Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-18
Straps aud fatts.

Secretary Hester's statement of the
worlds visible supply Of cotton, issued
last Friday, shows the total visible to
be 3,777,0 bales, against 3.S75,695 last
week and 4,275,6S1 last year. OF this
the total of American cotton Is 2,6lS,OOS
against 2,76S,695 last week and 3,176,-
6S1 last year; and Of all kinds, includ-
ing Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 1,164,OOe,
against 1,107, 900 last week, and 1,099,-
900 last year. Of the worlds visible
supply there Is now afioat and held In
Great Britain and Continental Europe
1885, 1000 bales, against 2,261, 200 last
year; in Egypt $4,000. against $4,000
last year; in India $4,000, against $751;
600 last year, and in the United States
929, 900 against 1,205,000 last year.
WIN. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill" Is
not much Of a sheep man. He blames
the floods and droughts in the Big
Horn basin on sheep. In letter from
London to President Roosevelt few
DAYS ago he wrote as follows: For
the benefit Of future generations, the
timber, and especially the underbrush,
must be protected now before 1t Is too
late, from the sheep devastating the
mountain watersheds, as they have al
ready cleaned valleys and table land.
If sheep are allowed to browse on the
underbrush of our mountains, In less
than FIVE years from now the home
seeker, the man behind the plough, the
actual taxpayer, will have to leave the
Big Horn basin for want Of water to
irrigate his land. No one knows this
better than yourself, for you are IA
miliar with all Of the west"
"A daring attempt at robbery with
a tragic ending occurred in one of the
most fashionable restaurants OF
Pueblo, Col, last Sunday night. Two
masked robbers entered the dining
room by the front door. One went to
the cashiers desk and the other at
tempted to rob the guests at the ia
bles. The second robber pointed a re-
volver at DR.. j. F. Turner who was
sitting at table, and ordered. him to
throw up his hands. The. doctor hesi-
tated and the robber fired full in his
face, killing him instantly. Then the
man attacked the other guests, c. b.
Bishop was shot in the left side. With
out securing booty the robbers fled.
Bishop Is in a critical condition. DR..
Turner was about 30 years old, came
here two years ago from Iowa. He
was a graduate Of Princeton. There Is
no clue to the identity Of the robbers.
Prof. Behring. the discoverer of
diphtheria serum, in lecture in Wen
ma last Thursday, gave the details OF
his latest discovery, which is serum
by means Of which cattle can be made
immune to tuberculosis. He said that
after inoculating cattle with the Sc
rum he had injected into them tubercle
bacili dissolved in water in the proper
ton of four milligrammes Of bacilli to
four cubic centimetres Of water. He
had thus treated more than hundred
cattle and none was affected by tu-
berculosis. He said that this proved
absolutely that a child treated with the
serum would be immune from con-
sumption for life. He also alleged that
tuberculosis in young children could
be cured with the serum, but that IT
would not lie effective in the case OF
adults. Prof. Behring supports the
theory that consumption is neither in
fectious or hereditary. Every child,
however, is naturally susceptible to the
disease.
While the secretary Of the navy,
Mr. Moody, and his party, were max
ing visit on shore in Havana, Sunday
afternoon, squall of tremendous vio-
lence swept over the harbor. 1t be-
came as dark as night and the wind
and the downpour were terrific. Com
mander Stoney Of the Dolphin, real
izing the peril Of the small boats In the
harbor during such squall, called for
volunteer rescuers. The entire crew OF
the Dolphin responded. Boats were in
stantly manned and sent off. The
launch returned with four half drown
ed Cubans, and the captains gig with
another, who was lifted aboard appar-
emily lifeless, but later on resuscitated.
The courage and prompt action on the
part Of the Americans are especially
commended. The British ships did not
rise to the emergency although one Of
the capsized boats was much nearer to
the Adriane than to the Dolphin. Dur
ing Monday, Secretary Moody sum-
moned the entire crew Of the Dolphin
to the deck Of the vessel and commend
ed them for their bravery.
"A dispatch from Tucson, Ariz., to
the Los Angeles, Cal, Herald, says:
Mexican bandits held up the stage
which runs between Potam and Torin,
on the Yaqui river, in Sonora, last
Tuesday night, killing all of the six
passengers, including three women
Among them was Filiberto Alverado,
a wealthy Mexican, who owns a num-
ber Of ranches along the Yaqui river.
The authorities at Guayamas were at
once notified. Alverado and his wife
had taken the stage from Potam to
Torin, and the bandits thought he car
ried a. large sum Of money with him.
The hold-up took place about half
way between the two towns, but just
how the stage was attacked probably
never will be known, as all the passen-
gers and the driver were killed. They
were picked up the afternoon after the
tragedy and the circumstances give ev-
idence that they put up fight. 1t is
thought by the Guayamas authorities
that the perpetrators of the deed were