Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-07-09
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Schley, today passed the senate, and
was Immediately signed by the COVER
nor as it has already been passed by
the house. The bill provides that be-
fore any history Of the Spanish war
shall be used in any Of the public
schools, it shall have been examined
and the fact ascertained that the part
played by Admiral Schley, of Santiago,
is treated justly and that he was given
the credit for the victory over Cervera.
The use of history partisan to Samp-
son Is prohibited under severe penal
ties.
- Pittsburg, Pa, dispatch, July 2: AT
a meeting Of the section Of mechanical
science and engineering, held here to-
day, rules and regulations governing
the aeronautic competition being ar
ranged for the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position, to be held in st. Louis, 1904,
were announced. The contest is for
airships of any description. The first
prize will be 100000. There will be no
restrictions as to the power used or me-
chanical principles involved. Balloons
and airships must carry one passenger
each, and the competitor must have
made trip of not less than mile with
a machine similar to the one entered In
the contest. The entrance fee is $3.50,
which will be refunded when the COM
petitor appears on the scheduled day of
the races. The entire course must be
traversed three times. The course Will
be L-shaped and will not be less than
ten miles or more than fifteen miles In
length.
Governor jeff Davis, Of Arkansas,
has written to President Roosevelt as
follows with regard to the suggested ap-
pointment Of James K. Jones as men,
ber Of the Panama canal commission:
II desire, Mr.. President, to say in be-
half of the people of Arkansas, with all
due Difference and respect to yourself
and your power of appointment, If you
contemplate appointing Mr.. Jones to
the Panama commission as a Democrat
from Arkansas as an honor to our
tunity to protest against the proposed
honor. He has been repudiated here
by the Democracy, and by his recent
utterance and actions has put himself
beyond the party line, but if you de-
sire to appoint him as Republican
pure and simple, Of course we can raise
no objection, though If you appoint him
as a Democrat We would like to be
heard. Perhaps I should not have
addressed you thus plainly, and should
not have done so, but for your kind
consideration Of me on my recent visit
and the expressed desire on your part
to have me communicate with you free
ly about any matter in Arkansas"
Tacoma, Wash, special to New Or
leans Times-Democrat: w. A. Reid,
secretary of the Skagway Y. M. c.. A,
has returned from the interior Of Alas
ka, where he talked with Indians whose
statements he believes fully confirm
previous reports that the Indians of the
lower Yukon have discovered an i'm
mense petrified ship on Porcupine river,
near the Arctic circle, north Of Ram
part, Alaska. The Indians first told
their story to H. F. Lischke, editor OF
The .Koyuk News. Secretary Reid
talked with Indians who convinced him
that they saw the great boat, which is
lying partly on it's side. When asked
it's size they traced it's dimensions on
the ground, indicating length of 1,2OO
feet. The Indians stated that every
thing connected with the boat was pet
rified. Among the things inside of 1t
was q large safe or chest. Thinking
there might be something inside of this
they rolled it out Of the ship and down
the mountain side, using levers and
skids for their purpose. They thought
it might break open, but in this they
were disappointed. While the chest
was hollow it remained intact. The In
dams finally became convinced that the
whole contrivance was something con-
nected with the Holy Spirit, so they left
it, but promised to pilot others there
at any time. Indians familiar with the
Bible are convinced the ship is none
other than Noah's ark.
The widest sights and noises which
have been seen and heard in the west
since that fearful day, twenty-six years
ago, when the Cheyenne, Crow and
Sioux Indians attacked and completely
wiped out Of existence General Custer
and 260 men of the Seventh cavalry, oc-
Cured at Sheridan, Wyo., last Friday
when a large number Of those same In
dians, reinforced by every warrior on
the Crow and Cheyenne reservations,
reproduced that famous massacre In
sham battle. Custer and his men were
represented by Major Saunders and 25O
United States soldiers from Fort Nc
Kenzie. All the old leaders were repre-
sented-Custer by Saunders P. Gall; the
leading Indian in the field by Spotted
Horse; Rain-in- -the-Face by Iron Thun-
der, and old Sitting Bull, high chief Of
the Sioux nation, by Medicine Crow.
Every Indian on the reservation had
been camped around Sheridan for the
past three weeks, making ready for the
"sham," and for two weeks daily re-
hearsals have been held under the su-
pervision of o. P. Ham, formerly con-
nected with Clusters command and ia
miliar with all the details of the battle.
About $50 of these Indians took part in
the real fight, and each one initiated in
the battle, as nearly as possible, the
part he took in the massacre. A fea-
tnre MAS made of the killing of Tom