Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-29
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white woman, was commended at the
Texas State convention of Negro Bap-
lists at Dallas last Friday. Rev. jack
son Of Dallas, declared that IL any ac-
ton were taken by the convention In
reference to the lynching resolution
should be passed commencing the
whites. Other pastors asserted that
negroes aided the whites In the cap
ture of williams. Every law-abiding
negro was said to be In favor OF a
lynching law in cases Of the kind.
The convention refused to pass resolu-
tions denouncing the burning.
The Associated Press has good rea-
son for stating that a new Anglo-Ja-
panese treaty Of alliance has been
signed. The foreign office declines to
give Official confirmation or denial, but
the Associated Press understands that
the treaty was signed some days ago.
The new treaty was broader In scope
In some respects than the former
treaty, notably where II includes the
recognition by Great Britain OF a ia
panese protectorate over Korea and on
other points which It was not neces-
sary to include In the old treaty. In
some respects the new treaty contains
limitations as compared with the old
treaty. For instance, the latter con-
tained a clause to the effect that In case
of a combination Of the powers against
Great Britain, Japan would be obliged
to assist her ally, while the clause In
the new treaty only requires the as
sistance Of Japan so far as the British
colonies in the far East and the Paci-
fic are concerned.
1t seems to be pretty generally
conceded that the Portsmouth confer
ence will not bring about peace and
that the Russians have rather the bet
ter Of the situation as to moral posi-
ton. The last proposition under con-
sideration was the question Of cession
of the island Of Sakhalin and tndem-
nifty. Russia agreed to give up the Is
land entirely II Japan would forego her
demand for indemnity. japan refused,
and that left her in the position or
standing out for a purely monetary
consideration. There Is probability
that Japan may come back again with
another proposition, In order to regain
her lost precedence on the money ques-
ton: but there Is no good reason to
believe that there will be an agree
ment. During the progress Of the
peace negotiations both sides have
been making all possible efforts to
strengthen themselves at the front
with reinforcements. supplies, ETC., and
the outlook Is that the fighting will
soon be resumed on a large scale.
THE grand jury of the District of
Columbia has indicted E. S. Holmes
former statistician of the department
of agriculture. along with Frederick
Peckham and Moses Haas OF the New
York Cotton Exchange for conspiracy
against the government In connection
with the cotton report leak scandal,
President Roosevelt took dive In
the submarine torpedo boat Plunger
off Oyster Bay last Friday afternoon.
The presidents intention was an
nounced In advance. and the newspa-
pers expressed a good deal Of uneasi-
ness. 1t was then given out that the
idea had been abandoned. and moth
ing more was heard of the matter un-
til 1t was all over. The manholes OF
the boat were closed soon after thu
president went aboard, and the boat
steamed out into the bay where. the
water was twenty feet deep. There
the boat cruised about and the presi
dent was shown how 1t worked. The
boat was submerged and it remained
under the water for about forty min
utes. Everything worked nicely and
the president expressed himself as
very much delighted with the mech
anism Of the boat.
john Moore, a negro. twenty years
old, was taken from Craven county
Jail In Newbern, n. c.. last Sunday
and lynched by a mob Of 100 masked
men, armed with rifles and revolvers.
With his hands tied behind him, the
negro was led out about a third OF a
mile to the draw Of the Neuse river
bridge, hanged to one Of its braces
and his body riddled with bullets.
The mob attacked the Jail between l
and 2 o'clock Sunday morning. En-
trance to the Jail was effected by
forcing the jailer to surrender the
keys. AS soon as the attack was dis
covered, the naval reserves were call
ed to attempt to prevent the lynch
ing. Crowds rushed to the bridge.
Sheriff ]. w. Biddle was quickly on
the scene pleading that Moore be left
to the law, but his efforts were una
vailing and the mob carried out its
plans. Moore entered the store of
Geo. Eubanks at Clarke's, seven miles
from Newbern, last Friday. when the
proprietor's wife was the only one In.
The negro attempted robbery and
struck the proprietor's wife on the
head with a meat axe. fracturing
bones and inf1icting injuries which, II
they do not prove fatal. will at least
cause not only Disagreement but life
long suffering. Mrs. Eubanks scream
ed and people came to her rescue.
The negro fed. but was captured in
swamp after a chase of a few miles
and was placed in Jail.
Carefully guarded by a force Of
trusted men. armed with loaded Win
chester rifles, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. nearly s5.OOO.OOO in gold bull
lion arrived here on Tuesday from
Seattle. and is now securely stored
away at the United States mint, where
it will be made into coin as fast as
required. So secretly were the move
ments OF the shipment OF the pre-
cious metal guarding that no one but
employees Of the express company and
mint knew of its transfer across the
city, and II was denied yesterday at
the mint that the gold had been re-
ceived. The hundreds of gold bars
were stored away I'm four express cars,
which formed a special train from
ST. Paul to this city. The shipment
was made through the Adams Ex-