATB8 OF AMERICA. ;
It is: hereby certified that the State of
North Carolina justly owes to ; or
bearer one thousand dollars, redeem
able in good and lawful money of the
United; States, ' at the national bank of
the Republic in the city of New York,
the first day of April, 1899, with interest
thereon at the rate of six per cent per
annum, payable half yearly at the said
bank, on the first days of April and Oc-
toDer in eacu year irom tne aate 01 tnis
bond ,and until the principal be paid, on
surrendering the proper coupon tereto
annexed.
In j witness" whereof the Gov
ernor of the said State in vir
tue of power conferred by law, bath
signed; this bond and caused the' great
seal of the State to be hereto affixed,
and the public treasurer hath counter
signed the same at the seat of government
of the Bald State, this first day of April,
1869..
t : W. W. Holdxn,
Governor.
Counteriigned; ;
D. A..: Jbskins, Public Treasurer.
Upon the face of each bond is printed
the following words:
"Jssued under an act to amend the
charter of the Wilmington, Charlotte
and Rutherford Railroad Company to
provide for the completion of said road,
and io secure the State a representation
in the company; Ratified January 29,
lsesfi"! . v i
. "Issued for the Wilmington, Char
lotte and Rutherford Railroad Compa
ny. I Speoial tax on all the taxable
property of the State, levied in the act
authorising the issue to pay the annual
The said i bonds differ only in num
bers, dates, &o.
The coupons belonging thereto and
which are fallen due from the 1st day of
April, 1870, to the 1st day of October,
1886, inclusive, are attached to said
bonds. ; The act authorizing the issue
of Said bonds contains the following :
Section 6 For the purpose of pro
viding for the payment of the interest
upon the bonds hereby authorised and
the principal at its maturity, an annual
tax of one-eighth of one per cent, is
hereby imposed upon all the taxable
nrbnertv of the State- which shall be'
levied, collected and paid into the State
treasury as other publio taxes, and the
surplus, after paying the interest shall
De invesiea in securities 01 tuc uuwu
Stktei or other safe securities, and kept
as a sinking fund for the payment of the
principal money at maturity. Demo
crats are informed that the re
cords of your office and other
' r
Specially for the proper execution jbf the
tax list for the current year On afoount
Of the coupons falling due this year or
either of them. This demand is lilewise
made on behalf of holders of 191 tof the
bonds of the above described claps and
in the interest of holders of special tax
bonds of the State of North Carolina to
the amount of $1,800,000. -Morton
Bliss & Co.
THB 8CBPNA3.
The following subpoenas were served
uu uie auuiwjr.
U. S. OF AMERICA,
Eastern Dist. of N.' C
THE U. S. OF AMERICA. ?
To the State of North Carolina and W.
P. Roberts, Auditor of said Stkte
greeting : !
We command you, and every one of
you that you appear before the judges
of our circuit court of the U. S. of
America for the eastern district of K. C.
at the office of the clerk of said court,
in the city of Raleigh, in said district,
the first Monday in the month of : May
next, to answer the bill of complaint of
Alfred H. Temple, on behalf, etc., filed
in the clerk's office of said court, .then
and there to receive and abide by such
judgment and decree as shall thein or
thereafter be made, upon pain of judg
ment being pronounced against you by
default. To the marshal of the eastern
district of N. C. to execute. 1
! Witness the Hon. Moriison R. Wiite,
Chief Justice of the supreme courit of
the U. S.. at Raleigh, in said district.
the 12th day of April, 1886, and ii the
would no doubt be held to be unconsti
tutional and void and of no binding
force upon the State. To other
issues, however, no objection can be
urged except that, as alleged, the pars
age of the acts authorising them was
procured by improper methods and the
bond c or the proceeds of their sale were -squandered
by dishonest ' agents of the
State. Holders of the bonds, however,
insist that while the dishonesty of tie
State's agents might have brought mis
fortune on the State it cannot be im
puted as a fault to purchasers of the
bonds for value."
Mr. Gray added :
"The neglect of the general assembly
of 1879 to provide for some adjustment of
these outstanding bonds when it passed
the funding act by which other classes
of bonds were compromised, is now re
garded by many of our wisest men as a
very serious mistake. The success with
which the funding of other classes of
bonds has proceeded, justifies the belief
that the special tax bonds could have
been adjusted without difficulty and at
a merely nominal figure. Whether their
payment can now be enforced is yet to
be seen; but so long as they remain
outstanding they will be a menace
to our State, and no amount of leg
islative or constitutional exorcism
can make the ghostly spectre down at
its bidding, The fact that these bonds
with the promise - to pay and
the great seal of the State upon
them are unrecognised and practically
repudiated has hurt the credit . of the
1 10th year of the independence off the State and prevented the investment of
U. S
j . Issued the 12th day of April, 1886.
N. J. Riddick, Clerk.
Wam County in thk Scpiriob Court.
Summons for relief Levi P. Mofton,
i George Bliss, Richard J. Cjroes,
George T. Bliss, composing the firm
of Morton, Bliss & Co , against Wm.
P. Roberts, auditor of the State of
N. C. j .
Thb Stats of North Carolina, j
To the sheriff of Wake county greet
ing: You are hereby commanded to
summon William P. Roberts, auditjor of
the State of North Carolina, the! de
fendant above named, if he be found
within your county, to be and appear
before the judge of our Superior court,
at a court to be held for the county of
Wake, at the court house in Raleigh,
on the 1st Monday before the 1st Mon
day in September, 1886, it ' being the
30th day of August, 1886, and answer
the complaint which will be i deposited
in the office of the clerk of the Superior
court of said county, within the j first
three days of the term, and let thb de
fendant take notice that if he fail to
answer the said complaint within the
time required by law, the plaintiff! will
apply to the court for the; relief de
manded in the complaint. I
Hereof fail not and of this summons
make due return. I t
capital here. Investors see the interest
on the bonds unpaid and without in
quiring or caring to inquire why it is
not paid or some offer made for a com
promise of the bonds, say that when
public faith is bad private fidelity is apt to -
be little better, and withhold their in vest
ments in property and securities. They
do not and cannot view the matter in
the light in which we have been accus
tomed to regard it.
"Why, our honest and watchful treas
urer, Bam, cannot now , by nimself or
through a recognized agent in New
1 ork pay the interest cn the acknowl
edged debt of the State, not daring to
place money to his credit there; for fear
it may do aitaoneu, out is iorcea to re
sort to other methods of paying the
coupons. ,
For these and other reasons there is a
growing sentiment, I think, among the
substantial people of the State to make
some provision for the settlement of this
class of bonds, and I have been assured
that the holders of the bonds will agree
to an adjustment upon terms reasonable
and liberal to the State,"
Hon. S. F. Phillips, of Washington,
P. C, ex-solicitor general of the United
States,' is senior counsel in the litiga-
ti n, and E. L. Andrews, Esq , of the -New
York bar, is general counsel for
the bondholders, while Messrs. Gray &
i i I C 'Dl:.-l. 1..-.. .t.
Given under mv hand and Seal of said I 0 ' 0
- Mt.aAB na.a ,
court, uiib xzita aay oi April, ioou.
CHAS. D. Upcbtbcu,
Clerk Superior court Wake county
an intbbviiw
WITH COUNSEL FOB FLAIN
TIFFS. '
Upon learning of the service of writs
in the special tax bond cases; a reporter
interviewed R T. Gray, Esq., of the
firm of Gray & Stamps, the' North Caro
lina counsel for piaintins, for the pur
pose of eliciting information as to the
nature of the suits. Mr. iiray said:
"Two suite have boen instituted- one
in the superior court of Wake county,
by Morten Bliss & Co , a wealthy and
well known banking firm of; New York
city, against W. P. Roberts, auditor,
and the other by A. hi. Temple, of this
county, in the U. S. circuit court,
against the auditor and the state 01
.North Carolina, in both suits tne
main prayer is ior ; manaamus
directing the auditor to include among
the blanks in the tax lists which he is
'Babies cry because they suffer. : The most
ruliable remedy for the relief of their uiscom
t rt is Dr. BulTi Baby Syrup. It is true and
pure. 25 cents. i t
There were all the evidences ot a coming
storm; but whan he diew from Ms pocket a
bottle or ur. Bull's cougb syrup mere cwne a
calm, for the baby had the croup and would
now get welL ' f
The special tax
litest sensation. '
bond suits are
the
; . V , I lUD ViSUiaO AVS- VUO SWA
proofs show that Bince the year 1S69 no required to send down annually to the
I Advlear to Matbora.
Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothinc 8yrup should al
ways be used when children are cutting teeth.
It relieves tne little sunerer as once, u pro
duces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the
child from pain, and the little cherub awakes
as "bright as a button." It is very pleasant, to
mala; sootnes tne cnua, sorcens ine gums, auay
all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels
ana is the best Known remeay ior uiarrnas
whether risinsr from teething or othtr causes.
T-Mirv-fiv eant a V'r.
There is a growing belief that Prof.
Madison committed suicide at Pigeon
River. .
TIUC LATEST DBVELOPMBNT OF THB STBIKB
;! ( . ' MANIA. I
Tbot, N. Y., April 12. lAWt half
the boys in the 11th ward school struck
(01 shorter hours this afternoon and re-'
fused to continue their studies. They
demanded only one session s day, that
to be from 8 o clock a. m. until 1 p. m.
The boys held an open air mass-meeting
and procuring laths and sticks swarmed
through the neighboring streets, threat-
ning violence to pupils who -did not join
tnem. Xbe reserve police trom one no-
ice station were sent to the scene, to
give whatever protection was necessary
X UB BbTf&cra bTlCU bo luuuce WX9 DOVB 1U
another school to follow their example
and strike. :1 . f ' V '
yard; Great Bargains in White Goods apd j the President to appoint a board of com-
IU1HWUCII UU Ulf COklBVC In RHIt UMiUI
the United States- may be, legally or
equitably liable for debt by the State of
Virginia because of the partition of the
State without its consent during the" late
war, and the extent of the equitable lia
bility ot the United States to the bond
holders fof other States of the Udion
and foreign bondholders, on account oi
the State authorities of Virginia, nulli
fying the decisions, of the supreme court
of the United States as to the debt of
Virginia.
On motion of Mr. Hemphill, of South
Carolina a bill was passed authorizing
the secretary of the treasury to deliver
to the 'owners the contents or certain
boxes deposited in the treasury depart
ment. ; ' .
Bills affecting the District of Colum-
1 and Embroideries. In the Altfllnwy ue-
LDartment our Grand Opening wUl take place
.Saturday. 10th lout. We are receiving our
Millinery Goods, which are all bought for cash
ndoerienced milliner, who ha
"beem in the Kew Yorfc market for two weeks
watching the market and piukuig up the most
' fuhi.nubi vnodMforthe leant money: These
goods will be sold beyond a doubt: cheaper
'than such goods were ever sold in this market.
w have enmunl a nraUchus uulliner lrom the
x'rth with in-rat entirience. and will do
. avervthimr in our Dower to please . the people.
We invite an early visit and inspection of pur
- stock, 'which will be replenished every
. five uays, and will sell at 20 per cent leas: than
; .. iMlMk OSUMFstSIM. !
Nbw Yobk, April 12. Ci L. Greene
k Co. s report on cotton futures Bava
in the report of today's cotton market :
It was an active and advancing market,
with 7a8 points gain well sustained.
Cheerful European accounts and active,
strong dealings at the South gave impe
tus leaamg to a large amount of cover
ing aud showing a degree' of nervous
ness and a greater Short interest than was
supposed to exist, several of the princi
pal commission nouses are also on the
Rnpromo Court Doetstona.
VBKnABT TBEH, 1888.
From Advance Sheets of Attorney General T.
F . Davidson's Mth ST. & Reports.
Puitt, rasour and others vs.
Commissioners of Gaston county.
1. The constitution requires ; that all
taxes, whether levied for State, county,
town or township purposes, shall be
uniform, and allows no discrimination
in favor of any class, person or interest,
but requires that all things possessing
value and subject of ownership shall be
taxed equally, and by uniform rule.
2. Therefore a law which allows a
tax on the polls of one color and on
property owned by same color to be
applied exclusively to the education Of
children of that color fis unconstitu
tional. h J . :
, 3. This law also discriminates between
the races, by allowing the tax paid by
one to be applied exclusively to the1 ed
ucation of that color and is therefore in
conflict with last clause of art 9, sec.
2 of constitution, which is "There
shall be ho discrimination in favor of or
to thejprejudice of either race."
4. This does not extend, however, to
the law requiring the children of the
two races to be educated in separate
schools when the advantages are equal
or to laws prohibiting marriage be
tween tho races or are such laws op-
proceedings have been taken by the
auditor or any officer of the State to
transmit the statutory lists to the clerks
of the boards of commissioners of the
counties, including therein the special;
tax required by the act authorizing the
issue of said bonds nor has any act been
dpne towards the levying of said special
tax, and the same has remained wholly
unlevied and uncollected. No provision
has been otherwise made by the State
for the payment of the coupons above
described, and all of the said coupons
of the bonds ot said issue remain un
naid. . Ill
;; The auditor of the State and the other
public officers have neglected and re
fused to perform any of tho duties with
which they are charged under and by
said act. Tbey rely upon subsequent
county commissioners and list takers,
one for the special tax of one-eight ot
one per cent levied by the act of general
assembly which authorized j the issue o:
the bonds. The bondholders claim that
as the tax was levied by the act author
izing the issue of the bonds no otnr
legislation has been or is needed for tuo
levy and collection of the tlx, but that
all that is required is the performance-
by the ministerial officers of the State,
of the duties imposed upon them bylaw,
and to enforce the performance or then
duties is tne object oi thece; suits, ine
legislation subsequent to the. act author
izing the issue of the bonds and tn
levying of the tax, by which that act
was repealed and the treasurer ordered
not to pay any interest on- the bonds, 1
is claimed to be void and inoperative as
alleged acts and resolutions of the gen- j against the holders of the bonds, for the
era! assembly of North Carolina and an riaBon that the nroviaion for the special
tax made in the act' under which tne
bonds were issued, was made and be
Phm. ivn.. VMa- BnumML Cram Afttu
I IZT vrappf, and ber our
I leriatoMxTTnMto-ltar to U(
l AliuU't Head i a Ctroit. a Bed-
l Strip VMUiotnaoa, na torn
alleged amendment to the constitution
of the State seeking to forbid them from
executing .the contract entered into for
the benefit of the holders ' of said
bonds.
i And they plead the said invalid acta
as exeoses and defences for the non-per
formance of the contract embodied in
the act authorising Ithe Issue of the
I Wherefore, We hereby request that you
transmit to the several clerks of the
boards of county commissioners for each
county in the State of North Carolina
long side and assisting, the upward turn, posed to reoent amendments of the con- aQd to any other proper officer the statu
The receipts were reported quite full at I
tne ports, put tne innuenoe was bal
anced by free selling at home and
aoroaa, inuiuauug, it was . assumed, a
healthy, legitimate business. At the
close many orders were unfilled on lim
its just below the ruling rates.
VOLNEY PURSELL & CO.
Raleigh, N.C,
Secretary Kumar's Ultla piaaaur Trip.
WASHiNGtpN, April lk. Secretary
Lamar will leave this city this evening
or tomorrow morning for Memphis,
Tenn ; Macon, Ga., and his home at
Oxford, Miss. He is not expected to
return tor a wee or tea days.
stitution of the United States
Hot Tbat KiMt of m Boy.
From the St. Louis Chronicle. : : '
"My boy.i don't you know that pick
ing' ggs is gambling ?"
'It is?"
"Yes, my boy, all. games of chance
are gambling."
"Well, ' I in't a-takiu' chances .
mine's a china egg."
Her neck and arms were as naked as
tory lists required, by the statutes of
North Carolina and include therein the
special tax for the payment of the in
terest coupons on the bonds above de
scribed as required by the act authori
zing the issue of said bonds.
; And do all other acts' required of you
by law of North Carolina towards the
collection of the said special tax as other
taxes are levied in the State. 1
i) These tenders and demands-are made
distributively upon and for each of the
came an essential element of the contract
hich the Federal constitution will not
permit a State to impair either by way
of constitutional provision or legislative
enactment. It is generally thought that
the North Carolina constitution as
amended Jlu 1880 repudiated the special
tax bonds, but this is a misconception
of the effect of the clause
added to article 1, section 6,
which provides only that the legislature
shall not assume or pay or authorize the
collection of any tax to pay these bonds
unlets the proposition to pay shall nave
been first submitted to and ratified by
the people. .
"The suits now brought are based on
the bonds issued to the Wilmington,
Charlotte & Rutherford railroad under
act' of January 29th, I860, of which
there were issued $3,000,000. Of these
the literary board purchased and now
hold over $150,000 f ; ,
"Tne principle involved, however, ap
plies to bonds issued to other railroads;
if she had neveT eaten of the tree of P4e described coupons of each of the tjUt aome of the issues, if tested by the
VnnwUitiTA of i?ood and evil Dnn nt bonds numbered
Roumanj. w f mu we
as
follows; (Here! deaision of the N. C. annrama nonrt in
numberi.) Md J Galloway ti. Jenkiha, 63 N, 0. report.
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