Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-22

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the Negro was shot and slightly
wounded from ambush but claims
that the postmastership had nothing
to do with the affair. 1t is not known
who did the shooting, and so the whole
matter stands at the present time.
- Indians from all parts of the
Cherokee strip have been gathering
for several days on the Illinois river,
at point miles southwest of Sloan
Springs, Arkansas, says a dispatch,
for their annual fish poisoning. Each
Indian brings one bushel of buckeye
roots, which, after pulverizing, they
put in gunny sacks and place in the
river. A juice is formed by the water
washing through the roots, which kills
or intoxicates thousands Of fish for
miles below, after which they are
easily taken with gigs, spears or the
hand, being thrown into cans and then
being taken by squaws and cleaned
and cooked. The feast lasts as long
as the fish holds out and the Indians
make merry with their queer games
and plays, which are always witnessed
by large crowds of white citizens.
- In reply to a question from the
New York Herald as to what he
thought of the recent shooting of the
Negro postmaster at Hogansville, Ga,
Governor Atkinson said that the mat
ter would be thoroughly investigated,
and if the guilty parties could be
found, they would be duly punished.
He went on to say, however, that,
morally, President Mckinley is an ac-
cessory to the shooting. He admits it
is all right for the president to reward
his colored friends by appointing them
to office; but thinks that the offices
should be of such character as not
to bring the men in unpleasant con-
tact with white propertyholders. If
President Mckinley should make an
obnoxious appointment in Ohio, says
Governor Atkinson, the result would
probably be the same as it has been in
Georgia.
- Two remarkable events occurred
in the City of Mexico last Thursday
and Friday. The first was the attempt
on the part of a Mexican to assassinate
President Diaz, and the other was the
lynching of the would-be assassin by
the populace. AS the president was
entering the Mexican Central park
on Thursday, middle aged man
named Arroyo rushed at him with a
long knife and tried to stab him. The
man was quickly seized by attendants
of the president and taken to prison.
1t was the expressed wish of the
president that the fellow should have
a fair and impartial trial. Next day,
however, some 200 Mexicans, said to
belong to the common classes, broke
into the prison, overpowered the
guards and literally hacked the would
be assassin TO pieces. About 20 men,
bers of the mob were captured and
committed to prison pending an inves-
tigation of the matter.
Prof. Elmer Gates, of Washington, ;,
saws he has worked out process by
which objects may be magnified to a
size 800 times greater than by any of
the microscopes now in use. His in
vention, he claims, will revolutionize
microscopy, and will advance science
to a point hitherto undreamed of.
His discovery, he says, will be of spe-
cial value in bacteriology and the
study of the cellular TISSUES. The pro-
fessor declares that he has succeeded
where all other scientists have failed
in discovering a way by which the
magnifed image projected on lense
can be magnified by second as if it
were the original object. To do this
has been the aim of scientific photo
graphers and microscopists for many
wears. Prof. Gates does not take the
public into his confidence sufficiently
to divulge the details of his invention,
but he says he will be ready to give it
to the world in few weeks. The
power of the new instruments is men,
toned as 100000 diameters.
After many months of effort and
repeated experiments, cure for cattle
fever has been found, says Denver,
COL, dispatch. The plan for dealing
with the fever is primarily to extermi-
nate the insect known as the "tick,"
which abounds on fever stricken cat
tie and through the means Of which
the disease is communicated. To do
this the cattle are forced to swim
through a solution in a vat. What
the solution is, is not known at the
present time; but crude petroleum is
used. When the successful expert
ment was tried, 81 head of very sticky"
cattle were forced to swim through the
solution and it was noticed that while
standing on the drip board there was
almost perfect rain of ticks falling
off the cattle. They were put into a
pen, and the next day, just II hours
after the experiment was tried, rigid
examination was prosecuted and the
examiners failed to find single live
tick in the whole herd.
- Recent action Of the British war
department seems to indicate that the
situation in India is of more signifi-
canoe that has been apparent. There
have been quite number of brushes
with the rebellious natives, in which
the natives were generally worsted
but in no instance have these brushes
been of great Importance, and the
British forces on the ground appear
to be ample to cope with all the rebels
in sight. A few days ago it developed