Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-27
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- While the sale of the Rita's cargo
was going on in Charleston gentle
man bid SIS on box, not knowing
what it contained, there being no tag
on the box. The purchaser at once
priced of the top and to his surprise
found that it contained two very fine
breachloading guns. He was offered
800 for the two but refused, as sin
gle gun could scarcely be purchased
from the makers at that figure.
- The movement among the enlisted
volunteers to get out of the service Of
the government is quite general. Petl-
tions are being circulated in numerous
regiments. The officers generally are
opposed to the movement. The militia
nv laws make the circulation of petit
tions an ofense punishable at the dis
cretion of court martial. Several
non-commissioned officers and prl-
Yates in different camps have been ar
rested on the charge of circulating
petitions.
- The Ohio State Democratic con-
vention, on last Wednesday, adopted
the following: ave particularly en-
dorse the financial plank therein, de-
claring for the free and unlimited coin
age of silver and gold at the ratio of
Is to l, independent of any and all
other nations. We are proud of the
patriotic conduct in peace and war of
that brave leader of democracy, VIM.
J. Bryan, and we favor his renomina-
tion for president in 1900" The
platform favors an income tax and
thanks the minority in congress for
seeking to secure just distribution of
the war taxation equally upon the
wealth and corporations of the country,
as we'll as upon its labor.
- The design for the memorial sword
which the government will present to
Rear Admiral Dewey, under the act of
congress, has been decided on. Many
designs were submitted. The one Sc
lected is by Tiffany & Co., the New
York jewelry house. Simplicity and
elegance are its great characteristics.
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subjected to the process by which the
famous Damascus blades were made.
The hilt will be plain and solid, but
highly traced. The dark blue scab-
bard, made of "Damascued" metal,
will have tracery of gold. A feature
of the original design was that at the
end of the scabbard was a crown in
miniature, presumably the Spanish
crown, being run through by the Dew
ey sword. This suggestive feature was
rejected by the committee, and two
dolphins were substituted. On one
side of the blade is inscribed: "The
gift of the nation to Rear Admiral
George Dewey, U. S. N, in memory of
the victory at Manila Bay, May 1st,
1885,"
- Philadelphia North American ::
We all knew that Admiral Schley was
a fighter to the core; but his little
speech to the women at New York
gives him a new distinction. The gen.
eral impression has been that Schley
belonged to the Bob Evans class, and
left the frills to those who like them
but we were all wrong. Not even
Dewey, the Chesterfield of the navy,
could have borne himself better than
Schley did when he faced that great
aggregation of feminine lovliness and
said: "My idea of the relations of
the navy to the ladies is, our arms are
their defense their arms are our recon-
pense." Whether this is original or
not, the fact that he thought of it and
said it is enough. Itshows the admir-
al in a new light, and one much to his
credit. Fortunately, the ladies he ad-
dressed were on a yacht alongside,
while he was safe on his own deck.
Had it not been for that he would
probably have been kissed to death,
and while that would have been de-
licious way to die, the navy cannot
spare him. But oh, Schley, you brave
old sea dog, who would have thought
it Of you
- The Spanish government has pub
lished Admiral Montojo's report of his
defeat by Admiral Dewey on May l.
The report has entirely relieved the
unfortunate admiral of the imputation
of cowardice, which at first led to a
resolve to subject him to the ignominy
of a courtmartial, and it is calculated
to arouse anger against the govern
ment here, which provided him with
practically no means of resisting the
foe. The report pays splendid tri-
butte to the extraordinary exacitude,
as well as to the phenomenal rapidity
of the American fire, and explains that
although the admiral and his officers
were convinced in advance of certain
defeat, owing to their lack of proper
ordnance and cf quick-f firing guns,
vet they had no idea that the Ameri-
can fleet would achieve victory so
quickly and at so small cost to it.
self. The admiral declares that every
officer and man under his command
fought nobly, although from the out
set it was a forlorn hope, and concludes
by pointing out that in accordance with
his orders every one of the ships of
his little squadron was sunk or blown