Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-11-21
Scraps aud facts.

Of the government Of Cuba, papers to
secure the delivery into his custody Of
Logs Darrell, now held under arrest at
Bairafi, Portuguese East Africa, for
the murder Of q soldier in Cuba. The
case establishes precedent as to ex-
tradition between Cuba and foreign
countries.
Secretary Hester's statement of the
worlds visible supply Of cotton for the
week ending last Saturday showed the
total visible was 3,113,sO9 bales, against
S,366,474 last year, and Of all other
kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India,
ETC., 483,000 bales, against $4,000 last
year. The total worlds visible supply
Of cotton shows an increase compared
with the previous week Of 153 261 bales,
a decrease compared with last year of
779,665 bales. Of the worlds visible
supply there Is now af1oat and held in
Great Britain and Continental Europe,
100000 bales, against 1,859,000 last
year; in Egypt 127,000 bales, against
$4,000 last year; in India 1885, 900 bales,
against 16S,0OO last year, and in the
United States 1921, 900 bales, against
1,713,000 last year.
Sanitary conditions here, says Pc
kin, China, dispatch Of Saturday, are
becoming serious. Since the foreign
occupation many Chinese have died Of
smallpox and other infectious diseases.
Fearing that their funerals would be
interfered with, they have kept most
-toiD hai In,
their houses and court yards. The
question Of removing the garbage has
become one Of grave Importance. AS
the natives are forbidden to deposit re-
fuse in the streets, there is now an
enormous accumulation in their dwell
lings and yards, which threatens a Sc
rious epidemic. In view Of the large
number Of troops in and around the
capital, the consequences OF such an
outbreak would be frightful.
A Negro named John Porter was
chained to railroad rail near Limon,
Lincoln county, Colorado, last Friday,
and burned to death for outraging and,
numbering Rosa, the 1-year-old daughs
ter Of Richard Frost. The Negro had
been arrested and the sheriff was TAX
ing him to Jail, when a crowd Of 300
citizens stopped the train and carried
him to the scene Of the crime, where
they piled fagots around him and set
them on fire. The rope with which his
hands were tied was burned in two and
his body fell away from the post while
he was still alive and begging to be
shot; but the avenging citizens coolly
piled on more fuel until the body was
burned to ashes. The citizens wore no
disguises, nor did they make the
slightest effort to conceal their identity.
The Isthmian Canal commission Is
hurrying along the preparation Of the
preliminary statement of the results OF
its summer inquiries into the canal
possibilities of the Isthmus, and 1t was
said last Saturday that the report will
be ready for submission to congress on
the first day Of the session. Much de-
tailed work Of an engineering charac-
ter remains to be done. The commits
sion now has a party stationed on the
Chargres river, in Colombia, taking
soundings to complete the data as to
the Panama canal route, and three
score men at least are engaged In MAX
ing borings on the Nicaraguan route.
But the data they will collect Is not
necessary for the use Of congress. The
report will dismiss all but the Nicara-
qua and Panama routes from further
consideration, and 1t Is understood Will
recommend the former route.
The Associated Press claims that
it's Pekin correspondent interviewed
Minister Conger last Saturday as fol-
lows: 1.-The situation Is apparently
very favorable to the early beginning
of negotiations for preliminary settle
ment. 1 believe that the next meeting
Of the foreign ENJOYS will virtually
settle all points Of difference between
the representatives Of the powers, who
will lose no time in presenting the de-
mands. What the result will be 1t is
impossible to foretell. Events have
placed China in a very critical position.
Whether she will be able to preserve
her integrity and to save her trade re-
lations with the rest Of the world, Will
depend upon what the powers demand
in the final settlement and upon her
willingness to accept promptly the con-
ditions proposed. 1t is quite unlikely,
If not impossible, that the Chinese
court will return to Pekin before next
spring: but I do not anticipate any Sc
rious delay in the progress of the nego-
tiations with the Chinese commission
ers as they are in telegraphic commu-
nication with the court"
Says a Savannah, Ca, dispatch to
the New York Commercial: The pro-
posed formation Of a new express COM
pany, to operate in all the Southern
states, where the Southern Express
company has held lucrative field, un-
opposed, for more than 80 years. The
Georgia legislature, now in session, IS
to be asked to enact law requiring
railroads, as common carriers, to ac-
cept express from competing lines. 1t
has been known in Georgia for some
weeks that a new express company was
to be organized with a capital OF not
less than $5,0OO,000. Most of the money
is to come from Philadelphia. w. A..
Hawkins, of Cordele, is looking after
the interests Of the new company In
this state. Every Southern state, says
Mr.. Hawkins, will have the benefit OF
the competing company. 1t is not pro-
posed to make war on the Southern or
any other express company, but 1t Is
hoped to do a fair, legitimate business
with a profit to the promoters. In this
city and at the prominent points In
Georgia, attaches Of the Southern Ex-
press company, and those formerly
with it, have been approached by rep
resentatives Of the new concern, in ref
orenca TO accepting positions with the