Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-14
Straps and faets.

-"If congress and the president per-
sist in their present course, nothing
can save Republicans from defeat next
November" says the Chicago Times
Herald; it will surely cost them the
house of representatives, and it may
cost them the presidency"
- There are $4,000 Indian children
in this country and perhaps $4,000 or
$1,000 are of school age. Of these the
number enrolled in our schools in 1898
was "a, 1926, and the average attend
ance was 1875. In 1897 there were
22,964 enrolled and the average atten-
dance for the year was 1876. The
enrolment for 1899 was 25, ,2O3.
&C. H. Hazard, who has been run
ming five phosphate plants, near
Julette, Fla, has shut down his works.
Just what was the cause of his action
has not been made public; but those
in a position to know, say the fault
lies with Mr.. Hazards European bro
ker, who failed in his obligations to
him.
- General Funston, writing to his
parents from the Philippines, says that
he and his aid, Bert Mitchell, are both
well. They are stationed in the cen
tral part of the island, and he has
1000 men, scattered about in small
garrisons, trying to. introduce some
idea of the civilized government into
the towns. Nearly all the fighting is
bushwhacking by small parties.
- Those people who value things by
the amount it costs to procure them
are advised to 60 to johannesburg in
search of rooms, for there simple
shakedown for single night, in an
apartment containing five other per-
sons, costs the modest sum of SIS. The
probable rent of room and a bed all
TO ones self is apparently a matter to
leave to the consideration of million.
aires only.
1t is Spartanburg man, Mr.. T.
NJ. Workman, who advocated "death
to drunkards," as a moral reform to be
adopted by some political party; but
DR.. w. Dunkin McKim, of Chicago,
has gone him one better. He holds
that society would be greatly improved
if the commonwealth would kill off its
criminals of high and low degree and
execute all cripples, paupers, idiots,
imbeciles-moral and mental.
- Official reports just made public
show that there are now in Siberia
100000 ex-convicts. Of these 10000
are settled as peasants, 10000 are Ia
. borers without permanent residence
100000 are paupers and 100000 are
gathered in camps, awaiting return to
Russia or other disposition. This rep
resents the last chapter in the Russian
system of penal deportation, which
has been in operation since about the
year 1000.
- Mrs. Taylor, wife of the Republi
can governor of Kentucky, is described
as a woman of nerve without nerves.
Mountain born and bred, she is pro
vincial in manner and speech. 1t is
told of her that when she first took
possession of the executive mansion al
Frankfort, three society women called
upon her in due form, and that Mrs
Taylor showed somewhat unnecessary
disregard of social usage by receiving
them with soiled gown and blue check
gingham apron.
- The Paris peace commission cos
the government S155, ,102.57. The
Philippine commission cost S136, ,420.57
The Investigation of the conduct of the
war by the commission of which Gen
eral Grenville NJ. Dodge was presi
dent, cost $lO5, HASA. The work o
the secret service during the war cos
S1S,S62.96. The investigation of condi
tions in Cuba and Puerto Rico by Rob
ert P. Porter and Gonzalo Quesada
which resulted in the dissolution of the
insurgent army, cost $l3, ,273.35. The
investigation into affairs of Puerto Rice
cost S12,63757.
- On last Friday, B. F. Smith anG
Mrs. Jane R. Ray, who own land:
on Big Sugar creek, brought suits ir
the superior court of Mecklenbure
county, against the city of Charlotte
for damage claimed to have been sus
tained by reason of the dischargine
into the stream the contents of the
large sewer running from the city
Both the plaintiffs own land extending
nearly two miles along the creek, s
short distance below the mouth of the
sewer, and ask for heavy damages fol
the injury already done to health anG
property.
- Baptism with beer as preventa
tive of intemperance," says dispatch
from Manitowoc, Wis, to the Chicago
Record, "is advocated by curiou:
document on file in the Office of the
registrar of deed in this county. The
party making the certificate says thai
he and his 13 children were baptized
as infants by being allowed to smel
a glass Of pure lager beer. He con
tends that this will save the child from
either becoming a drunkard or voting
the prohibition ticket" Except fol
the profit feature of the system thi:
Wisconsin man seems to have set w
the South Carolina dispensary law a!
an article of faith in his household.
- Franklin J. Moses, an ex-governor
of South Carolina, who, thirty year:
ago, was one of the most-talked-o %
politicians of the south, appeared il
the district court at East Boston on las
Wednesday, charged with larceny