Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-16

upon patriotic societies of America to
make the 4th of July, 1897, "memora-
BILE for Cuban freedom"
- Nikola Tesla, whose fame as an
electrician is now equal to that of Edi-
son himself, claims to have invented a
machine whereby messages may be
sent about through the earth without
the aid of wires. Just how the ma
chine operates, Tesla is not yet will
ing to explain in detail. He claims,
however, that he has already succeed
ed in sending messages distance of
20 miles, and believes that he will soon
have his machine so perfect that he
will be able to send message to any
part of the earth in an instant. 1t
looks incomprehensible, it is true but
these electrical wizards have already
accomplished that which makes it
comparatively easy to believe that al
most anything is possible.
- At ball held at Livermore Falls,
Me-, by The Foresters, on Thursday
night, prize of a gold ring was offer
ed to the lady who waltzed the longest
without stopping. Twelve couples
competed. They began waltzing at
1890 a. NJ, and it was 5.45. a. m, be-
fore Miss Bessie McGraw, the winner,
and her partner, stopped waltzing.
By 2.2O FIVE couples had dropped out ;
at $50 another couple left the floor,
and at AIS, Carl Richmond's partner
tainted and was taken away. Two
more couples dropped out at 4.25, and
at 45O only two couples remained on
the floor. At 5.43 Miss Bessie Dain and
her partner, George E. Hall, gave up
the contest, and so the prize fell to
Miss Bessie McGraw, she and her part
ner leaving the floor two minutes later.
- Momentous events took place at
last Fridays session of the council OF
the Reformed Episcopal church, held
in New York city. The principal
question under discussion was whether
clergymen should be allowed to wear
such vestments as they might see fit,
or whether they should be confined to
the black gowns now generally worn.
a vote in favor Of liberty in the use OF
vestments was lost by total of So to
26. Then vote in favor of restric-
tion to the black gown carried 81 to
81. Immediately upon the announce
ment of the vote, Bishop Cheny, OF
Chicago, read letter in which he re-
signed several positions that he held
under the council, and representatives
of Miss Harriet S. Benson, of Phila-
delphia, announced the withdrawal OF
an income of $4,000 year that Miss
Benson was contributing to church ex-
tension purposes. A number of prom
inent laymen and clergymen resigned
from important committees, and with
tears in his eyes, Presiding Bishop
Fallows said that the action just taken
by the council marked the ''beginning
of the end"
- Veterans Dave Moore and I. w.
Ruff, of the Twelfth South Carolina
regiment, will be the proud bearers of
their regimental flag at the Confeder-
ate reunion at Nashville. The flag is
old and tattered from bullet holes. 1t
was one of the flags which was not
surrendered at Appomattox, for the
color bearer tore it from its staff and
concealing it under his shirt, brought it
safely home. On the flag is stamped
the name of the battles in which the
Twelfth regiment engaged. They
make a long list and are as follows
Hilton Head, Port Royal, Mechanics
Vile, Gaines Mill, Cold Harbor, Fras-
ier's Farm, Malvern Hill, Cedar Run,
Second Manassas, Smokers Gap, Front
Royal, Deep Bottom, Mine Run, Ok
Hill, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg,
Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Get
tysburg, Falling Water, Hanover juno,
ton, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Fuz'
zle's Mill, Reams's Station, Jones
House, Hatcher's Run, Sutherland Sta
tion and Appomattox.
- An effort was made last Sunday to
assassinate NJ. Felix Faure, president
of the French republic. The president
was on his way to race-track, and as
his carriage was passing a thicket
there was a loud explosion which
caused considerable excitement. No
body was hurt. Upon investigation
the police found the pieces of an iron
pipe two inches in diameter and several
inches in length which had been
plugged up at the ends, filled with
powder and set off with fuse. Two
or three people were arrested but as
to whether or not they are the guilty
parties, has not yet developed. In the
thicket was also found pistol on
which was engraved, ,"Death to Faure, y
and also dagger bearing the same
inscription. An official who was with
President Faure described the occur.
renee to an Associated Press cores
pondent as follows: "When the report
was heard a dense cloud Of smoke
arose from the thicket and there was
CONSERVATION until it was found that
no one had been hurt. The police
sprang forward, but found the thicket
deserted. When the crowd saw one OF
the policemen holding the bomb they
jumped to the conclusion that he was
the perpetrator of the outrage and
handled him roughly, clubbing him
with heavy walking sticks and um-