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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11
CONFEDERATE GRAVES.
Movement Instituted to Carry Out the Sug-
pestion of the President.

Movement Instituted to Carry Out the Sug-
gestion of the President.
1t really looks as if President Nc
Kinley was moving on the line of his
Atlanta speech with reference to the
government taking care of the Confed'
crate graves. General Walker has re-
ceived the following communication
from General Moorman, adjutant gen.
eral United Confederate Veterans:
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS,
Adjutant Generals Office,
New ORLEANS, La, Dec. 81, 1873.
Major General G. Irvine Walker. Com.
mander South Carolina Division United
Confederate Veterans, Charleston, S. c.
NV Dear General: Official request has
been made by an officer of the govern
ment, asking these headquarters to furn-
ish at once list of all graveyards or cem-
eteries where Confederate soldiers are
buried, and as far as possible number OF
interments. Will you please send at once
names of cemeteries, location and number
inferred, as far as you are able. and at
once take means to ascertain and report
at your very earliest convenience all in
your division as follows: Number buried,
place and name of cemetery? With best
wishes, your friend and cOmrade,
GEORGE MooRMAN,
Adjutant General and Chief OF Staff.
General c. /. Walker, Charleston, S.
c., requests that all persons having
such information will advise him
promptly, 80 that he can make up the
information asked for by General
Norman.
The press of the state is requested
to publish the call for this information,
so that it may reach all the good peo-
pie of the state.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11
NOT AN IMPERiALIST.
Senat tor Tillman Believes That Republican
Schemes Will Fall Through.

Senator Tillman passed through
Columbia last Saturday and gave the
correspondent of The News and Cour-
ier an interview. In part, the senator
is reported as follows:
"Senator Tillman is very much in
earnest in his opposition to the expan'
sion idea of the Republican party. He
says that there is growing sentiment
in this direction, and that because the
newspapers say 80, it does not follow
that the treaty will be ratified by the
senate. He says the newspapers all
said that the Hawaiian islands would
be annexed upon the original PROPOSE
ton but it could not be done. He
thinks the same rule will apply to rati'
fcation of the treaty. The opposition
to the ratification, be said today, was
growing in strength and organization,
and he saw a long and hard fight
ahead, and one in which he expected
his views to win. He said that if the
United States undertook to force the
Filipinos 10 submit TO American gov
ernment, there would be worse and
bloodier war than that of Spain in the
attempt to subjugate Cuba. The
Americans would, Of course, win ; but
it would cost many lives and great
deal of money, and he could not see
the use of it all.
"As TO the future of Cuba, he thought
it would he four or five years, possibly
before Cuba would be taken in as one
or more states of the United States
He said that he had great deal oi
fun twitting Republican senator's about
how the United States was forcing
liberty and freedom down the tbroats
of the Cubans at the point of the bay
onet. Senator Tiliman said he was
curious to see what General Gomez wa:
going to do in the present crisis. He
thought Gomez was simply waiting or
developments, and that he was not or
the market to be bought out"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11
ABOUT THE EXECUTION.

The story of last Fridays execution,
as told in THE ENQUIRER, had to be
prepared, put in type aud printed all
within an hour; and although it was
correct and complete as far as it went,
it did not include all the details that
are of more or less interest. The
printing of a complete story in so short
a time was impossible. There remain
some features that will still be worth
reading.
While the deputies were engaged in
tying the hands and feet of AMI Dun
ovant, Frank Castles put in the time
talking. He thanked the preachers
for their zeal in the behalf of himself
and Dunovant, and then extending his
hand to Sheriff Logan, said:
"Sheriff, 1 thank you very much for
what you have done for me. You
have been very kind. I know that
this is painful duty to you. Its not
you, but the law; and feel no resent
ment toward you or anybody else on
earth. see two angels in the room,
and when you cut the rope and the
breath has left my body, they are 60
ing to take me straight to God. Meet
me in heaven ~
Sheriff Logan was somewhat affected
at the situation. He looked as if he
did not want to trust himself 10 say
very much but he took the profered
hand of the condemned man and said :
~ am very glad, Frank, that you feel
such assurance. Nothing else could
sustain you now." Then the sheriff
turned away and took his position near
the place where the rope was to be cut.
He remained there until all was over.
"Do you not feel any fear whatever,
Frank ?" asked DR.. Miles Walker.
"Not the least bit, sir. am glad
that the time has come when my
troubles will end"
About this time, Amzi Dunovant,
who had been silent for some minutes,
addressed himself to Lieutenant John
R. Hart, and said: "Thank Mr.. Ne
Vile for what he has done for us, and
tell him that I now feel sure that l
have made peace with God" Contin-
uing, he thanked Sheriff Logan for his
many kindnesses, and then submitted
to the adjustment of the black cap,
after which he had nothing further
to say. Frank Castles also asked to
be remembered to Mr.. Neville and to
the other ministers who had interested
in behalf of his soul.
Neither of the men had word to
say of their horrible crime. There
was nothing in the nature of confess
sion. Both showed thorough resigna-
ton to their fate and although the
entire scene was intensely solemn,
there was little of the emotional about
it. The whole thing was generally
taken in a matter-of.fact kind of way
and none of the witnesses seemed to
be affected with chat feeling of horror
that would appear only natural under
the circumstances. This, however, is
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11

Some of the papers which were
formerly disposed to try to ridicule
Mr.. Bryan as light weight, are now
beginning to admit that he is a thor
oughgoing statesman, especially in SC
far as his views with regard to I'm
perialism are concerned. They still
hold that Mr.. Bryan's free silver views
are impracticable and chimerical. We
are glad, however, that these papers
are at last beginning to realize that in
Mr.. Bryan there is something good.
There is reason to hope that after a
while his free coinage views emanated
from the same patriotic and honest
heart and head that are giving out so
much wisdom with regard to I'm
perialism.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11
LOCAL LACONlCS.

Further Up Street.
Mr. HIT. Grist proposes to move bis
grocery store from bis present stand,
to the building occupied by Mr.. Lewis
G. Grist's repair shops.
Taxes In Cherokee.
A citizen of Yorkvillc, who owns q
small tract of land in Cherokee town.
ship, paid So taxes on it year before
last, and last year he was required 10
pay 81. That is doing very we'll for s.
young county just growing up.
Municipal Candidates. ..
Candidates are being announced for
the approaching municipal election in
Rock Hill. So far w. G. Hutchinson
and J. J. Waters are out for mayor, R.
Lee Kerr, L. M. Davis and James F.
Reid for aldermen at large Frel Mob
lev for alderman from the first ward
and DR.. j. E. Massey for alderman
from the fourth ward.
The Manning brancn Irestles
There was another washout at the
Manning branch trestle, north of Hick-
ory Grove, last Friday. 1t was caused
by the heavy rains of the day preced-
ing. To attempt to cross with the
northbound passenger train, Friday
afternoon, was considered dangerous,
and passengers, mail, express, etc.,
were transferred to another train sent
down from Blacksburg.
Charged With Arson.
Deputy Sheriff Harshaw has war
rant for the arrest of William Mcclure,
colored, on the charge of arson. The
Negro is accused of having set fire to
the house of Mr.. Elijah Nix, of Bull
locks Creek township, on the night of
November "a. He is now serving a
term on the chaingang for violation Of
contract and will be arrested imme-
diately upon the expiration of his
sentence on January II.
Rock Hill Voters.
Herald, Saturday: The number of
electors who obtained municipal regis
tration certificates within the time
prescribed by law was 23S-222 whites,
Is blacks. The number of white men
living in Rock Hill is between 600 and
700, and it is unaccountable that less
than half that number have put them
selves in position to vote i'll the town
elections. Among those who are dis
franchsed are some of the leading men
Of our city.
Bad Roads.
THE ENQUIRER has reports to the
effect that all the roads leading into
Yorkville, with The exception of the
Charlotte road and the Kings Noun
tain road, are in horrible condition.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11
Judge Benet and the Negroes.

During the course of the sessions of
court at Beaufort last Thursday, Judge
Benet called attention to Negroes and
W Aites sitting together on the court
room benches. He directed that they
be separated, and one side be allotted
TO whites and the other side to Negroes
in attendance. This order was there
upon obeyed and will be regarded in
future. God Almighty never intended,
he said, that the two races should be
mixed, and the suggestion is being car
ried out from that standpoint at least.
Some of the colored lawyers sitting in
court during the judges remarks want
ell to know if the order applied to
them. and if they would be required
to occupy a different side of the court
room within the bar, and the judge
said his remarks were not intended for
them, and they continue to occupy
their positions within the pale.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11
Although clearly leaning towa>

- Although clearly leaning toward
Imperialism, the Republican party has
not vet dared to declare itself de6uite-
ly on the subject. 1t desires to see
which way the wind is blowing first.
But the Republican party needs watch,
ing. The "annexation" of Hawaii,
ostensibly as a war measure, was
really in pursuance of policy, and
other steps will be made in the direc-
ton of Imperialism after the same
style.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11
FILIPINOS DEFIANT.
If the Americans Bombard, They Threater
to Burn.

Colonel Potter, the special emissary
of General OTIS between Manila and
Iloilo, arrived at Manila last Sunday
afternoon with dispatches from Iloilo.
The situation when he left Iloilo was
practically unchanged. The streets
were barricaded and it was reported
that the principal buildings had been
"kerosened," the insurgents having
threatened to destroy the whole busi-
ness section by. fire at the first shot of
bombardment. The banks were ship
ping their treasure to the United States
transport Newport and other vessels.
The family of the American vice
consul has gone on board the Newport.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11

mitted to suspend the payment in
midair, out of the reach of 16 to l.,
and out of sight of anything else. To
surrender the ratio is to accept the
gold standard as final. The Chicago
platform was good when it was adopted;
it grows better with age. 1t was
strong in 1896; it is stronger now.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11
COMPLAINT OF THE CATAWBAs.

COMPLAINT OF IHE CAIA l" Dao.
The following is from the Columbia
State of yesterday morning:
"Comptroller General Derham has re-
ceived a communication from two Ca
tawba Indians-James and R. Lee
Harris-protesting against the way
Indian Agent Hayes has dispensed
the $1,000 appropriated by the state
for the tribe. They say his report for
disbursements is all wrong and does
not actually show how the money was
disposed of. They allege that the
agent paid school teachers in due bills
and charged them an exorbitant rate
of interest. They allege that, in many
cases, they, as teachers, had to trade
out their pay certificates in the agents
store. The other Indians had to do
the same thing, it is stated"
The letter says:
1--WE are somewhat surprised at the
mistakes made by our present agent,
Mr.. J. H. Hayes, of Leslie, s e. As
you will see by examining our report
with his, there is quite d difference
between ours and his. Has he right
to use the Catawba Indians money in
his business and then charge commits
sions on the school fund? Has he a
right to pay our teacher in due bills ?
There are not rs Indians on the reser-
walton in all. AS it is reported, Is halt
whites. This is broad mistake.
r. LEE HARRIS,
JAMES HARRIS,
Committee for Catawba Indians.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11
Che 1torkrille Gnql1irer.
YORKVILLE, s. c.:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY II, 1899.

- Bryan talks for free institutions
with about the same force that he
talked for free coinage.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

Suddenly she shrank back with su-
perstitious horror, for she saw blood
stains upon her hands. Poor Laneyl
She had quite forgotten that she had
handled the wildcat. She groaned in
pitiful terror while she replaced the
money in the box and piled the rubbish
upon it. Her conscience had suffered a
wound, for she had been in the act OF
theft She berated herself for it as she
brushed up the hearth and put the cab
in to rights. But she had conquered.
She had not yielded to her momentary
weakness, and she had recovered all the
quicker from the fright.
cit air mos time fur Thadeous, she
said, can I mus berry up an git my
clos on SOS not to keep i'm waitin.
She brought forth from behind the
bed and robed herself in a yellow calico
skirt ruff1ed and furbelowed with bands
of purple calico. She put on an ill fit
ting basque of gray alpaca, faded about
the neck and bursting at the seams, and
which had neither hooks and eyes nor
buttons upon it But she Tapped it over
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
WANT TO COME HOME.
Soldiers mt Manila Hoping For q
Speedy Return.

Speedy Return.
A letter was recently received from
Robert E. Smith, former Georgetown
boy. says the Washington Star. and
now member of Company G. Second
Oregon volunteers. on duty at Manila.
The letter was addressed to his father.
under date of JAN 9. and was as follows
Have just got out of detention tent
My ailment turned out to be slight
attack of the measles instead of small
pox. Am feeling pretty good. but. like
most of the boys here. L am very thin.
This is my first sickness since my en-
liStment.
I'VE are going to have hot times
here before long. not only with the in
surgents. but with the weather. Our
engineers are busy laying out and build
ing trenches in front of our camp and
near the insurgents lines Look out for
exciting news The sooner the trouble
comes and is over the better for those
who are left. We are ready to meet the
insurgents. 1t is said there are thou
sands of arms and rounds of ammuni
ton hid away in this quaint old town.
1--WE are simply awaiting develop
ments. but wish everything was settled
so that we could get back to God S coun-
try Many of us that have stood all the
hardships of a soldiers life in this eli
mate for seven months are now begin
ming to feel the effects of it Some have
failed in health the past month and feel
that they should be called home. But il
we are needed here we will do our duty
in the future as cheerfully and willing
ly as we have done it in the past. believ
ing that our government will release us
as soon as it can
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Time to Wake.

Judge Wheaton A. Gray was hearing
criminal case in Fresno. and on a
warm day. at the end of long har
angue by the ting counsel. he
noticed one of the jurymen asleep. AS
soon as the argument was completed,
the judge addressed the jury in this Pc
culiar manner: Gentlemen of the jul
ry. the prosecuting attorney has COM
pleted his argument Wake up and lis
ten to the instructions of the court. -
Argonaut
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03

A number of Rudyard K1pling' s
works came up for sale at Sotheby 8.
in London. His Departmental Dit
ties" the rare first edition and No l
of 1885. imperfect. fetched eS Is. I'd
Among other items were Letters of
Marque," So 5s Soldiers Three.
first Indian edition. 96. and "Quar-
tette. by Four Anglo-Indian Writers.
e7 5s.-London Telegraph.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
"Ye she deUtI!" he htssed.

"Ye she deUtJ!" ne htSsed
not ter go rummagin in no box O. mine.
Dye hear?''
EFF thar amt nothin in it, what's
bekem O. Their money that were in
them inginearer's puckits?'' asked the
girl
"Who sed thar was enny?"
"I do I seed it with my own eyes es
stud on ther cliff an seed yer drug i'm
up 'mongst ther stick weeds, an seed
ye tex Their wallut outin his puckit an
count Their money, an then ye kivered
it up wit sand afore ever ye let on
tibet ye'd found i'm.
There was startled, wicked CLEAN
in old Gilliad's eyes.
"Ye she devilP' he Kissed eye lean
faced huzzyP'
He let the dead cat fall to the floor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-19
CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK.
Prompt and Decisive Action Prevents q
Theft of Twenty-Five Cars
OF Wheat.

La Crosse, Wis, Jan. IA bold
attempt to steal 2l cars of wheat was
nipped in the bud by clever detective
work and prompt, decisive action on
tire part of the officials of the Chicago,
Milwaukee d st. Paul railroad.
The grain was mostly the property
of the S. Y. Hyde Elevator Co. and
the W. w. Gargill company, of this
city, and the cars were diverted from
their original cons;gnee by the substi
tuition of bogus waybills. 1t appears
just about the time the deal was near
ing consummat:o1 the swindlers
weakened. Had the operators been
successful in carrying out their clever
scheme it would have made them $751;
OC0 richer. Superintendent Wilbert
Irwin and Freight Claim Agent H. r.
Elliott are now engaged on the case.
They have stopped all loss either to
the railroad company or the shippers
and expect 20 have the entire gang of
fraudulent waybill workers under ar
rest soon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-19
MILES NON-COMMITTAL.
The General, However, Thinks There il q
Dividing Lire Between Testimony
and Personal Abuse.

Washington, Jan. 14.-Gen. Miles,
when asked if what official action, if
any, would be taken regarding Gen.
Egan's attack, replied that he had not
made any statement on the subject,
and did not intend to forecast the pro-
ceedings of the war department. When
it was suggested that the war depart
ment was estOpped from any proceed
ings against Gen. Egan on the ground
of the protection promised by the
president to all witnesses in their
testimony before the war Investigate
ing commission, Gen. Miles said that
there might be some question as to the
dividing line of testimony and person
al abuse, that IN his opinion any court
of justice. or for that matter a police
court. would have stopped a witness
who had used before it such language
as was used before the war commits
sion. Gen. Miles said: Il did not want
to appear before the war commission
in the first place. When they wrote
suggesting that I voluntarily appear
before them, L replied that l believed
it to be for the best interests of the
service for me not to volunteer any
testimony. When | was ordered be-
fore the commission, and they asked
me concerning facts that l then had
in my possession, l was obliged, as a
matter of honesty, to answer them,
and produced official complaints to me
as my best reply. Even then l did not
tell them ali the facts which l had
discovered by my own investigation.
This inquiry was carried on quietly
through the proper branches of the
war department, and was begun as a
matter of duty by the commanding
general after the receipt of an i'm
mense number of complaints. That
investigation is still oeing prosecuted,
and l still think, as | said before, that
it would have been much better had
the officers of the war department who
have in charge the care of the proper
feeding of the soldiers. been allowed
to attend to these matters quietly in
their own way"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-19
ARRIVED FROM HAVANA.
Brig. Gen. CIous Talks of the Work OF
the Evacuation Commission
In Cuba.

New York, Jan. 13.-Brig.-Gen. J. W.
Clous, secretary of the Cuban Evacua-
ton commission arrived from Havana
yesterday on the Ward line steamship
City of Washington.
Trophies of the Chase.
Gen. Clous brought with him several
large boxes containing the records of
the commission. war relics and small
cannon. The cannon came from Ha-
yana and was captured from the Brit
ish by the Spaniards in the seventeenth
century.
Speaking of the work of the COM
mission, Gen. Clous said:
1--WE were treated rathly coldly at
the first, but both the United States
and Spanish commissioners were soon
on rather good terms.
Had to Overcome the Spanish "ATanana."
''Of course, we had the Spanish
'manana' to overcome. We expected
to get through our work much sooner
than we did. but the cry was always
'manana.' 1t was. only by the most
persistent work that on January 1 of
this year 71,S16 Spaniards had left the
island.
Troops Still to be Expatriated.
''There are now in MatnaZas 1900
Spanish troops, and in Cienfuegos, 2s,-
600. These will probably all be out of
the island by the middle of February.
The conditions in Havana are good,
though there is more restitution there
than at Santiago. But then it must be
remembered that the United States
has not been in control there as long
as it has in Santiago. The charitable
organizations in the city of Havana
are doing good work. There are at
present 100 sick soldiers in the Havana
hospitals. The health of our troops
continues good"
The Island Must be Treated as a Whole
When asked his opinion regarding
the concentration of customs receipts
at Havana, Gen. Clous said:
THE island should be run as
whole. If the receipts in Santiago are
sent to Havana, Santiago will proba-
bly, receive back its share"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-19
GEN. SKATER STARTS WEST.
Many Changes VIII Result from His As
Stunning Command at San
Francisco.

Washington, Jan. 13.-Maj .-Gen.
Shafter left here yesterday for San
Francisco. via New Orleans, to relieve
Maj .-Gen. Merriam of command of the
department of California and the de-
partment of the Columbia. On being
relieved Gen. Merriam will assume
command of the department of the
Colorado, relieving Brighten. Sumner,
who will then be transferred to Oma-
ha. Neb., to exercise command of the
department of the Missouri.
Gen. Shafter will have only temper
airy command of the department of
the Columbia as it is the purpose of
the war department to assign another
officer to that duty in short time.
His assignment to the department of
California will hold, however, until his
retirement for age.