Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-12-21
Scraps aud faets.

NUMBER OF managers WeIe Sueu Ill Tic
state courts and indicted py the United
States grand jury. The mills soon
found it impossible to maintain the rate
agreed on in consequence Of the invas-
ion Of Mississippi territory by the mills
of Texas and other states, with the
consequence that the price Of seed Is
now from $14 to SIS per ton and tend
ing upward.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Colon, Colombia, says: A woman
colonel, Sonora Ramona Mendoza,
fought bravely with the insurgent
forces in the conflict between the Col
ombian government and rebel troops at
Nombre de Dios last week. Her hus-
band and brother were killed last
Thursday. When the governments
troops drove the insurgents from the
trenches on Friday, Sonora Mendoza,
escaped to San Bias in a small boat
with Indians. Sonora Mendoza has
been an intrepid fighter during the last
two instructions in the isthmus. She
displayed gallantry in the recent battle
at Buena Vista.
Both Schley and Sampson have
protested against the findings Of the
court of inquiry. Schley objects to the
majority report, and Sampson to the
minority report. A number OF reso-
lutions have been introduced in con-
gress to make the minority report in
favor Of Schley the finding of the
court. Admiral Sampson Is said to be
critically i'll and very much annoyed
at insulting letters he Is receiving from
Schley partizans. From the present
outlook, It IS quite evident that there
will be a protracted quarrel over the
finding Of the court, though the matter
might be settled by reviving the office
of vice admidal and promoting both
Schley and Sampson to that grade.
This has been proposed.
Washington special to Philadelphia
Record: Senator Bailey, of Texas, is
aspiring to minority leadership in the
senate. undismayed by the traditions
of that body that a new member must
be seen and not heard. Mr.. Bailey
was minority leader in the house, and
he Is now coming to the front In the
senate in a way that gives Senator
Jones, of Arkansas. the dumb ague.
He has already fortified his claims to
minority leadership by taking quite an
active part in the debates on the Hay
Pauncefote canal treaty. He has been
materially helped in his contest for SUI
premacy by having been selected as a
member of the committee on foreign
relations.
Again a crisis in the Boer war Is
reported, and apparently there Is good
reason for believing that the Beers are
about to quit the useless struggle.
Commandant General Botha is report
ed as seriously wounded and his
whereabouts unknown, and Command
ant Katzringer, one of the most dar-
ing and successful of the guerilla
leaders, who has raided freely In Cape
Colony, has just been captured by
Lord Kitchener's forces. Then it Is re-
ported from Boer headquarters in Eu-
rope that Kruger is about ready to
abandon his extreme ~osition as to
terms of settlement of the war, being
now willing to concede British sover-
eighty. If these things really prove to
be true, the end Of the sad struggle
may be in sight, and the whole world
will rejoice at it.
According to decision handed down
by Justice Lawrence, of New York, in
a suit brought for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning a construction of the will of
Cornelius van Shaick Roosevelt, VINO
died in New York in 1887. President
Roosevelt, who Is a nephew Of the tes-
tator Of the will, will inherit between
100000 and s150,O00, says Washington
dispatch. Cornelius van Shaick Roose-
welt, who lived in New Jersey for a
number Of years before he died, left,
upon his death, an estate valued be-
tween s1,OOO,OOO and $2,0OO,OO0. The es-
tate consisted Of between 100000 and
s500,O00 in personal property in this city
and a great deal of real estate in New
York and New Jersey. Mr.. Roosevelt
left a will dated March 6, 1884. The
suit brought against the estate has
been pending for long time. The tes-
tator bequeathed to his wife, the aunt
of President Roosevelt, and who died
last year, all of his property in trust.
The trustees and executors, under the
will, upon the death Of the widow,
were obliged to pay certain annuities
out of the estate.
Says a Manila dispatch Of Decem-
ber IS: There were six skirmishes in
various parts Of Batangas province
today. The insurgents did not make
a single stand. Several Filipinos were
killed. The Americans had only a few
men wounded. Additional troops have
been sent to General Bell, who is car
rying on an aggressive campaign in
Batangas, Tayabas and Laguna prov
inces. General Smith has recommen-
ded Private Heintz, Of the medical de-
partment of the army, for a medal of
honor as a reward for heroism at the
battle of Ganda River, Island of Sa-
mar. Heintz fought as long as he was
able, while shot through both arms
and with a bad bolo slash in the back.
After recovering from a fainting spell,
with both arms in sings, Heintz di-
rected the work Of carrying the
wounded till they arrived at Calbay-
oea. SiXtO LopoZ, Aguinaldo's former
secretary. has again requested per-
mission to land here under military
Drotection without taking the oath of