Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-06-02
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During the month of May the state
department at Washington issued over
8. 900 passports to travellers in Europe.

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department at Washington issued over
5000 passports to travellers in Europe.
- Reports from along the path of
totality of the recent eclipse are to the
effect that the astronomers had clear
weather everywhere and generally a
good view. 1t was expected that the
eclipse would result in the develop
ment of some new and important as
Economical information; but as to
whether or not such has been the case
has not been made known.
- Miss Eulberg is an Iowa girl. She
had misunderstanding with neigh
boris dog. In the course of it she not
only spoke severely to the dog; but
threw sticks and stones at him. A
few months later the dog lay in wait
for her and bit her. She sued the
dogs owner, a Mr.. Van Bergen, for
damages and got verdict. The Iowa
supreme court sustains it. "a dog" "
says the justices, "has no right to brood
over his wrongs and remember in
malice"
- The London Daily Express has
the following from Bombay, India,
dated Wednesday: San unprecedent-
edly severe epidemic ofcholera has bro.
ken out in the northern districts Of
Bombay presidency, especially in the
famine camps. The deaths have in
creased 40 per cent. within three days.
In the Kairadi districts there have
been 1880 deaths in seven days. The
government has made special grant
of 1000 pounds sterling to cremate
the dead Immediately. In Palan Pur
State on the first day there was one
death, on the second there were "a,
and on the third there were upward of
400. The swifness of the infection
was due to the fact that the first death
was near the only available water sup
ply. The germs were thus carried all
over the camp. In the city of Bombay
there have been 81 deaths in the last
seven days."
- The indications are that the South
African war is pretty nearly at an end.
A few of those well up on the situation
look for some bushwacking; but the
general opinion seems to be that there
will be no more serious fighting. From
all reports there was every reason to
believe that there would be serious
fighting before the British gotsto Johan-
nesburg; but a few days ago Lord
Roberts entered the city without
opposition, and on Thursday morn
ing there came dispatch saying that
Pretoria, the Transvaal capital, had
also been yielded up to the British.
There has been no questioning of the
information that Pretoria was 30 we'll
provisioned and fortified as to be easily
able to hold out a year, and there was
every reason to believe that the Beers
would make stubborn stand. The
surrender, therefore, came as great
surprise. Reports from all parts OF
the Boer territory indicate British
success everywhere, and there is very
little reason to believe that there is
going to be much more fighting. A
late dispatch indicates that the report
ed occupation of Pretoria was prema-
ture. Lord Roberts expected to oc-
cupy the town yesterday.
The twenty-third delegated quad
rennial conference of the Northern
Methodist Episcopal church came to a
close in Chicago last Tuesday, after a
session of four weeks. The conference
has resulted in many changes in the
law and policy of the church. 1t was
the largest in the history of the
church, and its sessions were attended
by thousands. Principal among the
important actions of the conference
were the abolition of the time limit on
pastorates the ratification of the
euual.representation amendment pro-
posed by the Rock River conference,
together with the seating of the pro,
visional lay delegates the adoption of
q new constitution, subject to the ap-
proval of the various annual confer
ences, including the substitution of the
words clay members" for the term
"laymen," thus permitting the seating
of women in the general conference
and the election of two additional
missionary bishops. One thing the
conference did not do was to modify
paragraph 24s of the discipline which,
among other things, forbids attendance
upon theatres, circuses and dancing.
- Says a Washington dispatch of
Wednesday to The News and Courier
Senator Tillman has received from
Governor McSweeney, of South Car
olina, Exhibit "a" of the Black report,
which contains an itemized statement
of the claims of that state against the
government of the United States for
moneys expended for military purposes
during the Revolutionary war. The
Senator says that he has not had time
to examine the report and statement
carefully, and as that class of claims
are not now before congress, the mat
ter will be taken up later. The class
of claims that he has been urging con-
gress to adjust with the state cover
those arising out of the war OF 1872
and the Florida war of 1886. The
amendment proposed by the commit
tee on appropriations to the sundry
civil service bill looking to final ad-
;uetnent ofthose claims being defeated