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EXPENSES OF THE WARj Senator All-son Estimates Them r.t I $379,192,030 For a Year. SUMS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.1 I I rcretarv Ca'je Says That the .VMItinn'il : War Kxpemlitures Over ami \hi?ve j the Current Cx|ien?e? ot the Govern inenl Will I5e S'l.'.'l.lil.O.i;) a Monl'i ' Uoii'l I-?uo? Opposed. Washing t-x. D. C. (Sr-ecial\ Tn fx* ! Senate Mr. Hale, Chairman of the Committee oa Nival Affair*, oferctl tiio [< '. lowing resolution, tvliieli u\i* afree t to: i "That tli" temporary appointments made J by the Fresident on an<l after April 21, 189"5. and up to the date of the passage of this joint r> - >'ution. of officers of the line and stafT of th" navy, ar" hereby ratified and confirmed to continue in force during the exigence under which their ><crvi -esare required iu the existing war. ' Providethat the officers so appoint" 1. shall be assigned to duty with rank and j pay of tb" grades established bv existing law, an 1 s'l.alj be paid from th" appropri- ! ation *oay ?Uib navy.'" A hiii was reported from the Militarv ! Affairs Committee by Mr. Carter (Km.) f and passed providing that the :>av and al- j lowance of th? volunteers enlisted in the J Uuitvd States Army *ball I>.*.criji on tlx' day i of their * >r dement at the State camps, I with a provis > that volunteer troops sent I totue Philippines iuaydn.v one month's | pay inndvnn -e. Consideration of the wh? revenue ine.-is- J ure was resumed. Mr. Jones i.Vrp resent '1 in a general [ statement the views of tiie Democrati; ! members of >ty* Fioanee Committee. lie maintain?f>*at the taxes imposed by the pending bill ought to be levie 1 upon property aid not upon consumption. He believed that taxation that would raise $150,Otu.OOO wo-.il 1 l>e amply sufficient to bo ear/ ried by this bill, and that if the exigencies of the war shoal 1 demonstrate that more money was needed Congress could provide it later. He opposed the proposition to issue bonds and certificates of indebtedness far in excess of the requirements of the war, and held that the expenses should be paid by the Government as the war propresses. Mr. Jones called attention to the statement of Secretary of the Treasury Gape, that the addttioual expenses of the war. over and above the current expenses of the Government would be about ?25.000.000 a month a total of perhaps ?300.000.000 a year. Secretary Alger had informed the Finance Committee that the extraordinary war expenses of his department would be about ? 130.000,000. j He thought this amount sufficiently lib- I eral. Secretary Long had presented to the committee a carefully prepared statement showing that the war expenses of his department would be about ?75,000,000. Allowing ?15,000,000 for extra expenses, the full amount needed by the estimates of Cabinet officers was, according to his figures, in the neighborhood of ?240.000,000. Mr. Allison presented tables showing the amounts of the ordinary appropriations for the the next fiscal year. They aggregate (less ?51,000,000 for the sinking fur. 1) ?480,843.852. LThe total estimated revenues (Including j>ostal *e venues'). Mr. Allison's table showed, were $482,874,647, an excess of $2,024,795 overtlie estimated ordinary appropriations. The appropriations for the war Mr. Allison save as follows: National defense (act of March 9. 189S\ $50,000,000; army fortifications and navy (act of May 4), $35,700,000; fortifications, $4,000,000; naval act (increase over 1338 for war purposes), $23,100,000; naval deficiencies, 189S, $22,275,000; naval establishment for 1899, additional 875,000,000; naval auxiliary bill, $4,000,000; immune bill and engineer bill, $15,000,000; army for 1899, additional, $150,000,000. Total appropriations on account of the war, $379,192,000. ALPHONSD IS TWELVE YEARS OLD, Spain's Little King Has a Itather Sad Itirthday. JJADRID. Stpiuu <iJV VUWiei. ?111." .Uitjesiy Alfonso XIII. was twelve veai-s old Tuesday. The day was celebrated with a great display of bunting and the thunder of cannon, but the official receptions, which had been arranged here and at the capitals of all the provinces, were given up at ALPHONSO XIII., KING OF SPAIN. the request of Senor Sagasta, owing to the unsettled state of the country, the uncertain position of the Ministry and the war. There was a private entertainment at tho royal palace, where the King and his young friends played and feasted much r.s other boys do when they have birthdays. And, of course, the young ruler was madhappy by presents from his relatives and warm friends. Bryan Gets a Colonel's Commission. William J. Bryan, whose offer to serve in the army in aay capacity was delined by President McKinley because of Mr. Bryan's lack of military experience, lias been authorized bv the Governor of Nebraska to recruit a regiment o* militia to take the place of one of those mustered into the regular army. S Polo's- Operations in Canada. The Montreal Star charges ex-Minister Polo with making CanaJa a Spanish headquarters for operations against the L'uito 1 States. The Star says Polo i> paying out $300 a day for cipher messages to London, from which point they are cabled L&CK. to the United States. New Hampshire's Men Start. The First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, numbering 100i> men, left Camp | Ramsdell, Concord, for Chickamauga. I Twenty thousand persons from all parts of I the State bade them farewell, r the I demonstration was tremendous. six were killed. ArcrsT.v. Wis. (Speoian.?A cyclone started seven miles wo<t <?f Ossoo, and swept in a northeasterly direction, jusc avoiding Augusta. The family of Alex. Olementson. west of ()>seo. are ail injure.1. One ehilil was killed and another futnllv inirt. 0. Work's large liarn was demolished and a valuable herd of thirty-six cows were eaught in the basement. All were injured and many killed. Houses, haras and telegraph lines were dernolislie I. The cyclone traversed at lei-r twea.y miles. The damage is abou. ?'30.000. ALABAMA LAUNCHID. Italtleshlp Leaves Hie Ways in the Cramps* Yard, Philadelphia. raji.\DKi.ruiA, IVnn. (Special).?The United States battleship Alabama was launched at 12.30 o'clock Wednesday in the yard of the Cramp Shipbuilding Company. Unlike any similar ceremony since the beginning oi the now navy, the launching of 1 ' ??- .*1? t'ofu Tn fu/if me Amn.iniu was Mru'ii* |unai?v. the yard was under a strong guard, and no visitors except a small party of invited guests from Washington was admitted. Usually the launching of a United States man-of-war has attracted a crowd of thousands of persons. Miss Mary H. Morgan, the daughter of the Senator from Alabama, broke the bottle of wine on the ship's bow and gave the vessel her name. The general dimensions of the Alabama class are as follows: Length over all 371 feet, breadth 72 feet, freeboard forward 20 feet, freeboard shaft the after turret 13 feet 3 inches, draught 23 feet i! inches, displacement 11,520 tons; the guaranteed speed is to be Id knots, and the estimated horsepower 10.009. The main battery consists of four thirteen-inch guns, iu turrets, and fourteen - i.i~u ..... six-incn rnpiu-nre tmu. <>i nuicu icu ? mounted on the gun deck, eight in brandside between the turrets, and two at tho bow and stern, firing straight ahead forward of the four turrets on the gun deck. The other four are mounted in protected positions on the casemate deck, two on each side. The broadside six-iuch guus are mounted in recess ports. The secondary battery consists of seventeen six-pounder rapid-fire guns, six one-pounder rapid-fire guus, and four Gutlings. WAR TRAGEDY IN ALABAMA. Johu Lee Kills Three Men Who Taunted Him With Cowardice. A tragedy was enacted in James Mitchell's corner grocery at Birmingham, Ala. A group of young men who were good companions were talking about the Spanish war. John Lee was one of the most enthu slastie, and said that he could winp a aozen Spaniards. The statement was received with derision by Lee's friends several ot whom charged him with cowardice and also alleged that a small-sized policeman, well known on the beat, had a few days before scared Lee nearly to death. Lee Hnally became exasperated beyoud bounds, and, drawing his pistol, fired six shots into the crowd, whose members sought shelter in a hurry. When the smoke cleared away Loe was gone, but on the floor lay the dead bodies of Sam Johnson, Peter Abernathv aud Thomas Warren, while Sam McSpadden was weltering in a pool of blood, with a fatal wound in his neck. Up to this tragedy Lee was a quiet nnd peaceful youug man aud had never had a difilculty. FATAL ELEVATOR ACCIDENT. A Car Filled With Workmen Falls Nine Stories in Boston. An elevator cable in an uullnished building on A streot, In Boston, broke Tuesday aud the car fell nine stories. Six laborers were killed and four seriously liurt. The men, as usual at noon, had crowded on the elevator, which was a temporary alTair used to carry material. The moment the engineer started the engine to lower them to the basement there was a crash as the cablo broke and it was followed by another when the elevator struck the bottom of the well. Ten men were found scattered about, three dead and seven in agony. Three men in the elevator were uniujured. During the afternoon three of the injured died in the hospital. The dead are: 0. t>. Henry, Lebord Cardenonio, William Duncan. Michael (drifiln, Henry Harvey and uu unidentified Italian. COLD SEEKERS DROWNED.^ Twenty-two of Tlieni Lost Through a ltrcak in the lee. The ice covering a stream iu a ueuicmai Crater Lake, gave way under the passing throng of Klor.dikers and more than a score of men were precipated into'the water and drowned. It was on the other side of tlio summit, between Linderman and the Long Lake, where an ice slide over a mountain stream has been utilized as a path for sleds. A lot of men were advancing in almost unbroken rank, each hauling a heavy-laden sled, wlion there was a sudden crash. The ice opened for thirty feet or more, and in an instant twenty-two men, with their supplies, were wnirlod down and under the ice to drown without even the chance of battling for life. New Camp For Northern Volunteers. The Northern Volunteers sent to Florida will be camped at Lakeland, thirty miles from Tampa. ROOSEVELT'S MEN IN TEXAS. Four Hundred of the "Rousli Riders' Now m Camp in San Antonio. Four hundred of the men who will compose "Roosevelt's Rough Riders" are notv 'n San Antonio, Texas. They are mostly from Arizona and Oklahoma. The camp is located three miles out of towu. Tti? men are the finest looking body ever assembled i:i San Antonio. Those from t tie West were subjected to a rigid test foi those qualities accessary to successful campaigning in Cuba. Government officers at Fort Sam Houston are buying horses foi them, and so far 100 have been secured. DEATH IN A TORNADO. Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin Vliiteil by an Awful Storm. Chicago (Special").?Many lives wore lost and urcat damage was inflicted by tornadoes which swept over Northeastern Iowa. Northern 111 in<>i- and southern Wisconsin. The wind raged through Cedar, Clinton nnd Jackson Counties, Iowa. leveling buildings and crushim; out lives. l':v? persons were killed at I'reston, Iowa, a-- 1 half the town blown down. Stanwood a::d Lost Island suffered heavily. in Illinois ;i tornnno pa-sci near .\mif-rm and Paw Paw, soing toward the .UississiiI'i P.iv-r. The dead: At P.vron, TH.. ISichard Hecse; at Skillmau Valley, 111., Mi'dinel Nelson an ! wife and two children; at Adeline, 111., two unknown; at Paw Paw. 111., 31 is. Fran it Chichester: at Preston. Iowa. Charles Floy and wife and three oliillren: at J) elm a r, Iowa. (Mo lllison, Sawyer T.oveman and Michael nines: at Prown, Iowa. James and Maggie Mnlonev; at Crest on. Iowa, Charles llush and family and entire Itugg family: at 'Miarlet, Iowa, Michael Hines; at Quigley, Iowa, William O'.Meara; at Ossco. Wis.. 31r. Clementsou and two Alexander children. Farm buildings were demolished and crops ruined. At lliggs Maggie and Jay Maloney were killed and several injured. Within a radius of two miles of Deltnar GENERAL MERRITT AND MANILA. Military Governor Walits at Least ."OOC lircul.ir Troops. Washington, D. C. (Special).--T'uloss the i Government includes ^000 regulars in the orcoto ho sent to ti:o Philippines it is | prcsi!>!o that Major General Wesley Mer. ritt will not he the eoTteran-Vr of the err ! petition <>r th" Military Gov rtior of the ; islands after our troops have h-een landed. ; Jt must not he inferred Irom t 'lis that Geni era! Merrill will refits to o'-ey any order "'V Pie- \ \ I iA. '/U . . - - I % . m'i StJ^^rV- r j/| |e / K 9 vl^ // cr.xr.r.at. wf.slet mesbitt. issuol to him. Ho desires above every* thint;. however. to have the work whi :? lie has been commissioned to undertake successful. In the few days4hat have passed since he was named by tte President to be commander of the expedition and Military Governor of theislauds he has b-arne.l I many things about the Philippines that ho did not know before. From what he has learned in tiiis brief period he has become t convinced that it will be almost absurd to ' undertake the occupation of the islands | and set up a provisional Government with i a force of 15,000 men. all but 1000 of whom arc unseasoned militiamen, toiaiiv una", customed to concerted action, when that action is curried on in numbers larger than separate companies or regiments. General Merritt's orders so fa rare simply to proceed to Manila with his three aides and a staff selected for him by the Secretary of War, after he has seen to it that the expedition is properly constituted and equipped. Although he is supposed to arrange these latter details, his understanding is that the Government Intends to send a force of 15,000 men, 14,000 of whom are members of the National Guard of the far Western States.' The Spanish army in the Philippines is estimated at 20,009 regulars aud about 10,000 CORPS COMMANDERS NAMED. | A New Military Department of the Pacific Created. Washington*, D. C. (Special). The organization of the United States Army was finally completed in orders from the War Department designating the corps commanders, and in telegrams sent to ihe officers of voluteer regiments already mustered into service to report by telegraph to the various major generals for further orders. The principal order was as follows: tVar Department. The following assignments of general officers to commands are hereby made by the President: Major General Wesley Merritt, Department of the Pacific. Major General John R. Brooke, First Corps, Department of the Gulf. Major General William M. Graham, Second Corps, with headquarters at Falls Church, Va. Major General James F. Wade, Third Corps, report to Major General Brooke, Chickamauga. Major General John J. Coppinger, Fourth j Corps, Mobile. Major General William II. Shatter, Fifth Corps, Tampa. , Major General Elwe'l S. Otis, report to ! General Merritt for duty with troops in the 1 ( Department of the Pacific. Major General James H. Wilson. Sixth Corps, report to General llrooke, Chieka- ] manga. Major General Fitzbugh Lee, Seventh Corps, Tain pa. Major General Joseph Wheeler, United States Volunters, Cavalry Division, Tampa, Fin. R. A. Ai.oeb, Secretary of War. H. C. Connix, Adjutant General. | FATAL HOSPITAL FIRE. The ltlaze Supposed to Have Originated in the Chapel. La Matairie, an auxiliary of the general hospital at St. Hyacinthe, Canada, was burned to the ground and six persons lost their* lives. Four others are missing, and are supposed to have perished. The dead Sister Marie Dos Auges. Sister rhilemene Pemers, Sister Alexandrian Mansean, Mrs. Guertinn, Mrs. Pr. Cliagnou, of Fall River, Mass; Emile B^auchemin, a boy of twelve. The missini: are: Miss Cilmn Bissonnette, Noronette Bernier, Mrs. Rosalie Broileur, Mrs. J. B. Berthiaump. Half a dozen others were more or less severely injured by jumping from windows. The whole place was in a blaze when the firemen arrived, and most or the 200 inmates had already escaped. The fir" is supposed to have originated in ti: chapel, where a number of lamps wer > kept burning throughout the night. CHICKAMAUCA PARK FILLINC UP. Itcgulars Gone, lJut 7000 Volunteer Soldiers Are in Camp. Chickamauga Pars, Chattanooga, Ton'... I | left vacant by the departure of the reg . ! I inr< is now raoidlv filling up with voln - | teers. From itll parts of tlie country t a volunteers are now pouriDg into the park in train loads and the work of getting them cumped and properly accommodated is an immense job. The First Regiment of Ohio Cavalry, c '0 men, under the command of Colonel 1> -, the ilrst to arrive, is now well located,el s to the Lafayette road. The Third Wisconsin, 1020 men, un r the command of Colonel M. T. Moore, arrived on three special trains and went to the park. [The Third Illinois Regiment of Infan -y, twelve companies, 107'J men, under c n tnand of Colonel Frod Uennett, arrivea on four trains. How Chinese Catch Fish. The drug used by the Chinese Jn catching lish is Coculus Indicus, which, is powdered and mixed with dough and1 scattered broadcast over the water after the manner of sowing seed. The ilsh seize and devour it with avidity and instantly become intoxicated and turn up by hundreds on the top of the water. They are then gathered ir and placed iA vessels containing clea. water. TVe hate to see a man with whi ...a loaf in a barber shop. DEATH OF 6LMB1 Poland's Grand Old Man Passe; Peacefully Away. MAJESTIC END TO HIS CAREER CnrnnscloiiK Fnr Ilnurs l.efore Denti Came?The T.nst Scene at IlatvarclenOrief Expressed Throughout Englam nr.d From Other Countries as tin End I>rew Near?His Obsequies. If awaedex, Enffland fHy Cabled.?'Will Jam Ewnrt Gladstone, the Grand Old Mar of England. died at five o'clock Thursday morning at bis home in this village. Deatl enmo very peacefully. All the members o his immediate family were at the bedside Ho had been unconscious practically al day. though at times he seemed to recog nize for a moment some of the watchers about him. Certainly bo did recognize his wife, who was beside him all day except when the physician prevailed upon her tc rest. She tenderly clasped her husband': hand as she watched him. Apparently he slept a good joal and occasionally lie uttered a few words in ar incoherent, dreamy way, words whiet those who were watching were unable tc catch. Their only consolation was that lit was not suffering pain. No narcotics were administered. All night long a weary vigil was maintained. The whole family was in and otil of the sickroom. Mrs. Gladstone remained throughout the night at the bedside of hei dying husband. She could not be induced to leave him oven to take refreshments. The scene at about 4 o'clock Thursdaj morning, when it was supposed Mr. Gladstone's last hour had come, was most painful. I?ut ho again showed his almost superhuman vitality, fought death awaj aud relapsed irto sleep. Mi YV WILLIAM E, During the crisis Mr. Gladstone's breathing was thirty-six to the minute, and the members of his family were summoned, Lhe Rev. Stephen Gladstone read prayers and hymns, including Mr. Gladstone's favorite, "Rock of Ages." When this was conoluded Mr. Gladstone was heard to murmur, "Our Father." Though a national funeral was accepted l>y the family, it was decided that he MBS. W. E. GLADSTONE. should bo laid at rest in the peaceful graveyard at Hawardeu. MR. GLADSTONE'S CAREER. Ilia Achievements in Public Life, Hit Varied Activity and His Personality. William Ewart Gladstone was born al Liverpool on December 20, 1800. But whih English as to his birthplace, he was i Scotchman by descent "purely and abso lutely Scotch as to every drop of blood ir ray veins," to use his own words. His father;operated in the East Indies, an< finally in the West Indies, whero ho accumulated large sugar plautatlons. In the fall of 1S21 Mr. Gladstone entered Eton, where he spent the next six years He did not extinguish himself in scholar ship. After two years of study wltn r private tutor, young Gladstone went, ii 1829, to Oxford, nnd became a member ol Christchurch. At Oxford he devoted himself to his books with such assiduity that he became famous as the most reuiarknbh uuder-graduate of his generation. On his examination in 1S31 he carried oil tin highest honors of the University, both ir classics and in mathematics, graduating double first class. While thus eminent in the college studies lie was also prominent in the literary ac tivities of the University, and he became Spain Now Has a ltepndiatinjj Cabinet. The new Spanish Cabinet formed b\ Sagnsta is: President of the Council ol Ministers, Senor Praxedes Sagasta: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senor Leon y Castillo; Minister of War, Lieutenant-Genera! Correa; Minister of Marine, Senor Auuou Minister of the Colonies, Senor Komerc Giron; Minister of Finance, Senor Lopes Puigcerver; Minister of the Interior, Seuoi F. R. Capdepon: Minister of Justice, Senoi C. Groizara; Minister of Public Iustruction, Senor Gumazo. Sagasta's reconstructed Cabinet started in by adoptint a?mn7n'a mntimi to renudiate responsibil Ity for tlie last Ministry's aots. - . I the President nnd the recognized chief In the Oxford Union, that debating society which has sent forth so many English oruI tor*. i His first Parliamentary experience was in the election which was held on Decem> j // : || c -^=i?V.??s GLADSTONE RESTING AFTER HIS FAVORITE DIVERSION OF CHOPPING DOWN TREES. ber 13,1832, and Mr. Gladstone was just completing His twenty-third year. Duriug the following decade Mr. Gladstone's reputation steadily widened, while the first signs appeared of that revolution in political views which was to transform the hope of the Tories into the leader of the Liberals. Ho became Prime Minister of England for three terms, and during his career fathered many important reforms. Mr. Gladstone's life was methodical and Ilia rnnran*inn hilt tho flirnillP from I 0110 kind of work to another. IIo is said to havo always read three books on three I widely varying subjects at the same time that lie might not become narrow and thnt r his mind might not pass the point of ability to absorb any one subject. When he was not active in politics ho withdrew to the simplicity and quiet of Hi^warden, which is situated far from railroads, and is difiicult of access even bycar , GLADSTONE. riage. From bis study came a longsuccesi sion of books and pamphlets. While Mr. , Gladstone grew more liberal in his viejvs of i the Church and its relations to the State as his mind expanded, he clung with true i Scottish tenacity to the original and vital doctrines of Christianity, and within the last few years he joined vigorously in the 1 defence of revealed religion against the s ever increasing and even more threatening - attacks of agnosticism and materialism. This singular ability for varied and excellent work was the marked characteristic of Mr. Gladstone. That age did not ' diminish his powers was due to the ease with which he ordered his life. Lord Beaconsfleld once said of him that he "had not a single redeeming vice." He was never sick, except with a cold or some form of physical exhaustion that rest would cure. He slept eleven hours every night, no matter how heavily affairs of State weighed. He \ ate sparingly and drank with great modera' tion. His passion for tree felling is known to all the world. It was his only physical ^ exercise except walking, of which he was k also fond. He cared little for the traditional sports of the English gentleman. Shooting he might well have been preju diced against, ior, going out wuu n party at his uncle's when he was in his thirties, he had the misfortune to lose the index finger of his left hand by the explosion of his gun. He married July 25, 1339. the oldest daughter of Sir Stephen Richard Glynne. Hawarden was ;the nncestral home of the 1 Glynnes, and, when his father-in-law became pecuniarily embarrassed, he bought it instead of buildiug in Scotland, ns he had intended. It has been said that Mr. Gladstone owed much of his development from narrow Toryism to broad Liberalism to his wife's quiet, steady influence. t They had eight children, seven of whom i survive.' Two are members of Parliament, Herbert, the younger of the two, int lieriting something of his father's ability, j One son, Stephen, is rector at the church at i Hawarden. One daughter is married to the - head master of Wellington College and two i are at home. Mr. Gladstone vriis full of the i lighter charms of conversation and fond 1 of music. He himself was a singer in his - earlier days and the writers used to tell of Gladstone at home after a great debate I seated at the piano singing Scotch ballads . j to his own accompaniment. . ! He was of medium lieignt, but his figure i j was conwnanding. In ago his shoulders i | wero slightly rounded. lu early life he f l had jet black hair in abundance. His head . had given "London hatters some trouble," ; as he once remarked. It was largo and > founded upon imposing lines. Deforo ; lie was known in politics Disraeli saw | him at a dinner one day and was so struck i j witli the appearance of his face tiiat he in-' ; ' quired who the young man was and held j his face and name in memory. He had , j piercing eyes, a bold nose, firm lips and a . l square jaw. His expression was earnest i I and stern, yet kindly. OflT For Manila. v.TTrrr, r*ni rSneelnlV?The cruiser [ Charleston, Captain Henry Glass com. mantling, got under way for Manila shortly . after 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Sal lutes were ilred at .Mare Island Navy Yard, ; and the employes of the yard and citizens ; of Vallejo, who were assembled along the : shore, cheered the departing vessel. The 1 : Charleston carries, besides ammunition f for her own guns, a large supply for Ad. miral Dewey's fleet. No troops were car. ried, as the "cruiser has no room for more than her own crew of 330 men. She should 1 arrive at Manila in about twenty-four laye. . ??? WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. ! Warm Weather Helped the Appear* I a:ice of Field Crops Generally. The following arc extracts from the ; weekly crop bulletin^ ius issued by Section Director Lnuer, for the week end" iuy May l'.ith: The warmer weather caused a noticeable improvement in the appearance of field crops <jeuerally and particularly ill the condition ot corn which lias to a large extent, regained a healthy color, ami shows improvement in stand, although stands are not entirely satisfactory being much broken by the ravages of cut, biui and heart worms, and uneven on account of much replanting. Corn plautjug continues to a limited extent, but may bo said to be practically finished, except for stubble corn to be planted in Juue. Cottou shows little recovery from the set back of the previous week, caused by the cool nights and damaging cool winds aud roports of cotton dying were received from various localities. The staud of cotton rauges between "very good" and the "poorest seen in a lifetime." That is to say, there i3 a great irregularity in the stand even in adjacent towuships which difler greatly, some reporting fair stands aud others very t poor. But almost without exception, correspondents state that a great deal of replanting has been doDe and " much yet to do before full stands can be secured. In many instances whole fields were plowed up and replanted. In the eastern portion of the State, early planted cotton is looking best, wono over iuo wesieru puruuua imc planting Las done better exce|Jt that ia places the ground is so crusted that sprouting cotton seems unable to break through it, and some farmers are harrowing tne lields to break the crust. Sea-island cotton is not doing well owing to the drought that prevails over the region of its cultivation. Cotton planting is practically finished, although in a few localities it is unfinished. Chopping well under way. Tobacco seeins to have responded niitnL*lwfA flinlinHor .vnolnov nnn/lItifinfl tliat iiuve prevailed latteriv, aud cau be said to be doing nicely with the sets larger than usual for the season. There is need of rain in some tobacco raising sections. A small white worm is doing considerable damage in places by boring the pith of the stem, otherwise tobacco is in a satisfactory condition. v Rice is looking well and growing fast in the coast rice districts, but in Kershaw the seed rotted in the ground, necessitating replanting. The condition of wheat continues very promising. Rust has not increased during the week and is not prevalent enough to materially iujuro wheat, except in portions of Lexington county. Wheat is heading and stands in urgent need of rain. Oats are ripening in the southwest- > era portions of the State and harvesting has begun in Hampton and Reaufort counties, with a good average Onto ? v/% 1, i-v o ,1 i r? rr \L?ol ] AVPTV J lOiU, * 'aio aio ucautui, ?? v?? v . w- j where bat, like wheat, need rain. Spring oats will likely be a failure in the low counties, but in the upper portions of the State are looking well, but need rain. The general outlook for fruit continues to be "good for peaches, especially in the counties where most attention is given this crop, but pears are not doing well generally; much blight is noted, and the fruit is drop- v ping too freeiy. Apples have Bet well in some localities, while others report, the trees barren. Plums are ripening and will be quite plentiful. Grape blooms in profusion in the western . counties, and this fruit appears to be ! doing well everywhere. Attention should be givon grapes now by giving the vinos not less than tliTee successive sprayings at intervals of about twelve days. Wild berries will be abundant in places, but in Hampton nod Barnwell the berries appear small and shriveled. Forest flies during the winter destroyed many wild DiacRDerry vines. Cugar cane is growing up to good stands. ' ? Sweet potato draws being transplantI ed, but the ground is too dry for this j work to be pushed. There appears to be no scarcity of draws. Irish potatoes are not yielding over one-fourth an average crop in Charleston county owing to the deficiency of over 10 inches in rainfall since January 1st. Other vegetables, in the 6ame vicinity, have yielded less than usual by 50 per cent., and shipments have been correspondingly light. Melons are now doing well, having made marked improvement except in Newberry and Bamberg counties, where poor stands are the rule. Peauuts not doing well. Some peas have been sown in Greenville and Lexington. Gardens continue backward but looking well. Pastures need rain. Farm work is up with the needs of all crops and fields are in good cf ndition generally, except that grassy fields are reported from Kershaw. Chinch bugs havo attacked corn in York, and huve appeared on gram in Chester. Cut, bud and heart worms are reported numerous and destructive over nearly me entire oiaie. TIio Georgia Populists. Tho Populists of Georgia nominated J. K. Hogan, of Lineoln county, for Governor; Felix N. Cobb, of Carroll, for Attorney General, and W. P. Glover, of Bibb, for Commissioner of Agriculture, to till vacancies caused by tho declination of those named at tho regular convention six weeks ago. The platform as agreed upon was endorsed by the convention. 100,000 in Cuban Army. Tho strength of the Cuban army of invasion u-jw forming has been raised to a hundred thousand. Tt will move on Cuba regardless of the Spanish tieet * Troops for the Philippines. It is announced iu Washington that Geheral Merritt has won his tight for a larger force for the invasion of the Philippines. 14 is now stated that the lirst installment will be eleven thousand men, with fourteen thousand troops following as early aa possible. Ordered to Turn pa. The First Regiment of North Carolina volunteers have been ordered to Tampa. It has fifty officers and 032 enlisted men.