Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
Scraps aud faets.

Rear Admiral Charles NJ. Thomas,
who succeeded Rear Admiral Evans
as commander-in-ch chief of the At
lantic fleet, hauled down his flag at
1910 a. m. from the truck of the
Connecticut, and ten minutes later
that of Admiral Sperry was raised on
board of the flag ship with the sa-
lutes and other honors beftting his
position. The ceremonies were car
ried out in the briefest possible fash
ion and in strict accordance with ma
val regulations.
Boston, May 16: Senator Till
man of South Carolina and Mrs
Tillman sailed on the steamship
Canopic at 1890 a. m. today for the
Mediterranean. Senator Tillman
goes abroad in search of rest and re-
cuperation from his recent illness.
I've no fixed plan," he said, before
sailing, "but l expect to return about
the middle or the last Of next Octo-
Der. From here 1 go to Gibraltar
There l go ashore and travel about
for a month, perhaps up through
Spain. Then l am going down
through Italy to Naples-and from
there | don't know where Ill go.
Senator Tillman when asked what he
thought of President Roosevelt
threat to ignore congress in the
matter of waterway legislation said
it sounded to him like a decree of
Caesar" Bryan" said the senator,
would be the next president"
- Shreveport, La, May 10: The
final count of the persons who met
death in Wednesdays tornado in
Caddo and Bossier parishes will
probably total fifty. The number al
present known to have been Killed
is forty-four. Eight were added to
the death list today at Red Bayou,
All were negroes. Four more injur-
ed negroes were brought here today
Relief headquarters have been es-
tablished in a box car and left in
charge of Gillian citizens, whose ap-
peals for help have been literally
answered. Today several dozen
tents were secured from Shreveport.
Shreveport negroes have held mass
meeting, raising several hundred dol
lars to be used to help their race.
Mrs. E. L. Houston, John Godfrey
w. M. Sour and John Gardner's
child, all white, who were injured,
are in a serious condition at local
sanitarium.
The general deficiency appropri-
alton bill, the last of regular govern
ment supply bills, was reported to
the house last Saturday by the COM
mittee on appropriations. The bill
carries $17,342,572. OF this amount
$1O,0O0,OO0 is for pensions, made
necessary by the widows pension
act, passed at this session, and also
made by the old age pension act of
February 6, 1907. For the naval es-
tablishment there is an allowance of
$S,156,2S9, partly necessitated by the
recent increase in the pay of the en-
listed men and officers of the navy
and partly by the increased amount
battleship fleet in going from San
Francisco around the world to New
York. The total cost of coal and its
transportation for this purpose ag-
gregates $5,OOO,0OO. OF the total
amount $l,31O,9O1 is for the military
establishment and covers, among
other expenses, the increased pay OF
the enlisted men and officers on the
active and retired lists of the army
for the remainder of this fiscal year.
These three items aggregate almost
$15,OOO,OOO.
- Washington, May IS: That the city
of New York has ceased to be cot
ton market was the contention of Mr..
Burleson of Texas, in the house today.
He offered statistics which he said
proved that the stock of cotton carried
in New York has for number of years
been gradually decreasing until 1t has
reached the point where many De-
leve future trading on the exchange
is actually endangered, because there
are not sufficient reserves in New York
upon which to do this business" Mr..
Burleson declared that the New York
Cotton Exchange members, recogniz-
ing the decadence of New York as
spot market, were trying to offset the
fact by enlarging it's available stocks
by going to the south and there es-
tablishing certifcated warehouses. He
feared that conditions were now such
that the exchange could not in that
way bring about an increase Of its
stocks so as to conduct an honest fair
business. ITO continue under existing
conditions" he said, lis both unjust
and dishonest" He was briefly replied
to by Mr. Fitzgerald of New York, who
vigorously maintained that the trans
actions Of the New York Cotton EX-
change were legitimate and honest.
- Conferees on the currency bill
met yesterday and the probability is
the next several days. In fact, it is
not thought the question Of financial
legislation will be settled until a few
hours before final adjournment The
differences between the senate and
the house are many. The senate re-
CARDS the provision of the house for
the formation of clearing house dis
tricts and the issuance of national
bank notes on commercial paper
guaranteed by the clearing house as
sociations to be a species Of asset
currency. 1t is said that Senator
Aldrich and his fellow managers of
the conference on the part of the
senate are not unalterably opposed
to the plan of the house bill if it can
be safeguarded so as to remove the
asset currency feature. Therefore
it is possible that the cOnferees will
work out something that may be ac-
ceptable to both branches Of con-
gress. The conferees on the part of
the senate are Messrs. Aldrich, Alli-
son. Hale. Daniel and Teller: on the