Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-23

day. He beQueStS to the Union Trust
company, as trustee, $125,OOO to be In
vested, the interest to be paid to his
wife during the term Of her life. To
his wife he also leaves $1,000; to his
daughter Elizabeth $4,000, to be paid
to his wife as trustee. He leaves $1O,-
600 to be invested for his grandson,
BENJAMIN Harrison Mckee. To each
of his grandchildren, Mary Lodge Nc
Kee, Marthena Harrison and William
Henry Harrison, he leaves the sum OF
$500. Item 16 Of the will reads as
follows: IF another child should be
born to me Of my present marriage, 1
give and bequeath to such child the
sum Of $4,000. If a boy shall be born
to me, he shall bear my name, and my
sword and sash shall be given to him
instead Of my son Russell" Russell
Harrison's debts to his father are re-
mitted. The residuary estate is equal
ly divided among the children Of Rus
sell Harrison and General Harrison's s
two daughters.
of all the great nations, the United
States have the least interest in the In
ternational Congress on Alcoholism
called by the Austrian government to
meet at Vienna April 9-14. While
every one of the European peoples Is
increasingly alarmed at the growth Of
drunkenness, of disease from drunk
enness, Of crimes from drunkenness,
the people of this country are growing
more and more temperate. Our con-
sumption of spirits is one and quar-
ter gallons per year per head of popu-
lation and is about stationary, If not
on the decline Our consumption of
wine is but a small fraction more than
it was 20 years ago, with a tendency to
decline. Our consumption Of ale and
beer shows only trifling increase In
the last seven years, though 1t has
doubled since 1880. It is now only 16
gallons a year per head Of population
less than a pint day for all persons
above the age Of 1S years. Our con-
sumption Of all kinds of alcoholic
drinks is, relatively to the population,
little larger than it was 20 years ago
and no larger than it was ten years
ago. Although the use Of alcohol has
The overwhelming mass Of Americans
are more temperate than any other
people in civilization, except perhaps
the Swiss.
Minneapolis, Minn., Times: w. w.
billiard, member of the Texas house
of representatives, has packed his grip
and gone home in disgust. He says he
cannot retain his self-respect and re-
main a member of that body. His res
ignation has been sent to the governor
and billiard has gone home to tell his
constituents all about it. He will tell
them that the railroad lobby controls
the legislature. He will inform them
that no legislation of any character can
be passed, or even considered, with
out the consent of that body. He will
tell his Mortified constituents that
when he went to the theatre in Aus
tin and paid his way he found the box
es full of his fellow legislators who
were the guests Of the railroad attor-
neys. The immediate cause of Mr.. Dill
lard's resignation was the passage of
bill permitting railways outside the
state to lease Texas railways not over
lis miles in length. Mr.. billiards.
wrath is excusable, but he should not
retreat under fire. He should remain
manfully at his post and faithfully
keep tab on what the railroad lobby
lists and the corrupt legislators are do
ing. The state needs one such man in
the legislature, even though he can do
no more than utter a fruitless protest
now and then. Mr.. billiard should
withdraw his resignation and stick to
the ship. If he works it right he may
be promoted to congress, where the
railroad lobbyist is unknown and the
corporation lawyer troubleth not.
The state department has received
at Chez Foo and Ragsdale at Tien-
Tsin, reports intended to show the ef-
feet Of the Boxer troubles in North
China upon United States trade. with
particular regard to what Americans
lost in America, through the outbreak,
rather than in the Chinese empire.
A resume of trade returns in North
China entire, comparing the quarter
ending June 80 last, with that ended
September 80, shows an almost COM
plete annihilation of the American i'm
port trade and in Consul Fowler's lam
guage give a good idea Of what a mob
in China can do in interfering with
trade" The loss was most felt in cot
ton piece goods and the cessation of
this class of imports, says the consul,
must have been keenly felt in the
Southern states. Probably no country
in the world, Consul Fowler states,
suffered as much as did the United
States, for the strife covered practical
ly entirely the American field Of trade.
In compiling the statistics the amounts
indicated by gallons, or pieces are set
out in Chinese money, so that an esti-
mate of the total actual value Of the
losses sustained is not easily available,
but the comparative tables indicating
the greatest increase in our trade with
China ever known, at the beginning Of
1900, and setting forth the most seri-
Gus losses to it at the end of the year,
are sufficiently impressive to serve the
purpose. At Che Foo, which, compar
ed with the immediate northern ports,
and peaceful, there were more riots
and tumults than ever before, and the