Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-01
Straps and faets.

National Democratic executive com.
mittee, was asked what Mr.. Bryan
would do with regard to the troops in
the Philippines in the event of his
election. ''He will order them back
10 the United States" said Senator
Jones. "But how can he do that ?"
was the next query. "They were or
dered to the Philippines" retorted the
senator, "and they can be ordered back
in the same manner. They went to
the Philippines in boats, and we still
have boats"
-"More men and more horses" is
still the cry from Lord Roberts's al
most forgotten station at Pretoria.
The men on duty are watching lines
" Of communication, chasing Boer COM
mandoes all in vain, or struggling in
hospitals with wounds and enteric fe-
vers, while the 10000 fresh horses with
which the British commander began
his march from Bloemfontein to Pre-
toria have dwindled to a comparative
ly few foundered and wornout ami.
mails. Hence the recent extra war
credit Of over S55, 900, making
total British expenditure to date Oh
account of the South African war Of
. about 1886, 100000.
- King Humbert, Of Italy, was as
sassinated at Mona, last Sunday, by
an Anarchist named Bressi. The king
was attending the distribution of prizes
in connection with agymnastic exhibi'
tion. The assassin fired three shots in
succession and all of them took effect.
The assassin was a native of Italy but
q paturalized American citizen, hailing
from New Jersey. He had no griev-
ance other than the Anarchistic feel
ing against kings. He was captured
and with difficulty saved from mob.
He processes himself as very much
gratified with bis work. King Hum
bert had the reputation of being the
best loved monarch in Europe.
A noiseless and smokeless gunpow-
der has been invented by John Bohne-
negel, German resident of Hazleton,
Pa. He is employed as moulder in
the Hazleton Iron works; but is of an
inventive turn of mind and has some
knowlege of chemicals and explosives.
At a private exhibition given few
days ago the practicability of his dis
covery was made apparent. A shell
loaded with his powder was fired at
target so yards away. The only sound
indicating the explosion was the fall.
ing of the plunger on the she'll. The
bullet struck the target, an inch board,
and went clear through it. He has re-
ceived offers to disclose the secret of
the process of manuf cture but is
holding out for better inducements.
- According to dispatches received
at various capitols, including Washing.
ton, and published in the daily papers
of yesterday, (Tuesday) the foreign
ministers in Pekin are still alive. That
is all except the German minister.
The news was brought to Tien Tsin
by courier who left Pekin July 2l.
He brought letters from different min
listers. 1t appears that the Chinese at
tackled the legations on the night of
July 10, and lost 1000 men killed.
They were repulsed and afterward
used artillery for several days, when
they withdrew their attacks. Many
defenders of the legations were killed,
and the balance are short of food and
ammunition. A Chinese edict claims
that the ministers are being held as
hostages pending the settlement of the
growing trouble with the world.
w. E. Curtis in Chicago Record ::
Senator Tillman claims the credit Of
introducing the Declaration of indie.
dendence into the Democratic plat
form; but it does not conform to his
speeches nor the practices of the Dem.
ocratic party in South Carolina. Ac-
cording to Tillman's theory all white
men are created free and equal but
he denies that Thomas Jefferson ever
intended that the Declaration of 1nde.
pendence should be applied to the COL
ored race. When that instrument was
written, he says, Negroes were chat
tells. They had no more recognition
as human beings or part of the body
polite than the cattle or horses upon
the plantations, and neither Thomas
jefferson nor any other of the fathers,
not even those from New England,
ever dreamed that citizenship would
sometime be conferred upon them.
Therefore, they wrote the Declaration
of Independence and the constitution
for white people only, and it was not
until after the war that any one ever
tried 10 make those instruments cover
the colored race. 1t was then found
necessary to attach what Mr.. Tillman
calls "tail to the kite" and finally a
number of tails in order to secure ma
iorities in the southern states for the
Republican party. The only way this
could be done was by giving the ballot
to the Negro, and the constitution had
to he amended in order to do it. Mr..
Tillman is very frank in the express
sion of his views on this subject, as he
is on all others, and when you accuse
him of inconsistency he declares that
the Democratic platform was not meant
for the Negro race any more than the
Declaration of Independence.
- The city of New Orleans was the
scene of bloody race riot during last
week. The trouble commenced Mon.
day and was started by the murder of
Police Captain Day and Officer Lamb,
by desperate Negro named Robert
Charles. Charles made his escape and
pretty soon mob collected to search
for him. The police board offered