Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-01
Scraps and faets.

ago and returned to repeat ltS "alHiiiS
at various intervals, has revealed 10
Chesser Lortie of Brooklyn. the coming
of a vast war that is to involve 2OO,-
600. 600 people, and in which 6O,OOO,-
900 will be killed. To forestall TINS
horror Lortie has written President
Roosevelt and Pope Plus to warn them
that the war between Russia and Japan
is the beginning Of the threatened
struggle, in which Japan, England ana
the United States are to be arrayed
against Russia, Germany and France.
Austria, Spain, Italy and Turkey are
to be involved, and the outcome Oh the
whole mix-up will be that Turkey Will
be dismembered and England will be
severely beaten. She will be saved
from destruction, he says. only by the
timely assistance Of the United States.
Lortie predicts that by March lo' tne
vital change will occur. The prophet Is
thirty wears old and lives with Wild
owed mother and brother in flat in
East New York. He has been clerk
in the employ of the Long Island rail-
road thirteen years.
1t now develops that Gen. kouro-
patkin, recently appointed commander
in-chief Of the Russian forces IN the
far east, will not go to the seat OF war
within a few days as was hrst report
ed: but will remain where he Is lot
several weeks yet. The explanation OF
this apparent change Of programme Is
that exclusive of the large force nee
essary to guard the railroad, Russia
now has only about 100000 men IN
Manchuria, and General Kouropatkln
thinks that the army should number al
least 100000 men before there is any
attempt at offensive operations. Ihe
general has visited Japan within the
past few years, and there is no secret
of the fact that he has high opln-
ion of the Japanese military establish
ment. He recognizes the disadvantages
under which Russia will have to LABOR
with her base of supplies so far away
and he wants to be properly equipped
before taking any large risks. he Is
also quoted as having said few days
ago. that he will soon be recalled from
the far east to take charge of opera
tions nearer home. as he confidently
believes that Great Britain intends 10
force Russia to defend herself in Thi-
bet.
A Chemulpo dispatch of Feb. 2S
says: The Japanese sailors who arriv-
ed here Saturday are from the Jnsen
Maru and the Bushiu, two of the hVe
merchant vessels with which Admiral
Togo attempted to block the entrance
to Port Arthur on the morning of the
oath. Lieut. Saito commanded the
Jinsen Maru, and Lieut.. Tarisaki the
Bushiu. One man of Lieut.. Saito's
command was killed while lowering a
boat on the Jinsen Maru. The details
of how the steamers were taken into
the entrance to the harbor and sunk
are being withheld by the sailors, but
Lieut.. Saito stated that they got so
close to the Russian battleship RetZi-
van that had they been armed with RI
fles they could have fired into her
crew. When it was found that the
scheme was a failure they dropped an
chor and the crews crowded into the
remaining boats. They then blew up
the steamers. A strong wind and the
glare of the lights prevented the men
from reaching the torpedo fiotilla, and
at daylight they were out of sight OF
ho1 driven in an
easterly direction by the wind to the
Mao Tao islands, which they reached
the same evening. The boats did not
land together, but the men found each
other on the islands. They chartered
a junk, in which they went to Tung
Chow Fou. They walked forty miles
to Chez Foo. going two days without
food. The fate Of the crews of the
other steamers Is not known by the
men here.
- Washington Post: Accident bull
letin No. 9, which has just been issued
by the Interstate Commerce commits
sion, gives an account Of railroad ac-
cidents that occurred in the United
States during the months of July, Au-
gust and September, 1908, and shows
that during this quarter there were
sixty passengers and 22O employees kill
ed and 1.66S passengers and 1914 en-
ployes injured, making in all 2SO per-
sons killed and 1852 injured in train
accidents. Other accidents to employees
and passengers not the result of train
accidents bring the total number of
casualties up to 15,1S7, being 100 pas
sengers and GIG employees injured. The
total number of persons killed during
this quarter shows an increase of 1Sl,
and the number killed in train acci-
dents, $50. as against 230, also shows
an increase of fifty over the number
reported killed in the preceding bulle-
tin. The number of employees killed
seventy, being an increase Of eight
over those reported in the preceding
three months. The total number of
collisions and derailments was 1868
Q,765 collisions and 1928 derailments),
Of which PSI collisions and 140 derail-
ments affected passenger trains. The
damage to cars, engines and roadway
by these accidents amounted to 81
470.375. This bulletin shows, for the
first time, q separation Of trainmen
from trainmen in yards and yard
trainmen.
August w. Machen. prosecuted as
one of the ring leaders in the postal