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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. When one woman praises another the praise is usually tinved with sarcasm. Eow Are Tone* Eltlneyt f st ra f us ^ lls kjhney Ills. Sam. 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