Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-05-23
MERE-MENTION.

St. MaryS monastery, dI Delmout.
N. G., was destroyed by fire last Sat-
urday morning at about 4 o'clock.
The origin of the fire is unknown; but
it is supposed to have caught from
sparrow nests in the caves of the
building. The loss is about $4,000,
with some 5000 of insurance. '''''''''
Queen Victoria celebrates her 84th
birthday on May "a, tomorrow. '''''''''
The Cunard Line steamer Carintha,
from New Orleans, loaded with 1900
mules for the British army in South
Africa, was wrecked off the coast Of
Hayti last Friday. ...'''''''There have
been six deaths from bubonic plague
in San Francisco during the past three
months. .'...... Bob Fitzsimmons, the
prize fighter, has had his right hand
badly lacerated by the bite of pet
lion. ........'A statue of General Grant,
presented by the Grand Army of the
Republic, was unveiled in Washing
ton last Sunday..........A large COM
pany of British astronomers arrived in
New York last Saturday on their way
south to witness the total eclipse of the
sun on May 2S.'.'..'''''The town OF
Mafeking was relieved on May 16 by
a body of 1000 picked men, sent by
Lord Roberts on May 4. There has
since been great rejoicing throughout
the British empire, and in England
especially. y...''..''''Seventy-three Chris
tian converts in the Chinese town oi
Lai.Shun, near Pekin, were murdered
few days ago by the anti-foreign So
ciety called the boxers. '..''''''The gov
ernment observatory for the eclipse
has been completed at Barnesyille
Ga. .....''".The Boer peace delegates
said in Baltimore, Saturday, that il
Great Britain conquers the Transvaal
thousands of Beers will emigrate to the
United States. ........-A Berne, Switzer
land, dispatch says that the committee
of the International Peace Bureau
have decided to make final appeal tc
the twenty-five powers that signed the
Hague agreement, asking them te
unite to put a stop to the South Afri
can war. NV. r. Hearst, proprie
tor of the New York Journal, has beer
elected president of the Democratic
clubs of the United States, vice Gov
ernor Benton McMillen, of Tennessee
resigned. The Democrats of the
Eighth Alabama district will hold 6
convention on June 8 for the purpose
of nominating Joe Wheeler's successor
'...'.""By a vote of 36 to 81, the sen
ate, on Monday, tabled a motion tc
admit the Beers to the floor of the
senate. ..........The president will 60 tc
Norfolk next Saturday on the Dolphir
and remain over until Monday to view
the eclipse. '''''''''The house, on Mon
day, passed, by a vote Of Isl to "a, 6
bill providing that government EN-
ployees be required to work only
hours day. .'....'.'. Payne, the Repub
lican leader of the house, has of cred s
resolution for adjournment on June 6
The resolution is now in the hands o
the ways and means committee. '''''''
Quay has announced himself as a can
didate for reelection to the senate
.....''"The senate expects to take ur
the Clark case tomorroW..........A Among
the overtures presented to the South
ern Presbyterian general assembly
now in session in Atlanta, was one
from the Brazos, Texas, Presbytery
asking a change in the confession o
faith regarding the death of infants.