Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-10-23
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mar on October 16. Four hundred DOlo-
men attacked 46 men Of Company E,
Ninth infantry. The American loss
was 10 men killed and wounded. The
Americans defended themselves GAL
lantly and succeeded in driving the en-
emy off. Eighty dead Filipinos were
found on the field.
In his annual report, just published,
General Corbin says that the losses
from all causes in the regular army
and the volunteers from July 1st, lsOO,
to June 30, last, totaled 1924 officers
and men in the former, and 25,oos In
the latter. The casualties to the troops
in the Philippines since the date OF the
first arrival, June 80, 1898. to June 3Oth,
last, were lis officers and 1878 men KILL
ed, and 1872 officers and 2,646 men
wounded.
M. Santos-Dumont, the Brazilian
aeronaut, who has for sometime been
trying to round the Eiffel tower in Par
is, and bring the balloon back to the
starting point for a prize OF $5,OoO, mas
succeeded. He made the trip last Sat-
urday. Under the rules the trip was
to have been made in 80 minutes. The
aeronaut consumed 40 seconds over,
and there was a dispute as to whether
or not he had won, the committee hold
ing out against him. This is the first
really successful test that has been
made Of a steerable balloon.
Says a Washington special, Of Sat-
urday, to the News and Courier: The
Booker Washington incident seemed to
be entirely forgotten at the White
House today, judging from the long
list of official callers representing
southern states. Conservative men
from the south, who discussed the sub
ject, agree that no good can come OF
agitating the question further. They
hold that the president has the right to
select the guests he will privately en-
tertain and public men from the south
cannot neglect the interests OF their
constituents because Of some social
incident which may not accord with
their views on the subject Of social
equality. It Is believed that the incl
dent will be forgotten within a week.
The department Of agriculture has
completed plans for the annual seed
distribution throughout the country. A
change has been made in the method Of
distributing cotton and forage crops,
which now, instead Of being sent
broadcast, will be sent only to certain
sections where they are adaptable and
likely to bring about improved condi-
tions. Havana and Sumatra tobacco
will be sent only to Florida and GER
tain parts Of New England, where their
culture has proved successful and
where muslin sheets spread over large
tracts Of tobacco area furnish the nee
essary tropical conditions. Other types
Of tobacco plants will be sent to other
sections.
General DeWet's recent inactivity,
says a Durham dispatch, has produced
the impression among military men,
that he is either dead or incapacitated
through illness or wounds. According
to a letter from Pretoria a prominent
Boer recently wrote to a friend there,
relating the terrible hardships suffered
by the Beers in the field, especially
from a lack Of surgeons. "DeWet, for
example," wrote this Boer, suffered
the most terrible agony before he died.
He was wounded in the shoulder by a
splinter from a shell and the wound
gangrened, owing to its being dressed
with dirty rags" Five Beers captured
at different places recently, said DeWet
was dead; but each gave a different
version of his death. Against these re-
ports is a statement of Piet De Viii
liers, the field cornet recently taken
prisoner in the northeastern part Of the
Orange River colony, who said that on
the morning Of his capture he took
breakfast with General DeWet.
Reports from all sections Of the
state show that the disaster to the
Texas cotton crop Is every bit as great
as has been represented. In many Sec
tipns Of the state picking has been
complete, and the crop Is shown to be
anywhere from 40 to 60 per cent. less
than that Of last year. The percent
age will not hold good for the state
at large; but the indications now are
that the decrease will be fully thir-
ty per cent, and thirty per cent.
Of the Texas cotton crop means in ex-
cess Of 100000 bales. At $40 per bale,
the present price, it means a loss Of
s32, ,OOO, 900 to the state on the one pro-
duct, and the farmers have to bear the
brunt Of it. In addition to the loss in
the cotton itself, the state also loses
be manufactured on account Of the
shortness Of seed, and also loses the
value of a large number Of cattle,
which are usually fattened at the oil
mills during the winter. These two
items will run the total up to fully
s50,O00,000.
Secretary Hester's weekly state
ment, issued last Friday, shows for the
IS days Of October, a decrease in the
movement into sight under last year Of
177,000 bales, and an increase over the
same period year before last Of $4,000.
For the 4S days Of the season that have
elapsed, the aggregate is behind the 4S
days Of last year $4,000 bales, and be-
hind the days year before last Of $4,000.
The amount brought into sight during
the past week has been 1908 bales,