Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-26


getting common. Just how the mys-
terious light works is not yet thorough
ly understood. Electricity, however,
in special form, is the essential ele-
ment. 1t has been found that only
opaque substances can be penetrated by
the new light. For instance, an object
in q glass box remains obscure, while
the same object in metal, wood or
leather box, is plainly revealed on the
negatives. One story is to the effect
that in Philadelphia the other day, a
man applied to surgeon to pick out
some shot that had been fired into his
hand accidentally. The surgeon made
a photograph of the hand by the Roent-
gen process. When the negative was
developed, it showed some 40 or so
shots scattered about in the wounded
member, and using the picture as a
guide, the surgeon went to work and
picked out the pellets one at time.
Hundreds of other stories are being
told equally remarkable.
Great Britain is becoming right
smartly annoyed by the threatened
intention of Russia to occupy Corea.
Previous to the recent war between
China and Japan, Corea was Chi
nese dependency, and while it was
so, both Russia and Great Britain oc-
cupied Corean ports. China COM
planned to both powers, and each agreed
to evacuate its holding on condition
that the other would do likewise.
Both finally complied with the request
of China. Not long ago, siuce the
recognition of Corean independence by
China and Japan, Russia again occu-
pied the port that she had formerly
held, and Great Britain is uneasy. 1t
is hardly probable that any complica-
tions are going to arise, however. The
prevailing conditions are different.
While the first evacuation was brought
about through an agreement with
China, China is now glad to see Russia
in possession because Of the annoy
ance to the Japanese and Great Brit
ain has no good excuse to resume the
holding that she previously abandon
ed. The British public is opposed to
consider that Lord Salisbury has been
enchered by the Russians, and has be-
gun to designate the situation, as Sails
bury's second" humiliation. The
first humiliation was sustained at the
hands of the Americans on the Vene-
zuela question.
A horrible tragedy occurred at
Carrollton, Ca, last Friday. A train
of cars, including an oil tank, was
standing on side track. Another
train came along. The switch! was
open and there was collisionM All
the train hands managed to S6ave
themselves except Sol. West, Negro
brakeman. He got caught under the
tender of the engine by one foot and
found it impossible to move. The oil
tank burst open as the result of the
collision, and as the oil ran out of the
tank in a perfect river, it caught on
fire. A stream of burning oil was roll
ing toward the imprisoned West. He
saw it coming and called for help.
Nothing could be done. "Take that
axe" shouted the Negro "and cut off
my leg." Nobody moved. They were
too Mortified. "Then give me the
axe," continued the Negro. "Don't
you see that it is the only thing that
can be done ?" At this companion
took the axe and struck the imprison-
ed leg a terrific blow. The leg was
not quite severed, and the blow was
repeated. The Negro did not utter a
groan. He was removed from the spot
just as the flames were about to lick up
his body: but the horrible pain that he
had undergone was more than he
could bear. He died within a few
minutes after his leg had been cut off.
One Of the most frightful explo-
sions Of dynamite on record in any
part of the world occurred at Vieden-
dorp, a suburb of johannesburg, in the
Transvaal, South Africa, last Thurs
day. Eight car loads of dynamite
were standing on side track. In all,
it is thought that there were about 20
tons of the explosive. 1t had been
standing in the depot yard for perhaps
two days. Just how it happened TO
explode is not definitely known but
the result was something awful. Over
100 people of the vicinity were killed
outright, and several hundred more
were wounded. No less than 500 men,
women and children were rendered
homeless. Under the spot where the
cars were standing was left great
gaping hole, 200 feet long and 80 feet
wide. The axles of some of the cars
were forced into the earth a distance
of 20 feet, and signs of the catastrophe
were apparent for radius of fully a
mile. A popular subscription to re-
lieve the sufferings of the wounded
people resulted in the raising of some
thing like S50O,0OO. 1t is reported
that the Trapsvaal government intends
to hold the railroads responsible for
the damages, which amount to some
thing like S5,OOO,OO0.
The Maher. Fitsimmons prize fight,
took place just over the Rio Grande, in
Mexico, near Langtry, Texas, last
Friday afternoon. On account of the
close surveillance of the military author
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