Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-24
Straps and faets.

have said that up to the time he left
the city, there had not only been no
yellow fever; but he did not believe
there was going to be any. He gave
as a reason the greatly improved sani-
tary conditions that mad been brought
about. Since General Woods arrival
in this country, however, the cable has
brought news of number of cases Of
yellow fever along with no less than
five deaths. No doubt sanitary con
ditions have been greatly improved !;
but yellow fever has rot yet been
eradicated.
- John Barleycorn is reaping quite
a harvest in Atlanta. Mayor Wood
ward pleads guilty to the charge of
drunkenness and promises to do so no
more. He says he had been sober %
wears previous to his election as mayor
and thinks that if his recent sprees are
overlooked he can keep sober for 25
years more. The council has not yet
decided what it will do. On Tuesday
charges of drunkenness on duty were
made against ]. c. Joyner, for many
years chief of the police force. Cap
tain Joyner made no effort to deny the
charge but suggested that a little
mercy would be acceptable and ten.
dered his resignation to take effect at
once. The resignation was accepted.
- The supreme lodge of Knights of
Honor, in session in Detroit, Michigan,
on last Tuesday, disposed of the most
important question before the body
during its annual session, viz: The
fixing of a new table of assessment
rates. The committee Of Is submit
ted report on the subject which was
adopted by 81 yeas, one member voting
blank and two being absent on leave.
The yearly step rate plan of the order
was not changed; but the figures of
the present table, which range from a
monthly assessment of SO cents at
ages 1S to 81 to six dollars for ages 81
and over for insurance of $4,000 were
increased to S120 at the youngest
ages and eight dollars at 60 years and
over. The new rates are to 60 into
effect on the August assessment.
- Captain Boynton, young man of
San Francisco who stated out to walk
as nearly round the world as the ocean
would permit, is on his return. His
experiences ought to be very stimula-
ting to the other young men. His
bet was that he would shin round the
planet without borrowing any money
and live entirely on hospitality. His
record of the latter is very interesting.
He was fired on by Ute Indians, starv-
ed for two days and half without
food or water in the American desert,
was found in dead faint by hospita-
BILE Mexican, was nearly killed by a
railroad accident while going through
a tunnel on foot, was poisoned in Spain,
was stabbed in Portugal, was arrested
as an American spy in Germany, was
married to a Scotch girl he had never
seen before in Glasgow, was publicly
stoned at Marbella, was cut with a
knife in Colon and arrested by the po-
lice, and imprisoned in Valencia. But
he won his bet, whatever it was.
An unexpected verdict was rem
dered at Memphis, Tennessee, last
Tuesday when white man of wealth
and social influence was convicted by
a jury in Judge Cooper's court of MUIR
der for the killing of a Negress.
Green Berry Redditt, wealthy farmer
of the county, shot Maggie Hobbs, a
Negress. The defense claimed that
the woman was advancing on Redditt
with brick in her hand, and the lat
ter, believing that his life was in dan
ger, fred the fatal shot. The jury,
which was composed entirely of white
citizens, returned a verdict of guilty
of murder in the second degree, and
Redditt was given 10 years in the pen
itentiary. The case was vigorously
prosecuted by Attorney General NJ.
R. Patterson, who made strong plea
for justice, regardless of race preju-
dice.
Private advices received in Wash.
ington from high authority, are to
the effect that the conference at The
Hague probably will be redeemed nom
inally from failure through an agree
ment on an arbitration project that
will satisfy the apparently general de-
mand on that point but which at the
same time, by carefully framed safe
guards, will so narrow the field Of
matters that may or must 60 before
the arbitration tribunal as to make
it little more han arbitration in
name. The attitude of Germany is
said to he only little in advance of
that of some of the other powers after
all, in opposition to the plans submit
ted, and the dissatisfaction is more
general than appears on the surface.
AS for the other projects that were
specially desired by the Americans,
such as protection of individual proper
ty from seizure at sea, they have all
been irredeemably lost, according to
this report.
"A Washington dispatch says that
the senate committee which has been
considering the question of currency
legislation has about decided to recon-
man6 meacureS that will 6efinitply 6y