Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-12
Straps and faets.

have taken place in the territory OF
New Mexico this week. On Wednes-
day, bill was introduced in the house
to make prize fighting in any territory
of the United States criminal offense.
The bill quickly passed the senate,
and before the sports were able to
fully realize the situation it was law.
The proposed fight will not take place.
The following bill was introduced in
the Virginia legislature one day last
week "Be it enacted by the general
assembly of Virginia that w. E. Bibb,
w. E. Pendleton, j. T. Bibb, T. B.
Porter, J. w. Baker, VIM. Kean and
J.J. Porter, all of the State of Virginia,
be incorporated a body polite under
the name and style of the National
Adjustment society. The object of the
society shall be the placing before the
people of the United States the justice
of so changing the constitution of the
United States by proper amendment
as to allow congress to pay, upon a
basis, for the emancipated slaves, divid-
ing the amount paid equally between
master and slave"
- The managers of the proposed
Maher-F -Fitzsimmons prize fight have
announced their determination to bring
off the encounter on February IA, in
spite of the recent act of congress. 1t
is understood that the place they have
selected is four miles from Ell Paso,
Texas, on strip of land the ownership
of which is disputed between the Uni
ted States and Mexico. The Mexican
authorities have sent 1000 troops to
the scene, and the acknowledgement of
Texas is also on the spot with for
midable force. Tough representatives
of the prize fighting fraternity have
been collecting in the vicinity of El
Paso for several days ; but whether
the proposed fight will really take
place is still an open question.
- The State: The New York Even
ing Post, which a month ago attributed
the Morgan syndicate's willingness to
take the S100,000,000 loan at 1043-
with 81 900, 900 commissioning spirit
of the purest patriotism, now records
the disappointment of that self-sacri-
ficing organization at the fact that it
has been able to secure only $33, ,000,-
600 at 1lO.OSS; and it further empha-
sizes the patriotic purposes which has
governed the syndicate by announcing
that it has already sold about SIT ,00O,-
900 of the bonds apportioned to it,
many of the sales at 1164 in gold.
For asaving the country" according
to the original plan, the profits of the
public-spirited Mr.. Morgan would
have been, with commission included,
about S13, 100000. AS it is, for saving
it one.third, his profits will only reach
the pitiful sum of S2,000,000.
I'm an editorial regarding the open
ing of the bond bids last Wednesday,
the New York World of Thursday
says: "The World may be pardoned
the satisfaction which it feels over the
complete vindication of its course in
this matter. 1t denounced the secret
sale of the S62,OOO,000 to syndicate
q year ago at 1044 as a wanton and
wicked sacrifice of the public credit.
1t challenged the obvious purpose of
the administration to make the sale of
not 100000, 900 merely, but 5000, ,0O0,-
600 upon about the same terms now. 1t
demanded a public sale and predicted
and pointed the way to success in a
manner that went around the country,
caught the attention Of the Senate and
broke up the administration bargain
with the syndicate. The organizer of
the syndicate yesterday bid over &c.
100000 more for 500, 900, 900 of bonds
than he had negotiated to get them for
in December"
- The weekly cotton statement of
Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange, issued last Friday,
shows: Amount brought into sight,
111,954 bales, against 161, SIG for the
same period last year, SO, 1856 year be-
fore last and 113,O9O in 1898. The
movement since September shows
receipts at all United States ports
4,126,916 against 6,456,74S last year,
4,967, LAT for the year before last and
4,OS6,957 in 1898. Overland 602, ,222
against S53,2ls last year, 500, ,769 year
before last and 654, 4,646 same time in
1898. Interior stocks in excess of those
held at the close of the commercial
year, 420, ,59S, against 3S9, Alp last year,
309,543 year before last and 319,959
same time in 1898. Southern mill
takings, 505,S12, against All, 1858 last
year, 423, ,O39 year before last and 407,-
735 same time in 1898. Northern mill
takings, 1,21s,915, against, l,67S,639
last year; total 1862, 1858, against s.
176,031 last year, 6,352,5OS the
year before last and 5,569,297 in
1898. The supply today is 5,972, ,502
bales, against S,4i2,061 for the same
period last year.
In an interview with the New
York Evening Post, President Cleve-
land expresses great satisfaction at
the result of the bond issuej just placed.
Referring to the syndicate contract Of
February, 1895, he said that he had
never had reason to question the wis
dom of that arrangement under the
oooJ;t;on, tban av;etipn Ho claims