Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-31
Scraps and facts.


picked up his lip, walked four miles to
a physician, and had it sewed back on.
Queen Victoria's 18th birthday
was celebrated throughout the British
empire last Saturday, with the reJoic-
ing that is usual on such occasions.
The health of the queen is not very
good nowadays. The old lady is. get
ting quite feeble, and there is reason
to believe that the Prince of Wales
will not have many more years to wait
before he becomes Edward VII.
Two wives of Thomas Love, boss
painter, who was fatally injured while
at work week ago, met for the first
time over his dead body in the Presby-
terian hospital in New York, Sunday.
Their meeting made known that the
painter had been the father of II
children, 5 by wife No. l and 6 by wife
No. 2. None of the latter are yet 10
years old. After comparing notes the
two Mrs. Loves refused to have any
thing to do with the dead mans body,
and but for the New York Painters
Union, of which he was member,
Love would have been buried in the
Potter's field. The women were very
angry when they learned each others
story, and denounced the dead man as
a scoundrel and knave.
A singularly appalling tragedy
sent thrills of horror through the
hearts of thousands Sunday evening
at Arsenal Island, pleasure resort
opposite St. Louis, Mo. In the full
view of the multitude gathered to
spend Sunday, young man, Tony
Heafe by name, dropped from an
ascending balloon several hundred feet
down to the earth. His body was
crushed to shapeless mass. Several
young men and boys were engaged to
hold the balloon while it was being
filled with gas. When the signal was
given they all released their hold but
Heafe. He clung to the bar or was
caught in the rigging and was carried
up distance of from 400 to 6OO feet
when he dropped.
- Babe Beard and neighbor, Will
Jones, lived in the Indian Territory.
They had quarrel over a cow, and
one day Jones came over on Boards
premises with threatening look in his
eyes and hand in his hip pocket.
Beard, following the customs OF the
country under such circumstances,
waived preliminaries and fired. Jones
was killed. Beard was tried before
Judge Parker. The latter, in instruct
ing the jury, told them that Beard
should have done everything to have
kept out of Jones's way in order to
avoid trouble; but in its opinion last
Monday, rendered by Justice Har-
Ian, the supreme court held that if
man can defend himself, it is not nec-
essary for him to get out of another
mans way on his own premises when
the latter is making hostile demon
stration. The opinion of the lower
court is reversed and the case remanded
for new trial.
- There was a lynching in Elliott
City, Md, last Monday night under
peculiar circumstances. Jacob Hen
sen, colored, was in Jail under sentence
of death for the murder of Daniel F.
Shea. A strong effort was being made
to secure Communication of his sentence
to life imprisonment. An insanity ex-
pert had visited the Jail a number of
times and the rumor became current
that the insanity dodge was being at
tempted. About 25 masked men went
to the Jail at about l o'clock in the
morning and demanded admittance.
The jailor refused to give up the keys
and the mob broke down the doors.
The prisoner was taken to tree near
the spot where the murder was COM
mitted and hanged to limb. Next
morning his body was found swinging
with the following card, signed "White-
caps" pinned to his breast: 1--WE re-
spect our courts and judges. Cover
nor Brown forced the law abiding citi-
izens to carry out the verdict of the
jury"
The papers have had great deal
to say recently about the position of
Speaker Crisp on the silver question.
All the free coinage advocates have
been abundantly satisfied with Mr..
Crisp's position. They knew exactly
where he was at and said so. The
single gold standard papers were di-
vided in their misrepresentation.
Sope said the speaker was gold bug
and some said he was trying to keep
on the fence. The following card,
published in the Atlanta Constitution
of last Wednesday over the speakers
own signature will settle all doubts:
"Ever since I gave consideration to
the question I have been believer in,
and an advocate of, the free and un-
limited coinage of silver. Ever since
1 entered public life have spoken and,
when opportunity offered, voted for it.
I still favor the free and unlimited
coinage of silver by the United States
independently at the ratio of 16 to l.
How anyone at all acquainted with my
public utterances and acts can have
mistaken or been in doubt as to my
position is mystery to me. My ex-
cuse for this card is Misrepresentation
my hope is that this will end it.
- There is such a thing as mob law,