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elections and aMretings.
CONTINENTAL TOBACCO coMPA,

JERSEY CITY, n. j.. March Ist. 400.
Notice Ia hereby gwen that ths Annual Mssttux OF
the sioekho!dsrs u Continental Tobacco Com psny
and the election OF Ave Directors for one year will
be held o. NO. vs. First Street. Jersey CITY, Hudson
County. state Of New Jersey. at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon OF Wednesday, the nth day Of April,
A. y. 1900
Transfer books ~ the Company will be closed ..
?. NJ. upon the 18th day Of March. 1900, and will
be reopcned upon the I2th day Of April. 1900, OF
" o'clock 4. NJ u G DULA, Secretary,
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ERCT4T.

SATURDAY. March 10 GRAIN Wheat Spot
was arm and duh. Sales. lGD,O00 bush.
mainly for export here and at the cut.
ports. No. 2 rod In elevator. 4hc. over
May No. ! Northern Duluth. Sac. over May.
No. l hard. 74c. over. Northwestern rsceipts
were IA cars against $50 last week and 5iS
last year; , hicago. 81 against 45 last week
and Do year ago. Futures closed unchanged
followa.
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Gardiner Hearing Put Over Tor Two Weeks.
At the request OF Horace Z. Deming the hear.
tn0 NJ tha charges against District Attorney

At inc feuueSt OF 1OfHCp r. DFmTHR tHe Htur'
Ing OF the charges against District Attorney
Gardiner was postponed YESTERDAY for two
weeks. Mr.. Cntermyer protested against the
postponement saying that the charges against
Col, Gardiner were Of the most frivolous nature
and should be disposed Of at once. but Com
missioner Wilcox overruled him.
Mr.. Deming said that II was tia intention Of
the prosecution TO call the Judges Of the Gen.
sral Sessions. and II was impossible to get all
Of them before the COMMISSIONS a. witnesses
unless an adjournment was taken for two
~Aaka
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niridends and Anterrst.
CONTINENTAL TOBACCO COMPANY.

NEW YORK city. Feb. 81, 1900.
A Dividend Of one and thrse.qusrte.s per centun
Ia per cent has been declared on the Preferred
Stock Of Continental Tobacco Company. PAYABLE
at the Oflc.s OF Manhattan Trust Company, No. 20
Wall st, New York city, on and aft = The md day
of April. 1900, TO the holders ~ said Preferred Stock
of record on the Company's stock transfer books on
the 18th dAv Of March. 1900.
The transfer books u sad Preferred Stock will be
closed on March 18Th, 1900, at 3 O'Clock Z. NJ, and
will be opened on April 18th, 1900, at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ. II. II. KINGSBTKY, Treasurer.
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You Need Entertain No Doubt
II you have wasted time and money endsavor-
ing 10 dispose OF real estate through other
mediums. TEE SuS provides q cham sl through
which D ready sale or exchange may be MADE.
i will be worth your while trying.-Adu.
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THE %CoLoRApn FuEL AND IRON q.

DENVER, Col, March |. 1900.
Preferred stock Diyidends Nos. D and 10,
At meeting 81 the Board OF Directors held this
day the FOL owing resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED, That a dividend Of EIGHT PER
CENT. C-ooI he declared upon the Preferred Stock Of
The colorado Fuel 4 Iron Company for the year
ending June Both, 1897. such dividend to be pAys.
bl. April ID. 1900. in cash to- he stockholders OF
record March 18th. 1900. Transfer Book. 10 be
closed from March l3th. 1900. to Apnl ID. 1900.
inclusive. John L. JEROME, Treasurer.
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Available cash balance.
including gold reserve t2a6 .paa.o4s 1901 .e27. 1850
Money In London. 81 per cent. Rates OF
discount in open market for short and three
months bills. 8 l5.1'ia4 per cent. Amount OF
bullion gone into the bank OF England on bal.
hnce to-day. fi5.OoO. Paris aivices- quote 2
pei, cents Mt lOl francs ~ ccntimes. Exchange
on London, - francs II centlmes.
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The List Of Referees.

The following 10 a list Of the referees appointed in
ease. in the supreme Court last wees:
By Justice Iavrenec,
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The receipts Of the Government to-day were:
Customs. 81 ,OS5.SI3: internal revenue. SHl5,-
UUI. and miscellaneous. S27. 7aS. a total Of 81
O+O2TS, The disbursements were 81 ,5g5. 600.
m excess Of receipts over expenditures OF
S5l3.2IS The reccipts ot the fiscal year have
been $3.50, 1887, anil tho disbursements
s3oi ,St3,6ll; an excess OF receipts over ex-
penditures Of s4O.is,3, 77G.
The official count OF cash In the Treasury 10.
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The oficial count OF cash In the Treasury to.
day com pared with that 81 last Satur lay shows:
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Foreign.

Herr Ilg. King Menelik-s chief. who
is in MarseilleS, refIItes the story that
the King is planning an antI-Engl!sh
coup in Abyssinia.
Ritter Won Jauner, Of the Carl The
tire, Vienna, one CT the best 7heatri~al
managers in Austria, has committed
suicide with revolver
Young Mrs. Ada Williams. murder
ess Of her baby, says she finds Lon
don prison life dull" and wants the
officials to expedite her execution"
Countess Dundonald. wife OF Butler =
cavalry general, has had a magnificent
avenue OF elms in A5ergele. North
Wales. raze1 ID spite an offending Dis
trict Council.
Discovery of :he mutilated b;,Iy OF
Thomas VI. Atkinson, a marine G.. the
United States cruiser Prairie, IN the
canal at Havre, Indicates that he was
murdered and robbed by seaport thugs.
At last accounts General Cronje was
still at Paardeberg drift, Orange Free
State, holding our against Lord
Roberts British army.
An assassin in the streets OF Cara
cas- fired two ineffective shots at Presi-
dent Castro. of Venezula
General Butler has gained a decisive
advantage by the capture OF P.eter's
Hill, Natal. one OF the stronges. BoeI
positions South of Ladysmith, but the
garrison is represented to be In des-
perate straits and Butler has hard
fighting ahead.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
THROUGHOUT IHf COUNTRY.
The South.


Ihe Virginia State Democratic con-
teniion 10 elect delegates TO the na-
uonaI Democratic convention. will bs
held IN Norfolk on May :.
l-ycursus l.. Latin. the wealthy gun
powder manufacturer os Chicago. ai
Old Point Comfort. Va.
i Is reported al MONTGOMERY. Ala
that General Wheeler. who Is expecte I
nome sooa from the Philippines. Will
announce himself as n candidate for tAt.
Denooraslc nomination for governor
o. Alabama, and will not. Therefore. be
candidate for denomination TO Con
eress from his dlSiric.. lie Is a grea.
'aVorite In Aiablml politically.
Detectives. with bioodhounds. lef,
Chattanooga. Tenn. .or Aetna Mines.
near Whlteslde. Tenn. where A strike
is IN progress. /. Is said there has beer
damaged by an explosion of giant pcS -
der and engine and engine house hav1
been blown up.
Near Wake in Middlesex county. Va
the boiler of the steam mill OF Mer-
chant and Hanson exploded. killing
Mr.. George S;eurer and seriously in
Juring his two sons Mr. Henry Gar
land. who was standing by. had his
skull crushed and will hardly recover.
Steurer was an eN-Union veteran. form.
erly OF Illinois.
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was adopted. IL section Of this pro-
posed amendment is not in violation
OF the fifteenth amendment TO the
United States Constitution. then II
seems to me that 1t would be impos-
sible 10 violate that amendment. Sec
tion 3, as worded, is just as unconsti-
tutional as il it were worded as fol-
lows:
Every male person who was slave
or who is the descendant OF a slave
shall not be allowed to vote unless he
can read and write, but all male per
sons who could vote in 1867 Or whose
fathers or grandfathers could ro,e
then shall not be required TO submit 10
any educational test.
Is there anyone VINO would contend
that this language would be constitu-
tional? Cel tainly not. But how does
this language differ from section 5? in
form only; the purpose CT effect of both
are the same. When this same amer3-
ment was before the Louisiana conven-
ton, Judge Coco opposed section ) be
cause, he declared, it was clearly un-
constitutional. He argued that. mas
much as in 1867 cnly whites colld yo,.,
the fifth section, as far as its con= titu-
read:
No person shall be denied the right
to vote who on January /, 1868, or any
date prior thereto, was a white citizen
CT the State OF Louisiana.
Continuing, he said:
To my mind the section presents a
weak and transpare ut subterfuge, an
| unmanly evasion OF the Constitution.
| of the United States, and On that
ground alone | could not give it my
| support
This extract OF the judges speech io
! taken from an article in the Harvard
| Law Review OF December, 1899, in
which Mr.. Eaton ably reviews the pro-
| ceeds Of the Louisiana constitutional
| convention
Mr. President. it is so we'll settled
that the cons titutionality of a law is
| to be determined not by its form but
| by the effect of its operation that this
| principle has become an established
aXiCm of constitutional law. Hence the
| legal maxim: Nothing can be done
| indirectly which can not be done
directly" | do not deem it necessary
| to burden the Senate with further eta.
tons ON this point, for there is not a
case in the United States Reports that
is not an authority to support this
position.
Then how can the court escape the
| inevitable conclusion that section is
| unconstitutional? Indeed unless the
court should reverse all former decis-
ions it must so hold. Nothing can be
| clearer: nothing can be more certain
Mr.. President, this completes my
| argument as to the unconstitutionality
| CT section ), and | would proceed al
once to discuss the other question, as
to whether the amendment would fall
as whole or only section would fall
were it not Tor the speeches made by
Senators ON the Cther side Of this CUES
| ton.
There have been three OF these
| speeches, and | desire to call attention
briefly to each OF them before proceed
ing to discuss the legal phases of the
| other important question.
Sv:4flv .
that not an argument Or a citation
made by any Of them controyerts my
position, yet I will refer briefly TO the
few cases which they cited ard whlci
they claim as authority to the con
trary.
(To be continued in next issue.)
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TelegraphiC Briefs.

Eleven universities, including Johns
Hopkins, have decided 20 maintain
uniformity of requirements for sraiu-
ate degrees.
Lord Roseberyhas severed his connec-
tion with the Liberal party in England.
1t is reported in New York that the
Leyland Line has absorbed the At
laRtic Transport Company, OF which
Bernard NJ. Baker, OF Baltimore, is
president.
F. T. +. Lovejoy, former secretary Of
the Carnegie Steel Company. has
joined II. c. Frick in his suit agains:
the company.
Ex-MayOr Hugh Grant has been ap-
pointed receiver for the Thirl Avenue
Street Railway of New York city.
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The LAFAYETTE Dollar.

Paris, By Cable.-Mr. Robert J.
Thomas, secretary of the Lafayette
Monument committee, as special CON-
missioner of the United States repre-
senting President Mckinley, and in his
name presented to President Loubet
Saturday morning the first OF the La
Fayette dollars, which was enclosed
in a casket costing 81 900 The pre-
sentation took place at the Elysee
palace. Mr.. Thomas was accompanied
by the United States ambassador. Gen.
Horace Porter. who introduced him 20
President Loubet and the presentation
Of the dollar was then made By Mr..
Thompson in few appropriate re-,
marks
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Miscellaneous

The scene at the surrender OF Gen
eral Cronje at Paardeburg. Orange
Free State, Is described In dispatches.
The house in which John Brown was
born in Torrington. Conn, and which
has been in a dilapidated condition and
occupied for some years by poor ne
gro family, Is to be purchased and pre-
served by a society organized for the
purpose.
The Ways and Means Repnblica a
members learned al the party carsas
on the Puerto Rican Tariff bill that
the committee cannot rule the house.
A subcommittee to amend the bin wss
appointed and was in session most OF
yesterday. It now seems certain the
bill in its present form cannot pass.
Marcus Daily attended the Cle<k in
yes.igztion. Contrary TO expectation.
ne was not called 20 the stand. John p
Toole was the only important witness.
Monstignor Sbarretti has been I'm.
stallea az Havana as Bishop OF Cuba
Secretary Long has submitted a re.
quest to both houses for more officers
and men for the navy
Another chapter in his report on the
battle CT Santiago from rhe pen O.
Captain Concas. Cervera's chief o,
|-staff. has been given TO the pu5sis
through the Navy Department
Puerto Ricans. according 60 dis.
patches from San Juan. consider the
proposed 25 per cent. tariff unjust
Emperor William. OF Germany, hs,
conferred titles on actors In the Roya
Theatre who pleased him In presea'
ing The Iron Tooth
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08

He Quotes Abundant aud Conclusive
Legal Authority to Show That Sec
tiOn , Is Not Only Unconstitutional,
But That u VIII FAN. Leaving The
Remainder Of the Amendment to
stand. lie Discusses Judge Browns
Proposed Amendment and shows
That che Court Would UnGuest;on-
ably Ignore any Attempt Of the Leg
islature to in truct 1t How TO De-
eide This or any Other Question. He
Brands the Charge of Negro Domino
ton as IA Slauder on the State. --Other
Features Of tse Amendment Dis
cussed. Says That the Proposc cd
Amendment is Not Only Unconstitu-
tional aud Dangerous to he Liber-
ties OF Fifty thousand White Men
In North Carolina, But That 1t is
Dishonest in its Method and Puts
the South in False Position.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
BOERS REINFORCED.
They are Now Facing Poberts AT
OSfon.e.n
GATHERED ABOUT 5000 STRONG,
And are Located Eight Miles Eas, of
Paardeberg-RObertS Able to Cope
With Them.

London, by Cable.-Lord Roberts. at
Osforkein, six or eight miles east OF
Paardeberg, faces the reformed Boer
army from 5000 to 5000 strong. This
may be merely a corps OF observation
ready to retire on prepared positions.
S"ubtlesS it is receiving acCre.iOns
from the late beseigers Of Ladysm lii
and from other points. Whatever the
force may be, Lord Roberts has ample
troops to cope with it. The Beers are
temporarily favored by a heavy rain
failing on the yeldt and making the
grass improve. Lord Robe.,s has sur
prised observers by the excellence OF
lis transport during the first advance,
and he is likely to do SO again. al
though military men here think he
must wait for some days before going
much farther. The Beers, presuma-
bly,, will use this delay for all it is
worth, pulling their resources tCgesher
DR.. Leyds gives out the opinion that
the British entry of Bloemfontein IS
daily expected, as commandants We
wet and Delarey had been instructe ed
TO retard the advance OF Lcrd Roberts
until the concentration, under General
Joubert, had been accomplished
No adequate explanation is yet made
of the $4,000 re-inforcements that are
preparing for Lord Roberts. Such ex-
MI no tn11 oil, l.,
suggest either that the Cape Dutch
have become more restiye, Or that the
imperial government has hint of for
eign suggestions as to the future
status of the allied republics.
The War Office has received the fol-
lowing from General Butler:
'Ladysmith, Friday, March 2, $50
p. nj find the defeat Of the Beers
more complete than l had dared to an
ticipate. The Whole district is com
pletely clear of them, and except at the
top CT Van Peener's pass, where several
wagons are visible, | can find TO trace
of them. Their last train left Modder-
sprL.t station about 1 o'clock yester-
day, and they then blew up the bridge
| They packed their wagons six days
| ago, moving them TO the north OF La
| dysmith. so that we had no chance OF
/ InterCGptlng tnein, Out Jney GniVe Lett
! vast quantities of ammunition of all
sorts, herds, grass, camp and individu-
al neceGsaries. They have got away
with all their guns except two"
! Lord Roberts wires to the War Of
! flee from Osfontein under date OF
March 2, Ais p. H., as follows:
! Il have just returned from paying
Kimberley hurried visit. was much
| gratified at finding the enthusiasm
among the Kimberley people regarding
the care of the sick and wounded. Al
the houses had been converted into no.
pitals and the men had been made
most comfortable. / was struck witt
the friendly manner in which tn
wounded Beers and our men chatte,
together upon the experiences of tn
campaign. 1t delighted me to see Gu
soldiers sharing their rations and bis
cults with the Boer prisoners befor
they commenced their march fer Mod
der river. Some of the poor fellow
were very hungry after having bee
starved in the lager
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
The North.

Mayor Jones. of Toledo. o. recently
the golden rule" candidate for Gov
ernor. rs said to have Congress!ona al
ambitions.
Rev. Charles PAlmerstoa AnieEsOa
was Sunday consecrs;ed Bishop Co
adjutor OF the Episcopal Dioceaee %;
Chicago. III.
a terrific snowstorm. accompanied
by q forty-mile gale prevailed through
out Northern Ohio Saturday seriously
blocking traffic.
Accused by her husband CO in6deli-
~ and locked out OF her rooms. Mrs.
Martha Ditmeyer. 20 years old. drank
carbolie acid and died at New York.
Because recognition o. their union
was refused 600 machinists struck at
the works OF Frazer and Chalmers and
OF Crosby and Co. at Chicago. Ill. Sat-
urday.
As a result OF a secret meeting Al
Cincinnati, O., of the Wouienware As
sociation, Il is said there viii be an
other advance in prices OF all wooden
ware articles.
The Penn Bridge Company. OF Beav-
er Falls. Pa, Was the lowest bidder. q:
S94,6l6, for the erection OF a ship H.
ters' shop al Norfolk Navy Yard.
A wealthy farmer. Matthew La.tl-
mer, aged 72 years, was frozen 10 death
while walking a half mile TO his homo
near Elyria. o.
The body OF Henry Waterhouse. Jr,
York during" his Is fd hoieymoon. VINO H. has ieeii
cremated, and the widow will take
home the ashes.
Although the American Magazine
the official organ OF the Daughters or
the American Revolution, has not been
a profitable venture. the society Ia.
decided to continue IL. with Mrs. Elroy
N. Avery. of Cleveland. o., as editor
Herbert J. willard, o. Somerville
Mass, whose obituary was widely pub
lished in New England couple o
weeks ago, writes TO the Dartmou;,
College paper chat he appreciates tn,
eulogistic notices, but he is Sill alive
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Early War Predicted.

London, By Cable.-The French
situation is becoming more obviously
threatening. despite the imminence OF
the xhibFtion in which the French
people are taking surprisingly luke
warm interest Hostility 20 England
has reached an intensity which is
grayely perilous. Sir Charles Dixie.
who is one of the coolest and keeEest
observers, entertaiEs. similar. appre-
tensions, and pr0phesies of war with
England by September are common in
Paris
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
An Arctic Exporer r1;s.irv

London. By Cahe.-Some anxiety
has been felt for the fa.e CT the young
Duke OF Abruces, who started last sum
mer in the steamer Polar Srsr on an
expedition 20 the North Pole. King
Humbert, the uncle OF the explorer.
wrote 10 Nansen. who has replied that
he will take another expedition TO the
polar regions this season and make IL
his business to find the Polar Star. He
has net the least doubt OF the safet,
ard complete success of the duke
whose expedition wss almost the fines;
equipped fer the work that ever So:
forth.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Argument Begun.

Louisville. KY, Special.-Argument
in the cases involving the title to the
offices OF Governor and Lieutenant
Governor was begun before Judge
Fields in the Circuit Court Friday.
Counsel for Governor Beckham, Presi-
dent Pro TEN l.. H. Carter and Gen
eral John B. Castleman, Democrats,
filed demurrer and motion TO strike
out the answer and reply TO W. S.
Taylor and John Marshall. the Re
publican incumbents, after which an
order for argument was agreed upon
and Attorney David w. Fairleigh
opened for the Republicans.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
Strike Ordered

Chicago, Special-Tne executive OF
the International Association OF Ma
trike of machinists in this city, as a
suit of failure to agree with the Chi
go Association of Machinery manu-
lecturers, on disputed questions Presi-
dent Mcconnell said that 1t was pos
sible that the strike would extend TO
all the metal working organizations in
the country and would effect nearly
500, 900 men.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
For Robb;ng the kiD

Atlanta. Ca, Spec, Il. Soock.
Jr., an electrical contractor, was ar
rested here for robbing the KimbaIl
in currency and checks. When arrested
he said he had been pilfering fer four
years, and that one of his victims last
year was a bucket shop firm, from
which he secured several hundred dol
lars. He was married one year ago
and recently returned from a trip IL
Paris. Soock was prominent in church
work, and admitted that he had beer
leading a double life. He says he was
driven to stealing by necessity
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-03-08
SENATOR PR|TGAARD
At NEWTON.
he Discusses the Proposed cOns,i-
tutional Amendment in q Mas
terry and Argumeniive Ad.
dress Before 4 large
and Representative
Audience.
WHY THE AMENDMENT is 0B-
JeCTl0NABlE TO WHITE
PEOPLE.

lie Discusses Judge Brown's Absurd
hy, aad Gives the RcA.en OF Asd thr
Naluc Go the Democratic Managers
OF the Proposed new seetioa.-Ihe
Danger OF the Poli Tax Provision OF
the Proposed Amendment - 4
strictly Educational Qualification
Nc. Proper D Get OF the fitnes. OF
People to t.oNern Ih~m.rixe.