Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-28
Scraps and facts.

ed had not one Oh the nelrS auopleu lHe
simple expedient of having the wealthy
rooster" killed, thus becoming himself
the next of kin.
This is the year, we are told, of the
17-year locusts and western farmers
are making ready to combat the
plague. A hint comes to us from
Tunis, which may be valuable to the
AGRICULTURAL department when 1t has
finished sending out seeds. A plaugue
of locusts has descended on that COL
ony of France, and the French govern
ment once more shows its possession
of the national trait of thrift. 1t has
informed the natives that locusts are
very good eating and that they make
up for the lost grain by eating the in
sects. To help on this work and add
to the tastiness of the dish the govern
ment has made large shipments of salt
to the affected districts, which will be
distributed among the tribes that
dwell there.
Amid the enthusiastic demonstra-
tions of a great concourse Of the peo-
pie. the superb bronze statue of Count
de Rochambeau, who brought the
forces of France across the sea at the
hour Of greatest peril in the American
Revolution, was unveiled in Washing
ton last Saturday. Seldom has an
event presented so many brilliant fea-
lures of military pageantry and at the
same time given occasion for the man.
Hesitation of the strong bonds OF
friendship existing between the French
republic and the United States. For
the first time in it's history the Nation
al capital witnessed the sight OF rank
ON rank of French seamen, swinging
through Pennsylvania avenue and
mingling their cheers with those of the
American blue jackets and Sailors
while at the same time the French trl-
colors were entwined with the Stars
and Stripes, and the sound of the
"Marseillaise'' was heard along with
the "Starspangled Banner" Speeches
were made by President Roosevelt, the
French ambassador to the United
States and the American ambassador
to France. The statue was erected at
the expense of the United States gov
ernment.
Says a South Bend, Indiana, dis
patch of May %: John w. Churry,
aged 81, a carpenter, shot and killed
his sweetheart, Susanne Kresemeti,
aged 16, early this morning and then
killed himself with the same revolver.
Churry and the girl, with her parents.
all apparently in good spirits, sat on
the porch until midnight, when the pa
rents retired. About Is minutes later
the mother heard three shots. She
gave the matter but little thought,
however, and went to sleep. AT
o'clock she awoke and looking out saw
the bodies of her daughter and Chur-
ry lying on the ground. The couple
evidently had planned to die together.
The girl had laid her best dress and
under clothing on a chair in the parlor
and the man was attired in his best
clothes. They apparently had laid on
the ground side by side. He then, evil
IDENTIFY, placed the 3S-calibre revolver
over her heart and fired twice. Both
bullets, not an inch apart, passed
through her body and buried them
selves in the ground. He then shot
himself in the mouth. His right hand,
still clutching the weapon. lay across
his breast. There was no indication OF
a struggle and no reason for the trag-
edy Is known.
The correspondent of the Daily
Mail, at Kingstown, Island Of st. VIM
cent, describes in a dispatch the con-
dition of that island. He says that 81
per cent. of the persons injured cannot
recover. The whole island resembles a
desert and the graves of human beings
and the remains Of animals are seen
on every side. Owing to the difficulty
of breathing the correspondent could
not get near La Souffriere. Every
where on the island the rivers have
been stopped by the dust or lava, and
in one valley the dust lies go feet deep
Most of the deaths on st. Vincent were
caused by a blast of heated, sulphur
Gus air. The authorities have ascer-
tanned, continues the correspondent
that the rumor that another crater had
been formed by the eruption of last
Monday is untrue. The sun was OBJ
scured all day Monday and the tenn
perature rose to 103 degrees, Fahren-
heit, in the shade. A heavy dust fell
that day and terrified the crowds OF
islanders who were praying along the
seaShore. 1t seems. says the cores
pondent. that the dense air is probably
eruption of Sunday being blown back
on the island by the trade winds. This
explanation has relieved the anxiety.
Representative Warnock. of Ohio
from the house committee on labor, re-
porting favorably the bill creating a
commission to inquire into the condi-
ton of the colored people of the Uni
ted States, says after reviewing the
purpose of the bill: 1T is painfully ap-
parent that although nearly 40 years
have elapsed since the Negro race was
given it's freedom, and although it has
lived in the United States during all
this time. side by side with the white
race. that there is less of harmony be-
tween the races today than there was
at the time the Negro race was given
its freedom" He says that while the
Negro has made very great progress in
many respects. vet it is true that great