Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-28
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Asia, the remainder being scattered.
Nearly 10000 immigrants registered
from Russia, a slight increase
over the figures for June. 1904. The
new regulations covering Chinese
immigration have had their effect.
Three hundred and eleven Chinese
applied for admission in June, and
500 were admitted. eleven being
deported. This Is the highest per-
centage Of admission Of Chinese In
a single month in a long time.
Yokohama, July 25: Secretary
of War Taft and party received a
demonstrative welcome to Japan,
the principal buildings. streets and
wharves Of this city and the ship
ping In the harbor being gaily deco
rated. A noisy display Of daylight
fireworks along the streets fronting
the harbor announced the arrival OF
the steamship Manchuria at the
quarantine grounds at o'clock this
morning and continued until the ves-
sci was docked. Secretary Taft and
Miss Roosevelt held an informal re-
ception upon the decks. The party
was then driven to the railroad
station through the crowded streets,
and boarding a special train, depart
ed for Toxic. Upon arriving at
Toxic, Secretary TAFT and his per-
sonal staff were taken to Shiba,
where a detached palace was pro-
vided for their accommodation. Miss
Roosevelt accompanied Minister Girls
comb to the American legation.
Not for years. says a New York
dispatch, have there been so few
men in the local marine barracks,
and the oficials are puzzled to know
how to fill out the necessary posts.
Indeed several guard posts have been
abandoned, and in those which must
be kept up the force has been cut
sometimes In half. The strength OF
the corps at the barracks Is now only
$50, whereas the normal strength for
years has been 400. The chief reason,
according to an authority In marine
corps matters for the low state Of the
corps at the. Brooklyn barracks at the
present time Is the large number of
desertions from the big war ships.
More men" has been the cry for more
than a month from the commanding
officers OF many of the largest vessels
of the North Atlantic fleet, and still the
Mnnh hoc hpln
said about the desertions from the
navy In the last year, but 1t Is now
asserted that the marine corps has fall
len off, and there appears to be little
chance Of any immediate increase.
The entire force of the corps should be
$4,000, and It is 1900 short at the
present time, with every prospect OF
a further depletion as result Of the
hot weather.
Fusaw, July 25: The past
three months of both armies has
been the most quiet period of the en-
tire war. There have been no engage
ments at the front, the only en-
counters being those Of reconnoit-
ering. expeditions. sent out by both
armies, similar to that Of last Friday,
with a small total of losses and
few triAing encounters at the posts.
The Russian and Japanese lines are
seven miles apart The Russians
maintain a screen Of cavalry out
posts some miles in front Of their
trenches to guard against attacks.
Reconnoitering forces from both
sides traverse the neutral zone, fire.
quently feeling the strength of the
others at the front and making a
small weekly list Of killed, wounded
and captured. The fight reported on
Friday was the first worthy Of men
ton which has occurred east OF the
railway. Two Russian reconnoiter-
ing forces approached the japanese
line, one about 20 miles, the other
70 miles east of the railway. The
first contingent consisted Of two
squadrons of cavalry, the second OF
two battalions Of infantry. Both
retired after brief encounters. The
Japanese sustained no losses, but
those of the Russians are supposed
to have been nearly 100. In the
first encounter the Russian cavalry.
with its front side thousand metres
long, advanced upon the Japanese
line until it came under fire, when II
retired In confusion and the in
fantry advanced. The Japanese fired
40 rounds with q captured Russian
battery when the Russians retired,
the japanese infantry following them
for ten miles.
- Boston, Mass, July 25: Scathing
criticism, pointed condemnation and
fierce denunciation of the methods
and course of the big insurance COM
panies characterize the annual report
of Frederick L. Cutting, commissioner
Of insurance for Massachusetts,, issued
today. The report is exhaustive in Its
review of methods employed by high
insurance officials during the past sew
eral years, to whom he alludes in some
instances, as "Judases'' and to one
company as the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde company, ana contains rec
ommendation that the legislature at
it's next session take up the matter Of
deferred dividends and the relation
between insurance companies and
their allied trust companies and other
questions, with a view of compelling
reform. The report considers insur-
ance in connection with the gam
bling instinct of the age" and tells OF
the influence upon the officials of in
surance companies from the dubious
schemes" schemes for getting enor-
mously rich" the graft by city Of
ficials, state officials. national officials,
petty legislators, congressman, United
States senator's and courts subservient
to the great Moloch. money" that
they also saw tainted money eagerly
sought by college and pulpit" Com
missioner Cutting names several COM
panies. OF the Equitable Life, the
Mutual Life and the New York Life
termed the big three" and the "ra-
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