Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-04-09
Scraps aud faets.

corporation, of New York, has refused
an offer Of s50OO.OOO for its church
property in the downtown section OF
the city. The square Is in the business
district of the metropolis and Is occu-
pied by st. PauPs church and grave
yard. The dead which lie there prob
ably occupy the most valuable ground
in the United States used for similar
purpose, from mere commercial
standpoint. Every man is said to be
entitled to six feet of ground as his last
resting place, but it is given to but few
of them to sleep in such high-priced To-
cations as those occupied by the silent
tenants Of St. Pauls churchyard.
The senate's blind chaplain, the
Rev. DR.. w. H. Milburn, is survival
of Washington before the war. 1t was
in 1s45 that he was elected chaplain Of
congress. Representative Abraham
Lincoln, Of Illinois, nominated him.
That was ten years before John Sher-
man and Justin S. Morrill, took their
seats in the house. I'm those days"
says DR.. Milburn, zone chaplain offered
the prayer at the opening Of each
branch of congress. and the only way
this could be done by one man was to
have the senate clock kept ten minutes
slower than the house clock. After l
offered the invocation in the house
page would take me to the senate
chamber, where I performed similar
duty"
= The-will Of Cecil Rhodes, the South
African diamond king, was read last
I Friday after the burial Of the deceas-
ed, in the Matoppo Hills, is an unusual
document. 1t disposes Of an estate es-
tinated to be worth about $25,00O,0OO.
After making several legacies to close
relatives and friends, the balance OF
the fund Is devoted to the establish
ment Of scholarships at Oxford univer-
sity for the benefit of German, Colo
nial and American students. The Will
provides for two scholarships from
each state and territory of the United
States, five from Germany and one
from each British colony, with the
right on the part Of the executors to
increase the number. The object OF
this disposition of property, the testa-
tor explains in codicil, is to be the de-
velopment of a better knowledge OF
the British people in Germany and the
United States in the hope Of bringing
about closer relations to. ensure the fu-
ture peace Of the world.
High diplomatic circles here are dis
cussing plans, believed to be far ad-
vanced, for a visit by the Prince OF
Wales to the United States, says the
London correspondent Of the New York
Times. The administration at Wash
ington is officially forwarding the pro-
posal for the visit, which, it Is under
stood, receives the personal sanction OF
King Edward, some Of whose counsel
ors urge the acceptance Of the invita-
ton as a matter Of astute state policy.
The splendid welcome accorded to the
brother Of the German emperor Is be-
lieved to be a forceful influence In this
connection. The princes visit Will be
an acceptance of an invitation to the
dedication Of the magnificent new
home of the New York Chamber Of
Commerce. A committee Of that body
has been in communication with the
royal household and cabinet members
directly, and also through Ambassador
Choate. While actual decisive accept
ance has not yet been promised, 1t Is
the understanding in the diplomatic
world that such an acceptance soon
will be announced officially.
The secretary OF war has sent TO
the senate his reply to resolution call
ing on him for information tending to
show the authenticity and genuineness
Of the alleged order for the massacre
of the foreign residents in Manila on
the evening and night of February Is,
1889. He submits Photographic repro
duction of the alleged massacre order,
bearing date of February I. 1899. to-
gether with papers intended to dem
onstrate that it is an absolute copy
Of an original actually issued by the
late General Luna. Aguinaldo affirms
the genuineness of Luna's signature to
the order. The secretary's report states
that Luna was at that time director or
assistant secretary of war Of the Malo-
los government and commanding gen.
eral of the Philippine army operating
in the northern boundaries of the city
of Manila. Sandico, generally believed
to have been the author of This order,
was a member of General Luna's STAN
and probably the medium through
which the order was given by Luna to
the chiefs of militia stationed in Ma
nila. The secretary says that this Luna
order was discovered in the personal
effects of Lieutenant Colonel Jose Ley
ba, an intimate friend of General Luna.
member of his staff, and one Of the
most active officers who took part in
the defence Of the Philippine positions
from Caloocan, on the outskirts of Ma
Mia, to Tarlac. Finally on February
Is, 1899, a little over two weeks after
the date Of the order, daring attack
was made by the insurrectos on the
American forces IN Manila.
A canvass of the Republican side of
the house, says a Washington dispatch,
is being made to ascertain how many
members there will support the resolu-
ton for an investigation into suffrage
conditions. Those who are making the
canvass intimate that the speaker
probably has no intention Of having
the resolution brought up unless he is