Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-11

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune: o.
P. McCarty, general passenger agent
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
has returned to this city from a bust
ness trip to New York. On his way
back he stopped in Baltimore. and OF
an incident he learned there, he thus
speaks: IN the financial district de-
stroyed the vaults were found intact.
In the Continental Trust company
building it had been the custom to lock
a watchman inside the vault Saturday
night, with food enough to last him
until Monday morning. When the fire
occurred the time lock prevented his
rescue. He stayed there during the
progress Of the fire, while the building
burned and other buildings fell about
it, all day Monday. The debris was
too hot to enable any one to reach him
until Tuesday morning. When the
vault was unlocked he came out smil-
ing"
Prior to 1880 the nations Of West
ern Europe. Great Britain, Germany
nished over 80 per cent of all our i'm
migrants, the highest class that we
could hope for. Hungary, Italy, Po-
land and the other countries Of East
ern Europe furnished less than l per
cent. From 1881 to 1890 the ratios
changed slightly. but still Western Eu-
ropeans were greatly in the majority.
From Germany alone we drew 100000
citizens inside of ten years. Lately
conditions have changed. Eastern Eu-
ropeans and Asiatics send us IS per
cent of our immigrants $50 called Eu-
ropeans) while Western Europe sends
us but "a per cent. In 1891, for In
stance. Austro- -Hungarians. Slovaks,
Croatians, Poles and Magyars to the
number Of 114,000 came in, while 1885,
900 Italians honored us with their
transfer of "allegiance." In July of
last year 67,53s people Of all nations
immigrated into this country.
Charlotte Observer, Wednesday:
Between Charlotte and Salisbury are
strewn about seventy-f1ve negro emf
grants, all afoot. The negroes left
Charlotte on No. 40 on the Southern
Monday night. bound for Baltimore,
Md, and Culpepper, Va. They had
been gotten together by white and a
colored emigrant agent working In con-
junction. According to the story of a
few Of the negroes who happened to
have some money and who returned to
the city yesterday, the white man told
them to get on the train and that he
would get on at the junction, northeast
Of the city, with their transportation.
Capt. w. M. Giles was the conductor
in charge Of No. 40, and when he went
into the car to collect fares not sin
gle man could ante up. They said that
the agent who told them to get on the
train was in the train somewhere with
their transportation, and Capt. Giles
passed Concord. When near Salisbury
the gentleman had not yet turned up,
and Capt, Giles ordered the train clear
ed Of dusky emigrants, and the seven
ty-five piled out. The disappointed
emigrants boarded some Of the south
bound trains to return to the city yes
terday morning but they had no
money, and they were forced out of
the cars, and the greater number OF
them started out to walk back to Char
lotte. A few arrived last night, swear
ing that they had had enough of emf
grant agents. and others are still en-
route and will get in this morning.
The whereabouts of the agent remains
a mystery.
Francis M. Lyman. an apostle of
the Mormon church and prospective
successor to Joseph Smith in the pres
idency, was one Of the witnesses ex-
amined by the committee of the senate
that is investigating the charges
against Senator Reed Smoot. His ex-
animation took place on Tuesday, and
as conducted by Senator Hoar was in
part as follows: II fully intend" said
Mr.. Lyman, ito be true to the law of
my country, to my God and to my OBJ
legations and covenants with my wives,
and have never done thing that my
conscience did not approve. My case
is different from that Of most other
men. I was born in 1910, and I can
hardly remember when my father was
not a polygamist. He was a friend
and adviser of Prophet Joseph Smith,
and was taught by him the Importance
and the truth Of the principle Of
polygamy. He accepted the teaching
and entered into the practice, marry
ing six wives, 80 that my earliest rec
elections embrace the life of polyg-
amy. I remember all my fathers
wives as 1 do my own mother, and I
lived in a family thus constituted un-
til I grew up and became the head of
a family Of my own. Consequently I
have known nothing else, and I have
felt that it was correct. I have al
ways felt in my soul and heart that 1t
was correct. I married first in 1857,
again in 1869. and once more in
1884. The situation has been very
painful to me. and I have been greatly
panied to find myself in opposition to
the law of the country and the church.
But 1 had made covenant with my
wives to love and respect them, and I
could not find it in my heart to sepa-
rate from them as long as they were
true to me-"
The underlined misgivings existing
In very high st. Petersburg quarters,
regarding ultimate aims and purposes