Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-03-05

west as the MISSISSIPPI Valley. 1He
rivers Of New York, Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee and Georgia were all high out
of their banks and the property loss
has amounted to many millions Of dol
lars.
The city of Patterson, N. j., which
was almost destroyed by fire recently,
has now been subjected to heavy
floods. The Passaic river overfiowed
it's banks a few days ago and sub
merged the tenement districts, render
ing thousands Of poor people homeless.
Although the authorities did not find
it necessary to ask for help on account
of the fire, they feel now that outside
aid will be acceptable.
BY sticking to it for l9 years George
T. Gambrell, of Baltimore, has finally
succeeded in collecting s4.56 from the
Baltimore and Ohio road, an over
charge on a wheat shipment in 1SS3
The company ignored his claim at first,
and he finally began to lombard the Of
ficials with postal cards, which he sent
by the thousand. Then he took to
writing dainty scented notes, and that
fetched the railroad, which has just
settled the claim.
1T was understood on Monday that
the United States senate would take
up the ship subsidy bill on Tuesday and
consider it as unfinished business un-
til disposed of. 1t was not contempla-
ted that the bill should be pressed to
the exclusion Of other business; but
that it should be laid. aside from time
to time to permit the consideration Of
various matters, including Senator
Hoar's bill for the protection Of the
president against assault. This meas
ure proposes to make the secretary Of
war responsible for the safety of the
presidents person, and 1t Is probable
that it will secure general endorsement.
DR. Silva, the retiring minister from
Colombia, authorized the following
statement at Washington last Sunday:
1.-The Panama Canal company, through
NJ. Lampre, it's secretary, and others
made it known some time ago, that it
could close no deal involving the trans
fer of it's rights to any nation without
first obtaining the assent of the Colon
bian government, the granter Of its
concession. This matter was made very
clear. The Colombian government
gave the right to institute negotiations
looking to a transfer Of it's rights to a
nation, but never to finally close such
a deal. I cannot comprehend why a
situation, which had been made so
clear to the company, should have
caused such a furry of excitement
among its shareholders when presented
to them in the form Of an official ca
blegram, unless they had considered
the notification to mean that the Col
ombian government was not yet pre-
pared with its terms to transfer to the
government Of the United States
Prince Henry of Prussia journeyed
last Friday afternoon, according to a
Washington dispatch, to Mount Ver-
non. and placed two wreaths on the
tomb of Washington. He approached
the grave Of the first president with
barred head, and that there might be
nothing irreverent in the ceremony ask
ed the holders of a dozen cameras who
stood around, to refrain from photos
graphing him. Prince Henry walked
to the Washington home and was driv-
en- from there down over the slope of
the hill to the tomb. When near the
iron gate Of the tomb he removed his
cap and entered. Two wreaths made
at Washington by his order had al
ready been sent to the tomb and TAX
ing them up formally set them in place.
Fifty feet down the sward that falls
away from the tomb Prince Henry
planted a linden tree. The tree had
been set in place prior to his arrival
and taking a spade the prince filled
the earth in around it's roots. The
prince was taken to the old Washing
ton house and spent few minutes in
looking at the Washington relics. He
then departed.
Charles Broadway Rouss, the we'll
known New York millionaire, died in
that city last Monday of dropsy. Mr..
Rouss was born in Woodsboro, Nd, in
1886. He first engaged in business In
Winchester, Va, served through the
war in the Confederate army and went
to New York in 1865. Some years ago
he became blind. He erected at his
own expense a monument to the Con-
federate soldiers in Mount Hope ceme-
terry, New York. He founded physi-
cal laboratory in the University Of Vir-
ginia. and he gave 100000 for the erec-
tion Of a Confederate monument in
Richmond. One of the sad features in
connection with the life of Mr.. Rouss
was his futile effort to restore his
sight, which he lost by degrees during
his business career. His offer of sums
of money which he finally increased to
s1,OO0,0OO, brought many applicants with
were more than he could use or try.
and as a means of trying the remedies
he had other blind men to undergo the
treatment. It was said that there were
as many as Is or 20 blind men trying
the treatment at one time, which if
successful he would take. None were
ever successful.
The following dispatch dated Har-
rismith, February %, was read in the
British house of commons last Satur-
day: Yesterday the combined opera
tions of the columns terminated in
driving the Beers against the Harri-