Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-22
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Last Saturday night the mayor called
at the college, called out the three
students who did the hazing and horse
whipped them until the blood came
He caught them in their night clothe:
and took advantage of their conditions
- The war department on last Wed
nesday gave out the following: "The
secretary of war on being asked about
the report that Colonel Wm. J. Bryan
Third Nebraska, had been refused
leave of absence and kept with hi:
regiment, authorized the statement tina,
Colonel Bryan has asked no indulgence
whatever of the war department, sc
that none has been refused him. ANY
reports to the contrary are without
foundation, in fact"
- The United States governmen
assumed sovereignty over Porto Rico
last Tuesday. At noon the flag was
hoisted over the forts and buildings
with appropriate ceremonies, OF San
Juan and other important towns, while
all the guns on the island doomed the
national salute. There was a grand
military parade in San Juan, led by
Admiral Schley and General Brooke,
accompanied by their statts. The in
habitants were in a good humor over
the event, and there is said to be the
best of feeling between the Spanish
and American evacuation commission.
ers, their work having been completed
without friction.
One of the most remarkable Incl
dents of volunteer army life was ex'
perienced by one of the paymasters at
Miami, Fla, recently. A member OF
the Second Alabama regiment aoso-
lutelv refused to accept his pay,
amounting to $500. He said that he
had entered the service purely through
patriotism, and did not want any com
pensation. This being the first case of
the kind, the paymaster had no prece-
dent to guide him. After some thought
he drew a red line through the name,
indicating that the sum had not been
paid. Should the soldier ever need
his paw, the government stands ready
to settle the account.
- The Augusta cotton mills-slx IN
number-and two across the river on
the South Carolina side, have announ-
ced that at an early date they will cut
the wages of all operatives from 6 to
10 per cent, according to the kind of
work. The mills belong to the South
ern Cotton Manufacturers association,
and the manager of the association
claims that even after the reduction,
wages will still be 6 per cent. higher
than are paid by any other mills in the
south. The announcement has thrown
the mill operatives into state of con-
sternation, and it is possible that the
change will not be effected without a
strike.
Atlanta dispatch, 18th: The Peo.
ple's Party Paper, the most influential
mouth piece of Populism in the United
States, of which Thomas E. Watson
was lately editor, suspended publica-
tion Saturday on account of laborer's
lien for $500 levied in favor of Mrs.
Mackie Sturgis Holcombe, business
manager. Mrs. Holcombe is also sec
retary and treasurer Of Our Publish
ing company, which issued the paper,
and of which Watson is president.
Mrs. Holcombe engineered the paper
through the exciting campaign of 1896,
when Watson used it to fire broad
sides at Marion Butler and his clique.
Since then the paper has been losing
money, and Mrs. Holcombe's salary
for that year, so she alleges, has gone
to current expenses.
i Information has reached the war
department that high officer of the
Spanish army very recently made a
statement that had the Spaniards been
aware of the condition of the Amer
lean army, its Inability to withstand
the hardships of campaign, its lack
of medical and other supplies and
general inetficiency as told i'll the
American papers, the Spaniards would
not have given up; but would have
continued fighting for long time to
come, fully believing that they would
have been able to prevent the capture
of Cuba by American arms. Ihls
statement is known to have been made
to the American officers now in Cuba
and causes some uneasiness in official
circles, a. it may mean that the Span
iards are not yet ready to yield the
island under the terms Of the protocol.
- The following letter of declination
from w. J. Bryan was received in Chi
cago in response to an invitation TO
attend the Peace Jubilee Camp
Cuba Libre, Jacksonville, October
regret that duties here will prevent an
acceptance of the invitation extended
by the citizens of Chicago to be pres
ent at the national peace jubilee to be
held on the 18th and 10Th of the pres
ent month. The American people are
pre-eminently peace loving people,
and it is fitting that they should cele-
brate the termination of the present
war-a war conceived in an unselhsh
love for humanity-a war which has
demonstrated anew the valor OF our
soldiers and seamen war which is