Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-21


postmaster general, with a view to
holding down the appropriations to
bed rock figures, carefully scrutiniz-
ed and revised the estimates sub
mitted to him by the chiefs or bu-
reaus. Recommendations for the Gre
alton Of new offices and for the in
crease of salaries have been disap-
proved In many instances. The total
amount estimated for the needs OF
the department is $1S3,74S,495, as
against an appropriation for the cur
rent fiscal year Of $170,S45,ssS, the
increase in the estimates for the en-
suing year over the appropriation for
the current year being $12,sO2,496
Nearly the total deficiency which
congress will be asked to provide for
the department for the current year
is included in the amount of increase
asked for rural free delivery.
President Roosevelt Wednesday in
structed Secretary of War Taft to
make a personal visit to the 1sthmus
of Panama and there confer with
the president and other officials OF
the Panama republic regarding ques-
tions arising out Of the possession
by the United States Of the canal
zone. Secretary Taft will leave
probably on Monday, Nov. IA and Is
directed to take with him such per-
sons as he may desire. 1t develops
a nttaCtinn OF
customs duties in the canal zone has
given rise to a situation which has
been almost strained. Open rupture
between the two countries has been
barely averted and feeling in Panama
against the United States has been
most bitter and has even gone so
far as to occasion threats Of dyna-
miting the canal and resorting to
other violent methods expressing dis
approval of the people with the atti-
tude. of the United States. 1t may be
said as showing the gravity Of the
situation, that this is the first time on
record that a cabinet member has
been sent abroad to negotiate with
foreign powers.
In a report made to the state de-
partment, Ernest Lyon, United States
minister to Liberia, dwells on the ply
sical and moral degeneracy OF for
eigners in that country and the meth
DDS Of some Of the missionaries. Mr..
Lyon says: 1T is astonishing how
quickly the foreigner degenerates in
Africa He Is himself conscious OF
this degeneracy, but Is apparently
powerless to overcome the downward
tendency. Climatic conditions inhu-
ence the mental and moral as well as
the physical and social environments.
Men and women who come to teach
and to lift up have been found among
the victims, not merely Of heathen-
ism, but Of wanton immortality. Many
of the missionaries. have adopted the
barter system in their work among
the natives. This places the mission
ary on the same level with the trader.
The enormous profit made is temp
tation to good men. From one hum
dred and fifty to two hundred per cent
sometimes is easily made on some
things. The government has been
liberal to- the missionaries in allowing
free entry to every thing used by them
In their work. The popular opinion
is that some Of these bartering mis-
sionaries are quite as much interest
ed in their wares as in the souls OF
the heather. 1t would be far better
IL the boards in the United States
under whose auspices they operate
would relieve the workers in Africa
from this practice by supplying them
with sufficient means with which to
carry on the work without it,"
Nemirovich Danchenko, the we'll
known Russian war correspondent,
telegraphs a description Of the re-
capture Of Lone Tree hill, which fell
into the hands Of the Japanese during
a night attack while the Russians
slept. He says: Gen. Kuropatkin
the following day ordered the hill to
be retaken and the whole Russian
artillery concentrated at in the
morning, showered the hill with pro-
jectiles, the awful spectacle lasting
the entire day. 1t seemed that no
human being could outlive such an
ordeal, yet the defenders remained
manfully at their posts. The sun was
already declining when Kuropatkin
gave the order to storm. Six regi-
ments advanced, fording the river In
the face of a murderous fire. The
enemy determined to make us pay
dearly for it. He poured a hail of
gun and rifle on our advancing COL
umns, but nothing could stop them.
They reached the other side, clam
bered up and at IL o'clock at night
the position was in our hands.
have just visited the scene Of our
with dead Japanese and Russians
clutched in a death embrace. I saw
no such ghastly sight at Shipka or
at Plevna. The credit for the achieve
ment belongs chiefly to the Thirty
sixth and Nineteenth Rifles. Four
other regiments participated. The
Thirty-sixth attacked from the east
and the Nineteenth from the west.
Poutiloff, leading the brigade and
personally directing the attack, was
the first to reach the summit and was
in the thick of the fiercest fighting
around the Japanese guns. The Jap
anese gunners died at their guns.
Kuropatkin personally thanked the
heroes for their gallant exploit. The
captured guns were brought to Muk-
den."
The desperate courage Of the indi-