Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
Scraps aud facts.

O,OOO, and the Kirby Lumber compa-
ny, capitalized at s1O,000.OO0. The
first named has been organized to ham
die oil produced in the Texas field and
is primarily intended as competitor
Of the Standard OIL company, first In
Texas and afterward in the domestic
and export trade. It's articles embrace
provisions for owning lands, prospect
ing for and marketing Oil, operating
pipe lines and steamships. The lumber
company will take over the hololngs Of
John H. Kirby, including more than
1,OoO, 900 acres, embracing the larger
part Of the standing timber in East
Texas.
Says a Richmond dispatch of the
4th instant: Mrs. Matthew Gilmore,
who, as a girl, performed the daring
deed Of riding through the federal lines
and conveying to Colonel John S. Mos
by information that enabled him to
save the Southern army from defeat,
died suddenly tonight. She was Ill only
10 minutes. Mrs. Gilmore was daugh-
Pollock, of Fauquier county. During
the war, when a mere girl, she rode
alone through the federal lines and con-
veyed to Colonel John S. Mosby the
news that the enemy was going to
make an attack upon the Confederates.
It turned out that this timely warning
saved the Southern army from defeat.
On her mothers side Mrs. Gilmore was
descended from the Lees and the
Washingtons.
DIR. William Sutherland, health OFF,
Ger Of Bolivar county, Miss, on last
Friday gave out the following report
on charbon, which has appeared in his
county: Anthrax appeared in this
community about three weeks ago In
virulent form and Is causing wholesale
destruction Of muIes, horses and swine.
I have heard Of only one case In man,
but fear it's effects on the people before
1t runs its course. The atmosphere Is
full Of the stencil from dead animals.
They die so fast they cannot be buried
or burnt, and it is exceedingly difficult
to get men to undertake the job. The
infected district is from above Gunnf-
son, near Duson on the north to Bolli-
var and Benoit on the south and east
to Bogue Phalia. I nver knew horse
flies so numerous and they are the
cause Of the rapid dissemination Of the
disease. House flies and mosquitoes
are also supposed to aid its spread. DR..
Roberts, Of the experiment station,
came here at my call, but can offer no
remedy except the injection Of the Sc
rum. I have without authority, put
this section in quarantine as to ami
mails" Senator Moore, of Bolivar coun-
ty, confirms the stories sent out about
charbon and says 80 per cent. Of the
stock in the infected district is dead.
Philadelphia Times: Austria is the
centre for the. talk about a Pan-Euro-
pean alliance against America. The
alarm wal first sounded by the Aus
trian foreign minister, Count Goiu-
chowski, and 1t is not surprising that
hints Of the same sort emanate from
that neighborhood. The Vienna cores
pondent of the London Times consid-
ers the matter Of so much importance
that he sends his journal an article
written to this text. While he thinks
that the realization Of such a general
boycott against America is quite i'm
probable he saysit is worth while tonote
the fact that the idea becomes increas-
ingly popular in commercial circles In
central and eastern Europe. 1t does
appear unlikely that such a combina-
tion could be effected. But whether 1t
could be or not Is not the question that
should cause anxiety to the American
people. The very fact that it Is sug-
gested and that single nations are
ready to arm themselves against the
competition of the United States ought
to be enough to put US on guard. A
people with whom other governments
are seeking grounds for dispute, can
ill-afford to parade up and down the
hallway Of international politics with
chip on their shoulders. Urbanity and
a friendly disposition to go half way
in all matters Of trade should mark our
foreign policy everywhere.
"Details Of the alleged offense Of
Capt. A. s. Rowan, the burning Of
Filipino town for which he is to under
go investigation, have been received
at Leavenworth, Kansas, in a letter
from Private John E. Watson, Nine
teenth infantry, dated Jaqua, Bohul Is
land, May 10. The letter says: "a ma
tive spy came into the post and walked
over to Captain Rowan's tent and look
ed in and found it empty. But when
he started to 60 away he saw Corporal
Daily standing few yards away. The
spy took Corporal DAILY for the cap
tain and walking up to him gave the
corporal a folded note. AS DAILY took
the note to read the spy drew out a
dagger and stabbed him to death. The
insurgents had planned to rush in and
cut the rest Of us down during the con-
fusion that would follow the captains
death, but we cody fell in under arms
and formed a skirmish line around the
post. The insurgents thought they had
gotten Captain Rowan, so when the
skirmish line advanced they met about
100 men in the bush. About so Of the
enemy were killed and about a dozen
were taken prisoners who were killed
while tryine to escape. The men
caught the spy who murdered Daily.
They would have tortured him to death
but some men of cooler heads than the
others shot the wretch in the head.