Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-11-07
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tai visible supply Is 2,s51, 1,025, against
3,624,S65 last year. OF this the total Of
American cotton is 2,3s3,025, against s.
129,S last year, and Of all other kinds,
including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc.,
45S,0OO, against 495.0OO last year. Of the
worlds visible supply there is now
afioat and held in Great Britain and
Continental Europe, 1,415,OOO, against
1902, 900 last year; in Egypt, 100000
against $4,000 last year; in India, 1885,
600, against 181 900 last year, 161, 900 year
before last, and in the United States
1,147,OOO, against 100000 last year.
Indiana has peculiar bribery law.
A voter who should accept bribe
would run the risk Of imprisonment for
from two to five years in the peniten-
tiary; the man who should inform upon
him would receive a reward Of 500,
and yet the man who should offer to
bribe would not be punished. In other
words, according to the Indiana code
Of morals, 1t is wicked to accept
bribe; but not to offer one. There are
great possibilities involved in the sit
uation. One man might bribe another,
and If the other should not vote as
agreed, the briber could inform on him.
send him to the penitentiary and claim
the 500 reward offered to the informer.
Atlanta Journal: A large part Of
Great Britain's revenue comes from
death dues, or taxes on inherited prop
erty. The late Marquis Of Butte left an
immense fortune and his eldest son,
who inherits the bulk of his estate, will
have to pay into the British exchequer
q sum equivalent to $2,25O,0O0. This
looks like an enormous levy upon one
man; but it Is with the Inheritance tax
as with the income tax, he who pays
most is best off. Several Of our states
have tax inheritances, and among the
taxes imposed on account Of the war
with Spain was one on all legacies Of
$1,000 and over. This has been source
Of much revenue and it is probable that
the legacy tax will be retained after
some Of the other war taxes have been
taken off.
- Charlotte Observer: Quite number
of Mecklenburg and Cabarrus county
people will take part in the big fox
hunt at Pine Bluff on the 18th, 18th
and 18th instants. It will be great
sport, and the gathering will suggest
the hunts in the ante-bellum days. A
valuable cup will be awarded the man
whose dog shows the most points in
the races, and many fine dogs have al
ready been entered. Mr.. S. N. Boyce,
of Gastonia, has been good enough to
request The Observer to send the eagle
hunter down to help chase the festive
foxes. The eagle hunter Is still seeking
a private audience with the Pineville
bear. If he concludes that little matter
of business before the 18th he will be
charmed to show the Pine Bluff sports
men thing or two.
The Pope who Is an able f1nancier
has lately been taking an account Of
stock" so to speak, to learn how much
he is worth, or the Church Of which he
Is head, in art treasures and church
property in the city OF Rome. Raph-
aels TRANSPORTATION" Is reckoned at
100000 lire, or nearly $1,200,000; the
Egyptian museum, 36,OO0,0O0 lire; the
Borghia museum, 16, ,0O0, 900 lire; various
other collections, 100000 lire; the
Vatican library, 2O0,00O,OO0 lire; the Sc
cret archives Of the church, 80,000,000
lire, and the whole Of the art treasures
within the Vatican are declared to be
worth 100000, 900 lire. or nearly s120, 0,000,-
900. Then there Is the Cathedral Of ST.
Peter, with it's statuary, marbles, mo-
saics and other treasures Of architect
ure and art, which are valued by the
same experts at 100,000,000 lire.
Minister Conger's last advices to
the state department, says a Wash
ington dispatch Of Monday, indicate
that satisfactory progress Is being
made by the ministerial corps at Pc
kin, toward the arrangement Of basis
upon which negotiations shall be had
with the Chinese government for final
settlement. The ministers have passed
upon the question, and also upon seve-
raj other important points, which are
to figurein the negotiations. The results
have not been made public. The Rus
sian minister is understood to be par
ticipating actively in the discussions
and the proceedings are harmonious
So far these have been confined to the
effort to secure perfect agreement by
all the ministers upon the basis Of ne>
gotiation, and up to this time no effort
has been made to deal directly with
the Chinese government. 1t is the un-
derstanding that when the ministers
themselves have agreed upon their pro-
gramme, there will be little difficulty
in securing its acceptance by the Chi
nese government, which is indeed pow
erless to offer serious resistance to the
united demands Of the powers.
-Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minis
ter, was the principal speaker at the
Founders Day exercises at the Carne-
gle institute, Pittsburg, Pa. last Thurs
day. Minister WI said in part: China
has a great deal to learn from this
young republic. I hope, however, that
she will learn, not the arts Of war,
which have for their sole end and aim,
the destruction Of life; but the arts Of
peace, which make for the happiness
and welfare of the people. No nation
can become really great by war. True
greatness does not lie in the extent Of
territory, nor in the strength Of battal-
ions; but in the character Of the peo-
pie. From personal observation, am
inclined to the belief that the Ameri-
can people possess the elements Of ma
tional greatness in high degree. The
tests Of loftiness Of character is to pos
it. Wealth Is power. Where can you
find such accumulations Of wealth in
private hands as in America, with so
little attendant evil felt by society? I
have seen countries where the rich op-