Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-11-08
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to The Hague conference. The conven-
ton is to be composed Of six members.
Five of them are agreed upon, one
each from Russia, Great Britain, Amer
ca, Germany and France. These are
to select the sixth man 1t Is said that
Russia claims to be able to prove that
she had positive information Of the pur-
pose of the Japanese to attack the
fleet, this information having been Sc
cured through an intercepted telegram
from the Japanese minister.
A Manchester man, finding that he
could not get some goods delivered the
other day for home trade on account
of the pressure Of Chinese orders, took
steps to discover the nature Of this in
crease in Far east activity. He had
good reason to believe no boom In gen.
eral Chinese trade had set in, and his
INQUIRIES showed that the new orders
were of a very special character in
deed, including one placed by the Chi
nese government for a half a million
yards Of cotton duck for tents. This
is taken to mean either that China has
made up its mind to take part In the
struggle between Russia and Japan, or
that it is supplying Japan with war
material. Well informed Britons are
inclined to accept the first theory as
the more probable Of the two.
st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 1: For Sec
ond time Aeronaut A. Roy Knabenshue
made a successful ascent today IN the
Baldwin airship The first attempt a
week ago was not an unmitigated
success owing to the breaking OF
a rope attached to the propeller,
and the ship was carried over IN
to Illinois by the wind. Today, how
ever, the dirigibility of the airship was
demonstrated beyond question. The
ascent was made at 3.15 o'clock ana
for fifty minutes the ship scared over
the worlds fair grounds and then was
brought back to its starting point at
ter having attained an altitude Of 5000
feet. The ship answered the helm
readily and was sailed to every point
of the compass, rising and descending
at the Will Of the aeronaut. Knaben-
shue was warmly congratulated when
he brought his ship to earth inside the
concourse and but few feet away
from the point at which the ascent was
made.
Quiet continues at Mukden. The
Japanese are still working hard en-
trenching their 'front.'. which begins to
look like continuous fort. 1t Is be-
lieved that they are preparing seriously
to advance, making their front strong,
possibly in order that it may be held
by a comparatively small force while
the heavier force is engaged in flanking
movements. The Japanese have learn
ed by bitter experience not to expect
much from frontal attack. They are
obliged, however, to maintain strong
front to prevent Gen. Kuropatkin from
breaking through their line and carry
ing the war to their rear. There Is
considerable evidence to indicate that
the Japanese will make every effort to
force the Russians out Of Mukden, not
only for the moral effect on Europe,
but upon the Chinese as we'll. Muk-
den is extremely important to them as
winter quarters. The Japanese con-
tinue to receive endorsements and 1t
is believed by Russian military men
that their advancing depends only up
on accommodating sufficient men.
-Porthos, the daredevil chasm-
leaper, fell from his track at Shelby
and came near breaking his neck. The
Forepaugh- Sells circus was at Shelby,
N. c., last week. Porthos' daring act,
was, as usual, to be the climax, the
fitting close to a stupendous exhibition
of all that is difficult and extraordina-
ry. He mounted to the top Of his slop-
ing track, up near the roof Of the tent,
and prepared to go down the narrow
way again on his wheel, at the speed
of a cannon ball, shoot up sharp in
cline, and then through space, fifty feet
in the air, over the backs Of ten great
elephants-and land safely. But per-
haps Porthos will do the act no more.
Down the track he did go to the be-
ginning Of the incline, and then, with
a sharp crash, all in a minute, rider
and wheel went to the ground, in a
tangled mass. Attendants rushed to
the rider and succeeded in extricating
him from the wheel. He regained
consciousness after a minute and
limped away on an attendants arm.
The audience turned pale at the acci-
dent, and thought the rider was dead.
It was simply a case Of the pitcher
that went to the we'll once too often.
Wilmington, N. c., special of No
vember 5: Two days and a night
without food or shelter from a north
east storm sweeping down the coast,
half dead from exposure and only
semi-conscious, N. M. Hunt, 40 years
old, foreman in a Wilmington cotton
mill, was accidentally found by R. A.
Barnette late yesterday afternoon, ly-
ing on his back, in a reed marsh at the
mouth of Brunswick river, three miles
below the city. Barnette was in a
boat duck hunting and heard a groan.
He had padded his canoe near the
spot whence came the sound, and mis-
taking the half-submerged form for an
alligator, he was about to shoot, when
he recognized the man with whom he
had formerly worked. Hunt was
brought to the hospital here, where he
died this morning, Of congestion Of the
lungs. Hunt went down the river
Thursday morning on a cunning trip,