Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
Straps and faets.

water courses of Tennessee, Alabama
and Mississippi on account of the re-
cent floods. Considerable loss OF life
has occurred, and in a number OF
instances railroad traffic was entirely
suspended. The money loss foots up
many thousands of dollars. At last
accounts the swollen rivers and other
streams were receding from the flood
ed districts.
A London newspaper thus discus
ses the results of the Boer.' war
"Meauwhile the war goes on-this war
at once blunder and crime, the of.
spring of conceit, incompetence and
arrogance on the part of the translated
Birmingham town councillor. we
raked this country for troops; we have
exhausted the colonies; we are using
Indians and Kafirs; we have collected
force numbering all told nearly 300, ,OOC
men. Yet, at the end of six months
warfare against 10000 peasants, we
have not been able to place a foot on
the soil of the Transvaal. Our casual
ties in killed, wounded, and prisoners
and sick have amounted to about &c.
900. The war to the present has cost
us s6O,OOO,O00. We are to double oul
army, increase our navy, have modi'
fed form of conscription, and have in
Cured the hatred and contempt of the
whole world.
Let the Puerto Ricans possess their
souls in patience. They will doubtless
find themselves living in one OF the
United States before another decade
has passed. The Springfield Republi'
can explains: "This congress or the
next can do its utmost to put the stamp
of colony or dependency or vassal state,
forever ineligible to American state
hood. upon Hawaii or Puerto Rico or
the Philippines, and the succeeding
congress can sweep any or all OF them
into the Union, giving to each equal or
greater representation in the United
States senate than is held by New York
or Massachusetts, as congress has a
mind to divide them up. Let the land
grabbers work as they will to plant the
recent acquisitions into the position OF
colonies, the next congress can tip over
all their efforts. Only constitutional
amendment will avail them, and that
will not be obtained in hurry"
- Golfers Weekly: The following
statement of an official of the exche-
uuer shows that the cost of the pend
ing war in South Africa will not only
eclipse the expenditures for the Crl-
mean war; but will probably make it
the costliest of all Victorian wars
Taking the estimate of $500, ,000,0 ,00O
as we'll within the limit of probability
we find that for q period of nine
months this war will cost us at the rate
of over $3.50 minute, or $4,000 an
hour, night and day. Thus, for the
purposes of our South African wal
alone, we are spending at the rate Of
considerably over $1,50O,OOO every
week, in addition to our normal ex'
peuditure of S235, 100000 year in
maintaining our army and fleet, and
further S250,O00,00O year in dis
charge of liabilities for wars in the
past. We thus find ourselves in the
strange position of spending on wal
alone the stupendous sum of S760,00O,
600 a year, or something like $780,,
600 900 more than our total revenue
for the year.
- Says a dispatch from Lahore
India: That Great Britain's attitude
toward Afghanistau in connection with
Russian designs on Herat does no,
meet with approval at Cabul (the capi
tai of Afghanistan) is proved by ar
autograph letter published with the
ameer's consent, in which, after refer
ring to the various rumors, he adds
"Now, when Afghanistau is over
whelmed on all sides, the British gov
ernment does not seem TO take any in
terest, but enjoys the pride Of aloofnes:
and reserve. Whenever l have sug
gested check to Russian aggression
have had no response from the govern
ment of Iudla except the suggestion
that Afghanistan might consent tt
the construction of railways and tele
graphs. This is impossible, as the AT
ghans consider that such step woulc
mean their ruin. Notwithstanding al
these troubles, 1 have proved for the
the past 81 years the firm ally of Grea
Britain. But now, at the last moment
I must inform my powerful ally, The
government Of India, that the present
IS the time for deeds and not for talk.
- The Washington administration i:
in right smart of quandary as to what
to do about that 100000 that Turkey
has acknowledged to be due to the
United States on account of the de
struction of the property of some
American missionaries in Armenia, s
few years ago. Minister Straus sue
ceeded in obtaining personal admis
sion from the sultan that the money i:
due, and promise that it will be paid
but that is as far as the Turks seem tt
be willing to go. They have way o
promising, with no intention to per
form, and this kind of business doe:
not suit the American idea of business
Although Minister Straus left Constan
tinople ostensibly on vacation, it was
really for the purpose of informing