Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-30
Scraps and facts.

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for the juries to return impartial YER
diets. 1t is believed that the juries
will engage in political discussions in
the Jury rooms, and that the political
leaning of litigants will have more or
less influence on verdicts.
At Gretna, La, last Friday, Ne
gro named Jim Hawkins slapped the
face ofa 5-year-old white child. The
child's parents complained to Police
man Miller and the policeman went
after the Negro. The Negro resisted
arrest and was aided by several Others.
The policeman drew his revolver and
killed Alexander and Arthur Green,
two of the Negroes who were helping
Hawkins. Hawkins got away, but
next day he was pursued by a mob,
captured and hanged without being
allowed time in which to pray. Gret-
ma is just across the river from New
Orleans.
There is to be a big Bryan parade
in Chicago on October 9, and feature
of it will he large disvision of men
wearing black masks. 1t is claimed
that although large per cent. of
the working men of Chicago are for
Bryan, their employers are for Nc
Kinley, and they have to wear Nc
Kinley buttons and pretend to be for
the Republican candidate, or else lose
their Jobs. It is this class of voters
who will wear masks in the parade.
The object, of course, is to prevent
identification. The Republicans claim
that the whole thing will be farce,
and that the maskers will be made
entirely from Democratic heelers.
1t has developed that Mr.. Bryan
voted for Weaver instead of Cleveland
four years ago, and the gold Demo
Gratis and Republicans have been try
ing to make capital of the fact; but
now they wish they had never men
toned it. Senator Faulkner Of the
Democratic national committee, has
explained the matter fully. Ex-Chair-
man Harrity and Don NJ. Dickerson
had both figured that the Democrats
stood no chance of carrying Nebraska
at that time, and it looked as if the
support of their respective tickets by
the Democrats and Populists, would
give the state to Harrison. 1t was,
therefore, decided that it was best to
request all Democrats to vote for
Weaver, and it was as good Demo-
crat that Mr.. Bryan acted upon this
request.
= New York World: Miss Elizabeth
Almy, who is 20 years old and lives
with her sister at No. 256 West Forty
third street, has been advised by a
Havana lawyer that she is sole heiress
to the estate of Jose Martinez, Span
ish planter in Cuba, which is valued
at S1,5OO,OOO. She and her lawyer
will 90 to Cuba in about two weeks to
take possession of the property. Miss
Almy returned four months ago from
Cuba, where she had been visiting
some cousins who live on plantation
adjoining that of Martinez, in Matan-
zas. While there Martinez fell i'll, and
Miss Almy nursed him. Senor Mar
tinez's two sons were killed by the
Spanish, and the old planter fled to
Havana, where he soon died of bro
ken heart. He left his fortune to his
former nurse, in grateful recognition
of her kindness.
The Democratic party of New
York has gotten rid of John Boyd
Thatcher, who was recently nominated
for governor. 1t will be remembered
that the New York Democrats en-
dorsed the Chicago platform. Shortly
after his nomination, Thatcher wrote a
letter in which he said he had always
been a gold man and was one yet.
The letter raised a rumpus among the
Democrats of the state and they re-
belled. When the notification COM
mittee called on Thatcher last Satur-
day he explained that he had not been
informed of the nature Of the platform
that was to be adopted, otherwise he
would have never allowed his name to
be put in nomination. Under the cir
cumstances he considered it his duty
to decline the nomination and allow
somebody else, who could make the
race with clear conscience, take the
lead. The New York Democrats now
consider that the situation has been
very much clarified. They can now
nominate straightout silver man and
60 into the fight with every hope Of
carrying the state.
There were some lively political
events in Boston, Mass, last Friday
and Saturday. Bryan spoke in the
Music hall on Friday hight. Among
the auditors was large number of
silver delegates to the Democratic
state convention, which was appoint
ed to meet in the same hall on Satur-
day. George Fred Williams, the Mas
sachusetts silver leader, took occasion
to say that while a majority of the
delegates elected to the convention
were silver men, majority of the ex-
ecutive committee were gold men, and
it was the intention of these gold men
to, on the morrow, pack the hall with
gold rooters and try to run the con-
vention. He, therefore, requested
that the silver men and others favora-
BILE to the cause, remain in the hall all
night and hold the fort. He guaran-
teed that the men would be provided
with refreshments, if no other way, at
his personal expense. The PROPOSE
tion met with favor and the silver
people settled down to hold the fort.
During the night the gold people be-
gan to scheme also. They arranged
with the owners of the hall to allow