Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-04

- Mrs. Georgiana Wales, of Newton,
Mass, who lived nine months without
a stomach and whose case is one of
the most remarkable in modern sur
gerry, died in Boston last Monday.
The operation of removing the entire
stomach to exterminate cancer was
performed May 31st last. The exam
ination after death revealed new
cancer, and the immediate cause of
death was a complete closure of the
colon, due to the cancerous growth.
The removal of the stomach was ac-
complished by DR.. Maurice H. Rich
ardson. He says that the operation
was success.
- Charlotte Observer, Wednesday
The south at large, but Charlotte in
particular, will hear with keen interest
of the ovation accorded Mrs. Stone
wall Jackson in Washington. When
she appeared in the hall where the D.
A. R. convention was in session, she
was at once given seat of honor on
the stage, and President and Mrs. Nc
Kinley went upon the stage to speak
to her and to invite her to be their
guest at a reception at the White
House. She attended the reception
and received a perfect ovation. Mrs.
Jackson is at present the guest OF Col
onel and Mrs. Morehead. She is ex-
pected home tomorrow.
- Walla Tonaka, Choctaw Indian,
has Just received his third reprieve
from a death sentence. He was con-
demned several years ago for murder
and, according to the custom Of his
people, was left at large until the day
for execution. He went of with
base. ball club and was quite an at
traction, rs the sight Of man under
death sentence playing ball was unusu-
al. He has always appeared prompt
ly for execution but his friends have
saved him by appeals and stays Last
Sunday he was to have been shot at
Alikchi; but deputy sheriff who was
started from South McAlester, 80 miles
away, two days before, with new
stay, arrived just five minutes before
the time for the execution. Tonaka
received the news of the reprieve stol-
idly.
The steamer Gaelic, from Hong
Kong and Yokohoma, via Honolulu,
arrived at San Francisco last Wednes-
day. The Associated Press represen-
tative at Honolulu sends the following
news, dated February 81: "Comman'
der Taussig, of the Bennington, is the
first American governor of Guam. The
American flag went up over the new
possession at 1870 a. M, February l..
1t was raised over Fort Santa Cruz,
in the harbor of San Luis D'Aroa, the
main harbor of Guam, and was saluted
by the guns of the Bennington. Stimuli
taneously it was raised over the gov
ernment building at Agana, and was
saluted by battalion from the Ben
nington and a company of native mi
litia with field battery"
- An interesting feature of the pro-
ceedings of the court of inquiry into
the bad beef charges of General Miles,
this week, was a practical test of the
qualities of the beef in question. On
Monday several non-commissioned Of
fcers and several privates testified as
to the unfitness of the beef, and on
Tuesday the court caused to be pre-
pared eight plates of the stuff. Itwas
explained that four plates contained
beef that had been among the stores
sent to Santiago, and four contained
beef fresh from the cannery. The
men were considerably puzzled. They
said that they would not be able to
distinguish between the dishes as serv-
ed. They were told, however, that
they must taste of all the plates and
do their best to tell which was which.
They did the best they could but it
was all guess work.
A new political party is in process
of organization in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The general conference began its ses-
sion at the Odd Fellows auditorium
last Wednesday. The new national
organization is to he called the Union
Reform party and it will seek to ANAL
gamate the silver Republicans, the Pop
ulists, the Social Labor party and the
Liberty party in fact, all of the minor
parties except the Probibitionists. In
response to the call sent out by Chair
man R. S. Thompson and Secretary NJ.
A. Neff, there were II states repre-
sented in the national conference. No
credentials were required, as all who
favor the referendum principles of di-
rect legislation were admitted to the
ground floor of the auditorium. The
promoters of the proposed amalgama-
tion hope to have their party organiza-
ton so perfected as to become factor
in the presidential contest next year.
- Discovery has been made in Lon
don of a remarkable traffic that has
recently grown up in human skin,
says dispatch. Reputable jewelers.
admit that they have made belts and
card cases from human skin. Tanners
say that they have recently prepared
quantities of it after the fashion of ALI
oators' and monkeyS' skins, women