Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-09
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DelleNSu ny Tie MOTlIlOllS W nave uSSu
the first people Of this country. Benja-
min Gluff, president Of the Brigham
Young academy, in Provo, Utah, who
is in charge Of the expedition, says in a
letter to a friend that many prehistoric
ruins have been examined by the party
and evidences unearthed which tend to
uphold the Mormon traditions.
Senators Aldrich and Allison, Of
the finance committee, are holding fire.
quent conferences on the question OF
how far it is safe to go in reducing the
war taxes The treasury department,
backed by the president, insists upon
it's proposition that the reduction
should not exceed $30,0O0,000, and has
furnished the committee many argu-
ments to that effect. On the other
hand, the bankers are demanding the
removal Of the tax on bank checks and
certificates, while the brewers want an
even greater cut in tax on beer than
that made by the house bill.
Owingsville, KY, dispatch OF Janu-
ary 2: Mr.. and Mrs. Doe Upton, OF
Springfield township, childless couple,
are happy because Of an addition to
their family Early this morning Mr.
Upton was aroused by the wailing cry
of a child. Investigation as to the
cause of the unusual sound, resulted in
the discovery of basket on the back
porch of his residence, from which the
sound came. Upon taking the basket
into the lighted room, it was found to
contain a girl baby about week old,
and warmly dressed. Pinned to the
babes underclothing was $1,000 In pa
per money and a note pleading for Mr..
Tipton to take good care of the baby
and raise her to be lady," and say
ing that when the $1,000 was exhausted
more money to defray all expenses
would be sent him. Mr.. Upton is a
wealthy farmer and he and his wife
are delighted with the infant and will
raise it as their own.
A meeting of missionaries was held
Ill fehlu ldSI 7 ilOcIS W NNhAS2NSA WAN
terms of the joint note Of the powers to
China. A majority Of the missionaries
spoke on the subject. The concensus or
opinion was that that note is not COM
prehensive enough. Rev. Mr.. Owens,
of the American board of foreign mis-
sions, said he was opposed to it for
three reasons-because it was narrow,
selfish and. careless. He said that 1t
did not mention the slaughter Of
Christians, but merely refecrei TO 1h,
killing of Baron Won Ketteler, the Ger
man minister, and an official of the
Japanese legation. Rev. Mr.. LoWrey
thought it was only a preliminary note,
and said the missionaries should get
together, the same as business men,
and press their demands upon the min
listers when the time came for making
the treaties. Mr.. Lowrey's proposition
that the missionaries should adopt a
programme and endeavor to get their
respective ministers to see it inserted
in the treaties was agreed to. Finally
two representatives of each mission
were appointed committee to formu-
late the views of those who took part In
the meeting.
Washington Post: shipping abso-
lutely knows no sentiment" observed
Mr.. Charles T. Alexander, vigorous,
stalwart representative Of Texas man
hood, at the Metropolitan. "My home
is in Waco, but was in Galveston the
other day, and the city is going up like
magic. Thousands Of houses are being
built, but they are not so large or pre-
tentious as their predecessors. The
value of exports from Galveston during
November last was $25,0OO,0OO, which
is $1,000, 900 more than the value Of ex-
ports from Galveston during November
of 1899. Galveston is the ocean outlet
for the vast trade Of Kansas, Missouri,
Indian Territory and Texas. Congress
has long recognized this, and appropri-
ated generously for the harbor The
agricultural products of Texas last
year." continued Mr.. Alexander, who is
a native Of North Carolina, and receiv-
ed his education in New York, yielded
about $500, 900, 900. Her people were
never in better condition. Immigra-
ton into the state, which has fallen off
somewhat during the last four or five
years, is now starting again. The sons
Of North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi
and of states to the northwest are
again turning toward the Lone Star
State. The cosmopolitan character OF
Texas people has long been notable
characteristic, and it is not to be lost
A cosmopolitan people are always lit
tie more liberal and broader in theil
views, which applies exactly to Texas >
Correspondence Charlotte Observer
The statement having been published
in the correspondence of The Observer
and other North Carolina papers thai
the preaching Of Rev. Thomas G. Hod'
gin, the Quaker evangelist, had induced
a man at Providence church, neal
Greensboro, to determine upon the sac
rifice of his two children, The Observer
is requested to correct that statement
Mr.. Enoch L. Cox, Of Brunswick post
office, wrote to his cousin, who wa:
present at the Providence meeting
to find out the truth Of the matter, ant
was informed that John league rose
in the meeting, said he had vision Of
dream two or three weeks before, anc
had told no one about it, and he believ
ed it to be the Lords will that ht
should tell it that night before this
people. 1t was then that a woman