Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-25
Straps and fatts.

been pulled off, not by the principals !;
but by the governors of Arkansas and
Texas. After lots of talk and bluster,
the principals and their managers real
lied that the law was strong enough to
take care of them, and on Monday it
was announced that the intended
fight would not take place. The
American people are becoming more
civilized.
After a tedious seige of three
months, the testimony in the case of
Theodore Durant, charged with the
murder of Miss Blanche Lamont, in
the Emanuel Baptist church, San
Francisco, on the 3rd of April last, is
all in. The evidence against the pris-
oner is almost altogether circumstan-
tial; but the general opinion is that it
makes strong case. The probability
is that the jury will return verdict
of guilty.
john w. Mackay, Jr., son of the
many times millionaire of the same
name, was killed in France, near Paris,
last Friday, by being thrown from his
horse. He and several friends were
arranging for private horserace, in
which each participant was to ride his
own horse. Mackay's horse became
unmanageable, flew the track and
threw him headlong against tree.
When picked up he was unconscious,
and died shortly afterward. He was
about 25 years of age, and was heir
presumptive to the biggest part of his
fathers fortune, estimated at some
thing like 800, 100000.
- Sarah E. Fraser, colored woman,
has applied to the courts in New York
for a mandamus to compel the school
trustees of the Twenty-second ward to
give her the appointment of teacher
in Grammar School No. So. She is on
the list of elligibles, having won her
way there by all the tests applied in
such cases but the trustees have all
told her that her color is an insur-
mountable barrier in the way of her
appointment as teacher in any Of the
public schools in their ward, and prob
ably in the city. She intends to try
if there is any virtue in the law which
prohibits discrimination on account OF
color.
Will Myers, the young Atlanta
murderer, who killed Forest Crowley
in that city in August, 1898, and who
has been twice convicted and twice
sentenced to be hanged, escaped from
the Fulton county Jail last Monday
afternoon at minutes after 4 o'clock.
The escape was the result of we'll
laid plan. A woman named Mrs. E.
G. Kellam, who claims to be spirit
ualist, called at the Jail to see Myers,
and the young murderer was taken
into the Office of the sheriff. The
TAILOR and a bailitf were in the room
with the woman and the prisoner.
Myers went to the washbasin as if to
wash his hands. Then he suddenly
wheeled around with a revolver in his
hand and pointed at the officers. The
officers gave way, and Myers made
for the streets and broke into run.
-MFstopped at a coal yard near by and
begrimed his face with coal dust, then
running about a block further, he
jumped over fence and disappeared.
- There is something akin to a state
of anarchy in Screven county, Ga.
Not long ago Sheriff Booker was assas-
sinated by two brothers named Zeigler.
Sheriff Mills, who succeeded the MUIR
dered officer went to arrest the MUIR
derers. He found them fortified in
their home. They let him in but they
told him that they would not surren-
der. Not only that, he could not
secure their arrest with posse. Point
ing to big bell that had been erected
in front of their house, they told the
sheriff that all they had to do was to
ring it, and the whole country, for
miles around would come to their as
sistance. The sheriff decided to 60 to
Atlanta to consult Governor Atkinson
about the matter. The understanding
is that the governor will order out the
military but the Zeiglers say they are
not afraid of the Screven county sol.
diers, for most of the members of the
company in that county are their
friends and will not serve against them.
The situation is very interesting.
- President Cleveland and cabinet
arrived in Atlanta on Tuesday after
noon at 6 o'clock and they have been
having a great time ever since. They
were received by Mayor King, at the
head of delegation of prominent cit
liens of Atlanta and taken to the
Aragon hotel, where they were given
a big dinner. Wednesday was holi-
day in the city. All business was sus-
pended. At 10 o'clock in the morn
ing great procession was formed in
front of the hotel and the president
and his cabinet were escorted out to
the exposition grounds, followed by an
immense throng of people. At the re-
viewing stand, the president was in
troduced to the waiting crowds by
President Collier, Of the exposition, in
ten minutes speech. Mr.. Cleveland
followed in a short talk but contrary
to expectation, his remarks did not
contain single word of significance,
except warning to the people to be
careful in their advocacy of political
doctrines might be construed into a
reference to the silver question. The
presidential party spent nearly the
whole day at the grounds, and also
part of the night. They were to have
returned to Washington on yesterday.
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