Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-26


to be considered today. The Alaskan
delegate bill is before the house as
continuing order" to be considered in
the absence of conference reports,
which are yet to come on the military
academy, the general deficiency, and
the sundry civil appropriation bills.
There undoubtedly will be many re-
quests for consideration Of minor mat
ters by unanimous consent. and the
outlook is declared by the leaders to
indicate an exceedingly busy wind-up'
The warrant upon which John
Bunyan, the author of "The Pilgrims
Progress" was arrested 230 years ago
and imprisoned in Bedford jail was
sold by auction at Sotheby's, London,
last Saturday for s1,525. The warrant
Is signed by thirteen justices of the
peace, six baronets and seven esquires.
It sets forth that "one John Bunnyon
of yor said towne Tynker hath divers
times within one Month past in con-
tempt of his Majties good Lawes
preached or teached at a Conventicle
Meeteing or assembly under color or
p'tence of exercise Of Religion In other
manner than according to the Liturgie
or practice of the Church Of England
&C. E. Henderson, a Methodist min
lister 60 years old, who lost his pull
pit in Salt Lake City year ago, be-
cause of his advanced age, says
Butte, Mont, dispatch Of April %,
came here recently with his wife and
two children. Since then he has been
unable to get call as pastor. He had
eked out only scanty living for him
self and family. Today he called at
the city employment agency, where
he had for a year been a daily visitor
and announced that he was going to
Los Angeles, Cal. He had prosper
GUS appearance, and he said that he
had suffered from want long enough.
He added that he had turned a gamo-
Ter and that fortune had smiled upon
him. He said: Every day for two
weeks 1 have played and continued in
luck. Today have s1,5OO in my pock-
GI,
start life all over again"
A New York dispatch Of Sunday
tells Of a heroic fight that CAPTAIN
Clark of the New York fire department.
and two assistants had with a maniac
on a twelve inch ledge forming the
hose of a mansard roof 80 feet above
the ground. The maniac's name Is
Robert Hindman. He had been driV-
en- insane by a swelling in his ear,
and had been sent to the hospital to
await an operation. In some way he
eluded his attendants and got on the
roof, where he was in imminent danger
Of destruction. The circumstances
were such as to threaten death to any
who should try to rescue him; but the
brave firemen would not allow them
selves to be deferred by any such con-
siderations. They went after the man,
and although he fought like a tiger
they succeeded at last in overpowering
him and bringing him down from
the thrillingly perilous position.
Representative Bourke Cochran Of
New York, who has for some time been
resting under the charge of having
supported Mckinley for pay, COM
pletely exonerated himself from the
charge last Saturday. Representative
Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, brought the
matter up. Cochran was eXcoriating
the Republicans unmercifully, when
Dalzell suggested: Il will state that l
have been informed that it was prof
table to the gentleman from New
York to support Mckinley when he
did," Cochran denounced the state
ment, and Dalzell tried to fall back on
the assertion that he had gotten the
information from a Democrat. Cock
ran demanded the name of the DEM
ocrat and Dalzell refused to give it..
Cochran then defied the Republicans
to show that he had ever received
campaign funds from either party
stating that he had always been a con-
tributor rather than a receiver, and
asserting that he supported Mckinley
because Of the Objectionable financial
plank in the Democratic platform. Mr..
Cochran was cheered enthusiastically
by the Democrats throughout the whole
heated affair.
London Daily News: With all his
generous admission Of the fine fighting
qualities Of the Japanese, the Russian
Admiral Skrydloff was i'll advised to
say that "of course. they have not the
traditions behind them that our SOL
diers have" If it comes to compar-
ing national traditions the Russians,
who could scarcely have been called a
people at all three centuries ago. do
not shine particularly as against the
Japanese, whose national civilization
is one Of the oldest in the world. The
military tradition of Japan. moreover,
is one of the chief glories of her his
tory. Bravery and skill in fighting
were leading virtues in feudal Japan
when the Russians were in a state of
barbarism. The truth is that, to
anyone knowing the elementary facts
about the history of the two countries,
Russia's assumption of superior civil
ization is just little irritating, what
ever we may think of the merits Of
the quarrel now being fought out.
The far eastern dispatches publish
ed in London Monday morning were
concerned chiefly with the reports and
speculations with reference to the Jap
anese landings and plan of campaign.
The Daily Telegraph's Toxic corre-