Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-23
Scraps aud fatts.


negro meeting that the flag Is
dirty contemplate rag" so far as
the negro is concerned. Demands Tor
his punishment are pouring In from
all sections of the United States.
Bishop Turner lives in Atlanta
Representative John Sharp Will
liams of Mississippi, spoke before the
house committee on judiciary last
Wednesday in support of his Dill 10
prevent c. o. D. shipments of liquor
into prohibition districts. He SAID
this method of shipping liquor en-
abled blind tigers" to thrive ana
that many communities in Mississippi
were so much incensed over this en-
couragement Of unlawful liquor SELL
ing by express companies that at
tacks upon express offices which were
in effect bars need cause no surprise.
williams said he was not a radical
prohibitionist, but that he believed
that where communities decided on
local option the United States shoulo
not stand in the position of assisting
the law breakers by permitting u "
d. shipments into such districts. he
said that he had no thought OF IN
terfering with rights of individuals 10
buy LIQUOR and have 1t shipped when
ever they pleased, but that he desired
that the wholesale shipment of Ii
ouors to fictitious persons be stopped
He said that the bill clearly provided
for the regulation Of interstate COM
merce and was not an assumption Oh
the police power of the states.
The fact that some Of the mis-
sionaries have been reported as haV-
ing said that there is no danger OF
a. general uprising in the Chinese
empire, says the Washington cores
pondent Of the Atlanta Journal, Is
not given any particular thought oy
officials at the state department.
The reports received from all the d.
plomatic and consular agents Of the
United States by the department OF
state are too strongly indicative OF a
growing feeling Of unrest In China'
and a deep-seated resentment on the
part of the Chinese masses against
all foreigners, so it is said at the state
department. Oficials generally believe
that the Judgment Of missionaries is
never particularly good, with regard 10
the political feeling of the people In
China. Prior to the famous boxer
uprising in 1900, reports were con-
stantly emanating from missionaries
throughout China that there was ao-
solutely no danger of trouble, and II
was these missionaries themselves
who in the end suffered more than
any one else. The present situation
is unquestionably a serious one, ana
while the administration people do not
know when the trouble will come, 1t Is
certainly believed by them that an
outbreak Is inevitable.
- Secretary Bonaparte has APPROX
ed a plan to equip the navy with
modern torpedo appliances. This is
work which has been practically ignored
for some time, and, in fact, nothing
has been done in the last five years
toward acquiring reserve torpedoes
and appliances, or installing such
type of armament on board the tor
pedo boats or the larger vessels. 1t
is now considered that the expert
mental work has gone far enough
and that something of the practical
sort in the way Of installation should
be achieved without delay. 1t was
felt that at least 100000 could be
expended at once in this direction,
but the policy of economy has re-
ouired that the disbursements In
this direction be limited to one-half
that sum. Steps will be taken at
once to have certain battleships
equipped with new torpedo firing ap-
paratus, and TO replace obsolete
types on board some thirty torpedo
boats and torpedo boat destroyers
with a modern equipment. The de-
partment has adopted new pattern
of torpedo, which is being made at
the Bliss works, at South Brooklyn,
where the preliminary experiments
have been eminently satisfactory. 1t
is proposed to have this type install
ed on all naval vessels.
Denver, Colorado, February 21:
Charles H. Meyer, president; William
D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer;
three Western Federation miners, and
c. H. Pettibone, a former member
of the executive board Of the organi-
zation, were arrested late Saturday
night on charges preferred by the
Idaho state authorities accusing
them Of being accessories to the muir
der of former Gov. Frank NJ. Steun-
enberg, of that state. The six men
were taken from their cells in the
county Jail at an early hour this
morning by twelve armed deputy
sheriffs, and placed on a special train
that quickly left over the Union Pa
citic railroad for Boise, Idaho. Form
er Governor Steunenberg was blown
up by a dynamite bomb as he en-
tered the gate to his home. With the
arrest of the two heads of the West
ern Federation miners comes to light
the story Of a plot to commit muir
der in this state that makes ones
blood run cold. Those in public Of
flee who have taken part in the over
throw of the Western Federation of
Miners were to have met the fate OF
Idaho's governor, who had used his
office to arrest and punish the muir
derers of Occur d'Alene. Much Of
the mysterious means which were
used to create the reign of terror
is being laid bare through these ar
rests. The mysterious assassination
Of Martin VALLEY, the Cripple Greek
mining engineer, while on his way
to his home in Denver has been
cleared up. He was the victim of
dynamiters that were allotted to kill
and destroy all who had been op-
posed to the reign Of the federation.
He had given offense to the organi-
zation. All of the horrors of Cripple
Creek, the blowing up of the depot