Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-26


was characterized as wild dream and
the expenditures were put down as alb
solutely absurd.
The town Of Moundville, Ala, was
struck by a fierce cyclone last Friday
morning at 1 o'clock with the result
that 81 people were killed and more
than 100 were injured. The town had
a population of only about 300. The
storm struck from the southwest and
cut a patch about a quarter OF a mile
in width. Every house with the excep-
ton of a building occupied as drug
store was leveled to the ground. People
were killed in their beds and blown
hundreds of feet In the blackness OF
the night. One clerk in a store heard
the approach Of the storm and let him.
self down into a we'll under the build
ing. The store was demolished; but
he was taken out Of the we'll next
morning uninjured.
Richmond, Va, correspondence OF
the New York World: Joseph E. Will
lard, the dignified lieutenant governor
Of Virginia and president Of the senate
has proved himself the f1eetest-footed
man in the Old Dominion, having beat
en- a rabbit in a race in which neither
was handicapped. Colonel Willard IS
Young and active. He Is likewise fono
O. hunting. Furthermore, he Is tender
hearted, disliking extremely to hurt
anything. The rabbit in question was
discovered in his bed in an open field
by the lieutenant governor and might
have been killed without difficulty, but
Colonel Willard declined to take any
mean advantage. He laid his gun
down in the field and said: III that
rabbit can beat me running he can go
wherever he chooses" Then he stirred
the rabbit up and there was a tight
race across the field. Colonel Willard
gained steadily, and just before the
woods were reached succeeded In catch
ing the rabbit by the hind leg. 1t was
O remarkable feat.
The state department at Washing
ton has received the following ca
blegram from Minister Allen, at Seoul,
dated January "a: This morning on
the electric railway, which Is the prop
erty of American citizens, a Korean
was accidentally and unavoidably kill
ed. Theraupon a mob Of natives at
tackled and partially destroyed the car.
The operators (of the carr would have
been injured had 1t not been for the
presence Of mind and action OF our
guard and a serious riot would have
occurred" Although there have been
previous reports Of disturbances In Ko-
rea this Is the first mob attack made
thus far on the property Of Americans.
The railroad runs through the heart
Of Seoul, the Korean capital. The
guard which made the rescue came
from the American legation. 1t con-
sists Of 100 marines. Re- enforcement
Of this guard has been urged and could
be made in a weeks time by details OF
marines from the Philippines, but moth
ing has been decided on this point.
Conditions in Korea are recognized to
be critical. No fresh instructions have
been sent as yet as a result Of today's S
mob attack.
Cincinnati Enquirer: II do not
know from what sources the American
newspapers get their news cabled from
London with reference to the probabil-
tiles Of war between Russia and ia
pan, but stuff appears in the papers In
this country which we never hear OF
in England" said r. M. Mortimer OF
London, who was at the Gibson House
yesterday. "It may be that we Eng
lish are a trif1e slow and have to go
away from home to learn the news. but
were we to pick up a Morning Post
Pail Mall Gazette, Leader. Chronicle or
Times and read what I have seen in
the leading journals Of New York dur
ing my stay here the whole country
would be war crazy and we would be-
lieve war would be declared within an
hour. AS a matter Of fact, the peo-
pie Of England are not paying as much
attention to the situation in the far East
as they are to the little trouble be-
tween Colombia and Panama on this
continent. and the London newspapers
have more to say about the secession
of Panama than they do about trouble
in the East. A great deal Of the So
called news sent out from London and
published in the American press would
not be tolerated in London for mo-
ment."
From the Mississippi valley to the
Atlantic ocean in the northern part of
the United States, SHOWS are melting
on the mountain sides, rivers are
flooded to their banks and over the
lowlands adjoining, ice gorges have
formed at all dams and bridges, and
disastrous floods have commenced. a
train was caught in the rising waters
near Pittsburg last Saturday and one
man lost his life at Wilmington, Del.
The Mississippi and Ohio rivers have
spread over the bottom lands and the
residents along the low banks have TAX
en- to the hills. In Pittsburg and Allie
gheny the Monongahela and Allegheny
rivers are on rampage. These riv-
ers are thirty feet above the high
water marks. The lower parts of
Pittsburg and Allegheny are submerg-
ed, the steel mills have shut down and
the flood is rushing down the Ohio river
valley with imminent danger of big
ice gorge, and the highest water In
twenty-five years. The property loss
in that section already amounts to ST.