Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-09-20
Straps and fatts.
: The agricultural

rally throughout the belt, and as a rule.
under favorable conditions, although
pickers have been inadequate in some
states. Over the southern portion of
the cotton belt the bulk Of the crop
has been gathered, and in some sec
tions many fields are already aban-
doned. Rains have caused damage to
open cotton in portions of Arkansas,
Louisiana, Georgia, Florida and South
Carolina.
A dispatch from Pekin to Lon
don news agency says: Catholics here
understand that the Boxer war has
broken out afresh in the province OF
Sze-Cheun and that many converts
have been slain. Reports are coming
in daily that many outrages have been
practiced and terrible tortures resorted
to by the natives. 1t Is said on what Is
believed good authority that from 300
to 1000 converts have been killed out
right and many others have been tor
tured by the Boxers. The greatest ex-
citement prevails and rumors of other
outrages are frequent. 1t Is feared
general uprising, similar to the fright
full atrocities two years ago Is under
way. The excitement is great in relig-
ious circles.
A Skagway special Of Wednesday to
the Seattle, Washington, Times, says:
About o'clock yesterday afternoon an
unknown young man walked into the
Canadian Bank. of Commerce, a re-
volver in one hand and a dynamite
bomb in the other and demanded $2O.-
900, threatening to blow all into eterni-
ty. Cashier Pooley and Teller Wallace
were the only two men in the bank
Wallace ducked to get his gun and ran
quickly to the back Of the room, call
ing for Pooley to do the same. mo.
you don't" yelled the man, dropping
the bomb. The clerks had just gotten
out Of the window. The bank was
wrecked. The robbers head was
smashed and one arm was torn off.
People living above the bank were
blown into the air. j., G. Price, for
merly prosecuting attorney, who was
entering the bank at the time, was hurt
but not seriously. The dynamiter died
without regaining consciousness. The
bank lost about thousand dollars,
chiefly in gold dust which was lying
on the counter.
Washington special to Philadelphia
Record: When the coal trust organized
about two years ago, peculiar agree
meent was made between the Scran-
ton Coal company and Representative
Connell, who, until he sold to the trust,
was the largest individual operator in
the hard coal field. Instead Of selling
his holdings outright or taking stock
in the corporation to which he trans
ferred them, Mr.. Connell made bar
gain to receive $1,000 for each day of
the year for ten years. The money that
falls due on Sundays and holidays Is to
be paid the day before. Every day
since the strike began the congressman
has received his check. AS he is near
ly IS years old there is no possibility
of his going "broke" at any time dur
ing the remainder Of his life. When
Mr.. Connell was asked why he made
such a peculiar offer, he said he had
two reasons. The first was that II ne
was to receive a lump sum he would
not know where to invest it. and the
second was that he wanted to be assur-
ed of a comfortable income.
- Nicholas Fish. a well-known. New
York banker. Of wealth and prominence.
was killed in a saloon in that city last
Tuesday afternoon by man named
Tom Sharkey. Fish went into the sa-
loon to drink whisky and beer with
some women whom he met on the
street Sharkey came in the saloon and
was invited by the women to the table.
He became offensive to Fish and as the
result Of a quarrel struck Fish with
his fist and killed him. Sharkey was
a detective: but was not present on
professional business. He did not
know who Fish was. Fish was son
of Hamilton Fish. former governor of
New York. United States senator, and
President Grant. He was the father
of Hamilton Fish. who was killed in
the battle Of Las Guisimas. 1t Is
stated that there is some mystery about
the circumstances that might have
taken Fish to the saloon as he was not
a frequenter of such places. The fam
ily and relatives Of the dead man are
all rich and powerful and they propose
to have the matter investigated thor
oughly.
The governors of Colorado and
Wyoming on last Tuesday appealed to
the secretary Of the interior for assist
ance from the government in checking
the great forest fires that are now rag
ing within their boundaries. Secretary
Hitchcock has requested more details.
He has ordered the superintendent Of
forest reserves in those states to en-
ploy additional men to fight the fires.
The department is very short of men
in the reserves. Thirty-eight bodies
were found on Tuesday in the Lewis
river valley. Washington, indicating
that the devastation there by forest
fires was worse than supposed. The
search is still in progress. The burned
district was settled by 500 prosperous
farmers, who lost all they had. Sixty
persons camping out at Trout lake near
the base Of Mount st. Helens saved
themselves by taking to the water on
improvised RATS of poles and logs
One hundred and forty sections of the
finest timber in Cowiltz county was de-
stroyed. The total losses in western