Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-23


that there are 81 senators for the treaty,
81 against, and II undecided. To
ratify the treaty requires two thirds
vote, and up to the present three votes
are lacking. Senator Tillman is said
to be against ratification, and Senator
McLaurin is said to be undecided.
- An unusual case is reported from
Deadwood, South Dakota. Sometime
ago Negro named Brown murdered
the wife of Colonel L. P. Stone. A
mob was organized for the purpose of
lvnching the Negro; but at the in
stance of Colonel Stone, the law was
allowed to take its course. The Negro
was duly tried, convicted and SEN
fenced to be hanged on July IA. Last
week the citizens of the vicinity sign
ed a petition asking the sheriff to al
low Colonel Stone to hang the Negro.
The sheriff consented, Colonel Stone
says he is willing, and unless the ar
rangement is interferred with, on the
appointed day the colonel will adjust
the black cap and cut the rope which
will allow the Negro to drop into
eternity. 1t is the first case of the
kind on record.
- Colonel William Lamb, of Virgin
ia, called at the White House on Sat-
urday and urged the appointment Of
General Curtis, of New York, as rail-
road commissioner. He was followed
by Colonel John S. Mosby, who told
the president that the retention of
General Hampton would add more to
the credit of the Republican party in
the south than any appointment that
the administration would make in the
whole of its existence, and by Judge T.
J. Mackey, of South Carolina, who in
formed the president that General
Longstreet had recently received a
royalty of $4,000 from his book, and
apart from that was on the verge of
imbecility. The presidents reply was
a repetition of what he said to the
South Carolina delegation, few
days ago. 1t is settled that General
Longstreet will receive the appoint
ment unless some opposition develops
that imperils his confirmation.
One of the oldest living Ameri-
can statesmen is Colonel Richard w.
Thompson, of Indiana. "Uncle Dick"
as he is fondly called by his admirers,
has just passed his lightweight birth
day; but his mental faculties are still
vigorous and active. Says the Gin
cinnati Commercial-Tribune, in speak
ing of Cononel Thompson: "He has
seen, known and talked with every
president except Washington and
John Adams. AS a young man he Of
ten discussed political subjects with
Thomas Jefferson, and he was friend
of Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams, jackson and of every succeed
ing president excepting Grover Cleve-
land. In 1910 he was distinguished
advocate of the election of William
Henry Harrison to the presidency,
and in 1888 he was an equally promi
nent advocate of the election of Will
liam Henry Harrison's grandson to
the same position. Richard w. Thomp-
son holds unique position in the po-
litical history of the country"
- Atlanta Constitution: Mr.. F. E.
Wright, of Chippewa county, Min,
bought - ewes in the fall of 1891, for
which he paid $3.50. In 1892 the -
ewes raised II lambs and gave S5
pounds of wool which sold for $12.95.
In 1898 the flock raised 20 lambs and
produced 16S pounds of wool which
netted $22.3O. In 1894 40 lambs were
raised and 275 pounds of wool were
clipped from the flock which sold for
$27.40. In that year 16 wethers were
sold for $35, and 8 head were killed
for home use. In March, 1895, the
flock numbered SO ewes. If the living
ewes are valued at the low price of
$3.50 each, and the 8 head killed at
500, she original investment of $3.50
in the fall of 1891, had grown into
1866. rs in March, 1895. But $3.50 is
entirely 100 low price at which to
estimate the ewes in March, 1895.
They were then about to drop lambs,
and another wool crop was we'll nigh
ready for the market. With the ad-
vance in the value Of sheep, each of the
SO ewes was easily worth 81 at the date
already named. 1t would be correct
to say, therefore, that the original in
vestment of $3.50 had grown into
1858. .65 from the fall of 1891 until the
spring of 1895.
- Wilmington Star: We have since
the presidential election read some
editorials in gold standard papers on
the "Passing of Bryan and good
deal of fatherly advice to that gentle
man from the same source. They
coolly assumed that the defeat at the
polls relegated Mr. Bryan, and that he
could never again loom up as a potent
factor in our national politics. Wheth-
er the writer's were in earnest or not,
or really believed what they wrote,
neither their criticisms nor advice
have had the slightest effect on that
gentleman, who has proceeded on the
lines marked out by himself and coun-
selors, and grown stronger and stron-
ger with the people with every day
that has been added to his years. He
is stronger man today than he was
when he received the nomination for
the presidency and made that memor-
able canvass of the country, his judg-
ment is more mature and his devotion
to the people more fully and generally
recognized. This is made strikingly
apparent by the way the people greet
him No man who had not the high