Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-08


men employed as missionaries in Amer
lea and Europe. Their greatest sue
cesses are in the slums Of large cities.
They claim over $4,000 new converts
gained for their church the last year,
and prophesy that within few years
they shall control the entire west.
- The forward movement for the re-
lief of the foreign legations in Pekin
began Sunday, July 20. A message
from Tien Tsin on that date says the
advance guard of the Russians occu-
pied the Chinese camp and the Japan
ese pushed up the right bank of the
Pei Ho without opposition. 1t was the
expectation that the whole of the allied
expeditionary forces, about 200 men,
would be on the march by Tuesday,
july 81. Sixteen hundred Americans
and $500 British are cooperating. 1t
is purposed to follow the river, using
boats to carry food, ammunition and
artillery.
Secretary Hesterfs statement, is
sued last Friday, showed the worlds
total visible supply of cotton to be
1.35O,234 bales against 1,4l3,675 the
previous week, and 1890, ,621 last year.
OF this the total of American cotton is
S2S,2s bales, against SS1 ,675 last week
and 2,244, ,621 last year, and of all other
kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India,
etc., $4,000 bales, against, $4,000 and
746,OOO last year. Of the worlds Wis.
ible supply as above there is afoat and
held in Great Britain and Continental
Europe $4,000 bales, against 1885,
600 last year Egypt IS, 900 against 6S,-
600; India 2SS,OO0, against 1900,
and in the United States l73,OOO
against 5000.
- "Twenty-seven Anarchists, doml-
mated by leader grown gray in plot
ting against social order, sailed from
this port within the last few weeks,
pledged, the secret service agents say,
to destroy the rulers of the world, says
the New York Herald. GA plan so
far.reaching as this is said to have been
evolved in Patterson, N. j., where
Count Nicola Malatesta, has, until re-
Gently, made his home and directed the
followers of cult founded on social
disorder. Count Malatesta, under the
ban in every county of Europe, save
England, is now in London. He was
in Paris. 1t was to the French capi-
tai, it is asserted, that the 81 went, and
it was there that they received their
orders to 60 forth and slay."
- Cablegrams were received at the
navy department on Monday telling
of a terrible battle between 10000
allied troops and horde of Chinese at
Peitsang. There were few details ex.
cept it is stated that the allies put the
enemy to route after losing 1900 men.
Peitsang is about IL miles by road from
Tien Tsin. 1t is not fortified and the
Washington officials can give no reason
for the heavy losses of the allies ex-
cept in the probably overwhelming
numbers of the Chinese. 1t is likely
that further reports from the battle
will disclose sensational conditions.
The losses in the battle are thought to
have fallen most heavily upon the
Japanese and Russians, who were
in advance and who constituted the
larger portion of the allied forces.
- The attorney general, last Friday,
sent notice to the attorneys of North
Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana
and Florida that, in compliance with
the terms of the sundry civil act of
June 6, 1900, he would submit motions
at the opening of the United States
supreme court in October next to dis
miss the pending suits against these
several states to recover the payment
of the principal and interest on GER
tain bonds and stocks given by them
to the United States. These bonds
came into possession of the govern
ment in various ways. A large pro-
portion, however, were purchased by
the secretary of the interior as trustee
of Indian trust funds, as an invest
ment of these funds. Many of these
transactions took place so years and
more ago. The amount now involved
is said to be less that 81 100000.
- The thirty-fifth annual report of
the secret service division, submitted
to Secretary Gage by Chief Wilkie
last Friday, shows 654 arrests during
the year, with 21S convictions, 253
awaiting the action of the courts and
four fugitives from justice. Missouri
has the largest number of cases, rs.
PENNSYLVANIA was second with 63,
New York third with SO, Indiana
fourth with 81, and Texas fifth 40.
The counterfeit money captured and
secured by the division amounted up
to $4,000 of which $4,000 was in
notes and $4,000 in coin. Ten new
counterfeit notes made their appear
ance during the year, but five of them
only deceptive enough to be considered
dangerous, and the makers of all but
one of these notes were arrested and
are either in prison serving time or in
Jail awaiting trial.
A Chefoo dispatch Of August 2
says Public opinion and the foreign
press at the treaty ports are alarmed
at the possibility that the Chinese may
prevail upon the powers to consent to
the establishment of peace without
inficting punishment befitting the
Chinese governments crime. Officials,
persons engaged in commercial pur-
suits and missionaries of all nationali-
ties, are remarkably united. They
believe Pekin should be destroyed as
an object lesson, and that if the dy-
nasty is continued it should be forced
to establish the capital at some acces