Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-11
Scraps aud faets.

lglOn Is not Gne issue. L dW b moIuo-
dist. Have always been one; always
will be. IfI was half as good as my
Catholic wife I would not worry about
getting into heaven. This is the sent
iment I expressed in previous emer-
gency when her religion was criticised.
stand by it now."
A state of alarm, amounting al:
most to panic, prevails in certain
districts of the mountain county OF
Warren, Tennessee. A communica-
ton signed "The Mob" printed last
Tuesday in paper at the county seat,
McMinnville, made the startling de-
claration that Is citizens of the 4th,
5th and 9Th civil districts were marked
men, and would soon meet the fate OF
Startling Miller, who was lately found
hanging to a tree on the highway. His
murderers were supposed to be moon.
sinners, against whom he had lodged
information. Four lynchings, the VIC
Tins being generally farmers, have
occurred in Warren in the past three
months.
There was report current on last
Tuesday to the effect that an Ameri-
can man-of-war had sunk Spanish
man-of-war down on the coast of Flor
ida, near Key West. The story had
it that the Spanish man-of-war AL
phonso III was chasing the filibuster
Three Friends, and followed her with
in the three mile limit, when the war
ship Maine opened upon the Alphonso
and sent it to the bottom. The report
created a great deal of excitement ;
but to the disappointment of the war
party in the United States, the story
afterward proved to be without foun-
dation further than that the Alphonso
III had really chased the Three
Friends behind a Florida reef within
the three mile limit,
- General Pierce NJ. B. Young, Uni
ted States minister to Guatemala and
Honduras, died on the 9Th instant at
a hospital in New York, where he had
been under treatment since his arrival
two weeks ago from Honduras. He
submitted to a surgical operation and
neverrecovered from its effects. Gen.
eral Young was a native of Spartan
burg county, 8. Co.. and was closely
related to the Buffers and Thompsons
of Greenville county. He command
ed division of calvalry in the Con-
federate army, and was associated with
Hampton and Butler during the en-
tire war. He was consul general at
St. Petersburg during Cleveland's first
administration, and was sent to Hon
duras in 1898. General Young was
81 years old.
- The promise of cheaper bicycl
continues TO be made, but the future of
the business seems to be quite uncer-
tain. Failures of bicycle makers have
been a feature of the business disasters
of the past month, no less than 21
firms being reported as insolvent dur
ing the month of June. And more
failures in the trade are said to be i'm
minent. Great as has been the demand
for wheels, the business has plainly
been oyerdone, and sacrifice sales of
surplus stocks are beginning to play
the mischief with prices. 1t is the old
story of combination overlapping itself
in its exactions. The older makers
Joined in holding prices up just high
enough to bring whole army OF new
ventures into the field.
There is talk of a duel down in
Cuba between Colonel Bradley T..
johnson, an American newspaper cor
respondent, and Captain Manuel Am
podia retired Spanish officer. The
trouble is about statements that john
son has made in his correspondence
derogatory to the Cuban army. The
army officers have been very much
worried about the statements; but no.
body has seen fit to take the matter
up until the retired officer referred to
sent Johnson a challenge. When his
action became known, other officers
insisted that he was not proper man
to take up the fight. Johnson is re-
ported to have expressed his willing
ness to fight any individual that the
Spanish officers may select as their
champion, and the matter is exciting
a great deal of interest. The Ameri-
can was formerly a colonel in the
Confederate army.
A story is going the rounds Of
Rear Admiral Kirkland, of the United
States navy, who was few months
ago relieved from the command of the
European squadron. 1t is said that
his conduct at the Keil celebration gave
offense to the navy department.. One
day during the festivities Rear Admiral
Kirkland was standing on the deck of
the Chicago, his flagship, in conversa-
ton with some ladies, when Emperor
William approached. "My brother,
Prince Henry, would like to visit your
ship, admiral" said the emperor.
"Just wait a minute, will you ?" re-
piled Admiral Kirkland, "I am talk
ing with these ladies'" When the
conversation was concluded and the
ladies had taken their departure, Ad-
miral Kirkland turned to the Emperor
William and said-"Now, what is it
you want?" The emperor repeated
that his brother would like to come
on board and see the Chicago. "Well,
trot him along I'll be glad to see