Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-05-09
Straps and faets.

officers and 1926 men wounded, and
III officers and 1925 men missing.
Sixty four officers and 2,02S men have
died from various diseases.
OF the II representatives from
Michigan in the lower house of con-
gress, three are named Smith-Henry
Cassorte Smith, of Adrian; William
Alden Smith, Grand Rapids; and Sam.
uel William Smith, of Pontiac. All
are Republicans. Each is lawyer.
There are two other Smiths in the
house.
1t has been arranged that Senator
Walcott, of Colorado, will be tempora.
nv chairman of the Republican national
convention, and that Senator Lodge,
of Massachusetts, will be permanent
chairman. Senator Foraker, of Ohio,
will make the speech renominating
Mckinley, and Senator Hanna is try
ing to get Governor Roosevelt, Of New
York, to second the nomination.
- Samuel C. Seely, the ex-bookkeep-
er of the Shoe and Leather Bank, who
was charged in 1894 with stealing
1854, 900 from that institution and sent
to the penitentiary for five years and
four months, was liberated last Mon
day. He will try the experiment OF
seeking employment in New YORK
where his story is known, instead OF
going away and trying to hide his past.
His wife has divorced him and mar.
ried again, and be comes forth into the
world homeless. The Seely case was
a sensation six years ago, and 1t re-
mains to be seen whether he will be
able TO retrieve himself in the city
where he lost caste.
- Secretary Hester's statement OF
the worlds visible supply of cotton
shows a decrease for the week
closed last Friday, of 1856 bales,
against decease of 70,597 last year.
The total visible is 2,s26,1S9 bales,
against 2,976,S14 last week, 4 ,S44 ,5SS
last year. OF this the total of Ameri-
can cotton is 2,141, ,1S9 bales, against
2,314,S14 last week, and 3,67S,53S last
wear; and of all other kinds, including
Egyptian, Brazilian, Indian, etc., $685.
900 bales, against $4,000 last week
and III 900 last year. Ofthe worlds
visible supply as above there is now
afloat and held in Great Britain and
Continental Europe 1,752,O00 bales,
against 2,7S5,000 bales last year; in
Egypt $4,000 bales, against 2O9, 900
last year in India $4,000 bales,
against 6S5,OO0 last year, and in the
United States $4,000 bales against l.
$4,000 last year.
- New York Sun: The Nicaragua
canal bill, as it passed the house on
Wednesday, authorizes the expenditure
of $4,000, 1000. AS the Walker com
mission, in a report made nearly a
wear ago, estimated the cost at $llo,-
100000, Colonel Hams, the commls.
sion's oldest and most experienced
member, put it at S135, 5,OOO,O 900, and
the Ludlow commission said S133, ,OOO,-
600. the $40, 900 decided upon by
the house may well be thought enough,
1t has been calculated by the most
careful experts that the canal will les
sen the cost of the commercial trans
portation of the world not less than
1920, 600, 900 a year. At this, the price
named in the Hepburn bill, is low in.
deed. But a thousand millions OF saw
ings wouldn't recompense the United
States for canal on which was plan
ted the foot of European control. The
strip of land for the canal, therefore,
which the bill authorizes the president
TO ask for from Nicaragua and Costa
Rica, should be obtained even if it is
necessary to receive the whole OF those
countries into the Union of States.
- Washington special of May to
New York World: The name of Mrs.
Katherine S. Mackey was called in the
district supreme court today in pro-
ceedings to determine whether or not
she is insane. Mrs. Mackey did not
respond and nobody could tell her
whereabouts. Mrs. Mackey was
Katherine S. Porterfeld, of Charles
town. w. Va. She was married not
long ago to Judge Thomas ]. Mackey.
She was 26 years old. He was near
ly 20. After this marriage it was al
legged that Judge Mackey had another
wife living in New York. There were
several scenes in New York when the
Judge was discovered there with his
new wife, and the father of wife No. 2
demanded that Mackey be prosecuted
for bigamy. Nothing of the kind,
however, was done. Mackey's first
wife got a divorce. Mackey brought
his young wife to Washington, and
thew have lived here since. Some
weeks ago, after numerous quarrels,
Mackey advised his wife to get d.
vorce. She was deeply affected by
the trouble, and her letters to her ia
ther grew so incoherent that he came
to Washington to begin proceedings to
have her declared of unsound mind.
Mackey heard of this and persuaded
his wife to leave town with him. They
went away three weeks ago, and no
one knows where they are. 1t has
often been asserted that Mackey has
hypnotic control over his wife.
- The Outlook, of New York, some
time ago sent a special correspondent
to the Philippines to tell the truth
about the situation. The following
from this correspondent is published in
last weeks issue, with the explanation
that it came by mail and was not GEN.
sored: Everywhere the insurrectos
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