Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-05-04
Straps and facts.

eiro last Saturday afternoon. The Or
egon was in good shape and all on board
were well. The captain had all along
been on the lookout for the Spaniards
and was prepared to make it wonder
fully interesting for them.
A Paris dispatch of last Friday
announces that extraordinary activity
prevails in naval and military cir
cles throughout France. Work at the
Brest arsenal continues until late
hour every night and Sundays. Large
orders for war materials have been
placed and all the coast batteries have
been supplied with provisions and mu-
pitions sufficient for several months. 1t
is also announced that all the French
warships recently mobilized are kept in
fighting trim and ready for sea at
moments notice, and that the reserves
have been notified to expect call for
active service.
- The American line steamer City
of Paris arrived at New York last
Saturday morning from Southampton
after rough passage of Z, days II
hours and As minutes. She had on
board 8 first cabin passengers, 40 Sec
ond cabin, and 80 steerage passengers.
Her cargo consisted of war munitions
principally. She did not see anything
of Spanish war vessels on the way.
Most of the night sailing was done
with lights out, and other precautions,
including a wide detour out of the
regular course, were taken to lessen
the possibility of capture. The City
of Paris will now be quickly converted
into an auxiliary cruiser to be known
as the Yale.
- The naval appropriation bill was
agreed to by the conferees of both
houses last Friday. 1t carries an ap.
propriation of S66,277 ,55S, and pro-
vides for vessels as follows: Three
frstclass battleships, four coast defense
monitors, sixteen torpedo boat destroy
ers, twelve torpedo boats. The United
States now has five battleships afioat !;
two others receiving their armor and
armament Ghe kearsarge and Ken
tucky). and three we'll under way (the
Alabama, Wisconsin and Illinois). The
Kearsarge and Kentucky will be ready
for service within the next few months,
and with the completion of the others,
provided in the meantime none are
lost, we will have in all thirteen
battleships.
- Spain is about to get herself into
serious trouble with Great Britain. Ii
is on account of an attack on the
British consulate at Santiago, CUBA.
When the Americans left Cuoa, the
consulate was turned over to the Brit
ish consul. There was also large
quantity of provisions that had been
contributed to feed the starving Gu
bans. Last Friday night the British
consul, F. w. Ramsden, learned that
the Spaniards proposed to seize the
provisions for the use of the army.
He forestalled this move by distribu-
ting what he had among those for
whom they were intended. The mob
became angry and attacked the consul
late with stones, breaking out the
windows. Consul Ramsden imme-
diately telegraped to the governor
general of Jamaica for assistance, and
within an hour the British cruiser
Pallos was on her way to Santiago to
look into matters. No advices as to
the result have been received.
A Key West dispatch Of April 30,
SAWS that within a week there would he
a combined army and navy attack on
Cuba. There have been various al
legged descriptions of the proposed
movement but that those having the
matter in charge have advertised it in
the newspapers, is very doubtful. The
massing of several thousand troops
about 5000 in all-in the vicinity OF
Tampa and Key West, however, and
the bombardment of different Spanish
Notifications, shows pretty conclusive
ly that the undertaking is under way.
The understanding is that General w.
R. Shafter has been selected to COM
mand the military forces instead of
General Merritt. General Shafter was
approached by the newspaper men a
few days ago with reference to the
signing of their passes. He replied
that there was time enough for that,
and from intimations that were drop
ped on the subject, it was concluded
that the newspaper passes to he issued
would not be at all numerous.
- The nerviest feat of the war, so
far reported, was the capture of the
Spanish steamer Panama by the little
lighthouse tender Mangrove. The cir
cumstance was reported by telegraph
on the day it occurred; but the details
are very interesting. The Panama is
a big steel protected auxiliary cruiser.
She left New York on April 20 for
Havana with cargo of munitions of
war aud provisions on board. She
had crew of ~ men on board, and
was armed with two 14-pounder guns.
The little Mangrove had on board a
crew of only 13 impressed men, and
was armed with two siX-pounders.
The business of the little vessel was
to cut a cable and she had been over
to within 20 miles of Havana for the
purpose. When the Panama came
along, the commander of the Man
grove ordered shot across her bows.
In order to fire another shot, the Man
grove had to turn completely around.
The Indiana was about six miles away
and started to the rescue; but before
she arrived the Mangrove had com
PEELED the Panama to surrender. The
crew of the Mangrove was too small