Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-04-22
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hundred dollars from his well. He
saws he will not re-enter politics.
: 1t is reported that at a cabinet
conference last Wednesday, it was
decided not to organize the volunteer
army of $4,000 men, authorized by
congress for use in the Philippines. In
the opinion of General Otis he has as
many soldiers as are needed tor the
CARRYING out of present plans, and II
another volunteer army is organized
at all it will not be until later on.
General Lawton is responsible for
the statement that the island of Luzon
cannot be conquered with less than
100000 troops. He says that he can
push his way from one end of the is
land to the other with a single brigade
but unless the different towns captured
are garrisored, the Filipinos will take
possession of them again. Leaving a
garrison from brigade in each town
would soon swallow up the entire
force.
Representative Livingston, Of Geor-
gia, recently received cane which
has a most interesting history. The
cane is made of oak, and was cut from
the tomb of ex. President Thomas JEFF
ferson more than 40 years ago. 1t has
engraved upon it the name OF Jeffer-
son, the statement that he wrote the
declaration of independence and found
ed the University of Virginia. Upon
it is also recorded the dates of the
birth and death of Jefferson. 1t is the
intention of Representative Livingston
to have the cane mounted in silver and
have the words "16 10 l" engraved
upon the head. He will then present
it to Hon. William ]. Bryan.
= In a biographical notice OF an
eminent citizen of Washington, D. c.,
it is stated that he came from zone OF
the oldest families in America, bis an
cestors having come over in the Mary
and john" the second ship which
reached New England from Old Eng
land. This will be surprise to great
many people who had firmly believed
that ali the old families Of this country
had come over in the MaytoWer,
bringing with them that large assort-
ment of clocks, spinning-wheels and
furniture which is the admiration and
envy of the present age. Some kind
of memorial is obviously due to a man
whose ancestors (and furniture) did
not come over in the Mayhower.
Last year an eminent judge in New
Jersey distinguished himself by de-
cision that under the laws of the state
no parent could recover more than 81
as actual damages for the loss of
child by the criminal carelessness of a
trolley company. This year another
Judge has arisen to declare that the
new Federal Bankruptcy law, as con-
strued in New Jersey, provides for the
Imprisonment of debtor in Jail but
makes no provision for his release, and
that consequently petition in bank
ruptcy in New Jersey is practically a
petition for Imprisonment for life.
The decision declares that an amend
ment to the law by congress is needed
to permit the debtor to get out of Jail,
but what is really needed is surgical
operation to permit of the admission
of common sense into the judicial
Uranium.
- Never in its history has Texas
been so stirred up as it is at present
over the introduction of the Arkansas
antitrust law in the Legislature, says
an Austin dispatch. Many hundreds
of business men Of the state are here
personally lobbying against the meas
ure, and kilograms poured in all day
long. This afternoon wires were work.
ed from the Arkansas side and tele-
grams flooded both houses. Many
business men protested that the bill
had done Arkansas all unspeakable in
jury, while the attorney general and
others wired that the law was per-
feet success and the people approved
it. Upon receipt of kilograms from
both houses of the Arkansas legisla-
ture congratulatiug Texas upon the in
PRODUCTION of the measure and wishing
for it a speedy and favorable action,
the Texas legislature sent a vote of
thanks to Arkansas for this moral sup
port. Action on the bill has been de-
ferred until Monday of next week to
allow full hearing.
- An interesting story reached the
war department from Santiago last
Tuesday about hand.to-hand encoun-
ter between Major Duncan B. Harri-
son of the Ninth Inmunes and Pru.
dencio Breal, notorious guerrilla
chief, commonly known as Trocon or
Big Stump. Breal's gang of bandits
had killed Andrew Gattshalk, a team
ster, and Major Harrison, with seven
men, was sent to capture the gang.
The Americans, mounted on mules,
overlook the gang near Santa Ana af
ter two days trailing. In the fight
which occurred two bandits were kill
ed, and three wounded. The rest fled.
but Harrison and his men caugh Breal
and some others. He is Negro, 6
feet Z inches tall. He clinched with
Harrison, who is something of giant
himself. Harrison bore the bandit to
the ground and bound him, with the
assistance of others. 1t was found that
I,l shot in th1. Loo an1