Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-25
Scraps and facts.

For the first time in the history Of
hunting in the province, says Van.
couver, B. c., dispatch Of last Satur-
day, bears have been taken alive with
out the use Of firearms and in manner
that Is remarkable. Japanese engaged
In cutting shingle bolts discovered
large bear in a hollow tree and. In the
attempt to oust 1t the animal chased
one Of them. AS the bear came up to
him q Japanese jumped on his back
and held his position until seven OF his
countrymen followed all piling on
bruin and securely holding him down
until he was tied. The female bear ap-
peared q few moments after and the
Japanese captured her also. The bears
will be presented to the city zoo by
Rev. Goro Ka Buragi on behalf Of his
countrymen.
"A desperate Negro named Lafayette
Sims, allowed himself, to be killed IN
New Orleans last Friday rather than
submit to arrest at the hands of the
police. He was boarding at a Negro
boarding house in which there were
seven beds. On Friday morning the
proprietor, Negro. asked Sims to open
the door so that another lodger might
be admitted. Sims refused and told the
proprietor to go away and not bother
him. The proprietor went for the po-
lice. The police broke down panel
of the door and Sims began shooting.
He shot q revolver out of the hands OF
a policeman. The police were rein
forced until they numbered fifty men.
It was decided to burn Sims out, and
cotton saturated with kerosene and sui
phur was lighted and thrown into the
room. Finally Sims came bolting out
with a revolver in either hand, and
policeman shot him dead before he
could hurt anybody. There were sew
eral thousand excited Negroes around
the place, but they made no demonstra-
ton.
The New Yorker: Mr. ]. P. Nor
gan made one Of his rare visits to the
Waldorf-Astoria the other evening. He
had not been long in the hotel until 1t
became noised about among the bank
ers and brokers congregated In the
cafes and parlors that he was making
a friendly call on Mr.. James B. Keene,
who has been confined to his apart
ments for several days on account OF
slight injury to one of his knees. The
gentlemen were together for an hour or
more, and when Mr.. Morgan emerged
from the elevator he found crowd OF
Wall street people in waiting. From
the way they lifted their hats and
bowed and scraped to him a stranger
would have imagined he was at least
president Of the United States. II not
something higher up" Twenty or
more Of them got in line and followed
him deferentially to the entrance,
watching him with awestruck faces
getting into his automobile and whirl-
ing away. The coming and going Of
Mr.. Morgan was the incident Of the
evening, and provoked the greatest
curiosity as to what he had called to
see Mr.. Keene about. He had just
dropped in to ask him about that in
jured knee.
A Raleigh special Of Saturday to
the Charlotte observer says: The
greatest social and criminal sensation
Raleigh has ever known developed at
4.3O o'clock this afternoon, when, on
Fayetteville street, Ernest Haywood
shot and killed Ludlow Skinner. The
prominence Of both families Is marked.
Haywood is a grandson Of the late
State Treasurer John Haywood and son
Of the late Dr. E. Burke Haywood, and
one Of Raleigh's leading lawyers. Skin
ner was a grandson of the late Me-
Ludlow, Of New York, and a son Of the
Rev. DR.. Thomas E. Skinner, Of Raj
eigh, one Of the best known Baptists
in the south. At least hundred per-
sons must have seen the shooting. GER
tainly that number saw the victim Of
Haywood's revolver as he reeled and
fell upon his face on the car track In
front Of the postoff1ce and Marlborough
house, and not forty yards from the
court house. Haywood was taken by
Deputy Sheriff Separk to Haywood's
law office, and was there for about
two hours, guarded by deputies and in
conference with his attorneys, James
H. Pou and Argo & Shaffer. Later he
was taken to the. court house. where
81 ho1 rxy
hearing, taking only Separk's testimo-
ny, upon which he committed Haywood
to jail without bail for murder. Skin
ner's wife is the daughter Of the late
Major John C. Winder. The rumor
here Is that the tragedy grew out Of a
reported secret marriage in the family
Of one Of the men concerned.
New York World: In the cotton
markets Of the United States for the
last week there has been waged one Of
the greatest campaigns in the history
of the trade. The centre Of the con-
fiict is located in the pit Of the New
York Cotton Exchange and there the
bitterest struggles have occurred main
ly. Each day prices have moved up, to
the discomfort and rout Of the bears,
but they have not lost heart and they
continue to struggle valiantly. The
clashing forces consist on the one side
Of New England manufacturers and
dealers, assisted by strong pool Of
New Orleans cotton merchants. These
represent the bulls on the market. On
the other are numerous veteran mer-