Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29

mite declaration OF luleullouS. "A
meeting of war veterans was held at
Havana few days ago and the situa-
ton was discussed thoroughly. 1t was
decided to present memorial to the
United States government with view
to determining what is to be expected,
and unless they are to have control
without much delay, they say they
will inaugurate the revolution again.
- Adolph L. Luetgert, the wealthy
Chicago sausage manufacturer who
was sentenced to life imprisonment, for
the murder of his wife, died in the
Illinois state penitentiary, at Joliet,
last Thursday. Luetgert was convlc-
ted on circumstantial evidence OF the
strongest character, and there was no
reasonable doubt of his guilt. Since
his death, his attorney, Frank Fay
Pratt. has made statement that In
1898, Luetgert made a full confession
to him, giving as reason for the MUIR
der his love for another woman. The
LAWYER, of course, regarded the con-
fession as absolutely confidential until
after Luetgert's death.
The funeral of Colonel Robert G.
Ingersoll took place at Dobbs Ferry,
New York, last Tuesday. Among the
attendants were the widow and daugh-
ters and Charles Broadway Rouss, the
blind New York merchant who had
been a lifelong friend. There were
about 40 people in all. In pursuance
of a request previously made by Colo
mel Ingersoll, John Clark Ridpath
read in the presence of the body the
last poem that had been written by
the colonel. 1t was entitled "The
Declaration of the Free" Rouss then
rubbed his hand over the dead mans
face and said, "Perhaps he is better
now. No one can understand it."
- The State: Our American censor
at Manila is bad enough, but he doesn't
seem to be as rash as the Turkish Gen.
sor in Stamboul. A Greek benevolent
society recently sent out an appeal IN
the form of circular to the Greeks
in the Turkish capital. The circular
contained a quotation from one of St.
Paul's epistles. The result is said to
be that "two days after the publication
of the circular a commissary of police
from the censor's department called
upon the printer and demanded the
arrest of St. Paul, who was to be
charged with the public utterance of
seditious and politically provocative
language" The incident was amusing
as we'll as annoying, but not unnatural
for Turkey. In free republic it is
supposed to be different.
- There has been another horrible
lynching affair down in Georgia. One
night last week three Negroes stepped
into store that was kept by MIR.
Ogletree the railroad agent at the sta
ton of Safold. There was nobody
about the place except Agent Ogletree
and his wife. Three Negroes came in
ostensibly for the purpose of making a
purchase and after they had been wait
ed on they drew pistols and robbed
Agent Ogletree ofall the money he had.
Then they outraged Mrs. Ogletree, and
shortly aiterward, on the approach of
the train, ran away. Mr.. Ogletree
boarded the train with his wife and
they gave the alarm. Crowds of men
began to scour the country and by
Tuesday night the last of the three
Negro fiends was lynched.
- The status of the delegates in the
Democratic National Convention of
1890, says the New York Sun, has
given rise to some erroneous statements
as to their voting strength in that body.
In the presidential election of 1896 Mr..
Bryan received 130 electoral votes in
what are usually called the southern
states. He did not secure any of the
eight votes of Maryland, six of West
Virginia or twelve of Kentucky, and
with these three additions the total
electoral vote of the south was 156.
Mr.. Bryan received 176 votes, so that
he obtained twenty more than the
south cast collectively, and he obtain
ed eight votes more than Cleveland
received in 1883. There are two dele
gates in Democratic National Con-
vention for each elector to which a
state is entitled, and, the representa-
tion of the Territories apart, the south
ern states have votes enough, under
the two-thirds rule of Democratic con-
ventions, to bar the choice of any OBJ
jectionable candidate, without, how
ever, having votes enough to secure
the nomination of any favored candi-
date.
- Spartanburg Herald: The state
ment that Hon. w. c. Whitney, whose
shrewd manipulation procured the last
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland, in spite
of seemingly invincible obstacles, has
gone to Europe for the purpose of try
ing to persuade Admiral Dewey to al
low his name to 60 before the next
Democratic convention, as a candidate
for the presidential nomination, while
interesting, was not regarded in Wash
ington as of any particular Importance.
Mr.. Whitney has been hunting for
sometime for anybody to beat Bryan,
and has sounded number of men as
to their willingness to contest the nom
inotion with Colonel Rryan Nobody