Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-12-19

year. OF this the total Of American
cotton Is 3,184,S15 bales, against 3,620,-
S37 last year, and Of all other kinds,
including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc.,
5S5, 900 bales, against 608,000 last year.
The total worlds visible supply OF cot
ton shows a decrease compared with
last year Of 459,O22. OF the worlds Wis
ible supply there is now afloat and held
in Great Britain and Continental Eu-
rope, 1,753,0O0 bales, against 1,S9S,0oO
last year; in Egypt 156, 900 bales, against
III 900 last year; in India, 20S,0c0 bales
against $4,000 last year, and in the
United States 1858, 900 bales, against l.
$4,000 last year. o..
- Says New York dispatch of Sat-
urday: The president brought to the
attention Of the cabinet today the ap-
peal made to him yesterday by the
Rev. James F. Hill, of Cannonsburg,
Pa, a member Of the board Of foreign
missions of the Presbyterian church,
for a warship to protect missionaries
and other foreigners in New Hebrides
from cannibals. Secretary Long said
he did not have any warship available
for the purpose. as all in the Philip
pines and in China were needed there.
The nearest American naval station to
New Hebrides is Pago- -pago, Samoa,
but the only naval vessel there is col
lier. 1t was the opinion of the cabinet
that nothing could be done by the gov
ernment at this time, but the hope was
expressed that Great Britain or France
would see its way clear to grant Mr..
Hills request. Mr.. Hill appealed to
the president to adopt measures to sup
press the liquor traffic in the New
Hebrides. The subject was discussed
by the cabinet, and it was decided that
no action would be taken until con-
gress acted favorably on bill intro
duced by Representative Gillett, ofNew
York, to carry into effect the measures
advocated by Mr.. Hill.
Says an Omaha, Nebraska dispatch:
The Populist organ, The Independent,
makes a direct charge that $4,000 has
been offered to induce Governor Poyn-
ter to grant a pardon to ex-Statd
Treasurer Joseph S. Barley, now serv!
ing twenty years in the state prison
for embezzlement Of s5OO,OOO from the
state. This charge is coupled with
the following comment: "Those who
have been opposed to Governor Poyn-
ter have been in the habit of bringing
the accusation that he was a weak
man. Some distinguished gentlemen
met with a surprise lately when they
, thought to bank on his reported weak
ness. A very large sum of money was
raised to secure Bartley's pardon. 1t
was large enough to get an agreement
for silence from three dailieS of the
state, besides $35, 900 to be paid in cash
down. There was a lot more who have
pretended to be Populists or Demo-
Gratis (for revenue only whose infiu-
ence was obtained" This disclosure
has caused some commotion in politi-
cal circles, as the deal contemplateS a
pardon for Bentley is known to be only
a preliminary step by agents Of the
surety signers on Bartleys official
bond not only to get BARLEY liberated
and out Of the state, but quietly to
roll through the legislature bill for
the relief of the signers of the BARLEY
bond.
Washington Post: The electoral
votes are beginning to arrive at the
Capitol. Ohio was the first state to
send in it's certificate, and now Ala
bama and Mississippi have been receiv-
ed. These certificates have reached
here by mail. It will not be long be-
fore the messengers will arrive with
duplicates. There is always a rivalry
between the electors as to who shall
get free excursion to Washington.
The certificates already there are
guarded with much care. They are
placed in a special safe, with their seals
unbroken, to remain undisturbed until
the second Wednesday in February,
when the envelopes will be opened and
the votes solemnly counted. On the af-
ternoon Of that day the senate and
house Of representatives will meet in
the hall Of the house at l o'clock with
the president of the senate and the
speaker of the house sitting side by
commencing with Alabama the elec-
toral votes of the states will be duly
announced. Objections to the record
ing of the votes can be made, under
the law, but, of course. there will be
no trouble on that score this year.
When all the votes have been record
ed and added, the announcement will
ha hof
Ohio, and Theodore Roosevelt of New
York, have been elected president and
vice president of the United States.
The curious part of the whole cere-
mony is that there is no provision Of
law for notifying the fortunate candi-
dates of their election. They are sup
posed to discover this interesting fact
for themselves. and if they are absent
on inauguration day it will be their
own fault.
The report of the director of the
mint on the production of gold and sill
Yer in the United States during the
calendar year 1899, shows 81, ,O53, 400
for gold, and s32. .S5S, 700 for silver at it's
average commercial value during the
year. The gold product was the great
est in the history of the country, ex-
ceeding that of 1898 by Sc. $50. 400. The
silver product aggregated 54,7s4 900
ounces, against 54.43S.oOO ounces in 1898.
The average price for silver during the
year on London quotations. was 60
cents per ounce, as compared with SO
cents in 1898. The production by