Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-31
Straps aud faets.

permanent cotton warehouse system.
The Missouri general assembly
has been deadlocked for some weeks
past over the election Of United
States senator to succeed Cockrell, the
Democratic incumbent. The RepubH-
cans have a small majority on Joint
ballot, and in caucus they agreed to
elect Thomas, K. SaNeidringhaus; but
Nefdringhaus has polical record that
is not altogether satisfactory and
small split in the party is holding up
his election. Some of the Republicans
insist on supporting ex-senator Ker-
ems. On the tenth ballot last Friday
the result was: Neidringhaus 81;
Cockrell, go; Kerens, IL; G. H. Wilson,
/. It requires S6 votes to elect. 1t
seems impossible, however, to get all
of the members present. Neidringhaus
is said to be confident Of his election
next week.
No more silver dollars are to be
coined in this country unless congress
at some time authorizes the resump-
ton Of coinage and the purchase OF Sill
yer bullion for that purpose. The last
of the silver bullion purchased under
the act of 1878, for the resumption OF
silver coinage, has been put into Sill
yer dollars. There Is an exception OF
LOO. 900 ounces that Is being kept for
subsidiary coinage and in few
months this will be used up and IN the
future the treasury must buy silver
bullion for subsidiary coinage pur-
poses. Under the Bland-Allison act,
today stated George E. Roberts, direc-
tor Of the mint, the total coinage OF
silver dollars has been $57o,272,6lO.
This includes about $5,000,000 OF trade
dollars that We're recoined. The total
coinage represents about the total
value of the bullion that was pur-
chased.
A feature Of the debate in the
house last Friday was the statement
Of Mr.. Williams Of Mississippi. who
said that on the subject Of revision or
rates the Democratic party was COM
mitted without addition or subtraction
to the recommendation OF President
Roosevelt In his recent message.
The Democrats he said. were glad
to have the presidents views, be-
cause 1t was Democratic doctrine"
It ought, he said, to be American doc
trine and he said he was only too glad
that the president was more OF an
American than a Republican or Demo-
crat. I'VE will toemark his tracks on
the subject" declared Mr.. Williams,
amid great applause, "and." he con-
tinued. facing the Republican side, I'VE
call on you as American citizens to
help us toemark them" Mr.. Williams
later asserted 1t as his belief that rail-
road influences were felt in the senate
at the same time the so-called Cullum
BILL establishing the interstate COM
merce commission, was substituted by
the senate conferees for the so-called
Reagan bill. The latter bill. he declar-
ed, would have fulfilled the require
ments. g..
A dispatch. to the Associated
Press from johannesburg says that the
largest diamond ever. discovered has
been found near Pretoria, weighing
3,032 carats. 1t Is said to be a dia-
mond of good quality and Is pure
white. and Is locally valued at nearly
$4,000, 900. The find has created a SEN
sation in South Africa. The largest
diamond discovered heretofore was the
Koh-i-nur owned by the royal family
Of England, which weighed 794 carats
in its original shape. 1t came from In
dia, long before the Christian Era, and
It has been cut and trimmed until its
weight now is 1929 carats. 1t is worth
s650,000. Another stone Of note is the
Regent of Pitt diamond in the Louvre
at Paris which is valued at $2,50O,00o.
Today it weighs 1876 carats. OF late
the price Of diamonds has advanced
steadily, which makes the new find
near Pretoria of still greater worth.
A Tampa dispatch Of last Friday
says that advices from the orange
groves are that of 100000 boxes of fruit
remaining on the trees, rs per cent
have been frozen, and made unstable.
Thousands Of young trees and i'm
mense quantities Of vegetables were
killed. The loss of the oranges on
trees falls more largely on dealers than
on growers, most Of the oranges hav-
ing already been sold.
Owing to the ingenuity Of profess
sional forgers, says a Washington dis
patch, the postoffice department has
been compelled to change the present
form of domestic money orders. Post
master General Wynne today issued an
order directing w. E. Cochran, pur-
chasing agent, E. F. Kimball, superin-
tendent of the money order system and
w. ]. Vickery, the chief inspector, TO
devise new money order blank to en-
able the department to guard against
the alteration or raising Of money or
ders. The blanks now in use are
printed on specially prepared paper and
are in the form Of a check They took
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zig-zag form, in which the sum pay
able was also represented in clipping
the margin. The change, however, has
proved anything but an improvement,
and fraud Is more general now than at
any time in the history Of the postal
service. The precautions taken by the
government are in the interests of the
public, as Uncle Sam cannot lose in
transactions of the kind in question.
A postal clerk who pays money on
fraudulent order Is held responsible
and must reimburse the government.
Persons who accept raised orders in
exchange are the losers and not the
government. Every effort will be made
by the committee CT experts appointed
by the postmaster general to devise a
blank form of money order that will be
fraud proof.
Most Of the members of the execu-
tive committee of the Southern Cotton
association remained over in New Or
leans last Friday to attend the meeting
called for that day. President Jordan
called the meeting to order. John NJ.
80 hn