Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-14

full to keep his feet dry, he had not
suffered from influenza, and that hav-
ing previously had it four years in
succession, he is certain that the all
lment was always contracted through
the feet. Another correspondent now
bobs up to observe that he has had
xi4aenza five years in succession, and
that he has two wooden legs!
- Turkey has big rebellion on her
hands. 1t is in the Yeman district Of
Arabia. The trouble has been brew
ing for long time on account OF
heavy taxes, and Constantinople dis
patch reports recent battle in which
1000 Turks and 1000 Arabs were
killed. The Turks are reported to be
advancing on the Arabs, who have
modified in large numbers, and the
rebellion is spreading. The probabili.
ty is that the war will be long and
bloody.
- An aggressive real estate boomer
of Barton county, Mo-, prints the fol-
lowing grewsome advertisement in
local paper: "Wanted-Fifty cadavers
of Barton county's two-by-four citizens
who are gentlemen Of leisure, and who
put in their time telling those who
desire to become citizens and of value,
that Barton county land is too high,
etc. These bodies can be used in the
dissecting rooms of the medical college,
Columbia, Mo-, for the benefit OF
science, and their absence from our
county will double the value of Barton
county realty in "a months. For the
above reasons, l will pay 10 the party
delivering the bodies to me the sum OF
$1.65 each, which is liberal price 10
their wives for their useless remains.
Come early"
The cotton convention idea is not
dead yet. A New Orleans dispatch
says: The low price of cotton has
aroused the producer, and the agita-
ton of the question of production has
crystalized into a sentiment that all
interests affected by the low prices OF
the staple be represented in cotton
congress to be held here. Urgent let
tiers from the leading cotton producers
in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi
and Texas have been received by per-
sons interested, and the necessity of a
convention is urged. Mayor Flower,
of this city, has Joined in the move
ment, and has issued the necessary
call. The congress will assemble here
on February 10Th, Immediately after
the carnival festivities, when low trans
portation rates will lend an added at
traction to the planter, ginner, com
press owners, transportation compa-
nies, and all other lines intimately af-
fected by change of conditions.
- President Mckinley, on Wednes-
day, sent to the senate the nomination
of Jos. H. Choate, of New York, to
be ambassador extraordinary aud min
lister plenipotentiary to Great Britain.
Joseph Hodges Choate was born Jan
uary "a, 1882, in Massachusetts, and is
the son of DR.. George Choate. He
was graduated in 1852 from Harvard
college and two years later from Har-
ward law school. After years study
in a Boston office he was admitted in
1856 to the bar. In the same year he
entered the Office Of Scudder & Carter
in New York city; but soon left and
entered the office of Butler, Evarts &
Southmayd. He afterward formed
partnership with Wm. H. Barnes, but
in 1859 became member of the firm
of Evarts, Southmayd & Choate. For
the last ten years Mr.. Choate has
been generally acknowledged to be the
leader CT the New York bar, and has
appeared in hundreds of celebrated
cases, where his fuency and wit, and
his searching cross examinations
brought him considerable success.
- The United States senate COM
mittee on foreign relations, on last
Wednesday, authorized Senator Davis
to report the peace treaty favorably
without amendment. The committee
was in session for only an hour and
the greater part of this time was con-
sumed in waiting for quorum, the
senators meantime discussing informal
ly the provisions of the treaty. There
was bare quorum of the committee
present; but Senators Cullom and
Clark, who were among the absentees,
sent their proxies. Senators Morgan
and Gray were the only Democrats in
attendance but the other Democratic
members of the committee, Senators
Daniel, Mills and Turpie, had full
notice of the purpose of the meeting
and they indicated no opposition to
immediate action. There was no sug-
gestion of any amendment in commit
tee. Senator Davis was instructed to
press the treaty upon the attention OF
the senate with the view to securing
as early action as possible. The COM
mittee also authorized Senator Davis
to report favorably upon the propo-
sition TO remove the injunction Of
secrecy.
- General Rios, the Spanish COM
mander, cables Madrid from Manila,
reiterating the assertion that the stu
alton of affairs in the Philippine is
lands is most grave. The rebels, it
appears, are concentrating in the
neighborhood of Manila with the in
tention of attacking that place. Great
preparations are being made for the
defence of the city. The Spanish gen
eral also asserts that the natives of the
Visayas have again refused to permit
the Americans to land, threatening to
resist by force, if an attempt is made