Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-05-18
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JOuu J, WIN was ehooShe w bo " ipS
with hydrophobia, is still having fits
but is getting better and will probably
recover. All the physicians who have
seen him, except one, say he has hy-
drophobia. The Star also says that
the three-year-old son of Jack Led
ford, of Polkville, supposed to have
been bitten by mad hog, went mad
last week and bit his mother. The
child lived in great agony three days
and died.
- The state department, on last Fri
day, gave out the following: "In view
of widely published reports that the
French mail steamship Lafayette,
which was recently permitted to enter
Havana and discharged her official
mail, had violated the neutrality under
which the privilege was accorded her
by the government of the United
States, it is authoritatively stated that
the department of state has been salts
factorily convinced that nothing of the
kind was done that no merchandise
whatever, no contraband of swar, or
Spanish goods were recently landed at
Havana by the Lafayette.
- After careful examination of the
Winslow at Key West, experts inform
ed the department at Washington that
the vessel could be repaired with the
means available at Key West, and that
the work would only require a few
weeks. This means that the vessel
was not injured nearly so badly as was
at first supposed. Owing to the mar
row escapes of several smaller vessels,
the navy department has issued strict
orders that hereafter the small vessels
must take no risks except upon orders.
When the Winslow met with her mis-
fortune, she was acting under the
orders of Captain C. c. Todd, of the
gunboat Wilmington.
- Captain SIMPSONS report of his
operations against St. Juan was wired
from St. Thomas last Thursday and
read as follows: "a portion of the
squadron under my command reached
San Juan this morning at daybreak.
No armed vessels were found in the
port. As soon as it was sufficiently
light, l commenced attack upon the
batteries defending the city. The at
tack lasted about three hours, and
resulted in much damage to the bat
teries and incidentally to portion Of
the city adjacent to the batteries.
The batteries replied to our fire, but
without material effect. One man was
killed on board the New York and
seven slightly wounded in the squad
ron. No serious damage to any ship
resulted"
- The enthusiasm that is inspired by
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in times
like the present is something as re-
markable as it is irresistible. His Or
ganization of mounted rifemen, which
has been christened innumerable nick
names, has aroused more attention
than any other military organization
in the country, and it has attracted to
it's ranks the flower of the youth Of
the land. The men that will make
up this unique regiment are now has
tening to the rendezvous in Texas.
They comprise cowboys from the
plains, athletes and trained sportsmen
from the clubs and the colleges, crack
policemen and fremen, all of whom
are distinguished for their fighting
pluck, and they will all ride wherever
Roosevelt leads, sleep with him in the
open and fight by his side if they are
given a chance. Probably an early
end of the war would occasion keener
disappointment nowhere than in this
regiment of intrepid troopers.
- There is an ugly mystery about
the coaling of the Spanish fleet at Mar
Unique, which mystery has not yet
been explained. Consul Darte is said
to have filed at St. Pierre, cablegram
notifying the department of the arri-
val of the fleet, and this cablegram
the department did not receive until
"a hours afterward. The American
auxiliary cruiser Hartford arrived at
St. Pierre after the consul had sent his
message, and Captain Cotton filed a
similar telegram. This was not de-
livered until II hours later, so it is
stated. The Hartford is at St. Pierre
undergoing repairs. Several Spanish
torpedo boats are waiting outside, and
it is a serious question as to what
the Hartford is going to do. The war
board has cabled her two alternatives.
One is to wait until an American ship
comes so the rescue, or the Spaniards
get tired and leave; and the other is to
cruise around the island within the
three miles limit until good chance
offers and then run for it.
"A Washington dispatch of Satur-
day says: The war department shows
no signs of relaxation in its war prep
arations, but appears to be making
ready for hostilities on the theory that
they are to last long time. Thus,
bids were opened today for supplying
the government a large number OF
armor piercing shells Of the largest
calibres, such as are used almost en-
tirely by coast defense guns in attack
ing or repelling heavy iron-clad ships.
Another transport was chartered today
at Norfolk, indicating that the move
ment of the army in force upon Cuba
is not to be long delayed, else the
government would not go to the need
less expense of chartering the boat
Immediately. Preparations for the
expedition to the Philippines also con-
tinues with unabated vigor. Some OF
the troops which are to 60 on this ex-
pedition to the islands are already on
their way to San Francisco, and every