The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 21, 1901, Image 1
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.
IN KKKKtM' .MAY U<Jth, lOOl.
HZ*?
jNffrgwy-'
BOUTli WAHD.
Dally" Dally
No, 31 No.. 27 _
Lv. Now York, 1'. li.lt. 12 55 pm <12 10 ura
l.v, I'liiliulfljililn, " '? 8 20 ptn 8 60 an)
JiV. UnltlinoVo. " " 6 46 pm ?0 40 am
liT. Wn.shliiKlon, " ?' f> 65 ptn 11 01 am1
l.v. ltloliuioixl, S A. L. JO 40 ptn 2 40 pm!
Lv. lvtnrhburtf, " " 11 90 pm 8 27^10
FTv. Norltua 2 13 am pri^
l.v. llHuiloraon, " 2 48 am u 23 pm-.
l.v. HiiIHkIi, " 4 10 am 7 40 pm
liV. Doutbero Pluot, " (! 07 am 9 30 pur
Lv. Ilamlut, " 7 20 am 10 60 pm'
Lv. Columbia, J " V 40 am 1 06 pm \
Ar. Kavauiiah, " 147 pm 4 62 am
Ar. Juckflonvillo, " f> lb pm ? 016ft
A r. Tampa, " 0 16 am 0 40
NoTilT
l.v. N?w York.N.Y.l'.A am 8 65 pm
Lv. Philadelphia, " 23 am 11 26 pm
f.v.Now York, O.D.8.H. Oof 3 00 pm .TTT
Lv. Haiti moro, 11. 8. P. Co f 6 30 pm
l.v. WjwIi'ioD, N.AW.B.ii 1) 30 pm "
Lv. Portiirooutb, a. A. il VUopni 0 40am
Lr. VVeldon, " 13 10 *fh 12 11pm
l.v. Norltua " 2 13 am 1 40 pijl J
Lv lIon(l?rHoi>, " - 2 45 am 2 16 pm
l.v. JtalclKli, " 4 10 am 3 66 pm
l.v. Houtliorn I'Ihos," C 07 aid fl 18 pm
Lv, Ham lot, " 7 23 am 1060 pm
Lv. Nt^lniluKton, " 3 06 pm
Ar. Chorlottn, " 10 6i ?m* 10 15 pm
Lv. 1 iMMtfir, ?? io 20 nm 1 4 2" am
Lv, flrwiiwuod, " 12 22 pin ?10 am
Lv. Atlioiif), " 2 40 pm 629am
Ar. Atlanta, J " 8 66 pm 8 00am
Ar, Augusta, C. A \V. O. f> 10 ]>in .,...
Ar. Maoon, (J. of (Ja 7 SO pm 11 20 am
Ar. Monigom'ry, A. A \V. 1'. 9 20 pm <? 30 am
K*. Mobil**, LAN 2 65 am
Ar. N?w Ofl? ans,L. A N. 7 30 am -
Ar. N??n!jvil!?i,N.t .A Ht.L. G ?0 air 0 53 pm
Ar. Mcmphln, " 4 00 pm 8 25 am
NOKTUWAUD,
Dally Daily
No. 34 No. 33
Lv. Mompliln.N.C.A Ht.L. 12 45 noon 0 00 pm
lv. kaalivilltf, ?? u 30 pm 9 80um
Lv. Now Orlnan?,i/. A N , H 00 pm
Lv. Mobllo, I?i.S 12 80 ?ru v,./rrrr, :
Lv. Moot?pm'ry.A.A\V.P C 20 aw 30 pm
Lv. Maooo, O, of Ga 8 6 ' iim ^ 4 20 pm
Lv. AuRuata! (>. A W. C. 9 4tT^P<^......> '
Lv. Atlauta, { H.A.L. 12 O0 D(o^/ll(0pm
Ar Athens, " 2 48 pm li'SSpm'
Ar Oroouwood, " 6 01pm 2 01 40T
Ar. Choatar, ^ 7 03 pm 4}0am
Lv. Charlotte, _ *?? 7 25 ptn ~6~20 atH
Lv. Wilmlogioo, ?* 3 05 pm ........
I.V. ll.iniot, 10 95 pm a ioiat
Lv. Houihorn I'lneii, " *11*58 pm 9 030&
Lr. Kitlvitfb, ? ' !t -129 am II 80-ftm
Ar. Henderson, " 2 60 am 1 05 pa *
Lv. Norfina ?' 8 84 am i 00 pm
Lr. Weld on, " 4 40 am 8 10 f "
Ar. Portamouth, *? 7 00 am
Ar. Waairtoii.N.A tV.tf.lL . .
-Ar. B(iltlm ?r?. B.B.P.Co. ,
Ar. N?w Vork.O.D.aH.^r.r. . . ...
a r. rhiufphia#* NTyluw mvr
Ar. Now 1 or It, '? 8 4Q pm
Lv. Tamp*, -a A.L. By,
Lt. JockaoartUo, 44 10 JOi
Lv. Bavaoaah ** - S 10 pal
Lv.OotamUi^l ** 7 11 1
Lv. Ua?K M 10 Mi
Lr.lMlWAFtaM. ?* M t9 1
Lv? ??