Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-02


business without the interference OF
labor unions. He laid in supplies OF
fire arms, including rapid fire guns
and secured the assistance OF state
troops. The union miners have also
secured large guns and have surround
ed the town. There has been good
deal Of firing going on during the past
few nights, but up to this time there
have been only a few casualties.
A vigorous note Of alarm is SOUND
ed by Brig. General ]. p. Story In MS
annual report as chief Of artillery OF
the United States army in regard 10 the
unpreparedness Of the country for war;
especially in so far as coast defenses
are concerned. In summing up an eN-
haustive review of the situation ne
says: I'VE have not one-hah OF a
trained personnel to man the ariha-
ment already mounted. At no post
have we a complete installation OF ap-
proved equipment and accessories
which are absolutely required 10 oD-
tain the most effective work from the
guns. We are far from having sur
fcient submarine mining equipment
for either home or insular harbor de-
fense and practically we have no III
structed personnel for its care ana op-
eration."
Columbia Record: When Thomas
w. Lawson first began his expose OF
the corrupt practices OF trusts ana
corporations, how they swindled an
unwary and confiding public, little Sc
rious attention was paid to what ne
said. The magazine has increased It's
circulation from about 10000 to over
100000, which shows that the people
are reading his articles, and as ne
mentions names and circumstances
without regard to who may be hit' the
people will believe what he says, un-
less the charges can be disproven.
Lawson says one Of his objects Is 10
make the trusts disgorge their enorm-
Gus gains made by swindling the peo-
pie, and II he succeeds In arousing the
people, as he seems likely to, there
will be something radical to happn.
Lawson is giving that publicity to the
operations Of some Of the trusts that
the department Of commerce Is sup
posed to do. He is exposing rottenness
which is startling to the public, and he
Is doing It better than any department
can do, because he was In touch and
associated with those who are respon-
sible for the criminal acts he tells
about.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 2S: After Gen.
Stoessel, Nikolai Suyeff, aged thir-
teen, is the hero Of Port Arthur. Ac-
cording to the Russian press, Suyeff
has pierced the japanese lines, carry
ing dispatches to Kuropatkin, no less
than four times. Suyeff is a lad OF
good education, the son Of an engineer
and grandson Of an English woman
named Graves. During his third re-
turn journey he was captured by the
japanese, who spared him a spy's
death owing to his youth. On the
night following his capture he shot his
guard, mounted upon a cavalry horse
and made a dash for freedom. At 3
In the morning he rode up to the out
works at Palichwan with Jap bullet
through his shoulder. Suyeffs method
of escaping capture was to hide him.
self by day and crawl through the in
vesting lines by night. His first ex-
ploit was to walk from Port Arthur to
Taschichao, then in Russian hands,
passing Japanese troops no less than
eleven times. On another occasion he
acted as spy, penetrating the Japanese
lines, and bringing back the breach
block Of a gun as proof that he had
done so. Kuropatkin has decorated
the boy dispatch rider with the order
Of st. George, and General Stoessel
has specially reported his services to
the cZar.
News and Courier: Thomes w.
Lawson, the "frenzied finance" feature
Of Everybody's Magazine, who appears
to be hitting right and left at all the
sons Of Belial who come within reach
Of his broadsword, perpetrated a very
good Thanksgiving joke on Wall street
last week. In a circular letter headed,
"A Thanksgiving Prayer to Wall
Street." Mr.. Lawson pretended that he
was in financial straits, and that he
would unload his holdings of Amalga-
mated Sugar and Pacific Mail at IL
o'clock Friday. Wall Street fell into
the trap laid for it's uncertain feet,
and proceeded to unload it's holdings
just little before the hour set for the
slump in prices that would attend the
promised Lawson performance. Law
son did not sell a share Of his stock,
but, on the contrary, when the market
had sagged about 2 per cent, he and
his friends jumped in and bought
Amalgamated, Sugar and Pacific Mail
right and left. The New York World
says: wall Street is as ignorant Of
most subjects, aside from eighths and
quarters, as a cow is of geography"
and it was upon this ignorance that
the Boston speculator counted for his
profits. Lawson knew the Standard
Oil crowd would put in support orders,
(when the market began to sag), and
when 1t did and the market recovered
he and his friends sold out, having
made as neat turn as has been made
in the Street in many a day." The sad
thing about these diversions of the
SPECTATORS is that so many Of the lit
tie fish are stranded when the tide
goes out. AS for the spectators them
selves, it Is a case of dog eat dog"
- Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson on
Wednesday transmitted his eighth an
nual report to President Roosevelt In
opening his report the secretary emu
features of the years work. Among
feature Of the years work. Among
them are extensive cooperation with
agricultural stations; the taking Of
preliminary steps to conduct feeding
and breeding experiments; the war
waged against the cotton boil weevil
and against cattle mango; plans for
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