Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-15
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York World says: Senator Tillmau
left tonight for a stumping tour
through the West. He speaks al
Lexington, KY, April II; Denver,
April Is; Wichita, April II; War,
rensburg, Mo-, April IS; St. Louis,
April 20, and Owensboro, KY, April
%. Upon the indications of this tour
will depend largely his course in con-
nection with the National Democratic
convention.
During the past 12 years more
than 100 persons have been killed on
the main street of the town of Jackson,
county seat of Breathitt county, KY,
according to the estimate of a resident.
All these people were ''shot off on the
square; nary a case of bushwhackin'." "
The front of the courthouse and some
of the stores in the street are Clipped
and SCARED very noticeably where
promiscuously flying bullets have
struck. Only one man has ever been
hanged in Breathitt county, and be
was borrowed from another county to
be used as an object lesson.
The New York World has under
taken to determine President Cleve-
lands probable chances for nomination
to third term. 1t made inquiries last
week of senators, representatives and
expert Democratic politicians in every
State in the Union. The general re-
suit seems to be that Is States with
26S delegates Eare favorable to the
nomination of Cleveland 5 States with
1O2 delegates, are fatty against him ;
10 States with 45S delegates prefer
some other candidate, and II States
with 90 delegates, are for free silver
candidate above all other considera-
tions. All this is in the absence of any
declaration from President Cleveland
on the subject. The World thinks
that declaration from Mr.. Cleveland
will change the above estimate won
derfully.
General John NJ. Schofeld has been
in Washington for several days, and
has had a number of interviews with
President Cleveland and Secretary o.
ney. The nature of these interviews
can only be conjectured. There is a
surmise that the president and. his
chief adviser are considering the ad-
visibility of sending special agent to
Cuba, and that General Schofeld is to
be selected for the important mission.
That General Schofeld has been asked
for enlightenment on the military
features of the war is generally be-
lieved. The suggestion has been ad-
vanced that the authorities have in
structed United States consuls on the
island to learn the actual strength OF
the Cubans. Consular reports concern
ing the situation are, of course, being
offered but apparently they have not
been as satisfactory as the administra-
ton desires.
"A horrible tragedy took place at
Millican, Texas, on Wednesday of last
week. A young man named A. c.
Worrels and a young lady namedMollie
Brooks were waiting to take the train
for Bryan, the next station, where it
was their intention to get married.
The girls father was opposed to the
match, and just as the train came up
two pistol shots were heard. 1t was
the first impression of those who heard
the shots that the train had been at
tackled by highwaymen. But within
a few moments, the young girl was
seen lying on the platform floor, gasp
ing for breath, and the young man was
endeavoring to stop a crimson stream
from his throat with his fingers. Both
had been shot by the father. The girl
died within few minutes; but the
young man will recover. The father
went off to a rock quarry near by, sat
down on quantity of dynamite, explo-
ded it and was blown to pieces.
1t is reported that President Cleve-
lands hesitation on the Cuban ques-
ton is owing to the interference of VIM.
C. Whitney, who has just been making
representations to him on account of
certain New York capitalists. Mr..
Whitney represents to the president
that if he signs the Cuban resolutions,
there will follow a panic and a de-
preston of stocks similar to that
which occurred during the early part
of the Venezuela difficulty, and urges
that the president communicate with
Spain with a view to reaching an
amicable settlement. 1t is the idea OF
the New York business men that the
president should propose to Spain that
she either grant to Cuba local self
government, or allow her citizens to
buy the island at a reasonable price.
Senior Gonzalo Queseda, the Cuban
representative in Washington, says
that Cuba will not now submit to any
proposition that will leave the island
under Spanish control. The time had
been when there might have been a
compromise on something like home
rule; but now it must be liberty or
death.
- In the senate last Friday was in-
troduced a joint resolution expressing
the sympathy of the American people
for Mrs. Florence E. Maybrick, an
American woman who is serving SEN
tence of life Imprisonment in an Eng
lish prison. Mrs. Maybrick is from
Mobile, Ala. She married wealthy
Englishman. According to accepted
reports in this country, he was gen.
uine brute, and among his bad habits
was arsenic eating. One day he turn
ed up dead, and postmortem exami-
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