Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-12
Scraps and farts.


of these powers shall be allowed to in
terfers with China in any way. Ihe
powers have the proposition unuer
consideration; but have not yet an
swered the note. France, which mas
kind Of understanding with Russia is
not disposed to take any action that
may embarrass her quasi ally.
Saws Manila dispatch of Tuesday:
Seventeen members of the constabulary
stationed at Vigan, one of the leading
business centres of Luzon. have desert
ed, taking fifty rifles, 5000 rounds OF
ammunition, and s700 obtained by loot
ing the commissary department. The
number Of the fugitives has been aug
mented by a party Of eighty deserters.
Gov. Wright has requested military as
sistance, and Col Thomas has dis
patched a squadron Of cavalry scouts
In pursuit The revolt Is spreading.
Two American priests, McClosky ana
Kirk, have been fired upon but no
casualties are reported. The tele-
graph wires leading to the disturbed
districts have been cut. Ricarte, one OF
the former Filipino leaders, is believed
to be at the head Of the movement.
Dispatches of yesterday indicate
an alarming situation in the Balkans.
Both Turkey and Bulgaria are report
ed to be preparing for war Bulgaria
has been under the protection OK Rus
sia. The protection amounts to Rus
sian domination. Bulgaria would have
been fighting Turkey long ago had she
not been prevented by Russia ana
Turkey Is just as anxious to fight Bull
earia. Poland was divided up between
Russia, Austria and Prussia, and ever
since the Poles have been longing for
fndependence. This is especially the
case with Russian and Prussian Po-
land. There are secret societies
throughout Poland, and it Is being
urged that now is the time to strike.
It is quite possible that before the END
Of another month, Russia may be at
tackled from the west, and the situa-
ton will Immediately become more IN
tensely interesting.
Charlotte Observer. wednesday:
The reports from the cotton ginneries,
by the way Of the census office, show
9,s59,277 bales ginned to January l6.
This indicates crop in excess OF lO,-
100000 bales, for, while ginning IS
practically if not entirely over, un-
questionably some cotton yet remains
in farmers hands. The figures given
out yesterday seem to have had but
slight effect on the market. What IN
fiuence the war in the East will exert
on prices no man can tell, and to sell
or hold now, in anticipation Of fur
ther decline or an advance, is a pure
gamble A good deal Of significance
attaches to dispatch in yesterdays
paper reciting that the factors OF
Memphis are of opinion that present
prices are below the value of the sta
ple and have arrived at an agreement
to withhold from the market, until
prices become more stable, all spot
cotton owned or controlled by them.
The problem that Charles F. Muir
ply has before him, according to
New York dispatch. Is what to do with
William Randolph Hearst and his
presidential! boom. 1t is no secret that
the Tammany leader has no desire to
have the New York delegation, or any
part Of it committed to Hearst ana
Hearst proposes to have Endorsement
of some kind or else make trouble in
Tammany in the next municipal cam
paign. If Hearst cannot be president
he may be a candidate on labor union
ticket. This is what Tammany fears.
Hearst has supported every labor un-
ion man for local offices. especially for
mayor. Murphy wants to avoid
clash with Hearst, but he does not pro-
pose to sacrifice the standing OF New
Yorks delegation to the st. Louis con-
vention by tying it up to the Hearst
boom. 1t is admitted at Tammany
Hall that Hearsts demands for support
are creating considerable anxiety and
every effort will be made to pacify him
short Of giving him the national dele
cation.
Charlotte Observer, Wednesday:
According to the figures of yesterday,
the destruction wrought by the Balti-
more fire does not approximate that oc-
casioned by the great Chicago fire OF
1871. In that case the property loss
was s19O,OOO,O00; in this s125,OOO,oOO.
In Chicago 17,450 buildings were burn
ed and 200 lives lost: in Baltimore the
burned buildings numbered $500 and
there was no loss of life. In Chicago
more rs blocks. The Chicago fire left
10000 people homeless; the one bright
spot amidst Baltimore's desolation Is
that the fire barely touched the resi-
dence portion of the city and that there
are few homeless people in conse-
quence. The property destroyed. too
appears to have been insured fol about
IS per cent Of it's value. 1t is said that
s30,OO0,O00 of the $90,000,00O of insur-
ance Is held in New York. The re-
mainder of it is doubtless we'll distrib-
uted, much of it, no doubt in foreign
companies, Of which several powerful
ones, notably English and German, do
a large business in the United States.
Says a Baltimore dispatch of Tues
day: A great cloud was lifted this af-
ternoon when it was discovered that
practically all Of the vaults and strong
rooms and safes of the financial con-
Germs whose buildings were destroyed,
o,o ,,,bnrt tremendous loss in So