Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-17

lowest figures and although they rec
ognize that there will be depression
of trade during the summer, but few
of them will 6nd it necessary to shut
down.
The anti.Spanish feeling down in
Florida is very hot and it is getting
hotter every day. At Key West, last
Monday night, there was big demon
stration, participated in by about
5000 people. They secured an ef6gy
of General Weyler, wrapped it in a
Spanish flag, and marched through
the streets booting derisively at all
things Spanish and shouting "death to
Weyler." At the beach, the flag and
efiey were burned to ashes. A militia
company participated in the demon
stration. The Spanish consul at Key
West is very much wrought up about
the matter and thinks that the United
States ought to apologize; but it is
hardly probable that there will be any
apology.
The trolley car and the bicycle
are credited with being mainly respon-
sible for the remarkable fact, stated in
the department of agricultural reports,
that the value of the horses and mules
in this country decreased by almost
one-half between 1892 and the end OF
last year. The aggregate decline in
the value of horses is put down at
$500, 600, 900, and of mules at ,$S0O0O,-
600. The stories that have come from
Western ranges lately seem to bear
out the figures in general. A Lewis
ton, Idaho, newspaper few days ago
spoke of the homely, but once highly
necessary, cayuse as being "pest and
a nuisance" in that region, and re-
joiced over the advent of a company
seeking 5000 cayuses to supply a
rendering establishment.
In the senate last Tuesday, Mr..
Platt introduced bill that provides
that any person who shall knowingly
be party to the transmission by tele-
phone, telegraph, mail, express, or
otherwise from one State or Territory
into another of any gambling bet or
report of any such bet, or the odds
quoted on any race or prize-fght or
other event, or who shall knowingly
receive or transmit such reports, or OF
any lottery drawing or scheme by
means of cipher or otherwise, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, punishable in
the first offense by Imprisonment for
not more than two years, aud fine OF
not more than 81 900, or both, and for
the second and after offenses by i'm
prisonment only. e..
Many of the single gold standard
papers are conceding that the nation
al Democratic convention at Chicago
will be controlled by the free silver
ties. Exclusive of the Territories,
there will be 1874 votes in the conven-
ton, and of these it is conceded that
the free coinage people will have at
least 454 certain. Better than this,
the gold standard people are claiming
as doubtful certain States that the free
coinage people look upon as certainly
theirs. Who the Democratic candidate
will be remains for future develop.
ments. Boies, of Iowa, is looked upon
more favorably than anybody else,
and there seems to be no doubt that
he can carry the free silver Republican
vote of the whole country and especi-
ally the West.
H. H. Holmes, the many times
murderer who. was recently convicted
at Philadelphia and sentenced to
death, has played sharp trick on
the newspapers. 1t will be remem-
bered that Holmes is supposed to
have committed a dozen or more
murders. After his conviction, some
of the newspapers offered him large
sum of money for full confession.
The offer put an idea into Holiness
head. He went to work and wrote
out a long story, and after he had
completed it offered it for sale. Sew
eral newspapers clubbed together and
bought it at big price. 1t confessed
to 81 murders, beginning with Holiness
own son. The murderer gave names
and dates and since the publication of
the story, it has developed that the
whole thing was fake, as it is known
that several of the alleged victims are
still alive.
- Charlotte Observer, Wednesday a:
An interesting couple, from near Newell
were in the city yesterday buying their
household goods preparatory to going
to housekeeping. One who saw them
would have thought they had just
gotten married; but they hadn't for
they had been married for Is years.
They were Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis
O'Melly. Some time after they were
married, "Dennis" became addicted
to the habit of strong drink and the
wife informed him if he didn't "break
off" from his drinking, she would
leave him O'Melly kept getting on
his sprees just the same, and Mrs.
O'Melly left him, going to Texas. She
has been living there ever since-13
years. Some time ago she came back
to her old home on visit, and O'Mel-
ley hearing of her whereabouts, called
on her and promised her if she would
live With h;r, oro;n hG,