Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-03
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present rate of expenditure. Some of
the ammunition was bought in Ger
many, some in France, and some in
England. Not only this, there is big
cartridge factory near Pretoria, capa
Bile of turning out cartridges almost as
rapidly as they are now being used.
"A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch of
Saturday says: Joseph L. Myers, the
senator elect from Coshocton, arose at
o'clock this morning, after having
walked all the way from his home, 100
miles, the two days previous. Senator
Myers is farmer and is not friend
of the railroads. His object in walk
ing into town was to save expense and
to show his contempt for the railroad.
Myers is for Bryan and favors the free
coignage of silver at the 16 to l ratio.
- According to an Associated Press
dispatch of Saturday from Washing
ton, the negotiations recently opened
by Secretary Hay with the great pow
ers of Europe and Japan with refer
ence to the open door in China, have
met with the most gratifying results.
Great Britain, Russia, Germany aud
France have made favorable responses,
and the only power that has not
agreed to the arrangement is Italy.
1t is not expected that she will give
any special trouble. Japan has all
along been in accord with the United
States on the subject. The state de.
partment is not willing to give out the
details of the agreement or discuss its
far reaching effect; but if the result Is
as intimated, what has for some time
been considered as very serious prob.
lem is in fair way of amicable ad-
justment.
A Chicago dispatch says that Rep
resentative Nooman, of Illinois, will
offer resolution in the house as soon
as congress reconvenes, calling for an
investigation of the action of the secre-
tary of the treasury in making the
National City bank of New York the
governments depository for the inter
nal revenue receipts. These receipts
amount to about S3O0,000,000 year,
and are very valuable to the bank, as
il gets them without the payment Of
interest. What it will be able to make
out of them no one can predict with
any degree of accuracy. The privil-
eye of loaniug them, however, will not
be the only advantage to the bank.
With such an immense amount of gov.
ernment money under its control, in
addition TO its regular deposits, which
now amount TO more than S100,000,.
600, the bank will be in position to
exert powerful influence on the
money market, perhaps TO control it.
- The will of the late Daniel Sharp
Ford, publisher of The Youths Com.
panion, filed for probate in the Mid.
dlesex county, Mass, probate court on
December 29lh, disposes of an estate
of about S2,5OO,0OO. The will gives
$4,000 direct to public, charitable and
religious institutions, mostly in Massa-
chusetts, and provides apnuities for
Others. The will also bequeaths
S350,O0O to the Baptist Social Union,
subject to conditions, among them,
that it shall become a corporation
within two years after the testators
death. This sum is to be used for the
erection of building for the use of the
union. The entire Youths Compan-
ion plant, with certain real estate, is
left to the executors to be administer
ed for the benefit of the Baptist Social
Union. Of the residue one. sixth goes
to the American Baptist Home Mission
Union, and one. ninth each to several
other New England charities.
A Washington dispatch of Thurs.
day gives the treasury situation as
follows: The accumulation of money
in the treasury has been going on at
remarkable rate during December.
All the efforts of the department to put
money back into the market by the
purchase of bonds, the anticipation of
interest and the transfer of funds to
the banks have not prevented sur
plus of nearly s7,O00,00O in ordinary
receipts during the month, and an ac.
cumulation Of net cash about S13 ,000,-
900 larger than at the beginning of the
month. The nominal cash balance to-
dav stood at 1897 ,5OO,36S. The nom-
inal surplus for December stood yes
terday at sc, 6,96S,79 but the amount
would have been nearly $1l, 100000 if
interest due in January had been paid
this month. The surplus for the past
IL, 4 III of rl1y COX
100000 if the January interest has
been anticipated, and from present ap-
pearances the treasury officials believe
the surplus for the fiscal year will be
at least $50, 100000.
- The United States cruiser Mont
gomery, now at Buenos Ayers, has
been ordered to the west coast of
Africa, and the fact is creating more or
less newspaper talk. Senator Mason,
of Illinois, started the gossip. He
stated that he had learned that the
Montgomery was doing police duty
for Great Britain on the coast of Afri-
ca, and that it was his intention to in
troduce in the senate resolution call
ing upon the secretary of the navy for
information. At first the secretary of
the navy was not inclined to give out
information further than denial of
the story that the Montgomery has
been doing police duty for Great Bri-
tain. Afterward the navigation de-
partment was ordered to answer all
questions that the newspaper men
might ask about the cruise Of the
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