Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-22
MERE MENTION.

George Fred Williams, the we'll
known Bryanite of Massachusetts, has
announced his endorsement Of the
candidacy of w. R. Hearst for presi-
dent. 49,. Disastrous prairie fires are
being reported from various parts of
Nebraska. .... Three hundred Fill
pinos arrived at Victoria, B. c., last
Sunday on their way to st. Louis where
they are to be exhibited. 1t is said
that several of these people were in
a dying condition when they reached
port. ... Representative Chas. w.
Thompson, of the Fifth Alabama dis
trict, died in Washington last Sunday
of pneumonia. :. Hon. James +. Will
son, secretary Of agriculture, Is visit
ing in Florida. -. Emperor William
of Germany, is making cruise
through the Mediterranean sea. He
was at Gibraltar last Sunday. There
is talk OF an attempt by Russia to
send her Baltic fleet to the Pacific by
way of the northern coast of Asia;
but the idea involves so much risk
that there is extreme doubt as to
whether it will be attempted. "A
story was published on Saturday to
the effect that the Russians had cap
tured 1.SOO Japs, but it has not been
confirmed. The probability Is that
there was no good foundation for 1t.
.Vladivostok is short of supplies
and the non combatants are leaving
in large numbers. Russia Is charg-
ing japan with violation Of the laws
Of war in firing on quarantine sta
ton at Port Arthur; but the charge
is hardly to be taken seriously; as
Russian complaints against the Jap
anese for alleged unfairness have
grown Yery common. >. An Associated
Press dispatch says that Senator Platt
and Governor O'Dell have agreed to
compromise as the result Of which
O'Dell Is to be chairman Of the Repub-
lican party in New York and Platt is
to continue as the recognized leader
in the state. The war department
has declined to allow Prof. Langley, OF
the Smithsonian Institute, any more
money for flying ship experiments. -.
There are vacancies for 160 American
teachers in the Philippines and the
civil service commission has under
taken to get up list of eligibles. .....
En- Mayor William R. Grace of New
York, died at his home in that city
yesterday of pneumonia. ..... The New
York Herald prints a cable from ko-
rea which represents that the govern
ment is cleaning out its prisons by be-
heading and hanging the prisoners.
The whereabouts of Russia's Vladi-
vostok squadron is now mystery to
the correspondents. There Is reason
to believe that the squadron may
have gotten out of the harbor and
made it's way to the vicinity of Port
Arthur. There is increasing doubt
OH the sincerity of China's professions
of neutrality and growing belief that
China, Japan and Corea have agreed
upon Il triple alliance. If this devel-
ops as fact, the danger of further
complications from the outside Will
become greater than it has been. .....
w. r. Hearst has started newspaper
i'm Boston. .... Daniel j. Sully has Of
fered to pay his creditors 40 per cent
cash and the balance in two years. -.
The crew of the United States cruiser
Brooklyn made trouble at Pensacola,
Fla, last Sunday, claiming that their
rations were short. "A negro named
John Maynard was found hanging to
IL telegraph pole at Montgomery. Tex
us. about 100 miles from Houston last
Sunday morning. He had confessed
to having been Il member of party
of negroes that had robbed some rail-
road hands.