Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-11
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count Of alleged drunkenness and 9TH
er misconduct, has been received into
his home church at Russellville,
Arkansas. 1t Is claimed by the gov
ernor and his friends that the ac-
ton Of the church at Little ROCK
was dictated by malice and spite grow
ing out of his connection with the late
primary campaign in which Jones was
defeated for denomination to the Uni
ted States senate.
London Globe: The last Australian
mail brings an interview with the Rev.
A. E. Hunt, a New Guinea mission
ary, who had just arrived in Sydney.
He brought with him the skull Of the
late Rev. John Chalmers. who, 1t Will
be remembered, was killed and eaten
by Papuan cannibals. From inquiries
he made on the spot Mr.. Hurt thinks
that Mr.. Chalmers and his companion,
the Rev. Oliver Tompkins, met their
horrible fate through arriving at VIII
lage where, in consequence of the erec-
ton of some sacred buildings, tribal
cannibal feast was in contemplation.
The dispatch box of the veteran mis-
sionary was found to contain his diary
written I'D to the eve of the massa-
ere, and his will.
Baltimore Sun: Acting Marshal
Farman receives many curious let
ters: but one he received yesterday,
he says, is about the limit. From
Garcia, Currituck county, North Car
olina, came the letter from one st.
Clair Newark, who says that ne
has a brother whom he would like to
exhibit throughout the country, and
asks the acting marshal to recommend
some good Snowman. The letter con-
tains a description Of brother" who
would be a joy forever to Barnum or
a Bostock, If all said Of him is true.
He is described as III years old;
height feet q inches; weight 600
pounds; girth feet inches; perfect
ly sound mentally and physically; good
appetite. At birth he weighed IL
pounds and at the age of years 2SO
pounds.
The British government has made
a conditional purchase of $4,000 head
of Texas cattle to be used in re-stock-
ing the devastated farms in South At
rica. The scheme was set on foot sew
eral weeks ago and the initial ship
ment of so head has already been made
from Pensacola, Fla. The contract,
which has been made with a large
Texas cattle firm, calls for pure blood
high grade stock, not more than three
years old. If, as the result of the in
itial shipment, it develops that the
cattle bear transportation satisfacto-
rily, and thrive we'll in their new To-
cation, steamer line will be estab-
lished and the shipment will be push
ed as rapidly as possible. If the ex-
pertinent proves successful, South Af-
rica promises to develop into a great
country for fine cattle.
A very strange phenomenon has oc-
Cured in Algeria, in the district round
about Bougie, during the passage of
cyclone which wrought much damage.
According to the Paris Messenger, the
natives who had come into town, re-
late that during the storm there was
a regular hail Of rats and mice. The
story, on the face Of it, appears i'm
probable, but the witnesses who testify
to it's truth are so numerous that
some amount of credence must be at
tached to 1t. It is stated that the ro-
dents fell in such great quantity that
during the quarter Of an hour that the
phenomenon lasted, all the fields were
infested. Some Of the rats and mice
were found impaled on the pointed
stakes employed to separate one piece
of land from another. The question
naturally arises: Where did the ami
mails come from? Where could the cy-
clone have gathered them, afterward
waiting them through space, and final
ly depositing them in this district?
There was considerable excitement
in the vicinity of Meridian, Miss, last
week, on. account of the threatened
outbreak Of race war. A letter call
ing upon the Negroes to band them
selves against the whites was address,
ed to Tate Moore, signed by Negro
named Ruffin, who is Baptist preach
er. The letter stated that a mob Of
so Negroes would form in Rio, Kemper
and march to Green Johnson's house
and from there continue through the
country, numbering all the whites, de-
stroying farms and burning houses.
AS soon as the purpose of the Negroes
was learned. the whites armed them
selves with Winchester rifles and in a
short time had so intimidated the Ne
groes that it is now thought the
threatened uprising has been frustrat-
ed. The people from Marion county,
from which the news of the uprising
and threats first reached this city, are
very much wrought up and are pre-
pared for emergencies at moments
notice. The Negroes in those districts
outnumber the white population two
to one.
Washington special Of Saturday to
News and Courier: President Roose-
welt will probably visit Atlanta some
time next fall perhaps during the
month of October or November. In
conversation with Senator Clay. Rep
resentative Livingston and Julius L..
Brown, of Atlanta, who called at the
White House today the president in
dicated an intention to visit Roswell
the former home of his mother, some
time during the coming fall and IL