Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-09-06
Scraps and facts.

ment. About 4Q Negroes were klleu
outright and 60 or 20 were more or less
seriously injured. Many of the injured
were hurt fatally. Most Of the injured
Negroes were from Scranton, Miss.
The attempted balloon voyage from
Denver, Col, to New York, came to
grief last Monday after the voyagers
had been only "a hours on their way.
The trouble was big storm that came
up as the balloon was crossing the
Rocky Mountains. The balloon became
unmanageable and plaything for the
storm. 1t was swept over Pixies Peak
three times. The last passage was
made with difficulty. All the ballast,
water provisions and other con-
tents Of the car had to be thrown out.
A descent was effected Monday morn
ing near Florence, Col. Baldwin, Shot
man and Hudson were somewhat bruis-
ed and frostbitten, as the result of their
riously hurt.
- President Roosevelt and party had
a narrow escape from death near Pitts
field, Mass, last Wednesday morning.
The party was travelling from Pitts
field to Lenox, when the carriage was
struck by an electric car. Secret SER
vice agent, VIM. Craig, was instantly
killed, and David ]. Pratt, the coach
man, was seriously injured. Private
Secretary Cortelyou was knocked in
sensible; but was not badly hurt, and
the president was cut about the face
and head. He was stunned somewhat;
but soon recovered. The motorman and
conductor Of the car were arrested: but
were released on bond. Both deny re-
sponsibility for the accident. The pres
ident was unable to fulfill further en-
gagements to speak during the day be-
cause Of a swollen mouth.
The mimic war between the fleet
and army on the North Atlantic coast,
resulted in a death last Tuesday. A
dispatch of that day from Fort Wright,
on the coast Of New York, says: While
the guns of Fort Wright were firing on
the fleet today, Edward Roy was In
stantly killed by the premature dis
charge of 12-inch gun. Harry A Da-
Wis and Samuel Clevenger were SER
iously wounded. Several others were
slightly injured. The men were pri-
Yates Of the Second Company, Coast
artillery, of the regular army. Roy
was No. 2 man at the gun and was
handling the powder. He had put 30
pound charge into the gun, and had
just pushed the breech block into place
without locking it when the explosion
occurred. 1t Is supposed that burning
rag had been left in the gun. Roy was
literally blown to pieces. Davis was
hit in the chest by pieces Of flying bone
and sustained fatal injuries.
"A correspondent Of the Frankfurter
Zeitung, (Berlin) writing from Manila,
replies to the charges Of cruelty on the
part of the American army appearing In
European newspapers. He says: Per
haps no other nation except the United
States would have had the patience to
meet the stubborn resistance Of the
Filipinos in Samar for two long years
with such humanity as, upon the whole,
has been the case. 1t Is not to be Won
dered at that the American leaders
finally let their gall run over at the
treacherous tricks played upon them
and adopted sharper measures. or
course, some excesses occurred, but 1t
is highly inadmissable to select these
few cases and serve them to the pub
lie as typical Of American war MAX
ing" The correspondent also empha-
sizes the injustice Of expecting Ameri-
cans to observe in every case the rules
of civilized warfare while fighting such
a foe. The writer praises the political
shrewdness, combined with moderation,
Of making surrendered insurgent off,
GERS governors of provinces.
There was another terrific eruption
of Mont Pelee last Saturday. The zone
of destruction paralleled the eruption
which destroyed the city Of st. Pierre
in May last; but it spread some fve
miles more eastward. The projection
of destructive matter southwark from
Mont Pelee was almost Identical with
that Of last May. The inhabitants
were removed from this area, and also
from the villages of Lorrain and Basse
Pointe, at the base of Mont Pelee, after
the May catastrophe, but were sent
back by the government last week.
The gendarmerie of Martinique OFF,
cially report that 1,060 persons were
killed and $50 injured by the latest
showers of fiery hail. Warships and
steamers are taking their inhabitants
from the coast villages where people
from island places have also gathered
for safety. Survivors who have reach
ed Fort de France describe the erup-
tion as being the most violent yet ex-
perienced. The detonations were heard
at the island of st. Kits. The st. Vim
cent volcano, the Soufriere, was IN
eruption simultaneously. Awful deto-
nations were heard along the southern
islands Of Trinidad.
The weekly summary Of the crop
conditions issued by the agricultural
department on last Tuesday. refers to
cotton as follows: But little rain has
fallen over much the greater part OF
the cotton belt westward from the Mis-
sissippi river during the past month.
the last three weeks Of which have been
excessively warm. The week ending
September 1. being practically rainless
over the greater part of Louisiana, por-
tions of Arkansas and Oklahoma, and
throughout Texas. with the exception