Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-08


provinces as we'll, is said to be almost
a complete failure. In the south there
will be partial harvest but the grain
is said to be sparse, small sized and
light. Prices, therefore, will be high.
Russia's shortage will have to be made
up from the United States and Argen-
tina.
- The rich taxpayers of New York
are taking advantage of the per cent:
rebate, and on Monday several planked
down checks filled out with figures
representing a fortune. W. W. Astor
sent a check for 100000. Colonel
John Jacob Astor enriched the city
with $3.50, 900, the Goelet and Gerry
estates paid in over S150,000 and the
Vanderbilt estate over $150,0OO. The
davis total was about S6,000,O00.
- Sixty-seven claims for pensions
have been filed on account of the
destruction of the Maine. Of these
5 are for disability, 81 for widows, 80
for dependent mothers, 5 for depen-
dent fathers and for dependent
brothers and sisters. Thus far 554
claims have been filed for pensions on
account of the war with Spain-73
from the navy and 4S1 from the army.
Of these 800 are from the volunteers
112 from disability and 2OS from de-
pendent relatives of those who were
killed or have died from disease.
There is a great impression abroad
that Teddy" Roosevelt was nominated
for governor with the deliberate inten-
ton of ending his political career by
getting him badly defeated, and that he
is to be traded for legislative votes
whenever to do so will increase the
chance of electing Republican mem
Der of the legislature. According TO
this talk, Mr.. Mckinley and Boss Platt
are acting together in this scheme to
get rid of "Teddy" and at the same
time elect legislature that will send
a Republican successor to Senator
Murphy. Democratic advices indicate
very strongly that the Democrats will
control the legislature as we'll as elect
the entire state ticket. They say they
can beat Roosevelt without any as
sistance from Platt and his knifers.
"A dispatch to the London Times
from Vienna says that Mr.. Straus, the
new American minister to Turkey,
started on Monday evening for Con-
stantinople from Vienna. His first
task will be to secure satisfactory
settlement of three questions: First,
the complete establishment of the right
of the president Of the United States
to appoint consuls at his own discre-
ton at any of the ports OF the
Ottoman empire second, to remove
the difficulties regarding the recogni-
ton in Turkey of naturalized Am
ericau citizens, and, third, to secure
indemnity in connection with the Ar
menian outbreak. Mr.. Straus is au-
thorized with view to facilitating
matters, to negotiate for the raising of
the American legation to an embassy.
He hopes to dispose of the differences
between the United States and Turkey
automatically, without having re-
course to the more drastic measures
which public opinion in the United
States desires.
Chicago Inter- Ocean: W.. Flipp,
a Chicago man, recently received a
check from the United States govern
ment for the sum of cents. 1t cost
Uncle Sam about 10 cents to pay Mr..
Flipp cents. Your Uncle Sam, how
ever, may now enjoy the proud con-
seriousness, in this instance, of being
out of debt. Mr.. Flipp bought $50
worth of United States bonds this
summer under the impulse of patriot
ism and spare cash. There was 8
cents interest due and check for that
amount was forwarded to him. The
document is duly signed by Ellis H.
Roberts, U. S. Treasurer, and is dated
Washington, D. c., August l, 1898.
Mr.. Flipp prizes the check more than
the postage stamps it will buy and
probably more than the bonds he pur-
chased. If the amount of the govern
ment's Indebtedness TO him had been l
cent instead of 3 cents check would
have been forwarded just the same.
That is Uncle Sans way of doing
business.
- Gastonia correspondence Charlotte
Observer: One night last week the
boiler at Costner & Summey's steam
distillery exploded, blowing itself clear
through the distillery, tearing down
the warehouse and doing things up in
general. {. w. Costner was scalded
on the left arm and ankle, Vert Sum-
mey on one whole side and arm and
bruised on the head Will Mauney was
knocked through wire fence and one
leg severely bunged up. The store
keeper and gauger was on hand, and
is the only one not hurt. Madam Ru-
NOR says he has since been heard say
ing Sunday school words because of
his narrow escape. Tallie Summey
was in the loft, and made his escape
through the window, with but few
bruises. An old colored man was also
in the loft, and thought that Gabriel
had blown "de trumpet" and hit the
ground a-running. When he got home
he aroused Dinah and said: "Didn't
yer hear de sound oh de trumpet? l