Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-12-22
Straps and fatts.

10: At meeting Of the foreign minis
listers this evening everything in re-
gard to the terms Of the joint note
was agreed. to, including the British
notifications The ministers refuse to
disclose anything in connection with
the matter, believing that the home
governments should give the particu-
lars to the public.
The state department has rendered
an opinion to the effect that the United
States government cannot intervene in
favor of Porto Rico in the matter of
her claims against Cuba for $2,5OO,O OOO
The Spanish government raised loan
to this amount from the Porto Ricans
to help prosecute military operations
in Cuba, basing the loan upon the rev.
enues Of the latter island. In sub
stance the decision of the United States
government is to the effect that leav-
ing aside the question Of equity in this
case, to sanction this claim against
Cuba now would be to open the door to
numberless other and larger claims
which would exhaust the financial re-
sources of the island.
Philadelphia Press: Superintendent
Henry K. Boyer, at the Philadelphia
mint, has Il coming presses working
overtime trying to keep up with the
unusual demand for the glittering small
coins. For two weeks he has kept his
force working until o'clock at night,
and has been able to send away only
Washington and the West comes the
despairing cry for more. 1t is almost
a penny famine. There is a panic in
the slot machine industry. From now
until Christmas, by working the force
until 10 o'clock at night. the superin-
tendent hopes to send away 100000
pennies a day, and it is possible that
he may break the record by reaching
the million mark.
Says a Boise, Idaho, dispatch Of De-
cember 16: A remarkable story comes
from the Porcupine mining district.
John Sheehan, miner, shot and seri-
ously wounded his daughter a girl Of
10, whom he mistook for thief. For
sometime Sheehan had missed gold
dust from his sluice boxes. He main
tanned a close watch, but was unable
to detect the thief. Returning unex-
pectedly at 10 o'clock at night he saw
the thief at the boxes and shot him.
1t proved to be his daughter in male
attire. She was conscious long enough
to confess that she had stolen the gold
to enable her to elope with her lover,
John Scott, whom Sheehan had driven
from the place. Scott, hearing Of the
shooting. disappeared.
Memphis, Tenn, dispatch Of the
18th to the New York Commercial: It
has been decided by the board Of direc-
tors of the Memphis cotton exchange
that hereafter the dealings and prices
affecting cotton seed and cotton seed
products will receive more attention
from the exchange than has been the
rule in the past. This decision has
just been reached and hereafter COM
plete market reports as to condition in
all the various branches Of the cotton
seed and cotton seed product trade will
be carried by the exchange just as quo
tations are given about the f1eecy sta
pie itself. The New Orleans cotton ex-
change, at a meeting Of its board to-
day, authorized President Walmsley to
appoint a committee on cotton seed
and it's products. The committee will
probably be appointed Monday.
Vicksburg, Miss, Herald: From
the New York Commercial we learn
that Colonel Bliss, collector of the port
of Havana, will report in favor Of a
change in the duties on American cot
ton goods entering Cuba. He has been
satisfied that the tariff promulgated by
the war department so operates as to
practically exclude standard American
cotton goods. 1t is curious that the
cotton interests has not sooner protest
ed against so grotesque an arrange
ment. The existence of such a dis
elimination furnishes quite satire up
on the resolution of the New Orleans
cotton convention Of a year ago that
was trapped into adopting the sugar
and fruit tariff sop, declaring against
free trade with the new American is
land possessions. Such a resolution
from cotton growers is a marker upon
present Democratic politico- economic
decentralization.
Says a Paris dispatch of Tuesday:
Count Won Waldersee has issued an or
der assigning various districts in the
neighborhood of Pekin for supervision
to the military representatives Of the
various powers. The order says that
the extent to which the cooperation of
the French and American troops can
be depended upon is a matter to be de-
termined by agreements made with the
generals commanding these forces. Un-
der the plan the United States troops
will supervise the district southeast of
Pekin from the road to Tshang-Tshang
to the road extending from Naku-Krfn
to Ho 81 WI. Count Won Waldersee
says he knows that there is a consid-
cradle force of Chinese, under General
Ma, in the northern part of the prov
ince Of Shan ST, and another south of
Tshang-Tshang; but during the severe
winter that now has set in, he does not
expect any aggressive Chinese move
ment On the other hand, wherever
the allies leave a district for any
length of time, bands Of robbers and
Boxers will congregate. For this rea-
son the field marshal desires the CO.
GRAFTON of all the allies to cover the va
rious districts with strong patrols.
-Despatches from the Transvaal
bring the news that some 5000 repub-
licans have invaded Cape Colony and
forced General Knox to abandon the
pursuit of General DeWet. DeWet is
northeast of Ladysmith with about
4500 men. and the general situation