Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04


and thus was able to say awe wish all
happiness to the governor general and
his wife and to the Cuban little girl,
who, we hope will be fervent parti-
san of the independence of her native
country"
Secretary Hester's statement Of
the worlds visible supply of cotton
shows a decrease for the week just
closed of los, s,555, against an increase
of A, ,104 last year. The total visible
is 3,499,734, against 3,60S,2S last
week and 5,23l, ,S71 last year. Of this
the total of American cotton is 2,SlO,.
734, against 1892, ,2S9 last week and
.4,O74,371 last year; of all other kinds,
including Egypt, Brazil, India, ETC.,
69S, 900, against 10000 last week and
$4,000 last year. Of the worlds Wis
ible supply there is now afoat and
held in Great Britain and continental
Europe ,SS1 900 bales, against 3,O67,-
600 last year in India 329, 900, against
651,OOO last year, and in the United
States 100000, against !, PSI 900 last
year.
The recent notorious million-dollar
poker game in one of the swell hotels
of New York has been brought con-
spicuously to public attention by the
demand of young dude who lost
heavily in the game for the return OF
his money. He went into a police
court to enforce his claim, and there
the following conversation occurred ::
"Would you have squealed if you
hadn't lost your money!" asked the
magistrate. "Well, perhaps not" re-
piled the witness. ~ thought so,'
said the magistrate. "There is no evil
dence that these gentlemen are pro
fessional gamblers" Gentlemen p
exclaimed the witness. "Well, loaf
ers, if you like" said the magistrate,
correcting his slip, "but you are the
greatest loafer of them all. The de-
PENDANTS are discharged"
- Says a Manchester, KY, dispatch
of last Friday: Tallow Dick Combs
was arrested at Beattyville Yesterday
by order of Chief of Police Calms, of
this city. Combs, who is Negro, was
covicted in this city two years ago for
running blind tiger and fined 81 900,
which would have kept him in Jail
more than II years. Shortly after his
conviction Combs escaped and the au'
thorities had heard nothing from him
until the confession of Wharton Gold
en- at Frankfort. While great deal
has been published about Combs's con,
nection with the assassination of Gov
ernor Goebel since Golden's confession,
his arrest at Beattyville was solely on
a writ from this county, and had no
connection with the Frankfort trouble.
1t is understood, however, that after
he is brought here tomorrow Combs
NAV be re arrested on warrant charg-
ing him with being an accessory to the
murder of Governor Goebel.
- The Beers are still quite active
around Bloemfontein, where Lord
Roberts is collecting his army prepar-
atory to the advance into the Trans
vaal. 1t appears that, on last Friday,
Colonel Broodwood, who had been
occupying position about 20 miles
out of Bloemfontein, found himself so
pressed by Beers that it was desirable
to retreat. The Beers followed, and
surrounding the British force in ra-
vine, compelled it to surrender. Six
guns and several hundred men fell into
the hands of the Beers. The incident
serves as an eyeopener to the British
who thought they were comparatively
safe from attack, and it also affords
great encouragement to the Beers.
Kruger, by the way, is reported to
have said that the big army of Roberts
would never be allowed to cross the
Transvaal border. This sounds like
an idle boast and whether or not it is
such remains to be seen.
- The Rev. DR.. Hills, who occupies
Henry Ward Beecher's old pulpit in
Brooklyn, has offered to resign from
the Chicago Presbytery because of OBJ
iections to sermon he recently
preached. In this he rejected the
doctrine of election, and said: "The
confession of faith says that certain
men and angels are foreordained to
everlasting death, being particularly
and interchangeable designed, and their
number is so certain and definite that
it canhot be either increased or dimin-
ished, and every young man who en-
tiers the Presbyterian church has to
solemnly swear to believe and teach
this frightful view Every attempt to
revise and expel that statement from
the creed has been successfully COM
batted by a majority that wishes to
retain the doctrine. 1t would seem as
if a man would prefer to be burned at
the stake rather than hold or assert or
charge such infinite cruelty upon the
all merciful and all loving God"
- The navy department has just re-
ceived from Admiral Watson copy O!
the report made to him by Lieutenant
Gilmore of the circumstances attend
ing the ambuscade and capture of the
Yorktown's boat and crew, command
ed by him at Baler, April II last.
The report is concise, plain, yet
thrilling account of the stategy at the
mouth of the river which resulted in
the loss of the lives of several sailors
and the taking into an s months cap
tivity of the remainder of the little
crew. 1t appears for the first time
from this report that Lieutenant Gill
more did not violate his orders in en-
tering the river but did so for the sole
e u,n Af tho Vnrly