Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-02-28

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$1OO,O 900 damage suit pending against
Kilgo.
- The National Democratic commit
tee, having met in the city of Wash
inpton on the 22d day of February,
1900, has appointed Wednesday, the
4th day of July, as the time, and chos-
en- the city of Kansas City, Missouri,
as the place for holding the national
Democratic convention. Each state is
entitled to representative therein
equal to double the number of its SEN
ators and representatives in the con-
press of the United States; and each
territory, Alaska, Indian Territory and
the District of Columbia shall have six
delegates. All Democratic conserva-
tive reform citizens of the United
States, irrespective of past political
associations and differences, who can
unite with us in the effort for pure,
economical and constitutional govern
ment, and who favor the republic and
oppose the empire, are cordially invit-
ed to join us in sending delegates to
the convention.
- The following report, giving the
British losses in South Africa up to
February II, has been issued by the
war office: Killed Officers, l65
men. 1872. Wouuded-Officers, 367 ;
men, 5034. Missing-Otficers, III
men, 2,446. Died from disease-Oh-
GERS, 13; men, 563. Accidentally y
killed-Oficers, men, IL. Invalid
ed home-Oficers, 54; men, l,62S.
Total, II, 1854. The Fusiliers who were
captured at or missing after the battle
of Nicholson's Mex are not included in
the above figures. The war office also
announces, in addition to the previous
ly published statement of the losses at
Paardeberg, on February Is, that a
captain and three lieutenants were
killed. A list of casualties at Rens-
burg, Cape Colony, on February 10, is
also announced. Eleven men were
killed, a lieutenant and 40 men were
taken prisoners, and major, a lieuten-
ant and 100 men are missing. All OF
these casualties were in the Wiltshire
regiment.
- Saws a Montreal, Canada, dispatch
of February 20: Miss Eva Roach,
Montreal's sleeping girl, whose case
has so puzzled the Canadian doctors,
has awakened from the trance into
which she fell on Christmas eve.
Over a year ago the young woman fell
into a trance which continued for 3o
days. She was finally restored to con.
sciousnes by the application of red
hot irons. She continued in compare.
tively good health until Christmas eve,
when she again became unconscious.
She recovered consciousness once; but
relapsed after few hours. Her case
was then given up as hopeless; but
two days ago she surprised her rela-
tives by showing signs of animation.
She has not fully recovered conscious
ness, and is partaking of liquid nour-
ishment. The doctors now say that
with care, Miss Roach will recover.
Miss Roach says that during the last
days of her trance, she was aware OF
what was going on about her; but had
no power to express her wishes. The
case is regarded as one of the most
remarkable on record.
- President Schurman, of Cornell
university, and former head of the
Philippines commission, delivered an
address in Chicago last Friday, in
which he forecasted the report and
recommendations of the committee
soon to be published at Washington.
He said that the committee had rec
commended, and the president had ac-
cepted, a plan of government almost
identical with that outlined by Thomas
Jefferson for the territory that was
acquired by the United States under
the Louisiana purchase. Also, he
stated that the Filipinos are to have a
constitution that will show no mater.
ial difference from that drawn up and
recommended by Pedro A. Paterno,
Aguinaldo's prime minister in 1898.
He went on to re-iterate that the only
trouble that the government was hav-
ing was in the island of Luzon and
the islands Immediately contiguous,
where the influence of the Spaniards
had been greatest. In the southern
belt of islands, where Spanish influence
had been merely nominal, it had not
been necessary to fire shot TO estab-
lish the American flag, and even now
a large majority of the inhabitants of
Luzon would gladly accept American
rule were they not afraid of assassina-
ton at the hands of the insurgent
Tugals still in hiding in the mountains.
- The Republican members of the
conference committee on the financial
bill reached an agreement last Friday.
The Democratic members reported
their objections and the same were re-
ceived as information. The principal
feature of the bill is that which pro-
vides that gold shall be the standard
of value. Heretofore, the standard
dollar has been 4123 grains OF silver.
Now the dollar is to consist of twenty
five and eight.tenths grains of gold,
nipe.tenths fine. Heretofore, under
the law, it has been optional with the
secretary of the treasury as to wheth-
er he shall pay gold on demand. Now,
he will be obliged to pay. Heretofore
the gold reserve required by law was
800, 100000. Hereafter it will be
$3.50, 100000, and to keep the reserve