Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-11-03
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cars loaded with coal. The passenger
train carried $50 people, mostly col
lege students and their friends on their
way to an annual football game. Most
Of the killed were members Of the foot
ball team The wreck occurred on the
Big Four railroad.
The Russians have reoccupied the
Chinese city of Mukden, recently eVac-
uated by them. The circumstances
leading to this development is as fol-
lows: The Russians hal in their en-
ploy as chief of an Irregular band OF po-
lice, a Chinese subject who was want
ed for various crimes. The Chinese
government had asked for the surren-
der Of this man several times and hnal-
ly the Russians gave him up. AS soon
as the fellow came into Chinese custo-
DIV his head was chopped off and Rus
sia demanded punishment Of the res
ponsible officials, claiming that the al
legged criminal should have had fair
trial. China having done nothing with
in a reasonable time, Russia sent l.50O
troops to occupy Mukden. China has
made no effort at resistance; but she
is calling on the European powers for
friendly advice as to what she should
do.
Washington dispatch Of November
2: A fraud order has been issued
against a Washington concern opera
ted by Negroes and known as the EX-
Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pen
sion Association of the United States,
the officers of which are said to be l.
H. Dickerson, treasurer; 7. Starr Muir
free, secretary, and r. E. Gilchrist, n
nancial secretary. 1t seems that the
pensioning of former slaves is the prin-
ciple feature Of the association, this be-
ing an old scheme to wheedle the elus-
i've dollar from the unsuspecting Ne
groes. Various other benefits are
promised by the operators Of the plan,
among them being the burial of mem
bers. The inspectors for the postofnce
assert that the contributions are re-
tained by the operators without bene-
fit to any Of the persons who have
sent money for membership or other
purposes Fraud orders have therefore
been issued against the association and
all of the officers.
New York dispatch of November 2:
Fourteen solid blocks Of buildings In
ruins, one life lost, two score persons
injured, 500 persons homeless and fl
nancial loss Of $1,50O,000 Is the out
come of an alleged drunken freak
which resulted in the fire at Coney Is
land yesterday. Frank Connolly, II
years old, and Peter Shelley, 3S years
old, former walters in the Albatros ho-
tel at Sheepshead Walk and the Bow
cry, are locked up charged with arson
on the statement by Barney Wolf, pro-
prietor of a Raines law hotel at the is
land. Wolf says that on Friday night
Connolly and Skelley, in the presence
of crowd said that things were get
ting dull on the island and they be-
lieved they would liven the place up
with fire. Wolf says he saw them start
a fire, which he put out. Again yester-
day. he asserts. they started second
fire, but he arrived just as the flames
shot up and he was unable to control
them as he had done on Friday and
gave the alarm.
The total worlds production Of gold
in 1902, as estimated by the director of
the mint is s295,SS9,60O and Of silver,
coming value, s215,S61,SO0. For the
ha Cold
$SO,000,0OO, silver s71,757, 600. AS COM
pared with 1901 these figures show an
increase in the production of gold of
1,572,914 ounces, and a decrease OF 81
O42,934 ounces in the production of sill
yer. During the year Africa increased
its gold production from 439,7O4 ounces
to 1877 ounces, and Australasia in
creased it's gold production to $685.
800, which is over million and half
dollars in excess Of the production of
the United States, which again takes
second place. The production Of pre-
cious metals in the southern states
was as follows: Alabama, gold $4,000,
silver $129; Georgia, gold s97,S0O, silver
s517; North Carolina, gold s9O,700, sill
yer s27,O22; South Carolina, gold s121,-
900, silver, $3SS; Tennessee, silver
s15,9O3; Virginia, gold s3,1OO, silver ST.
62S.
Charlotte, N. c., dispatch Of Octo-
Der 81: Four people were instantly
killed and a corpse was torn from its
coffin by the locomotive Of No. 80, the
fast southbound passenger train on the
Southern railway at point four miles
out from Concord at $50 o'clock this
morning. The killed are: John Key,
Benjamin Lippit, Daniel Weaver, and
Miss Lula Townsend, all white, and all
Of whom lived in the vicinity Of the
tragedy. The people who were killed
were in a wagon with the corpse of
Mrs. Kate Lewis and were on the way
to a neighborhood burial ground. AT
the point where the accident occurred
the county road runs alongside the
railroad for a considerable distance,
the track being level and straight and
the view unobstructed. The engineer
Of No. 80 saw the funeral party driv-
cause for him to anticipate a tragedy.
Just before the engine was abreast of
the wagon, the mules that were hitch
ed to the latter suddenly became un-
manageable and swerved to one side,
carrying the wagon and it's occupants
directly across the railroad track in
front Of the train. The wagon was