Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06
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capital stock Of two hundred and fifty
thousand has already been subscribed
and the concern Is also to have
working surplus Of same amount.
General Kuropatkin telegraphs st.
Petersburg, under date Of December D.
reporting upon recent skirmishes. he
states that Russian scouts found at
one point on the left flank seventeen
Japanese corpses entirely stripped OF
clothing, probably by local inhaoi-
tants. Gen. Kuropatkin also relates
the discovery Of two wounded Rus
slams who had been overlooked ana
left in the trenches since October 10.
One of them, who had been less Sc
verely wounded than his fellow, Pro-
cured food by searching the bodies OF
the slain, and upon this they had sub
sisted for As days.
The annual report Of Commission
er John w. Yerkes, Of the Internal
Revenue Bureau shows that for the
fiscal year ended June 80. the receipts
of the bureau are $2S2,s04,0O4. an IN
crease Of s2,163,O7s over the collec-
tions for the year preceding. Tne
leading states in the payment OF IN
ternal revenue taxes for the past year
are Illinois, s52.464, 271; New York.
s2S.s75.125; Indiana, s24,102,s71; Ken
lucky, s21,757,7S3; Ohio. $21,os1.41s;
Pennsylvania, $17,s74.540. In 1908 the
total production Of distilled spirits
was 14S.2Os,S75 gallons; in 1904. lSs,-
505,214 gallons. In 1904 the liquor
sold amounted to 117,000,0o0 gallons,
against 114,OO0,O00 gallons in 1908.
The amount Of tobacco manufactured
fell off and snuff increased.
Washington, Dec. 4: Little in the
way Of legislative business is expect
ed the first week Of the session Of con-
gress. The first day will be devoted
to organizing. Tuesday the presi-
dents message will be read, but 1t Is
not expected that any other business
will be transacted. There are num-
Der of minor matters Of legislation
which may be considered on Wednes-
day and on Thursday. Friday is pen
sion day and there will be more than
a thousand private pension bills ready
for the house to consider. An intima-
ton has been given that objection may
be interposed against administering
the oath Of office to ]. T. Hefiin, who
has been elected to I'LL the vacancy
caused by the death Of Representative
Thompson, from the fifth Alabama
district, on account Of certain language
Hefiin is alleged to have used regard
ing the president Of the United States.
In case objection should be made there
no doubt would be spirited party de-
bate.
General ]. Warren Keifer, former
speaker of the national house Of repre-
sentatives, who has been elected to
congress from the seventh Ohio dis
trict, has issued statement in which
he announces that his mission is to Sc
cure legislation to prevent the dis
franchisement Of voters in the south.
He says: "All 1 contend for is equal
voting power in all the states in elect
ing members in the house Of represen-
tatives and eleetias-5-Pressdent of the
United States. This equality Of right
should be conceded, and no principle
of generosity to the south requires any
surrender Of a fundamental principle
of our form Of government. With
election laws in substantial accord In
all states, and with the natural ten
dency to prevent restriction OF the
elective franchise, population, without
regard to race, is a fair rule for de-
termining equal representation. A just
rule Of representation should be found,
and great care should be taken to
avoid the possibility Of doing injustice
to any state, and whatever rule is
adopted must be applied north as well
as south"
The papers throughout the coun-
try are devoting lots Of space to Mrs.
Cassie L. Chadwick, the woman who
succeeded in borrowing s500,000 from
the Ohio banks without adequate Sc
curity. There is good deal Of mys-
terry about the matter. Bank officials
have been placed under arrest, and
Mrs. Chadwick is said to be sick in
her room in New York. Nobody seems
to know how Mrs. Chadwick succeed
ed in inducing the bankers to part
with their cash and nobody seems to
know what she did with the money.
She is not disposed to do much talk
ing; but insists that all her debts will
be paid within a week, and it is said
that some Of her creditors believe her.
One Of the notes which she showed as
a credential; but which she did not
put up as a collateral was for $500, 900,
and purported to carry the signature
of Andrew Carnegie. Mr.. Carnegie
says he never heard Of the woman be-
fore the developments'vf the past few
weeks. Some Of the newspapers claim
that Mrs. Chadwick Is an ex-convict,
and that she had several husbands be-
fore she married DR.. Leroy S. Chad
wick, who is now in Europe and who
claims that all the deogatory stories
about his wife are false The case is
full of mystery.
- Washington, Dec. & Preliminary
returns to the chief Of the bureau of
statistics, department Of agriculture,
show a total production Of cotton in
the United States in the year 1904
1905 Of 12,162,0O bales. Round bales
have been included In this estimate
and reduced to their equivalent in
square bales. The estimate does not
include linters-~-In the preparation and
issuance l,of the cottoH-report Secre-
tarysswilson gave a demonstration Of
the precautions taken to avoid ad-
vance information leaking out. Rep
resentative Burgess Of Texas, and rep
resentative Ransdell Of Louisiana,
were invited by the secretary to wit
ness the preparation Of the estimate.
The party was locked in the private
office of the statistician and the re-
ports from all the cotton districts were
taken into the room The doors were