Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-10
Scraps and facts.

1t is reported in shipping and busi-
ness circles in Hamburg. says Lon
don dispatch, that J. Piernont Nor
gan, the American financier, offered
Herr Ballu. the director Of the Ham
burg-American line, 100000 a year to
manage the shipping combine. This Of
fer it Is said, Herr Ballu declined. 1t
Is also said here that the Cunard line
has been purchased. not by the COM
bine, but by Morgan and Ballu. This
report has not been denied or confirm
ed. It Is reported in Liverpool ship
ping circles that the British govern
ment has intimated it's willingness to
subsidize British shipping in the event
of the Atlantic shipping combine prov
ing really harmful to the mercantile
marine of Great Britain.
Says a Cincinnati dispatch Of May
8: Mrs George w. Herget was killed
last night during a carousal at her
home in Dayton, Ky. Her husband,
William Thornton, Frank Kent, Thom-
as Shields and William Murray have
been arrested on the charge of murder
Herget is the son of a wealthy distiller,
who died at Pekin, ILL.,, two years ago.
Owing to the habits Of George, his in
heritance was left in trust. When his
monthly remittance came, Thornton
Kent, Shields and Murray were accus-
toned to visit the Herget home. One
of these occasions, yesterday, continued
during the night, and at o'clock a.
M, officers were attracted by scream
ing and found Mrs. Herget lying pros
trate in the yard. badly stabbed. She
died soon after. The five men were
taken out of the house afterward in
such a condition that none Of them, up
to noon today, were able to talk.
The following cable from General
Chaffee at Manila. to the war depart
ment, tells wnat happened to the Moro
prisoners captured at the recent storm
ing Of the fort on the island Of Minda-
noa: General George w. Davis reports
Saturday afternoon May 3, prisoners
that had been disarmed sitting on open
hill top and surrounded by strong
guard, at a concentrated signal sprang
to their feet and rushed down the hill.
Several endeavored to seize rifles from
the guards, and one succeeded while
soldier was drinking from canteen. d.
rection of the flight such as to bring
them to the rear Of the company so that
firing upon the Moros would endanger
our men. Guard and one company
opened fire without orders killing 35.
Nine were recaptured and the others
escaped. Regret this accident as 1t was
desired to release the prisoners except
a few of the leaders and encourage the
return of others to peaceful labors."
Governor Jefferson Davis, Of Ar
kansas, on Tuesday, pardoned Negro
named Thompson, who had been SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for three
years for assault with intent to kill,
on condition the said Thompson go to
Massachusetts within the next 30 days
with the intention of becoming citizen
of that state. The governors endorse
ment on the pardon is as follows:
Having just returned from the north
and having heard many expressions by
the citizens Of Massachusetts, for what
they were pleased to call the poor op-
pressed Negro of the south and desir-
to reform a certain portion of the Ne
gro population of our state. Therefore,
I, Jefferson Davis, governor of the
state of Arkansas, by virtue of the con-
stitution and authority vested in me by
the constitution and laws of Arkansas,
do grant unto Andrew Thompson, a
Negro, a full and free pardon on condi
tion that he become within the next 30
days a citizen of Massachusetts,.
The surveyors and engineers of the
Southern Pacific railroad have just
completed the survey Of the new tun-
mel through the Sierras. The tunnel is
to be five miles and 800 feet in length.
1t will be the longest railroad tunnel
yet excavated, SURPRISING the Hoosac
tunnel in Massachusetts,, which Is four
and three-quarter miles long. The ad-
that it will shorten the route through
the mountains, will eliminate about
1000 feet Of grade and will reduce the
length of the snow sheds % miles; in
other words the aggregate length of
the snow sheds required to protect the
track in winter will be reduced from 40
to IL miles. CONSPICUOUS as the tunnel
will be among our mountains it will be
inferior in length to all the great Alpine
tunnels. The Simplon tunnel. now
building, will be twelve and a half
miles long, the longest in the world.
The Arlberg tunnel, which joins the
Austrian with the Swiss railroads, is
six and half miles long. Mont Cents,
which connects Italy with France, is
seven and quarter miles long, and ST..
Gothard, which unites the Italian with
the Swiss and German railroads, is nine
and quarter miles long.
Rome cable to New York Sun: The
brigand Mussolino is occupying his
time in prison writing his memoirs.
Several publishers are competing for
the book, knowing that there is money
in it. This Mussolino also knows, and
he demands 100000 lire, with 20 per
cent. royalty. The Italians continue to
worship at the shrine of MuSsolino.
Commissions of women have been form
ed in Florence, Lucca. Aquila and 9TH
er towns for the purpose of obtaining
signatures for their petition to the
queen for the Drigand's pardon. The
police have just seized a manifesto