Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-05
Scraps and faets.

A movement has been started In
congress for the relief of tobacco rails
ers, in a substitute measure suggested
by Commissioner Yerkes to take the
place of the Gaines bill. BY this sub
stitute the internal revenue tax OF SIX
cents a pound on leaf tobacco is abol-
ished. The bill has been favorably re-
ported. Mr.. Yerkes shaped his bill SO
as to remove the difficulties in the way
of abolishing the tax on the twist, out
none ON the natural leaf. or tobacco
i'm the hand" as 1t is termed. This re-
lief has been sought by the Southern
tobacco raisers.
- SAYS a Paris cable of April z:
Jorge Hol Guin, the financial agent OF
Colombia, one of the parties institut-
ing the recent suit against the Panama
Canal company, says in an interview
today: I'VE intend. to appeal. II tnat
fails, we will apply to the court OF
Cessation. Finally, If. all the French
courts refuse Justice, Colombia Will
- .p,sh a manifesto to the world, ex-
planning that she is the victim OF
odious spoliation, which compels her
= to, resort to arms. The American
souadron at Colon will now prevent
Colombia debarking troops concen-
trated at Barranquilla, but when the
souadrons are withdrawn Colombian
forces will invade the Republic Oh
Panama and make war;"
Is Says a Toxic, Japan. cable OF April
/: The first party Of foreign corre-
spondents left Toxic for the front to-
day.. It consisted Of sixty-one newspa-
ner men. mostly British and American.
From here the party goes to MoJi'
leaving there April 6 on Japanese
TRANSPORT for it's destination, which
Is kept secret The order Of the jap
anese authorities unleashing the cor
RESPONDENTS was joyously received. II
ended a long siege of the correspon-
dents at Toxic. They appreciated the
necessity for the government maintain
ing secrecy in regard to the movements
of the troops and their disposition FOR
the campaign, but the newspaper men
chafed under their extended idleness.
crowd gathered at the Shinbasisnl
station, where the correspondents went
on board a train, and cheered the de-
parting writer's.
News. comes Of a collision between
a British force under Colonel Young
husband and a large force Of Tibetans
in Tibet. The Younghusband expedi-
ton was sent into Tibet from lndla
for the purpose Of counteracting the
strong influence that Russia has begun
to exert on the Tibetans. The ostens-
fble aim of the expedition was peaceful;
but there has been general belief that
II would result in bloodshed. On March
81, Col. Younghusband found his fur
ther progress opposed by a force OF
1,5O0 .Tibetans, and he sought to
force them out of the way without mr.
ing. They refused to be forced, how
ever, and a conflict ensued. The Brit
ish advance used their bayonets While
those behind commenced firing. The
fight that followed was very bloody
and 400 or 500 Tibetans were killed
before the rest retired. The arms or
the slain Tibetans were of Russian
make as was also their ammunition.
Sacramento, CAL, dispatch of April
1: Three masked men held up the
Oregon express, southbound, on the
Southern Pacific Railway at Copley,
near Keswick, killed w. ]. O'Neill, the
express messenger, and carried off the
contents of the express box. The train
is known as No. Is and stopped at Cop
lev, a small station, for water. AS the
train came to a standstill. three men
Jumped on and cut the train in two,
taking the engine and express car down
the track short distance. They stop
ped the engine and deliberately killed
O'Neill by shooting him through the
head. The bandits then robbed the
express car of it's contents, but 1t is
not known how much they obtained.
After robbing the car the men cut 1t
loose and getting on the engine COM
pelled Engineer Joesink to go ahead.
When near Keswick the men dropped
off the engine and disappeared with
their plunder. They have not been
captured.
The sensation created in British
naval and government circles by the
recent loss of the signal book of the
cruiser Prince George while that vessel
was lying in the River Tagus has
called attention to the supreme import
ance of such books and the necessity
Of their being we'll guarded. 1nvesti-
cation shows that on vessels of the
United States navy special precautions
are taken to prevent the code books
getting lost. The books are kept In
the chart room in a specially construct
ed metal case bored with holes. The
books themselves have lead attached
to them, the idea being that if ship
was in danger Of being captured or
lost the officer in command, by throw
ing the signal box and books over
board, would insure their not falling
into improper hands. When the watch
always called to the signal books, so
that with all these precautions it would
seem impossible for them to be lost
very long without being missed.
st. Petersburg dispatch Of April 2:
Gen. Levaskoff, director. Of military
communications of the general staff,
in an interview gives interesting facts
about the Russian line Of communica-
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