Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-09
Scraps and facts.

United States Senator Mark Han
ma has been stricken with typhoid few
er. He had been in bad health for
some months. and the disease mani
tested it's character one day last week.
The crisis Is expected in about ten
days. The senator's friends are very
uneasy about him, as they have reason
to fear that he may not recover.
Says Washington dispatch OF yes
terday: Tentative orders have been
prepared sending the cruiser squadron
Of the Asiatic fleet northward from
Subig bay in the vicinity of Port Ar
thur to observe the Japanese
naval operations, and to be at hand to
protect American interests wherever
they may be menaced in the war
stricken district. The orders will be
submitted to the president for final re-
vision but will not be sent unless they
are agreeable to Russia and Japan
who will be sounded in advance on
this subject.
The most destructive fire in the
history Of the United States was that
which swept Chicago in October 1871.
As the result Of that fire 1880 build
fngs were destroyed, 2,100 acres were
devastated, 200 people lost their lives
and 10000 were rendered homeless
The property lost was in the neighbor-
hood of s190,0OO,000. The second most
Boston in 1872. 1t swept SO acres, ana
DESTROYED $4,000, 900 worth Of proper
ty. It is quite possible that when the
returns are all in it may be found that
property loss in Baltimore Is even
greater than that Of the great Boston
fire.
-Memphis, Tenn, dispatch Of yester-
day: Cotton factors Of this city TO-DAY
effected an agreement whereby thev
will withhold from the market all spot
. cotton owned or controlled by them
until stable prices are assured. The
factors at a meeting at the cotton ex-
change today said: 1.-The stock OF cot
ton in this market is small and the
cotton vet to come, we believe, is the
smallest at this time in the history of
the cotton trade. We confidently pe-
lieye that within a very short time we
will be enabled to sell our cotton at lts
value, which we believe Is considera-
bly above the present range of specu-
latiye values. We will aid spot hold
ers of New Orleans in sustaining val
ues and order kilograms sent at once
apprising them of our action
Two negroes, Luther Holbert and
wife, were burned at the stake at
Doddsville, Miss, last Sunday by mob
Of a thousand persons. On the wed
nesday previous this couple killed Jas.
Eastland, a prominent white planter
and John Carr a negro. 1t seems that
Holbert and another negro named
Winters had entered Carr's cabin with
the intention Of raising quarrel.
Eastland came in and ordered the men
to leave. Holbert opened fire on East
land and wounded him fatally. East
land returned the fire and killed Win
ters. Holbert ran away. and mob
that followed killed three other negroes
during the chase. Finally Holbert and
his wife were captured in the swamps
where they had fallen asleep from ex-
haustion and they were taken to
Doddsville and burned.
washington special Of Feb. s, to
Greenville News: 1t is entirely unlike
ly that the good roads bill of Senator
Latimer, Of South Carolina, or any
other bill that provides for an exten-
sive appropriation from the United
States treasury will go through this
session Of congress. The Republicans
do not intend to permit any bill to go
through that will swell the expendi-
lures Of the government, which are
now running neck and neck with the
receipts. Such a thing as deficit at the
close of this fiscal year would be a
huge platform against Republican man
agement of the government. as 1t would
show enormous expenditures ana
waste Of money. The appropriations TO
be made at this congress would not
come out Of the treasury this fiscal
year, but the Democrats will watch the
total amount that is appropriated and
by estimating the expenditures will be
able to tell whether the Republicans
will have a deficit in the next fiscal
year.
There is serious trouble brewing
for San Domingo. 1t has been so long
since peace has reigned in the island
that the inhabitants have long since
been wont to look upon war and insur-
rection as their natural state. There is
now in progress an insurrection that
has been on for several years, and
Monday Of last week, the insurgents
killed J. c. Johnson, the engineer of
the United States cruiser Yankee. The
act was deliberate a party of insur-
gents having fired point blank at the
ship without provocation. The en-
gineer was buried on the island, the
body being escorted beyond the limits of
the capital into the country by marines
for the purpose of interment. The in
surgents did not attempt to interfere
with the marines, Of course. The OFF,
GERS would have rather liked such in
reference. But that does not end the
incident. The government at WASH
ington proposes to see that somebody
Is punished and that may mean that
San Domingo will soon be American
territory.
People at Washington. Mass. are
toll iotn in a.