Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-11-03

big drug store of Tarrant & Co., New
York, last Monday, demolishing num-
Der Of surrounding buildings, shocking
the entire city and killing some 40 or
80 people. The property less Is esti-
mated at about $2,000,000. The cause
of the explosion is unknown. The opfn-
ion was expressed that the explosion
was caused by nitro-glycerine or COLO
dion; but the proprietors of the drug
store claim that they had only small
quantities of these explosives on hand
NOT enough to do any considerable
damage. There Is great deal Of mys-
terry surrounding the disaster.
- Charlotte Observer: Mr.. John w.
Miller, who has recently returned from
his annual visit through the cotton belt
of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and
Georgia-the cotton belt east OF the
Mississippi river-stated yesterday that
he believed the crop on this side Of the
river would be from 10 to Is per cent.
less than the crop Of last year. AS
Mr.. Miller has made this same trip OF
21O0 miles for the last three years, his
Judgment is apt to be good In the mat
ter. On the west side Of the Missis-
sippi, Mr.. Miller said, the crop is better
than it was last year, and it is proba-
BILE that the increase there will coun-
terbalance the decrease on this side,
which will make the crop about the
same as it was last year. Mr.. Miller
said that the best cotton he saw In the
territory between Greenville, Miss, and
Charlotte, is in the territory between
here and Belmont. This view was also
entertained by General Stephen D. Lee,
who travelled with Mr.. Miller from
Greenville to Charlotte.
They have been badgering EXPIRES
ident Cleveland good deal during the
past few days. The Philadelphia
Times printed what purported to be
an interview, In which the ex-presi-
dent was quoted as saying that Bryan
has this year many elements Of
strength that he was unable to count
four years ago, and that there would
probably be Democratic landslide.
The Times, which was an anti Bryan
paper four years ago, has been intense
ly Bryan this year. and general Gre
dence was given to the alleged inter-
view. Cleveland, who had been keep
ing his mouth pretty well closed, de-
MED the interview as having been
manufactured out Of the whole cloth,
without a word Of foundation. The
correspondent who sold the interview
to The Times, swears he had talk
with the ex-president; but The Times
says it believes what Mr.. Cleveland
says. Prominent Democrats express
the opinion that the whole thing was a
Republican trick. They claim that the
Republicans knew that Cleveland was
opposed to Bryan, and they contrived
to thus draw him out for the bad effect
it would likely have on the Democrats.
Galveston dispatch, October "a: On
ly per cent. Of the money and valua-
bles taken from bodies removed from
the wreckage has been claimed. The
money aggregates several thousand
dollars and there are other valuables
to the amount of over $4,000 In jewel
ry and silverware. Captain J. B. AL
vey, who was appointed by Adjutant
General Scurry, at the time the city
was under martial law, to take charge
of money and valuables, has kept a
complete list of everything turned over
to him. The money and other articles
have been deposited in vault await
Ing claimants. Capt. Alvey has on
hand more thcn a carload Of all sorts
of valuables, and his stock Is increas-
ing with each days work. In this lot
he has more than a heaping bushel
measure of watches, the works, of
course, being ruined, though in many
instances the cases are valuable. He
has over two pecks Of all sorts OF fin
ger rings, from the big diamond fellow
to birthday stone and a plain silver
band. There are big float loads Of all
sorts of silverware and about three float
loads of odds and ends Of more or less
value. He has about two bushels of
trinkets, such as breast pins, brooches,
bracelets, etc. The money taken from
the bodies has been tough PROPOSE
tion, as have also been many of the
rings on account Of the stencil they
give out. Captain Alvey thinks that
after the valuables have been turned
over to some state official they should
be advertised for a certain period, and
then If there be no claimant, they
should be sold and the amount realized
from the sale be turned into the relief
fund.
The annual report of Adjutant Cen
eral H. C. Corbin to the secretary Of
war, for the year ending June 80, 1900,
is a complete statistical record Of the
army Of the United States. 1t shows
that the regular army consists Of 2,535
officers and 63,S61 enlisted men, and the
volunteer army of 1,54S officers and 3d.
O79 enlisted men, a grand total of 9S,790,
not including the hospital corps, which
is not counted as a part Of the effective
strength of the army. The regular
and volunteer army at present is dis
tributed as follows: In the United
States 99S officers, Of whom rs are VOL
unteer officers and 1S,s9s enlisted men,
all regulars; Alaska, Al officers, 1,0SS
enlisted men; Porto Rico, SO officers,
2,046 enlisted men; Cuba, 260 officers,
5.46S enlisted men; Philippine Islands,
1857 officers, 69,161 enlisted men; Ha-
waiian Islands, officers, PIG enlisted
men; China, 80 officers, and 1850 men.
There are S79 volunteer enlisted men in
Porto Rico and 30,200 in the Philippines.