Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01
Straps and faets.

the Spanish navy. A few day ago s
fleet of six French warships fired 35(
shells, at range of two miles, at 6
wooden ship before the craft was sci
on fire and sunk. Dewey's boys would
probably have had the target riddled
before a quarter of that number OF
shells had been discharged.
"A statement recently prepared by
experts of the treasury department
fixes the cost of the war up to Septem'
ber 1 at s12O,OOO,OOO, and estimates
that the expenses during the remain
der of the calendar year will aggregate
about $115, 100000 additional, or $685.
100000 in all. Ell Correo, the Madrid
newspaper which is regarded as the
organ of Senior Sagasta, has stated
that the Spanish government has ex'
pended 1884, 100000 and 100000 lives
since March, 1895, to retain possession
of the island of Cuba.
- Frank G. Carpenter, the newspa'
per writer, says in letter from Chill,
South America, dated early in August,
that that country was full of Spanish
sympathizers, and that plot was
formed to blow up the Oregon and
Marietta when they arrived at the port
of Santiago de Chill. The plan, how
ever, became known to our consul,
who had no trouble in making such
representations to the Chilian govern
ment as caused it to be abandoned.
Mr.. Carpenter also says that as much
as $3.50, 900 was raised in Chill to help
the Spaniards.
A war on adulterated and bogus
vinegars is being made in Philadelphia.
A grocerymau was asked the other
day why he kept bogus vinegar. He
replied that bis customers would not
purchase any other sort. Pure vine
gar, made from the juice of apples, is
not as clear and attractive looking as
the artificial product made from acids
and drugs, and he said his custom
ers preferred to buy by looks than
taste and wholesomeness. There
may be a good deal of truth in
his statement. Many persons are
apparently absolutely careless of what
they put into their stomachs. The
Philadelphia grocers, however, have
60 days in which to get rid of all
the adulterated and bogus vinegars in
their establishments.
- Thomas Francis Bayard, of Della
ware, died at Dedham, Mass, last
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, af-
ter an illness of about six weeks. Mr..
Bayard was born in Wilmington, DEL,
on August 80, 1928. He entered pub
lie life early and made rapid progress.
He was elected to the United States
senate in 1868 with his father for a
colleague, the only circumstance of the
kind that has occurred in the history
of the country. He was presidential
candidate in 1880, and was second to
Hancock, who was nominated at the
second ballot. In 1884, he was called
to the position of secretary of state
by President Cleveland, and during
Mr.. Cleveland's second term, served
as ambassador to the court of st.
James. The funeral is to be held to-
day in Wilmington, Del.
- The Infanta Maria Teresa has been
successfully hoated and she will soon
be brought 10 the United States. A
Washington dispatch Of Wednesday
saws: "Chief Constructor Hichborn
estimates that it will require an expen-
diture of sSOO,OOO to put the Spanish
flagship Infanta Maria Teresa in SER
viceable condition. This amount is
proportionately small compared to the
benefit gained, as the Teresa could not
be duplicated for less than $4,000, 900.
The Teresa was built at Blboa, Spain,
but her plans were purchased from
English designers. After comparison
of the plans with the official reports,
detailing the injuries to the vessel,
the chief constructor gave orders for
the construction of the parts that must
be replaced, and all these will be
ready for installation at Norfolk when
the cruiser arrives there. The ma
chinery of the vessel is in good condi,
ton, and will only require thorough
overhauling to make it practically as
good as new"
-"Not many evenings since,' says
the Florida Times Union, "three CON
valescents arrived at the Terminal Sta
ton, with 80 day furloughs snugly
tucked away in their jeans. They dis
covered on arriving at the station that
they had an hour to wait before the
departure of their train, and this is
the way they filled the time: A bottle
of whisky that had been provided
against the emergencies of travel was
consumed by the trio. Next, lot o.
pears was found and devoured. Wan
dering across the street they purchas
ed pound of soda waters, and soor
the contents of the package were
stored away. Finally a small Negro
came in sight having for sale lot o.
boiled crabs. 1t was the work of bu
a moment for the sick heroes to be-
come the owners Of these delicacies
and they were soon out of sight. The
train by this time had been made up
and the soldiers entered and founc
their places, and during the wait be