Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-08-01
Scraps and 9afts,

cum. at Jackson, KY, some time ago
WAS commenced at Cynthiana, KY, last
Tuesday. There are numerous Witness
es for both sides, and several impor-
tant witnesses for the prosecution VINO
failed to testify at the first trial. One
man, Sam Little, actually saw the
shooting: but he lodged the officers
and could not be arrested. He was
afraid he would be killed. B. J. EVEN
is giving stronger testimony than ne
did at the mistrial. He says ne nao
been told what to swear and had peeh
advised that he would be killed II ne
should swear otherwise. He had agreed
to swear as Judge Hargis and other
hackers Of Jett had dictated. The oe-
fense has a great mob OF witnesses u
swear against the characters OF the
most dangerous witnesses on the sioe oi
the prosecution and to try to make
alibis for Jett and White.
A sensation was sprung In the CIT
cuit court at Nashville, Tenn, last
Tuesday when Judge M. M. Allison
called the jury in the Whitesides VIII
contest case, involving an estate OF
nearly $1,OO0.000 into court, ana askeo
them If any attempt had been mace 10
unduly influence them in making tnelr
verdict. The jury has been deadlocked
for more than week. James Goodson'
farmer, who Is one Of the jurors
stated that on Sunday last he went into
the Chattanooga Savings Bank ana
asked for change for S. bill. Its teller
pushed him $40 in silver. Goodson no
ticed the mistake soon afterwards, ana
took it back. He swore that when ne
returned the money the teller pushed
out another pile instead OF taking the
surplus s5. The Chattanooga Savings
Bank is one of the three executors IN
the Whitesides estate and the testimony
of its officers, given to the jury several
days ago, was strongly in favor of sus-
tanning the will Of the late Mrs. II. L.
Whitesides.
-Twenty-one persons were killed
and fifty were injured by the explosion
of two powder magazines belonging 10
the Union Metallic Cartridge company,
at Lowell, Mass, last Wednesday.
Draymen had been sent to the maga-
zine to take away the contents prepar-
atory to repairing the floors. One OF
the workmen noticed that nitro-glycer-
inc was leaking on the floor, and ne
picked up what he thought was jug
of water, with which to dilute the ex-
plosive. What he thought was water
turned out to be nitric acid. The floor
began to smoke and the men started to
run. Before they got twenty feet the
explosion came. The concussion was
frightful and was felt for miles. Men
were killed for a distance Of several
hundred yards; but strange to relate,
two Of the men who were at the point
Of the explosion, escaped with their
lives and were able to tell how the ac-
cident occurred. Windows were brok-
en- at a distance Of five or six miles
and the noise was heard fifty miles
away.
The idea of forcing the Colombian
government to ratify the Panama canal
treaty by means of revolution Is be-
ing discussed as feeler. There Is
much opposition in the Colombian con-
gress to the ratification of the treaty.
It Is believed that this opposition is
chargeable principally to undue influ-
ence from abroad. 1t will be remem-
bered that sometime ago there was
revolution on the isthmus and that 1t
failed of success principally because Of
the interference of the United States
The states Of Panama and Canca are
understood to be in favor Of trying 1t
again, and would probably break out
on tine least encouragement. 1t is ar
gued that if these states should again
undertake to set up for themselves, the
United States would now favor them
and that the Colombian government
would be forced to ratify the treaty.
The thing does not appear to be ex-
actly right or honorable; but such
things have been done and there need
be no occasion for great deal Of sur
prise If it is done again.
SO much interest has been aroused
in the last week over Prof. Langley's
flying machine that there has been
frequent inquiry as to where the money
spent in the experiments came from.
1t has been enormously stated that
congress made a direct appropriation
for the machine, which it is understood
cost about $4,000. Investigation shows
that Prof. Langley is experimenting
with what is regarded technically as a
war machine. The board Of ordinance
and Notifications made two allotments
of $4,000 each, November 9, 1898, and
December IS. 1899, respectively, for the
chine, under the direction of Mr.. S. P.
Langley. The allotments were made
out Of the regular appropriation for
the board Of ordinance and fortifica-
tions for the current year. In it's re-
port of general operations" for the
year 1S9S-1S99. the board refers brief
ly to the Langley machine as follows:
1T will be noted that there has been a
marked increase in the number Of fly
ing machines. aerodromes >and other
similar devices designed for air navi-
cation. This Is no doubt due to the
unauthorized publication in the daily
press, some months ago, of the fact
that the board had made an allotment
of funds to enable Mr.. S. P. Langley,
secretary of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, to personally conduct a series Of
practical experiments in this line Of di-
rect military investigations"
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