§ OUR AGRICULTURE. Foreign Countries. All Previous Records Are Far Exceeded | i locreased--Hides, Silk and Wool Were the Tobacco Showed Gains. Washington (Special). —Mr. H. Hitchcock, chief of the section foreign markets of the Agricultural Department, has just isaued his an- NEWS IN BRIEF. he Statehouse and gave the Gov- lashing: then she wend the Attorney General, Sheriff and Prosecuting Attorney, amd gave cach one of them a plece of her mind, Justice Beach, in the New York Su- preme Court, continued the injunction regtraining the Goulds from paying over to the Castellanes Nation Kan. 1 Mrs. invaded Topeka, frmor a aU 101 Chief Crazy Snake, kader of port says in part: “The fiscal year 1900 brought to a close a century of marvelous develop- ment in the history of United States commerce. In 1800, a century ago, the total value of the merchandise im- ported and exported in our trade with foreign countries was considerably less than a quarter of a billion dollark, The value of the goods exchanged during the past fiscal year reached nearly two and a quarter billions, far exceeding all previous records. “It was chiefly in the export trade that the enormous growl of the con- tury occurred. Our domestic exports during 1900, with a recorded value of $1.370.763.5671 were over 40 Gimes as Jarge as in 1800, The total imports for 1900, on the other hand, amounting to $849 941,184, were than 10 times as large as in 1800. “Compared with the value of our im- ports for 1900, that of our demestic ex- ports showed an of $520,822.- 387." *Of the foreign councr year 1900 i of agricultura ducts had an aggr 136,381, exceeding almost by $65,000,000 the record of the year before. Hides, silk and were ¢he leading fa in the growth, although vezotable fibers sugar and tobacco howed fmportant gains. The six items men- tioned contribuied nearly $60,000,000 to the increase in ‘Prodi ture cal 530, total de except] nessed th in farm prod excess merchandise imp during fes t per 49 products ao cent. consisie These pro- rate value of $420,- wool also # value, we SIXTY BROKE THROUGH ICE Aad Two Bovs Are Dead as a Result of Panic on a Pond wher great whol and and ch strugg! tims w tific Fleck lived Train Goes Through a Trestle. Cal bia 8 © (8pacial) Nort board Air over the was dera tle, an« two y new Pitts comotive down with the falling gineer ¥ Was a Wag severely Kan children in“a fire an aged 3 : neth, | The on the | rfl eastern suburb. They were E 1, Melissa, 14, and Ken- parents occupied a room or and were awakened to find entire building in flames All escape for the children, who alep above, was cut off. Their bodies were burned bevond recognition 18 Shot Fired at Spanish Queen. London (By Cable).—"While the Queen Regent and her children boating in the royal park on the out- skirts of Madrid,” says the Madrid correspondent of the “Daily Express,” “a shot was fired from the bank and penetrated gunwale of the boat The park was searched, but the as- sailant was not discovered. The Queen Regent was considerably alarmed.” were the Insurance Paid on Live Man. St. Louis (Special). Albert C. John- pon, formerly of Batavia, N. Y., still lives, thought his wife has collected $7000 life insurance on the theory that he died in Brazil, After a long search he has located his wife at Belding, Mich., and has conversed with her over the long-distance telephone. While mining inland in Brazil Johnson was stricken with brain fever. As he did his acquaintances wrote to Mrs. John- son that he was dead. Carmack Formally Elected Senator, Chattanooga (Special). ~The Hon. E. W. Carmack, Congressman from the Tenth district, was elected formally by a joint ballot to the United States Son- ate, to succeed the Hon, Thomas 1B. Turley. The vote was: Carmack, T. M. Burkett, 28 ° Life Imprisonment for Kidaappers. Hartford, Conn, Sturges Whitlock, of Huntington, rep- resenting the Fifteenth district, the United States troops and remains sullen, George J. Kerr, one of Jennie Bos- schicter's assailants, pleaded non vuit in Paterson, N. J., and was remanded for semtence. Two Italian laborers were killed and the result of a collision on the West Shore, near Wee- bawken, N. J. Governor Nash, of Ohlo, pardon Rosslyn H. Farrell, of the murder of Express Lane. The will of the late Phil Armour, pork packer, wae filed in Chicago. estate is est‘ mated at $15,000,000, refused to convicted Messenger the His At the Mineworkers’ Convention in Indianapolis a proposition for a flat in- crease of 10 cents was decided upon. Edy 1 A. Noblett, the New Yorl broker up ight hal! years sent Bartram states Marshal Ber } =” T: . YY LaDIes And aomimi ish Army An auto] ease caused Crane, who hla DIOW manager of irginia en appointed in Was ren and the corpse robbed rings and a brooch. sd Judge fined Shipman, in saloonkeepers who Archie Lynchburg, companion uted of colored. Va for Thomas WAR exe the murder Gills, At the National Capital, Root transmitted to report of the chief of Con- gross the engi- neers on the estimated cost of deepen ing the channel of Curtis Bay. Captain Rawlins, reported that the transport Rawlins had a rough vovage, hut denied the story that she had suf- fered damage. Secretary Hay presented to President McKinley Juan C az, the minister of the Republic of Uruguay. Ambassador Choate will receive new credentials accrediting him to the court of Edward VIL Chief Hitcheoek, of section of foreign markets of the Agricultural De- partment, has Issued his annual re- view of the trade of the United States in agricultural products, The Postmaster General dismissed Charles Hardin and H. C. Walton, clerks in the dead-letter office. for cretary The the mdemnity. among the guests, including a number of Congressmen and their families, Club was held and much fun poked at idnappers. ment for iifes The, Navy Department doclided sond a sclentific expedRion to the Ia. THE DEAL QUEEN. ‘MAY BE EXTRA SESSION. The New Congress Likely to Be Sum. moned for Philippine Legislation. Hoven able) All that Of Queen Victoria les Fuacral Will Be a Great Pageant--Represen’a tives of All the Nations Will Atiend. ] is mol encased : Osborn lining (By OC a magnificent House, Her of filmy cott folds of dered This foot shell of oak ad body rests within wool overspread hand white sauin with costly lace, inner casket measures only 7 inches in length and 22 ESSENTIAL TO THEIR PACIFICATION, Prescot Senators Would Probably Talk a . Bill Giving Civil Rights to the Fili- pinos to Death, and the Taft Commis he widest point, It will sion Is Urgent for Prompt Legislation of {;.h 06 at the into anoviber coffin oak, sur- the Subject. fitted rounded with rich ornamental mold The final covering will be a massive silver box bearing at Ws head a golden nameplate inscribed with the date of the Queen's death and a Bibl cal quoiation chosen by King Edward The great dining hall of Osborne House, wherein the catafalque rests, is heavily draped with folds of black crimson The casket itself is hidden a wreath of fra rrant floral y $.2¢ and design, COC soverelgn's arm lies a ¢ lilies bearing the bor- woven of Washington That scna-t IDES. tors regard progpect of an extra session in view of the President's urgent recommenda tion of legislation concerning the Phil- ippine Islands, (& evidenced by the ac- tivity of those who desire to avoid an extra The speculation con- cerning the probability of a called ses- sion was rendered more definite by the fact that known to gener- well informed concerning plans joined in the di outlon Kk Capitol inquiry t thy the (Special). the of Congress, seriously ges