Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-06
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congress, the Philippines are to be
governed by commission of five men
to be appointed by the president. By
a vote of "a to IS the senate killed a
resolution declaring it to be the pur-
pose of this government to withdraw
from the islands upon their satisfac-
tory pacification. This means, of
course, that the government has no
intention Of surrendering it's sover-
eighty.
The especial precautions to guard
Mr.. McKinley's health are in strong
contrast with the circumstances Of Mr..
Cleveland's last Inauguration. Bare
headed, he stood for hours on a plat
form, all open to the elements, while he
reviewed the parade in front Of the
White House. Until few weeks ago
glass pavilions for presidents on inaugu-
ration day were unheard Of in Wash
ington; but it IS believed that they will
become extremely popular, and that
hereafter one or more Of the reviewing
stands will be enclosed and heated by
gas stoves.
Here is an interesting subject for
discussion by the village debating So
ciety. The Medical Record says that
in a small town in the West twin
brothers were born, one few minutes
before midnight on December 81, 1900,
the other few minutes past II o'clock
on the morning Of January l, 1901. The
neighbors are quarreling as to what
day shall be celebrated by the two boys
as their common birthday, or whether
the children being born on different
days in different months, years, and
even centuries, may be regarded as
twins or merely as brothers.
A member Of congress has received
a letter from a constituent who has
been reading the many articles pub
lished recently in which the doctors
have asserted that the diffusion of ma
laria is due to mosquitoes, and who is
much alarmed lest his family and him
self may be victims Of fever thrills
and ague chills in the coming summer.
This constituent has learned also that
dragon flies pursue and kill mosuui-
toes, and he sends an anxious plea to
his congressman to get a stock of
dragon flies from the agricultural de-
partment in Washington, and to send
the insects to his home, in order that
his wife and children may be protect
ed from infection.
TO the great number of people who
are always concerned as to how offices
and patronage are divided on religious
and denominational lines, the follow
ing from one Of VIM. E. Curtis Wash
ington letters to the Chicago Record
will be interesting: Thirty new chap
lains are to be appointed under the
new army bill. More than 700 applica-
tions have already been filed. Cardi-
nal Gibbons was over yesterday and
presented the names of five priests Of
the Catholic church to the president,
who promised to take them under con-
sideration. There are now 80 chap
lains in the army. and Of these only
four are Catholics. The Methodists
copalians six each, the Baptists two,
the Congregationalists, Lutherans and
Christians, one each.
The weather bureau in it's weekly
summary Of general crop conditions,
issued last Friday, says; In the South
ern States extensive preparations for
spring planting have been made. In
southern Texas and in Florida some
corn has been planted and oat seed
ing has Begin in portions of the CEN
trail Gulf states. Over the southern
portion of the winter wheat region,
owing to the general lack of snow
protection and alternate freezing and
thawing, the reports respecting the
winter wheat are for the most part
unfavorable, but over the northern
portion there generally has been am
pie snow covering, and the reports in
dicate that the crop is in very prom
Using condition. On the Pacific coast
the wheat outlook is excellent. The
Southern states experienced very try
ing weather conditions from the goth
to the 25th, when freezing temperature
occurred as far south as central Flor
ida.
The promotion Of Naval Construct
or r. P. Hobson to a captaincy in the
navy, which promotion was made a
few days ago. is attended with some
unusual results. Hobson becomes the
highest ranking officer in the service,
considering his age and length Of SER
vice. He has jumped from the grade
Of lieutenant to that OF captain, which
equals in uncommon advancement the
army promotion of Captain Bell to be
brigadier general. He will shortly be
senior officer of the corps Of construc-
tors and will remain in the position
for long period, blocking at least 10
officers who have seen more service.
Hobson does not secure much higher
pay, however. as his pay is determin-
ed by longevity, and in his case the in
crease will not amount to more than
$500 year. One of the effects Of the
confirmation by the senate Of the San
tiago promotions will be to create 10
vacancies in the grade Of junior lieu
tenants.
Secretary Hester's monthly Cotton
Exchange statement, issued last Fri
day, shows that the total for February
was 67O,74S bales, against S47,1SO last
year, and 552,0l0 year before last.
The movement from the first of Sep
tember to the close of February in
cludes total receipts at all United
States delivery ports 5,S65,O63 bales.
against 5,556S93 last year; net over