Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19

ing upon every plank of the Chicago
platform, including the demand for
the free coinage of silver regardless OF
the action of other countries. He is
son of S. R. Mallory, who was secre-
tary of the Confederate navy.
- Sam Jones, in a sermon at Angus
ia the other night, said: "You old
Democrats and corrupt politicians who
are so low and deep in the mire Of
depravity and corruption as to con-
done and justify anything to place the
Democratic buzzard on the capital,
you are satisfied, and you are driving
Augusta in her hellward bound course.
You want Office. Every little Demo-
crat wants an Office. Everything is
going oficeward. The saddest phase
of American life is not the financial
depression nor the tariff; but the
downward course of the young men and
boys to crime, degradation and sure
death. There are some good people
in the town; but they 60 to bed early
and don't know what is going on.
The devil don't begin work till 10 or
IL o'clock, when they are asleep"
- The westbound Southern Pacific
passenger train was held up by masked
men and robbed, about 250 milest west
of San Antonio, Texas, last Friday.
As the train pulled out of small
station, three men jumped on the
platform of the engine, and covering
the engineer and fireman with revol.
vers, brought the train to standstill
about two miles from the station.
Next the robbers forced the doors Of
the express car and dynamited two
safes belonging to the Wells-Fargo
Express company. From one of the
safes they took about $4,000, and from
the other they took about $4,000.
They then took their departure, leav-
ing the United States mails unmoles-
ted. Officers started in pursuit shortly
afterward but that the robbers would
be overtaken there seemed to be but
little probability.
- Governor Culberson, of Texas, has
issued g proclamation reciting recent
resolution of the legislature empower
ing him to call a legislative convention
of the cotton growing states, for the
purpose of devising and recommending
concurrent legislation in the cotton
growing states, to the end that the
cotton industry may be released from
the speculative and gambling influ-
ences which oppress it, and that un-
lawful interference with the cotton
trade be suppressed, and accordingly
calls legislative convention of the
cotton-growing states of Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississip-
pi, North and South Carolina, Tennes-
see and Texas, to be composed of two
delegates at large and one from each
of the congressional districts of the
said states, to meet August 2, in Gal
weston, for the purpose expressed.
PROF. Barnard attempted another
voyage in his airship today, says a
Nashville, Tenn, dispatch of last Fri
day. The ship scared aloft rapidly,
and as Prof. Barnard vigorously work
ed the bicycles pedals of his steering
and propelling attachment, the airship
turned around several times, but was
drifting with the wind. 1t passed over
the centennial grounds, floating rapid
ly over the city at q high altitude in a
northeasterly direction and passed out
of sight. At about 7.45 O'Clock p. N.
the machine landed near Madison,
about 12 miles east of Nashville. II
find that can manipulate the machine
right or left even in light wind"
said Prof. Barnard. "This is certain.
1t can 60 directly against wind of
eight miles an hour with muscular
power, as at present arranged, but by
cutting across obliquely can make
progress in the direction desired" !"
Further trips with changes of appara-
tus will be made.
- In the name of humanity, 700
leading business men of New York,
backed by influential merchants in
other cities of the country, have signed
a memorial calling upon the United
States to end the war in Cuba. This
memorial is addressed to John Sher-
man, secretary of state, and points out
that the Pearl of the Antilles has been
ravaged by fire and sword to the point
of famine, and that the great business
interests Of the United States there
are threatened with destruction unless
the government speedily intervenes
The signers of the memorial in New
York alone represent, it is said, more
than 500, 100000 invested in the war
racked island, and those who have
been instrumental in formulating and
circulating the petition declare that,
aside from sentimental considerations,
it is the duty Of the government to
take action at once to render invest
ments safe.
- Secretary Hester's cotton state
ment for the week ending last Friday,
shows the amount brought into sight
42,O5O bales, against 47,3OS for the
seven days ending May IA last year,
$1,000 year before last and 34,243 in
1894. Total movement, September 1st
to date, S,227,121, against 6,7S6,594
last year, 9,605,11 year before last
and 7,226,O2l in 1894. The move
ment since September l shows receipts
at all United States ports 6,593, ,202,
against 5,O96,7Ol last year, 7,SO7,94S
wear before last and 5,736,0S7 same
time in 1894; overland to the north
S51,Si5, against III, $40 last year, l.
O19, $50 year before last and SO7, 1912
same time in 1894; southern mill TAX
ings 774,5 $50, against 757 ,466 last year,
7OO,111 year before last and 6l2,OS9
same time in 1894: northern mill tax