Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-08
Strips and fatts.

night, killing three people, wounding
a dozen or more and destroying many
thousands of dollars worth of property
One of the .killed-Jack Moser-was
carried by the wind distance of zoo
yards, until his flight was impeded by
a wire fence in which his head was
severed from his body.
"A Toulon, France, cablegram oi
Sunday, tells of the explosion during
the morning of the naval powder mag
azine of La Goubrau. There was in
the magazine more than $4,000 tons OF
powder, and as the result of the ex-
plosion, the country for distance OF
two miles or more, was swept bare.
Houses were thrown down, trees were
torn up by the roots and great stones
were scattered over the fields. There
we're seven sentries about the magazine.
OF these four were killed outright and
the others were desperately hurt.
Window glass were broken and doors
were forced in by the conclusion for a
distance of five miles from the scene
of the explosion.
- Senator Tlllman delivered one of
his characteristic speeches III the SEN
ate Thursday afternoon, says the
Washington Post. His strident voice
echoed shrill through the chamber,
and be walked up and down the floor,
swinging his long arms as he shouted.
Every minute or two he would utter a
sentence typically Tillman-like. elf
you are going to steal, l want my
SHARE" was one of the sentences which
made the audience in the galleries
laugh. Mr.. Tillman also made his
fling at the people of the District of
Columbia. He was discussing, with
Senator Gallinger, the delay in the
work on the postofice building and
the responsibility of the contractor. 81
want to know" exclaimed Mr.. Till
man, "whether he is one of the out
casts who live here and don't vote and
get everything they want: or one of
those who live in the states and can
vote and yet get nothing they ought
to have" This is probably the first
time the citizens of the District have
been called "outcasts" on the floor OF
the senate or anywhere else.
Havana dispatch of Sunday says: ::
general Maxine Gomez yesterday
sent Governor-General Brooke, by the
hands of Inspector-Ge General Rolof, OF
the Cuban army, statement of the
number of men in the army. 1t is un-
derstood that the total reported is 49,
600; $4,000 privates, 10000 non-com-
missioned officers, and the rest commits
stoned officers from heterogeneous to
sub.lieutenauts. About 0,000 privates
enlisted in 1895; 5000 in 1896; 1000
in 1897, and 5000 in 1898. In the
case of 1000 the enlistment date is
not known. These general statements
are insufficient basis for the payment,
and a more detailed list of the various
commands, with the names and where
abouts of the soldiers, is necessary.
This, it is understood, General Gomez
will supply. General Brooke has re-
ceived a telegram from Washington
saying that paymasters with the 49,
OOO, 900 will arrive here next week. 1t
is not likely that any trouble which
the American authorities cannot cir
cumvent will arise in connection with
the actual payment"
Prof. Henry A. Rowland, of Johns
Hopkins University, by recent inven-
tion has simplifed the art of telegraphy
so that it is no longer necessary for
operators to learn the Morse system.
Anyone who can work typewriter
can send dispatch. His apparatus,
which is now in use by the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad telegraph department,
was made at Johns Hopkins University
by an ordinary model-maker, and is
subject to considerable Improvement !;
but operates without difficulty and
is in use daily. Ordinary typewriter
machines are attached to the wire,
and by touching the keys of one
it is possible to print a dispatch by
letters upon the other machine 1900
miles away, just as clearly as if the
paper was placed in the sending ma
chine. 1t is claimed that eight mes
sages can be sent over the same wire
at the same time, four in each
direction, and that neither interferes
with the others. 1t is further claimed
that one operator, by the automatic
apparatus, can send and receive with
out assistance. 1t is only necessary to
have an attendant to take out the
sheets or cut off the tape when the
message is completed.
As the result of the last develop.
ment of the Schley Sampson contro-
versy, it seems that Schley is on top.
The senate, on last Friday, took up
long list of naval appointments num-
bering about 500. The appointments
were in accordance with the provisions
of the naval personel bill and had no
reference to especially distinguish SER
vice. There had already been testy
tilt on the question of making Samp-
som a rear admiral ranking Schley, re-
sulting in the failure of the PROPOSE
tion. The appointments ON the new
list were confirmed without opposi-
ton. The understanding is that by
this arrangement Schley ranks Samp-
son two numbers. But the list being
without regard to service, it happens
that neither Schley or Sampson have
gotten any credit for the parts they
played in the late war. 1t was gen.
orally conceded that Dewey should be
at the head of the navy, and that
Schley and Sampson should come next.