Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-24

in the prosecution of the assassin Of
Mr.. Goebel, was in Cincinnati last
Monday, fresh from a conference with
his associates held at Lexington. He
said that so far as known the assassin
would be arrested whenever force
of 5000 armed men could be had to
60 a certain county in eastern Ken
lucky. He said further that the at
torneys for the commonwealth claim
to have proof to establish conspiracy
for the assassination but he made the
assertion that this conspiracy was not
charged against the Republican lead
ers but against what is known as the
Can't Goebel party" He further said
it included men who were officials
prior to the late election and men who
thought they became officials after the
late election.
- Says Pekin dispatch of the 10th
instant: The ascendency of the anti
foreign party is becoming more pro-
nounced daily. The Dowager Empress
appears unable sufficiently to reward
the officials who exhibit marked hos.
tility to everything not Chinese. Hen
Tung, probably the most bitter anti
foreign official of the empire, has been
decorated with the three-eyed pea
cock feather, which has never been
conferred for so years; the notorious
Ii Peng Hing, who was dismissed from
the governorship of Shan Tung on the
German demand, has been advanced
to the first rank, and the former Gov
ernor Yuh Sen, of Shan Tung, has
been appointed governor of the Shan
ST district, snub to the powers inter-
ested and likely to prejudice British in
terests in the province, as the powers
believe his maladministration is the
cause of the present state of affairs in
Shan Tung.
Congressman William P. Hepburn,
of Iowa, who got considerable part
of his education in a printing Office,
has introduced the following "prize-
fight" bill "Be it enacted by the SEN
ate and house of representatives of the
United States of America, in congress
assembled, That no picture or descrip.
tion of any prize-fght, or encounter of
pugilists under whatever name, or any
proposal or record of betting on the
same, shall be transmitted in the mails
of the United States or by any COM
mon carrier engaged in interstate
commerce, whether in newspare! or
periodical, or in any other form. That
any person sending such matter or
knowingly receiving such matter for
transmission by mail or interstate
commerce, shall be punishable by i'm
prisonment for not more than one
year, at the discretion of the court, or
by fine not exceeding $1,000; Pro-
vided, that this act shall not apply to
any person not engaged in the prepa.
ration or sale of such prohibited news
paper, periodical or picture.
- Rep. Sulzer, of New York, made
somewhat sensational speech in the
house last Tuesday in connection with
a resolution that he had introduced
calling upon the war department for
information with regard to the nature
and extent of the Notifications that
Great Britain is erecting upon the
Canadian border. Mr.. Sulzer said that
our own administration is more Brit.
ish than the British administration
itself. He said we had backed down
in the Alaska boundary matter, in the
Philippine dispute, in China and in the
Nicaragua canal matter. Although
posing as our friend, Great Britain is
erecting great Notifications on the Can
adian border, within easy reach of
many of our large cities, and by which
she will be enabled to destroy millions
of dollars worth of property for us
within 4S hours after possible decla-
ration of war. All this is clearly in
violation of treaty conventions, and
this government should be upon its
guard. Mr.. Suffers resolution was
laid on the table by vote of 110 to 81.
- Russia is reported to be massing
troops at Odessa on the Black Sea, and
the Baltimore American suggests by
way of explanation at is just posi-
ble that the massing of troops at Odes-
50 and near Herat are part of gener.
al plan which embraces the conquest
of Turkey and the release of Egypt
from the British domination. Chick
ems come home to roost, and this may
be one of them. 1t was brilliant
stroke for Great Britain 10 deprive
Russia of the fruits of her victory over
Turkey, and it will be no less brilliant
for Russia to avenge the insult by driv-
ing the English out of Egypt. The
troops on the Afghan border would be
very necessary part of the enterprise.
They would threaten British suprena
cy in India, while the French and
Russians were invading the dominions
of the sultan. If such is the purpose
of these two nations it probably will
not be undertaken until late in the
spring" 1t has been subject of no
little comment that Great Britain has
sent so many troops to South Africa
and the government has just ordered
10000 more TO the scene of the une.
quail war. There may be some inter.
esting developments little later in
another part of the continent.
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