Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-02-26
Scraps and faets.

the purchase by the government OF all
the telegraph lines in the country. The
aggregate value Of the stock Of the
Western Union and Postal telegraph
companies is s171,00O,OO0. 1t is claimed,
however, by many senators, that this
stock is very much watered, and that
the property Of both these companies
could be duplicated for half the sum
mentioned. Although the subject of
government ownership Of the tele-
graphs may be regarded as taken up,
there is no probability that there will
be an actual transfer for several years
yet.
Says a Morganton dispatch to the
Charlotte Observer: It Is stated, on
what seems to be good authority, that
the railroad work being done on the old
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
railroad in Mitchell, Is being paid for
by the Southern railway. that the line
will be completed to Marion, and that
1t will be operated in connection with
the southern end of the Three Cs, now
owned by the Southern. The Southern
railway Is having bill passed through
the South Carolina legislature to ena-
BILE it to operate the South Carolina end
Of the road as a part Of its system.
About 400 convicts are working on the
road in Mitchell county, and these, 1t is
alleged, are hired by the Southern from
the penitentiary authorities.
Prince Henry, Of Prussia, reached
New York last Sunday on the Kron
Prinz Wilhelm, as the representative of
his brother, the emperor Of Germany
and was welcomed as the guest Of the
United States by representatives Of the
army and navy. Admiral Robley D.
Evans gave the prince a special greet
ing as the duly appointed representative
of President Roosevelt. The land bat
teries fired a salute Of q guns, and the
rifles of a naval squadron assembled off
Tompkinsville, echoed the sentiment.
There was much ceremony about the
reception and a great deal Of good will.
Upon landing Prince Henry notified
the president Of his arrival and receiv-
ed a welcoming message in reply. Af-
ter the launching Of the emperors
yacht, which is to be christened by Miss
Alice Roosevelt, the prince is to take a
tour Of the country as far as the mid
die west, and every day Of his stay Is
to be filled up with solicitous attentions
on the part Of American national, state
and municipal officials.
The state department at Washing
ton now has official information that
Miss Stone has been released. An AS
sociated Press cable from Constantine
pie, dated February %, gave such de-
tails as were known then as follows:
Miss Ellen Stone, the American mis-
sionary, who with Nine. Tsilka was
captured by brigands in the district Of
Saloniga, September 3, last, has been re-
leased and arrived at Strumitza, Mac
edonia, at 3 o'clock this morning. Mo-
body was at Strumitza to meet Miss
Stone, as the brigands had given no in
dication where they intended to re-
lease the prisoners. Nine. Tsilka and
her baby were released at the same
time. They are all we'll. Miss Stone
Immediately made herself known to the
authorities at Strumitza. The first
news of Miss Stones release was con-
tanned in a telegram received by Mr..
Dickinson, the American consul general
at Constantinople, from the American
vice consul at Salonika. The telegram
gives no details of the release. AS Stru-
mitza is near the Salonica-Uskub rail-
road, Miss Stone will proceed to Salon.
ika without delay.
New York Sun: President Roose-
velts cabinet was in session at the
White House one morning this week
when a terrible noise burst upon their
ears. 1t was no common rumpus. 1t
shook the windows and it ratified the
chandeliers, and it sent the state papers
a-fying. At first the members Of the
cabinet smiled, supposing it was the lit
tie Roosevelts playing tag in the room
above. Then the sounds waxed in
strength until the house faily shook,
and 1t was plain that the cause was
something more than childish romping.
A dull roar as Of a mighty battle near
at hand made itself heard. Every man,
from the president down, looked at each
other apprehensively. Could it be an
earthquake? Was Washington sharing
the fate of Trans Caucasia and had
Capitol Hill suddenly turned into a vol
cano? One of the secretaries was dis
patched post-haste to find out what the
trouble was. "Well?" gasped the presi-
dent upon the secretary's return, while
every cabinet member sat breathless;
speak man-end our suspense at once.
What is this noise that 50 far exceeds
anything heard upon San Juan HIP
The roar and rumpus growing louder
than ever, the secretary had to shout at
the top of his lungs in order to make
himself heard at all. IT'S the augh-
ters Of the American Revolution prov
ing their title to a fighting ancestry"
he finally shrieked.
Washington special to The News
and Courier: A newly-elected member
of congress sat alone in the lunch room
at the Capitol a few days ago looking
the picture of loneliness and despera-
ton. He is a man of almost unlimited
means, but he has not cut much Of
figure in the house. He is modest, un-
assuming, and is not likely to become
an important factor in national legisla-
tion, even If he should be reelected a
half-dozen terms. A friend joined him,