Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-08-18

from now he Will give II anotner I'LL
lion dollars on condition one half shal
go for maintenance.
"A cablegram was received in Wash
ington on Monday, stating that the
Colombian senate had rejected the
Panama canal treaty. The principal
reason for the rejection was ZEAL
that as the result of the building OF
the canal, this country might eventual
ly assert sovereignty over Colombia,
Section 4, of the Isthmian canal act pro-
vides that in the event Of the rejection
Of the American proposition by the CO.
lombian government, the president mas
the authority to go ahead and treat
with the authorities Of Costa Rica and
Nicaragua for the Nicaragua route.
The jury in the case of Curtis Jett
and Thomas White, charged with the
murder of James B. Marcum, at jack
son, KY, some months ago, on last
Friday returned a verdict OF guilty
and fixed the punishment Of the two
men at imprisonment for life. The
verdict, although much better than an
acouittal is. not exactly satisfactory
to the prosecution as it was hoped that
the two men would be hanged. The
defendants made motion for a new
trial, which was refused and they will
now appeal to the supreme court. Ii
they fail to get a new trial they will
rest their hopes on ultimate pardon.
On the day of his death, which
occurred recently in Moscow, Prof.
Phillipoff addressed a letter to pa
per Of that city, stating that for years
he had been experimenting with view
to evolving a death-dealing instrument
of such power that war would become
impossible, and had found means for
transmitting the effects of an explo-
sion over a distance Of thousands or
miles. The professor announced that
he would shortly impart his discovery
to the St. Petersburg Academy or
Science, and it Is being questioned In
scientific circles whether he has taken
his secret to the grave. His death
was due to poisoning from prussic
acid.
Postmaster General Payne has had
prepared a statement showing the sta
tus of the rural free delivery service
throughout the country. 1t shows that
during the month of July, the first
month of the present fiscal year, al
most 5000 new routes were establish
ed. The appropriation made for the
entire service for the year was $12,0OO,-
600, or a little less than $3,00O,0OO
more than necessary to maintain exist
ing service. This is sufficient to justi-
fy the establishment of only about 5000
new routes. 1t will therefore, be i'm
possible to locate more than 5000 ad-
ditional routes without further ap-
preparation, Notwithstanding there are
now on file petitions for about 11,OOo
more routes.
Caleb Powers took the witness
stand in his own defense at George
town, KY, last Monday. He told the
story he has repeated on the stand
denied the story told by Frank Cecil Of
Bell county, that he was seeking some
one to act the role Of assassin. POW
ers denied that he had any motive In
bringing the mountain army to Frank
fort other than to show the Democrat
ic majority Of the general assembly the
intense feeling Of the Republican vo-
ters Of the state, and said it had moth
ing whatever to do with the Goebel
murder. 1t is evident that Powers de-
fense this time will be that Henry
Youtsey fired the shot that killed Will
liam Goebel. Robert Noakes, a state
witness. said that one time Charley
Finley, former secretary Of state, said
to him that the best way to settle the
contest was to pay James Howard
$4,000 to kill Goebel. The witness said
arrangements had been made to kill
Goebel on January 25, 1900, but they
then miscarried.
Seven persons are now dead as the
result of the maniacal deed Of Gilbert
Twigg, who fired into crowd at a
band concert at Winfield, Kan, last
Thursday night. Twigg and three Of
his victims, died within short time.
Those who have since succumbed to
their injuries are Port Smith, farm
er; Dawson Bellitier, a carpenter, and
Roy Davis, school boy. Elmer Farms
worth and Otis Carter are dying,
while Claude Reed, Charles Thomas
and James Clarkson are in a critical
condition. A score Of others are bad
ly hurt. A letter has been found
among the effects Of Twigg, which in
dicates that he planned the deed some
days ago. 1t appears that Twigg was
disappointed several years ago In a
love affair, and that he had brooded
over it to such an extent that he was
convinced the citizens Of Winfield were
making light of his troubles. He wrote
that he had harmed no man and had
never violated the laws of his country,
and that the deed he was about to per-
ting even" with those who had shun-
ned him and interested themselves un-
necessarily in his affairs.
If reports be true, there is promise
of a naval battle on the waters Of Lake
Erie soon. The boundary line be-
tween the United States and Canada
runs through the centre of the lake,
and the laws of the United States pro-
hibit Canadians from fishing on our
side while the laws of Canada prohibit
Americans from fishing on their side.
One day last week the Canadian revenue
cntter Petrel caught the American tug