Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-07
Straps and fatts.

near Vernon, Ala, who served as
Kentucky volunteer under General
Buckner during the war, was asked
the other day if he intended to vote
for his old commander next November.
"Not much," was the reply, "General
Buckner surrendered me once, when l
couldn't help myself, but l don't in
tend that he shall do it again."
Reports of the destruction wrought
by the hurricane of Tuesday of
last week in South Florida are still
coming in. The storm struck the
Florida coast at Cedar Keys, and the
town was practically demolished. The
property loss run up into hundreds OF
thousands of dollars. A vast amount
of shipping, especially that which was
engaged in fishing industries, was
destroyed. The total number of deaths
in the whole state of Florida is esti-
mated at something over 100. The
property loss in South Georgia was
much greater than in Florida !; but it
is not thought that the killed numbers
over 20.
New York Times: The Water
vliet arsenal, near Albany, New York,
has begun work preliminary to the
casting of the largest gun in the Unit
ed States. 1t is to be of Is inch bore.
The United States has built two of the
larger caliber for its coast defences,
but they were old fashioned smooth
bores, and not to be compared to the
new gun in size, weight or anything
except caliber. They are two 20 inch
guns, one of which is mounted at Fort
Hamilton, and one of which lies
mounted on the ordinance dock at
Governors Island. These guns were
not startling successes. The one at
Fort Hamilton has been fired a few
times, and each time its recoil has
raised the very dickens with its car
riage. The new gun will be nearly 80
feet long.
Here is the way Major Mckinley
talked of President Cleveland in 1891
"During all of Grover Cleveland's
years at the head of the government
he was dishonoring one of the precious
metals, one of our own great products,
degrading silver and raising the price
of gold. He endeavored even before
his Inauguration to Office to stop the
coinage of silver dollars, and after
ward, to the end of his administra-
ton, persistently used his power to
that end. He was determined to con-
tract the circulating medium and to
demonetize one of the coins of COM
merce, limit the volume of money
among the people, make money scarce
and, therefore, dear. He would have
increased the value of money and
diminished the value of everything
else"
General Maceo made successful
attack on the Spanish trocha last
week. The troeha is a line of forts
extending across Cuba from sea to sea,
and fortified along the whole line.
General Maceo's attack was in the
nature of surprise. While the Span
iards were asleep, he suddenly pounced
down with a battery of dynamite guns
and several thousand Cubans. The
Spaniards were badly demoralized +;
and more than a thousand were killed.
Then the trocha was blown up with
dynamite for a distance of a mile or
more. 1t is thought that Maceo wants
to 60 east pretty soon for the purpose
of Joining Gomez and the attack on
the trocha was a preliminary to that
end. When General Weyler heard of
Maceo's escapade, he is said to have
acted like crazy man.
Here is a story from Cuba that
sounds almost too good to be true.
Some weeks ago, an American citizen
named Samuel T. Tolon was arrested
on an American steamer in Havana
harbor. United States Consul Lee
called upon General Weyler in regard
to the matter. Weyler was disposed
to be somewhat impudent, and Lee
flew off the handle. He told Weyler
that his abusive treatment of Ameri.
can citizens would be tolerated no
longer, and that his man must be
released. Weyler finally agreed to
release Tolon, and then Lee further
demanded that the man must not only
be released, but he must be returned
to the deck of the vessel from which
he was taken. Weyler demurred at
this; but Lee remained firm and
finally Weyler acceded to the demand.
Tolon is now on his way to Washing
ton where he proposes to file a claim
against the Spanish government for
$4,000 damages.
Tom Watson has all along been
bitterly opposed to fusion because it
interferes with his own personal for
tunes. Not so with Mr.. Sewall. He
looks at the matter from an entirely
different standpoint. When the chair
man of the North Carolina Democracy
wrote to Mr.. Sewall for his opinion as
to the advisability of fusion in North
Carolina, Mr.. Sewall replied as fol-
lows: ~ have the honor of acknowl-
edging the receipt of your favor of
September 9th, informing me of the
basis of fusion in North Carolina, and
asking me whether it meets my ap-
proval. believe the friends of bimet-
allism ought to vote for the electoral
ticket that will elect Bryan to the
presidency, and 1 thoroughly approve
of the policy which unites the sup
porters of free silver in your state and
every other. 1t is the peoples cause
against monopolies and no local differ
ences or personal aspirations ought to
prevent that union"
At Ashland, Wis, the other day,