Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-11-06
Scraps and facts.

stated It is probable that the Colom-
bian government will try to chastlse
the secessionists and as to how much
bloodshed there is will depend upon
the amount Of determination on eth
er side. The Washington government
has ordered warships to the isthmus.
Charleston Post: The most re-
markably successful feat of political
agility recently accomplished was by
COMPTROLLER Grout and President
Fornes of the board Of aldermen OF
Greater New York. They were elected
two years ago as Fusionists and joined
in the general denunciation of Tam
many. This year they were renominat-
ed on their records by the Fusion party
and at the particular insistence OF May
or Low. Then Tammany took them as
the ORGANIZATIONS candidates and the
Fusionists cast them out. Now the Fu-
sion forces are beaten and Tammany
is triumphant and Grout and Fornes
have stepped from the sinking ship 10
the victorious frigate and are away to
another official cruise.
-Important elections were held in
number Of states last Tuesday; out
the results were not especially signl-
ficant. George Mcclellan, Tammanys
candidate for mayor was elected over
Seth Low, the Fusion candidate, by
plurality of 63,617. The entire Demo-
cratic state ticket, headed by Edwin
Warfield, for governor, was elected in
MARYLAND, and the legislature is over
whelming Democratic, insuring the
election of Democratic senator to sue
ceed McComas. The Republicans car
ried Ohio by large majority and Sen
ator Hanna will succeed himself. The
Republicans carried Nebraska by
large majority. Elsewhere the elections
went Democratic or Republican accord
ing to the usual bent of the respective
states.
-Gastonia News, Tuesday: News of
a horrible crime near Grouse reached
Coroner Meek Adams Saturday. He
went to Mr.. j. w. Clarke and learned
on ex-Sheriff Shuford's place, and two
colored witnesses that a Negro child,
at Will Hills house, three years old had
been burned to death under suspicious
circumstances a few days before.
Hearing the screams of the child the
men had gone to Hills house. They
found the three-year old mulatto son of
Hills wife terribly burned and
screaming with agony. Hill and his
wife were not at home. When asked
how he was burned the child said that
Will, his step-father had thrown him
in the fire. The men looked and saw
the print of the little fellows form
plainly in the fire behind burning
stick of wood. All the clothing was
burned off except his shoes. Later the
step-father came back. Asked about
the matter in his presence, the suffer-
ing child again said that Will had
thrown him in the fire. NO" said
Will, II took the fire off Of you" The
coroner did not exhume the body. but
ordered the arrest Of Will Hill, who
seems to have made good his escape.
Six men were killed and ten were
slightly injured as the result of a ter
rife explosion in the United States ma
val arsenal on Iona Island, in the Hud-
son river, about forty miles from New
zine on Iona Island is one Of the
largest in the United States. While
some workmen were drawing the
charges from some old shells from the
battleship Massachusetts, one of the
shells exploded, and started the disas-
ter. The first explosion included a
large pile of ammunition. 1t was fol-
lowed by numerous individual shells
and presently there was another gen.
eral explosion. Fire broke out and the
garrison Of marines, eleven in number,
fought it while shells were bursting all
about. The men who were killed were
laborers. Several marines were in
jured by pieces Of shell. The bodies
Of the slain were torn to pieces and
fragments were hurled hundreds of
yards. All the clocks within three
miles were stopped by the shock, and
people long distance away felt the
trembling Of the earth. In all, three
massive shell houses were wrecked.
Several large lots of fixed ammunition
and two large powder magazines re-
manned intact.
New York dispatch Of Nov. 4:
Opening after the holiday at an ad-
vance of II to II points, the cotton
market ruled very active and excited
today, on heavy covering and bull sup
port which soon forced the general list
to a level Of about 20 to % points net
higher, with December selling at 1854,
January at 10.45, March at 1880 and
May at 1858. The gains were chiefly
due to the estimate of a Liverpool au-
thority (Ellison), placing the world s
requirements of American cotton for
the season at 1O,S77,OOO bales, Of 500
pounds each. After a very bullish
crop estimate was circulated by a
prominent local house pointing to a
yield Of 9,6O3,00O bales, as compiled
from the reports of 1875 southern cor
respondents to local newspaper this
with bullish private advices from
southern stock markets accelerated the
buying and around midday December
sold at 103 and May at 1850, with the
general list net 27 to 81 points higher.
The best prices Of the uay were near
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