Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-22
Scraps and faets.
: Hnndreds of superannuated gov-

wrought up over q bill favorably re-
ported to the house Tuesday from the
committee on civil service reform and
retrenchment. The bill provides that
when a. clerk reaches the age Of 70 the
position shall be declared vacant. This
will force him to retire from the gov
ernment service to be followed by the
appointment of a younger man as sue
cessor. Recently, there has been an
aggressive movement in favor OF civil
pension system for aged clerks. The
bill reported Tuesday will, if passed.
force many old men and women from
the department.
Andrew Carnegie Is gratified over
the reception given by the press and
public to his s5,OOO,OOO fund for Amer
lean heroes, says a dispatch from AK
Les-Bains, France. He said were he
newspaper man he would consecrate
his pen to advocating fraternal union
of Canadians. New Foundlanders and
the people Of the United States, who are
all Americans. New forms Of heroism
have been evolved with the growth OF
civilization. The heroes in the past
were those who killed or MANNED their
fellowmen. Modern forms Of heroism
were not then recognized. Construct
i've, and not destructive, heroism Is
found in nurses who volunteer in epi-
denies, in mill hands, railroads, fire.
men and sailors. Our age is crowded
with noble deeds"
London Telegraph: Japan has been
much excited by the capture of its most
famous criminal, Seishi Ono. alias
Kimbei Wantanabe, whose audacious
feat of breaking out Of the Mayebashi
jail this year created a sensation
throughout the island kingdom. When
only STRIPPING Of twenty. Seishl
broke into a provincial bank and made
away with the sum Of 10000 yen. On
another occasion he paid nocturnal
visit to S. yuriowa, a millionaire in
Numata, Gu,.,,1aken, carrying off 1OO,-
900 yen worth of old coins and $4,000
yen in bank notes. He has been ar
rested twenty-three times, has made
attempts to escape from prison no
fewer times than 10 times, passed ten
years Of his life behind the prison bars
and robbed the public Of 100000 yen,
at the lowest estimation. Now he has
been sentenced to Imprisonment for a
year and six months.
Authentic advices from Seoul dated
April 18th, declare that the japanese
are in complete control Of Korea, and
that Russian scouting parties have re-
tired across the Yalu before the ia
panese, who occupied Wiju practically
without resistance. The Japanese army
is divided into two forces, one for ex-
peditionary purposes and the other for
occupation. The former, numbering 45,-
900, Is advancing to the Yalu and the
latter Of $4,000 reservists, making COM
munication arrangements with the
headquarters at Seoul, where there Is
a garrison Of 1000. The headquarters
Of the transport service are at Chem
ulpo. The railroad building and grad
ing is progressing rapidly. Forty trans
ports off Haiju are supposed to have
landed part Of their forces at Takus-
han, and it is the evident intention to
disembark the second army at Yon-
gampho, preparatory to forcing the
Yalu.
With regard to the much discussed
nature Of the cause Of the sinking of
the Petropavlovsk and the damage to
the Pobieda, says a London cable,
it may possibly be explained by
the fact that for some weeks, Russian
outlooks had reported an object rising
out Of the water and disappearing
again-supposed to be a submarine
boat. Torpedo boats sent out to look
failed to find anything. However, so
assured were the authorities Of the ex-
istence of a submarine boat that special
watches were established and classes
formed, in order to explain to the Of
ficers and crews the working of sub
marine boats and the action to be TAX
en- in case of an attack by the same.
1t Is no secret that Japan did purchase
submarine boats from the United
States. It Is now believed that in view
Of the recent disasters no attempt will
be made to send the Baltic fleet to the
far east, Kuropatkin being left to re-
trieve the situation.
Without once reading the bill, and
without deviating the slightest from its
fixed programme, the house on Tuesday
made two states out of four territories
in four hours. After perfunctory de-
bate, in which the Democrats took oc-
casion to voice their protest against
"the unnatural union" forced on the
Territories; the vote was taken. 1t re-
suited in 147 ayes and 104 noes, the
Democrats furnishing the negative
vote. The measure provides that Ok
lahoma and the Indian Territory shall
be united as a single state, under the
name Oklahoma. This new state will
be entitled to five representatives in
the house, and the districts have been
so formed that it is expected that a
majority Of these representatives will
be Republican. Arizona and New Mex
leo are united under the name of Ari-
zona- 1t will be entitled to two rep
resentatives in the house. each territory
forming congressional district. 1t is
conceded that the members elected from
this state will be Democratic. Po-
lygamy is to be prohibited in the new
states by constitutional provisions. The
right of suffrage may be restricted by
educational qualifications, but negro