Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-24


she was very young. She lives In
Newbern, Pulaski county, Va, and
congress recently increased her pen
sion s25 month.
Gen. Dan Sickles is rather an un-
comfortable person among his fellow
aldermen of New York. The other
day when an order was introduced to
appoint a committee to investigate
the base insinuation that somebody
had actually been trying to bribe the
aldermen for a railroad franchise, AL
derman Sickles arose and remarked:
"As I understand it, the majority OF
this chamber Is accused. We have the
extraordinary spectacle of the accused
majority naming the jury which Is go
ing to try it. With this as precedent,
gentlemen who are called for trial IN
other buildings near by may soon be
demanding the same privilege of nam
ing the twelve jurymen who are to
try them" All the same, the order
went through with only Alderman
Sickles dissenting.
The state department is arranging
to send a warship. the Brooklyn, or
the Atlantic, to Tangier, Morocco. for
the purpose Of rescuing a man named
Perdicaris, an American citizen who
has been carried away by bandits.
Perdicaris was formerly Of Greece, but
after making a fortune as natural
lied citizen Of the United States, mar
ried an English woman and establish
ed a magnificent villa near Tangier.
One night last week robbers under the
command Of the notorious Fraissouli,
made raid on the place and carried
off Perdicaris and his stepson, Crom-
we'll Varley, an Englishman. 1t de-
velops that the object of the abduc-
ton was to force certain political con-
cessions from the sultan of Morocco.
The state department has taken the
matter up In connection with the Brit
ish government and the understanding
is that the two men are to be releas-
ed at all hazards and as soon as prac-
ticable.
oner, Yonce Wilson, had a desperate
encounter in. the Knox county, Ten
nessee Jail last Sunday. A conspiracy
had been formed among the short term
prisoners, nine in all, confined on the
third floor of the Jail. Lee went to
Wilson's cell to take him a special
basket of food, and as he opened the
cell door he was dealt severe blow on
the head with a stick which had been
slipped into the cell. Partially stunned.
the jailer dropped his keys, which were
picked up by Wilson's cellmate, Carley
Monday, who, as fast as he could, un-
locked other cells on the floor and then
two other doors which gave him his
freedom. Lee grapped with Wilson
and the two fought with all strength,
Lee finally overpowering his prisoner.
During their struggle, Wilson succeeded
in opening the door of cell in which
four negroes were confined, but at the
jailers command they remained with
in. Wilson says that all the prisoners
entered the conspiracy. but none had
the nerve to assist him in his attempt,
although all could have done so, their
cell doors having been unlocked. Lee
is painfully hurt.
The correspondent of the Times on
board that papers steamer Haimun,
which is still excluded from the real
theater of war, gives review Of the
present position Of affairs and says:
Reserves from Japan are being
brought to re-enforce Gen. Kuroki's
lines Of communication which are be-
ing harassed by Cossacks. Gen. Ku-
roki appears to be waiting for the land
ing and cooperation Of third army.
1t was while holding the Mao Tao
straits against torpedo attacks from
Port Arthur for the passage Of trans
ports with the third army that the
Hatsuse met with disaster Realizing
that they were effectively isolated, the
Port Arthur Russians made their des-
peration an excuse for sowing the
whole gulf Of Pc Chi Ii with floating
blockade mines. 1t is reported that
they sent launches and junks to drop
mines in the paths of the Japanese
warships and transports. The mines
drifted to the high seas and to Chi
nese waters constituting the gravest
danger to neutral shipping. Yesterday
the Haimun passed two floating mines
within six miles Of Wei Hal Wei.
Even as the act Of desperate garri-
son this must be in violation Of the
law Of nations"
Lew Dockstader the famous min
strel made quite sensation in Wash
ington one morning last week. At an
early hour a carriage stopped in front
Of the White House and two men, one
made up to represent the president and
the other to represent a negro got out.
The negro lay on the grass as If hurt
and the president bent over him with
great concern. Next the president
picked the negro up and assisted him
to the carriage which drove off as soon
as they got in. Arrived at the hotel
the negro got out. A pistol dropped
from his pocket. The president picked
the weapon up and handed it back.
Then the president gave the negro a
cigar and drove away. The negro en-
tered the hotel. Only a few people
saw all this; but it soon became noised
abroad that the whole scene was being
taken in by a moving picture camera
and it was reported that the pictures