Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-01
Straps and faets.

succeed Hon. Lee Mantle. Eleven
Republicans voted for Clark, and
without their help, he could not have
been elected. He is gold standard
man, however, and has net income OF
several million dollars year. 1t is
not considered that the Republicans
have done much violence to their
principles.
- The senatorial election now in
progress in the California general as
sembly, is attracting great deal OF
interest throughout the country. U.
S. Grant, son of the late president,
is one of the leading candidates, and a
deadlock has been on for several
weeks. Mrs. Julia D. Grant, mother
of the candidate, on last Saturday,
telegraphed all her sons supporters
thanking them for their votes. There
are some serious charges of bribery in
connection with the election, and
these charges involve Grant aud his
friends.
A Havana dispatch says: "MaJor
General Lee proposes to recommend
to Washington, as one step IN hasten-
ing pacifcatiop and the restoration
of order in the province, the forma-
ton of a regiment of 1000 picked Gu
ban soldiers to be used as provincial
constabulary. As second step, ne
will recommend the establishment by
the military government of banks that
would loan, at moderate rate OF
interest, on land security, so as to en-
able land owners for themselves or
their tenants to get yoke of oxen, ~
chickens, couple of pigs and about
SO cents day until crop could be
raised"
The Vienna correspondent OF the
London Morning Leader says: at has
been discovered that the physicians in
the free hospitals of Vienna systematl-
cally experiment upon their patients,
especially new born children, women
who are enciente and persons who are
diving. In one case a doctor injected
the bacilli of an infectious disease from
decomposing corpse into 80 women
and new born children. In anoth-
er case q youth, who was on the high
road to recovery, was inoculated and
he died within "a hours. Many dying
patients have been tormented by pols-
onous germs, and many men have been
inoculated with contagious diseases.
One doctor, who had received an un-
limited number of healthy children
from a foudling hospital for expert
mental purposes, excused himself on
the ground that they were cheaper
than animals"
Senator Pritchard, of North Caro-
lima, introduced in the senate last Fri
day his amendment to the appropria-
tion bill, which is designed to be the
first step toward carrying out the sug-
geslions of the president for the care
of Confederate graves. This amend
ment provides for an appropriation
for the preliminary work. 1t is as
follows s'To enable the secretary Of
war to make thorough examination
and report to congress as to the num-
ber of Confederate cemeteries in the
United States and the location thereof,
and the number of Confederate soldiers
buried in other than Confederate ceme-
teries and the location Of such ceme-
teries, with the view to ascertaining
the best method of caring for the
Confederate cemeteries, and also for
the removal, where practical, or de-
sirable. of Confederate dead from pri
vate cemeteries to such Confederate
cemeteries, the sum of $4,000" AS
the amendment explains on it's face, it
provides simply for paving the way
for the work. This is probably all that
will be done by this congress; but
after the information has been ascer-
tained it is fully expected that the
work will go on, and that the graves,
especially in distinctive Confederate
cemeteries, will be cared for.
General Eagan, commiisary general
of subsistence, says Washington dis
patch of Saturday, has been found
guilty of the charge of conduct unbe-
coming an officer and gentleman and
of conduct to the prejudice Of good
order and discipline, and of the speci-
fications thereto; and has been SEN
fenced to dismissal from the United
States army but with a recommends
ton from the court for the exercise of
executive clemency. Under the regu-
lations, the court having reached the
conclusion that the accused was guilty,
had no choice in selecting penalty,
the regulations prescribing absolutely
the one Observation-Disclosures
the offense. Therefore, the only hope
for General Eagan is in the direction
of Communication, mitigation, or disap-
proval. Colonel Davis, the judge ad-
vocate of the court-martial, finished
his revision of the record of the courts
proceedings this afternoon, and at
once placed the papers in the hands Of
Secretary Alger. This action settled
at once any doubt that may have ex-
listed as to the routine to be pursued in
the treatment of the case. AS for
Secretary Alger, as soon as he has
read the record, he will place it at
once with the president, who, under
the law, is the final reviewing authori-
ty. 1t is his privilege to add to or
take from the strength Of the courts
recommendation that clemency be
shown.
- Secretary Hester's weekly New
Orleans Cotton Exchange statement,
issued last Friday, shows a decrease
in the movement into sight, compared