Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-12-04

week by running 5l9 miles in $50 min
utes. 1t was between Cheyenne, Wy,
and Council Bluffs, la. 1t seems that
there had been break down, as the
ersult of which the train was delayed
five hours and thirty minutes. Fail
ure to reach Council Bluffs on sched'
ule, meant a heavy fine by the post
Office department and the engineer
"let himself out" There was one stop
of FIVE minutes to fix a busted hose
pine. and besides this all the regular
stops were made. One hundred miles
of the run was made in 88 minutes,
or q little over 6S miles an hour. The
average running time over the.whole
trip, not including stops, was little
over 62} miles an hour.
- The cabinet held meeting on last
Tuesday to consider the question of
sending food to destitute miners in the
Klondike. The immediate occasion
of the meeting was a telegram from
the Portland, Ore, Chamber of Com
merce, stating that miners were in
danger of starvation, and the people
of Portland and surrounding cities
would contribute food supplies if the
government would undertake trans.
portation. The members of the cabi-
nent discussed the matter at length,
and finally decided that they would
have to leave it to congress. If con-
gress will make the necessary appro-
priation, the understanding is that the
war department will undertake the
transportation of the supplies to the
Klondike.
Ex-United States Senator Patrick
Walsh, the Citizens candidate, was on
lats Wednesday elected Mayor of Au-
gusta, over William Dunbar and
Daniel Kerr, by a majority of S24
Mr.. Dunbar was, like MIR. Walsh,
brought into the race by popular senti-
ment in favor of municipal reform,
while Mr.. Kerr was put up by ring
politicians, backed by ths present city
administration. Walsh had walk
over in the first, second and third
wards, and was only beaten in the
fourth by majority of Is; Kerr car.
rying that ward. Kerr also carried
the fifth. In the fourth, which is the
largest iu the city, Kerr claimed 1,5O0
before election, and when he visited
the polls at noon and saw inevitable
defeat staring him in the face, tainted
and was sent home in a carriage.
The German empire is trying to
bulldoze the little republic of Hayti.
Sometime ago man who claimed to
be q German citizen was thrown into
prison in Hayti for an alleged offense.
The Imprisonment was at night, and the
German charge d. affairs Immediately
went to the president of the republic
with demand for the release of the
prisoner. The German made himself
very offensive to the authorities, and
failing to have things done just as he
wanted, promptly laid the matter be-
fore the home government. At first
the home government made demand
for an apology and indemnity. The
United States offered some suggestion,
and the demands have been modified
somewhat. The incident is attracting
considerable attention, and is not yet
entirely settled.
The December statement Of the
public debt shows that at the close of
business on November 80, 1897, the
public debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to 81 ,O09, ,226, ,466, decrease
since October 80, of s11 ,33S,125. This
decrease is accounted for by an in
crease in the cash due to the deposit
of an installment of the proceeds Of
the sale of the governments interest
in the Union Pacific railroad. But for
this transaction, the cash in the treas
ury would have been $771 ,450 less
than last month. The debt is recapit-
ulated as follows: Interest bearing
debt, $S47, 1865, ,629; debt on which in
terest has ceased since maturity, ST.
33l, ,2SO; debt bearing no interest,
1881, 1925; total, 81 ,229 800, ,O25.
This amount, however, does not in
clude S579,92O,939 in certificate and
treasury notes outstanding, which are
offset by an equal amount of cash in
the treasury. The cash in the treasury
is classified as follows: Gold, $194,-
OS9, 1850; silver, S5O7, ,656, 1882; paper,
$lO5, 1858 bonds, disbursing off.
GERS balances, etc S3S, ,907, ,251; total,
$S46, 400, ,076. against which there are
demand liabilities amounting to $685.
745, SIG, leaving the net cash balance
1920, ,66S, $50.
- Justice Fields retirement from the
United States supreme court, of which
he gave official notice 10 the president
last April, took place on Wednesday.
There was no formality attendant up
on it. The justice was not present in
the court room, and as he had not sat
with the court on any day since the
opening day of the term, the proceed
ings did not differ in any respect from
those of ordinary days. 1t had been
supposed that a general transfer of the
seats of the associate justices, which
always occurs when The senior asso-
ciate retires, would take place; but
even this formality was postponed un-
til Monday next. On that day JUS
tice Harlan, who now becomes the