Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-06-06

amount of money that we paid for the
Louisiana territory in 1S03-an area
of 1,1S2,755 square miles. Napoleon
first asked 1OO,OOO,O00 francs, but Mr..
Livingston got him down to rs, 900, 900,
and it was afterwards disclosed that if
we had offered 50,OOO,OO0 francs it
would have been accepted, for the
French commissioners were instructed
to insist upon that sum if they could
not get more. The actual cost of the
Louisiana territory was $27, ,267, ,621 ,9S,
of which $S,52S, 1853 was interest on
the SIS, 100000 of bonds and So, 1885,.
36S.9s spoilation claims which we
agreed to pay under the treaty.
- Smith Afford was taken from his
home at Bridgeton, N. j., last Friday
night by a score of masked men, who
are unknown but who are thought to
be men of high standing, He was
found on the river bank next morning,
trying to clean tar aad feathers from
himself. He was beaten and tarred
and feathered by "whitecaps," who
were incensed at his having caused the
death of his wife by cruel brutality.
He is suspected of poisoning her.
Afford was dragged, shrieking and
struggling past the coffin of his wife.
Outside the house, the leader told him
they intended to hang him. They
lashed him fearfully but finally let him
60.
- The senate committee on privileges
and elections, on last Friday, had un-
der consideration Senator Pritchard's
resolution declaring exclusion from the
privilege of the franchise because of
race to be unconstitutional. The COM
mittee decided to recommend the adop-
ton of substitute, directing the COM
mittee to investigate whether such ex-
clusion is antagonistic to the constitu-
ton. The substitute passed the COM
mittee by party vote, and If it is
agreed to by the senate the investiga-
tion will be undertaken by the COM
mittee. The resolution is predicated
upon conditions in North Carolina.
Considerable interest is manifested in
it by the senators from all the southern
states.
- There was an interesting debate
in the senate on the armor plate ques
ton last Friday. 1t developed that
the armor plate companies were still
holding out for $445 a ton but would
come down to $4O0 if the senate would
agree to pay that price. Senators
Tillman and Chandler both attacked
the rapacity of the trust, and renewed
their familiar argument in favor of a
government plant for the manufacture
of armor plate, when Senators Hanna
and Elkins came to the rescue of the
trusts. They both claimed experience
as manufacturers, and held that the
price at which the armor makers Of
fered to sell was less than the govern
ment could make the same commodity.
They charged Tillman and Chandler
with obstructing work on the new
navy to no good purpose, and upheld
the interests of the armor plate manu-
facturers generally. Senator Tillman
gave Senator Hanna several pretty
hard raps, and Senator Teller charged
that if the government should pay for
plates at the rate demanded, the ar
NOR trust would be able to contribute
S5,OOO,0OO 10 the Republican campaign
fund against 100000 four years ago.
- One of the most attractive exhibits
at the Paris exposition, and without
question the most valuble, is the "Dia-
mond case" in the British pavilion.
It's greatest treasure is the celebrated
OIL carat Jagersfontien diamond, be-
longing to Darlington & Co., of Lon
don, and offered for sale at the fixed
price of S5,000,000. 1t is of a won
derful blush tint, has the shape of an
icicle and is three inches long and two
inches thick in the middle. 1t was
found in Kimberly in 1897 by colored
man, Anthony Frazier, who sold it to
a broker for $4,000, a carriage,
two horses, watch and chain, etc.,
all told $45,OOO. There are on exhibit
in the same case the four most cele-
brated older diamonds, the Regent, the
Kohinoor, the Imperial and the Orloff,
valued respectively $4,000, 900, 81, $780,
900, 81, 100000 and 100000, so that
these five largest diamonds on the face
of the globe represent capital of
$4,000, 400. The British exhibit also
contains the largest three Jumps of
gold extant-Fred Marks, Australian,
224 pounds, Oliver Martins, Califor-
nian, 1S1, and Pete Flowers Califor-
nian, 154 pound Jumps. The total
value of the diamonds, pearls, rubies,
turquois, emeralds, gold bricks and
other jewelry exhibited in Paris is over
s1,OO0OO0,OOO.
"A Manila story, under date of
June 3rd, indicates the possible killing
of Aguinaldo. A reading of the de.
tails indicate probable case of "the
wish being the father to the thought" !"
The report comes from the force of 100
men that some weeks ago went after
Aguinaldo under Major Marsh. They
say they ran upon Aguinaldo's band,
and followed it through the forest, at
times coming in sight oft. On several
occasions they killed and captured
members of the party. On entering
the town of Lagat, they saw a number
of Fiipinos running away. On a
mountain side, thousand yards away,
they saw cavalcade of about 25 men
dressed in white. They fired several
volleys, and presently man who seem
ed to be the leader fell from his horse.
The man was taken up by the others
and carried away on a litter. After