Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-06


tifying licenses be revoked.
i When the siege Of Port Arthur
commenced eleven months ago the gar
rison numbered about 100000 men. AT
the time Of the surrender last Sunday
only $4,000 were still alive and Of
these fully fifteen thousand are sick or
wounded. The total number Of people
In the town at the time Of the sur
render was $4,000. AS many as 10000
of these are on the sick list Just how
many troops the japanese used in the
siege from first to last is not definitely
known; but 1t Is known that they lost
no less than $4,000 in killed and wound
ed. All Of the Russian prisoners are
to be taken to Japan.
"A Toxic dispatch Of Wednesday
says: The weight Of opinion in Jap
anese official circles seems to De
against a belief in the early conclu-
sion of peace, and doubt is expressed
that the fall of Port Arthur will mate
rally affect the situation. One OF sew
eral officials who discussed the ques-
ton with the correspondent Of the As
ISOLATED Press today voiced the SEN
timent Of the majority when he said:
I'VE are confronting situation which
continues to be purely military. The
present problem is created by General
Kuropatkin's army and by the Russian
second Pacific squadron. We are de-
III okf fn n
ticipate that the Russians will renew
more determinedly than ever their ef-
fort to drive Field Marshall Oyama
back and that they will strive to gain
supremacy at sea- We are preparing
to defeat these objects. The situation
makes talk Of peace futile"
- AS a rule there Is but one cause
in the south for lynching, but in the
north the impulse is to lynch a mig
GER for any cause. The Chicago Trib-
une figures 1t out that during the past
year, there were eighty-seven lynch
ings, one for every four days. All but
five Of these occurred In the south, and
OF these the victims appear to have
been all negroes. Mississippi leads the
grim list with 1S; Georgia and Arkan-
sas follow with II each, the three
states supplying three-fifths Of the to-
tai. The alleged causes Of the lynch
ings include only 90. e., % per cent
of the total-as "the usual offense,"
assaults on women. On the other hand,
against the 80 mob murders in the
south, there were only 4S legal execu-
tions. To this, the New York Times
pertinently remarks that 1t is to be
added that the five mob murders In
the north-two in California, and one
each in Ohio, Idaho and Wyoming, are
even less to be excused than those In
the south"
Some Of the foreign diplomats at
Toxic, says a dispatch Of Tuesday,
believe that there will be an early re-
newal Of efforts looking to the securing
Of peace. outwardly. the Japanese
government gives no indications Of its
desires in that direction, but 1t Is
known that It Is prepared to discuss
the question and to make terms which
are characterized as reasonable. The
fall Of Port Arthur immensely
strengthens the hand Of Japan. In the
actual conduct Of the war Port Arthur
has been a stumbling block to Japan
which, for six months has had engaged
there over 100000 troops and practical
ly her entire navy. This fact compell-
ed Field Marshal Oyama to fight the
battle Of Lao Yang shorthanded.
Now the entire navy is free to pre-
pare to meet the Russian second Pacific
squadron and to attend to the Vladi-
vostok squadron. A heavy force OF
troops will be Immediately available
for service in Manchuria, and this
possibly will allow the undertaking Of
other independent enterprises.
Wilmington, N. c., Jan. 4: After a
night Of intense suffering from the
cold, clinging for dear life to the masts
Of their shipwrecked vessel, heavy seas
breaking over her decks and carrying
everything before the mad rush of
it's fury, Capt. F. G. Gibbs and six men
composing the crew Of the schooner
Emma c. Middleton, from Newport
News to Charleston, with a cargo Of
coal, were brought here today by the
Wilmington tug Alexander Jones, the
vessel and her cargo being total
wreck on Frying Pan shoals, ten
miles east of Baldhead lighthouse on
the North Carolina coast. The schoon-
er was struck by Tuesday nights gale
and broke completely in two from
stem to stern. Capt. Gibbs and crew
were rescued today by the life-saving
crews at Cape Fear and Oak Island
stations, being later transferred to the
tug. The vessel was 43s net tons bur-
den and was owned by Capt A. S.
Higbee of Philadelphia. The cargo
was consigned to the Consumers Coal
company Of Charleston. The vessel
was partially insured, while the cargo
was fully covered.
The text Of the articles Of capitula-
ton Of the Port Arthur garrison, sign
ed by the commissioners representing
General Stoessel and General Nogi, has
been made public. All Russian SOL
diers, marines and civil officials of the
garrison and harbor are made prison.
ers; all of the forts, batteries, vessels,
ammunitions, ETC.. are transferred to
the Japanese in the condition in which
they existed at noon Of January 8, vio-
lation Of this clause to operate as an
annullment Of the negotiations, giving
the japanese army warrant to take
free action; the Russian military and
naval authorities are to furnish to the
Japanese army an exhibit Of all forti-
fications, underground and submarine
mines, a list Of military officers, Of
ships and the numbers of their crews,
and Of civilians Of both sexes with their
race and occupations: and all public
property, as buildings, munitions Of
war. ETC., to be left in the present po-
sition pending arrangements for their
transference. Officers of the army and
navy are permitted to retain their
swords and such Of their personal
property as is directly necessary for