Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-05-26

States senate over senator McCauFeN Z.
- Twenty two miners, including ten
whites and 12 Negroes, lost their
lives i'm an explosion in the Cummock
coal mines, III Chatham county, n. G.,
last Tuesday afternoon. The explo-
sion is supposed to have been caused
from fire damp, ignited through a
broken gauze in safety lamp. There
were between forty and fifty men
working in the mine at the time of the
explosion but those who escaped
were in tunnel some distance away.
Upon learning of the decision of
the United States supreme court in the
Kentucky governorship case, Elk Sec
retary of State Finley, and Ex
ernor Taylor, both fled across the river
to Indiana and placed themselves un-
der the protection of Governor Mount.
The grand jury has indicted Finley,
and it is understood that there is an
indictment against Taylor; but the
grand jury has not published the fact.
As to whether the governor of Indiana
will honor acquisitions for the two
men in case acquisitions are made upon
him, has not yet developed.
- The latest South African dispatch,
up to yesterday morning, indicated
the main army of Lord Roberts as
still keeping between Kroonstad and
the Vaal river. The troops are in the
form of crescent, with the horns 30
miles apart. Gen. Hamilton on the
right is 80 miles from the Vaal river,
and Gen. French on the left, is %
miles away. The distance from the CEN
tre of the crescent to the Vaal is forty
miles. As to whether the Beers intend
to fight at the Vaal opinion is still di.
vided; but the indications are that they
are going to make a stubborn stand
there. The advance of the British
infantry has been delayed for few
days by swollen streams. over which
the bridges have been destroyed.
- Says Chicago dispatch of We'd
nesday: By vote of 43S toiQSs, the
Methodist general conferences today
abolished the time limit of pastorates,
thus finally disposing of one of the
most important questions before the
great Methodist body and doing away
with one of the fundamental features
of the itinerant system of the denom-
ination. Hereafter, according to the
amendment 10 the discipline adopted
by the conference today, preachers
will be appointed annually by the
bishops with no limit on the number
of years pastor may serve one con-
gregation, except the limit imposed by
his own ability and popularity with
his congregation. He will still be a
pilgrim and a stranger, but now may
tarry longer than FIVE years. Frater-
ternal greetings were exchanged with
the Presbyterian general assembly now
in session at St Louis,
- The case of Charles F. NJ. Nicely,
former financial agent of the post'of-
fee department at Havana, Cuba, is
still attracting much attention through
out this country and Cuba. Nicely had
instructions to call in and destroy a
large lot of stamps that had been
superseded by new issue. Instead,
he re-issued the stamps and reported
them burned, putting the money in his
own pocket and the pockets of confed.
crates. He escaped to the United
States and was caught but on account
of various loopholes in the law-the
fact that Cuba is not now sovereign
state and is without extradition laws,
for one tbing-procured his release. On
Tuesday Nicely was rearrested on GRIM
inal charges and congress is trying to
pass law under which his case can be
dealt with. Neely's thefts amounted
to $45 5,3OO.26 so far as has been ascer-
tanned. The Cubans are watching the
case with the greatest interest.
- Sam Jones, writing to the Atlanta
Journal from Baltimore, where he re-
Gently heard Senator TillmaD speak,
saws of the South Carolinian: 81 have
watched with some interest the career
of Ben Tillman, and l believe in him
because he is a man who has the cour
age of his convictions. We need him
in the United States senate with his
pitchfork and all. Ben Tillman is a
bigger man today than any day in his
life. He is more highly esteemed by
his friends and more feared and hated
by his enemies. He and old Senator
Hoar say the strongest and truest
things that have been said on the floor
of the senate since the days of Ben
Hill and Roscoe Conkling. Ben Till.
man doesn't contribute much dignity
to the senate, but he is mixture OF
mule and billy goat. He kicks with
one end and butts with the other. Ben
Tillman has as much brains and more
back bone than any man in public life
today. Go it, Ben, you are a joy to
your friends and dose of calomel to
your enemies. You made South Caro-.
lima a good governor, and since the
days of John G. Calhoun she has not
had your equal in the senate"
- Messrs. Vessels, Fischer and VOL
morans, the envoys of the South Afri-
can republics, made formal call upon
Secretary Hay, at the state depart
ment, last Tuesday, and also upon the