Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-12-08
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rect the setting of mining machines.
When about half way down 5OO-foot
slope, a car on the incline broke from
the chain rigging and started down IN
to the mine. Mr.. Goodman, Superln-
tendent Claghorn and several laborers
were caught in a narrow" part or the
shaft where escape was impossible.
With courage, Woodman, who was
familiar with mining machinery, ran
a pneumatic digger on the tram
way, but in doing so was caught
in the wreck Of the runaway car
with the machine. Both his legs
were crushed and he lay pinioned In the
darkness until the men whose lives ne
had saved by his courage, were enabled
to dig him out Of the debris of twist.
ed iron and fallen rock. Two of the Ia
borers were slightly hurt by falling
rock. Mr.. Goodman was removed to
the hospital at Johnstown, where both
his legs were amputated. He is per-
fectly conscious and pleased that he
saved all the party from horrible death.
The hospital surgeons fear that his life
cannot be saved.
The secretary Of the treasury on
Wednesday, sent to congress the an
nual estimates Of the expenses of the
government for the coming year. They
aggregate s626, 1852. This is slight
decrease from the total estimates of
last year The appropria ations for the
present year are 1886, ,655, ,3S2 The esti-
mates cover every branch of govern
ment service and by departments are
as follows: Legislative, s10,s56,7 700; exc
cutive, $2S3, 400; state department, $2,-
125,14S: treasury department, $15S,S6
1856; war department, s176,65S, ,345; navy
department, sSS,91S,A8; interior de-
partment $170, ,705; postoffice de-
partment, s6,2s5,S77; department Of
agriculture, s4,669,O5O department of
labor, $177,9SO; department Of justice,
$6,993,17O. The details Of the war and
navy estimates, including rivers and
harbors, have been published. The
public building estimates include Bal
timore, Md, custom house, $500, 200.
New York custom house, s5O0,000. Tam
pa, Fla, court house, postoffice and
custom house, 100000; marine hospital
at Honolulu, 100000. The total for
rivers and harbors, including continu-
ing contracts, is s33,SS1,317. The total
for pensions is s144,000.000; for fees and
examinations, $70O,000, and for pension
agencies, s545,230. New consuls are es-
timated as follows. Nuchwang and
Hang Chow, $1,000 each: Port Limon,
Costa Rica, $4,000; Moscow, $4,000;
Manzanillo, Cuba, $1,500. For Indian
affairs, s9,250,5n.
At Tuesdays session Of the Cuban
constitutional convention three COM
plete constitutions were submitted by
General Rivera, Senor De Quesada and
the colored general, Morua, respective
ly. General Rivera's proposed constf-
tuition provides for a president, SEN
ate and a house Of representatives,
governor for each of the six provinces,
a legislative body for each province
and member Of the house Of represen-
tatives for each 10000 inhabitants, with
election by popular vote. His scheme
called also for the election OF three
electors in each municipal district,
whose duty it shall be to elect legis-
lative body of eleven for the province
in which they reside. This legislative
body shall elect the governor and four
members of the senate. Finally, the
six legislatures will meet and choose
the president, who must be a native
Cuban. Candidates for senatorial hon
ors must have incomes of at least 81 800
a year. General Rivera's plan is to
have the power vested in the central
government and the convention virtu-
ally pledged itself to one state govern
ment at yesterdays secret session. Sc
nor De Quesada's proposal would CEN
tralize the government in president,
senate, house Of representatives elect
ed by the people, suffrage being re-
:stricted to educational qualifications.
General Morua offered for approval the
constitution of the United States, with
the exception that any one who fought
In the war might be elected president.
His proposal leaves the question OF
army and navy to be decided by con >
gress.
The report of the Isthmian canal
commission was submitted to congress
by the president last Tuesday. The
commission estimates the cost Of the
Nicaragua route at s200,540,00O and the
two Panama routes, one at $142,342,579
and the other at s156,37S,258. To the
Panama routes must be added a large
sum that people who hold concessions
demand. The conclusions Of the COM
mission, while decidedly in favor Of the
Nicaragua route, are as follows: Il.
The estimated cost of building the Mic
aragua canal is about s5S,000,000 more
than that of completing the Panama
canal, leaving out the cost of acquir-
ing the latter property. This measures
the difference in the magnitude Of the
obstacles to be overcome in the actual
construction of the canals and covers
all physical considerations. The new
Panama Canal company has shown no
disposition to sell it's property to the
United States. Should that company be
able and willing to sell, there is reason
to believe that the price would not be
such as would make the total cost to
the United States less than that of the
Nicaragua canal. 2. The Panama ca
nal, after completion, would be shorter,
have fewer locks and less curvature
than the Nicaragua canal. The meas