Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-12-06
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ant Monroe, and so men of the Fourth
cavalry, at Bayombong last Friday.
...''.".Native Macabebe scouts are
proving very useful in running down
Aguinaldo's stragglers. .''''''''''''"'Mrs,
Emily Bigelow, Chicago wo'
man, was robbed of $500 by New
York hack man last Friday. She was
drunk. .'''''''.'The annual report of the
secretary of the interior, just made
public, shows that there has been a
decrease of 2, 1875 pensioners during the
last year; but there are still 99l, ,5lS
names on the roll. 1t is still expected
that the present year will show an in
crease on account of the Spanish war.
'..'.'"'Dunn & Co.'S, trade review for
last week shows that business contin'
ues wonderfully large, prosperous and
healthy .'''".'The exports Of corn from
the United States during the four
weeks ending last Friday, were l5,,
265, ,745, as compared with ll,479,O9e
during the four weeks of the preced-
ing year. ........"The net gain of cotton
OH the New York Exchange last week
was one sixteenth, closing on Friday
at 7.S1 against SCI for the same date
last year. The demand for cotton
goods and the large takings of spinners
during the week held the rise. ''''''The
total coinage executed at the mints oi
the United States during the month OF
November, was $9,5l1,0 ,070 as follows
Gold, S6,643,70 silver, $9,51l, ,07O
miuor coins, 1855, $40. ''.''''The British
steamer Comeric arrived at Harve
France, OH November "a, from Calves
ton with cotton. Before the cotton
was discharged fire broke out and
$40 bales were damaged. In speech
at Leicester, last Friday, Joseph Cham
berlain, the British secretary OF state
for the colouies, made u speech in
which he inlmated that an alliance be-
tween Germany, Great Britain aud the
United States is fact. Captain
Sigsbee is in command of the Texas
now on the way TO Havana after the
bodies Of the victims of the Maine
'.....There are rumors in Chicago thai
$2O0,O00,000 sugar trust is in con
temptation. 1t means the absorption
by the American Sugar Refining com
pany of all the smaller independent
companies. Officials of the American
Sugar Refining company deny any
knowledge of the proposed trust. ''''''
The price of print cloths was advanced
a quarter of cent a pound last Fri
day'''.'.'"The financial bill of the sen
ate differs in some important respects
from that of the house. 1t is 10 be
considered next Saturday. '.''''"Mr
Macrum, the United Stales consul al
Pretoria, has renewed his appeal fol
recall, because the Beers are not dis
posed to treat him kindly. ''''''A Seda'
liza, Mo-, man, suggests the raising oi
$25, 900 for the widow of the late Cap
tain Gridley from 100000 subscribers at
Is cents each. IA ship laden with cof:
fee from Santos, Brazil, arrived at New
York last week with the bubonic
plague aboard. The health officers
have exercised exery possible precau,
lion to prevent the spread Of the
plague. '.''".Adelbert F. Hay, a son OF
the secretary of state, has been desig-
mated to relieve Consul Macrum at
Pretoria. Consul Macrum is to be al-
lowed to leave before the arrival OF
Mr.. Hay. ......The British loss at Mod
der river was 43S, of whom only 70
were killed. The Boer loss is as yet
unknown but it is thought 10 have
been much smaller.........A New York
concern, known as the Franklin syndi-
cate, recently swindled investors out
of about half million dollars by
promising interest at the rate of 10 per
cent q week. ...'...."A Pretoria dispatch
says that the Boer loss at Belmont
was II killed and 40 wounded. '.'.'''''
General Woods advice as to the mill.
tary in Cuba is to gradually substitute
Cuban for American soldiers. '''''''''
One thousand bales of cotton were de-
stroyed by fire in Thomaston, Ga,
warehouse last Sunday. .'''''President
Diaz is likely to be reelected in Mexi-
co without opposition. '''''''A St. Louis
syndicate has just put through deal
for 1,25O,OO0 pounds of wool. .'''''''''
Philadelphia has offered the Republi-
cans 100000 campaign fund if they
will hold their national convention in
that city.....'.'Delegates, representing
5000 weavers, employed in 40 Phila.
delphia mills, have met in the city to
agree upon and demand an advanced
scale of wages. ..........'''South African
news is now generally about six days
behind. .''''''.''B British Secretary Cham
berlain is being very severely criti-
cised for announcing that there is an
alliance between the United States,
Great Britain and Germany. 1t is
claimed the countries merely have q
friendly understanding. .'''''''''"'Coffee
merchants are greatly worried, as it is
estimated that 81 400, 900 worth of cof-
fee will be held in quarantine off New
York for fear of the bubonic plague.
''''..'"General Otis reports to the war
department that the killed and wound
ed of all United States troops in the
Philippines to August 1st number L.
900. Only four enlisted men are re-
ported captured in action, but l73 de-
serters are still at large.
THE WAR In SOUTH AFRICA
meapre Ouiline of the South African