Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-08
Scraps aud fatts.


resentations with regard to Panama.
For some reason the state department
has not yet seen proper to give an
answer. Pending the action Of the
United States, it Is reported that Co
lombian troops are still assembling
at points most convenient for an attack
on Panama It Is still believed that
the reply Of the United States will give
the Colombians but little satisfaction
and the probability Is that hostilities
will occur.
War between Russia and Japan,
says a Washington dispatch, would
greatly stimulate trade Of the United
States with those countries. This has
already been shown in the rush orders
placed in this country by Russia for
large consignments Of mess meats. and
In the orders Of Japan for special ship
ments of flour. In the fiscal year lSO2
our exports to Russia were valued at
$7,446,6S0. In 1903 they increased to
s17,605,OO0. Our exports to Japan IN
the fiscal year 1903 were valued at
s20,924,O00, a decline Of $1,000,000. COM
pared with the figures Of the preced-
ing year. "War in the far east would
greatly develop our trade in that part
of the world" said Mr.. o. P. Austin OF
the bureau of statistics. Russia ana
Japan would make heavy demands up
on us for various commodities. prin-
cipally provisions"
When Admiral Evans's fleet was
ordered back to its station from Homo
lulu, says a Washington dispatch OF
the 9Th, it was arranged that the cruis-
er squadron should stop at Midway Is
land, where there Is cable station, TO
receive any instructions the depart
ment might desire to send. These in
structions were simply for Admiral
Evanss fleet to await instructions at
Guam. It Is expected that Admiral
Evans will reach Guam in a few days
and report his arrival to the depart
ment. It Is the purpose Of the depart
ment to cable to the admiral a special
set of instructions to meet the pres
ent conditions in the east, and these
instructions will be delivered to him at
Guam according to the present pro-
gramme. It Is stated at the depart
ment that they will show no discrim-
ination whatever as between the par
ties to any possible hostilities, but the
admiral will be expected to dispose his
force so as to maintain the appearance
Of strict neutrality between the bel
ligerents.
Addressing an audience OF 5000
persons on Tuesday, the Rev. DR..
Broughton, a leading Baptist minister
of Atlanta, Ga, denounced Senator
Tillman's anti-negro views. In the
course Of his speech, DR.. Broughton
said: II heard Senator Tillman on
Friday give his lecture on the negro.
I tried to be fair In my estimate OF 1t.
For reckless frankness it was a model,
for sensible argument 1t was mess.
His whole talk, from start to finish,
was that Of the cheap politician play
ing upon the prejudices Of ignorant
people, Never once in his treatment
Of this great question did he get out
Of the realm Of the rankest paganism.
It was a great blunder to put the bal
lot in the hands Of the negroes when
they were freed. Senator Tillman's eff
fort to fire southern hearts with hate
for the north because they forced this
iniquity on us is unjust. tell you the
best people Of the north are perfectly
willing that we should take the negro
out Of politics. Socially the negro is
not q problem to US in this country,
and never will be-"
The Wright brothers, inventors Of
the flying machine, which has attracted
such widespread attention, have pre-
pared the following. which they say IS
the first correct statement Of the two
successful trials made by them. The
statement was issued from Dayton, O.,
on Wednesday,: "On the morning OF
Dec. II, between 1890 and noon, four
flights were made, two by Orville
Wright and two by Wilbur Wright.
The starts were all made from point
on the level and about 20 feet west Of
our camp which Is situated quarter
Of mile north Of Kill Devil Sand, in
Dare county. N. c. The wind at the
time Of the flights had velocity Of 27
miles an hour at 10 o'clock and "a miles
an hour at noon as recorded by the
thermometer at the Kitty Hawk wealth
er bureau station. This thermometer
Is 30 feet from the ground. Our own
measurements, made with an anemo-
meter at height Of four feet from the
ground, showed a velocity Of about %
miles when the first flight was made
and 22s wher the last flight was made.
The flight was made directly against
the wind. Each time the machine star
ted from the level ground by its own
power with no assistance from gravity
or other source whatever. After a run
of about 40 feet along the monorail
inches from the ground, it rose from
the track and under the direction Of the
operator climbed upward on an in
clined course until a height Of eight or
ten feet from the ground was reached,
after which the course was kept as near
ly horizontal as the wind gusts and the
limited skill Of the operator would per-
NIT. Into the teeth of a 25-mile gale
the flyer made its way forward with a
speed Of 10 miles an hour over the
ground and 30 to 35 miles an hour
through the air. 1t had previously been
decided that for reasons of personal
safety these first trials should be made
as close to the ground as possible. The