Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-16
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large OTueTS CdH uS uileu, was ipi hiShSu
on Friday. Within one hour contracts
for 100000 pounds of rice and 100000
quarts of beans were placed, and inside
of another hour trucks were being
loaded with the produce for convey
ance to the United States transport
Mcpherson, which is to take it to Porto
Rico for the relief of the storm suffer
ers in that island.
- The report of Commissioner OF
Pensions Evans for the fiscal year
ended June 80, last, shows total dis
bursement of S13S, ,253, ,023, leaving a
balance of 1851 ,lSS in the treasury
out of the S14O, 100000 appropriated.
The total number Of pensioners on the
roll June 80 was 991, ,519, decrease of
2,195. There were 4,991 names added
to the roll, and 1876 dropped. The
report shows the pension roll is de-
creasing. OF those dropped 34,345
were because of death, and S,S4l be-
cause of remarriage, minors attaining
their majority, failure to claim pension
and other causes. The war with
Spain brought total of 1886 claims,
of which number but 295 have been
allowed.
The extraordinary revelation was
made at a recent meeting of the state
Savings Bank Association, of New
York, says Leslie's Weekly, that there
was in the savings banks of the En-
pire state Sl,5OO,OO0 in dormant ac-
counts. The savings banks of New
York State now hold about $7OO,OOO,-
600 of the peoples money, and the
dormant accounts of 81 500, 900 remain
without any evidence that their own.
ers will ever call for them. Some OF
them have been dormant for over oO
wears. One bank in the city of Albany
reports that it's unclaimed accounts
aggregated over $4,000. Some of
the accounts have claimants who Will
anpear in due season. We must, in
deed, be rich and prosperous nation
when we can overlook little item OF
over 81, 10000 lying unclaimed in the
savings banks of a single state.
Charlotte Observer, Saturday ::
Charlie Barringer, a well-known col.
ored hack driver of the city, had a
thrilling experience yesterday. He
had a call to 60 for party living west
of the city, near the Dowd place. He
started just before the storm, taking
with him another Negro named Teen
Barner. The horse they were driving
belonged to Barrfnger, he having pur-
chased it some weeks ago from Mr.. }.
l.. Davis. Just as they reached the
forks in the road on lower Mint street,
lightning struck the horse, killing 1t
instantly. The occupants of the car
riage were not hurt; but Barringer was
stunned and frightened nearly to death.
The horse was killed by the one sharp
flash during the storm. Barringer said
a ball of fire exploded right over the
horse, running down its back, and ne
fell instantly. Barringer did not get
over the fright all day.
The United States transport Gen.
tennial arrived at San Francisco from
Manila last Sunday after very ex'
citing trip. She narrowly missed a
couple of typhoons, was ashore on a
coral reef, where the entire crew bare
ly escaped capture at the hands OF the
Fillipinos; one of the sailors was killed
by parting hawser, and one OF the
ouartermasters was stabbed by col
ored cook. Because of the staohlng,
Charles Wilson, of the Centennial's
gally staff, arrived here in irons, while
Herman Brevey, the transports quar-
termaster, must so to hospital. Du-
ring the tightening process necessary
To get the Centennial Oft the reef near
Manila, on her outward trip, guam
tity of government stores, to the val
ne of $4,000, had to be jettisoned,
and were eagerly appropriated by the
Filipinos, who swarmed about the
reefs, and made more than one attack
for the purpose of capturing the YES
sci and crew.
- Here is a speech which, according
to the New York Evening Post, was
recently delivered by General Weyler.
1t seems to be very much to the point:
"The prolonged and bloody nature Of
the war in the Philippines, Mr.. Presi-
dent, is another reason for interference
by neutral powers. General Otlss
predictions of a speedy collapse of the
insurrection have proved as illusory as
those | used to issue in Havana. The
Filipinos are fighting more stubbornly
than the Cubans. There is no hope of
subduing them except by extermina-
ting them. Many American soldiers
say that the natives will have to be
killed off. But when | said the same
thing of Cuban rebels, the American
public cried out on Weyler, the butch
er, and senators clamored for Amerl-
can interference to prevent the eXter-
mination of men who could not con-
quer; but who would not submit. Is
it not time for us and for all the civil
lied powers to say to President Nc
Kinley, as he said to Spain In the
name of humanity this war must
stop?'"
- Says Topeka, Kan, dispatch to
the New York World: The corpora
tions for profit doing business in Kan
sas are not responding to the call Of
the secretary of state for the reports
required of them by the law relating
to corporations enacted at the recent
extra session of the legislature. The
law requires the report to be filed in
the office of the secretary of state on
or before August, but up to the