Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-23
Straps and faets.

Omaha, Nebraska, last Friday night.
The building was a small one, recently
purchased by the city as an emergen-
cy hospital for the reception of small
ppx patients, and was to have been put
into use today. The citizens became
enraged at the location of the building
within the city limits and Friday night
an attempt was made to burn the
structure, but it was saved by prompt
action Of the fire department. Friday
night a crowd Of men gathered near
the building, overpowered the guards
stationed inside, stood off the police
with guns and again set the fire. They
quietly watched the building burn to
the ground and dispersed. No arrests
have been made.
1t is announced that Governor Gen
eral Wood, Of Cuba, proposes to put
stop to dueling on the island. It seems
that there are in Havana and in other
places about the island, professional
dueliStS who are experts with the
sword, and who make it their business
to levy blackmail on pain of death for
refusal. For instance, a duelist, or his
friend will request loan Of a wealthy
victim. If the loan is granted it is not
repaid. If it is refused the victim is
tice is an old one, it is said, that was
not only tolerated, but considered hon
orable under the Spanish regime. But
General Wood proposes to have no
more Of it. He is after the duelists and
proposes to either learn them how to
break rock for the Cuban roads or
make them give up their bad habits.
Mr.. N. H. Frazer, the father of
Bass Frazer, the young man who dis
appeared from the Georgia technology
cal school at Atlanta, and who is be-
lieved by the members of his family to
have been kidnapped, has been made
the victim Of blackmailers. Mr.. Fra
zer received letter postmarked at At
lanta and stating that if he would put
$500 In gold in a sack of potatoes and
deliver it to a Negro who would ask
him for 1t near the Federal prison, a
few miles from Atlanta, the boy would
turn up at a designated hotel on Sun
day morning. Mr.. Frazer claimed that
he did as he was instructed to do, and
that he has since seen no trace either
of his boy or his money. While, Of
course, opinion differs as to what be-
came of young Frazer, the accepted be-
lief in Atlanta is that he ran away
from the chronological school because
he had been caught cheating in his
classes.
New York Herald, January 1S: 1t
has taken death to reveal the fact that
a person who was a member Of the
Iroquois club, and a voter for more
than 80 years, a successful person of
business in lower Sixth avenue and the
respected husband of two women, was
a woman. Her daily associates for
more than 25 years were astounded to-
night when they learned the facts and
refused to believe them. Murray Hall,
proprietor Of an intelligence Office, at
145 Sixth avenue, had been a we'll
known character for more than 80
years and had furnished many bail
bonds in Jefferson Market police court.
and there was an adopted daughter,
Minnie. pretty young woman, about
% years of age. 1t was not until death
came to Hall, at 1890 o'clock Monday
night, that the true state of affairs be-
came known through report made to
the coroner owing to perplexity in fill
ing out the death certificate.
Washington correspondence Angus
Clark. of Montana, will take his seat in
the senate on March 4th. He will no
doubt be given a cordial welcome on
the Democratic side. Senator Chand-
Ter, the bitter opponent of Senator
Clark, will retire from the senate on
March 4th, having been defeated for
reelection by the New Hampshire leg
islature. and with Chandler out Of the
way it is not anticipated that there
will be any objection to Clark taking
his seat. Chandler announced before
Christmas that he proposed to fight
Clark on the ground that he is an un-
fit person to sit in the senate, the al
legged bribery charges against the Mon
disposed of by the senate. 1t will be
remembered that Clark resigned before
the committee could secure a vote in
the senate declaring Clark guilty Of
buying his election in the last cam
paign.
Just before o'clock last Friday
evening, the senate finally disposed Of
the army reorganization bill. The
measure having originated in the SEN
ate, the final question was not upon it's
passage, but upon agreeing to the SEN
ate amendments. They were agreed to
by vote of 43 to %. While the party
lines were drawn on the measure, four
Democrats voted for it-Senators Lind
say, Of Kentucky; McLaurin, of South
Carolina; Morgan, Of Alabama; and
Sullivan, of Mississippi. Senator Hoar,
of Massachusetts,, who was detained at
his home by illness, was paired against
the bill with Senator Spooner, of Wis
consin. The bill has occupied practi-
cally the entire attention of the senate
since the third day of January, when it
was made the unfinished business.
While the opposition to it at all times
was vigorous, it was never bitter. Nu-
merous amendments were made to it;
but the general committee was sus-
tanned and the measure, with the ex-
ception of the elimination Of the can