Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-10
Straps and faets.

of the secretary of the treasury Tor
the fiscal year 1898 shows that the to-
tai receipts of the government from
all sources were $494 1888 .953.75, and
the total expenditures 1882 ,3S1 ,2Ol.35,
making deficit of S3S ,047 PAT 60. The
receipts for 1898 over 1897, were $685.
946, 1856, while there was an increase
in ordinary expenditures of S77,594,-
423. .23-all of which are tolerably large
figures, showing that Your Uncle bores
with sizable auger.
New York World: One article
proposed by the Spanish peace COM
missioners is to the effect that the
United States and Spain appoint an
international commission of experts,
with seven members-three to be Sc
lected by each country-one to be
citizen of each country, one Brltlsher
and one French, with German pres
ident, this commission to determine
the responsibility of the Maine disaster.
If Spain is found responsible she is to
send warship to salute the American
flag at New York. If not, the United
States is to pay the whole expense OF
the commission. The Spanish idea is
that, having yielded on the main prln'
ciples, they will gain important adVan-
tages on the details.
Chicago Times: A great tobacco
war, which will completely overshadow
the conflict of millions now going on
in the sugar trade, is about to be fought
between the American Tobacco com.
pany, with its creature, the Continental
Plug Tobacco company on the one
side, and the new Union Tobacco com.
pany, recently incorporated at Albany
by the Widener. Elkins combine that
owns the controlling interest in the
Metropolitan Street Railway company
and other great traction interests
throughout the United States. Asso'
ciated with the new company IN the
conflict will be Liggett 4 Myers, OF
St. Louis; Weissinger & Co., of Louis
Vile; the Sorg and other tobacco
concerns that refused to he absorbed
by the trust organized by the American
Tobacco company. William Wilson,
an agent of the Union Tobacco com
pany, it is said today, has been dis
patched to Louisville to buy site for
the greatest plug tobacco factory IN
the world. 1t is to employ 5000 hands
and have capacity double that OF the
American Tobacco company's great
Louisville plant.
- The first note of the anti-expan-
sionists was sounded in the senate
today, says a Washington dispatch OF
Tuesday, by Senator Vest, of Missouri,
who introduced joint resolution
declaring that, under the constitution,
the Federal government had no au-
thority to acquire colonial possessions,
to be governed as such =; but that all
territory acquired by the government,
except such as may be necessary for
use as coaling stations, correction OF
boundaries and similar purposes, may
be acquired with the purpose OF orga'
nizing territories, suitable, ultimately,
for admission into the Union as states.
Mr.. Vest announced his purpose to
address the senate on the resolution
at an early day. A brief discussion OF
the navigation laws was precipitated
by the consideration of bill amending
those laws by the addition of proVis.
ion that foreign built vessels, wrecked
in the United States, purchased by
citizens of this country and repaired
to the extent of three-fourtbs OF their
value, shall be subject to forfeiture if
they engage subsequently in the coast
wise trade of the United States. The
senate at 1.30 adjourned.
"A Paris dispatch of Wednesday is
as follows: There was no joint ses-
sion of the peace commissions today,
as the Spaniards are still occupied in
translating the Americans answer to
their proposals in regard to the status
of Spanish subjects in annexed terrific
ries. As cabled last evening, the eight
principal articles of the treaty are set
tied, and all that remains for the COM
missions to attend to is the settlement
of the minor points of the treaty. The
latter will probably be signed on Sat-
urday next, for the Spaniards are as
anxious as the Americans to finish the
work in hand. Secretary Ojeda, of
the Spanish commission, said today !:
"It is very painful for us to remain
here haggling over details, since the
main points have been settled and we
have been obliged to relinquish our
colonies. All the work will be finished
this week. The commercial treaty
between the United States and Spain
will be negotiated upon the re-estab-
lishment of diplomatic relations, and
the question of Spanish ships and pro-
ducts in Cuba and Puerto Rico will be
included therein"
- Apache Kid is dead. He was
the most barbarous, blood-thirsty and
cruel of all the wild Apaches, and for
years had spread terror along the bor-
der line between the United States
and Mexico. He is known to have
killed A people himself, and the vic
Tins of his band are numbered by
hundreds. Despite this bloody record,
Apache Kid died in peace. He was
hiding in Mexico among the Yaqui
Indians, and was carried off by small
pox in the latter part of September.
Troops of scouts and cavalry have
spent days and weeks in attempts to
capture Kid and his gang. Many
times a whole United States garrison
along the border has been hurriedly
ordered out at the report of murder
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