Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-14
Scraps aud facts.

RODert MCGlll, except one peIsSeHScEb q
young woman, who escaped by swim
ming ashore, after having been struck
on the head with an oar. McGill Is a
resident of Utilla- He shot all his VIC
tins. He forced one Of the crew Of the
schooner to scuttle her. McGill then
shot him and escaped in a dory. He
was subsequently captured at FL Pro-
yender, Honduras. The captain Of the
Olympia had s1,400 in the cabin, and
the crime was committed for robbery,
the negro having concealed himself
on the schooner when it sailed.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts Great
ed a sensation In the British House Of
Lords last Tuesday evening, when In
a long and well considered speech, he
deliberately expressed his opinion as a
practical soldier that the military force
Of Great Britain was inadequate, I'M
perfectly trained and totally unfit to
uphold Great Britain as a first-class
power. Lord Roberts did not blame the
government, which, he said, was actu-
scathingly attacked the people OF Eng
land, who, he said, showed no national
feeling towards the military until dan
ger arose. Lord Roberts said the les
sons Of the South African war had
been forgotten. He had no hesitation
In saying that the armed forces OF
Great Britain as a body were now as
absolutely unified and unprepared for
war as they were when the South Afri-
can trouble broke out. He decided en-
phatically that the choice lay between
conscription or some practical system
of universal training, and that only by
such means would 1t be possible for
Great Britain to possess armed forces
organized and trained to meet the de-
mands of the empire in the event Of
war. ........
Charles ]. Bonaparte, the new sec
retary Of the navy, Is rapidly winning
friends and bids fair to succeed Sec
retary Shaw as the court jester, says
a Washington dispatch. A caller was
arrangements for the reception and
reinterment Of the body Of John Paul
Jones' With the twinkle Of the eyes
that meant so much for the cause Of
reform In Baltimore in days gone by
he replied: 1T has not been officially
determined when the wake will occur.
Asked II he had entertained any doubt
that the find Of Gen. Horace Porter was
really the remains OF John Paul Jones,
the secretary replied tnat he learned
lesson from an experience at Harvard
college which had prevented him ever
afterward from looking too closely into
such matters. Somebody started q
subscription" said Mr.. Bonaparte, ito
erect q monument over the grave OF
supposed former Harvard celebrity
that presumably had been long neg
lected. After the money had been sub
scribed and the monument was well
under way 1t occurred to some individ-
ual Of an inquisitive turn Of mind to
satisfy himself whether after all, we
might not be mistaken. The body was
dug up and carried to Professor Agas-
siz, who finally identified 1t as the car
cass Of a sheep"
The government printing office is
rapidly becoming an object Of as much
ugly suspicion as was the postoftice
department two years ago, when the
rumors Of scandal first attached to that
department. The office Is at present
under investigation by a commission
appointed by the president to investi-
gate certain charges affecting the con-
tract made by Public Printer Palmer
with the Lanston Monotype company
for 72 additional machines. The
charges, 1t is understood, came from
the Mergenthaler Linotype company,
a rival typesetting machine company.
The testimony so far has not been OF
a nature to encourage confidence in the
printing Office. Public Printer Palmer
has confessed on the witness stand that
he held frequent meetings with the
president Of the Lanston Machine COM
pany, and with it's chief counsel at the
respective homes of these gentlemen, q
bad example that appears to have been
followed by three other officials Of the
government printing office, who were
connected with the contract. The con-
tract itself that was finally drawn as
the result of these meetings, was ac-
tually prepared In the office of the
counsel for the company. No evidence
has so far been adduced to prove that
actual corruption exists in the govern
ment printing office. With the enor-
nous amount Of paper, printing mater
ial of all kinds and bookbinding mater
ial, as we'll as all other supplies that
enter into the daily work Of the great
est printing establishment in the world,
II Is natural that suspicion, based on
the disclosures already made, is begin
ming to show its head in Washington.
The White House is being rapidly
put into condition for the reception Of
the peace ENJOYS when they come to
Washington In August. While 1t has
always been customary to give the
White House a thorough overhauling,
repainting and general cleaning once
each year, during the vacation Of the
president and his family, this is being
done this year several weeks ahead Of
the usual time. The entire outside Of
the big white mansion Is receiving a
snowy glistening coat from basement to
roof, and the inside is a sea Of work.
men Of all descriptions saving, mailing.
painting, and generally changing the
entire looks Of the place. Since 1t has
been determined that Washington shall
be the seat of the peace negotiations
mainly, the order has gone out to have
the executive mansion put in such fine
shape that none anywhere shall surpass
1t. Accordingly under the direction of
Col. Bromwell, who has charge OF all
the government parks and grounds In
the city of Washington as we'll as the
White House, the presidents residence
is being completely overhauled from
end to end, and when the men who are
now at work on ii have finished. there