Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-05-15
Scraps aud facts.

suffered in China through persecution,
and, instead, to suffer persecution and
injury for Christ's sake. We seek the
souls of Chinese, we are willing to suf-
fer the loss of goods for the sake of
the Lord" AS was naturally to be
expected, the resolution produced some
thing of a sensation; but whether or
not it was adopted, the correspondent
who sent out the news failed to say.
Fire insurance companies have had
hard lines for the past two years in
Canada and the United States. Their
losses, as reported in the New York
Journal Of Commerce, this year, was
above the average, but is far below
the figures Of a year ago, when
the Ottawa-Hull s12,0O000O conf1a-
grafton happened. For the four months
up to May / the losses aggregate
s56,s56,O 900, against s66,25S,5OO in the
same period Of 190O and $49, $4,000 in
that Of 1899. The Jacksonville loss of
the present month will exceed $10,0OO,-
900, and will thus bring the total to
date up to just about last years unus-
ually high record. It makes the year
1901 a most unpromising one for the
fire insurance companies.
The London Spectator, in it's issue
of last Saturday, ridicules the existing
trade panic in Great Britain and says
that although the purchase Of the Ley
land line by Americans means keener
competition, competition develops rath-
er than destroys. "All history" shows,
according to The Spectator, that pro-
tected or subsidized trades stagnate,
and even now Mr.. Mckinley, the very
best apostle of protection, Is signing
for reciprocity, that is, for a large, al
though limited measure Of free trade.
Big combines have never succeeded be-
yond the life Of their founders, and any
Napoleon Of finance who goes on con-
quering is sure in the end to arrive at
his Waterloo. While Great Britain's
rivals declare her trade to be decaying
their own endeavor Is to capture, at
any sacrifice, that decaying trade"
President Mckinley made his prin-
pal address of last Friday at Santa
Barbara. California. Referring to the
Spanish war, he said: GAS the result of
that war we are in the Philippines and
we do not mean to come away, (great
applause and cheering), and we mean
to give to these distant people what we
gave to California more than so years
ago, the blessings Of security and liber-
ty." An unusual incident occurred
during the presidents stay at Santa
Barbara. The residence Of the chief Of
of the fire brigade caught fire.
The fire chief, who was on the street,
awaiting the coming of the president,
was informed that his house was in
flames. Let it burn," he replied, II
will await and see the president Of the
United States" and he stoically re-
manned while his house was burned to
the ground. IT saw the president" he
said, when informed that his house was
in ruins. 'I saved the lot anyway"
- Says an Associated Press dispatch
of Sunday from Indianapolis, Indiana:
VIM. Phelps, Of Richmond, KY, and
James Stansbury, of this city, were
cleaning the inside of an eight-foot up
right boiler at the Cerealine mills, this
afternoon, when an employe turned on
the steam thinking the cock was tight.
1t leaked and the scai5ing steam pour
ed in on the two men. The only exit
was up a ladder to a manhole in the
top. Both jumped for the ladder.
Phelps reached it first, took one step
and stopped. He jumped aside and
shouted, You go first, Jim; you are
married" Stansbury sprang up the
ladder and escaped, with slight burns
about the face and legs. Though
Phelps followed at his heels his act of
heroism cost him his life. Both men
were being cooked when Phelps jumped
aside. BY the time he had followed
Stansbury up the ladder the flesh was
dropping from his limbs. He was cook
ed alive, and with supreme effort drag
ged his scalded body from the man.
hole. He lived for two hours in terri
BILE agony. but did not let a groan es-
cape him. ''It was Jim's right to go
first" said he quietly. "He is mar
ried." Phelps had been boarding at
Stansbury's house. Both are colored.
of the cause Of the recent corner of
Northern Pacific railroad stock result
ing in the panic last Wednesday and
Thursday; but the correct one is prob
ably to be found in the long drawn
fight between the Hill and Hartman
interests for the control of the proper
ty. The holdings of Northern Pacific
stock are divided up principally in two
rival camps, the Hill-Morgan syndi-
cate on the one hand, and the Harri-
man interests on the other. The Hi.
interests were supposed to have con-
troll Of the Northern Pacific before the
excitement began. Upon the abnormal
rise of prices, it is charged that men,
ber of the Hill combination, who own
ed large block of stock, was tempted
to sell in the belief that he would soon
be able to buy stock at lower figure.
He sold. and pretty soon ]. P. Morgan
e. Co., learned of the loss Of their hold
ings, and sent out orders to their brok-
ers to buy Northern Pacific DIT any
price. The Hartman crowd joined in
the struggle and soon both sides were
bidding wildly for Northern Pacific,
running the price up to $1,000 share.
Although many people had sold, both
the rival syndicates realized that there
could be no delivery of the stock, and
they allowed settlements on the basis