Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-04-15
Scraps and fafts.

April IA: Great excitement was caused
this morning in Pera, suburb OF Con-
stantinople on the north side of the
Golden Horn" when two Albanian
soldiers Of the Imperial Guard drew
their revolvers in the chief street and
fired five shots in the ain The street
was thronged at the time, 1t being the
busy part Of the day, and the crowd
at the point where the shots were hreo
fled in all directions. The soldiers
were arrested. It is believed the shoot
ing was due to the excitement caused
by the news Of the death Of M. Stcher-
bina, the Russian consul at Mitrovttza'
who was shot some time ago by an
Albanian sentry. 1t is thought the two
Albanians were intoxicated. Consular
reports received here show that the
anarchy in the Monastir district Is be-
coming more acute. The assassinations
and pillagings continue mutually
among the Macedonians and Mussul-
mans. Fifty Christians were killed In
the Prilep district this week.
AS the result Of the inquest IN the
Burdick case in Buffalo recently, the
public became pretty thoroughly con-
vinced that Burdick was murdered oy
Pennell, and there was no doubt feit as
to the criminally intimate relations be-
tween Pennell and Mrs. Burdick. IL
is plain that Pennell committed suicide
and carried his own wife with him over
q cliff into a rock quarry on purpose.
There has been an inquest into. the
death of Pennell and tie principal 1ea-
ture of it was the giving out OF an al
legged statement that Pennell is alleged
to have made to his stenographer De-
fore his death. In his statement Mrs.
Rurdick Is represented as good Wom-
an. and the opinion is expressed that
Burdick came to his death at the nanos
of a woman who was admitted into MS
house at night. Even If there was no
question as to the authenticity or the
statement, the paper would be OF little
value; but on it's face the whole thlns
looks like an effort on the part or Pen-
nelrs friends to restore to Mrs. Bur-
dick the character she had previously
thrown away.
THE investment Of Bacolod, island
of Mindanao, which was captured Dy
Captain Pershing's forces, after a hgnt
in which a hundred Moros were killed.
occupied three days, says Manila ca
BILE. The final assault was made at
noon Wednesday. Desperate hghtlns
took place inside the forts. Seven can
non were captured and eleven Ameri-
cans were wounded, a few Of them Sc
riously. It is probable that all the
Americans will recover. The coiumn
approached Bacolod early on Monday
and found new forts, which had been
a wear under construction, flying bat
tie flags The Moros did not walt TO
be attacked, but fired volley, which
wounded two Americans. Captain
Pershing then decided to lombard the
fortifications, and McNair's and Cat
ley's batteries took up positions ana
shelled the forts and works until Wed
nesday morning, the infantry and cav
airy supporting. the attack. Many OF
the Moros left the forts on Monday ana
Tuesday nights and escaped in boats
ON the lake. The assault on Wednes-
day was carefully prepared. The COL
umn carried forward a bamboo bridge,
on which, the troops crossed the moat
under fire, and afterwards scaled the
walls. The fighting inside the forts
was most desperate. Sixty dead Moros
were found inside the walls and forty
were killed in the trenches. The
whereabouts Of the Sultan Of Bacolod
is not known. He is believed to have
escaped on Monday night.
Gen. Ben Viljoen, second In COM
mand Of the Boer army, in the late
war, 1ectured upon some Of the phases
of the South African conflict before the
Harvard Union, at Cambridge, Mass,
last Friday. It was his first lecture In
this country. He related his expert
ences with small force in prolong1ng
the fight against the British. Then ne
criticized the British army, saying that
the chief fault was the lack of inde-
pendence Of the soldier. Without an
officer in command the ranks were alb
solutely helpless. Most of the officers
were little better for scores Of them
who were captured were found to be
unable to do such a simple thing as
cook their meals. He declared that the
British soldiers could not shoot, hav-
ing little or no knowledge Of firearms.
In rushing one camp and capturing 1t
the Beers found the soldiers were
shooting at 1,200-yard range through
out the time the Beers were creeping
up. He said the Beers lived on what
ever they captured from the British
army, and for nine months they went
without salt. In conclusion, Gen. VIII
joen asserted that England had prom
ised to give the Beers fair treatment,
and later what would be practically
freedom. At present the Beers were
merely a conquered people in the worst
Of proverty. The reason that the war
lasted for two years after. the Beers
case became hopeless was because they
were cut off from outside communica-
tion and were looking for Lafayette
to aid them in their fight.
The Rev. William Henry Milburn,
the venerable blind chaplain of the
United States senate, died In Barbara,
CAL, last Friday. Mr.. Milburn, accom-
panied by his two nieces, the Misses
Timley, left Washington for the Pacific
coast about year ago. The chaplain
was in broken health. The change
brought no great improvement in his
condition. and when congress met, in