Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-15
Scraps and fafts.

meeting of the committee last Wednes-
day. 1t was decided to amend the bill
by fixing at 100000 the minimum ap-
preparation which each state shall first
receive and then share in the balance
of the appropriation in proportion to
it's population. Provision was made'
however that no city shall be credited
with more than 10000 population. The
purpose Of this is to limit the appro-
priation for states having large cities.
Daniel Keegan, Confederate vet
eran, found dead in his room in New
Orleans last Wednesday,, was famed
as the man who blew the last bugle
call at the battle of Appomattox, and
in later years he sounded taps over the
graves of many of his comrades and
on many important Confederate occa-
sions. Keegan was in the Soldiers
Home for some time, but months ago
he found himself able to do work. He
refused to be a state pensioner as long
as he could make living for himself.
So he left the home. For the last three
months he has been cleaning brasses
and doing similar work around hotel.
So far as is known he left no reia-
tives.
There has been so much trouble at
the war department over the enlist
ment Of minors in the army that II
has been found necessary to issue sup
Elemental instructions to all recruit
ing officers to take every precaution
possible to verify the statement as to
age which may be given by an appli-
cant for enlistment whose appearance
would indicate the possibility of mi
nority and to reject any applicant VINO
cannot produce satisfactory proof on
that point. 1t is announced that 1t
will be the policy of the department
hereafter to bring to trial all cases or
fraudulent enlistment where the fraud
consists in concealment Of minority at
enlistment Such enlistment reflects
injuriously upon the service and entails
upon the department mass of cores
pondence and investigation with no
corresponding benefits to the army.
-Jiu jitsu, that system Of Japanese
wrestling with which an adept can dis
able the strongest opponent, is to be
taught at the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis. 1t is President
Roosevelt's idea. He is devotee OF
this art himself, and believes that 1t will
be a strong addition to the athletic
training Of the young men who will
be the future commanders of the navy.
"Jiu jitsu has become favorite d.
version Of not only the president, but OF
several prominent society women says
the Washington correspondent Of the
New York Herald. THE ball room of
at least one fashionable Washington
home is said to have recently been the
scene of half dozen society maids and
matrons gathered for instruction and
for contests in the sport. The princi-
pie of the art is to oppose sudden force
to the weak points Of an opponents
body. Japanese policemen who use
this science in the discharge of their
duty are able to dart in upon an oppo-
nent, seize his wrist with one hand,
and, using the free arm as lever, dis
locate the elbow of an assailant or even
break the forearm"
The weather bureaus weekly sum-
mary of crop conditions issued last
Tuesday, is as follows: AS whole the
weather conditions during the week
ending April II were not favorable for
farming operations in the principal
agricultural districts east of the Rocky
Mountains, being unseasonably cold in
the central valleys and southern states
with too much moisture over the mid
die gulf states and large part of the
central valleys. East of the Mississippi
river no corn has been planted north
ward of Tennessee and North Caro-
lima, but large part of the crop has
been planted in the last named state,
and this work is we'll advanced
throughout the gulf states. Cotton
planting has been interrupted by cold,
wet weather in the central portion of
:; the cotton belt but has progressed fa-
vorably in the southern portions of the
eastern and western sections. The
early planted is up to satisfactory
stands in the southern portions of
Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama and
in Texas, about three-fourths of the
crop having been planted in the south
western and central counties of the
last named state.
In the discussion in the house last
Tuesday concerning Mr.. Cleveland and
=. Georgia. while declaring that he was
not making any defense of Mr.. Cleve-
land, said that whenever Mr.. Cleve-
lands name was suggested as a pos
sible candidate of the Democrats for
president the Republicans seemed to
get very much excited and afraid. Il
know he will not be nominated" he
emphatically declared. Il know, too"
he said, that he does not desire to be
nominated" He said he also knew
mate some one who was a true DEM
ocrat and he added with some delib-
eration: 1T is not very difficult now
to state who that will be-" Does the
gentleman know who it will be-" in
quired Mr. Dalzell. Yes" said Mr..
Bartlett, "the whole country knows"
and he added after a pause, Judge
Parker OF New York" which elected
Democratic applause. Mr.. Lacey Qa).
at this point facetiously asked Mr..
Bartlett if he was not discourteous to
his two colleagues Williams of Mis-