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DEMOCRATS WERE TRICKED
Republicans Accomplish a Surprising Coup
In the House and Consternation Ensues.
A BILL RUSHED THROUGH
It Empowers President to Expend
Revenues of Porto kico For
Benefit of Islanders.
President McKinley sent the follow¬
ing special message to congress Friday
recommending that all the revei no
collected on importations from the
island of Porto Rico since the
evaenntion of the island by Spain,
amounting to more than $2,000,* 00
shoithl be placed 1 at tho disposal of the
president for the relief ... of the island,
“To tho Senate and Honso of repre¬
sentatives: Since the evacuation of
Porto Ilieo by the Spanish forces on
the 18th of October, 18 :8, the United
States has collected on products com¬
ing from that island to tho poits of
the United States the duties fixed by
tho Dingley act and amounting to
$2,095,455.88, and will continue to col¬
lect under said law until congress shall
otherwise direct. Although I had the
power, and having in mind the best
interests of the people of the island,
used it, to modify duties on goods and
products entering into Porto Rico, I
did not have the po er to remit or
modify duties ou Porto Rican pro¬
ducts coming into the ports of the
United States.
"In view of the pressing necessity
for immediate revenue in Porto Rico
for conducting tho government, there,
nud for the in* extension of public educa¬
tion, and view also of the provis¬
ional legislation just inaugurated by
the house of representatives aud for
tlie purpose of making the principle
embodied in that legislation applica¬
ble to the immediate past ns well as to
the immediate future, I recommend
that the above sum, so collected, and
the sums hereafter collected under ex¬
isting law, shall, without waiting for
the enactment of the general legisla¬
tion now pending, be appropriated for
the use and benefit of the island.
“William M’Kinlry.
“Executive Mansion, March 2, 1900.”
TAKEN UP AT ONCE.
The message was greeted with Re¬
publican applause in the house and
Mr. Cannon asked unanimous consent
for the immediate passage of a bill to
carry out the recommendation. There
was no objection and it was agreed
there should be twenty minutes de¬
bate on a side.
“I hope the recommendation will
meet with favor on that side of the
house,” said Mr. Richardson, the
minority leader.
“I’ll see if it meets with favor on
this side of the house,” retorted Mr.
Cannon sharply. “I’ll now ask for
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration of a bill to carry tho re¬
commendation of that messuge into
force.”
The suddenness of the request
brought consternation to the Demo¬
cratic side. There was no timo for
consultation. Mr. Richardson stood
hesitating a moment.
“Bo;ter do it at once,” said Air.
Cannon “before you change your
mind.”
This shaft raised a laugh.
Air. Richardson said he would not
object but wanted to know how much
Line would be allowed for debate.
Mr. Cannon replied that ho hoped
there would be no debate. The bill
contained an exceedingly plain pfiopo-
t-.ition aud needed no explanation. Ho
finally suggested twenty minutes on a
side. To this Air. Richardson assent¬
ed, observing: the
“I do not suppose gentlemen on
other side can be of one mind longer
than forty minutes. (Lnughter.) AVe
agree if it will help you out of tho
hole.” offered, fol¬
The bill was then as
lows: that the of
“Be it enacted, etc., sum
$2,095,455, being the amount of cus¬
toms revenue received on importations
by the United States from Forto Rico
1)AL\’S EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Incurred In I-nsliimr the Proeecuti >n
Senator Clarlt.
When the senate committee on elec¬
tions resumed its sitting at Washing-
ton Friday, still Air Campbell, Daly’s at-
■torney, on tbe witness stand,
male a general statement of his ex¬
pcn.btures in connection with the
' cecution of tbe case against Sena¬
tor (’ ark, of Montana. Tbe statement
F [lowed tbe following footings:
Establishing and purchasing news-
papers, $19,550; expenses in the pres
- investigation and in the AVellcomo
disbarment tn proceedings, $21,970.
Mr. Campbell said that tbe $19,550
had b een expended on three papers.
,VK IXLEY IN NEW YORK.
I>rei*!d en * Attend* the Annual Dinner of
the Ohio Society.
president AIcKinley and party left
Washington Friday for New York,
where the president attended the annual
dinner of the Ohio society S.turday.
Tbe party, who traveled in a private
cflr .Attached to a regular train on the
, consisted of Presi-
p c ^4wlvania road, Alary
aod Mrs, McKinley, Miaa
W»P*ner*’ Corbin. Mj : C o, tet-
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Official Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing Given Prompt Attention.
since the evacuation of Porto Rico by
the Spanish forces on October 18,
185)8, to Januaiy 1, 1900, or that shall
hereafter bo collected under existing
law, shall be placed at the disposal of
the president to bo used for the gov¬
ernment and bent lit of Porto Rico
until otherwise i rovided by law, and
the revenue herein referred to already
collected and to bo collected under ex¬
isting laws, are hereby appropriated
for the purposes herein specified out
of moneys in the treasury no* other¬
wise appropriated.”
EXPLAINED BY MB. CANNON.
Mr. Cannon said there was no rea-
son to muke au extended argument in
support of the bill. The brief mes-
all the of points the he to * a '?’ justify the
necessary
passage of tho bill. It appropriated
all tlie money in the treasury collected
up to January 1, and such as shall be
hereafter collected on exports from
Porto Rico for tho benefit, of the peo¬
ple of the island.
Mr. Cannon explained that the sugar
and tobacco piled upia Porto llico con¬
trolled by tho sugar and tobacco trusts
which was awaiting shipment to this
couutiy would be shipped to the Uni¬
ted States if this bill passed and that
every dollar of duly piaid by these
tru ts would bo devoted to the storm
swept and starving inhabitants of the
island. (Republican applause.)
' You have been shedding crocodile
tears,” he concluded. “Now come up
and vote for this bill, every man of
you. (Renewed applause.)
Mr. Bailey, of Texas, replied to
Mr. Cannon and evoked a round of
Democratic applause by his first sen¬
tence. If he lmd known when the
unanimous consent was submitted that
the bill placed at tho absolute disposal
of the president $2,000,000 now in the
treasury and an indefinite sum here¬
after to be collected, he said, lie would
himself have taken the responsibility
of objecting. He would never con¬
sent, be said, to turn over to the dis¬
cretion of one mau money in tlie
treasury.
Mr. Cannon moved the previous
question on the Porto Rico bill and
this prevailed on a standing vote of
143 to 119. A yea and nay vote fol¬
lowed.
Air. Bailey’s motion to commit the
bill was lost by 133 to 149. The vote
was then tnken by yeas and nays on
the passage of the bill and resulted
168 to 167. Tho bill now goes to the
senate.
Ti) HELP THE I1AK! RS.
Representative Roberts of Ma«»achnsetti
Introduces a Hill.
A Washington dispatch says: The
lynching of the negro postmaster at
Lake City, S. C., in 1898, was made
the subject of a special joint resolution
introduced in the house Friday by
Representative Roberts, Republican,
of Alassachusetts. It provides as fol¬
lows:
“Whereas, On or about tho 21st of
February, 1898, 100 or more armed
men fired upon aud killed the post¬
master at Lake City, B. C., and one of
his family and wounded several others
and theu burned all their property;
and,
“Whereas, That said family is in a
suffering and destitute condition with¬
out even the necessaries of life; tl ere-
fore,
“Resolved by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of
America iu congress assembled, That
the sum of eight dollars per month is
hereby appropriated out of any money
iu the treasury of the United States
not otherwise appropriated, to bo im¬
mediately available for the relief of
the said family, to bo distributed un¬
der su&h rules and regulations as may
be prescribed by the postmaster gen-
era*.
Asks For Brant of l and.
Senator Alorgan lias introduced a
bill iu tho senate to grant land to the
state of Alabama for the purpose of
education of colored students at Mont¬
gomery and Troy. The bill provides
for the granting of 25,009 acres for the
use of the State Normal school at
Alontgomery and the same for the
State Normal college at Troy.
VESSEL A TOTAL LOSS.
Steamer Gete City ISrenkn In Two and
Goes to Rot tom.
The Savannah line steamer Gate
City, which ran ashore opposite
Aloriches, L. I., on the night of Feb¬
ruary 8, broke in two early Friday
morning. All hopo of saving the
vessel had been given up several days
ago and tbe wreckers have been con¬
fining their efforts to the removal of
her cargo.
The wreckers, who were on board
when the vessel broke up, were safely
landed with the aid of tbe life-saving
crew. Over two-thirds of the cargo, a
greater part of which is said to be un¬
damaged, had been saved.
TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY.
Slxty-Fonrtli Anniversary In the State
Appropriately Ob»crv»-l.
Friday was tbe anniversary of Tex¬
as’ independence, and it was suitably
observed by the State university and
otner schools with appropriate sixty- exer¬
cises. This anniversary was the
foBtth one, and in commemoration
>flag._A
A8HBUKN. C»A.. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900.
103 FREE TRADE.
5enator Davis, ol Hinnesota, Of¬
fers Amendment to the Porto
Rican Tariff bill.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, offered
uu amendment to the Porto Rican hill
in the senate nt Monday's session. Its
effect is to have tho tariff laws of the
United States applied to Porto Rico
upon foreign imports, and allow abso¬
lute freo trade between the United
SI,to an.I Veil. 111™. 11, «!»■ l>ro-
poses a new section as follows:
For tho purpose of this act tho fol¬
lowing provisions of the constitution
of tho United States are hereby ex¬
tended nud made applicable to Porto
Rico:
The congress shall have power to
lay and collect taxes, duties, imports
and excises, to pay tho debts and pro¬
vide for the common defense and gen-
oral welfare of the United States; but
all duties imports and excises shall be
uniform thonghout the United States.
No capitation or other direct tax
shall ho laid, unless in proportion to
the census or enumeration hereinbe¬
fore directed to be taken.
No tax or duty shall be given by any
regulation of commerce or revenue to
the ports of one state over those of an¬
other; nefr shall vessels bound to or
from one state bo obliged to enter,
clear or pay duties in another.
GOOD ROADS CONTENTION’.
Will Meet In Orlando, Florida, On Marrli
»2<I A Call ImsukI.
The committee recently appointed
‘o perfect arrangements for holding a
state good roads convention in Orlan¬
do, Fla., consisting of representatives
from the cily council, board of trade,
county commissioners, Democratic
committee, have issued tho follovfing
cull:
Relieving that every citizen and ev¬
ery iiutnstiy within the state of Flori¬
da are vitally and interested in public
highways, being fully convinced
of (ho benefits to be derived fiom dis¬
cussion and conference over this im¬
portant question, a state called good roads
convention is hereby to be held
in Orlando on March 22 aud 23, 1900.
Tho county commissioners of each
of the several counties have been re¬
quested to oppoint ono or more dele¬
gates. Cities, towns, boards of trade,
bieyle clubs and other organizations
will sond delegates. Arrangements
aro being made for practical expert
discussion of good highways generally
and the following topics will form in¬
teresting topics for dicussion:
Best plans and methods of construc¬
tion. How shall funds be raised for
road building. Bicycle paths, their
construction with publio highways.
Improvements of streets in towns and
villages. What, is the best material
for this purpose available in the state?
An effort is being made to securo the
presence of General Roy Stone, Hon.
W. L. Wilson, of tho United States
deportment of agriculture, nud other
men of national reputation to attend.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The Various New Industrie* Established
the Past week.
The more important of the now in¬
dustries reported for tho past week in¬
clude an asbestos goods factory in Vir¬
ginia; brick and tile works in North
Carolina; a broom factory in Bouth
Carolina; brown stone quarries in
North Carolina; a carriage factory and
coal mines in Kentucky; two cotton
mills iu Alabama one in ,Georgia,
three each in North Carolina and
Bouth Carolina, two iu Texas; a cotton
seed oil mill in Texas; an electric
light and power company in North
Carolina; a fertilizer factory in A r ir-
ginia; flouring mills in Georgia, Lou¬
isiana, Texas and Wont Virginia; a
foundry aud machine shop in Virginia;
two furniture factories in North Caro¬
lina; acetylene gas works in Virginia;
an ice factory in Tennessee; knitting
mills in Florida, Georgia and North
Carolina; lumber mills in, Georgia,
Lonisiaua, North Carolina and VR'-
gina; a machine shop and mattress fac¬
tory in North Carolina; a mosquito
net factory in Tennesae; a naval stores
company in North Carolina; ochre and
sienna mines in Georgia; a paper mill
in Louisiana; a petroleum company in
West Virginia; a soap factory iu South
Carolina; telephone companies in
Florida and North Carolina; tobacco
factories in Kentucky, Bouth Carolina
and Virginia.—Tradesman, (Chatta-
nona, Tenn.)
CRONJE AT SIMON!? TOWN.
Bailer Reports That Supplies Are Enter¬
ing: I.adyflfnith.
Advices from Cape Town state that
Gen. Cronje and his party arrived at
Simons Town Friday. Cronje was
received by General Sir Frederick
Forestier-AValker and a representative
of Sir Alfred-Alilner, the governor of
Cape Colony.
A dispatch from General Buller was
received at the war office in London
Friday morning announcing tbpt
seventy-three wagon loads of supplies
are now entering Ladysmith. The
ffirst eleven wagons contain hospital
comforts.
LUNATIC USED CLUB.
Kill* a Fellow Prisoner, Won ml* Sheriff
and Temporarily £*cape*.
•T. B. Campbell, a crazy man in jail
at Canton, Ala., brained a fellow pris¬
oner and probably fatally wounded
Sheriff J.JT Cooley Saturday morning
and He was recaptured
ch lard and returned to jail
CUBANS
WILL REVOLT
Tennesseean Jast From Island
Predicts Trouble
](! W(T[[ ELECTION DAY
On the Other Hand General Wilson
Declares That Islanders Are
Satisfied and Serene.
A Nashville dispatch says: Colonel
Frank M. Gardenshiro, a prominent,
citizen of Chattanoogn, well known
over the state, has just returned from
a trip to Havana. Gardenshiro, in an
interview, predicts an uprising on tho
day of the Havana municipal election
this month. lie says:
“Ill my opinion there will bn serious
trouble in Havana on the day of elec¬
tion. I have several personal friends
in Havana, and this seems to bo the
impression among them.
“According to a late regulation,pro¬
mulgated by General " ood and other
authorities, 60 per cent of the voters
will bo disfranchised. Under the re¬
cent order t-lie qualifications of a voter
were that he must lie nblo to read and
write and own $250 worth of property.
This rulo was advocated by the Span¬
iards and tho more intelligent classes
in Havana. The regulation almost
shuts out the average run of natives,
and many of them deelaro that if they
are not permitted to vote in the elec¬
tion there will bo somo throat cutting
on election day.
“The people from the outside coun¬
try are now moving into Havana, and
all want offices. Some of them are
fighting for places on tho police) force,
while there are just twelve candidates
ih the race for mayor.
“The nntives seem to bate our sol¬
diers worse than the Spaniards, but
the impression prevails among the
officials at Havana fhat tho Cubans
would in engage in rtrtvs among them¬
selves the minute the troops are with¬
drawn. In fact, so far as I could see,
the gardening and farm work is being
don'e by Chinamen.”
SAYS CUBANS ARB SATISFIED.
Gonerel James H. ’tVils'on, military
governor ol the department of Mutan-
zas-Santa Clara, in the course of an in¬
terview regarding Cuban affairs, said
to tho correspondent of tlie Associated
Press, now in Mntanzas:
“Trouble is absolutely out of the
question. The future depends large¬
ly upon agricultural prosperity, aud
where work is plentiful, wages are
good and a country is prosperous, no
sensible man wishes to alter condi-
tions. If sugar goes to tho United
States free or nearly so, there will bo
such an influx of capital and of immi¬
gration as would render Cuba ere long
one of the richest and most prosperous
countries in the world.
“The cattle industry yiolds enor¬
mous profits, particularly as respects
working cattle, which ran never bore-
placed by mules, beenuse the peculiar
conditions are better adapted to cat-
He. Coffee, timber and fruit also of-
lev great inducements to capitalists,
nnd tobacco planting yields almost
immediate returns.
“I don’t consider that the immediate
future of Cqba depends chiefly upon
schools, roadmaking, improved sanita-
tion or judiciary reform, although, of
course, these things are of very great
importance. The best thing tho
United Btates can do for Cuba and
the Cubans is to give every opportu-
nity for improving the value of the
land by putting it to the best uses. In
this way capital could do an immense
amount of good h’ere, as well as gfit
largo returns. I suggest supplying
cattle for working purposes on a time
basis, accepting regular rates of inter-
est, which should be about, 1 per cent
per month. Cattle can be landed here
at a cost of $70 a yoke, which, once
here, would bring more than $150. .
“Large numbers of working cattle
aro required by reliable anil hard-
woking men who are i xious to obtain
them. Were I a mau of twenty-five,
with energy and some capital, I should
certainly look upon Cuba ns one of
the best places to accumulate wealth."
McMILLIN ENTERS RACE.
Present Governor of Tennoimo Will Try
YJnlted fitatM Senator* hip.
The senatorial race in Tennesseeo
now has three entries. Governor
Benton AfcAlillin is an assurod start¬
er, the contest thus becoming three-
cornered. For sometime Congress¬
man E. AV. Gamack, of the tenth dis¬
trict, and David L. Snodgrass, chief
justice of the supremo court of Ten¬
nessee, have been candidates while,
with no expression from the governor,
his friends have been actively at work
in his interest. The matter was set¬
tled Monday by a speech delivered by
Governor AfcAlillin to a large gather¬
ing at Pulaski in Giles county.
OTHERS AFTER MOYSE.
FoulMlana Authorltle* Are Anxious For
Bordi “Captain.”
A bench warrant was received in
New Orleans, Monday, for Julius
Afoyso, the bogus Captain Clark, from
Clinton, La fiA Moyse got a draft cash¬
ed there fln< fc V'? 8 Jfo accom "
modated hii uton case is a
strong onescapes con-
he will be
NOT YET WHIPPED
Filipino Insurgents Determined
to Carry On the Struggle.
AMERICAN OFFICIALS ARE SUSPICIOUS
Many Supposedly Eoynl Native* Sympn-
tillWith Ut'ht'lM and Prow
to Be Traitor*.
Reports reach tho Associated Press
from various sources, including army
officers nud the heads of commercial
houses with agents throughout tho is¬
lands, of continued activity among tho
insurgents who are endeavoring to
keep alive the armed opposition to tho
United States and are planning to con¬
tinue the insurrection with guerrilla
warfare on a larger scale when tho
rainy season begins.
A person holding a position second
only to that of tho governor general
tells tho Associated Press ho is con¬
vinced that the insurgent organization
lias beon remarkably rehabilitated dar¬
ing the past month, particularly in
tho northern provinces. He snys tho
insurgents have a soeret organization
patterned after tho Kntipunan meth¬
ods, even in tho strongest gnrrisonod
towns, affording perfect means of com¬
munication, and that the machinery is
managed from Manila, some of the
leaders being Filipinos pretending to
be supporters of the American admin¬
istration, and many of tho municipal
governments installed by tho army
forming part of the machinery.
Two correspondents of leading
American weeklies who liavo traveled
for a mouth in Benguel and 1 locos
with letters to insurgent chiefs, going
alone fifty miles from garrisons and
being everywhere hospitably received,
say tho people make no secret of their
sympathy with the insurrection. Al¬
though admitting that tho Filpino sol¬
diers abuse them, they still protect
these soldiers from the American scout¬
ing parties, They claim to have eom-
muniention with nguiniildo. Puterno,
in tho northern mountains of Manila,
is full of civil and ..military officials of
all ranks of Aguinahlo’s government
who were captured or surrendered and
who were brought here and released
on promises to refrain from agitation.
While.many of the insurgent muni-
cival officers were continued in office
on taking the oath of allegiance, resi¬
dents who aro acquainted with them
have little faith in their adherence to
their promises. All tho civil officials
of Tarlac, capital of tho province of
that t ame, numbering eleven persons
have boon arrested and charged with
plotting, and two insurgents have been
captured at Malabon with incriminat¬
ing papers and $4,00Q collected from
tho natives.
Koine of tho municipal governments
appear loyal and efficient. On the
other hand, one American general de¬
clares that ho believes tho majority in
bin province are agonts of the insur¬
rection.
A fresh issue of insurgent pamphlets
is being circulated, asserting that tho
American promises of good govorn-
ment aro merely a mask for cominor-
c ’ a ' exploitation of the Philippines,
quoting Senator Beveridge s speech
“>*d an editorial from a Washington
newspaper headed “Lot (Js Be Uon-
eRE -
'The trial of the guerrilla charged
with murder is finished and it is bo-
Roved the commission s verdict will bo
8*>*lty- Indictments against others
hnvo been prepared,
- T ° report lias been received from
General Bates’s expedition. He has
probably moved inland, wliero coro-
munication with him is impracticable,
The army throughout the island of
Luzon is working, scouring the conn-
Er y Eor insurgents and killing a few
daily. I he n otion from Alanila to
IRigupan has beon thoroughly cleared,
R 10 scouting parties being unable to
n,i y insurgents. General I'un-
8Eon ttr) d Colonel Kennan took 200
mcu through the mountains to Baler,
tho eastern coast, without meeting
an insurgent. But they are active
al°nR the northern coast from Dagu-
I ,al1 Aparri. Occasional reports
come of an American soldier being
killed or disappearing. In the south¬
ern provinces tho insurgents continue
to harrass the American garrisons by
night demonstrations.
PROGRAM CHANGED.
ftliippliifc of fiun* From Frankfort to Lon¬
don, Ky., Suddenly Stopped.
The orders for the shipment of guns
and ammunition from the state arsenal
at Frankfort to London, Ky., by the
Republican state authorities, was re¬
voked Monday afternoon and a car
loaded with munitions of war consign¬
ed to London was unloaded and its
contents returned to the arsenal. Tlie
state officials give no reason for the
change of program. The soldiers
worked all forenoon loading the car.
There is a report that the war depart¬
ment at Washington interfered and re¬
quested the guns ami ammunition al¬
ready taken to Londrti be returned.
JOURNALISTS AGAINST
National Kdltorlal Association l’a«ses
loans the resolutions against trusts
were taken up. lhe debate on the
question continued lot eome time and
with much heat. . The resolutions
against trusts work adopted, 244,.
64, gress with to an amembflpj, ♦
VOL. VIII. NO. 31.
uevsiltlTI1 slEfiC C#STLY -
Brother of Cecil Rhodes Describes
Fearful Condition That Pre-
vailed in Beleaguered Town.
Colonel Rhodes, tho brother of Cecil
Rhodes, describing in Tho Loudon
'Hme. the entry into Ladysmith of
Lord Dundouald and 300 men of tho
Imperial Lighthorso and Natal Car-
biuoers February 28, says:
“It is impossible to depict the en¬
thusiasm of tho beleaguered garrison;
cheer rang from post to post, nml
stuff officers, civilians and soldiers
docked to greet them. Tho contrast
between tho robust troops of a dozen
battles and tlie pale, emaciated defend¬
ers of Ladysmith was great,
“General White and his staff met
the troops in the center of the town,
lie was cheered with heartfelt enthu
siftsm. Ho addressed tho civilians and
thanked them and tho garrison for
their magnificent support, which we
alone can realize.
“We could possibly have bung on
for six weeks longer, but tho priva¬
tions would have been great and sick¬
ness and the paucity of our ammuni¬
tion would have limited the number
of assaults we would have been able
to resist.
“We started the siege with 12,000
troops, 2,000 civilians and 4,000 na¬
tives. Between casualties and sick¬
ness 8,000 soldiers passed through the
hospital. It, is impossible to over
emphasize tho privations of tho sick.
Since the middle of January a man
once down was practically lost. The
reduced rations of tho soldiers just
sufficed for their subsistence. Daily
thirty old horses and mules were
slaughtered and converted into soup
and sausages. From January 15 to
now there have been over 200 deaths
from dirsaso alone. The lust fort
night aw tho majority of tho field
horses unhorsed and the guns perma¬
nently posted in our defenses. Tho
cavalry and drivers wore converted in¬
to infantry and sent to tho trenches.
A lino of defenses had been construct¬
ed with the view of a possible final
contingency, if the outer works should
he carried.
“Since the investment tho total
casualties were:
“Killed or died or wounded, 24 offi¬
cers and 235 men; died of disease, t5
officers and 340 men; wounded, 70
officers and 520 men, exclusive of
white civilians and natives.”
NULZER CALLS FOR PEACE
Now York Ropreaeiitatfve Introduce* It«»-
olution of Sympathy For lloev*.
Representative, Kulzer, of Now
York, has introduced tlio following
resolution iu the house:
Resolved, That tho republic of tho
United Ktatcs sympathizes with tho
bravo Boers in their struggle for free¬
dom and independence and hereby
declares that tlie peoplo of tho
Booth African republic and tho Orange
Free Btate are, and of right ought to
bo, free and independent, and the
congress of tho United Btates hereby
protests aud remonstrates ugainst tho
barbarous war now being waged by
Grout Britain against tho patriots of
Bouth Africa; and tho president is
hereby authorized to take such stops
ns may bo expedient in bis judgment
to secure and bring about an honor¬
able peace between the contending
parties.
HOHURTS AMAIN FACES DOERS.
Riirghor* Re-Form Their 1.1 no* Within
Fight Milo* of Pttardoberjf.
A London special says: Lord Rob¬
erts, at Osfontein, six or eight miles
east of Pardeberg, faces tho re-formed
Boer army, from 11 vo to six thousand
strong. This may be merely a corps
of observation, ready to retire on pre¬
pared positions. surprised observ¬
Lord Roberts has
ers by tho excellence of his transport
during tho first advance and he is
likely to do so again, although mili¬
tary men think lie must wait for somo
days before going much further. The
Boers, presumably, will use this delay
for all it is worth; pulling their re¬
sources together.
Rout Moos to Cuba.
Secretary Root left Washington Fri¬
day for a flying trip to Cuba to confer
personally with General Wood. As
the latter will accompany him on his
tour around the island there will be
ample opportunities for such confer¬
ences.
CORBIN’S MILITARY RECORD.
8«»nt»r 1'isMlifrr vv A»ks Ifor Courtinnrllal
Document* of 1804.
When the senate convened Saturday
Afr. Pettigrow introduced and the sen¬
ate passed a resolution instructing the
secretary of war to send to the senate
the proceedings in the courtmartial
documents of 1864 against the then
Lieutenant Colonel Corbin, now adju¬
tant general of the army.
Coaling Hint ion Near Newport.
The United Btutes government lias
purchased a site iu Portsmouth, six
miles fronf Newport, R. I., as a coal¬
ing station. The sito consists of 100
acres with a shore frontage of nearly a
mile.
KRUGER WILLING TO (JUIT.
Cftimatlnn of War, However. Must Bo On
Basis of Independence.
pea(J0 with 0r £ t Britaia on tte
{ the in(1 ep ^erwise ondence of tbe republics
and tbftt the struggle will
cont j nue to the bitter end. The agency
believe8 Afrikan Su er elem
in Cape -
rAti , er
COTTON JUMPS
TO TEN CENTS
Prodact Brings Highest Price
Known In Years.
DEALERS BUYINfi UP THE CROP
They are Paying a Good Price For
Delivery Next Fall—How the
Work Is Done.
Monday at the closing of the cotton
market in New York middling spots
were selling in that city at 9 13-16 for
uplands and 10 1-16 for gulf. May
closed Saturday at 9.38-9 and Monday
rose to 9.54. Atlanta spot cotton
jumped up to 5)g, at which point tho
staple was worth about $47 per bale,
which is more than it lias brought in
some years. about $10 bale
Cotton is worth per
and the crop is worth about $90,000,000
more than it was on New Year’s day.
T’lio cotton market is excited and
speculation as usual is heavy, but tho
most remarkablo and significant feat¬
ure of the present situation is that
cotton bouses are buying next fall’s
crop, Bcvon to ten mouths ahead of
time.
This is not a purchase of futures in
tho ordinary sense, but a contract to
take actual cotton when it matures and
is ready for market.
Prominent, cotton firms are offering
to .take next fall’s crop at 7j to 8
cents, and a gr« at deal of oottou has
beon sold to them already. It is re¬
ported on what appears to be good
authority that, tho fertilizer compar
nice, who will receive an immense
amount of oottou in pnymeut for fer¬
tilizers, have already sold flbeir con¬
tracts at 7j cents to oottou houses.
'The Virginia Carolina Chemical
company supplies a largo part of tho
fertilizers sold in Georgia and other
southern states, aud is reported to
have sold an immense quantity at 351)
pounds of cotton per ton.
This would make the Virginia Caro¬
lina Chemical company long on fall
cotton, and it, is reported cotton that they
sold or agreed t<> sell their con¬
tracts to a prominent cotton house for
7J cenls. This would net them $27.12
per ton for fertilizers which sold last
year below $20.
Thus a large part of tho cotton crop
of this section lias been bought with
fertilizers at n boom price and sold for
cash against tho market.
The question naturally afford arises, how buy
can the cotton houses to
next fall’s crop?
The answer is that they can sell it
ns they buy it, nhead.of timo, and they
do HO.
The speculative market is such that
fall cotton can be Hold in New York at
a fraction over 8 cents, nud when a
cotton firm buys cotton for actual de¬
livery next fall, it protects itself from
the hazard of tho market by buying
futures to tho same extent.
The question arises again, how does
it profit them to buy and sell at the
same figures, paying commissions and
other expenses?
They contract ahead of time for tho
handling of so much cotton, on every
bale of which they make the ordinary
profits of the business.
In other words, they aro securing
business ahead of time and alioad of
their competitors.
Other motives liavo beon attributed
to the cotton men. It has been sug¬
gested that they wish to handle a big
crop because their profits tiguro at bo
much a bale, and knowing the effect
of such-an offer ou the acreage, are
publishing it broadcast in the plant¬
ing season.
Whether the have any such motive
or not, there can be no doubt that the
offer of 7} to 8 cents for the full crop
will induce tho furmors to plant very
heavily.
The trouble about it, so far as the
farmers are concerned, is that it will
induce many to plant beyond their
means who will not bo careful to make
themselves safe in doing so. The pub¬
lication of those advance offers for
next fall’s crop will affect the action of
hundreds of thousands of planters,
who will be in no wise protected.
BOGUS “CAPTAIN” COMMITTED.
Moye* Round Oyor to Federal Court for
Impersonating: Government Officer.
Julius Moyse, who married Miss
Bertha Warken, at New Orleans,under
the name of “Captain” Clark, was
tried before Commissioner Craig, of
the United Btates court, on tbe ebargo
of impersonating a government officer.
Ho was committed to the higher court
under a bond of $1,000. Aloyse says
his lather will sign his bond.
Roer Prisoners Numbered 4,660.
Tbe Boer prisoners surrendered at
Paardeberg total up 4,660 men. About
8,000 of them wero sent to Cape Town.
TELLER CRITICISED REPORT.
Sc note, Adjourned Early On Account of Uu)
Death of Kepreeentatlve Epes.
* Mr
y . . . & Dnri g the 8e88ioa
RoBg of Vermont, spoke Hon. in M. oppojRi S.
to the-seating of 'SL”':
ftn a Mr. coolereV Teller »r' JSj of
M fr-
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