Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-25
Scraps and faets.

"General!" ordered the band to play.
"Oh, So Bright" and the audience sang
it. For a moment the huge congrega-
ton hesitated, but on being urged by
their leader they Joined heartily In
the singing of the hymn. This prompt
action on the part of Gen. Booth avert
ed a panic, which would have ended
in a great loss of life. The alarming
cry had been raised by some foolish
person, who had witnessed the fusing
Of several electric wires.
In a private letter received at the
navy department last Wednesday from
an officer on board the Kearsarge, the
following remarkable record made by
that battleship in her target practice
Just completed at Pensacola, is given:
One thirteen-inch gun made six hits
out of seven shots in five minutes and
twenty seconds. An eight-inch gun
made ten hits out of ten shots in five
minutes and twenty seconds, and a
five-inch gun made eighteen hits out
of eighteen shots in two minutes. AT
the navy department the record was
declared to be the best ever made by
an American warship, and as far as
the officers know it has not been
equaled in any foreign navy.
Cleveland. O., dispatch to Cincin-
natl Enquirer: Eight suits of clothes
five hats and four pairs of shoes, as
the police counted them. formed part
of the wardrobe of Chas. Parker. known
to the police as the millionaire Beg
gar" Parker was a prisoner in police
court today on the charge Of sus-
picion. According to the officers
Parker said he had lost four fingers
and had a wife and four children TO
support. On the strength of this sto-
ry he was selling pencils. In Parker's
room the police found the eight suits
of clothes and outfits to match. They
found also a big bunch Of letters and
circulars from charitable institutions
and prominent men all over the coun-
try. People living in the house told
the police that Parker had told them
that he was rich and did not have to
work. His wardrobe of many suits
was the wonder of the neighborhood.
Says a New York dispatch of
March %: President McDougall of
the Cotton Exchange made the fol-
lowing statement today relative to the
conditions Of the market: "The losses
In consequence of the failure Of D. ].
~ Fol af hn
conservative houses in the trade;
firms that are we'll able to withstand
them without inconvenience. There
is no reason for any further appre-
hension especially as consumers are
making inquiries for spot cotton which
introduces an element Of safety and
stability that has been lacking of
late" It was said on the Cotton EX-
change today that sensational develop
ments are expected when the receiv-
ers begin their investigation of Sullys
books. These books. it was reported,
contain records Of the transactions
made by Sully for at least two Of the
capitalists who are said to have back
ed the Sully deal, and the creditors
expressed the belief that these records
would enable them to reach the men
responsible for the Sully contracts.
The continuance of the present
special fast mail service between
Washington and New Orleans is as
sured by the action of the house last
Wednesday afternoon, says a Wash
ington special to the Columbia State.
When the paragraph carrying the ap-
preparation Of s145.00O was reached in
the reading of the postoffice appropria-
ton bill. Mr.. Moon of Tennessee mov-
cd that the appropriation be stricken
out Mr.. Moon has always fought this
appropriation in the poStoffice COM
mittee, Of which he is a member, and
on the floor Of the house and his mo-
tion was expected. Contrary to expec-
tations, however, vote was had
without discussion. Usually the item
Is target for a lot Of oratory. The
failure Of the Moon amendment means
the retention of the appropriation in
the bill. as with the favorable report
of the committee of the whole there
will probably be no further contest in
the house. The senate will also stand
for the appropriation, which makes
the fast mail service q certainty for
another year.
Senator Hoar on Tuesday intro
duced the bill prepared by Commander
Booth-Tucker looking to the colonial
ton of vacant public lands by actual
settlers. The bill creates the bureau
Of colonization in the department of the
Interior, and provides machinery for
advertising the public lands and OBJ
tanning settlers. The secretary Of the
treasury is authorized to issue not to
exceed s5O,000,000 Of sixty years 8 per
cent gold bonds, to be issued in sums
not exceeding s5.000,000 yearly to de-
serving settlers in loans of not over
$500 to any one person, who IS requir-
ed to enter upon homestead and who
"is certified as worthy and deserving
by one person holding official position
under the Federal government or any
state or municipal government and by
one person of recognized standing in
a charitable or religious organization"
The money is to be repaid by the set
tier in annual installments, with s per
cent interest The homestead and all
the settlers personal property thereon
is held as a lien to secure repayment
of the loan