Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-11

The cabinet held a meeting on
Monday to consider the Chinese situa-
ton. It is understood that it was de
termined to send large reinforcements; !;
but the exact number that was de-.
cided upon has not been given out.
Secrecy is observed, it is claimed, on
account of the Chinese.
- A dispatch from Manila reports {:
"The Fourth was enthusiastically eel
ebrated all over the city and in the
harbor. Flags covered the palace and
the foreign merchants and Filipinos
co.operated in decorating the escolta.
Five hundred children sang at the af:
ternoon exercises. The greatest Amer.
ican demonstration in the history of
the Orient ended with ball in the
evening""
- The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon is
not the least fattered by his nomina-
ton to the vice presidency by the
United Christian party. "Of course, l
can't accept such a nomination." he
said. I'm not in politics and have no
desire to enter that field. The party
nominating me, I understand, is an
Iowa organization, but I was never
consulted as to my wishes on the sub
ject."
Not counting Bryan and Steven
son or Mckinley and Roosevelt, there
are five third party tickets in the field
as follows: The five third party tick
cts so far represented are: Q the Social
Democratic, Debs and Hartman (0
theFusionPopulists, Bryan and Towne;
(3) the Middle of. the. Road Populists,
Baker and Donnelly (4) the Social
Labor, Maloney and Remmel (5) the
Prohibitionists, Woolley and Metcalf.
- Says Fall River dispatch of July
9: "In compliance with an agreement
signed by the representatives of most
of the cotton mills in Fall River to
curtail production for four weeks dur
ing the summer, several mills today
suspended operations. All the mills
represented on the manufacturers
selling committee have entered into an
agreement to close for four weeks.
When the curtailment is in full opera
ton nearly 10000 employees will be
affected. The stoppage of machinery
is due to the lack of demand for print
cloths"
Late news from South Africa re-
ports that the Beers Intellectually at
tackled General Buffers escort between
Standerton and Heidelberg on Satur-
day as he was returning from visit to
Lord Roberts. The Beers attacked
Ficksburg garrison at midnight on
Tuesday, but were driven off after As
minutes fighting. General Brabant,
on July S, occupied Dernberg, between
Senekal and Winburg, which served as
a base for conveys. Colonel Mahon,
of General Hutton's mounted troops,
on July 6 and 7, engaged 5000 Beers
east of Broukerspruit and drove them
off. The British casualties numbered
33.
- When asked last Friday for an ex-
preston on the Democratic platform,
Senator Hanna said: "From what /
have read, I can see that it is a cum
ningly devised scheme to catch the
unwary and the unthinking voters. /
think the most labored effort in their
document was to create q difference
between expansion and imperialism.
1t is rather amusing to see their line
of demarcation. They apparently re-
ly upon the constitutional question to
establish that difference as to whether
the flag follows the constitution or the
constitution follows the flag. We are
perfectly willing to meet that issue on
their own hypothesis. So far as the
free silver plank is concerned, 1 think
all Republicans will be satisfied with
that. 1t is certainly satisfactory to
me-"
- Says a Washington dispatch of
Monday Minister WI has cabled to
Sbeng, the director general of imperi.
al posts at Shanghai, and to the viceroy
of Marking, request that they take
steps to have it made known in Pekin
and vicinity that heavy rewards will be
paid by the American people for the
salvation of the people in the legations.
The minister did not make this repre-
sentation upon the authorization of
the United States government, but
upon many statements that had been
made to him by prominent American
citizens. He was approached yester-
day by some ladies, friends and rela-
tives of some of the people who were
with Minister CQnger when the out
break occurred, beseechipg him to
offer rewards which they would pay to
any one who would help the besieged.
- Senator Chsuncey M. Depew, in
the course of an interview with him
last evening, by representative of the
London Daily Mail, several days ago
said: "It is an impossible task to
dominate or conquer China. That
would require 100000 men. 1t is
necessary, of course, to rescue the
ministers, missionaries and merchants
and to punish the instigators of
the outrages. So far the United
States will join with the other powers,
but the government is opposed to the
splitting up of China. The best policy
to be pursued, after the uprising has
been suppressed, will be to elevate to
the throne wise, progressive native
prince, like Ii Hung Chang. The
United States Government is prepared
to support the open door with all its
powers. But those nations seeking to
promote breakup of the empire will
find the United States against them"
- The financial plank of the Demo-
cratic platform, adopted at Kansas
City, reads as follows: "We re.affirm