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OUR FARM IMPORTS Europe is Our Most Important Source of Agricultural Supplies THE SOUNDS OF FOREIGN IMPORTS Some Figures Compiled By Mr. Hitch cock, Chief of the Section of l:or? elgit riniket*. Washington, Special. ? Mr. Fiank H, Hitchcock, chief of tJie section of foreign markets of the Agricultural Department, has prepared a- bulletin showing the sources of the agricultu ral imports of the United States for the porlod from 1 8 9 r. to 1900. It shows j that the total valuo of agricultural products imported into the United States in 1900 was $120,139,288, that year being tUu recurd year of tho live. ICuropo was decidedly our most Im-'j portant source of agricultural Imports we taking from that continent in 1900 $129,000,000 worth of farm produce, being tho largest in recent years ex cept 189Y, whop we received $152,000. 000| Asia, in 1900, sent us $101,000, 000 in agricultural produce, a rapid rise from $66,000,000 in 1896. Our farm produce imports from Oceania also rose rapidly, being $.11,000,000 In 1900, against $22,000,000 In 1800. while on the other hand, there was a falling off of $2,000,000 in our imports of farm produce from North American coun tries, there being .$$3,000,000 in 1900 against $85,000,000 in 1895. Tho im ports, however, In tho threo years pre ceding 1900 wore larger ? than this. There was a largo falling off In a?rl cultural imports from South America, thoy being $93,000,000 in 1896, and only J64.600.000 in 1899, and $66,000, 000 In 19,00. Our African farm produce Imports declined from $10,400,000 In 1896 to $6,700,000 in 1898, and rose again in 1900 to $10,600,000. Urazil, owing to Its heavy coffee trade, holds the fore most plaoe in the ranks of countries sending us coffee supplies, her total for 1900 being $39,287,^00. Our imports from there, however, have b?cn stead ily decreasing. In 1896 they were $60, 668,000. The United Kingdom ranks next to Brazil exports to us |n 1900, a gain over tho two Immediately preceding "yeas, but a loss of $1 j,000,000.as com pared with 15^7. Thd Dutch F.nst In dies ranked third with $27,r>00,000 In agricultural product# sent to us In 1900, the five year porlod showing a steady gain, the figures for 1896 being only $14,598,000. Cuba In 1900, sent us $27,226,000 in farm produce, the war resulting I11 such fluctuations in the satisfies as $36,386,000 in 1S96, and $13,153,000 in If 98. Germany comes next with $13,- 1 049,000 In 1900 against' $22,523,000 In 1896, and $41,358,000 -in her record year of 1897. Japan and China made J large galnB during tho five years. Japan sending us In 1900 $54,767,000 against $18, 38$, 000 In 1*96 ?>.nd China $24,131,000 In 1900 against $18,649,000 In 1896. France sent us more In 1900 than In any ono of the other years givm. being $21,052,000 as compared with $17,758,000 In 1896. Hawaii like wise made a record In 1900 with $20, 1 638,000 'Worth <ft farm produce expor ted to us against only $11,710,000 in 3S96. Italy's gain was from $15,95X, 000 in 1896 to $20,529,000 iu 1900, and Mexico's from $12,751,000 In 1896 to $20,002,000 In 1900. Other countries Bent us less than $20,000,000 annually. The leading articles or farin produce Importod Jm iik In 1900 were. In the order of their Importance, sugar, hides and skins, coffee, silk, vege table fllires, -wools, fruits and nuts, tobacco, tea, Wines, vegetable oils and cocoa, the- value of each of these ex ceeding' $5,000,000. Blumsrk's Statue Unveiled. Berlin, By 'Cable. ? The Bismarck statue, facing the .coumn of "Victory" In front of the Reichstag building, was unveiled jt midday, ^ Sunday, in the proBenco of the Emperor, Prlnee Her bert Bismarck* Count Von Bulow, Prlnc* Hohenlohe, tho ministers and the i\jember? of the legislative houses and the memorial commltteo. There was an imposing array of officers, offi cial*, veterans' associations. students, etc.. and an enormous/ gathering of f cople. rianlla'5 Population. Washington, D. C., Spoclal. ? The Ma* nila Times, of recent date, gives the re sult of a census tr?<cn by Lieutenant H. L. Gilchrist, for tho board of health, completed about the first of May. This census. elves the population of Manila at 244,833, divided as follows: Filipinos 181,3(11, Chinese 51,667, Americans 8, 562, Spaniards 2,382, other nationalities 960. The figures do not include men be longing to the United States annj. Newsy Notes. Census returns show that 77 per cent, ?f the population of England and Waifs lives In the cities. A lire at the Galeres Island Ship yards, near St. Petersburg, caused *5, ?00,000 damage. ^ Fifteen persons were kHTfTd by lui ex plosion In a cartridge factory an L?r Moullneauz, frYance. J Hon. David B. Henderson, of Iowa, Jt?r a conversation with PresMeitf Loo bet, pronovil?d him a high-mindr.d Htrtot 1 C. Dremont was shut owl of the French Chamber of Deputies for abuse; of high officials. J> Ix-dov. Hasen 8. Ptngnee, of lfclch Ifm, Is critically HI In London. It is.rsporisff that Messrs. Warner I Qnftlas hare Uken steps to selxs the Fi|.ll.li aspWHmlae,.tm VwwH Html SOUfll CAROLINA CROPS Cotton Very backward ami Badly In the (Iras*. The week ending Juno 17th, averaged only slightly cooler than usual, with n maximum of 94 at Hatesburg on t!i" 11th, aauf a minimum of t'?l at (1 e n vlllo and Spartanburg on tho lut'.i. There was .a decided ami harmful ?l<v ilciioucy In sunshine. Qcn^ral and hwy rains prevail d from tho 13th to the clns? of t h v* wv-A, with amounts vorylng from two to ov i six Inches, and aveiaglng 3.4J fi>r tho S tut o, which Is nearly equal to the nor ma) Juno pteclp.tatl m. llottoma wore flooded hillsides washed, bildgas car redSNhvuy, and lands g mfrally have be eomorioggy, and were unlit for eiijtiva Uon except from two to three days early In tho week. All ft Id ciops have been injured by this s^occsslve mois ture, want of proper cultivation, an'1 laxk uf iuaykliu', :\ih1 IW'ld ?> hrtvo i>< ' A <i til'*- ?i 'T>-v^u ^vvaA^ 'ullu .V'- -? lilJ the entire State. All cotton has not boon chopped out, and many fields are lousy, and foul with grass, s:o that there are numer al* reports of abandoning them, whil-.* in a few localities some already have been plowed under and planted to c:>rn. The plants continue small, and are yellow ing. In Marlboro county, and in the sea-Island districts, there 1.5 some im provement noted, elsewhrrc general d - terioratlon. On \ sandy lands the plants ate dying to some extent from wetness. Corn has made a slow growth, but on the uplands of the western half of the State retains its healthy color. ] Jot. - torn land corn was washol away, a :d will have 10 be replanted, some for tho fourth time. In the oastern s eti >ns, corn looks yellow aiVfl is tasselling low, and has received permanent lnju ry; while over the whole State- It Is i:i need of work and sunshine. | The heavy rains and worms in places have damaged tobacco, and in Marlon oounty only is any improvement notid. Caterpillars have made llii'Ir appcor ance on rice in Colleton; in the George town districts, the freshets are only now subsiding, leaving the land i.i pod r condition for either cultivation or planting; In the lower d s riets, and oa upiauds, i ice is excellent. Wheat and oats are nearly harvest ? d exrept in thr> extreme western por tions where wheat, is over-ripe and f ill ing to the ground, rains preventing harvesting. Much gra n was damaged !n t'he shock by the heavy raiusJflKmy little has been housed or thrashed. K-arly peaches are rotting; apple* are falling; grapes very piomls'-ng; t u k and gardens are fine; melons poor ami backward. The crop prospe. ts are de cidedly unf?bora<ble at this time. (ireenville's Big rire. The most, disastrous fire t >i a t cv >r occurred in Greenville started at *12:15 Tuesday morning. Following is a list of (he building.? burned: Beattie building occupied by Smith & Brlstow, Avery Patton and W. It. Hale with a number of offices in tin* second story.- Building valued at $20 000. Insured for $15,0l0. Smith & Bristow's stock of clothing shoes and gents' furnishing goods valued at $8,000. Insured for*nbout $?>, 000. Large amount cf clothing removed from building but seriously damngo.l. Avery Patton, complete stock of sta ple and fancy groceries. Stock valued at $r>,000. The entire stock totilly de stroyed. W. R. Hale, jewelry and stoc'f, amounting to $2,500. No insuran e. A very small amount saved. James A. McPherson owned tlnce adjoining buildings occupied by J. S. Deal. J. F. Bruns & Bro., and Reynolds & Ervrle. The three buildings valued at $8,000. Insured for $3,50 \ Tot il los:?. The Arc having originated in .1. S Deal's bakery, his stock and flxtiroi were totally destroyed, nothing siv.d. Stock and fixtures valued at $500. Par tially covered by insurance. J. F. Bruns' store, considered one of the h&ndeomest jewelry stores in the South, contained large quantitirs cf cut glass w?re, sterling silver wire, diamonds, valuable rinsrs and almost every conceivable article ftfund in an up-to-date jewelry estibMshment. Tin* fixture* were the most expsnsive In the State, costing over $3,030* The stock was valued at $2'?,000. The stock tn1 fixtures wefe Insured for . $21, COO. Crowds of men rushed Into the hurn'ng building and carried out quant ties of goods. Tho four plate glass disp'ay cases, containing watches, diamonds rings, sterling silver, some of tho mst valuable stock woro taken from t^e store and placed in a safety plnce on tho opposite aide of the. street. Nearly all of the large case of cut g.ass was saved. The amount of tQtal loss of the stock is estimated to be about $"\C0). Reynolds A Kaj-le, drueg'.ss, the stock and fixtures estimated at $l,0(0. Insured for $4,000. The next building a p3rt'ally wooden one occupied toy J. E. Payne V beer dispensary. The stock and fixtures.] estimated at about $800. Several qt the fixtures were removed from tl?e bu!ld and and also quantities of beer./T.ie e ?vu a small amount of Insurance. Bert Btoman's restaurant aljotn'ng the beer dispensary was a toUl lesv Stock sad Axtures amounted to $6?fc Polly covered by insurance ? TetefrapMc Briefs. f Surgeon Dudley Welsh confessed at Ifealla that he had tmpropsrly taken money to Uytt Island. HHo of Tahayas. has ?ro (h# wtmor of Agul J ww* Said to Have Been Organized to Sup ! port Bryan, STi PS TAKEN I OH 0RUAM/AT10i\ ! A rtovement /"or Another* Third i ? - . Party Started In Kansas Cit> .Wttli Air. Hryan's Tacit Sympathy A Special from Kansas City s^ya; Definite stdps toward tho organl /:/:/ a- , tion o( a o??w -"third party," which li' proposed ty embrace Missouri and l{ ! form tfie"nueleus for a national grow 1 weie taken Tuesday In Kansas C :> at a conference of members of the Pop ulist St n t o committoo and a fow Sil vpr Republicans. Tho movement Is s\k t to have th? e.x pressed sympathy for. it Tin?? the- nvttwM HU|?]H>rt ?.f Wui. J., lit van, who, It is lurfnor "lfinveh, "is vr bo die now party's oandidato for l'.o -j id'>nt in 1904. Loo Meriwether, of St. 'Louis, ami 2". : other leaders in the public ownerdsU j pa.' ty of St. Louis, arrived in Kan*: ? City during the morning, after bavins j spent the whole of Monday In consul tation with Mr. Bryan at Line >ln Thej j are guarded in statements c;:ncO!n'.rg Mr. llryan, but say if the latter do !| j not support the present movement I o ! is. at any rate, in sympathy with i s ? purpose. The conference was secret. It | will bo continued and end with a pub lic meeting when the result of the ? gathering will be embodied In an ad dress. The meeting was lirst. suggested by Mr. Coo!;. In a circular letter asking a conferonce with the Silver Republicans and the Public Ownership parly load ers. In response to this, Leo M .'ri welther issued a call for the meeting to the men of his party and J. \V. Fos ter. of St. Joseph, issued a similar eall to the Silver Republicans. The confer ence was to Include middle-of-the-road Populists and all Democrats and Re publicans who might sympathize with the reform movement. P.x-(lovcrnor Pingrce Dead. Tsondon, By fable. ? Mr. Pingrre d i <?<! j at ll:.'t.r> Tuesday night. llis sou was tho only person present. Tho body will In* taken homo. Tho fatal illness was a cancerous effect ion of the intes tines. Detroit, Spoclak ? 1 1 a/en Scnter Pin pree was Ihhmi at Denmark. Me., In ISM'. In 1S02 he enlisted in the First Massa chusetts Heavy Artillery and served until the end of the wf^r. when he lorn ted in Dotrolt. embarkihg in the manu '*"ture of shoes. In ISSO.'the llepubllcan parly nomU nated ex -Governor Pingre:> for mayor 1 of Detroit and ho w-a* elected by over 2,000 majority. He was reelected In 1891-'!M\!>5; by Increased majorllicj each time. In 1890 Mr. Pingreo was se lected ns Governor of Michigan by 83, COtl plurality, running ahead of the na tional ticket by 20,000 votes. He wa i re-elected Governor in IS.^X by about 100.000 plurality and served out bis term, which expired in lf?:0. T^ivt March lie started on the trip to South Africa which results! in li s death In L<ondon. Governor Pingree while ho wai j municipal reforms, among other forc ing the gas companies to lower their rates .10 cents per 1,000, establishing thw public lighting plant, organizing the* Detroit railway on a 3-eent. fare basis, lowering telephone rates and breaking up a number of sewer and paving rings that were thriving when he ca*ne into olUce. His potato patch scheme for the relief of tho poor of the city was ex'tenslvely copied f and brought him much fame. While Governor Mr. Pingree ^levotod his onerg'ea toward securing the passage ?\a law ta'xinc railroads and other corjlwra'e property on on ad valorem basis i^teid of spec lficaliy on their earning.4 His effort* resulted in t lie passage ol a law alone these lines by the lu^i -legislature. nanlla Bav Prizs Money. Washington, I) C , Fprc'.al.? The. Treasury Department issued two war rants which forall the battle of Man! la Hay. One wa-.* for $517 in favor of Mrs. A. K. Brumby, administratrix of the estate of the late Thomas M. Drum by. Lieutenant llrumby was Admiral Dewey's flag lieutenant at that battle. The warrant was mailed to Mrs. Drum, by at Marietta, Cla. The other war rant was for $4,807 in favor of Harriot V. Gridley, administratrix of the estate of the late Chas. V. Gridley, who om mapded jthe*"01ympla. The warrant was mailed to her a). Erie. P,v The?f> warrants aro In payment of prize mon< ey duo these gjfliccrs. Newsy Notes. Tho National Electric Medical Ass> elation convened in annual session in Gbattanoog*, Tcnn. Tuesday. About 600 delegates frcjra all parts of tho Uni ted States are In attendance. According to State Entomologist Scott, peaches tn south and middle Georgia are rotting very faMTfcs a re suit oi excessive rain for the ?ast three , Preacher "Shoots ? Dentist. Berkley, Cal., Special.? Dr. O. J. Jee sup. a dentist, was shot and fataUf wounded by RsyClH?JMBWrtQr?tr ly an Episcopal minister. It It stated that Adams' daughter called Jmsnp by telephowe and asked Mm to come to her heme and prevent bar father tfom whipping her. When Jesmap arrived at t*t Ad ams fcowt aad r? loailiatel with Irie, Atom 4mr ? moivtr iM ?M ft* (km* M. RAILROAD IQIMLUATION. Tnhle SljpwJn^ tin* A. segment As *1 i.\+diiy I lie Hoard. The" State hoard of railroad ciiuull rntion La?r finished nil of iiu nsscs.v ntents on railroad property In tho State. The final result shows thai ttu> taxable values of railroad proper ty have ir^ni ma'?trlally raised an. I will run up close to $;ir>.000.0o0. It is not generally appreciated what a Jarge proportion of the Btate, eon lit y and municipal TAxes the railroad* hear, but wlmu It is shown that their assessment vouch cm close to the twen ty -six million mmX It will he really.f l that the railroads pay on approxhna'. elv ono seventh of (he entire taxable p.operty of the Statu, Tho linn! figures of the State hoard of CKjtiall'i&tiou, after hearing all i:> twreauxl paries, ?\ro as follows. Assessment per mile. H?oo. I '.ml. O.ooo $ii,uoo Ashley River Atlanta & Charlotte A. Asheviile & Spartanburg lie; kelcy Hy . . . * Hranchville A: lu'Winan I.. UI.000 10 non j.ooO ltlue Ri4i Chora w C. & 1>. .. ... .. 1,500 Western (la. 7,r?oo & Darlington, t;.oon ( Salisbury I >i\ i 1,1 Milt Carolina ?V Northwestern 1 O(IH)0 5.O00 fi.Ooi) t'.OOO (I.i) 00 1 3.000 2,500 1 a, lino r?,ooo fc.000 8.500 15.000 ) 1,0110 Gleen Llprings lt.v Hampton & Rrnnehvllle Chesterfield & Kershaw Columbia .<? (Jreenville. &. (1. (Abbeville lir) C. N. & b. Hy Carolina Midland .. .. Central R. R. of S. C . . <\ C. & A. Ry C. (lap Ry Charleston & Savannah C. & S. (Sea Island Hr) ICast Shore Terminal ll> l?\ C. ii Peninsular Ry. Florence Ry Florence Ry. (I.atta Hr (J. C. & N. Ry 111,1100 Green Pond. W. & IV.. 6.001) Georgetown & NVobtern Ry. 2.000 2,000 Ry. .... 1,000 Hartsvillo Ry 2.500 Lancaster & Chester.. 1,750 Manchester & Augusta Ry 10.000 M. A. (Prcgnall Hr) . 5,000 M. & A. (Darlington Hr) 0,000 M. & A. (I.ucknow Hr) 2.000 Northwestern. Ry .. .. lfi.ooo Northwestern Ry. (2 miles) 1.850 Nort western Ry 3,000 S. C. (t G. Ry 15.000 S. C & G. (Camden).. 12.000 S. c! Air G. lCxtension.. 5,ooo Palmetto Ry 3,000 Spartanburg W. A: A. Ry. O.OOO Pacific of South Carolina 8, out) Soivern & Knoxville .. 1,600 W. C. & A. Ry 10,000 W. ('. &. A Ry. (Conway Hr) 5,000 Wilmington, C. & A... 15,000 Waltcrboro & Western 2,500 (3. Midland ( SHvern Br) 1.500 Sm*i tor & Wateree. . . . 5.000 Pickens Ky 1,000 South-Hound ICxtenslon H.v. . . 2,000 Sumter & Northwestern 2.000 Lockhart (new) 1,000 & 1). Gibson I )l v. . . 7,500 C. M. ( Allenda?\?-Hardep\'lllo) 8,000 Stabbed In the Bock. Dillon, Special. ? Mr. John Hamo:', who run? a livery stable here, was, perhaps, dangerously cut by one Law rence liethca, a negno of rather unsav ory repute Saturday evening about X o'clock. It* rtypcars that there had been some previous difn<'ulty betwe n the two. the iu>?;ro swearing that o:i first opportunity he would have re ven^e, Jn fart he Inttnded killing Mr Mamer. J.?a?t evening he went to I lamer's stables, vtyo told him to leave. His reuly wn.s "It ita.s a public place and liatncr had no right to order h'.m off," With that Ilarnor took lip a itlck and the two came together. The nogro evidently went for the purpose o( provoking t.ho difficulty, for ris they closed the negro grasp' d his antagon ists with his left hand and, with his right, plunged his knife four times inio his victim's back and nec.k. Two of the stabs were deep. There was alarming hemoirliage and consequent extreme prostration. The negro Is still at larfii making his escape under cover of the inky darkness of the cloudy night. Anderson Trials Over. Anderson, Special. ? The trial of tin contract case against J. S. Fowler was concluded Saturday- morning and th> Jury, after boing out al>out 40 niinu e< re-turned with a verdict of not guiliy His caso went to trial on an indictment for false imprisonment and a.-sault and lottery of a high and aggravated na ture, the charge of conspiracy having been qnnshod. This conclude:! all of those celebrated contract caoSs. Th 1 rule to show cause 4n tlie case of Mag istrate J. J. Gilmer as to why he should not be indicted for malfeasance of of fice was answered by h's attorney. Tribhlo Ac Price, and at the conclusion of the reading, tho solicitor announcrd that the Statfl was sat slled and th-? case was dismissed. Gilmer was pre; sent^T^lhe court by the grand Jury ?t the last term for numerous lrregu'ar Hies in office. The Juror* were dl? missed and court adjourned until July 1, when civil business will be takes up. Telegraphic Briefs. Martin Anderson, ? professional di f er, was asphyxiated In the East river, Jftew York. Vire negroes were banged at 8jrl*a> nla. Qz., for the murder of EIHaaore Harrington and Milton Mears. Public opinion In Philadelphia Jtemr defrroent On the subject of the y*tuaty< street franchise* giren *way fey lb* City Tht SwxthevA Itlwt'tii 1 5,000 2.600 1 .500 5,000 1 ,5oo i o.ooo 3.000 1 .000 7,500 8,000 CHANGES ARE MADE A Good Deal of Shifting in tlie Dip* lomaiic Department, MR. LOOM IS LOSES $2,500 A ViAR Mo Is Tran^fcru'd From Venezuela to Portugal, Being Succeeded ill Car* acus l!y nr. Howcn. Washington, I). C., Sp clal.? The fol lowing chaiiMOH in diplomat!.- posi# have boon announced Praii s H Loomls, minister to Venezuela, ha* boon transferred to bo minister to 1' >r tngal, vice Johu N. Irwin, resigned, llerbort W. lJ.mcn. of New York, pi im !ont niluirfter t ?? I'orsia. has b >rii Iran for rod to Caracas, sue. -coding Mr. Loom!*, iKH mini-sit r (a Vtuu'/.ucla. Lloyd C, Criscom. of I'l'ims) i vanla, present P fH( Ki?r?>?;Miy of lo?utlou al Constantinople, has boon made nvn'.s-" tcr to I'orsia. Spencer l'\ Kddy, of Illi nois. present second aeerctavy at I 'a i n, has boon made first HeiTetary at Con ntantlnoplo, to succeed Mr. (Jriscotu. Arthur Halllcy Blauchanl, of Louisi ana, has boon promoted from third to second secretary at 1'aris. By his transfer from Venezuela to I Portugal. Minls'tm Loomls, who is no\? ? on leavo In Knglaml. los s $L\r>l>0 a I year. The salary at Lisbon is $7. ">00 aud that at Caracas flU.Oiio per annum. Hut Mr. Loomls finds sufficient compensa tion in the climate change and in tho probability of more congenial duty at his new post, Besides. his actual rank is the same In either i a o. namely, minister extraordinary and envoy plen ipotentiary. Mr. Howcn, w ho becomes the' new. minister to Venezuela, has a must cred itable record in the consular and diplo matic service. lie became United ! States consul at Barcelona In IHliO, aud ( his office at that post was raised to tho j rank of consulate gejieral live years af- j terward. Mr. Bowen sl'.iok n h's p-sf j throughout the exciting days preopd'iiR I tho Spanish-American war a-* lin; us ! ,s. n y American could have found safety j on Spanish soil. At the conclusion ot 1 the. war he was about to return to his ] old post, but instead was appo nted ! minister resident and consul goueral j to Persia. The change so far as it concerns the j Venezuelan minister is said at tl.e j State Department to have no pu t < u- j lar political significance. Mr. L>o:n.a i goes elsewhere than (Caracas at Irs own : request and desire. It is true that the Venezuelan government has expressed j dissatisfaction with Mr. Lumi s in | more ways than one, but the fact that the minister is not remove. 1 Horn, the diplomatic servb e. but is giv^en -.amthir post of equal dignity nnJ honor, la a mark of the esteem of the Slate Do partment. AJso, It may be noted that Mr. Howcn. tho new minister, g.ei to his post with instructions on the same line as those supplied to Mr. Loom's, which formed tho basis for his act on. (<o that Mr. Howcn, who is a m in of great vigor, is likely to follow Mr. Loomls' footsteps in the matter of policy. ? 1.200 Men l.sld Off. Newport News, Vs., KpwJal. Twolve hundred men from the various depart ments were laid off at the plant of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Doek Oompany Monday, and m many more will he laid off Tuesday If tb> striking inachliuBts do not return to work. The management will retain only enough rnen to handle repair work, notably? on the NorUt Cerinai Lloyd liner Main, which is bfiing re hullt. The machinists show n ? dispo sition to return to work, only two or three responding when the yard ope-i ed. The- department s rb'rfly r.ff?< t"d are those of the holier makers, black smiths, carpenter# and j .ln?CH and ship- fitters. Agulmldo's Successor. Wai-'hlngon, D. C., Sp'vo.Ial. ? ICmlllo Zurlmno, of Tayahas I'rovJjic.', h.i.s pro claimed ^imself the successor of A l* 11 ' - naldo and "govern or of Tayabas and the Phlllpx>ines," according to a copy of a Manila paprir just reef J ved at the War Dopartme.nt. Zurbono is si Id t) have always 1><-c:i a rat.her theatrical Insurrectionist and to havo sworn to fight the American*! down to the la t j hole. The publication dore not take I the Filipino's announcement M' Hously | and warns h'.rn that ho will And "tha; the offloe ca.rricg with 4t re tai i grave reHponaibUitle-s which will s >i,ner or 1 later result In heart failure nnd a en 1. uc>D d "enl.se." / " '~T i . , 13 TBLEOR Af'htC TENSITIES. . A flan Juan dl spat eh says that at a Biass meeting cf the -Federal parly. held Sunday, Francisco Aeuna was e'ecte I party Irader to succoed Munoz Rivera. The United S'atm hatMcafrip Alaha* ma sailed' to Join the North Atlantic squadron, which 1s conrentra'dng a* Newport News, preparatory t/> starting on Ita summer cruise, Junr 2>h. along the Now England oowt. ^ - * <y ; Drfef flentlon. Miss Sarah Flter, of_MiIforr. Term., had a leg< broken in a 'street car colli sion at Buffalo. The lack of proper Inspection on ac rcount of the War Department system la aald to b? the cause of tho nymj fraud*. A Toronto dispatch aftyar ' Word was rsaelved hers that firs has destroyed tU the lumber in Che yard of the Oat* H? Luafcer (joyay. M >V**oh rttri*. YILWS OF A BILL. (Vc'nre.s That Ftrom Present CoudN tlons Cotton rinst Ad sauce nrul Farmers Should Mold. |\>\s V iw si I-, inl |.i Now* un'.t l'o\irl?r, Uth ) Mr. Theodore H. Price In a letter Issue I today to bpeolal friends of hl.? su\s: Tlir sit nation In tho cotton tnur* !?!? , \ i ? ? v ? * I kit tho light o? leeently ii- 1 e? t. lined facts, promlt-os, (?? dove I ipe almost as strikingly us 1 1 i m t a > ear ago. I'nttl tho publication uf the (iovernmcnt report on tho uTat ultimo <\ nsuiniTS ct cotton lulled Into f,im\d sot ni-it > hy tho repented assort 'one t i a t lh > lvex't crop would lie a laigo one hid loon postponing their pur* i liases, and nil recognised authoritle.i, in hiding Mr. ICUison, ngieod that bo'h iti this comr.ry mid in Kuropu tho stocks i f nd'nn Instead of hohiR con* hi. mod w.ie aim >st tho ^malice p?o por i-'iiaio to tlu* consumption 0:1 roc nr.!. In add. t ion to the assurance.'* of l;rgu orop next > oar, the prevailing o; t in. ate.* of tho pie.unl crop fio:n I u L'f o.tio i to lo.aPii.lint), n il l tho v .t? Jtonr with the tnuwy . >i cotton oil' of this year's orop .ill a cc nsieei aldy augmented ?> yield next >( r i he. o was no prospect whatever f.ir i n scarcity, at least for twelve M'ntliK ii> come. Suddenly, however, the Htuation has < hanged. Tho Uov einaieiit report of tho Now York Jour nal (f t\ imr.erce, the report of the Now York Commercial and that of the c muii'Tolal mi l I'Mnuiiehil Chrori < I ? a: e s ncu'arly unanimous in stat in.'', that tjio-eotid 1 1 Ion of tho crop Just pi: n ' t il Is th" worst on record. While the authoilti s nl'ove referred to agr? e I n rep rting an increase of a< rea,o, varying from four to nine per i'ci^ la er advlroH from the South Indian*" that much of this im rouse In'aeioago was abandoned when it hecatno neeon* p-iry to replant the seed which had f i'?;.d to K^rmluaUi on account of Lliu drought i? Texas or had hoen wasted auay hy the excessive rains in tho Atiiniic States. The result Is that tho cotton condition finds itnolf confronted hy tho i rob ability of a very largely lelucol production next year. of i Durso this may be change:! by an ex ceptionally I:. to autumn as we had I .st your, and which saved us rfoin a very idiort crop an I would ad<l materially to t' Is years'n yiold/'but It scorns bald ly likely that the weather con lliions in this roHpc t will repent thems'dsej two y< a ? in buccossImi. At present, we Ji'iVe to face the poorest crop < on* (H it ns that we hive had in twenty y?urs, with t no exception, and a croo doVp opuient. wh oh as ptated Co (icminer. lal an I Kinnnclal Chronicle "averages the very latest in gormlii i t i'i; ever locorded." As to the a l'j iig ; the Chronicle .saya:?"Our inform >* tlon IncIliiNt us to the opinion tlmt i'.o im rease is not an large as early in t i e M'SIHI II w.r; geeiiruny iiiuic' ;'<? <- i would I o the rase." In any evint, (In r< .fore, all i<l<>a of a mammoth pro (1 it**l I ii next year must. bo dissipated. Tlio lattices of tho present crop mak es an exceedingly open autumn m*? "8 nary to the realization of^voit a :r.o<lo rate yield, ami tbtw means a very slow movement early in I lie season. A very larf e movement early in the Mason run only follow excessively ho*.* and forcing weather during the bummor, aid anything like a drought this >*<?:? r if Is evident would mean absolute >iis aster to the; crop. The alternative with whit h we are confronted, thcteroie. wou'd scorn to i,e either a late move ment and a very large crop or a large early movement and a disastrously short production. A recognition of this situation has led to close analysis of the proKent figures of supply, for i lther we i hull go Into next neaaou fo ir ng -th<ysmallost .crop of the oust Ave y?:iiH fi til - * cotton- -w+? 'now have cn hand must, be eked out so to m"et the ro<|ul-.eniont.a of Hie world's consumption, .ay-Joast until the 1st of October. far as the crop of l'JM) 1 ' 1 Is cf/flroriiod, I do not f ee now how It can p^slbly exceed 10.l0o.on0 b. l ???-. 'lAiere was in sight up to hist I 'ri la ? Evening if. 064,000. If \v<j re ceive during the balance of the lea/oa in much as we got during the ? on e - pon ling period in 1898-1S99. namely 4'0,'N'O, tl'J> Indicated proiucUni will be 10,1114,0' 0. I do not think it pos Bible -that more cotton is held bach than was the r ase two years ago, wlcn th<' movement duilng the last thro? in nths of til" season was the . oru mint. (?f practically the largest crop ever produced. Comparisons of the niovrnient with this year and last are valueless, as last yea? during the cor responding peilod tho movement was fictitiously augmontel through the r?'<|i ctlon of Interior stocks, and u iarge portion of the cotton officially coming Into sight represented what was li ft over from the preceding year,, Asisu'iiing a crop for this year, there fo e. of 10,100,00). wo find nearly th'. < ntlre excess In the American visibly supply, is held in America. In Europe tho situation Is really extraordinary. Notwithstanding the fact that we have linn far exported from America 210, < 00 more than we cWd during the sani{ 1 erlid liwit year the total visible ol America afloat and In Liverpool an 1 invisible Continental stock 1s only 1, 220,000, as against 1 ,200.000 last year. la other words a European situation last year, in consequence of (he Tata movement of the American crop, put cotton to 8 cents lnl^ancsHhlre aid forced the stoppage of tho mills, be cause they could not buy tho ww ma terial at any price, is almost exactly duplicated, except that In the prcgrn'. rltuati n we are face to face wltl? a crop, the movement of which, accord ing to all acceptol authorities, pro mises to he even later than that of list yrar. The European market dur mencfd to recopnlce tblaJfcci and they Ing the-4*st week seen to have corn have ad r ant e I far more rapidly than (he American markets, in America the situation h?? been less promptly re fleeted Jn the price, as the Inverted ttoeitlon of the future market in Pftw York has made speculative tar?n somewhat timid, and aplnners are al ways- reluctant purchasers at an ad vance. There Is ao doubt, however, that I oth fn the market for tho raw , material, a* well as that for mssafao? j t tired foods, I bo corner has been t?r?> 1 ed. Reporte from the drr a ket In tH* bBfstoa sad Nrw jmpO as iMinie their production in loth lOuroro tin 4 America. it Is t'.oiiorully admitted that havo allowed their ttockH (o n:n down to an exceptionally low i?i>i lit . an I for tho balatKO of *.h& ioivhi n it would seoni (hut tho ow'hera of spot cotton In 1 1? i> South havo tho situation absolutely without tholr con? nol. Tho supply of <otlen for thi l alant o of tho >uu:uii\ juon i >o ? (o do* < rr.iH" \ orv rapidly. I doubt, sei'loua ly whether of k? od spinning cotton there will lu> aM i)i ii< li available on tlio 1 s i of October a1! there wem last your. Sou Ihci a holders <?( < <>t ton wl}l, Ihovi f.r.-o, i Ui wisely (o Inaiat upon full values f >r tin- remtiunt of tholr pr> il act i >u. , After flexlcan flu: if t'rt \usMa. Ti*\ . Sp.vinl ?Tho .\!i xYn i murderer <?f : Ir ifl\* M rrifl ;i.?id Cl.nry i-; Mill .?! In r>. r . w th th1* A inet'lea , i In pur till, t h i ll I'-ivIs. of tbl'l count y . w h > his ' unu I say a hJ dura not believe i In" Mi'tloiu M n I'a n pa t <if the eeuntry, (' v>;??'u l o Shelly, o i the Slat'* Itaainva. tv?'!t 'I* . :;i;V:ro C r? 1 e / , a In o! her of thi tun l.v. nui d T, ' t .) Karnes county < n a i i t1';' ? of h;'".,x.' t hlovln.; aavl of lu itapM? ?'ed Iu t'TTJl murder, lie h.is i-.vi l i ja 1 here t'OV? era i days. !w: i : ? who U'!) .?? ' ??)*)?.! I With tho iid-tf.'. Senator l'l <t t t ? CJ'ilt. New York, Special. Tho Trlhuno ,'avs: 'Senator l'htt will ret ire f.om the ! nite-l Slater. So;ia!i> at tho end of hla term, in M.y eh, 1 !) VI. Tho informa tion was obtained at the Fifth Avenuo Jtoiel. "Mf. I'latt is t'cvliiu; be tor nil I stroimer than usual, an I h'n determi nation has no: b.vn hastened, it is vi : i - \ derstood. (>n ae.'oMiit of p^op health. It I is expected by his friends that h'j w.ll rnuke linown same dav i .is >\vek his. reasons for laving down !i s off.oo, at the ond of Ills term." <t> Aid is 1 'dim sotijjbt In Tho ;vorth in - furlberniKi' of a plan \r> arrest" tlm lieKi'Vies in niany places in l lie blaoK hell of .r. * South 1 ? heroine laiulouMk*... ers. tli\s froeiiiit' i In ni from the bond u};o of Uio lundlord system, under which too often, the tenant does not receive a JtiHf share of the ywodlU't I'O milling fnuu lils .'Hurls. ?* me ? ? ? Vestibule* Jr^|NS Double Daily Service, Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta, New Orleans and Points South and West. 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