Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-22

how many clgarettS Nc coulu spuohe
in half an hour and to win a wager
14-year-old George F. Elwell died last
Wednesday. On Tuesday evening 8
number of Philadelphia's newsboys
were talking of cigarette smoking and
one of the crowd urged Elwell to see
how many he could smoke in half ar
hour. A small wager was made and
two packs of cigarettes were purchas'
ed. When the half hour was up the
boy was lighting his Goth cigarette
Next morning he took sick and died
The coroner's officials, who investiga'
ted the case, said that death was due
to excessive cigarette smoking and
particularly to the large number that
the boy smoked the day before.
- There is considerable excitemen,
in Atlanta over quarrel between two
leading politicians-Captain Evan 2,
Howell, editor of the Atlanta Consti.
tuition and Azmore A. Murphey, d well
known Populist campaigner. In a re-
cent speech, Murphey said that How
ell had told him, soon after the inaug'
uration of Atkinson, that Hines the
Populist candidate for governor, had
polled q majority of votes and was
really elected. Captain Howell's at
tention was called to Murphey's state
ment, and he denied that he ever said
anything of the kind. Murphy has
addressed letter to Howell in which
he says: "Howell, if you deny hav'
ing said this to me, you lie." Captain
Howell's friends say that the open
"lie" is a provocation that will be
promptly resented, and there is talk
of duel. Captain Howell refuses to
discuss the matter.
- Senior Cameras, prime minister Of
Spain, now says that the story that
Spain intends to make demand upon
the United States for damages on &C.
count of the fillibustering expeditions
that have left this country for Cuba
is untrue. There is little reason to
doubt, however, that such a PROPOSE
ton has been seriously entertained in
Spain. Here is the reason. Spain has
spent millions of money and thousands
of lives in the effort to conquer Cuba
but is now no nearer that end than
when she began. The home people
are getting restless and are on the
verge of revolution. 1t is thought by
some of the Spanish statesmen that the
only way by which the threatened
revolution can be averted is to tackle
some bigger power. In being defeat
ed by the United States there can be
but little disgrace, and that is the
reason why this country has been Sc
lected as an opponent. There is not
much danger of war, however, and
even if it comes, it will not amount to
a great deal.
John M. Thurston, Republican SEN
ator from Nebraska has seen fit to re-
vive an old charge to the effect that
VIM. J. Bryan is in the pay of the sill
yer mine owners of the west, and MIR.
Bryan has answered the charge by
giving a statement of his income. In
the first place, he calls attention to the
fact that every platform on which he
has ever stood as candidate has con-
tanned silver plank. Then he goes
on to say that he has been receiving
an income of $3.50 a month as editor
of the Omaha rld-Herald, and about
the only other money he has received
during the past few years has been de-
rived from lectures. For these he
would sometimes get as much us 500,
and sometimes he would not even get
bis expenses. He had never been in
the employ. of any mine owner, either
individual or corporation. He hopes
that Thurston's charge will be official
ly made by the Republican national
executive committee, and then he will
answer it in manner that will leave
absolutely no doubt.
- The Anti-Bryan people held big
mass meeting in Madison Square gar
den last Tuesday night. The special
object of the occasion was to give to
Bourke Cochran an opportunity to re,
ply to the big speech that was deliver
ed by Mr.. Bryan the week before.
The gathering was held under the
auspices fwhat is known as the "Dem'
ocrstic Honest Money League" with
1,50O vice presidents, the enumeration
of whose names sounds like the read.
ing of a list of all the bankers and
brokers of Wall street. There had
been careful preparation beforehand
and big audience had been drum
med up from all parts of the city. II
is claimed that the audience number
ed $4,000 people. There was no big
overflow crowd outside, however
Mr.. Cochran did not attempt to refute
Mr.. Bryan's arguments. He devoted
himself mainly to ridicule and abuse
The free silver movement, he said
had been created by the farmers O
the west who cultivated nothing bu
the quarrels of their neighbors, ant
the unreconciled slave-owners of tn
south who would like to pay no wages
This sentiment, of course, met Will
applause. Although there was no
table absence of the distressing hea