Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-16
Straps aud fatts.

sioner for the Interstate exposition to
be held in Charleston, S. c., beginning
next December, says an Albany dis
patch of Tuesday, has obtained the as
surance that New York state will ap-
propriate $4,000 or $4,000 for state
building at the exposition. Mr.. Au-
brey, when in Albany, few days ago,
had a conference with Governor Odell,
and the governor has since conferred
with Senator Higgins, chairman Of the
senate finance committee, in regard to
the appropriation. The governor de-
cided that the Empire State should be
we'll represented. Senator Higgins will
troduce the bill carrying the appro-
priation. AS the Pan-American expo
sition at Buffalo will close In October,
many of the exhibits will be shipped
direct from Buffalo to Charleston.
Augusta Chronicle: The people Of
Washington are anxious about the
holding Of an extra session Of congress.
They profit immensely by the presence
of congress, and an extra session this
spring and summer means the enrich
ment of the people Of this city many
hundreds Of thousands of dollars. Con-
gress keeps large number Of people
here outside Of the members and en-
ployes Of the legislative branches, and
If an extra session Is held it means
prosperity for the hotels and boarding.
house keepers and restaurants and
printing offices, and, in fact, almost ev-
every kind Of business establishment.
The city loses a very large per centage
Of its population in summer when con-
gress is not in session, and for this rea-
son the Washington people seem to
have adopted the principle that it is
best to make hay while the sun shines.
AS result they charge enormous
prices for everything at their disposal
during the winters, and the cost of liv-
ing in the national capital is notori-
ously high. For this reason many of
the members Of congress are perpetu-
ally opposed to extra sessions, and
many Of them favor exceedingly brief
regular sessions in order that they can
save as much of their salary as possi-
BILE.
Says Washington dispatch to the
Atlanta Journal: Race prejudice has
caused the recall Of invitations sent
out by Congressman Charles F.
Sprague. of Massachusetts,, to men,
bers Of the house District of Columbia
committee to dine with him. By an
oversight Sprague sent an invitation
to George H. White, the North Carroll
ma Negro member Of congress, who is
a member Of the committee. Repre-
sentative Otey, of Virginia, who is a
Southern gentleman Of the old school,
suspected that White had been invited
to the dinner and he refused to accept
Sprague's hospitality. Other members
sent declinations, and as it finally
dawned upon Mr.. Sprague that he
would have to break bread with him
self and the Negro, White, alone, he
decided to call off the dinner and will
get up another one to which the men,
bers of the committee will be invited
as individual members Of congress. In
this way White will not be invited. The
incident has excited much comment in
the house. Northern, as we'll as South
ern members, refused to eat with the
Negro member. White is probably the
last Of the Negro members of congress.
He goes out on March and will be
succeeded by a Democrat. It is not be-
lieved another Negro will ever be elect
ed to congress.
The secretary of the treasury, on
Wednesday, made reply to a resolution
Of the senate of the 11th instant, con-
corning the shipping of the country
as affected by the ship subsidy bill, by
sending in a report from the commits
sioner of navigation. The statement
includes complete list Of the merchant
vessels Of the United States, Of which
1t Is stated there are 1888 in number.
OF these 1880, aggregating gross ton
mage Of S26,694 tons, are registered for
the foreign trade, while the vessels Ii
censed for the coasting trade number
22,003, Of 4,33S, ,145 gross tons. The COM
missioner says there is no legal obsta-
Gle to any of these coastwise vessels Of
more than 80 tons, entering the foreign
trade; but that the length of the canal
locks would prevent many of the ves-
sells of the great lakes from passing to
the sea. The number of American ves-
sells in the foreign trade eligible to SUBJ
sides under the bill, is placed at 1881,
Of which 964 are sailing vessels. The
commissioner says it is not practica-
BILE to say whether all these vessels
have compiled with the requirements
that would entitle them to subsidies.
1t is also stated by the commissioner
ing to the additional subsidies to be
paid to 20 and 21-knot vessels, will have
the effect Of reducing the subsidies
payable on voyages of the st. Louis,
st. Paul. Paris and New York, includ-
ed in the tabulation by the sum of
s221,1O6.
- The anti-tiger war wags merrily
along in Kansas. A dispatch of We'd
nesday from Winfield, that state. says:
A mob of 200 men and women, armed
with axes, revolvers and shotguns, to-
day totally demolished Schmidt's sa-
loon, the finest in the city. Someone
fired half dozen shots from a shotgun
through the front door that started a
general onslaught with rocks and
sticks on the windows and doors. EN-
ma Denny received a pistol ball in her
face and was slightly hurt. Although