Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-06-20
Scraps aud faets.


cotton supply as follows: Including
stock left over at ports and interior
towns from the last crop and the num-
ber Of bales brought into sight thus far
from the new crop, the supply to date
Is 12,6S4.45l bales, against. 9,s29,4S5
bales for the same period last year.
= Notwithstanding the peace talk
going on in Washington, Toxic and
st. Petersburg, there is very little
change in the attitude of the opposing
armies In Manchuria. Oyama is still
doing all he can to entrap Linevitch,
and it looks as If another big battle
may be fought before an armistice Is
arranged. On June 16 the japanese
attacked the Russian outposts at
Liaoyang- Wopeng and drove them out
of the town. Next day the Russians
came back with a stronger force and
retook the place. Some two or three
hundred men were killed during the
fighting. All the indications are that
the Japanese are contemplating an
other general attack.
Following Is the text Of the Japan
ese reply to the presidents Identical
note to Japan and Russia on the sub
ject Of negotiations for peace: "The
imperial government has given to the
suggestions Of the president OF the
United States, embodied in the note
handed to the minister for foreign af-
fairs by the United States minister on
the 9th instant, very serious consider
alton, to which because Of its source
and its import, 1t Is justly entitled.
Desiring, in the interest Of the world
as we'll as in the interest Of Japan, the
re-establishment Of peace with Russia
on terms and conditions that will fully
guarantee its stability, the imperial
government will, in response to the
suggestions of the president, appoint
plenipotentiaries of Japan to meet
plenipotentiaries Of Russia at such
time as may be found to be mutually
agreeable and convenient for the pur-
pose OF negotiating and concluding
terms of peace, directly and exclusively
between the two belligerent powers"
Says a Halifax. Nova Scotia, dis
patch Of June II: In order to make
a practical test Of the theory advanced
by prominent Arctic explorers and 9TH
ers that a sojourn in the Arctic re-
gions will cure consumption the steam
er Havana leaves this port today for
a health cruise along the coast Of
Greenland. The steamer Is In charge
Of physicians and others selected by
number Of prominent Washingtonians
who are backing the project and 1t
carries as passengers a number Of tu-
berculosis patients. The plan Is to
visit certain sterile and dustless areas
which lie under perpetual summer sun
shine within the Arctic circle, for the
cure Of early cases Of the disease. 1t
Is contended that the continuous DAY
Of the Arctic summer, with its health
full and bracing features, far surpasses
any conditions in any other part Of
the world for the cure Of pulmonary
diseases. The Havana will cruise along
the shore of Baffin's Land and central
Greenland, anchoring In various shell
tered fiords for the diversion and ben
eft of the patients. The return Is
scheduled for the latter part Of Sep
tember.
After various rumors of disagree
ment and dissatisfaction, 1t seems to
be about settled that the peace confer
ence will be held in Washington and
during the month Of August After
Russia had agreed upon Washington,
she suggested that the matter Of place
select the Hague; but the suggestion
has since been withdrawn and it is
now understood that the conference
will be held in Washington. Japan
was irrevocably opposed to any Euro
pean capital. She feels that she would
not be able to get a fair show in any
Of them, especially in the matter Of
public sentiment. The feeling through
out Europe has been against the selec-
tion Of Washington, because Of we'll
defined jealousy against anything
American. There has been more or less
talk about the arrangement Of an arm
istice, and a suggestion that represen-
tatives Of the two nations meet at
some neutral point and attend to the
matter; but II seems to have been
about settled that the armistice will be
arranged personally between the COM
manders Of the opposing armies in
Manchuria-
The celebrated civil suit of Gattis
against Kilgo, which had been In
progress at Raleigh for a week, came
to a close last Friday with a sudden
bump Judge Moore granting a nom
suit. The plaintiff, of course, appealed.
Gattis, a superannuated Methodist
preacher, former colporteur in South
Carolina and part of North Carolina,
sued DR.. ]. C. Kilgo, president of Trim
ity college, Of Durham, N. c., and Ben
jamin n. Duke, Of Durham, for 100000
damages for alleged slander and libel
charged to have been made in a speech
delivered by DR.. Kilgo In 1898, while
defending himself in an investigation
before the trustees Of Trinity from
charges brought by Chief Justice Wal
ter Clark, of the North Carolina su-
preme court, who was then a trustee
Of Trinity college. DR.. Kilgo came out
Of that investigation fully vindicated
and acquitted and Clark resigned as a
trustee. Gattis is said to have aided
and abetted Clark at that time. The
Gattis suit against DR.. Kilgo, Benjamin
n. Duke and B. r. O'Dell has been
in the courts over six years. There
have been four separate trials of the
case. Two of them were remanded to
the supreme court on appeal and one
was set aside by the judge Of the lower
court, because the verdict of the jury
allowed excessive damages" 100000.
This time Gattis and his sureties are
also taxed with the costs. which must
be enormous.
General Maximo Gomez died
in Havana last Saturday Of liver trou-
BILE, from which he had been suffering
for some time. and which finally af-
fected his heart. General Gomez was
commander in chief Of the Cuban