Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-10-26
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for the kidnapping of Miss Stone. The
object of the crime was to embroil the
Turkish government with the United
States. The Bulgarians and Macedo-
mans are alarmed over the complica-
tions that nave arisen and there Is now
reason to fear that those implicated In
the plot will take Miss Stones life In
the hope of further ensuring their own
safety.
The annual report Of the postmas-
ter general for the fiscal year ended
July 80, 1901, will contain three fea-
lures of especial interest. They are the
universal extension of the rural free
delivery service, the resumption and
extension Of the pneumatic tube service,
and a resume Of the scope, force and
effect Of the recent order against pre-
MUM publications. Mr.. Smith will ask
congress to increase the appropriation
for the rural free delivery service TO
s6,250, 900, an increase Of $2,75O,0O0 over
the estimates for last year. Mr.. Smith
is warmly in favor Of the universal ex-
tension of the rural free delivery sys-
tenn, believing it to be one of the most
popular and successful branches OF the
post office departments mail service.
Detroit Free Press: A surprising
story Is told in Detroit today, by a
prominent young society woman of Pc
tosky. Mich, who Is visiting. friends
here, but who does not wish to be quo
ted. She says that since the condem-
nation of Czolgosz, the wives Of three OF
the most prominent citizens of that
place have received anonymous letters
threatening them with assassination.
The letters state that the recipient Is
one Of a hundred women throughout
the United States, selected to be killed
in retaliation for the execution Of the
assassin Of President Mckinley. Mrs.
o. H. Rose, one of the women there, is
the wife Of one Of the wealthiest men
of Michigan. The second is the wife Of
Judge wachtl; the third is the wife Of
Judge Newberry. The matter mas been
put in the hands of the sheriff.
Augusta Chronicle: A great deal Of
fine writing has been done, in past
years, about the colored man who owns
a patch Of ground near Vanderbilt's
Biltmore property at Asheville. 1t was
said that he refused to sell his patch
at any price and that he found Mr..
Vanderbilt a very good neighbor."
Recently this Negro has been arrested
for stealing wood. He protested his In
nocence; but was bound over. Mr.
Vanderbilt's foresters claim that they
detected him in the act. Meanwhile a
man got an option on the Negroes prop
erty and tried to sell it to Mr.. Wander
bilt; but was told that Mr.. Wander
bilt did not want it, never desired 1t,
and did not want it even at a low fig
ure. So passes a romance that was
made out of literary phantoms. We are
sorry for the old Negro, and hope he
may get cleared and remain a good
neighbor to the New York nabob who
\ does not want his little patch and new
er did.
Washington special of October 1S,
to Philadelphia Record: President
Roosevelt today talked to several
prominent southern men about the
criticism which has come from the
south as a result of his having had
Booker T. Washington as a guest at
dinner. Among them were Senator Nc
Laurin, of South Carolina, and General
Joe Wheeler. The president told them
that he regretted that the southern
people had seen fit to censure him for
exercising an undisputed right in in
viting Booker Washington to dine with
him, and thought that if the southern
people really understood the situation
there would be no complaint Of his
course. The president declared he had
made no mistake. Every mail brings
to the White House large numbers Of
letters from prominent people in the
south, standing by the president In the
matter The writer Of one Of them says
that in Atlanta, Ca, several years ago,
the board Of trade gave banquet, at
which there was present as guest a
prominent colored Democrat, and that
after dinner the Negro was called up
on to respond to toast.
Robbers failed to get the valua-
bles from an express car on the South
ern Pacific railroad near Eugene, Ore
gon, last Wednesday, because of the
remarkable courage Of a messenger
named c. F. Charles. After the rob-
bers had stopped the train, they made
the engineer and fireman cut loose the
express and mail cars, and then requir-
ed the engineer to pull the cars some
distance away. All this time Mr..
Charles had remained in his car. The
robbers ordered him to open the door.
He refused and they threatened to
blow it open with dynamite. He told
them to blow away. They blew the
door with dynamite cartridge, and
also exploded cartridges under the car
and threw them inside. Charles pick
ed up the cartridge that was thrown
inside and pitched it out, where it ex-
ploded. He also drew the fuse from an
other cartridge. The robbers riddled
the side of the car with bullets after
Charles had fired at them several
times; but as he had taken off his shoes
and changed his position they did not
hit him. After trying for 40 minutes to
get into the car the robbers gave it up
as bad job, stole the registered pack
ages from the mail car and left.