Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-01-29
Scraps and Satts.


hereafter issued, no defense based
upon misrepresentation in obtaining
the policy sued on shall be valid unless
the defendant shall deposit in the court
in which the action is pending for the
benefit of the plaintiffs, all premiums
received on such policy, with interest
on same from date on which they were
paid to the insurance company.
New Orleans State: 1t is report.
ed that David Bennett Hill has de-
clared himself in favor of free silver
after mature reflection in his retreat at
Wolfert's Roost, and in 1900 will sup
port VIM. J. Bryan for the presidential
nomination. 1t must he confessed,
however, that the people Of this coun-
try care nothing for Mr.. Hills politi'
cal status, for the reason that he is an
ambitious and trimming politician who
is now seeking to emerge from the re-
tirement to which he was relegated in
the last campaign. He has been on
both sides of the financial question
and is liable to flop again.
If all the public building bills In.
troduced in this congress were passed
by both houses Of congress and signed
by the president, it would take $780,
100000 of the government to foot the
bills. But the significant part of the
item is that from present appearances
the house will not vote for single new
public building at this session, although
there has been some talk of taking up
a few bills for localities where the need
is most pressing. The house commit
tee on public buildings and grounds
has considered only one bill up to date,
and that was not for new project.
Only for an appropriation for build
ing that has been authorized.
- Car Reed has one commendable
trait-frankness. When he learned
that the committee on territories was
inclined to favorably report bills for
the admission of Arizona, New Mexico
and Oklahoma as states, he told the
members flat-footed that it was useless
for them to do so, as he did not intend
that those territories should be ad-
mitted, so long as be had the power
to prevent and the present conditions
continue to exist. He added that it
was simply question of gold against
silver. it being well known that each
of the territories named would send
two silver men to the senate, if they
had the opportunity.
Two months ago St. Louis ply
sician removed the stomach of man.
The operation was "highly success
full :" but the man died. A few days
late two, Milwaukee physicians re.
moved the stomach of woman. The
conditions were very unfavorable.
The patient had been operated on
about six weeks before for cancer OF
the stomach, and had never recovered
from the effects of that operation, "lt
was an almost hopeless case, and the
woman died four hours after her stom-
ach was taken out" Commenting on
the two incidents the Atlanta Journal
wisely remarks that they "seem to
show that it is useless to attempt this
operation unless the patient is capable
of enduring very severe strain" II
is we'll said.
- Gustave Role, 60 years old, at
tired in evening dress, silk hat and
kid gloves, knelt upon the grave OF
his wife in Forest Home cemetery,
Chicago, last Wednesday afternoon, in
a bowling blizzard and shot bullet
through his brain. When Role called
at the cemetery, Superintendent Hawes
was surprised to notice that he wore a
dress suit. you're rather we'll dress
ed for day like this" said Hawes.
Role replied that he had an appoint
ment to attend an entertainment in
the evening, and after speaking pleas
antly with Hawes for few minutes,
he went into the cemetery. The
grave of Mrs. Role Is several hun.
dred feet from the office, and Role
was soon lost to sight in the binding
snow storm. Hawes was sitting in his
Office when he heard the report of a
revolver. He went into the cemetery
and proceeded toward the Role lot.
AS he reached the grave he saw Role
stretched upon the mound.
Kansas City Star: The "war
news" of the political dispatches from
Europe must, perhaps, be discounted
largely, in view of the fact that the
London stock market is comparatively
unaffected. If war was as imminent
as the newsgathcrers intimate, the
financial pulse would exhibit unmiS.
taxable symptoms OF disorder, where
as, in fact, consols are steady. Rela-
tions between Russia aud England are
somewhat strained, if the reports are
correct but there seems to he no doubt
that their conflicting interests in China
will be reconcied. What has been
effected seems to be this, that Russia
has been forced to say whether she
holds Port Arthur in fee or only on a
sort of lease, as Germany holds Kiac
Chou. Her relations with Corea and
Manchuria have even been the subject
of plain talk, and responsible Brit.
ish minister has used the word "war'
in defining the means England would
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