PROPHET NEILL
IS DISCREDITED
fie Is Accused of Trying to
Wreck the Cotton Growers.
SECRET CIRCULARS WERE USED.
His Probabilities Regarding the
Cotton Crop Caused Loss
of Millions.
A special from New Orleans says:
“The article in the Atlanta Constitu¬
tion of November 1st, on “Mr. Neill’s
Fake,” created a great stir here. Mr.
Neill refused to discuss it or to say
anything about it and will not say
whether he proposes to issue another
statement as to the crop modifying his
former circulars as to the yield as long
as that article stands.
“He attributes the bull movement
largely to Price, McCormick & Co.,
who, lie says, are deeply and person¬
ally interested in lending up the price
of cotton, and claims that they have
spent hundreds of thousands of dol¬
lars in sending out circulars and ca¬
blegrams on the subject of damage to
the crops, and he cited the case of a
long telegram sent by the firm to a
single dealer in Havre, in the hope of
influencing the price there.
( . But the general sentiment in New
Oilcans, outside of the very small
coterie backing Mr. Neill, and finan¬
cial iy interested in his prophecies is
that he has wrecked himself as a cot¬
ton prophet this year, aud that he will
never be able recover from the com
plete failure of his estimates. The
English spinners who confided in him
because of Ins success in the previous
few years, will lose so heavily this
season because of their trust, that they
will never believe him again, or accept
his guesses.
«< This is the prevailing sentiment
here. For a long time the result was
doubtful. Mr. Neill had so strong a
hold on the Liverpool market that it
seemed impossible to break its belief
in him, and the unfavorable reports
that, came in from all quarters from
the agricultural departments, the pa¬
pers aud experts generally could uot
prevail against his dictum that the
crop at a minimum would be 11,000,000
bales. For nearly a mouth the battle
here raged, but the Neill forces have
been steadily losing ground until now
there is no question as to the result.
i <■ I he battle is won, and it is fully
recognised here that nothing that cmi
occur will send back the price of cot¬
ton to where it would have been had
Neill’s statement proved correct.
Home of the Neill followers may keep
down the price of cotton slightly at
New Orleans aud other ports, but, in
the interior Ibe price is stiff. Letters
from Last 1 eheiana and oilier parishes
show that the farmers arc insisting on
i cents ior their cotton and getting it,
as much as in New Orleans, the pur
■chaser being glad to get it at that figure
and pay the ireight to the city.
“Mr. Neill is another case of the
pitcher going too often to the well,
He is the victim of his success in the
last two ycRrs in his estimates of the
crop. Ho has been engaged in this
basiness n very long time. Of bis
earlier estimates little is known. He
supplied them to European spinners,
especiaby English spinners, furnish
ing his circulars at so much to each
aubscriber. In these he reported the
condition of the crop from time to time
Wl nti P ro ' la kle yield.
i i ^ ; ® u a R bort time ago an attempt
"
was made to collect some of these es
timafes for the purpose of (letermin
ing whether they were correct or not
and whether they were not almost uni
versally in excess of the actual yield,
with the efleet of depressing the price
of cotton, it was impossible to find any
of these circulars. They were not is¬
sued or published on this side of the
water. Occasionally a circular found
its way back to this country, sent here
by a British house to its agents for
inquiry, but there was not sufficient
data to determine whether or not Mr.
Neill had proved a success as an ex¬
pert arud statistician iu estimating the
size of the cotton crop.”
SCHLEY IN BIRMINGHAM.
Alabama City Royally Welcome* tlie
Hero of Santiago.
Birmingham, Ala., was crowded
Monday with visitors from all over
Alabama, to pay honor to Admiral aud
Mrs. Winfield S. Sohley.
The depot was packed and jammed
with people and the streets for a block
in each direction were crowded.
A large cordon of military formed
an escort for the admiral from the
depot to the Morris hotel. The streets
were gay with bunting aud pictures of
the hero of Santiago, with those of
Wheeler and Dewey, were prominent
everywhere.
GEORGIA’S TAX RATE
Legislature Changes Limit From
Four to Five Mills.
THE BILL AN IMPORTANT ONE
Cbappel’t Original Measure Wa* Saved
By an Amendment—Vote
131 to 35.
The Georgia house of representa¬
tives, Thursday, passed the Chappell
tox rate bill so amended as to fix the
limit of taxation at five mills instead
of four, as provided in the original
measure.
This measure was up for final con¬
sideration Wednesday, and failing of
the requisite constitutional majority,
was lost. It was reconsidered on mo¬
tion of Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, author of
the amendment above mentioned.
The vote was 121 to 25 in favor of
the passage of the measure.
The bill amends paragraph 1, sec¬
tion 1, of the constitution of Georgia,
which relates to the power of taxation
to be exercised by the general assem¬
bly, by adding a proviso limiting the
power of the general assembly to levy
and assess a tax for any purpose ex¬
ceeding five mills except for specific
purposes. The exceptions are where
an additisnal tax is required for the
purpose of suppressing insurrection,
repelling invasion and defending the
state in time of war.
Another section of the bill provides
for the submission of the proposed
constitutional amendment to the peo¬
ple foi ratification. Provision is made
for the amendment to go into effect on
January 1, 1905.
Whcu the bill was voted on Wed¬
nesday the proposed limit was four
mills, Mr. Ellis’ amendment having
failed to secure favorable consideration
at that time. The fri6nd3 of the bill
saw, however, that to secure its pass¬
age it would be necessary to accept
this amendment. .
The bill calls for an amendment to
the constitution, and after passing the
senate it must be ratified by the peo¬
ple at the polls.
The tax rate of five mills, should
the bill pass the senate aud receive the
ratification of the people, will not
go into effect until January 1, 1905,
but before it goes to the people the
measure must receive the sanction of
the governor.
The position of Governor Candler
on the wisdom of putting a limit to
the rate of taxation is not known, but
it is a fact that he was urged to rec¬
ommend a limit in his message to the
legislature and refused to do so. With
the indorsement of the measure by
both the house and senate the action
of the chief executive will be awaited
with interest.
In the senate the appointments of J»
M. Norwood to be judge of the city
court of Savannah, and S. T. Reid to
be judge of the county court of Jasper
county, were confirmed and the Schley
resolution passed by the house was
concurred in.
Mr. Slaton, of Fulton, introduced
a resolution providing for a reception
0 f Admiral Schley by the house and
senate in joint session Saturday morn
i ug a t 10:30 o’clock. The resolution
wa9 as follows:
Resolved, by the house of repre
aentatives, the senate concurring,
That the senate and house of repre
sentatives meet in joint session on Sat
urday morning, November 4, 1899, at
10:30 o’clock, for the purpose of re
ceiving Admiral-W. S. Schley,
Resolved, further, That a comrnit
tee 0 f two f rom the senate and three
from the house be appointed by the
president and speaker, respectively,
to aid in the reception of the distin
guished visitor.
The isolation was adopted unani
mously and transmitted at once to the
senate,
Work oft New Line Begins.
Two hundred and fifty men were put
to work Thursday on the Ohio River &
Charleston railroad extension near
Johhsou City, Teun. The completion
of this road is to be pushed as rapidly
as possible. It is believed in Chatta¬
nooga that the Southern road will
scoop in this entire road as Boon as the
extension is completed.
AGUINALDO HEARD FROM.
Filipino Leader I»*ue* a Significant Proc¬
lamation To Hi* Soldier*.
A special of Thursday from Manila
stated that Aguinaldo had issued a
proclamation announcing that the
American congress will meet in De¬
cember to decide whether “the im¬
perialist policy" and “this bloody
work” are to be continued. He ex¬
horts his soldiers to conduct them¬
selves so that congress will consider
them worthy ©f independence, and
requests the priests to abstain from
politics and to redeem the church
from the bad name the misdeeds of
the friars have given it.
JEFFRIES GOT DECISION.
Result of Contest For World’s
Pugilistic Championship At
Coney Island.
James J. Jeffries retains the cham¬
pionship of the world, Referee George
Siler giving him the decision at the
end of the twenty-fifth round over
Sailor Tom Sharkey, at the Coney Is¬
land Sporting Club, Friday night.
It was one of the most marvelous
battles that has taken place, and the
greatest crowd that ever gathered in
the Conay Island clubhouse witnessed
the desperate struggle her supremacy.
In five rounds Jeffries had the bet¬
ter of the fight—in the first two and
in the last three. During the other
twenty Sharkey forced the issue, and
like a bull terrier, was at his man with
both hands unceasingly. In these
twenty rounds Jeffries’ great weight
and brawn helped him to hold off the
sailor, and in the twenty-second round
he swung in a couple of vicious upper¬
cuts that made Sharkey groggy. Tom
came hack again in the twenty-fourth
and twenty-fifth, but was weakened
greatly by Jeffries’ vicious blows. One
minute before the goug sounded to
end the fight, Jeffries’ left glove came
off and practically the contest was
over.
The referee motioned to Jeffries’
corner; an American flag was flung
around the champion’s shoulders, and
the crowd on that side and end of the
arena cheered wildly. The crowd on
the opposit^side and end, in Sharkey’s
corner yelled for Sharkey and the men
were led back to their dressing rooms.
The thousands of spectators -were
banked forty feet high in the building,
the place being packed from ringside
to rafters, while the aisles around the
ring were lined. The tremendous
crowd sweated under the glare of
400 arc lights fifteen feet or less from
the canvas of the squared circle. The
heat was intense. The fighters were
almost exhausted, and the spectators
shrieked themself hoarse.
It seemed at first as though it would
be a short fight, for in the second
round Jeffries put the sailor to the
ropes with a left on the jaw and the
referee began to call off the seconds as
Sharkey kneeled on the floor.
But from the third round on, Shark¬
ey, with his vicious swing to the ribn
and the jaw, kept the crowd on its
feet waiting for a knockout.
Jeffries stood the terrific punish¬
ment, and with his eye, nose and ear
split, came back just as viciously in
the last three rounds and almost re¬
trieved himself. JTheu came the un¬
fortunate and unsatisfactory ending,
Jeffries’ glove flying off, bringing the
fight to an end, although the crowd
urged Sharkey to rush in and end it.
This he tried to do, but Jeffries fought
bim back, and Referee Siler rushed to
the rescue.
TOWN WIPED OUT.
Tb*inasville, Alabama, Laid In Ruins By
Fire Fiend.
A fire started in the office of N. B.
Broyles’ big establishment at Thom
a*vil!e, Ala., Thursday night, and by
1:30 Friday morning the entire busi¬
ness portion of the flourishing little
city had been wiped out and the town
was in ruins.
The town was at the mercy of the
flames from the first, being entirely
without protection. Twenty-three
firms lost their property.
Among the the burned buildings
was the Bank of Thomasville and that
of the Postal Telegraph company.
Five hundred bales cotton in Peo¬
ple’s warehouse and eighty bales on
the Southern railway’s platform were
destroyed. The loss will fall upon
farmers of the neighborhood. The
railroad cotton was insured. Very
little insurance on merchandise and
buildings. Loss will reach at least
one hundred and fifty thousand dol¬
lars.
No Change In Hobart’s Condition.
A special of Monday morning was
to the effect that everything was quiet
at the Hobart residence. There is no
change whatever in the vice presi¬
dent’s condition.
Spinners Fix Prices.
The Southern Cotton Spinners’ asso¬
ciation met in Charlotte, N. C., Friday
and arranged a new schedule of prices
of yarns, after a conference with a
number of northern commission men.
TEXAS IS OBDURATE.
Sh« Will Not Raiuo Quarantine Until
Weather I* Favorable.
The Louisiana state board of health
is making an earnest effort to have
Alabama and Texas raise their quar¬
antines against New Orleans now that
Mississippi has done so, and earnest
telegrams have been sent to the offi¬
cials of both states.
Dr. Blunt, of Texas, however, wired
the Louisiana state board that he
eould not consebt to the raising of the
quarantine until the weather condi¬
tions justified it. Several towns in
Louisiana have also refused to lift the
embargo.
FIRST REPORT
OF COMMISSION
Affairs In Philippines Summariz¬
ed For President’s Review.
NO COMPACT WITH THE REBELS
Story of Our Dealing With the
Islands From Beginning Up
to the Present Time.
A Washington special says: In ac¬
cordance with the understanding
reached at the white house Wednesday
the Philippine commission Thursday
morning submitted to the president
the preleminary report which it had
promised to prepare.
The report appears to be a compact
summary of conditions on the islands
as the commission left them, of the
historical events which preceded the
Spanish war and led to the original
Filipino insurrection; of the exchanges
between Admiral Dewey and the other
American commanders and the insur¬
gents; the breaking out and progress of
the present insurrection, and finally,
a statement of the capacity of the Fil¬
ipinos for self-government. A notable
feature of the report is a memorandum
by Admiral Dewey explanatory of his
relations with Aguinaldo.
The commission tells briefly how it
conducted the task entrusted to it,
hearing statements from all classes of
people in Manila ns to the capabilities
of the Filipinos for self-government,
the habits and customs of the people,
and also the establishment of munici¬
pal governments in many towns. All
this matter is to be included in the
final report.
Turning to the history of the
islands, the commission attaches little
importance to the divers rebellions 1
which had preceded that of 1896. As
to this movement they declare that it
was in no sense an attempt to win
independence, but solely to obtain
relief from intolerable abuses. To
Busiain this statement they quote from
pn insurgent proclamation issued at
the time. The report then tells of
the insurrection which ended by Spain
buying off Aguinaldo and his follow¬
ers. The war begun in 1896 was ter¬
minated by the treaty of Bias-Na-Bnte.
Treaty Ignored.
The provisions of the treaty were
never carried out, Spanish abuse be¬
ginning afresh— in Manila alone more
than 200 men being executed. Hence
sporadic risings occurred, though they
possessed nothing like the strength of
the original movement. The report
then tells how General Augustin came
to Manila as governor general at this
juncture and war broke out between
Spain and the United States. Augus¬
tin sought to secure the support of
the Filipinos to defend Spain against
America, promising them autonomy,
but the Filipinos did not trust him.
Then came the 1st of May and the de¬
struction of the Spanish fleet by
Dewey with the resulting loss of
prestige to Spain. Then, in June,
Aguinaldo came.
The commission’s report then rapid¬
ly sketches events now historical. It
tells in substance bow the Filipinos
attacked the Spanish and bow General
Anderson arrived and Aguinaldo, at
his request, moved from Cavite to
Bacoor.
The report then states that Aguin¬
aldo wished to atttack the Americans
when they landed at Paraaaque, but
was deterred by the lack of arms and
ammunition. From that point on there
was a growing friction between the
Filipinos and the American troops.
“There were no conferences,” says
the report, “between the officers of the
Filipinos and our officers with a view
to operating against the Spaniards nor
was there co-operation of any kind.
There never was any preconcerted op¬
eration or any combined movement by
the United States and Filipinos against
the Spaniards.”
A brief chapter then tells of the
lack of success attending the effort
made at this time by General Merritt,
through a commission, to arrive at a
mutual understanding with Aguinaldo
as to the intentions, purposes aud de¬
sires oz the Filipino people. This
brings the story up t? the outbreak on
the evening of the 4th of February,
with the attack upon the American
troops following the action of the Ne¬
braska sentinel.
The commission then takes up the
condition of the country at the time
of their arrival, comparing it with con¬
ditions existing at the time they left a
short tirno ago.
As to the state of affairs when the
commission left the-report saye fields
were being planted and the people, enjoy¬
protected by our troops, were
ing peace, security and a degree of
participation in their own government
previously unknown in the history of
th« Philippines.
“ You Cant Catch the
’ Wind in a Net."
Neither can you cure caiarrh by local
applications. It is a constitutional disease,
and is cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla be¬
cause it is a constitutional remedy. It
expels from the blood the impurity
which causes the disease, and rebuilds
and repairs the inflamed membranes.
%focd& SaUafmiffi
bparrow tamers.
A man in Georgia some time ago
caught some sparrows and trained
them so that he can open their cage
and they will fly back again without
any other inducement than the love of
their home. This trainer watched the
birds carefully and made up his mind
that sparrows could be trained to do
the work of carrier pigeons, and that,
as they were smaller, they could lie
more valuable in case of war. He
gave one of his sparrows to a friend
who was going a distance of one hun¬
dred and fifty miles, and told him to
free the bird when he had reached the
end of his journey, and at the same
time to telegraph him when he did so.
The bird reached home and wer t di¬
rect to its cage, making the journey in
a little over an hour and a half.
A Curious Discovery.
At a depth of twenty-seven feet a
curious discovery was made recently, ...
a Berlin paper says, on the island of
Gothland—the skeletons of several
knights in full armor seated on their
horses. Archaeologists think they date
back to the ninth century.
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praise is usually tinved with sarcasm.
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