Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-12-12
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railroad ticket was adopted originally
as a check on dishonest conductors,
The losses sustained on account Of
ticket scalpers is believed to be far
greater. Many efforts have been made
to eliminate the scalper; but they
have been unsuccessful. 1t is now ar
gued that all men are not dishonest,
and that perhaps the best thing that
can be done will be to revert back to
cash fares. This arrangement, backed
by a good detective system, will, 1t Is
believed, be much more satisfactory
than the present ticket system.
Charlotte Observer, Sunday: THAT'S
a very remarkable story in The Obser-
ver's Newton correspondence this morn
ing describing the results Of the exhu-
nation and post-mortem on the body
of Levi Travis, suspected of having
been murdered. For three weeks he
had been buried, and in that time Ne
go had been arrested charged with
his murder, but had been released for
lack Of evidence. Suspicion then turn
ing to his relatives, 1t became neceSSa-
ry to take up the body and examine 1t.
The doctors discovered that death had
resulted from bone cancer attacking a
vital place, severing an artery and
bursting a blood vessel. Death came
to Travis like a flash, but the blood
from the hemorrhage, the protruding
tongue, etc., etc., gave every indication
that the deceased had been killed by
a fracture of the skull, choking, etc. 1t
is an unusual case. Generally, the ex-
humation of bodies ends in proving
foul play at first unsuspected. In this
instance it was vice versa.
The senate was in executive session
for four hours last Friday devoted to
a discussion by Senator Morgan of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty for the abroga-
ton of the portion of the Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty which relates to the Mica
ragua canal. Discussing the question
of the canal Senator Morgan argued
strenuously against it, both as inexpe-
dent and unnecessary. He admitted,
however, that he had no doubt that II
the United Stats should proceed with
the construction Of the canal without
first taking steps to secure the neutral
ity Of the canal, Great Britain would
be grievously offended, and that he
thought it not impossible that the Of
fense would be considered sufficiently
grave to lead to hostilities between the
two countries. The American people
however, were not going to allow any
obstacle, no matter how serious, to
stand in the way. He believed that
the administration that would under
take to build the canal, knowing that
to do so meant war, would be endorsed
by the people at large by bigger ma
jority than that which Mckinley re-
ceived over Bryan in the last election.
Senator Morgan was piled with many
questions.
-Pittsburg special Of December Z to
Philadelphia North American: Fleeing
for their lives from their native state
of Kentucky, Talbert Hall and his wife
arrived in Pittsburg today, footsore
from their % days trip from Floyd coun-
ty. They are typical mountain resi-
dents and witnessed murder the week
after election. To save themselves
lIOli DSlOiS SiiS etAN JeAJ'
and thus counting sudden death, they
escaped from the state. One evening
Hall and his wife saw Is men, armed
with -:aes--saing down a lane near
their cabin. l.. emily Charles Brown
field, a neighbor, came along from the
opposite direction, also carrying a gun.
The Is turned on him, and the lone
man dropped dead. Unfortunately it
leaked out that Hall mad witnessed the
crime, and the relatives Of the murder
ed man notified them to go before the
grand jury. THAT settled it," said
Hall today. IT told my wife we had
better leave. Why. if you testify in
murder case down home, you might
live till the water'd get out, but not
until it would strike a bile" The
murder was the renewal Of an old feud
between the Elkins, Tygert and Vance
families on one side, and the Brown
fields on the other.
Says a Washington dispatch of De-
cember 8: The next important step in
the Chinese situation will be the formal
presentation TO the Chinese plenipoten-
lldIlSS VI lAC dSl CClllCllI GU az NC
tween the representatives of the pow
ers at Pekin for reparation for the Box
er outrages. In just what manner this
will be done Mr.. Conger has not in
formed the state department, although
the probability is that the document
will be handed to the Chinese by the
dean of the diplomatic corps. AS has
been stated already, the agreement is
simply a statement of the terms upon
which the powers will negotiate with
China for final settlement and Is laid
before the Chinese officials as matter
of form. The negotiations for final set
tlement will come later after the Chi
nese have been given reasonable op-
portunity for the consideration Of the
conditions laid down by the powers.
The complete agreement deciphered
from the code, is now in the hands Of
the president. Officials decline to make
it's text public in advance Of informa-
ton that it has been formally accept
ed by the powers, although the advices
which have heretofore come from Mr..
Conger leaves no doubt that this will
be the case. The essential features of
the agreement already have been out
lined in the press dispatches.
Although there has been much ef-
fort to show that if we persist in our
right to fortify the. Nicaragua canal,
we may provoke Great Britain to war,
there does not seem to be such feeling
in London. The attitude Of most of the
British papers is one of Indifference as
to whether the canal is constructed or
not. The Times, for instance, is not
inclined to think that the canal would
cut much of a figure in directing the
col1rse of interna tional commerce. In