Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-04
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The cruiser Buffalo arrived on
December % at Port Said, en- route for
Manila, just 16a days out from New
York. Thus she has broken all naval
records up to this point in her voyage.
She is needed badly at Manila, as she
carries 700 sailors to relieve men in
Dewey's feet whose time has long
expired.
The island of Guam, says Wash
ington dispatch, will probably be differ.
ent from the other colonial possessions
or dependencies of the United States
in having naval instead of military
governor. This is because the sole
reason for the selection and acquire
ment of the island was to obtain a
conveniently located naval station for
our warships, and, that being the case,
the navy should have exclusive con-
troll. The command will be of impor-
tance, for the island has population
of more than 5000 people, and, so far
from these being barbarians, about
/ 400 of them are of European ex-
( traction.
According to a. London cable, the
British war ofice-is somewhat puzzled
over an invitation 1t has received from
Governor Bloxham, of Florida, to send
representatives to the national militia
convention to be held at Tampa, Fla,
on February s. The Britishers will
not reply, the cable says, until after
they have asked for information at
Washington. The thing does look
little funny. It has been known for
sometime that Governor Bloxham has
been working on scheme to hold a
convention looking to the re-organiza-
tion of the militia system on new lines !;
but Just what he means by inviting
Great Britain is hard to explain.
Work on the. battleship Ohio has
commenced at the Union Iron works,
San Francisco. The Ohio will be the
{ largest ship ever built on the Pacific
coast and one of the three largest ever
built in the American navy. She will
have a displacemento of IL, 500 tons, and
her dimensions will be as follows !:
Length 1888 feet, breadth 70 feet 8 inch
es, draught 2S feet 9 inches. The new
battleship will be 20 feet longer than,
the Wisconsin and 40 feet longer than
the Oregon. She will have a greater
displacement than the Wisconsin by
1000 tons, and 1000 tons more than
the Oregon. The Ohio's contract speed
is two knots faster than the Wisconsin
and three knots faster than the Oregon.
Dean & Shelby, brokers and bank.
ers, of Providence, r. l., have taken
charge of the arrangements to consoli-
date the paper manufacturers of the
country. The deal will involve about
$40, 900, 900, and will include the mills
making writing paper, bond paper,
wrapping, ledger, envelope and news
paper. The purpose of consolidation
is to eliminate competition, stop over
production and make condensation
of the lines of manufacture so that
the mill best adapted to'make certain
grade of paper may restrict its atten-
tion to that speciality and thus, by
utilizing all the machinery and capital
invested to the best advantage, get the
best results.
- Baltimore Sun: The expenses Of
the war up-tJ oGro6eF 81, were SI64,-
932, ,22S, exclusive of the amount spent
on army and navy last year. Up to
June 80 next the total outgo on ac-
count of the war and garrisons in our
"colonies," is estimated at $253, ,O00,-
900. Excess of expenditure above or
binary cost of the peace establishment
marks the war expenses. The Cleve-
land emergency fund" of $50, ,000, 900,
the $20O, 900, 900. raised by the war
loan and the proceeds of the war taxes
will, it is thought meet the bills and
leave an estimated surplus in June
next. The cash balance at that date,
including the gold reserve, is figured
at over $3.50, 900, 900. War taxes cure
the failure of the Dingley act and the
monthly deficits are now growing very
small.
Lincoln Journal: General r. F.
Hoke tells Colonel F. A. Olds, of Ral-
eigh, that work on the proposed rail-
road from Cranberry to Lincolnton
will begin just as soon at the charter
is granted. There is no doubt that
the charter will be granted, and
General Hoke's record as railroad
builder is guarantee that the road
will be built without delay. We have
it upon good authority that it is the
purpose of the projectors of the new
railroad to build the road of standard
gauge from Cranberry to Lenoir. From
Lenoir to Lincolnton the Narrow
Gauge will be changed to standard
gauge. The narrow gauge road al
ready built from Cranberry to point
in Tennessee is to be changed to
standard gauge and become part of
the new road. So, it seems Lincolnton
will be the southern or eastern term
mus. Be this as it may, however, it
will not hurt the town to show interest
in the enterprise.
In anticipation that the United
States government will take favorable
action on the plan of paying off the
Cuban troops to the extent of $100
each, and thus relieving their distress,
as well az securing their cooperation,
the Cuban authorities in Washington
have taken steps to secure exact
detailed information as to the number
of Cuban troops who bore arms and
are now in a position to rightly receive
this bounty if the government decides