Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-20

bis clioue handled 100000 bales Of ac-
tual cotton in the recent campaign.
Butte, Mont, dispatch Of October
IT: Two masked mounted men TO-DAY
rode up to the little station at Welch
Spur twenty miles east Of this CITY, on
the Northern Pacific, and covering the
operator with their revolvers, drove
him inside his office and locked him In.
They turned the signal light so as 10
stop the north coast limited, which was
due in half hour. The operator, r. 4.
Law, a boy Of twenty, threatened WIN
death if he moved, crawled on MS
hands and knees to his telegraph key,
and reaching from under the TABLE
wired the operator at Homestake 10
tell the engineer Of the north coast not
TO stop as the bandits meant to hold up
the train at Welch's Spur. The train
went through the latter place at forty
miles an hour, and the bandits tnen
rode off. A posse took the trail at day.
light.
washington Star: An interesting
illustration Of the excellent marksman-
ship of Uncle Sans men behind the
guns, as developed during the recent
inspection trip Of the naval committee
men on the United States ship Dolphln'
has just come to light. Representative
Roberts Of Massachusetts, was Of the
party. Approaching Gunners Mate
Spoer, Of the ship, Mr.. Roberts offered
him 81 to hit a seagull. Spoer TOOK a
4O-pound 6-millimeter Colts automa-
tic gun, and after a trial shot ne pop
ned a seagull on the fly at 400 yards.
One Of the representatives was firm IN
his declaration that the shot was an
accidental one, whereupon Spoer shot
another gull at $50 yards. The crowd
of astonished witnesses to the feat n
nally came to the concluscion that
Spoer was the crack shot Of the ship.
This Spoer modestly disclaimed, say
ing: We've a shipload of 'em." Spoer
got his dollar.
The report of the death Of Boris
Sarafoff, the famous Macedonian lead
er, is confirmed, according to a Lon
don cable. dispatch from Solonica
Thursday said that it was reported that
Boris Sarafoff was killed October II, in
a skirmish at Pruva, near FIorlna.
Boris Sarafoff was the life and soul
of the insurgent operations in Macedo-
MIA. All his life Sarafoff was an ac-
tive enemy of the Turk. When he was
a boy Of fourteen he saw his father
and grandfather tortured and dragged
in chains to a dungeon. He has been
described as "the most romantic figure
IN the Balkans" He was popularity
believed and stated to be the real In
stigator of the abduction of Miss Ellen
Stone, the American missionary, IN
September, 1901, In order to procure
through her ransom funds to enable
the Macedonian revolutionary commit
tee to organize the insurrection. In
1895 Sarafoff, after serving as an Of
ficer in the Bulgarian army, formed
band Of desperadoes to raid Turkish
territory. Since then he headed nearly
400 daring raids into Turkey. Once he
captured the Turkish town Of Melnik
with forty men, putting the garrison to
flight Throughout the recent dis
patches recounting the revolutionary
movements in Macedonia his name has
constantly required. He was more than
once previously reported to have been
killed. He was only thirty years old.
An Asheville, N. c., special Of Sat-
urday to the Raleigh News and OBJ
server says: One Of the most terrible
crimes ever committed in North Caro-
lima, occurred today, when DR.. ]. v.
Jay, a well-known physician Of Bun
combe county, living at Barnardsville,
twenty miles north Of ASheville, killed
with a claw hammer, his three children,
aged two, four and six years. 1t is
said that Jay had been drinking heavily
for nearly two weeks, and last night
forced his wife to leave home. Mrs.
Jay returned this morning, and was
preparing breakfast, when her husband
attacked her again and ran her out OF
the house. She started for a neigh
boris to get help and left the children
crying on the porch. While the moth
er was gone Jay killed all three Of the
children with a hammer. Mrs. Jay
soon returned with assistance, but ar
rived too late to save the children,
whose lifeless bodies were found lying
on the porch. After committing the
deed Jay went into the house and at
tempted to set it on fire, but the men
who returned with Mrs. Jay rushed in
and overpowered him, and extinguish-
ed the flames. Jay was then bound
hand and foot. and Sheriff Reed noti-
fled. The sheriff brought Jay to Ashe-
willie tonight. DR.. Jay, when asked to-
night if he did not know that he was
killing his children. said that he knew
he was. but that he just could not stop;
that he loved his children and knew he
sorry he committed the crime. but that
it can't be helped and that there is no
use to grieve over it now After the
tragedy DR.. Jay wrote to his wife say
ing: Il have committed an awful crime.
Will you forgive?" To this Mrs. Jay
replied: Il forgive you and hope to
meet you in heaven"
United States Consul General Skin
ner Of Marseilles. says a cable, is now
in Paris making final preparations for
the United States governments expe-
dition to Abyssinia. He expects to