Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-02-14
Straps and fatts.

Mrs. Catherine Smith is sueing the
city of Columbus for $4,000 damages
on the ground that through the neg
lect Of the proper authorities to enforce
the prohibition law, her husband had
become a habtual drunkard. The
case has aroused much interest among
the legal fraternity of the west.
- Senator Jones, of Arkansas, on last
Friday, introduced a free silver sub
stitute for the pending currency bill.
The substitute provides that "from and
after the passage of this act, the mints
of the United States shall be open to
the coming of silver and there shall be
coined dollars of the weight of Alb II
grains troy, of standard silver go
fine, as provided by the act of January
Is, 1887, and upon the same terms and
subject to the limitations and provis-
ions of law regulating the coinage
and legal tender quality of gold" l"
The substitute also provides that when.
ever the silver coins shall be received
into the treasury, certificates may be
issued for them 10 the manner now pre-.
scrbed by law.
A Frankfort, KY, dispatch of last
Friday says: The authorities expect
10 obtain important evidence regard
ing the assassination of Governor Goe-
bel from Silas Jones, who was arrested
this morning. Jones has already made
a partial confession. He declares that
he personally knows nothing OF the
crime; but says that Harland Whit
taker, who was arrested Immediately
after the shooting, while running from
the executive building, from which the
shots were fired, knows great deal
about the crime. 1t is believed that
Jones gave more Information than that
regarding Whitaker and what he told
the police may lead to further arrests
in the neigbborhood of Richmond,
Madison county, Kentucky.
- After long and tedious trial, ex'
tending over several weeks, the New
York jury, in the case of Roland b:
Molineux, charged with the murder OF
Mrs. Katharine J. Adams by poison on
December 2S, 1898, on last Saturday
returned a verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree. 1t was not claimed
that the defendant tried to kill Mrs.
Adams but that he sent it to kill one
Harry Cornish and Mrs. Adams got II
by mistake. The trial was very de-
liberate and expensive affair, costing
over 100000. Public sentiment is
said to be very strongly with the
prisoner, who is son of General Mol
ineux, a prominent and wealthy New
Yorker. After the verdict, the judge
adjourned court until February l6, at
which time there will be motion for
a new trial.
Henry Watterson, in his leading
editorial in The Courier.Journal on the
death of Goebel, says: "If William
Goebel had survived these tragical
times nothing could have stood in the
way of his going to the head of the
peoples column for physical and moral
emancipation from the brute power Of
money. His death unites the Demo.
Gratis of the United States. All OF us,
from Maine to Texas, from New York
to California, will dip our handker-
chiefs in his blood, sworn to fight the
fight out on that line if it takes the
whole of the coming century. That is
all that we can do for him now; but,
standing over the grave of this brave
and pure young spirit-malinged be-
yond recall, bounded to that grave ny
men who knew better-this we can
pledge ourselves to do. The grief OF
Goebel's taking off is domestic. The
issue is national"
- The strange story comes from
Rome that the seven -branched candle.
stick of the temple at Jerusalem has
been discovered in that city by work
men who are occupied in laying in the
Tiher the foundations for the Cavour
bridge. The sacred utensil was found
buried in the mud of the river. The
correspondent adds: "The candle
stick, which is still in remarkably
good state of preservation, is made of
bronze. 1t answers precisely in form
and appearance to the celebrated sew
en.forked candelebrum of the Jews
which Titus, the Roman general and
emperor, after the destruction of Jeru-
salem, brought to Rome. A facsimile
copy of this candlestick is to be seen
upon the triumphal arch of Titus in
the vicinity of Forum Romanum. But
how or in what extraordinary manner
this wonderful ornament of the Holy
City's temple got to be imbedded at
the bottom of the Tiber, remains at
present an unsolved mystery"
- Congressman Talbert, of South
Carolina, has been giving the pension
grabbers trouble about private pension
bills. Under the rules, private pension
bills have the right of way at Friday
night sessions. In fact these sessions
are generally given over to private
pension legislation. AS consequence,
members who are not interested in
such legislation generally absent them
selves for the purpose of having a
good time. For several years past, in
pursuance of an understanding with
his colleagues, Congressman Talbert
has made it his business to attend these
Friday night sessions, and whenever
he found the house without a quorum,
he would demand roll call. Last
Friday night week, those interested in
private pension bills, sought to do bus
mess without quorum. Mr.. Talbert
demanded a roll call and broke up the
meeting. The result was that on last
Friday night there was a full attend
ance. While private bills were being