Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-25

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bel will get the certificate of election ;
but still there is reason to believe that
this will bring on trouble that may re-
suit in bloodshed.
General Wheeler has decided not
to return for congress. He is writing
a letter to President Mckinley, with a
request that it be forwarded to the
. house of representatives. In the course
of an interview with correspondent
of the Associated Press he said "Con-
gress, if it occupies the first Of the ses-
sion in passing resolution declaring
in unmistakable terms that the sover-
eighty of the United States is Ito be
maintained in the Philippines, thus
dispelling Aguinaldo's delusion that
the anti-imperialists can assist him,
will be performing a sacred duty.
Such a resolution would save the lives
of many American soldiers and thous-
ands of deluded Filipinos, would avert
famine, suffering and desolation from
those islands, and would render unnec'
essary the expenditure of hundreds OF
millions of dollars"
Commandant Hans Botha, the Boer
leader who was killed at Kimberly,
had an experience during the Boer
war of 1881 which won him the nick
name of "The Boer With Nine Lives. !"
At the time he was in command of
a Boer camp outside Pretoria, which
was being besieged by the burghers.
The English garrison made sortie
and, after pitched battle, drove the
Beers back in confusion and captured
the camp. When the British entered
the camp they found Botha lying on
the ground terribly wounded in no less
than FIVE places. He had been struck
both by rife balls and pieces of shells,
and it was thought to be impossible
for him to recover. He was taken to
the field hospital at Pretoria, and so
great was his vitality that he recover
ed his health and strength much soon
er than those whose wounds were
comparatively trivial.
- In June of next year the people Of
the United States will be counted for
the twelfth time since the establish
ment of our government. 'It will re-
ouire about $4,000 enumerators,"
writes Clifford Howard in The Ladies'
Home Journal, "to take the census, and
their work must be finished in one
months time, or by the first week OF
July, 1900. That means that about
100000 people must be recorded in
80 days, or at the rate of 2,5OO,O a
day. The rate will be even greater
than this, however, for in towns and
cities of 5000 inhabitants the enumer
alton must be complete within two
weeks. The enumerators will not be
permitted to have any assistance in
the work. 1t must be done by them
in person, except in such sections of
the country as contain great many
foreigners, where the employment OF
Interpreters will be allowed, as other
wise it would be next to impossible to
secure the necessary data. The emu
merators will be paid for their services
in accordance with the amount of
work they are called upon to do"
A Manila dispatch of Tuesday says
that the whereabouts of Generals
Young and Lawton are becoming as
mysterious as are those of Aguinaldo.
The two generals, each at the head OF
a cavalry brigade, have for the past
two weeks been engaged in an effort
to run down the iDsurgent leader. Just
where Aguinaldo is was not known up
to Tuesday; but it was believed that
Generals Lawton and Young were
close behind him. There was vague
report that being closely pushed, Az.
uinaldo had disguised himself as a
peasant and escaped through the Amer
ican lines. This is by no means GER
tain. The wardrobe of Aguinaldo's
wife was captured recently. 1t was
packed in some two dozen barrels.
This capture would indicate that Mrs.
Aguinaldo is not very far away, and it
is safe to assume that the young man
himself was also in the neighbOrhood.
The insurgent army is believed to be
pTSllN we'll SCdllSlCu, az iSoSl thS
Americans do not know Of any consid-
cradle body in one place since the fight
of few days ago.
During the past week, Admiral
Dewey has been involved in big SEN
sation that has been accomplished by
whispers of scandal. On Monday it
became known that he had transferred
the Washington home that he recently
accepted from admirers in all parts OF
the country to his wife. 1mme-
diately there was storm of indig-
nation, during which many contribu-
tors to the home fund wrote to the ad-
miral demanding a return of their
money. 1t was published in the after
noon papers everywhere that the ad,
miral's action was due to the fear OF
the result of breach of promise suit
that is threatened against him by a
lady employed in the bureau of equip.
ment, and to whom he is alleged to
have been engaged before he left for
the East. On Tuesday, Mrs. Dewey
transferred the property to George