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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-16
REFUGEES LEAVING
Tien Tsin, But Some Remain Behind.
United States Transport Logan Ar
rives With the Ninth Infantry.

rives With the Ninth Infantry.
CHE FOO, July 10. via Shanghai
July 15.-Several refugees, most Of
them women and children, have left
Tien Tsln, In accordance with Admiral
Seymour''s order to all on-combntants
TO depart. Many women have re-
.malned behind, however, refusing to
leave their husbands, whose business
detains them. The refugees were sent
down the river on board lighters ana
tugs, and were then transferred to
merchant ships In the harbor.
The American, Japanese and German
warships received their people, the on
GERS OF the United States gunboat
Yorktown generously entertaining two
hundred, most of them missionaries and
their families.
The British refugees were crowded on
dirty frclghter. and women accus-
toned to luxury have been sleep!ne
huddled together on the docks. They
complain bitterly because the half emp-
ty British fleet declines to receive them.
and they have drafte:. strong protest
to Admiral Seymour
Arrived With Ninth Infantry.
The United States transport Logan
has arrived with the Ninth infantry.
from Manila. The work OF d!senbark-
alton will occupy some days as boats
are scarce. The Logan Will take tho
American refugees to Nagasakl, and the
Yorktown Will leave 10 tow the Oregon
to Yokohama.
Cannon from the warships are being
sent to Tien Tsin to silence the Chinese
guns. Twenty-thrce guns shclled the
Chinese batteries. the Chinese reply
Ing intermittently. Bodies of from
1000 to 5000 attack the foreign lines
daily. y field battery Is supporting
the Russian and Japanese outposts in
that neighborhood. Bullets are drop
ping throughout the foreign settle
ments at all hours of the day. and the
people have become so accustomed 10 IT
that they so about the streets undls-
turbeQ 'Ef'7
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-16
Good News From Seymour.

LONDON. July 15.-The following
dispatches from Admiral Seymour we're
published this evening:
"TIEN Ts1N. July 0.
"Thc cnemy's position southwest Of
the settlement was attacked at O'Clock
this morning. The Japanese, by n
flank movement drove the enemy out
and captured four guns. Cavalry pur-
sued. and completed the rout OF the en-
cmy killing large numbers of soldiers
nnd boScrs.
"Thc allied forces shclled md occupied
the western arsenal. capturing two
guns. The arsenal was burned, as
tho niles were unable to hold It. The
cnemy's loss was $50 killed. The loss
OF the allied forces was small"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-16
Claim Foreigners Arc Dead.

SHANGHAI, July l5.-An ohlcnl tel.
egram was received tocnisnt from the
governor of Shan Tung. stating that n
breach was made in the wall OF tho
British legation at Pckln after gall
liant defense and when all the amtnunI-
tlon had given out all the foreigners
were killed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-16

be a Bryan vlctory-Bryan will ~ Tho
only figure In II. IN his self-esteem,
self-contldences and courage he wants It
to be so and Is willing to take the re.
sponslbility Of making the fight solely
his own. This is not shallow egotism.
but Is an expression OF the character OF
this extraordinary man, whose great,
power will not be disputed by any intel
,ligent man who knows him."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-16
Warehouses Go Up in Flames,

NEW CASTLE, Cal, July 15.-Fire
to-day destroyed oil the fruit ware
houses and principal business houses Of
the town. Loss will exceed 100000.
Over 10000 boxes of fruit were burned.
The Southern Pacific Railway Com
pany sustained loss Of $4,000 in fruit
and rolling stock.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-16
Fourteenth 1nfuntry1caves for ohInn

MANILA. July 1.-two battnllons OF
the Fourteenth Infantry and Daggctts
battery OF the Fifth artillery viii leave
for China Tomorrow BY the transports
Indiana, Flinishire nm ana Wyeilsld. The
Infantry viii carry 500 rounds OF nm
m,nItion to n mun, and reserve of
Il million rounds. together with medical
subsistence, stores ana clothing for &, 900
men for three months. II will take nlso
two seven n-Inch mortars md two sis.
inch howltzers. with ammunition. Tho
hospital SHIP Rellof Is going to. .Taku. b
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-16
Weather Forecast Tor To.daY.

For West Virsinia-Thunder storms
and cooler Monday: generally fair
tuesday, southwesterly winds. aat15
For Western Pennsylvania and Ohio
Local rains and thunder storms with
cooler Monday: showers along the lake
Tuesday: fresh southwestcrly, shifting
TO westerly, winds: conditions favorable
Tor thunder storms on the lake Mon
day. ~ a sf
Local Temperature.
Tho temperature Saturday. MS observed
and Fourteenth streets, was ns follows,
n. m............. col 3 y. rn.......,,,, 50
n, m..,...n.t.. M Up IN. .s,,,,ISs
II m,,...".......". SsiNNenthcr, clcartfff5ssf
Sunday.
n m.sr...,n"'CSs sp. m..........,, 81
y m,,........,...... Weather. clear, Y y
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12
Methodist preacher of Mocksville, I

Methodist preacher Of Mocksville, N.
c., has been nominated for congress by
the Prohibitionists Of the Seventh dis
trict.. cocoa Simla, India, dispatch of
September Z, says that excellent rains
have fallen in all tine famine districts
and good crops appear reasonably GER
tain. The number of people receiving
relief Is somewhat under 1000, ,000.. ....
Shipping firms engaged in the Cana
dian trade have agreed to an advance
Of 10 per cent in rates because Of the
advance in the price Of COAL. The
Democratic and Silver Republicans OF
Nevada have fused on Bryan. The
business failures throughout the coun-
try for the week ending last Friday
previous. .... Archie Kinsauls. a con-
demned white murderer, cut his throat
in Wilmington, N. c., last Friday to es-
cape hanging that day. The governor
granted respite for one week. .Ex-
President Cleveland has declined Nc
Kinley's appointment as a member OF
the international board Of arbitration
under The Hague treaty. Ex-President
Harrison has accepted the appointment
1.-The bubonic plague is still giving
trouble in Glasgow. Joel Chandler
Harris has resigned his position as ed
itorial writer on the Atlanta Constitu-
ton and will devote the remaining
years Of his life to literature. Three
thousand Union carpenters went on a
strike in Chicago last Monday.
General Joseph Wheeler was retired
from the army last Monday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12

foundation Of bull ideas and the chief
cause Of the terrific bull speculation
was the news that the best section Of
the crop country has been swept by a
tropical storm, the equal Of which was
not known. Reports from Central
Texas were vague and totally unsatis-
factory, which fact tended to increase
the fears of shorts and the big crop
theorists in general. Liverpool was SIM
ilarly influenced, as we'll as the New
Orleans market. Estimates pointing
to a loss of 100000 to 1,OOO,O 900 bales,
and the announcement that spot cotton
was in enormous demand in the South
at s@ac higher prices intensified the
convictions of the bulls. The govern
ment report for September, usually the
most important of the season, cut COM
paratively little figure as an influence.
The general condition was given at 68.2,
AGAINST 76 last month. 6S.5 in September
last year, 1913 in 1898, and 1873 in 1897.
This average included II for Texas, as
contrasted with SO on August 10, and 81
on September 10 Of last year. At 12.45
70. M, the failures Of L. G. Schiller and
Gay l.. Schiller were announced; these
brokers being caught short by the open
ing rise. The announcement of their
suspension did not seriously disturb
the market as they were known to have
unimportant obligations outstanding.
The bull fever reached its height in the
last hour and under a slight furry Of
profit-taking near the close prices set
tied back few points. The close was
irregular and excited, with prices net
46 to 80 points higher. Estimates placed
the total transactions at 100000
bales, or 10000 more than ever before
recorded.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12
FIRE IN ROCK HILL.

Rock Hill had a $4,000 fire last Sat-
urday afternoon. The news reached
here by telegraph and telephone while
the fire was In progress. and for time
there was great uneasiness as to the
result. 1t was bad enough, however.
A dispatch to the Charlotte Observer
gives details as follows:
Fire, which originated in S. T. Frew's
machine shops at $3.50 this afternoon,
did nearly $4,000 damage, the losses
and insurance being given as follows:
S. II. Frew's machine shops. loss $500,
insurance $2,5U0; Rock Hill Wagon
company, loss $500, no insurance.; JOS
eph Westerlund, loss $2,500, insurance
5000; Roddey Mercantile company, loss
$3.50, covered by Insurance.; Rock Hill
Hardware company, loss $400, covered
by insurance; McElwee & Russell. loss
$zU0, covered by insurance; A. H.
White. loss $4,000, no insurance.
The fire broke out in the boiler room
Of Frew's machine shop. The shops
are situated in the rear Of the main
business part Of the city, and the build
ing being of wood, burned so quickly
that the workmen barely had time to
escape. The flames crossed from the
SHOPS tO REV WOOu SIlOpS, WHICH,
were also quickly consumed. From
the wood shops the fire spread to the
warehouse of the Rock Hill Hardware
company, which was partially Destroy
ed. Thence the flames went to the
Rock Hill Wagon factory, wooden
structure which was entirely lost. Then
the fire spread south to Westerlund's 8
tin shop. thence to a Negro cabin in
the rear.
The heat from the burning wooden
buildings was 80 intense that McEl-
wee & Russelrs bakery, which adjoins
their store on Main street, caught,
and but for the timely arrival Of the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12
THE COTTON MARKET.

There were several bales of cotton
on the local market yesterday and the
best price paid was 1880. A New York
dispatch of Monday, describing the
cotton situation there during the day
Is as follows:
The intensity of excitement and &C.
tivity of speculation on the Cotton ex-
change today were without parallel
Fluctuations far exceeded anything re-
corded, the extreme being 100 points
with relapses frequent and violent. The
market opened irregular and excited
with prices 43 to 81 points higher on
an irresistible rush Of buying, in
which every branch of the trade took
part. Sellers were few and far between
heavy profits within reach. Many OF
these Immediately took the bull sign
again and were still long at the close
tonight. Following the call the market
see sawed at a breath taking rate with
the movement in the main generally
swinging toward higher prices. AS the
morning progressed speculation broad
ened until the market was beyond the
control of even the bulls. Sensational
setbacks followed nerve-trying bulges,
which kept operators Of no matter
what belief on the jump to keep the
pace. The English market showed
corresponding gyrations and private
cables denoted complete chaos In the
Liverpool market with the bulls,
bulls. however, being carried along by
the advance. On the local exchange
September sold up to 1880 as against
$50 Saturday night. The best level of
the later months was so to II points
above Saturdays final figures. The
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Business Of all kinds is picking up
considerably.
Cotton brought 10 cents on the
Yorkville market last Saturday for the
first time in years.
The Sutro mill Is now turning out
more yarn, and of a better quality than
ever before. The quality, however, has
always been high.
The installation Of water meters
has already brought about consider
able decrease in the amount Of pump
ing that has to be done. ...
- The travelling people are learning
that Yorkville has a Sunday train.
There Is much more stopping over here
Of Sundays than there used to be.
The big store building out at the
York cotton miU Is nearing completion,
but it is not likely that business will be
commenced in 1t until about January l.,
next.
Mayor Willis sat upon his first
blind tiger case last Monday. The de-
fendant was Polly Buchanan, Negro
woman Of Yorkville. The evidence
showed the woman to be gulity, and
the mayor imposed fine Of 500, with
the alternative Of three months on the
chaingang.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12

THE sensation Of the campaign be-
tween primaries, was developed last
Friday by a circular purporting to have
been issued in behalf of Colonel Hoyt,
and warning voters against Rum, Ro-
manism and McSweeney." The Hoyt
managers in Columbia promptly denied
responsibility for the circular, and its
origin has not yet been fixed. AS a
matter Of fact, Governor McSweeney is
not a Catholic, as was intimated; but
is Methodist. AS to what effect this
circular may have had on the election
is uncertain. The writing and distri-
button of 1t was dirty work. At first
blush we would be disposed to assume
that the Hoyt people circulated it. 1t is
possible that some fool friend of Colo
mel Hoyt may be the guilty party; but
1t Is not just to hold Colonel Hoyt or
his managers responsible. 1t is also
possible that some designing friend of
Governor McSweeney may have orig
mated and sent out the circular with a
view to getting the benefit Of the antic-
ipated reaction. We are not disposed
to charge anything of the kind. Anony-
nous circulars or communications of
any kind leave the public to assume
whatever it pleases. Sensible people
will not be Influenced by them either
way.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12

THE cotton spinners Of Manchester
England, held a meeting last Friday
and unanimously agreed not to buy
any American cotton during Septem-
ber. It was because Of the high prices
now ruling on account Of the general
scarcity of cotton. Most of the Man
chester mills, Of course, will have to
shut down. They calculate that by
October /, there will be enough new
cotton on the market to supply the de-
mand at prices more reasonable than
are now prevailing. AS the result OF
the action Of the Manchester spinners
there was a decline in the New York
contract market Friday; but it is not
expected that the effect on spot cotton
will be very serious. Stoppage Of the
mills will be followed by a scarcity OF
manufactured goods. The scarcity OF
manufactured goods will be followed
by an increase Of prices, and the In
crease Of prices will make demand
for cotton. The cotton producer has
no occasion for uneasiness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12

endure the siege of absolute silence
and absolute idleness. So far as we
know no provision Is made for his
treatment after that period of 10 years
of isolation. He is expected to die or
go mad long before it elapses.
"A dispatch from Monclova, Mexico,
says the Wells, Fargo Express Co., was
robbed Of several packages Of Ameri-
can currency at Trevino, on the Mexi-
can International railway, last We'd
nesday, by young American. The
robber was captured a few hours later
on the train near Monclova and lodged
in Jail here. He was on his way to
the United States when overtaken. He
refused to give his name or address.
The sum of $4,000 Of the stolen money
was recovered. The total amount which
he secured is said to have been $4,000,
and it is believed he had confederate
who has possession of the remainder.
The robber is young and well dressed.
The money was being shipped from
a Monterey bank to New York city.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12

ACCORDING to Colonel Wharton, the
Spartanburg Free Lance is guilty Of a
trick that can hardly receive the ap-
proval Of those who believe in clean
methods. It seems that Wharton's
friends were advised Of paid commu-
nication that was to be printed in The
Free Lance in the interest Of Colonel
Evans. The Wharton people arranged
to answer this article in the same pa
per, agreeing, Of course. to pay for
their communication. Both articles ap-
peared in the paper and went to all
regular subscribers. 1t afterward de-
veloped that Colonel Evans was fur
nished with 1000 copies Of the paper
containing his article; but not Whar-
toms. The papers were intended for
distribution throughout the state.
Wharton claims that he was treated
unfairly in that he was entitled to have
his communication printed in every is
sue of the edition for which it was fur
nished. We think that Colonel Whar-
toms contention is well-grounded.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12
YESTERDAYS ELECTION.

The returns from yesterdays election
were all in by o'clock last night and
tabulated statement Of the result will
be found elsewhere in this issue.
According to the figures collected by
THE ENQUIRER, Mr.. w. Brown Wylie Is
renominated as clerk by a small ma
jority, Mr. John F. Gordon gets the
nomination for supervisor and l.. W.
Louthian is coroner by a, big majority.
Although the race for supervisor has
occupied a fair share Of public atten-
tion during the past two weeks all
other political considerations in this
county have been overshadowed in the
race for clerk Of the court.
The contest was between Mr.. Wylie
and Mr.. J. A. Tate, the competitor who
followed him closest in the first race.
From the day of the first primary, it
has been clear that the final contest
would be a remarkably close one.
Though 1t was an admitted fact that
Mr.. Wylie was popular, able and eff1c-
lent, the clean and intelligent cam
paign that Mr.. Tate had made up to
the first primary fully foreshadowed
the fact that he would prove no mean
antagonist in the second. The fight
was principally on the ground that Mr..
Wylie had held the office long enough
and that it was time to give way to a
successor. Mr.. Tate came very nearly
proving to a majority Of the voters
that he was the right man for the
place.
The supervisor race was also clean
and was pushed with vigor, especially
by Mr.. Gordon. Mr.. Gordon used the
same argument that Mr.. Tate used
against Mr.. Wylie-the long time his
opponent had been in office and his
own qualifications to acceptably fill
the position.
The race for coroner, Of course, oc-
cupied only incidental attention, the
office not generally being considered
Of very much Importance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12
MERE.MENTl0N.

A terrific hurricane swept the gulf
coast from Florida to Galveston last
Thursday and Friday. A number Of
vessels were wrecked and several lives
were lost. The court of Hawaii has
just ruled that the provisions of the
constitution of the United States apply
to those islands. Railroads south Of
the Ohio and east Of the Mississippi,
have been hauling national candidates
free of charge. Last week they served
notice on the Democratic and Repub-
lican executive committees that they
would discontinue the practice. go. The
steamer China, which left San Fran
cisco last Friday for Hong Kong, car
ried $1.5OO,0OO in gold and silver with
which to pay American troops in Chi
ma. a......Rev. w. H. L. McLaurin, a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12
HURRICANES AWFUL WORK.
Thousands Of Lives Lost 10 South.Centrs
Texas.

The most awful disaster Of the gene
ration, so far as the United States is
concerned, swept the coast Of the gulf
Of Mexico last Saturday. 1t came In
the form of a West India hurricane,
which carried along with 1t tidal
wave that swept the entire gulf coast
from New Orleans to Mexico, almost
destroying the city Of Galveston, Tex.
The hurricane struck Galveston at
about o'clock Saturday afternoon. 1t
continued to grow fiercer and fiercer,
until by o'clock, when it reached Its
height, every foot of land on the island
was under water. Thousands Of houses
were blown down, and people were
crushed and drowned in multitudes.
The terrible wind and flood continued
until about 10 o'clock at night; but 1t
was late Sunday afternoon before the
flood had entirely receded.
1t was fearful story that the papers
told on Monday morning. The wires
were down and the railroads were
washed away, so to get full details was
impossible; but still the story was COM
plete enough to give an Idea of the
horrible catastrophe. The loss of life
was estimated at from 1000 to 10000. No
one thought that less than 1000 houses
had been destroyed, and the property
loss, including cotton, foots up some
thing like s2O,OO0,OO0.
Hundreds Of small boats and several
large steamers were swept into the
city, and there was nothing but wreck
and ruin to be seen anywhere. Hun
dreds of human bodies were to be seen
Floating about through the streets,
lodging in second story piazzas, and
hundreds of others were worked out to
sea. The barracks were destroyed and
the papers yesterday stated that Lot
less than 100 soldiers had lost their
lives. Il
Among the smaller towns in the path
of the disaster were Texas City, Dick
inson, Hitchcock, Seabrook, Alvin, Sa-
bine Pass, etc., all Of them suffering
as severely in proportion as Galveston.
Reports from Sherman, Texas, say
that the cotton crop in the southern
and central parts Of the state, is almost
completely destroyed; that the loss Is
certainly not less than half.
The salt flood, of course, ruined all
the drinking water in Galveston, and
on Monday water sold at one dollar a
pint. The city was also thrown in
darkness on account Of the destruction
Of the electric light plant, provisions
generally were destroyed, and as the
railroads have not yet been able to re-
pair their tracks, famine is feared.
The city Of Houston and many small
towns further from the coast, suffered
terribly and Governor Sayers has is
sued an appeal to the people Of the
United States for aid.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12
Ticket Fraud In Spartanburg.

Says a Spartanburg special Of Mon
day to the Greenville News: The coun'
ty and state tickets sent to the mana
gers Of Hebron precinct, in this county
were found to be fixed" Hoyts name
was erased from every ticket, as was
that of Landrum for state senate. Or
the county ticket the name Of Burnett
candidate for master, had been erased
from about one-third Of the tickets
County Secretary Gentry sent out al
tickets on Friday as second class mat
ter. They were defaced in transit. A
Federal postoffice Inspector will inves-
tigate the matter The same thing
may have occurred with other packa.
.ges; but none has been reported.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

L. George Grist-Offers you fire insur-
ance in the strongest companies-the
Aetna, the Continental and the
Northern, of England.
The Enquirer-Talks to you about job
work and offers you the best work at
the lowest prices.
H. G. Strauss-Announces the opening
of the campaign for supplying the
people Of York county with the best
goods at the lowest prices.
Lowrance, Williams & Co., of the Pal
metto Grocery-Enumerate q number
of articles in the eating line with
which they are prepared to supp,J
you.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Offer a discount of
per centum per annum to all per-
sons who owe them for guano If they
will pay their notes before the 1sr of
November.
w. B! Moore & Co.-Let you know that
Hoyt's Comedy company will give an
entertainment in the opera house to-
morrow night.
Whisonant, Castles & Co.-Announce
that their Mr.. Whisonant Is now in
the Northern markets buying a fall
stock Of goods.