Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-05-01

chuSettS, and Ex-Governor faCIlSou, Vi
Pennsylvania, have been endorsed by
the Democratic conventions of their
respective States for the Democratic
presidential nomination. Both are on
a gold standard platform.
Rev. A. J. Diaz, the Baptist mis-
sionary recently arrested by the Span
ish authorities and released on account
of the row that was raised in this
country by the Baptists, arrived in
Key West, Fla, last Wednesday on
board the steamer Mascotte. After
his release, the Spsniards ordered him
to leave the island on the first boat
and he obeyed orders.
The fillibuster "Competitor," an
American schooner, which left Key
West, Fla, a few days ago loaded
with arms and ammunition, was cap
tured on the coast of Cuba last Wed
nesday by a Spanish gunboat and all
the crew, consisting of about 80 peo-
pie, including II Americans, captured.
The prisoners were confined in Moro
castle where they will probably be
shot by the Spaniards.
According to Senator Tillman who
has returned from his Western trip,
every State west of the Mississippi
with the possible exception of MINES
sofa and Iowa, will send silver dele.
cations to the Chicago convention.
Senator Tillman says he is absolutely
certain that a majority of the Chicago
convention will be for silver. He ex-
poets to make another speaking tour
in the near future, taking in parts of
the States of Georgia, Alabama, Flori-
da, Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas.
"A terrific explosion occurred in the
palace of the governor-general of Cuba
last Tuesday. At the time of the ex-
plosion, a number of newspaper men
were at the palace to gather such news
as the governor-general was willing to
give out. The shock Jared the struc-
ture from cellar to garret. At first it
was thought that steam boiler in one
of the lower stories had exploded but
later it developed that the damage
must have been wrought by quantity
of dynamite or other high explosive
placed in the cellar of the building,
either by the insurgents or their
sympathizers.
- In the house the other day there
came up q bill to pension Confederate
soldiers who deserted to the Federal
army during the last 80 days of the
war. Congressman Talbert opposed
the proposition bitterly. In the course
of long speech he took occasion to
say that it was the overruling hand of
Providence and not the Federal ar
mics that decided the war, anyway.
"Where did you get your commission to
represent Providence on this floor ?"
asked Mr.. Haney, a smart Alec repre-
sentative from New York. ~ would
answer that question:" replied Mr..
Talbert; "but my Bible forbids me to
cast pearls before swine."
After the arrest of DR.. Jameson for
his raid on the Transvaal, it was as
serted most positively that the doctor
was operating on his own responsible
ty; that neither the Chartered South
African company nor the British gov.
ernment had any previous knowledge
of his intentions. Within the past few
days it has developed with what seems
to be satisfactory certainty that the
doctor was acting under instructions
from London. There is good reason
to believe that the whole thing was
scheme on the part of the British gov
ernment to conquer the Beers with a
view to getting possession of the rich
gold diggings over which they have
control.
In regard to Constantinople dis
patches in relation to the case of Rev.
Mr.. Knapp, the American missionary,
whose detention by Turkish authori-
ties and subsequent delivery to the
United States legation in Constantine
pie has recently been recorded in dis
patches from the Constantinople cor
respondent of the United Press, the
Turkish legation at Washington has
received from the sublime porte the
following telegram under date of last
Wednesday: "The European news
published by the American newspa-
pers of the 26th and 9th instant, con-
corning an insulting attitude supposed
to have been assumed by Mr.. Riddle
in relation to the case of Missionary
Knapp, having no foundation what
ever in fact, please deny it,.
News of a startling nature comes
from Pretoria, the capital of the
Transvaal. 1t will be remembered
that the leaders of the recent uprising
were the members of a "reform" COM
mittee consisting of several English
men, and an American named John
Hays Hammond. The members of the
reform committee were arrested short
ly after the defeat of DR.. Jameson and
thrown in prison. There has since
been a great deal of diplomatic CORES
pondence between both the British and
American governments in regard to
the release of these men. Within the
past few days the men have plead
guilty and they have been sentenced
to death. The British government