Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07
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A year or two ago he asked to be re-
tired on account Of the condition Of his
eyes, which he claimed were failing.
His eyes were duly examined and the
report was to the effect that their
condition was not such as to warrant
retirement. Then as the next move,
the persistent lieutenant sent in his
unqualified resignation, giving up all
retirement and other privileges. The
navy department continues to stand
in the way. 1t holds that it stands in
need Of young men like Mr.. Hobson,
and Is unwilling to give him up.
The probability is that his resignation
will not be accepted.
James B. Howard, of Clay coun-
ty, fired the shot that killed William
Goebel," said Henry E. Youtsey, in his
confession as to his part in, and
knowledge Of, the conspiracy which
terminated in the assassination Of the
Democratic claimant to the governor
ship Of Kentucky. The convicted man
now says that he has made clean
breast Of the details Of the plot and
has told everything he knows, fully
and frankly" He said that the shot
was fired FROM the front window In
the private office Of Secretary Of State
Caleb Powers, and that he and Jim
Howard were the only persons inside
the room. He named William S. Tay-
lor, Charles Finley, Caleb Powers, Jno.
L. Powers, William H. Culton, Whar-
ton Golden and William ]. Davidson
as conspirators with him.
A Camden, ILL.,, special Of Wednes-
day says: The First National bank
here was robbed Of about $4,000 at 2
o'clock this morning by four men and
within a few hours the robbers were
captured by citizens and marched to
the county Jail, where they are now
held pending an examination. No
trace Of the money has yet been dis
covered, but it Is believed it will be
found soon, as the robbers had practi-
cally no time for effective conceal
ment Of it. While the robbers were
working in the bank, snow began fall
ing. This increased in volume and 1t
was an easy matter for the posse to
track the robbers to barn two miles
east Of the city. The men were found
buried beneath the straw and were
taken to Jail.
Under the provisions Of the Ha-
waiian coinage act recently passed by
congress, the silver Of the island Is to
be turned into the mint to be recoined
into United States currency. Mr.. s.
G. Pratt, representing the Honolulu
chamber Of commerce, who has been In
Washington in the interest Of Hawaii
an legislation, calls attention to pc
culiar condition of financial affairs IN
Hawaii. Souvenir fiends have caused
us a great deal of trouble with our SILL
yer coins," said Mr.. Pratt, 'and there
is now less than 100000 Of our silver
coins that will be available for remint-
ing. We had an issue Of $1,CO0,000
about twenty years ago, and the sum
has been increased by smaller issues
since that time. Coin collectors at one
time bought up all our dimes and held
them until they reached premium,
and they are now worth about 40 cents
each. The spectators also tried to
corner the silver quarter market, and
did succeed in getting thousands Of
them out Of circulation. Souvenir
hunters and visitors have carried away
several hundred thousand dollars
worth Of our coins, so that the remint-
ing Of our silver coinage will not be
stupendous undertaking"
Disturbed conditions in Honduras,
growing out of the recent presidential
elections in that country, have caused
certain American commercial inter-
ests to appeal to the government here
for protection from anticipated dam
ages to their properties. Bonilla, who
was elected to the presidency Of the
country, has taken refuge on Anna
pala Island, where he Is organizing a
force to displace the incumbent Of the
presidential office, who refuses to sur
render the reins of power. The tur-
moil resulting Is reported to endan-
ger American interests in that quar-
ter, and the navy department, upon
notice from tine state department, on
Wednesday, sent the following order
to Admiral Casey: please proceed
with the vessels Of your squadron to
Amapala, Honduras. The department
is informed that a revolution has bro
ken out in Honduras, and you will con-
fer with the United States minister to
Honduras and the United States con-
sui at Amapala, in reference to the
protection Of American interests in
Honduras. The department desires
that you shall keep the vessels Of your
squadron together, as 1t is the inten-
ton Of the department, whenever prac-
ticable, to have the vessels of the
squadron cruise in company"
The senate committee on foreign
relations agreed last Tuesday to re-
port favorably the treaty with Colom-
bia for building the isthmian canal.
The agreement to report the treaty
was reached after three or four sit
tings, devoted in the main to hearing
Senator Morgan's objections to the
document in its present shape. He
had not concluded when the vote to
report was taken, but announced
that he would be willing to trans
fer the discussion to the floor Of
the senate. This was in accord
ance with a suggestion made by
Senator Cullom, chairman of the COM
mittee, who told the dissenting sena-
tor that he had satisfied himself that
the committee was prepared to report
the treaty to the senate without