Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-18
Straps and faets.
- The senate committee on privileges

The senate committee on privileges
and elections has directed favorable
report on the proposed amendment tc
the constitution, providing for the
election of United States senators by
the popular vote of the people. The
report will be submitted in few days
The low price of corn has created
demand for it in Europe, and as the
result, shipments have been very
heavy, especially from Southern ports
The crop of the South was far in
excess of its own needs. AS an in.
stance of the increase in this export
trade, Port Royal may be cited.
Last year this port cleared 116,90C
bags of -four and only 200, 900 bushels
of corn. This year already 1850, 600
bushels of corn have been exported
and shipment of 100000 bushels is
already contracted for. The South
and the West both contribute to this
supply.
The Chicago convention will be
conspicuous by the absence of the men
who have controlled Democratic poll
tics in this country for many years,
Mr.. German, Mr.. Brice, Mr.. Croker,
Mr.. Cochran, Mr.. Whitney, Mr.. Wat
terson and other leaders of the De-
mocracy have already announced that
they will not be delegates, and will
take no part in the next presidential
campaign; but Senator Hill is going,
and, as chairman of the New York
delegation, will be the most important
man in the assembly. The absence Of
the experienced and long-headed men
will give the free coinage wing of the
party much greater advantange than
they would otherwise enjoy, and will
seriously weaken the opposition to
silver.
- A settlement of the Venezuela
question has been reached, says a
Washington dispatch, and it will be
announced at an early day. Of this
satisfactory conclusion of the contro-
versy, the president has had knowledge
for several days past. Great Britain
has acted with magnanimity that will
commend her to the severest critics.
She comedies so. much that there will
be little left to arbitrate, should arbi-
tration become necessary. 1t is not
improbable that the entire matter may
now be settled outside the Venezuelan
commission by the president and Lord
Salisbury. The president is in very
high spirits over this favorable turn in
the controversy between the two na-
tions and says: "The American peo-
pie will soon entertain a much higher
estimate of the fairness of English
statesmen than they have held hereto
fore.
- There was an exciting shooting
affair in Gastonia, N. c., last Saturday
afternoon. There has been bad feeling
for some time between J. S. T. Han
cock and A. @. Kale. The children
of Hancock work at the mill of the
Gastonia Manufacturing company un-
der Kale, who has charge of the card
ing and spinning department. Han
cock claims that Kale has been mis-
treating his children. They met about
S o'clock in the public square. Kale
knocked Hancock down and was beat
ing him when some parties ran up
and separated them. AS soon as Han
cock got up and got the opportunity,
he drew his pistol and fred at Kale.
Kale returned the fire and several shots
were fired between them at short
range; but strange to say no one was
hit. They were arrested and gave
bond for their appearance at court.
Belle Boyd, the famous Confederate
woman spy, has been in trouble again /;
but came out with flying colors. Her
theatrical company was stranded at
Montgomery, Ala, not long ago, and
she left her baggage at the Merchants
hotel as security for her board bill.
Shortly after her departure, the hotel
people opened her trunks, claimed to
have found some linen belonging to
the hotel, and had her arrested on the
charge of larceny. Ex-Governor Jones
volunteered for the defense. He had
not appeared in a magistrates court
before for 20 years; but said that he
was proud to appear there on such
business. He made an eloquent plea
in behalf of bis client and claimed
that there had been no attempt,
indeed, no thought of stealing the
hotels linen. The linen, he said, if
found in the trunks at all, was put
there by the hotel people, and the
whole thing was merely a scheme to
make the poor woman pay the bill.
Upon the conclusion of Ex-Governor
Jones's appeal, the magistrate dis
charged the prisoner.
- About 10000 Spanish troops have
arrived in Cuba during the past two
weeks, and the total number of Span
iards now in the field is something
over 10000. The Cubans have not
more than $4,000 troops, all told.
The principal trouble with them is the
fact that they have not sufficient arms
and ammunition. If they could only
get the necessary arms, they would
have no difficulty in raising force
equal to that of the Spaniards. Not
withstanding the great difference in
number, however, the Cubans still
manage to hold their own most admira-
bly,. They continue to avoid pitched
battles, and the Spaniards find it diff
cult to get at them. 1t is said that
the insurgents frequently 60 into fights
with only six or eight rounds of am-
munition per man. If the first two or
three volleys fail to rout the Spaniards,
the Cubans retire. If, however, the
Spaniards show signs of demoraliza-