Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-07
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employees over the head with large
piece OF iron, claiming that Lewis had
started for him with an open knife.
Both were tried before a magistrate,
and bound over to court. The humilia-
tion was too great and Immediately
after the trial Webb went to a drug
store, bought two bottles Of laudanum
drank one and was drinking the other
when friends interfered. Three physi-
clans worked with him until the fol-
lowing morning, when he was revived.
In the criminal court here yesterday
Judge Council fined Webb $25 and
Lewis IS. Webb, again feeling that he
was forever disgraced, paid the fine,
left the court room and went directly
to the drug store, where he secured
more laudanum and drank 1t, dying
this morning.
Bishop Marcel, Of the Catholic
church, says Washington dispatch, has
received a letter confirming the news
of the massacre of the American mis-
sionaries at Lienchow and giving the
following particulars: DR.. Machle re-
quested the removal Of the street the
atre near the hospital on account or
the noise. This request incensed the
Chinese, who becoming violent, attack
ed the hospital. The mob then paraded
the streets, exhibiting a skeleton used
in the instruction Of a medical class
and alleging 1t was an example OF the
foreigners inhumanity to the Chinese
people. Becoming frenzied the crowd
burned the hospital, girls school, and
the residences Of the missionaries. DR..
Machle, Mrs. Machle, their ten year
old daughter Mr.. and Mrs. Peale, DR..
Eleanor Chestnut, and Miss Paterson
took refuge in a cave. The mob pur-
sued them and killed all except Dr.
Machle and Miss Patterson, who es-
capped to the Yamen. DR.. Machle was
badly wounded. The gunboat Callao
and two Chinese gunboats with mem
bers Of the American board Of missions
are proceeding to the scene Of the
massacre.
- Spartanburg Journal: 1t appears
from recent statistics that the cotton
mills Of the south now use as much
raw cotton as those of the north and
that in the last five years the consump-
ton Of raw cotton in the northern mills
has increased only about 81 per cent,
while the increase in southern mills
NQnf
Five eighths of the total spindles at
work In this country are In the north,
but the average production per spindle
in the north is only ell pounds
against 1854 pounds in the south. The
takings of raw cotton in the northern
mills have been about stationary for
the past ten years and those OF the
British mills for twenty years. Both
the northern spinners of this country
and the mills Of England are being
crowded out of the market for coarse
cotton goods by the southern mills, and
In this field the trade of the world
lies before the south. The mills Of
the south are comparatively new and
their machinery up to date, and they
can give England and the northern
mills a hard fight for the fine goods
trade whenever they choose to invade
that market.
Panama, Nov. s: Secretary Taft,
accompanied by Col. Edwards, chief of
the bureau of insular affairs, Col. VIM.
ID arly q Cf
Friday examined the location for the
Notifications at the Pacific terminal Of
the canal. The Associated Press is in
formed that the small foot hill at An
con is the point selected. Regarding
the fortification Of an island in Panama
bay to protect the canal entrance. 1t
was decided to do nothing until the
canal is finished. The engineers left
here Saturday afternoon for Colon,
where the location for forts presents
more difficulties than at Panama.
These will probably be erected on Tero
Point, where some Americans own a
cocoanut plantation. The celebrations
here came to an end tonight with a
grand reception given by President
Amador in honor of Secretary Taft.
All the prominent residents Of Pana-
ma together with the zone officials and
members of the diplomatic and con-
sular corps were present. Secretary
Taft will leave tomorrow for Colon,
where the American colony will give
a ball In his honor.
- Sir Frederick Treves, the famous
English physician, in an address be-
fore the Philosophical society, at Edin-
burgh, last Saturday, on the subject
Of disease promulgated what appears
to be a startling paradox, that disease,
instead of being, as Is generally sup
posed, malignant, is really benevolent.
People have considered every symp-
tom of disease noxious, and that 1t
ought to be stamped out with relentless
determination, but according to Sir
Frederick the motive of disease is
benevolent and protective. If it were
not for disease, he said, the human
race would soon be extinct. The lee
turer took examples such as wound
and the supervening Inflammation,
which is a process of cure to be imi-
tated rather than hindered. Peritoni-
tis, he said, was an Operating surgeons
best friend; without it every example
of appendicitis would be fatal. The
phenomena of a cough and cold were
in the main manifestations of a cure.
Without them a common cold might
become fa;al. The catarrh and per-
sistent sneezing were practical means
Of dislodging bacteria from the nasal
passage and the cough of removing the
bacteria from the windpipe. Again, the
whole Of the manifestations Of tuber-
culosis were expressions of unflagging
efforts on the part of the body to OPP
pose the progress of invading bacter-
ium.
A special of Sunday to the Knox
vile, Tenn. Journal and Tribune from
Middlesboro. KY, tells of reign of
terror in the border line city that
m violence the