Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-20
Straps and faets.

Judge Day, resigned.
RI. Corbett, father of James j.
Corbett, the famous pugilist, shot and
killed his wife last Tuesday night and
then shot himself. Death was instan-
taneous. 1t is believed that Mrs. Cor
bett was asleep at the time she was
shot as there was no evidence of a
struggle. Corbett had been in bad
health for sometime and it is thought
that the bloody tragedy was caused by
insanity.
"A great many sensational state
ments are coming from Cuba with re-
gard to the insurgents. One of them
is to the effect that they will not recog-
nize the armistice between the United
States and Spain but will continue
to fight the Spaniards. Another story
is that the insurgent will at least de-
mand pay from Cuba, Spain or the
United States for the three years of
service they have been in the field.
The authorities at Washington do not
believe that the insurgents, as such,
will give much trouble.
- Great Britain has demanded of
China the deposition of Ii Hung
Chang, on the ground that the great
Chinese statesman is responsible for
recent alleged bad faith with British
corporation. 1t was this alleged bad
faith that gave Russia decided COM
mercial advantage over Great Britain
in China. 1t is stated that if China
refuses to depose Ii Hung Chang,
Great Britain will seize large slice of
Chinese territory. The danger of the
rupture between Great Britain and
China is becoming more imminent.
- The embalming of Bismarck's body
has called attention to the fact, not
generally known in this country, that
an Italian savant, Epsio Marini, has
carried this grewsome art even further
than the Egyptians. He has worked
out three different methods. The first
is a sort of desiccation, and the appli-
cation of certain fluids will restore the
limbs to their condition at the moment
of death. BY the second the corpse
is converted into solid marble, and by
the third and most remarkable, the
body is preserved with all its freshness,
color and fexibility. Whether his
work will endure as long as that of the
Egyptians, future generations may dis
cover.
- There have been conferences be-
tween Estrada Palma and other rep
resentatives of the Cubans with Off
cials of the United States government,
relative to the Cubans and what would
be done with them, says Washington
dispatch published Friday morning.
Mr.. Palma was advised that the United
States would not consider the question
of compensation of the Cuban troops,
because there was no power in the
government to do so even if there was
an inclination. He was told that the
best thing the Cubans could do was to
advise the men in arms to disband,
retire to their homes and engage in
peaceful pursuits. That the members
of the Cuban junta recognize that this
is the only thing to do, is seen in the
fact that emissaries have already been
dispatched to Cuba with a view to
carrying out the desires of the United
States government. These emissaries
will try to persuade the Cuban leaders
that resistance to United States author
ity would result only in further disas.
ter and distress to Cuba.
- An Associated Press correspon-
dent, on Wednesday visited the wrecks
of the war ships of Admiral Cervera's
fleet. Captain Sharp, of the Chapman
Merritt Wrecking company is working
vigorously to float the Maria Teresa,
and expects to get her afioat and in
such condition as to enable her to come
to Santiago within fortnight. The
Maria Teresa has a hole Is feet long
in her bottom, very close to the keel.
This is being closed and stopped with
unriveted plates, soldered, and cement
and bagging. Captain Sharp, how
ever, has no sanguine hopes of saving
the Cristobal Colon. In fact he con-
siders the task practically impossible,
despite the contrary opinion entertain
ed by some, and he would not guaran-
tee that the vessel can be foated. The
salvage of the Reina Mercedes and
the Merrimac, he says, will be easy.
Both can be floated with little difficult
ty, and he will undertake the con-
tract with confidence. The Almirante
Oquendo and the Fizcaya are both
total wrecks, and not worth saving
for junk.
- We are still receiving information
about our several newly acquired El-
dorados. A New York merchant, who
is interested in trade" in Porto Rico,
and is we'll acquainted with the island,
says: "It is quite fully populated,
but most of the people have very small
wants and consume very little. They
are poor people aud live in primitive
way, and l see no way in which they
can add to the development of the
island, even with large expenditure
of money. The island has been in a
state of civilization for long period,
and modern appliances sufficient for
the present needs of the population
are already there. Business houses