Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-12
Seraps and faets.

- Joseph w. Bailey, leader of the
Democrats in the house, and who has
been looked upon for some time as an
aspirant for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency in 1900, has sprung
something of surprise on the coun-
try. He has just returned to Wash
ington from stumping tour over a
portion of Missouri and given it as his
opinion, that Hon. William J. Bryan is
the logical candidate of the Democracy
for the year 1900, and that, by all
means, come what may, he must be
nominated.
"A big fireworks factory was set on
fire in Chicago last Tuesday evening
by lighted match carelessly thrown
on the floor by workman The
factory was filled with great piles of
Roman candles, rockets, etc., along
with considerable quantity of pow
der. The explosion that followed was
terrific, sufficient not only to wreck
the building; but to badly shake the
surrounding buildings. Thousands of
rockets. went shooting out of the win
dows and hundreds of people were hit.
The accident happened shortly after
the workmen left the building. Other
wise many people would have been
killed. As it was, nobody was fatally
injured, though quite number had to
be taken to the hospitals.
speaking of the recent Urbana,
O., lynching, the New York Evening
Post observes that it throws food of
light upon the frequency of such oc-
currences in the south. Says The
Post: "The colored population of
Ohio is small crimes of this sort on its
part are rare the offender in the pres
est case had been promptly arrested,
tried, convicted, and sentenced to 20
years. Imprisonment, which is the full
penalty of the law for the crime and
yet mob of the better class of citi-
zens,' women urging OIL their hus-
bands, in broad daylight, without at
tempting disguise, broke into the Jail,
dragged out the prisoner, and put him
to death in the most brutal way. When
such an event is possible in northern
state-and there have been other
. lynchings Of Negroes in Ohio within
the last few years-one can understand
more easily why the whites so often
take the law into their own hands in
southern communities, where the
blacks largely outnumber them, and
where the plea for vengeance can be
so much more strongly urged.
- By vote of 40 to IS, the senate,
on last Tuesday, adopted an amend
ment to the tariff bill placing raw
cotton on the dutiable list at 20 per
cent. ad valorem. The amendment
was offered by Senator Bacon, of
Georgia, without the consent of the
senate finance committee; but was
Immediately accepted by Mr.. Platt, of
Connecticut, who was at the time in
charge of the bill. There was hot
debate on the subject, and most of the
Democrats opposed the amendment.
Senator Vest was particularly antago-
nistic. He said that had he believed
that the Democratic platform warrant
ed such a duty, he would not have
touched it any sooner than he would
have touched rattlesnake, knowing
that there was no whisky within so
miles. This action, he said, would
leave the Democrats entirely without
argument. Senator Chiffon, of Texas,
said that the proposed duty could not
possibly raise the price of raw cotton
but would raise the price of manufact-
ured goods. Other Democrats also
had their say against the amendment.
Six Democrats, including Tillman and
McLaurin, voted with the Republicans
for the amendment.
- Another Negro was lynched for
the usual crime in northern latitudes
last Wednesday. This time the lynch
ing occurred in Princess Anne, Md.
On May 5, William Andrews, Ne
gro about 20 years of age, was arrest
ed for criminal assault upon Mrs. Ben
jamin #. Kelly. An attempt was
made to lynch the Negro at the time;
but he was taken to Baltimore and
confined in the Jail of that city until he
was brought back to Princess Anne
Tuesday night for trial. A crowd
gathered at once and planned pro-
gramme. Andrews was taken before
the judge on "Wednesday at noon,
plead guilty and was sentenced to be
hanged. AS the Negro was being re-
moved from the court room, some one
shouted, "Come on boys and let's
lynch the damned niger" With this
the crowd set upon Andrews and beat
him with sticks and bludgeons until
he was insensible. The Judge ran out
and begged the mob to allow the law
to take its course; but he may as well
have talked to the wind. The crowd
threw a rope around the neck of the
dying man, dragged him to tree 100
yards from the court house, threw the
rope over a limb, and after firing a