Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-13
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at first construed to mean the blow
ing up of the Russian ships in the
harbor preparatory to the evacuation
of the stronghold. Since then 1t has
been reported by the Russians that the
explosions were the result Of efforts
to blow up the ships that the japanese
had sunk in the channel and 1t is
claimed that the distractions have
been removed sufficiently to admit OF
the passage of torpedo boats.
Brazil and Peru have come to
blows over their dispute about the
Acre territory, which has been the sub
ject of negotiations for several years.
Both governments have been main
tanning garrisons in the disputed ter
ritory for sometime past, and the hrst
clash took place last week. Since then
there has been another fight. A num-
ber of soldiers have been killed and
wounded on both sides. There has been
no declaration of war yet, and 1t is
possible that the matter may be ad-
justed before there is great deal OF
bloodshed, but both sides are still pre-
pairing.
There was a serious accident on
the Southern railway at Rock Fish
Bridge up in Virginia, last Wednesday
afternoon, as the result Of which two
negro tramps were killed and several
employees were injured. The accident
occurred to No. 80. The side rod OF
the engine broke, causing the derail-
ment of tender, mail and baggage cars.
The cars were thrown at an angle
across the bridge, placing the entire
train in a very pre- carious condition.
The train was at the time trying to
make up some, lost time. 1t was Six
or eight hours before the track could
be cleared, and all the schedules OF
the line were thrown out Of joint.
Russian advices received in Vienna
state that the conviction is growing
among the intellectual classes in Russia
that the country has suffered sufficient
" from absolutism. The eyes Of the
car. It is asserted, will soon be open
ed to the fact and his majesty will be
led on by his own initiative to give the
empire a constitution and call par
lament 1t is declared that the czar
has long been considering the advisa-
bility of summoning delegates from all
the provinces and that Prince Uchtom-
sky has recently ordered an elaborate
scheme for a. constitutional govern
ment. 1t is believed. say the advices,
that the turning point has been reach
ed and Russia is on threshold of a
mighty change.
The war department has received
from General Wood, commanding the
United States forces in the Philip
pines, a cable report Of the ambushing
Of a detachment of Company F, Sew
enteenth infantry, in Mindanao. 1t
says: While on reconnaissance to 10
cate Datto Ali, who had been sending
threatening messages and trying to
stir up trouble, the detachment of Co.
F, Seventeenth infantry, consisting OF
thirty-nine men. was attacked by the
Moros near Lake Linguasan. on the Sth
instant. First Lieutenant Harry A
Woodruff, Second Lieutenant Joseph H
Hall and fifteen enlisted men were
killed and five enlisted men wounded
The names of the killed and wounded
will be cabled later. General Wood Or
dered the troops to proceed and re-
cover the bodies and arms Of our kill
ed and punish the offenders. No fur
ther details have been received.
Says a Bonestul, South Dakota,
dispatch Of May s: John Heron, a
homesteader north Of here, thought to
evade the Federal laws limiting one
family to one claim Of 100 acres
Though two children had been born
to his wife he was not deferred. A
divorce was received and then his wife
was free to take out another claim OF
100 acres which she did, taking the
quarter adjoining Herron's. They built
q house so that half was on the wo-
mans claim and half on the mans
Thus they lived, each on the claim
taken, but under the same roof and
the children were as we'll cared for
They were to re-marry when the wo-
man secured her patent and the family
would be $4,000 ahead. When al
seemed lovely neighbor, whose name
is unobtainable, began courting the
woman and now she has married him
to the helpless indignation Of Heron
who has lost both wife and land.
Warrants were served Tuesday or
Silas Ison and Tom Wright, prisoners
in Jail at Tazewell Tenn, charging
them with the murder of E. L. Wentz
whose body was found near Big Stone
Gap last Sunday. The two men were
being held in Jail on the charge Of be-
ing fugitives from justice, awaiting
orders from Virginia. These men were
suspected Of being the murderers oi
WentZ, because a riding suit similar
to one worn by Wentz when he went
riding was found in their quarters II
the mountains. This suit of clothing
had blood stains on it. A probable
cause for enmity between WentZ ant
the men was that WentZ was strongly
opposed to their running a blind tiger
in Wise county, Va, on Wentz's prop
erty. Another reason for believing
them guilty is that the men were
communicating with persons outside oi
Jail and wrote as if they were trying
to cover up some graver crime Of
which they were guilty. The theory i:
that these men are involved in an at