Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-05-28

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revolution. The best informed people
believe that it will only be a few days
before the Spanish fleet is defeated,
and Emperor Francis Joseph has ad-
vised the queen regent to prepare to
leave. 1t is said, however, that the
queen regent will remain in Madrid,
come what may.
- The London Daily Chronicle, com
menting on a dispatch from its cores
pondent at Kingston, Jamaica, who
says that England has thrown lS
months supplies into Jamaica, where
all the officers have had their leave
withdrawn, asks if England is going to
take hand in the Hispano-American
war, and couples its correspondents
report with the rumor current in LlV-
erpool yesterday that France is trying
to buy the Canaries for $50, 100000.
- The navy department received an.
other cablegram from Admiral Dewey
last Tuesday. 1t was dated at Manila
May 90, and reads as follows: "Situa-
ton unchanged. Strict blockade con-
tinued. Great scarcity of provisions
in Manila. Foreign subjects fear an
outbreak of the Spanish soldiers, and
they will be transferred to Cavite by
the foreign men-of.war in the harbor.
Agmuildo, the rebel COMMANDMENTS
chief, who was brought here from
Hong Kong, is organizing a force OF
native cavalry, and may render assist,
ance that will be valuable"
- The election of company officers
of the new military company, recruit,
ed by William J. Bryan, was held here
Monday night, says Lincoln, Neb.,
dispatch. Mr.. Bryan's friends had
made canvass in his behalf for the
captaincy, and he was placed in nomi'
nation, but withdrew when it was seen
that others desired the place. H. G
Whitmore was elected. Members OF
the company say Mr.. Bryan could have
been elected, but anything short of an
unanimous vote would have been dis
tasteful to him. The election was be.
hind closed doors and occasioned very
keen interest.
Representative Pearson, of Mis-,
souri,, on Tuesday, introduced bill!
authorizing the construction of five
firstclass cruisers to cost $4,000, ,00C
each, 10 torpedo boats to cost 5000, ,OOC
each, and 13 torpedo boat destroyers
to cost $65O,O00 each. The cruisers
are to be of IL, 500 tons each, capable
of making at least 20 knots an hour:
and to carry the heaviest armor and
armament practicable. The displace,
ment of the torpedo boats is about l5C
tons, and, like the destroyers, which
are to be of 400 tons displacement,
they are to be of the highest possible
speed.
1t was announced at the New York
State Department of Public Instruc,
ton, on Wednesday, that the commit
tee having charge of the erection OF q
monument in memory of the sailors
killed by the blowing up of the battle,
ship Maine, is preparing an enrolment
of all school children of the United
States, the names to be placed in vault
under the monument. There are about
100000 school children in the Unit
ed States, and upward Of 10000 in
the state of New York. The monu.
ment committee is made up of Gener'
al Nelson A. Miles, Rear Amiral Thorn
as o. Selfridge, Jr., the Rev. Sheldon
Jackson, Colonel Fred D. Grant and
Chauncey M. Depew.
"A Quebec special to the St. Louis
Globe Democrat, of Sunday, says that
Senior Polo, before sailing from Quebec
for Europe, copfided to a friend the
original intents of Admiral Cervera's
squadron. 1t appears that the Span
ish fleet, being acknowledged unable
to meet the American vessels, was to
avoid it and cause all the damage it
could to the American coast. Among
other places to be bombarded was Port
land and an attempt was to be made
to blow up powder mill at that place.
Senior Polo succeeded in making salts
factory arrangements for the coaling
of the fleet, but the agreement was
broken owing to American influence
in the coal concern, and the news OF
this fact drove the Spaniards from their
original intention of touching at Cape
Breton and made them take refuge at
Santiago de Cuba. Spain's tactics will
be to trust to the fever, General Blan-
cos soldiers and the terrible expense
daily incurred by the American gov
ernment, and she will not risk a repe-
tition of the Manila disaster. sin the
fall" the late ambassador says, "Spain
will abandon Cuba, after having made
her enemy pay dearly for their vic
tory"
New York Sun: Reports received
from places where recruiting for the
regular army regiments is going on
are to the effect that these regiments
are rapidly being enlarged to the num-
bers authorized in time of war. The
increase of the regular regiments will
make places for about II second lieu
tenants. The war department has
received 1,690 applications for second
lieutenants' commissions and 1900
names were selected from the list to-
day and sent to the White House for
the presidents inspection. The pres