Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-03

"A Worlds Fair special on the 81.
Louis and Iron Mountain railroad ran
into an open switch at Kimswick, Mo-,
last Saturday. About fifty people were
killed and a hundred others were more
or less seriously injured
The st. Louis exposition was for
mally opened to visitors last Saturday
with appropriate ceremonies. including
speeches by President Frances, Secre-
tary Taft and other notables. The
machinery was put in operation by
the president through the touch of an
electric button in Washington. There
were many thousands Of people in the
fair grounds during the day.
The Southern Railway has an
nounced the appointment Of Mr.. S. H.
Hardwick to be traffic manager vice
w. A. Turk, deceased, and Mr.. w. H..
Tayloe to be general passenger agent
in place of Mr.. Hardwick. Mr.. Tay-
loe will have headquarters at Wash
ington, and Mr.. Brooks Morgan Will
succeed to his office as assistant gen.
eral passenger agent with headquarters
in Atlanta. Mr.. Hardwick will con-
tinue his headquarters in washington.
The changes became effective last
Saturday.
President Roosevelt is now as good
as nominated, the Republican state and
district conventions held last week
having instructed enough delegates for
him which, added to those already
elected and instructed, gives him con-
troll of the convention. The credit Of
making sure the nomination of the
Republican candidate belongs to the
Third and Fourth congressional dis
tricts Of Maryland, which are in Balti-
more. The national convention Will
consist Of s94 delegates. Before these
conventions were held the delegates
instructed for Mr.. Roosevelt early last
week in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois
and Wisconsin had given him total
Of 4s4 delegates under instructions,
or four less than the control OF the
convention. The four Maryland dele
gates who were elected and instructed
Friday put Rooseveit's friends easily
in control.
Representative John Sharp Will
liams of Mississippi, the Democratic
leader of the house, gave out an au-
thorized statement Saturday in which
he said he believes that the nomination
Of Judge Parker at the st. Louis con-
vention is assured. "It seems clear to
me now,' said Mr.. Williams, that
Judge Parker will be nominated by
such an overwhelming vote that there
will be substantially no opposition
when the time for the convention ar
rives. Individually I favor his selec-
ton" Mr.. Williams. when questioned
concerning the report that he will be
a candidate for the presidential nomi-
nation, said: Il think you know me
well enough to know that have never
been idiot enough to take this talk SER
iously. There has been some talk Of
the nomination Of Southern man.
do not think such a course would
be wise just now. That time will come
and it will not be very far distant as
history counts time. When it does
come the south will be able to find TO-
600 men abler and 10000 better men
than I am
The foreign Office. says London
dispatch, has now come to definite
agreement with the Zionists as to the
situation and extent of the colony, 1t
is ready to give them in East Africa
This is to consist of 5000 square miles
of land northeast of Victoria Nyanza.
It includes the Nandi plateau, and is
very fertile we'll watered and we'll for
ested. An important point in the con-
cession is that the land is only five
miles distant from the Uganda Rail-
way and 80 hours railway journey
from the coast. If necessary 1t is pos
sible that the foreign office may here
after extend the concession still fur
ther, so as to give the Zionist colony
port on Victoria Nyanza. There will
be no Zionist congress this year, but in
it's stead the greater action committee
has just met at Vienna, and indorsed
the sending Of a committee of inquiry
into the suitability Of the offered site
for Jewish colonization. This will
start in June. DR.. Herzl, the we'll
known Zionist leader, is expected in
London next month, and will address
two mass meetings, one in the East
End and the other in the West End.
Charlotte Chronicle Monday: A
Charlotte cotton man is in receipt of
a letter from w. P. Brown, the big
New Orleans bull leader, which is be-
ing read with good deal Of interest.
Mr.. Brown writes very optimistic let
ter and appears to be confident that
conditions will improve in the near flu
ture. 1t is his opinion that both cot
ton and cotton goods will be higher in
a short while, and he advises his
friends to wait patiently for the eX-
pected rise in prices. He points to
the fact that stocks are low everywhere
and that business is certain to i'm
prove as a matter Of course. In strik-
ing contrast with Mr.. Browns letter
Is a communication received this morn
ing from a Charlotte mill man who is
in New York. He writes that "the
bottom has dropped out of everything"
and that he sees no sign of hope any
where. Instead Of buying goods, he
writes that many of the larger and
more important dealers are canceling
orders they had placed. The Liverpool
and American Cotton Exchanges OPEN