Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-02-23

"Total officers and men on board the
Maine, 355; total officers, 26; total
men, 329; total officers saved, "a !;
total men saved, Is; total officers lost,
2; total men lost, 246; total officers
injured, none; total men injured, 81 !;
doubtful (men), 7. The seven men
appearing as doubtful probably repre-
sent that number or less, whose lives
have been saved, but who cannot be
identified at present on account OF er-
rors in the transmission of telegrams.
The 81 appearing as injured are inclu'
ded in the 76 appearing as saved. Two
men reported as having died in the
hospital are included in the total OF
246 appearing above as having been
lost"
Representative Young, of Phila-
delphia, represents a district having
the largest population in the United
States. The vote in 1896 was 69,l4I
for Young, Republican 1886 for
Cunningham, Democrat, and 53S scat
tering-total, 1921. Ten wards in
the city of Philadelphia constitute the
district, which has a population OF
3O9,9S6. The congressional district
having the smallest area in the coun-
try is the tenth of New York, which is
composed of the Ninth, Thirteenth
and Fifteenth assembly districts in the
city of New York, and has popula-
tion of 1885, ,537. The district having
the smallest population is the state Of
Nevada, which is represented by Fran
els G. Newlands. 1t has population
of only 45,761. The district having
the largest area is the Thirteenth OF
Texas. 1t is composed of 80 counties
and is larger than the whole of New
England. 1t has a population of l90,-
OO9, and is represented by John ID.
Stephens.
- The following is Paris special to
the St. Louis Globe. Democrat. 1t is
quite sensational and may, or may not
be, based on facts: 1.-The issue be-
tween the army chiefs and civil author
tiles is rapidly approaching seriously
acute stage. The garrison here was
largely increased today. This move.
it was at first thought, was made by
the civil authorities TO be prepared for
any disturbances which it was thought
might follow further attacks on Zola
by the mob. 1t is reported tonight,
however, that the re-enforcements were
really ordered by the military gov
ernor of Paris, whose requisition the
Premier feared to refuse. The sus-
picion is growing that at least some Of
the army officers are in communica-
ton with the Orleanists, and that in
preference to submitting to a reopen
ing of the Dreyfus case they would
Join in a coup to reinstate the mon
archy. President Faure is reported to
be almost helpless, from fear of the
militarists on one side and revulsion
of popular feeling toward Zola and
Dreyfus on the other"
- Shelby Aurora: Mr.. Sidney Grigg,
young man about II years of age,
and son of Levy Grigg, of Fallston,
n. c., shot and instantly killed Miss
Ella Williams, aged IA, and daughter
of Mr.. Floyd Williams, of Fallston,
and then killed himself. Young Grigg
was in Shelby on Tuesday morning
and nothing unusual was observed OF
him; but that same evening he waited
for Miss Williams to leave school, and
stepping out into the road he faced her
with his pistol and shot her. She fell
to the ground and then he deliberately
placed the pistol against her body and
shot her twice more. Then putting
the pistol 10 his forehead he pulled the
trigger and fell dead on the spot. We
learn that his love for her was not re-
turned, hence this awful tragedy. Miss
Williams was a charming young lady
and her untimely death is greatly de-
plored by all. They were both men,
bers of good families. A letter was
found next morning written by young
Grigg, the night before the tragedy, in
which he said that he was in love with
the young lady, but had found out
that she did not love him and that
people had told him that hell was
mighty bad place; but he could stand
it if anybody could. And that he in
tended to kill Miss Williams the next
day if he could; but if he failed he
should regret it exceedingly.
"A writer in the Nashville Ameri-
can warns the cotton planters of the
south not to place too much confidence
in the socalled "African limbless cot
ton" which is described as growing 20
feet high, and as being prolific enough
to work a revolution commercially.
It's height is no wonder, the writer
says, even in parts of the south. Cot
ton grows high enough in the Red
river country to hide a man riding
through it on horseback, and its yield
is so large that much of it is left in
the fields when frost catches it late in
December. But these Red river COT
ton plants, when transported to Geor-
gia, Alabama or Mississippi, produce
only the class or kind Of cotton raised
in those states. 1t is entirely ques-
tion of soil and climate the correspon-
dent says. The finely favored tobac-
co of Cuba degenerates when raised
in this country. California trees and
fruit will not grow in other more
southern localities, and Sea Island cot
ton planted on the mainland disap-
points the planter. Nature is not like
ly to reverse her laws, and the cores
pondent advises the planter who
wishes to experiment with 20 foot cot
ton to buy Red river seed at 80 cents
a bushel, Instead of the "limbless" at