Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-09
Straps and faets.
Knoxville, Tenn, dispatch of Eel

states, issued Dy t>OrlneIu PuUiiSAiSi,
was burned in coffin in front Of the
leading hotel of Forsyth, Ga, last
Wednesday night. Addresses were
made by three leading citizens of the
town, including an ex-judge. The cof-
fin was borne to the funeral pyre by
ex-Confederate veterans. The objec-
ton to the book lay in the fact that it
included the words "rebels," rebellion
and insurgents" The speeches were
not directed against the Northern
people, but against the historian.
The latest rumor regarding Queen
Victoria's will is that it bequeaths
G14O,0OO each to the Duke OF Con-
naught, Prince Christian, of Schles-
wig-Holstein, Princess Louise and
Princess Beatrice, and includes liberal
legacies for the Duchess of Albany ana
a number of the late queens grand
children. The bulk Of her private for
tune, however, goes to King Edward,
and both Balmoral and Osborne house
are given to the king. Two small houH-
es on the Osborne estate are given TO
the Princess Beatrice.
Washington dispatches now indicate
more or less doubt as to whether the
extra session Of congress talked Oh
some weeks ago will be called. The al
legged object Of the proposed extra
session will be to consider the Gu
ban constitution, which Is likely
to be ready for consideration by con-
gress sometime during the next fe"
weeks; but may not be until the
present congress has expired. 1t IS the
understanding that the American
troops will not be withdrawn from
Cuba until the relations between the
two countries are clearly established.
The death list in the British army
in South Africa during the past year
has been 1888. The most interesting
feature of the South African situation
at this time is the invasion of Portu-
guese territory by the Beers under COL
onel Blake, the American graduate
from West Point, who has figured con-
spicuously in the Boer service from
the beginning Of the war. From re-
cent indications it is believed that Por-
tugal has about decided to leave Great
Britain q free hand to operate on FOR
tuguese territory as may be consider
ed desirable. That is one Of the rea-
sons that has moved the Beers to
march toward Lorenzo Marques. 1t is
kl,o% fln Pnar0 intend
try to capture the town OF Lorenzo
Marques, because they could not hold
it against the British ships in the bay.
Iowa State Register: Twenty-Five
years ago, while working in the black
smith shop of J. w. Shelter, at Slough
ton, Wis, Harvey Hawman, ex-chief
of police of Sioux City, stamped the
letters, "J. w. ST." his employers 1nl-
tials. on a half dollar. This week that
same coin, without any doubt, was
handed to him over the counter Of his
fish market in Sioux City. In the pc
riod Of time it had jingled in the pock-
cts of perhaps thousands of persons
and travelled miles and miles across the
country and back, only to land finally
in the hands of the man who marked 1t
with letters of an unmiStakable char
acter. Never was a man more COM
pletely surprised than was Mr.. Haw-
man. In spite Of the fact that he had
not thought of it in the quarter OF a
century since he last saw it, he recog-
nized it at once. He proposes to keep 1t
now.
The following announcement was
issued from the British war office,
London, England, last Wednesday:
I'm view of the recent Boer actiV-
ity in various directions, the govern
large forces recently equipped, locally
in South Africa, to re-enforce Lord
Kitchener by 10000 mounted troops be-
yond those already landed in Cape Col
ony. Recruiting for the Imperial Yeo-
manry has proceeded so rapidly that 1t
is anticipated 10000 will shortly be
available" The remainder of the force
will be made up of cavalry and mount
ed infantry from the home establish
ment The enlistment of volunteers to
replace those that have already served
a year in South Africa is also being
proceeded with. Arrangements have
been made for prompt equipment and
transportation Of the force. The first
consignment will leave on the Aurania
on February 9th"
There is being planned by the state
authorities one Of the most daring
man-hunts ever known in this coun-
try, and military men are active in per-
fecting arrangements, says a LeXing-
ton, KY, dispatch of Sunday: Cover
nor Beckham and his advisers have
conceived the idea of arreSting and
delivering into the hands of various
courts all the outlaws in the mountains
of the state convicted of murder, who
have not been arrested by the county
officers. There are many counties in
which there are as many as ten mer
who have been for months defying ar.
rest on felony charges, the county sher-
iffs being unable, because of local inf1u-
ence and danger Of feud factions, OF
bringing them to justice. The raid is
to be under the personal management
Of Colonel Roger D. Williams, man
largely experienced in quelling feuds
who will act under orders from the
governor and Adjutant General Muir
ray. Colonel Williams is to take the
fret battalion state militia under Cap.
tains Calhoun and Longmire, with a
section of the artillery and two or three
field pieces and proceed to the most
convenient points in the mountain dis