Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-05

The ReichSwehr, the WellknoWn
Austrian military organ, points out, &C
cording to Vienna dispatch. the enor-
mously increasing scale on which Rus
sia is holding it's military maneuvers.
The number of men taking part in
these strategic movements has been
practically doubled within the last
three years. This years plans provide
for 739 battalions of infantry, 4s5
souadrons Of cavalry and 391 batteries
of artillery, representing 70 per cent. OF
the total army strength on a peace
footing. The Reichswehr further notes
that the troops in the district of War
saw, near the Austro-German frontier,
have recently been doubled, while those
in the districts Of St. Petersburg and
the Caucasus have been trebled.~Rus-
sia's annual levy Of recruits now ex-
ceeds Great Britain's whole army.
Says a Beaumont, Texas, dispatch
of last Sunday: The little town of Jas
per, the county seat of Jasper county,
was entirely wiped out this morning by
fire. Seventeen houses, including every
business house in the place and num-
ber Of residences, were destroyed. The
fire broke out about 8 o'clock, and In
the absence of any fire department the
town was at the mercy Of the flames.
Previous to the fire the postoffice safe
had been blown open and robbed. The
safe Of the county treasurer was also
found to have been blown open and
rifled of it's contents. The conclusion
of the people of Jasper is that the rob-
bers blew open these safes and then
set fire to the town to cover up their
crime and create an excitement which
would afford them an opportunity to
escape. The loss is estimated at $780,
600 by the fire, but it is not yet learned
what the thieves secured from the
safes.
The supreme court of North Caro-
lima has handed down an important de-
cision in the case Of Gattis VS.. Kilgo.
A new trial is ordered and several
statements of the court seem favorable
to the defendant. The court holds that
the famous speech on which the case Is
based is not intrinsic evidence Of mall
ice. 1t is also held that DR.. Kilgo's
trial before the trustees of Trinity COL
lege, which resulted in a vindication,
was like a court Of law and that he
had a right to resent the charges. The
new trial is granted on certain errors in
the charge, the court holding that the
speech was absolutely privileged. The
court says: I'm this state defendants
have entire immunity in trial before
what they say is pertinent to the is
sue" The judge below properly tried
the case as one of qualified privilege.
1t is held that DR.. Kilgo had right to
publish an account of the trial and his
acts providing the publication was free
from malice. It will be remembered
that in the trial few months ago Rev.
DR.. Gattis won and got verdict for
$4,000 damages.
The statistician of the department
Of agriculture estimates the total area
planted in cotton at 1882, 900 acres, an
increase of 2.111, 900 acres, or S.3 percent.
over the acreage planted last year and
of 2,49S,0 900 acres, or 10 per cent. over
the acreage actually picked. The In
crease in the states where the area
planted and that picked last year we're
practically the same. is 10 per cent. in
North Carolina, Florida and Arkansas;
per cent. in Georgia and Louisiana;
7 in South Carolina: IA in Tennessee; 70
in Oklahoma; 20 in Indian Territory; IL
in Virginia. and II in Missouri. In AL
ALBANIA the increase is estimated at 9
per cent. over the acreage planted last
year, and IL per cent. over that picked;
in Mississippi, per cent. over that
planted and 7.9 per cent over that PICK
ed: in Texas at s per cent. over that
planted and 10 per cent. over that pick
ed. The average condition of the grow
ing crop is S15, as compared with SZ.5
on June 1 of last year. This condition
of SIS is, with one exception, the low
est June condition in 20 years. The
condition by states is as follows: North
Carolina, 81 per cent; South Carolina,
so; Georgia, 80; Florida, IS; Alabama,
&c; Mississippi, 80; Louisiana, 80; Tex
as. 81: Arkansas, 81; Tennessee, IS; Ok
lahoma, SS; Indian Territory, IS.
Captain Richmond P. Hobson, ia
nous for sinking the collier Merrimac,
in Santiago harbor during the Spanish
war, was the center of attraction to
about 1000 people at the Lake Orion
assembly, an interdenominational re-
sort, about So miles from Detroit,
Mich, last Thursday. The event was
n Memorial day service and the open
ing of the assembly. Captain Hobson
made an address which was character
lied by eulogies of the soldiers of the
civil and Spanish-American war, who
gave up their lives in the cause of hu-
manity. Capt. Hobson said, after ex-
pressing his appreciation at being in
vited to speak in the North on such an
occasion: Il wish that the states of
the South would adopt this day for
Memorial and Decoration day for the
Confederate dead, and that the custom
would begin and become general for the
South to invite citizens of the North to
come South and for the North to invite
visitors of the South to come North to
join together in one spirit in n common