Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-13
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miral Sampson says that if haste is
made the Vizcaya, Maria Teresa and
Cristobal Colon can be saved. There
seems to be no doubt about the Cristo-
bal Colon, as she is in perfect order.
The navy department will do all it
can to save the ships.
President Mckinley has nominated
Brigadier Generals Hamilton S. Haw-
kins, Henry w. Lawton, Adna R.
Chaffee and John C. Bates to be major
generals. Colonel Leonard Wood has
been promoted to be brigadier general,
and Lieutenant Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt has been made colonel of
the First volunteer cavalry, common
ly known as the Rough Riders. All
these nominations, along with num-
ber of others, were confirmed by the
senate before adjournment last Friday.
- The president has appointed Sena-
tor Cullom, of Illinois, Senator Nor
gan, of Alabama, Representative Hit,
of Illinois, Sanford Dole, president of
the Hawaiian republic, and W. F.
Frear, of Hawaii to be commissioners
under the Hawaiian annexation reso-
luton. Major General E. S. Otis has
received orders from the war depart
ment to proceed at once to Honolulu,
and to take with him the First Regi-
ment of New York Infantry to parti-
cipate in the occupation ceremony.
General Shafter has made a COM
plete report of the American losses
before Santiago in the fighting of July
l and 2. The killed include % officers
and 2OS enlisted men. The wounded
81 officers and 1908 enlisted men.
There are 79 enlisted men missing.
Some wild reports have run the total
losses up to between 5000 and 1000;
but what General Shafter says, of
course, is official. The Spanish loss is
known to have been very heavy; but
the exact figures have not yet been
ascertained.
On the Fourth of July three Amer
lean miners down at Sonora, Mexico,
deserted from their camps in the noun
tains to small village and began their
celebration by hoisting the stars and
stripes over their lodgings. Seven
Spanish gamblers sent them an order
to take it down. The Americans re-
turned the message that there were
not enough Spaniards in Mexico to
make them dol Then the Spaniards
opened fire on the flag and the miners
opened fire on the Spaniards. Result
Two dead Spaniards and one Ameri-
can wounded. And the flag stayed up.
- The president has determined to
promote Acting Admiral Sampson and
Commodore Schley in recognition Of
their services in the destruction of the
Spanish naval fleet in Cuban wa
tiers, but is as yet undecided as to the
extent of promotion. Although Ad-
miral Sampson ranks Commodore
Schley in command of the naval forces
in Cuban waters, he is subordinate to
that officer by two numbers in the
naval register. Commodore Schley
stands number eight in the list of
commodores, and Commodore Samp-
son stands ten, having been promoted
to that grade within the past week.
Commodore Watson, also on duty with
the fleet at Santiago, is senior to both
of the others, standing number six in
his grade. When an official report is
received a decision will be reached
as to the extent of promotion to be
made.
- Philadelphia Record: Somebody
has dug out of "Jennings' History of
Vermont" an entertaining story of
Admiral Georges godly ancestor, the
Rev. Jedediah Dewey. 1t seems that
the Rev. Jedediah was holding services
in honor of the victory at Bennington,
and, as was right and proper, was CIV
ing Providence all the credit for the
triumph of the American arms. Ethan
Allen, who was present, chafed under
this neglect of his own part in the
battle, and, rising in his pew in the
middle of the "long prayer" as it was
called, said: "Parson Dewey, Parson
Dewey, Parson Dewey" The clergy
man stopped and opened his eyes.
The intrepid Allen went on: "Please
mention to the Lord about my being
there" Not daunted by this outrage
Gus interruption, the holy man thun-
dered: "Sit down, thou bold bias
phemer, and listen to the word of
God"
One of the biggest of the New
York national banks has been trying
to dodge the stamp tax on foreign bills
of exchange by making out the order
on money held abroad in the form of
a check. A check pays tax of two
cents, regardless of the amount written
on it ; while a bill Of exchange requires
a stamp of four cents for 500 and four
cents additional for every additional
500 or any part of 800. Thus a bill
of exchange of $4,000 would call for
81 in stamps, while check for the
same amount would pay only two
cents. When other drawers of foreign
exchange in New York heard Of what
the National City Bank was doing,
they asked for ruling from the inter-
nal revenue office Of the government
and it promptly came, and was, of
course, to the effect that an order for