Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-10
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settle numerous disputes DeIWeSll
brawling foreigners, and he is afraid
of complications that may lead to
something serious.
- The president has appointed Osborn
Deignan a boatswain in the navy.
Deignan is one of the sailors who ac-
companied Naval Constructor Hobson
on the famous Merrimac expedition in
to Santiago harbor, while the harbor
was being blockaded by the Ameri-
can fleet. 1t was the desire Of the
president to reward Deignan for his
bravery on that occasion by appoint
ing him a naval cadet at Annapolis, but
it was found that he was not eligible.
The Cuban newspaper, Discussion,
created considerable feeling in Havana
last Friday by the publication of a
cartoon bearing the title of 1.-The Gu
ban Calvary" representing the Cuban
republic perSonified in Cuban soldier
being crucified between two thieves,
Gen. Wood being represented as one
thief and President Mckinley as the
other, both being labeled with their
names. Senator Platt was represented
as a Roman soldier giving vinegar and
gall in the form Of the Platt amend
ment, while Public Opinion, as Mary
Magdalene, was weeping at the foot Of
the cross. Below was the following in
scription: DESTINY will not reserve for
us a glorious resurrection" The pic
ture caused much unfavorable COM
ment yesterday from the standpoint of
decency. The editor of the paper, Sc
nor Coranado, was arrested, but was
released on bail.
& Says a Santiago dispatch of Sun
day: Fifteen hundred pounds of dyna-
mite were used by the authorities of
the port yesterday afternoon in blow
ing up the superstructure Of the sunk
en- United States collier Merrimac,
which has long impeded the entrance
to the harbor. The explosion was
plainly heard in the city, five miles
away. Divers Immediately descended
and found 40 feet of clear water over
the forward portion of the wreck. Port
captain 1ENlu Will USSill lOliollo" ~
place mines aft, which he expects to
explode in a week, thus completely
clearing the harbor entrance. Yester-
days incident was highly spectacular.
Residents on Smiths key, adjacent to
the wreck, left the island, fearing that
their houses would be demolished. The
overlooking hills were lined with peo-
pie and large numbers of pleasure ves-
sells encircled the wreck at safe dis
tance. When the electric button was
touched, a pyramid Of water rose 40
feet, and the surface was Immediately
covered with wreckage and tons of
dead fish. The launches and yachts
returned to the city laden with SOU
venirs of the wreck.
Arizona physicians have just COM
pleted exhaustive tests and found very
satisfactory results from the use of ap-
pie cider as preventive and cure
for smallpox, says a Phoenix special of
March 26 to the San Francisco Chron-
icle. The past winter, an unusually Sc
we're one in the Southwest, has seen a
widespread epidemic of smallpox in the
extreme southern part Of Arizona and
northern Mexico. Six weeks ago an at
tendant at pesthouse in Jerome dis
covered by accident, that the use OF
pure apple cider was helping his pa
tients, one of them having received a
quantity from the East and distributed
it among his fellow sufferers. Drs.
Wood and Kaull made tests with cider
on other patients and found most graf
flying results. A pint each day, In
doses each hour drove away the erup-
ton in from five to fifteen days and
ten patients were entirely cured and
discharged within a month. Other
tests were made among the Mexican
residents along the international line,
where there were cases Of a more vio-
lent nature. In every case where pure
cider was used cures were effected,
and fifty barrels more of the apple
juice have been ordered from Illinois
and New York, to carry experiments
further into Mexico.
Says a Washington dispatch to the
Atlanta Journal: Recent advices from
Cuba, on the best of authority, reveal
the fact that the conditions on the is
land are not altogether identical with
statements that have been given out
by many public men after their inves
legations. 1t appears that the majori-
ty of the people are opposed strongly to
the Platt amendment, defining the re-
lations between the United States and
Cuba. If this amendment is adopted
by the Cuban constitutional conven-
ton, it will be by dureSS. There is
hardly a doubt but the amendment will
be adopted, for the reason that it is the
law Of the United States. Cuba must
either adopt the amendment or make
a forcible resistance. The latter she is
unable to do. The Cubans, it is assert
ed, are anxious to set up the govern
ment for themselves and point to a
violation of the Teller resolution on the
part of the United States, which pro-
vided that American occupation and
control of the island should cease after
pacification. The island is now paci-
fled and they see no further need of
the presence of the American troops.
The Cubans place the responsibility Of
this on the present administration
alone and not on the people of the Uni
ted States as a whole. The best they
can get under the circumstances is to
adopt the Platt amendment with pro-
test which, while expressing their SEN
timents, will not prove effective in
their present efforts to try the exper-