INCH REACHES KIMBERLEY
h Finally Rollovo tho
Doloftjjurod Town.
JEMENf OF THE UOEH8
frir naion llm lni"il Onlrra for
litgl'iiriiinlhm fir ill new iiniiene
SntglTliree lliitlulliina ill Infmilr.
Songon, Full. I?. Tin) wnr olllen
Buncos tluit General Frcnuh reached
mjjcrlf.v 'I hint-day (nonlng,
'ollciwlng in ',in' Kobort' inofsiigu to
KEbt iiIIIimi:
aSfoliH.liil, Feb. 17. French, with
jrmfluf artillery, cuvnlry iiml iiioiuit
Infantry, reached Klmburluy thin
iliufi (Thursday)."
mil)"'" llrtllelllelll.
Bnupn, Feb. 17. Ail (inn. Cmiijn't
jnuiil''iitl"iiH with llliiumfoutolii
nitienii cut. l'.llillllli WOU III Iku to
jjtiiitt hi' elect to glvo battle among
BW;liliiH llll't MUgC nasi oi Kim-
firm Should ho determine not lo do
flllS'iiniHt retreat to u t-oilit whom
woSTd prefer to light. Thm retire
utTcbuld li ii long detour iirniinil tin)
(lfofltlll' llrltlnll udvilllcu to ItllM'lll.
tolil. or, im seem to inllltiiry stn
tfliribri' practicable, ho ronlil with
WJtSltlii' north, using tho railroad
mffgun uiul heavy baggage, mov
tontourtooii Streams station, uiul
licglftito tho TniiiHviiiil territory.
liMBocr him) iiiikId no preparation
lefcnil Uliiiuiifoiittilii, uiul there lir
paJTliMilur n-iiHon why General
rijSJShoMil rink u battle to protect thu
FtaU&f the Free statu.
)1oratl'iix oIhowIioio aro uppiiruntly
iwuded.
! Mm)Hinndfiit, writing from Chovo
February 1i, mii.vh: "Wo urn
I Hopeful ..f relieving Ladysmith."
'-plijnol limbm-Powcll, in ii il!fiiiit:h
if-,Mafeking, dith'.l .liiimiiry 211, aftot
iflonliig matter already Mint out
XJlTO'IX'lllll'lltH, give IiIm totul ca
(jfodSp January 25 iin follow:
fcciniho nHi'iTH mid (111 men;
iTi'dod, eight iiIIL ith mid 123 men;
stnaHu limn.
o.wonl him Ih'i'Ii received regarding
icrajjjiatacri'' 1 J.iiiio moil ut Storm
:, Tlx' impression I that I lien
Ci.nrp on tin- wuy to Iord ItoWrt.
IrcfCJiauihurliiio' nnnounccmcnt In
house o( i'iiiiimiiiiih of thu Intention
lio goveinineiit to encourage tho
us toj defend thciuKolvo from thu
r fffii contingency tho Hour scum
nvouinticipntcd, a tliey hiivn been
!g ovorythtng In their powur to win
goodwill of thu Itii-titoH, who havo
iiitndH oi good rltlen. Tim Hour
12,()11 IliiMiitoH wife conduct. If
British let I(him) one trilii) the Boor
Tprobiil.ly let Iimihd nnotlier.
Ijofwar iilHci) ha issued urderH for
formation of 21 new batteries imd
eJGattulioiiH of Infantry.
Iiafcalilnet council wan in mshIoii
erdny fur two hour.. It will muut
n today. ThiN 1 unite unusual.
TlrltUli Kimi'umIk llrnaliera;.
ondon, Koli. 17. Tho Capo Town
-ORpohdunt of tho Daily Chronicle,
graphing, says:
It reported hern that thn Brltbdi
vevnenated ItuliHlHTi; mid retireil to
M'
nindel, I'eli. 17. (ienonil Chun.
-MUlulrew from IU'iisIhth during
night, Inn roar nimrd arriving at
ilujnl early tnlH morning. Thu
fffiSrpniptly followud, n'oeciipylni;
nald lxiHition on the TiiiiIhIiohcIi
iXwlicii they hiivn been hhelllnn thu
illTcftviilry pjitrolH, lint liintl ci tuiil-
eriuj HritlNli kiiiih letnrneil tho
fnjjfi?ln;; fairly iicuratu praulico.
'ASS ED BY THE SENATE.
UlTof Miijurlty fur llm I'lnmirliil
lit
ngliinu'ton. Kid). 17. Thu Ronato
tltlltc for thu hoiiM) currency lilll
pnsaed hy thu cenute today by tho
gR'SIRiiiijorlty of III lo 21).
rlffwo tho final panHUKu of thu hill,
ndmonlH wuro coiiNidurcil under thu
afiiuTo lulu. Only two of theo
lidmoutH woro ndoitcd, viz: Ouo
oulby tho llnauuial ciiinmlttee,
hu door open to international
otallain. imd ouo by NuIkoii, of Mln
laqprovidini; for national liaukfl
r$20,()OO i'iiital in town of not
0 tlmu 1,000 inhabitantH.
:hSiiho today complotod 20 of 121
ismairtho lcj,'iHlatlvu, cxecutivo mid
ciujj appropriation hill, without
ndnieiit. During thu funeral do
iRluh cloned ut 4 o'clock, a
atjf topic were touohod upon,
ioligof UliiioiH, Mior, of Indiana,
ghowaltur, of ronnnylvuiila, ill.
adTlliu Philippine question; Ohih
irnof Ohio, and (iillett, of MaHHa
iou5'. civil Horvico ruforin; UriKKH,
owyYorlt, poiiHious, and Under
ftt( Alabama, hi resolution to
ajTtho 15th iimendmont to tlio con.
iTlpn. Tho lcKiHlatlvo hill proha
will' ho pawed tomorrow.
pal Peru, via Oalvoston, Fob. 17.
gKoro earthquake Hhook, which
ojygreat alarm, was folt in this
iwlf In tho courbo of tho day tho
nlliniau llondud it Imiiku in tho
TO of Lima, ondaiiguriiiK Hfo and
erty.
UKtirlitlnir In Allniv I'mvliim..
imhl. Full. 17. IliNiiri.nnl'. furnna
itttoii ut n.OUO HoldlorH, nioKtly
, uttackod tho American uurri
tmlio convont at Darapi, proviuco
ip5y, tho nluht of Fohniarv 6.
oro repulsed, liowovor, after
himiod inuoli of the town,
oiiiint woundod wan thu only
1 by tho AmerlcntiB.
amonts should nlwavs ho
wod Btarch to pruvout
IN FREE 8TATE.
Ilnliorli' OiiIiiiiiii Invnitnii llunr Tor
rltory.
Jondon, Fiih. 111. (leiienil Itohiirtu,
Wltli tlio bulk of thn llr It nil iirinv iiimr
iitliu; aiialiiHt thu Hour, ha mieeeudod
In entering thn Freu Ktato mid ha
Hindu thu Hint Hlep in hi advance to
ward llloemfoiitiilii. (Innnral I'rench
Iiiim ttli iied I he liner line, and with
Mime 20,11(11) men, ha Kid.eil a erotodiiK
(il tlin iMoiliIur river, to thn mint of
.lai'oliNilal, IIiiim plaeliiK hlninilf luitweun
i ioiijii'h army nml tlin capital of thu
Orailyu I'reu Nlaln. Iteliifoiceinent urn
beliiK hurried nolo him. Tho limlli
Hour army in that Hcctlon ha not yet
been oncounterud, but a Kiuat hattlo 1
Imminent.
A xhown bv thn illHiiutchcH of fnd
ItobuilH to thu warollluu, the mnvemeiit
bcKiin .Monday, when ( olonul Ilannuy
Ket out with a brk'nih) of mounted In
fantry from Hamuli, on thu Hint, itlht
milu from Jai'iibNilal, thu Hour Hiipply
haiMi.
Moiiilay, (ienural I'teneh, with llm
cavalry iIIvIhIoii, xuied the crowdnu of
thu Hint liver ut Dekll' drift, Houth of
.ludiltKilul, mid IK iiiile eiiHt of Honey
Ncut kloof. He DkiriniHhed with thn
HonrH and cleared thu way for 20,0011
infantry, who followed Heron.
Tuumlay, with hi thren cavalry hrl
Kiuln imd thu horxu artillery, (Jeneral
I'rench rodu to thu Moildcr river, a din
taiicu of 25 mile, mid took three fordH
with lil'h uroimd lMiyoud tho rivur,
mid live Hour cmiipN. lie had a few
ciiMualticH III bundle with tho Hour
horM),
TWO SUITS FILED.
llrrkliHin nml Turliir llnlli Wiint In-
JiiitrllntiN.
Frankfort, Kw, I'idi. HI. Thn unit
of Heckhain vh. Taylor, for thu )iokch
ion of thu olllco of governor, wan Died
today ill thu circuit court at Frankfort.
l'p to a lute hour the Hheriir had not
Hiicceeded In eervlnu notice ondov
ernor Taylor, and tho chance of hi
iloliiK w did not feum liriiiht a all vIh-
itor to thu olllco of thu governor or to
thn ljiibernnlorlal iiiiiuhIoii weru com-
IMilled to run a puuitlotnf iiunlH, who
weru on the liMikout for gentlemen with
HiiHplclouH pnperN.
Thn iH'tillon in thu null hold that
U . S. Taylor 1 not thu governor of tho
htute, and that with an armed force ho
hold KihMeion of thu executive build
Inn. It alli'ifc that be i drawitiK
money without authority of law from
thu Mtatu treiiHiiry, pardoniUK convict
and doing other tiling that are detri
mental to thu welfare of tho Htute.
Thu itltiou imk that the court enjoin
him from exercinliiK any ilutiu a chief
executive, mid from uhhiiiiIii; any con
trol whatever over thu leylnhituie. Ap
plication for thu injunction will be
Hindu lmforu .hidye (.'autrlll at (jeorKO
town. I)nlvilln, Ky., Feb. 10. Suit wa
filed in tho circuit court thi afternoon
by comiHol for (!oernor Taylor, hock
iliK to restrain J. ('. W. Heckhain from
acting a k ernor. and (ieneral .John
It. CaKtlemau from attempting to (11h
charge tho ilutle of adjutant-general.
Summon weru nerved on the defend
ant thi afternoon. Thu mit will bo
allotted to one oi the circuit judge by
a drawing. An application for a re-
training order will lx inailu. Thu
unit I brought by (iovcrnor Taylor for
l.imself individually mid an governor of
Kentucky.
llllmml In KiiKtiiiiil.
London, Fub. 10. Tho urTeet of tho
blizzard which Nturtod today weru felt
throughout (iruat Hritain. Train
were Hiiowed up 111 all direction, htrt-et
car line blocked and telegraph and
lelephono wire uro down. Thuro ha
i icon a great number of accident duo
to falling chimney, roof white and
Hiuiilar cannon. Mail vans and pcoplo
traveling by foot in tho country dis
trict are reKirted mining, and ruvcnil
puiHou havo Imicii found frozen toduath
ill exposed )lace.
Tho HtrcetM of lindon are in fearful
condition from now and uleut, mid
many pedeHtriaiiH havo xuhtaiued frao
tured limb from falling on icy pave
ment. IlorniH havo wift'ered greatly,
many having to bo hnt after breaking
their leg. Suvero galea liavo BWopt
tho COIIHt.
Ilrarlni; In I. no Aligelt'ii.
Aiigole. Fob. 10. Tho inter
Htulo commerce coiuniiKlou I to hold
u mihhIoii in fOH AngeloH, March 2G,
now of tho fact having reached hero
olllcially from WiiHhington today. Tho
real object of tho meeting will bo to
continue tho iliNOiiMlnn of tho a licked
dlHorlminatinn against l'acllio coast
jobber, which wa taken up ut St.
Iiui. Tho coiumlHsion, wheu It ad
journed at tho time, gave it out that
other mooting to go further into tho
merit of tho controvory would bo hold
ut ii later dato at varum places on tho
l'acllio coawt. Mooting will also bo
hold ut San Francisco, Portland, aud
probably at Seattle.
Mllfltlllg lf t'llttllOIIKII.
San Francisco, Fob. 10. A mooting
of tho ciirtlo men of California, Wash
ington, Oregon, Montana, Utah, Nevada
and Arizona, will be hold in this city
March fi, for tho purpose of taking stops
to wocuro tho passage of tho Foster bill
now ponding boforo congress. This
bill provides for tlio delimitation and
lousing of tho crazing lands on tho pub
lio domain to Htookmon for tonus of 10
years.with tlio right of their uso.
Mm. Oatt Hum'KiU Minn Anthony,
Washington, Fob. 15. Tho Nationnl
Woman's Suffragist Association today
elected Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, of
Now York, president for tho ensuing
your, to succood Mis Susan II. An
thony, who doolinod ro-olootion.
Arrival of Supply Blilp.
Son Frunoisco, Fob. 1(1. Tho Ylndl
jnlr Yostook, ono of tho supply ships
churtorod by tho government for tho
transportation of qimrtormnstor's nnd
coniiiiiesury stores, urrlvod from Muulla,
Gonoral Cronjo Retreating
With All Speed.
FRENCH'S STAY AT KIMBEflLEY
liner AViiKiiu-Triilli llrlii( rurannil T
vviiril dm Ciiplliil - Klly-iiiiy Hur
lug lli- Ilnir (limril
liOwUm. Feb. 10. (Innnral Cronjo,
villi a start of n day or two, 1 necin
Ingly In full retreat from Lord Iloburts,
moving northward, (ienural French,
with thu cavalry, simply stayed over
night in Klmbcrloy, nnd then pushed
on to gut In touch with tho retreating
enemy. A long iSoor wagon train mov
ing toward jtlouinfoiiteiu, followed pro
siimably by a largo form of Hritish In
fantry. In tliolr luiHty depiirturo the
Hoer lot quantities of supplier nnd
iiminiiiiltlon.
Military opinion hero is that Lord
Itobnrt will not push far after the
Hour Immediately, because of trans
jiort )robl(!iiiN and tho need of rest foi
thu troop. Ilu has to feed 70,000 per
sons in his army mid tho whole Klin
berley jiopulatiou. Ilo must rebuild
thn railway from Modder Hlvnr town
to Kimberley, and revlctual tho latter,
(ieneral French lost u few men only In
notion, hut the forced marches and the
heat havo probably inmlo many 111.
NuinlMirs of lemouiit must be provided.
JtntrrHllmc to II I i.r foil ( Ill .
.Tacobs'Jal, Fub. 10 via Modder
Hirer. (ieneral Cronjo, with 10,000
men, is in full retreat towards Illoem
fontdln. (ieneral Kelly-Kenny is light
ing a rear guard nnd harassing thu re
treat. Thu Hoer aro reported to 1
leaving Kpyfontein, going in u north
westerly direction.
Tho Hoer captun6 a largo convoy
as u result of Thursday's flg'itlng nt
Itiet river. Thu Hritish c.isualtlei
weru comparatively light in view oi
tlio tremendous liombardmrnt. Lew
than 110 men were wounded and hut
one killed.
(ieneral French' division was en
thusiastically welcomed at Kimborloy.
Tho olllcers dined nt thu club last even
ing. Tho news ol tho entry into Kim
berley has greatly cheered tho troops,
who aro working splendidly.
Illnla In Miirtlllilll.
Fort Do Franco, Martinique, Feb. 10,
A mob of rioter yesterday at Hlvierro
Salleo refused to hear Senator Knight,
who I favorably diMioicd toward!
their cause. At midnight tho planta
tions of 1m Cocollee and Chnmpiguy
wore set flro to. News has been re
celved from Paris announcing that the
garrison is to bo reinforced nnd tho
I'rench cruber Sachet I on her way '
here.
Thn situation urows worse rnthei
limn lioltor In uiillii nf tlw. cnttnOHHlniii '
by tho employer. Work is stopjHid,
nod tho strikers, urged on by their
ringleaders, aro Incoming more men
acing and exacting. M. llayott, a
prominent planter at Putitbonig, with
his family, has arrived hero, abandon
ing his ofTcctM and plantation. There
nro inoro than 2.000 rioters in tho Petit-
horug district, and as there is n consid
erable supply of liquor accessible, it is
feared that the night will wltucsi
scene of violence. Tho governor hav
ing declared himself tillable to afford
tho desired protection, tho command-
ant made an urgent appeal, ami nt 0
o'clock this evening tho entire locnl
briitado of uendarmerio was called into
requisition.
Mor l'lneii. In Honolulu.
llonlulu, Fob. 10. Fivo cases of
plaguu havo developed sinco tho Ala-
meda sailed, February 2. Among the
strlckon ones wero two whito men J.
W. ltobertson, a clerk in a largo hard-
ware store, aud J. II. Hnrtmaii, a oiiiikoii witn niureis. rrom ine senrcn
stabln man who recently camo from lifi'it platform short prayers wero offer-
San Francisco, ltobertson lingered 24
hour and then succumliod. Hartman
is said to bo improving, under tho
Pastour treatment. No now cases havo
lovoloiwd during tho past four days.
Thu houso-to-houso inspection is being
kept up.
Tho schooner Golden Sboro bad a
narrow escape from destructionu from
ilro on tho 7th. Tho vessel was fumi
gated, nnd -18 hour later Humes wort
discovered in tho hold. I ho vessel was
damaged to tho oxtent of !f 1,500. Tho
schooner will loavo for l'ugot sound
in ballast.
Ilroom-Corn Trimt.
Chicago, Fub. 111. Thoro was a
mooting of tho members of tho Union
llrjom Company, known as tho broom
corn trust, in this city, nnd it is said
an effort was made to advance thoprico
of brush from 200 to $220 a ton, but
tho wiser heads thought it host not to
do it. Tho deiiors outside claim thia
will bo done nt tho next meeting. From
nil sections como roports of increased
acreages this year.
l.uiK" Shipment of Opium.
San Francisco, Feb. 10. Ono of tho
lnrgest shipments of opium recolved ut
thi port for somo tinio was brought
from til Orient by tho steamer uopttc.
It consists of 28,821 pounds, nnd its
valuo, with duty paid, is about if 400,
000. Tho duty on tho opium will
amount to .15142.0211.
Ill AnIiiIIo ltmlu.
San Francisco, Fob. 10. Advices
from Japan, por stoamor Coptic, roport
that tho Japanese government hna
knowledgo that lUissin will placo 50,
000 troops nt Port Arthur within two
yours. Japan is npprononsivo oi mo
niovo, iib Kussm coma mi uorou witn
Eoldiora in u very short tinio. As tho
nuittor now stands, Jnpnn would havo
to dispatch transports to Chemulpo
with men, and thia would bo a big un
dertaking.
WE ARE AN ASIATIC POWER.
tfnllnil Hlnlna Alonn Opnnml til Door
of CIlltlH,
Ithaca, N. V., Fob. 17. President
Jacob 0. Schtirmau, of Cornell univer
sity, In an address boforo tho ISiislues
Men's Association, of Ithaca, spoko nt
Mime length on tho Issues arising out
of tho Philippine question. Hegarding
thn commurclal bcnnllt which the
United States is to derive u a result of
thu Hpaiilsli-Amerlcan war. ho said:
"Tlie markets of tho world aro ojien
to us aud receiving our product. Tho
Spanish war gave u u solution to that
queHtion. That war wa waged to
drive from Culm mi ('Hutu Kiiropean
jiowcr, a government of tyranny. Tho
iiony of fate Iin followed up our Into
war, and, pnradoxicnl though it ho,
wo aro now mi Asltlc power, with now
outlet for our product.
"Theso a ro hard facts, nnd a strange
as they are true. Whom Kngland nnd
(ierniany kept us from thn competition,
It is now ail our own. and tho lion's
sharo Is coming with it. Wo allowed
Africa to ho sliced up by Kuropenn
jxjwers. It Is our national crime.
China has opened tho door to its 100,
000,000 human souls for us. Ilussia,
Franco, (jennany and Kngland worn
dividing that great empire ns Africa
was divided. Wo might havo lost it.
Kngland wa in despair. Its trade wa
ridiculed by KiiHsia, (iermauy and
Franco. Hut thu United States ulono
opened tho door of China, mid accom
plished ouo of tho greatest achievements
In history.
"Our (lag is anchored in tho I'aciflc;
it is flouting over tho Philippines.
Henceforth wo aro to bo on an equal
footing in Asia with Ilussia, Germany,
Franco and Kngland. Hut our mission
is not ulono to mnko money there,
although Providence dropped tho island
into our lap. Kight million people
with immortal soul havo been re
deemed from tho tyranny of nges, and
our mission is to share with them our
highest American civilization nnd
lilxirty. They will accept our flag,
our education, nnd then our mission
will bo uccomplikhed. It will bo their
llag and ours, their glory and ours,
their pride and ours, emblem of tho
Orient in its highest and noblest form."
BETTER CONDITIONS.
Ollii Iteportii ft firnrriil Improvement In
tilt. I'lilllppliiea.
Washington, Feb. 17. Tho adjutant
general received tho folio wing cable
message from (ieneral Otis:
"Manila, Feb. 17. Hates left today
with two regiments and hatterv of
artillery on transports for San Miguel
bay, province of Camurine Sur, to
move on Nueva Caceres nnd towns in
that section. Tho road east from
Antimonan through tho provinco of
Tayuba is not practicable for troops.
Tho insurgents in Camarine show
considerable activity and make nttacks
on our troops along the southeastern
coast of Luzon island. It is reported
that they hold several hundred .Spanish
prisoner nnd a few Americans, in the
vicinity of Nueva Cacerus.
"Kobbo, with two regimeutB, occu
pies tho southeastern extremity of
Luzon from Tahaco on tho north to
Donsol on tho south; all important
points of tho island of Catuuduaucs,
Samar and Leyte.
"Thu conditions throughout tho
Philippine nro gradually improving.
All coasting vessels nro now engaged in
transporting merchandise and products.
Tho Ladronu element is troublesome
in all of tho islands and keep troops
very actively engaged."
Mnlne Day In Hhvhiih.
Ilavaua, Feb. 17. Tho eecoud anni
versary of tho destmctin of tho United
States battleship Maino in this burlwr
was sultalilv oiiserved liero today.
Several hundred Ainorlciins went out
to tho wreck ol tlio Maine, over winch
the United States (lag was (lying nt
half must, livery available pieco of
tlio wreckage ahovo tho water was
oil oy Ut. .MeOeo, ot tlio hplscopnl
church, and Father Jones, of tlio Catho
lic church. At tho church of Mercedo,
tho municipality arranged for iuiosiug
memorial services which wero nttended
by (iovornor-lieueral Wood aud other
civil mid militarv olliccrs.
Freihet In the HiiiIkuii.
Albany, N. Y., Fob. 10. Threo men
wero drowned nnd $500,000 damage
done to property nlong tho Hudson
river by tho worst freshet which this
city has seen sinco 1857. Tho dead
aro: Thomas Shea, of Hath; William
Khienhart, of-New York; Joseph Yo
gel, of Van liens.ilaer island. Shea
and Hhiuohart broke through tho ico.
Vogol wa drowned whilo trying to res
cue four horses on his farm. Fifty men
aro imprisoned in tho second story of
an ico house on Montgomery island,
across tho river, hut they nro in no
danger, us tho water has begun to re
cede. Tho Hood reached its height at
a o'clock this afternoon, when it regis
tered 20 fcot ahovo tho ordinary level.
At midnight it had gone down two foot.
'iriittt-Jtn'rlc richt.
Now York, Fob. 17. Tho dato of
tho fight botwoon J. J. Jeffries and J.
J. Corbet t has boon llxod nt May 14.
Georgo F. Considino and W. A. llrady,
mauagora of the men, mot Tom
O'ltourko, managor of tho Seaside
Athletic Club, today, and formnlly
accepted tho offer of tho Conoy Island
Club for tho light.
Seize (he llimil.
Chicago, Fob. 15. Aftor a liontod
debnto, tho resolutions committee of
tho anti-trust conference docidod to ro
port In favor of govoriiiiiont ownership
of rnlroads and for tholr sclztiroou pay
ment of actual value and without ray
meut for "watered stook cr other ficti
tious valuos."
Tho mnnagorof thoUollovillo Woolou
mills, nt North Kingston, lthodo Island,
granted tho domiuid of tho oporativos
for a 10 por cent tulviiuco lu wages.
CENSUS OF CROPS.
I rii. Nt KnnmeratliMi AVIII lln Taken
In June, ItlOn, ut (lie I'nxl
uct of 1HHU.
Tlio first rciilly valuable census of
Agriculture in the United States was
taken in 1850, of the crops of 1840.
Thu next enumeiation of ngricultnro
will bo taken in Juno, 1000, of tho prod
ucts of 1800.
lustend of recording several farms on
one schedule in tho Twelfth census, ns
heretofore, each farm will bo accorded
a separate blank, the entries on which
will not bo known to nny save sworn
officers of tho department. No names
will bo published in connection with
information secured from tho pcoplo.
Tax assessors, collectors, nnd equal
izers cannot serve ns enumerators, or
have access to thu census returns, or to
tho information therein contained.
There nro more than 5,000,000 farms,
plantations, ranches, stock ranges, and
market gardens in tho United States,
nil of which, for census purposes, will
bo designated as "farms."
A "farm" is all tho land cultivated
or hold for agricultural purpose under
ono management, whether in a tingle
body or separate parcels.
Tho enumerator will ask for tho sizo
nnd value of each farm, the value of
buildings, nnd tho aggregate value of
all machinery, implements, vehicles,
harnesses, etc., usel thereon; and tho
amount of land owned nnd leased, re
spectively, by said occupant.
He will also nsk for acreage and
vnluo of each crop, and tho acreage of
improved, unimproved and irrigated
lands.
The designation "each crop" in
cludes nil grains, cotton, corn, rice,
sugai cane, sugar beets, sorghum, hay,
clover, wild grasses, gathered forage,
flax, hemp, hops, peanuts, tobacco,
seeds, nuts, tropical fruits, small
fruits, orchard fruits, nursery and
greenhouse stock, broom corn, Irish po
tatoes, sweet potatoes and yams, nil
vegetables, including the product of all
family, truck, nnd market guldens,
etc.; nlso new or unusual crops, when
found.
Tlio enumerator will ask for the
number and valuo of the live stock on
the farm June 1, 1000, which will be
reported under a number of heads,
such as horses, colts, mules, asfes,
cows, heifers, steers, calves, bulls,
ewes, rams, lumbs, swine, gouts, chick
ens (including guinea fowl), turkeys,
geese, ducks, bees, etc.
Ho will also ask for the quantity and
value of milk, cream, butter, cheese,
raisins, prunes, molasses, sirup, sugar,
eggs, beeswax, honey, wool, wine,
cider, viuegnr, dried and evaporated
fruits, forest products, poultry nnd
meut products, aud generally, all ar
ticles made nt home, or for the home,
from farm materials in 1809.
I f n person who moves from n farm
between the end of the crop year 1899
and June 1, 1900, will leave a written
record of the products nnd crops of
thnt farm for 1899 where it will reach
the appropriate enumerator, the statis
tics for his opemth ni for thnt year will
not bo lost. Ho will bo required to
give the enumerator of tho district in
which ho lives on Juno 1, 1900, tho
ncreagc, value, buildings, machinery,
implements, and live stock of the farm
he then occupies.
If every farmer will begin at once to
prepare a careful record of all the facts
which the enumerator will be in
stucted to record in June, 1900, ho
will savo time for himself and the offi
cer, and insure more accurato returns
to tho government.
Tho twentieth century will bejin on
January, 1, 1901. Therefore, the pend
ing ceusua will afford to future genera
tions a measure of the strength nnd
condition of tho United States nt tho
threshold of tho new hundred yenr
cycle. For that reason everyone should
take an active interest in making it as
nearly perfect ns possible. If each
farmer will mako his own roport per
fect, the aggregated rejiort for every
community, and for tho nation, will
be perfect.
Spokane is to send n formal invita
tion to President McKiuley to visit tho
town in October, wheu, it is snid, he
will como to tho Pacific const.
North Yakima merchants aro not
worried hecauso a mild winter has loft
heavy stocks of woolen goods on their
hands; tho price on woolens has ad
vanced 25 per cent in the past throo
mouths.
Thursday 100 horses woro shipped
from Walla Walla to Vancouver, says
tho Walla Walla Union. Tho animals,
together with a number of other horses,
will bo transported to the Philippines
foi cnvnlry use. No more horses will
bo purchased for thu government in
Walla Walla at tho present time.
Hlaucho Dowoy, a 15-yenr-old girl of
Snohomish county, made complaint
against her father, charging him with
criminal assault upon hor, and on tho
witness stand sworo that tho complaint
was falso nnd thnt thero was no ground
for it. Thou sho wns nrrosted for per
jury, and, it is snid, will ho sent to tho
reform school.
Georgo Gross, at Juuotiou City, has
a hog that weighs 525 pounds.
O. H. Hunt is about to build a now
barn ou his Tillamook dairy ranch, for
which 45,000 feet of lumber will bo
roquirod.
Telegraph, tolophono aud olootrio
companies havo nppealod to tho author
ities of Pondloton to protect them from
tlio tin sign taokora, who persist in de
facing their property by tucking their
ndvortisemonta on tho polos in tho
stroota.
Goorgo and John Duusan, of Wilbur,
near Monoham station, aro in jail at
Pendleton, ohargod with tho lnrceuy of
two saddles from lid Lisnor's barn, and
a horso belonging to Georgo Adams, of
Pondletou.
BRADSTREET'S REPORT.
Fmornlilt Inereune of Trade Oanw
pared to I.niit Year.
Hradstreot's says: Satisfactory ad
vices ns to expanding trndo in dry
goods and kindred lines como (torn a
number of mnrkots. That the aggre
gate business of tho country is of good
volumo otherwise is, however, indi
cated by detailed reports of increases
iu trndo, as compared with lust year,
confirmed by satisfactory railroad earn
ings roports, by fair gains in banb
clearings and by roports of hotter de
mands for money in commercial chan
nels. A yenr ago, it may bo recalled,
oxtrctnely stormy weather was exper
ienced, nnd somo effects, notably thosa
on winter sown crop, wore very unfa
vorable. This yenr opposite condition!
havo ruled and though somo talk ot
lack of snow in grain-growing regional
is heard no widespread damngo from
cold weather is yet noted. In fact,
unseasonably mild weather has been an
appreciable effect on several industries,
notably those engaged in tho manufac
ture of footwear, in discouraging snlet
of tho same actually causing tho shut
down of somo rubber manufactories,
nnd also in the lumber nnd ico busi
ness. Tlio scarcity of snow iu tho
Northwest will unquestionably affect
the log cutting season, and a finnca
tone as to values is already perceptible,
notwithstanding talk of labor troubles
affecting tho building trades.
Tho foreign demand for iron and
rteel seems likely to have a most impor
tant effect upon prices of the domestio
product. It is conceded that any im
portant recession in value would b
met by a heavy enlarged export move
ment. Failures for tho week in the United
States number 199, as compared with
281 last week, 100 in this week a yeac
ago, 2G0 in 1898, 325 in 1897 and 27S
in 1890.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market!.
Onions, new, .f2.252.C0 per saclc
Lettuce, hot house, 40c per doz.
Potatoes, new, $18 20.
Beets, per sack, 75 85c.
Turnips, per sack, COc.
Carrots, per sack, 50c.
Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c.
Cauliflower, 75c 1 per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.00 1.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box.
Pears, $1.00 1.25 per box.
Prunes, COc per box.
Butter Creamery, 81c per ponndt
dairy, 1722c; ranch, 20c per pound.
Kggs 20c.
Cheese Native, 16c.
I'oultry 1314c; dressed, 1415o.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00;
choice Knstern Washington timothy,
$18.00 19.00
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23j
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$21; whole, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.80; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14.00;
shorts, per ton, $10.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $20.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cako meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beet
steers, 78c; cows, 7c;mutton 8c;
pjrk, 7.0; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8a.
10c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 13);
breakfast bacon, l'S 'jc; drv salt sides,
8c.
Portland -Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 5354Ko
Yalley, 53c; Bluestom, 57o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham,
$2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 3530c; choica
gray, 34c per bushel.
Barley Feed bnrley, $1415.00;
brewing, $17.00 18.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $1011; clover,$7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 5055o;
6ocouds, 42 ,45c; dairy, 3037ac;
store, 25H32V.;C.
Eggs 14 s 10c per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13o;
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chlckous, mixed, $3.00
4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.60; springs,
$2.503.50; geese, $7.008.00 forold;
$4.50G.50; ducks, $5.00 0.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 10llo per
pound.
Potatoos 5590o per sack; sweets,
22J.4c per pound.
Yegetablos Boots, $1; turnips, OOct
per snck; gnrlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, lo per pound; parsnips, $1;
onions, $1.50 2. 00; carrots, $1.
Hops 7 80 per pound
Wool Yalley, 1213o por pound;
Eastern Oregon, 814o; mohair, 27
30o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wothera
nnd ewes, 4o; dressed mutton, 7
7iO per pound; lambs, 7)sopor pound.
Hogs Gross, choice honvy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
$5.500.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top Bteors, $4.004.50;
cows, $3.504.00; dressed beof, 0
7?40 per pound.
Yenl Largo, 78oj small, 8H
OJio por pound.
Ban KrunoKoo Market.
Wool Spring Novada, 1215o per
pound; Eastern Orogon, 1210oj Yal
ley, 2022o; Northern, 1012o.
Hops 1899 crop, ll13o per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 2324o;
do seconds, 2222oi fanoy dairy, 30
21o; do socouds, 1810o por pound.
1 Eggs Store, 1316!o; fanoyranch,
17o.
Mlllstuffa Middlings, $17.50
20.00; bran, $13.50 13.50,