The Press., 1898-07-21

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 A Spanish company has been awarded the contract to take the Spanish prison CTS from Santiago to Spain. The price to be paid Is at the rate of $20 for each enlisted man, and 95b for each commis- stoned officer. On this basis the trans portation of 24, 900 enlisted men and the 1000 officers will cost the government &635, ,O00 This seems to be good move ment, for If a transport Is wrecked or lost this government can not be blamed.
 Cattle Commissioner Sprague made a report last week for the past year. Over two thousand cattle were examined by him, and only sixty-one were condemned to death, at an average payment of only triHe over $i4 per head. The total ex. pense to the state was $3,202.02. The last report of the now defunct commission showed a total expense of $31 ,639. 83; for veterinAries, 3,467.80; condemned cat. tie, S21, ,9O7.40; Commissioner Sprague's report for veterInaries, $104.66; for con. demned cattle, $s6s.
 Jesse Moore, for many years n resident of Worcester, Mass, died Friday at his home on Catherine street there, within a few days of his SGth birthday annlver. sRry. He was born in Ashford, and was in business as n dlstiller in Loaisville, Ky, amassing a large fortune. He re- tired from business forty years ago, and during the latter years of hls life was an invalid. He leaves a widow and five children, three sons and two daughters. Dr. George A. Moore Ia In business in Boston, and was, until q year ago, pro. lessor in scientific German and chemistry At the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Frank, an architect located fin New York deslgned ono of the buildings at the Worlds Columbian exposition at Chicago and Edward resides at home.
 The crops throughout Holland county arc in very promising condition, and reports from nearly all of the towns show that the hay crop Is unusually large Iti gen generally trifie larger than the big croI harvested last year. The hay Is of much better quality, as n result of the fine dry weather during the harvest this year, whil, last year there was much wet weather The tobacco plants are all in good condI ton and promise q large yield, especially in Somers and Ellington, where the larges amount of tobacco Is raised in the county It Is one of the principal crops in thes' towns, where there Is q large acreage Vernon also has many large and flourish ing fields of tobacco. Potatoes are look ing we'll and promise a good yield, al though some carly potatoes dug | Vernon last week did not yield as we'll a expected. Corn is generally in fair COT dition, and there arc a number of parti, unrly fine fields in Vernon.
 There will not be large yield of apple this year, but about the same as last yea There Is promise of good yield , benches in Holland and Vernon, whe1 are number of large orchards. G. Baboook of Holland expects to harvei from 5000 to 1000 baskets at his Tollan orchard. The yield of pears and grape does not promise to be large. .-SpriRqfel Repubiican.
 Springfield Republican: The magn tude of the American victory at Santiag increases If we accept the Spanish est mate of 24,0OO men as the number SUI rendered in the district comprised in tn terms of equalization. Twenty-four thor sand men make good-sized army; 1t nearly twice the size of the force tha sailed from Tampa in June to fight th Spanish soldiers now in our hands a prisoners. To obtain q clearer view C the dimensions of this triumph, let u compare the number of men surrendere at Santiago with the number surrendere at certain other besleged strongholds We need not include Metz, where tn Germans in 1870 bagged 173,0O0 French mon, but four other places will afford falrer comparison :-
 Fort ponelson surrendered. EXPERIMENTATION. 1O.Ol kara EXPERIMENTATION. 10,0C Plevna ................ 800 The fruits of the Santiago victory are 8 great that all criticism must fall away