Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-21
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interrupt him?" The INDIANA Hlah ie
o,,ed somewhat austerely: II trust the
senator will refrain until l conciuoe'
IT will gladly refrain If there Is any
hone that the gentleman from Indiana
will ever conclude" came the oi'hs
retort, and a chuckle rippled arouho
the senate chamber.
The ordinance department OF the
army is making preparations ior
large increase in the manufacture VI
r,aes and ammunition in order that the
state militia, as provided for by a re-
cent act of congress making II mahoa-
torv that all militia organizations
should be equipped with the army ser
vice rifle, may be supplied WITHIN d
reasonable period Of time. 1t Is esti-
mated by Gen. William Crozier' chlei
of ordnance, that not less tnah o'e
rifles a day will be turned out by the
ordnance department as soon as tne
new buildings are completed at tue
pool island arsenal. The proposed
new service rifle, which Is an improved
Krag-Jorgensen weapon, Is now oeihe
tested by a special board OF onice
under service conditions. 1t Is oeiieVea
rhat the rife will prove the best smai'
arm Of it's kind ever devised.
Secretary Hay, for the unlteo
States. and Mr.. Bowen for Venezueia'
on Tuesday signed a protocoi PROV"
ing for the adjustment Of the Onleeo
states claims against Venezuela by a
commission to meet at Caracas. ihis
commission will consist of two mem
hers a Venezuelan and an American,
TO be appointed respectively by Presl-
dents Castro and Roosevelt and IN the
event Of disagreement an umpire 10 DC
appointed by the Queen OF the Netner
lands It is expected that the minis
fer of foreign affairs will be appointed
as venezuela's, representative and tnat
either Mr.. Bowen or Mr.. Russell, the
United States charge, will be named "
represent the United States. baron
Geyers. the minister OF the Netneic
lands called at the state department 10
Give notice of the acceptance py
oueen Wilhelmina Of the task imposed
upon her, her consent having been pre-
yiously sought by the parties to the ar
bitration.
The senate spent three and haI
hours in executive session wednesday,
listening nearly all the time to coh-
t,nuation of Senator Morgan's address
on his resolution requiring an inquiry
into the credentials Of Thomas Herran'
wbo represented the Colombian gov
ernment in negotiating the treaty. ano
also suggesting the irregularity OF tue
colombian government. The resolution
was defeated-13 to 80. There were TWO
calls for a quorum during the session.
b,,t senators responded readily, show
ing that while they were not present
in the senate chamber, many Oh thein
were in the nearby committee roollis'
Senator Morgan spoke principally on
bis resolution, and had the clerk reao
q long report on it, which he had pre-
narea and had printed as minority OF
Of the committee on inter-oceanlc CO.
nails. After the vote was taken on the
resolution Senator Cullom moved that
tbe senate adjourn to meet at II O'CLOCK
Thursday, saying that he would ASK
+ho+ tho sessions be continued into the
night and until a vote was taken Oh
the treaty.
Saws a Jackson. Miss, dispatch Oh
Wednesday: With the moose around
bis neck, the trap fixed for sprinslns
and all In readiness for the plunge "
aternitv Joe Campbell, condemned
murderer. was rescued from the gal
lows at Yazoo City this afternoon py
q renrieye from Governor Longlno.
Sheriff Wilson had finished all the oe-
tails. The physicians were at the Ioo'
OF the scaffold and rude pine box was
onlv a few feet away in which the oooy
was to be placed. Just as the moose
was adjusted, Campbell turned to the
sheriff and whispered several "orss
which caused suspension OF the pro-
eramme. It was a confession, giving
the name Of his accomplice IN the
crime for which he was to be hanseo'
end the sheriff was 30 convinced OF the
sincerity of the utterance that COM
munication was sent to Governor
I,oneino urging that ten-day reprieve
be Granted, The governor received the
message while at dinner table anu
granted the request for repr1eVe
Campbell was overcome with JOY "heh
the sheriff removed the sombre piack
can and led him back to the jail.
What used to be called "Visfta-
tion of Providence" but is now recos-
nized as something very dinerent, mas
fallen on the town of Ithaca, N. Y, IN
the shape Of a typhoid fever epidemic
saws an exchange. With popuiatloh
of 13 900. Ithaca had last week 34o cases
of typhoid fever, or about one case iof
thirty-eight inhabitants. This Is d
higher rate, far higher, than prevails
IN even unfortunate Philadelphla.
There were between 5000 and 4'ooo
cases Of typhoid in Philadelphia last
week, but If there had been proportio'i-
ately as many as there were In lthaca'
there would have been $4,000. The Bos-
ron Journal says: 1.-The cause or tnls
nestilence is the same In either case
carelessly protected and polluted drink
ing water. Ithaca draws its water sup
ply from a little creek, where It Is
said. no measures whatever have been
adopted to prevent contamination, al
though the attention Of the city au-
thorities has been called to this peril oy
santa rians time and time again.
Washington special to the News ana
Courier: These executive sessions OF
the sonate always attract much interest