Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-13
Straps and faets.

- Coffee prices made q new low rec
ord on the New York Coffee exchange
last week, October contracts selling at
4.S5 cents, against the previous low
record of 4.55 cents made by July con-
tracts last June. Cash coffee prices
are also at the lowest, Brazilian coffee
being quoted at So cents, ] of cent
under the previous record. The de-
cline in coffee prices reflects enormous
stocks throughout the world.
In its final presentment last Fri
day the Baltimore grand jury made
the following suggestion: "The pun
ishment of death, whether judicially
or illegally carried out, would be con-
sidered the most effective punishment
for rape which could be inflicted it
having failed, however, in its results,
we suggest emasculation and imprison-
ment in all cases of conviction instead
of hanging. This punishment, un-
questionably, will prevent the crimi-
nal from again committing this crime,
and he will become marked object
and living warning, which we think
will cause others of the same brutal
propensities to hesitate before they
give way to their passions"
- The Diario De La Marina, of Ha-
vana, says editorially in its issue OF
last Friday: "Matters are going from
bad to worse. Until recently only in
the interior was the life of Spaniard
unsafe. Now Havana is becoming the
seat of outrages against Spaniards.
Recently a squad of Cubans in uniform
used recently in the rebellion against
Spain tried to lynch a guerilla in the
heart of Havana, the fugitive manag-
ing to hide in the house of friend,
from whence he was lodged in the con-
sulate before being sent to Spain. The
paper then quotes the case yesterday
of Camacho, the Spaniard, who was
rescued from lynching by the custom
house guards, and taken to hospital
covered with wounds, and asks why
the police are never at hand, adding
eff such outrages occur when people
are protected by the bayonets of the
intervening government, what would
happen if these should 60 ?"
- Among the naval orders issued
from Washington last week was one
assigning Ensign c. E. Deligeorges
to duty on the flagship New York.
Ensign Deligeorges is an officer OF
the Greek navy. His assignment
to an American warship was the
result of the admiration felt by
the Greek government for the Uni
ted States navy on account of its un-
surpassed record in the war with
Spain. In the war between Greece
and Turkey, the Greeks expected
their navy to be victorious over the
Turkish feet, but no opportunity was
afforded for q naval battle. Since
their war the Greeks have devoted
much attention to modern naval meth
DDS, and out of this grew the request
of the government at Athens for per-
mission to send an officer of its navy
to observe American naval methods.
The request was granted, and Ensign
Deligeorges was selected as the repre-
sentative of Greece. He will be to all
intents and purposes an officer of the
United States Navy while on the New
York.
- President Schurman of the Philip
pine commission called at the state de-
partment last Thursday, says a Wash
ington dispatch, to say goodbye before
leaving for Ithica, n. Y. Mr.. Schur-
man has undoubtedly made deep
impression upon the officials of the
administration by his statement rela-
tive to the Philippine islands before he
left. His optimistic views have con-
vinced some of the leading officials at
least that the end of the war is in
sight. One of the arguments which he
used to support this belief was chart
of the Philippine group. On this the
various races populating the islands
were graphically set out in colors, the
significant feature is the small showing
made by the Tagals. Not only does
this chart show that this tribe forms
but small portion of the total popula-
ton of the Philippines; but it makes
it appear that the Tagals in insurrec-
ton against the United States consti-
tute only a portion of the tribe and
that whole provinces in Luzon, no.
tably at the northern extremity OF
the islands, are either friendly to the
United States or at least neutral.
- The edition of Poor's Manual of
Railroads for 1899, will be ready for
delivery in about 10 days. 1t contains
abstracts of all railroad reports issued
up to August 20. According to the
statistical exhibits the length of steam
railroads in the United States on De-
cember 81, 1898, was 1S6,S10 miles, a
net increase of 2,219 miles in the year.
The heaviest construction was in the
southwestern group of states, in which
912 miles were built. In respect to
the extent of its ramifcations, the rail-
road has reached it's highest develop
ment in Massachusetts, where there is
one mile of railroad for each 3.9
square miles of territory. In the United
States the ratio is one to 1862. The
total number of locomotives on JAN
uary was S6,746; of passenger cars,
25,S44; cars for baggage, mail, ETC.,
S,O49; freight cars, 1,2S4,SO7. The
number of passengers carried in 1898
was 514, ,9S2 ,2SS, and the tons of freight
moved 912,973,S5S. The passenger
earnings aggregated S272,5S9, 59l,
AGAINST S253. 557. .936 in 1897; freight