Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-01-31
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duck hunting exposition in Virginia.
He is reported to have met with fine
success.
Some figures recently given out
by Colonel George Moorman, of New
Orleans, adjutant general ofthe United
Confederate Veterans association,
show the rapid growth of that organ.
ization. In the latter part OF 1891
there were but 33 camps and the out
look for a general enrolment was
gloomy. Six months after at the New
Orleans reunion General Moorman
astonished the old veterans by report
ing l72 camps. At the Birmingham
reunion the gratifying report OF o2o
camps was made, and one year later,
at the Houston reunion, General Moor
man reported $50 camps. He has now
1877 camps upon the rolls, has upon file
applications for 200 in addition and is
confident that the figures will reach
1000 before the assembling OF the
veterans in reunion at. Richmond in
June next.
Alexander Jones, a Negro despe.
RADIO. of Elkhorn, w. Va, boarded
a west bound passenger train at Key
stone, that State, on Tuesday night,
evidently for the purpose OF having
trouble. He was under the influence
of liquor and was very boisterous. He
abused the conductor and refused TO
nav his fare. Jones pulled two revol-
yers and commenced firing at random
through the car, which was crowded
with people. After he had emptied
both weapons, it was discovered that
w. H. Strother, postmaster at Elkhorn,
was shot through the abdomen, caus-
ing death almost instantly. Conduc-
tor Mccullough was shot in the side
but not seriously wounded. Peter
Rice, a colored miner, was shot through
the right breast, and will probably die,
Jones was arrested and placed on the
9 o'clock train for Huntington. While
passing Hemphill, the train was flag
ged by a mob of SO men, who took
Jones from the train, hanged him to a
tree and filled his body full of lead.
A most wonderful discovery was
made in photography by Prof. Ront-
gen, London scientist few weeks
ago. By means of a new kind OF light
aoplied to the camera, it is possible to
photograph even the interior of solid
objects. A correct picture has been
obtained of the money in an iron safe.
A photograph of human being shows
all the internal organs at work, and
their condition of health, etc. A mans
head has been photographed in such a
way as to show only his naked skull.
The invention has already come into
practical use in more than a hundred
different ways. Surgeons have used it
in discovering the location of bullet
fired into the body. Photographs OF
large guns plainly show the copper
and zinc through and through, and
clearly reveal whether the two metals
have intermingled at any point SO i'm
perfectly as to admit of flaw. That
the discovery is an actual fact does not
admit of doubt, and the possibilities of
utility admitted of by it seem to range
beyond limit.
The national house of representa-
tives is developing right smart of
war fever. The recently adopted SEN
ate resolution offering to back up the
president in any action he might see fit
to take for the relief of the suffering
Armenians, came to the house on
Monday. Mr.. Quigg, Of New York,
had charge of the resolution and pre-
sented the situation in its strongest
light. Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, wanted
to 20 further than the resolution indi-
Gated. He proposed that the president
be instructed to give the Turkish am
bassador his papers and send him
home. The proposition was applaud
ed. Somebody suggested that Turkey
was a friendly power, and had violated
none of her treaty obligations; that
during the worst of the massacres indi-
vidual American citizens were protect
ed by Turkish soldiers while the Arme-
mans were being butchered all around
them. ave do not want to be consid-
cred on friendly terms with murderers, "
shouted Mr.. Hepburn, "and besides
those men who received protection
under such circumstances were not
worthy of the name of Ameican citi-
zens." The radical proposition of Mr..
Hepburn was voted down by big
majority but the senate resolutions
were finally passed by vote of l49 TO
26.
- The steamer ]. w. Hawkins, com
manded by Captain Woodrow, sailed
from New York with party of be-
tween 70 and 100 men last Sunday,
bound, it is said, for Cuba. 1t had on
board large quantity of arms and
ammunition, and the published pro.
gramme was to the effect that the arms
would be taken out to sea, transferred
to another steamer and then carried to
Cuba. Several United States war YES
sells were sent out to intercept the ex-
pedition, if possible, and the Spanish
fleet off the Cuban coast was warned to
be on the lookout. On Tuesday, the
members of the crew of the Hawkins
returned to New York. Their story
was to the effect that the Hawkins had
sprung leak in bad weather, proved