Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-12-13
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additional fee of 50 to the camp ply
sician. A circular from the sovereign
headquarters at Omaha is also being
sent broadcast pronouncing the Allan
ia headquarters offer a spurious dis.
pensation, and stating that initiation
fees cannot be less than $40, the regu,
lar fee of the order.
- Georgia is not to have prohibition,
as there has been abundant reason to
believe during the past two weeks.
After two days debate in the senate,
the Wellington bill, which had passed
the house by such an overwhelming
majority, was killed last Friday by
vote of 26 to IA. This bill was very
drastic in its measures. 1t not only
prohibited the manufacture and sale
of whisky in the state; but it made
the giving away of drink of whisky
by one individual to another, crimi-
nal offense. At first there was reason
TO believe that the senate would pass
the bill but owing to the tremendous
pressure that was brought to bear by
the whisky interests through every
influence with which it had any di-
rect connection, the proposition was
lost.
- The Dun's trade report Of last
Saturday says: Failures for FIVE weeks
ending November 30th show a remark
able decrease from similar period a
year ago. Probably never before have
the productive forces of the country
been so largely covered by contracts
insurng employment and profit far
into the coming year. The prices in
pig iron are strongly maintained.
Hides ore again stronger in Chicago.
Wool advanced further with much
speculative buying. Wheat has risen
three cents and corn fraction. At
lantic exports of wheat 3, 1859, ,677 bush
els; Pacific SS6,17 bushels. The rail-
way earnings for October are relative
ly larger than for any previous month
this year. Failures for the week are
221 in the United States and 80 in
Canada.
A special to the New York Herald
from Washington says: President
Mckinley, during an interview with
Senator Wellington, expressed him
self in favor of reviving the grade OF
vice admiral in the interest of both Rear
Admiral Sampson and Rear Admiral
Schley. He believes that this is the
simplest solution to the whole Sampson.
Schley controversy, and it is expected
that Senator Wellington will introduce
bill in few days providing for the ap.
pointment oftwo vice admirals without
specifying names. The president very
frankly said that if such bill became
a law he would promptly nominate
both Sampson and Schley in the order
named. This arrangement both the
president and Senator Wellington
believe will meet the approval of a
majority of the friends of both officers.
- When General Joe Wheeler re-
turns from the Philippines, it is not
impossible that he will find that his
seat in the house of representatives
had been declared vacant, says a
Washington dispa' ch. If the grizzled
hero is not brought face to face with
this humiliation there is scarcely any
doubt that he will have to surrender
his commission in the army if he de-
sires to hold on to his seat in the house.
1t is absolutely certain that the house
proposes TO force him to choose finally
between service in the army and SER
vice in the Fifty-sixth congress. The
old warrior has announced his deter
mination to return to Washington to
take his seat. If he is here by the
middle of January, he will have an
opportunity to fight out the issue upon
the floor of the house. If he delays
his return beyond that time an effort
will be made by his Democratic COL
leagues to declare his seat vacant in
pursuance of precedent established
during the Civil war in the case OF
General Francis p. Blair, of Missouri.
Under date of December 4, Messrs.
Price, Mccormick & Co., of New York,
have issued an interesting circular on
the cotton market situation. This
circular gives the percentage OF each
crop marketed by December 1, and
shows the average to be 5l.44 per cent.
According to the New Orleans figures,
the crop in sight this year on December
l, was 4, ,541 900 bales, and this would
indicate total crop of S,S27, ,76O bales.
The worlds requirement of American
cotton are estimated at IL, $50, 900 bales.
This leaves total of 100000 bales
to be made up from previous crops,
and no possible surplus from the pres
ent crop. After giving still further
statistical information on which to
base calculations, the circular con-
cludes: sin America, at least, manu-
factured goods are now being sold
upon a basis which would justify
spinners in paying much higher prices
than those now prevailing for the raw
material, and we are far from having
reached price which has any appre-
ciable effect upon home consumption.
We do not believe that foreign con-
sumers of cotton have as yet appreci-
ated the real position of American
mills, and from now on we look for
eager competition on the part of the
Liverpool market for the balance OF
this crop"
The special committee charged
with the investigation of the case of
Brigham H. Roberts, the polygamous
congressman, is still busy with its
work, holding some of its sessions
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