Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-11
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Charlotte Observer: Mecklenburg
is conyulsed at present on two sub
jects broad tires and dispensary. The
partisans for each and against the lat
ter are busy with their circulars and
petitions, which revives Colonel Phif
er's old question: "Who'll get the
whisky skin ?" Every group of men
you see is talking dispensary or no
dispensary, or broad tires. Messrs. c.
H. Wolfe, D. P. Hutchison and M. e.
Mayer, road commissioners OF Char
lotte township, are at fever heat with
enthusiasm on the latter subject. They
were busy yesterday getting signers to
their petition to the legislature. They
got the endorsement of the board OF
aldermen, county commissioners, mag
istrates of the township and the ex-
road commissioners, besides scores of
the best business men in the county.
They 60 to Raleigh soon to put the
petition in the hand of Mecklenburg's
representatives.
- The New York Sun claims that
there is only one newspaper cores
pondent at Manila, and he is the cor
respondent of The Sun. 1t is fact
that The Sun is the only American
paper to get direct news of last Satur-
days battle by cable, in time for pub
lication Sunday morning. The Asso-
ciated Press at first tried to discredit
the news published by The Sun, and
then. stole it and worked it over in such
a way as to give color to claim that
the news came from its own cores
pondent. The other New York papers
pursued the same policy as that fol-
lowed by the Associated Press, except
that some had the news cabled back
to them from Europe where it had
been sold by The Sun. Every day
since, The Sun has been giving the
news in advance of the other papers.
The only Manila news that The Suns
rivals is getting simultaneously with
it, is such as comes through the war
and navy departments in the shape OF
of official dispatches.
A letter to the Lexington Daily
Leader from Morgantown, the county
seat of Butler county, in the Western
part of Kentucky, Is miles from any
railroad, says an epidemic of spotted
fever or spinal meningitis is raging
there; old and young are dying rapidly.
1t is impossible to estimate how many
have died and there is no one to report
the true condition. 1t is known that
there are no longer any collins IN the
place to bury the dead. The people
are panic stricken and fleeing in all
directions. 1t is reported that there
are now only few left to nurse those
stricken aud helpless. The female
seminary and the public school are
closed. The physicians have been do
ing heroic work but seem powerless
to check the disease. Morgantown is
a place of LOO inhabitants, situated
on a hill and has been considered very
healthy. Several large saw mills are
located there, aud the theory advanced
is that the decaying sawdust started
the epidemic.
- William ]. Bryan expressed no
surprise over the ratification of the
peace treaty, says Lincoln, Neb., dis
patch of Monday night. When the
Associated Press correspondent asked
him if the ratification of the treaty
would end the fight against the annex
alton of the Philippines, he said: "Not
by any means. While many have
thought that the fight should be made
against the treaty, 1 have felt that the
real fight is to be made for resolution
declaring the national policy. The
opposition TO the treaty has served
useful purpose, and the opponents of
the ratification made a gallant fight
but there was never any chance of de-
feating ratification. Now that the
treaty is out of the way it can be treat
ed as domestic question, and the line
can be drawn between those who be-
lieve in forcible annexation and those
who believe that the Filipinos should
.be allowed to govern themselves. /
have not lost faith in the doctrine of
self.government and believe that the
people will repudate the imperialistic
policy.
- The naval committee of the house,
after an extended session last Tues
day, reached a conclusion as to the i'm
portant items. In all IL new war
ships are agreed to and three more are
under considerable consideration. The
committee has followed the recommen-
dations of the secretary of the navy
and has passed on first, second and
fourth GLASSES of new ships recon-
mended by him. They are: Three
sea-going battleships of about 13,500
tons displacement each, carrying the
heaviest armor and most powerful
armament of vessels of their class, to
cost, exclusive of armament and ar
NOR, So, 100000 each. Three armored
cruisers of about 10000 tons each, car
rying the heaviest armOr and the most
powerful armament of vessels of their
type, to cost, exclusive of armor, etc.,
S4,O0O,0O0 each. Six cruisers of about
$500 tons each, of high speed, good
cruising qualities and most powerful
ordnance suited to vessels of their
type, to cost, exclusive of armor, ST.
al 800 each. The other not yet pass,
ed upon is for three protected cruisers
of about 5000 tons, to cost 2,l5O,0OO
each.
- The Hon. W. j. Bryan had all
along advised the ratification of the
peace treaty. Senator German and
other Democratic leaders believe that