Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-05

day and by a vote OF 29 to
decided on fusion. Democratic pres
idential electors have already been
nominated, and there arose question
as to how fusion was now to be accom-
plished. Three of the nominees hap
pened to be present. They immediate
ly arose and said their designations
were at the disposal of the committee
Their action was applauded. 1t is un'
derstood that majority of the Other
nominees will also resign if necessary
As yet the PopIlists have given out
nothing definite, and it is the under.
standing that they cannot do SO until
the meeting of the Populist state con-
vention on August Is.
- The Cuban Insurgents have al
last got the Spaniards in close place,
All along the Spaniards have refused
to recognize the Cubans as belligerents
but only as rebels. Cubans taken in
arms are generally courtmart rtialed and
shot. There are few exceptions. Some
few of the more prominent Cubans
have been kept prisoners for future
punishment. Spanish prisoners are
held in close confinement by the
Cubans for the reason that the Span
iards will not agree to an exchange.
A few days ago General Antonio
Maceo met and defeated the Spanish
general, Inclan. Inclan was captured
and $50 of his men were killed.
Maceo has written to Weyler that he
will exchange Inclan for any promi-
nent Cuban that Weyler may name
but if he refuses, Inclan will be shot in
retaliation for the next prominent
Cuban who may be murdered by the
Spaniards.
One of the most terrible railroad
accidents of recent years occurred in
what is known as the "Meadows," }"
about two miles from Atlantic City, N.
J., last Thursday evening at about 6
o'clock. The catastrophe was at the
crossing of the West Jersey, and Cam
den and Atlantic railroads. The West
Jersey train was loaded with excur-
sionists. Just before it got to the
crossing, the Reading express, from
Philadelphia, came into view. The
West Jersey engineer had the right of
way and thought the Reading express
would stop at the crossing. The Read
ing express, however, failed to slacken
up, and the two trains came together
at a speed of something like 40 or so
miles an hour. Forty-seven people,
including the engineer of the Reading
train, were killed outright, and about
As were more of less seriously injured.
Some of the injured were expected to
die. There is considerable dispute as
to where the blame for the collision
lays, and the matter has not yet been
settled.
1--WE love you, Billy, but d-n your
company" This was one of the sig-
nifcant signed editorials that appeared
a few days ago in the Peoples party
paper edited by Mr.. Watson. At that
time he was fighting for straight
middle-of-theroad policy at St. Louis,
and if he had any aspiration to place
on the national ticket he did not think,
perhaps, that he would be the running
mate of Billy Bryan, to whom reference
was made. Unconsciously, Mr.. Wat
sons humorous epithet was soon to ap-
ply to himself and the jokemaker is
now merry. The close friends of Mr..
Watson have twitted him no little, but
despite the fact that he is candidate
for the second highest Office in the gift
of the people, he is fond of amusement
and doesn't try to look really serious.
He takes it good naturedly and admits
that it is the first practical joke of the
campaign and a good one. "We love
you, Billy, but d-n your company"
And Watson is the company"
- The St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
though Republican in its politics, prints
a statement about the recent Populist
convention that is entitled to as much
credence as if it had first appeared in
some of the great Democratic dailies.
1t makes clear matter about which
there has heretofore been great deal
of confusion. Most people have all
along been puzzled as to what would
be the course of the Populists in the
event Mr.. Bryan should refuse to ac-
cept their nomination. 1t has been
claimed that the Populist executive
committee was instructed to put at the
head of the ticket with Watson, the
candidate who received the second
highest number of votes in the conven-
tion for the nomination. According
to The Globe Democrat, the minutes OF
the convention show very different
situation. During the last hours of the
convention, it seems, there was passed
resolution which gives the executive
committee plenary powers to act just
as ifit were the convention itself. The
Globe-Democrat also claims that the
Populist and Democratic executive
committees understand each other
thoroughly, and that both will work
for fusion where fusion is possible and
desirable; but failing to reach satisfac-
tory results in this manner, Watson
will be taken down and both parties
will vote for Bryan and Sewall straight.
"A Syracuse, N. Y, special in the
New York World runs: The most
unique contest that ever took place
in this country occurred here yester-
day, July %. 1t was a race between