Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-10-21
Straps and facts.

was married In New L Ork laSC ues'
day evening to Miss Ellen Foote Stew
art. Lieutenant Blue is native OF
South Carolina, from which state he
went to Annapolis. He is the officer
who made tour around Santiago and
discovered to certainty that Cervera's
fleet was in the harbor. Lieutenant
and Mrs. Blue will spend their honey
moon in the south with relatives.
At Mupcie, Ind, Miss Goldie Cocb-
ran, aged IA, struck a burglar in her
room, few days ago, with silver
backed hair brush, and the unknown
man will die as the result. The man
was detected carrying valuable clock
from the residence, when the girl com.
manded him to drop the time-piece.
This he did, and, closing the door,
turned upon her, when she threw the
brush, striking him in the temple. He
fell to the floor and has remained un-
conscious since.
One of the Chicago banks has in
its possession a remarkable check,
which it recently cashed for deposi-
tor. The latter, who is stock raiser,
owed contractor $500 for the con-
struction of some large corn cribs.
When the builder demanded his money
the stockman felt in his pockets for
paper on which to make out a check,
and finding none, he wrote the order
on sbingle, using marking pencil.
1t was honored, and the president of
the hank had it framed as curiosity.
Here are the somewhat Hoggish
views of Ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas,
on the Philippine question: "It is
now the duty of the United States to
shoot h-l out of the Filipinos, and
bring the war to an end. We have al
ready expanded. When the 500, ,000,-
900 which the last congress voted for
that purpose was paid to Spain for
the Philippines the United States got
all the title there was to those is
lands, and we have expanded in def.
ance of the Texas Democratic plat.
form. The Philippines, now belong to
the United States. 1t is for the next
congress to say what We shall do with
them"
- The New York World has figured
out that N his western stumping tour
President Mckinley used the word
"patriotism" 1913 times, "the flag" It's
times and "Providence" 104 times.
The World cleverly adds: "a careful
reading of the whole series of orations
discloses two interesting facts: First,
That in Mr.. McKinley's mind the three
words are synonyms, which he uses
as the exigencies of oratory direct to
convey single idea. Second, That all
three are masks of modesty worn by
the pronoun of the first person singu-
lar. Disguised as Providence Mr..
Mckinley bought the Philippine war
from Spain. Disguised as The Flag,
he has been and is 'assimilating' Fill
pinos, with the soil of their native
land. Disguised as Patriotism he is
shouting for the confounding of all
traitors who dare to murmur against
his performances as Providence or his
deeds as 'Ine tlag.
The British side of the difficulty is
now coming out. According to the
British version, the first clash with the
Beers was occasioned by the British
objection to Negro slavery. When
the Beers left Cape Colony and
finally established themselves in the
Transvaal, they provoked a war with
the Zulus and were so hard pressed
that it was necessary for the British to
come to their assistance. After much
bloodshed the British conquered the
Zulus, and although they could have
easily assumed sovereignty of the
Transvaal, they preferred to leave the
government of the country to the
Beers on condition that all white men
should be guaranteed equal rights and
privileges. There was no further
gold, which brought thousands Of emf
grants into the country. From the
first the Beers saw that they would be
eventually outnumbered by strangers,
and to prevent this they persisted in d
policy which Disseminated against all
but natives. In this they constantly
violated the agreement of 1884, aud
the real cause of the present war is
not so much the desire on the part of
England to acquire the rich gold mines
that are located in the Transvaal terri
tory, as it is to guarantee all English
men the rights to which they are en-
titled by virtue of their education, in.
telligence, progress and civilization.
This is the way Mr.. Bryan talked
to Kentucky boilers at Stanford last
Tuesday: II would not deserve your
confidence if stayed in Nebraska and
allowed boiling Democrats to play on
my name. If boiling Democrats want
to vote for Republicans, or for Dem
ocrat put up in opposition to the reg
ular nominee of the party, let them do
it; but let them come boldly and state
their real object and not claim they
are doing it to save me. know some
thing of boilers. There were some in
1896. Laughter. Only the boilers
of 1896 said they bolted because OF
principle, and bolt against principle
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