Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-12-29
Scraps and fatts.

years as follows, the first figures rep
resenting 1902, the second 1908: Cot
ton, middling uplands, S.55: 12.4o.
Print cloth, 2S-inch standard cents;
81 to 81. Print cloth, 38a-inch stand
ards, cents; 49, Drills, standard 8
cents; 81 cents. Sheetings, 3-yard, Of
cents; 81 to 81. In other words, raw
cotton has been advanced As per cent
while print cloths are Only 1S per cent
higher; drills, 16 per cent, and sheet
ings, % to 25 per cent.
The tallest building on earth Is to
be erected in lower Broadway, If pres
ent plans are carried out, says New
York dispatch. With five stories be-
low the street level, forty stories high
from the entrance to the top floor and
surmounted by a sixty-foot tower, the
gigantic new building will have a total
height Of 615 feet, making it over twice
as high as the Flatiron building, and
almost as tall again as the Park Row
building, which at present holds the
record. This building is to extend one
full block on Broadway and its cost,
including the site, will reach s10,0O0,-
600. The land is said to have been
bought and the completion Of the
building within one year is promised.
twenty-five persons were killed
and thirty or more were injured as the
result Of a head-on collision between
two Pere Marquette railroad trains
near East Paris, Mich, last Saturday.
The accident this time is not attribu-
table to the carelessness or mistake or
operatives; but to terrible blizzard
and windstorm in which the signal
lights were extinguished.
The most terrible accident OF the
Christmas holidays, was the wreck Of
the Duquesne limited on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, eight miles west Of
Connellsville, Pa, on last Wednesday.
Sixty eight people were killed outright
and hundred or more were seriously
injured. The wreck was caused by the
timbers that had been dropped from
car that had been improperly loaded
and which had passed just ahead on
was pulling the train stopped with
sudden jerk and turned over, pinioning
the engineer and fireman underneath.
The smoker was crushed into kindling
wood almost and the following cars
were completely wrecked. The de-
struction In the smoker was most ter
rible. The broken safely valve Of the
locomotive projected through the roof
Of the car and sent stream Of scald-
ing steam among the inmates until
dining car steward managed to stuff
the valve with his coat. Ghouls and
robbers appeared on the scene soon
after the accident, and much money was
stolen from the dead passengers.
Fall River, Massachusetts, dispatch:
Recent failures Of southern cotton
dealers have had a depressing effect on
the mill and brokerage business In this
city. Brokers here who bought for De-
cember and January delivery at last
summers prices now hear that the
southern men cannot deliver the goods.
The brokers who sold this prospective
cotton to local mills upon guarantee
Of delivery are left high and dry, and
are entirely at the mercy Of the mills
The rapid rise in the price Of cotton
has made 1t impossible for any local
brokers to replace defaulted contracts
involving large amounts, so that 1t
forces the issue to basis Of dollars
and cents representing the difference
between the price at which the sales
were made to the mills and the present
price Of cotton, which is practically IA
cents a pound. One large transaction
Is said to have been settled by COM
promise already. The loss sustained by
mill men and brokers to date will ag-
gregate 100000. Another effect Of the
inability Of the mills to get cotton for
less than IA cents will be an earlier
and more extensive curtailment Of the
production. Local cotton brokers al
most without exception say they have
been victimized by ginnery men Of the
south, who have been sending light
bales here.
Washington dispatch Of December
26: The situation in the east has
caused the officials Of the state depart
ment to renew their efforts to secure
for the United States from China and
Korea certain necessary trade advan-
tages as embodied in the Chinese COM
mercial treaty and in Minister Aliens
demands upon the Korean government
haf0ra tho rricic hpnnroac on11ta
1t is realized that should hostilities
break out between Russia and Japan,
the resulting peace treaty probably
would leave the United States and
other neutral nations entirely outside
Of the pale Of advantage in Korea and
in Manchuria, no matter which way
the tide Of victory turned. Therefore
the state department is bringing pres
sure to bear upon the Chinese court to
insure the speedy ratification Of the
indirectly been given to understand
this country's position in these nego-
tiations, it is hoped that final ratifica-
. tions Of the treaty may be exchanged
in Washington within three months at
the outside. This will result in the
opening to the United States the trade
of the ports Of Antung and Moukden
In Manchuria. Across the river from
Antung, in Korean territory, lies Wiju
and the state department has prompted
Mr.. Allen at Seoul to renew his pres
sure upon the Korean government to