Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-01
Seraps aud faets.

in any steps taken by the British gov
ernment toward ameliorating the con-
dition Of affairs in the Congo. This Is
the first time that any official an
nouncement has been made and sets
at rest all question as to the stand the
United States would take in case 1t
became necessary for one or more
powers signatory to the Berlin treaty
to intervene. 1t is we'll known that
the agitation in England for some ac-
tion by that government under It's
treaty obligations looking to reforms
in the Congo has been as great if not
greater, than in the United States, but
England apparently has been loath to
act while there was any prospect that
Belgium would annex the Congo ter
ritory.
The whole Of England and large
portion Of Northern Europe is in the
throes Of a violent snow storm. There
has been considerable loss Of life in
England by people freezing to death.
The snow storm is described as the
worst during the past thirty years.
From all parts Of England trains are
reported as being showed in, one OF
the worst cases being that Of pas
senger train bound from Dundee to
Edinburgh, which ran into a snowdrift
at o'clock, Thursday afternoon near
St. Andrews, which was not released
up to Saturday afternoon. A rescue
train sent out to relieve the passenger
train also got stuck in a drift and 1t
was not until Saturday morning that
starving passengers, Fifty women
narrowly escaped death in a Covent
Garden warehouse by reason of the
collapse of the snow laden roof. They
ed. The Japanese liner Ava Maru ran
on the rocks off Redcar during the
snow storm and other vessels are re-
ported as having foundered on the
English coast during the prevalence
OF the storm.
Alexander ]. Cassatt, president or
the Pennsylvania railroad, died sud
denly in Philadelphia last Friday. He
had been in bad health for year;
but his death was not expected. He
died of heart disease. He was a little
more than sixty-seven years of age.
Mr.. Cassett was born in Pittsburg In
1889, was educated in Germany and at
the Troy Polytechnic Institute. He
entered the service of the Pennsylva-
mia in 1861 as rodman. In 1857 he
became superintendent Of motive pow
er and machinery, and in 1878 be-
came general superintendent for the
Pennsylvania system. From this
time on his rise was rapid and in 1880
he had become first vice president. In
1882 he resigned and did not again
hold an official position in the COM
pany until he was elected to the pres
idency of the company in 1883. Mr..
Cassett began his railroad career in
the engineering department and never
lost his interest in that branch, and
the planning and starting Of the great
New York City tunnel system for the
company was due to him. Mr.. Cassett
had resided in Philadelphia for many
years and his family had been very
prominent socially in that city.
THAT white men protected inno-
cent negroes and that every effort Is
made by the whites to punish those
white men who were responsible for
the Christmas riots in Kemper county,
Miss, was the information in detailed
accounts arriving here, says New
Orleans dispatch. Evidence has been
produced that will establish the iden-
tity Of five white men Of good families
who took part in the attacks on the
negroes. District Attorney Currie has
said that the trouble was caused by a
lot of outlaws who openly violated all
laws of God and man and decency
and that they will be captured if it is
in the power Of the state to do so.
The total death list is probably twelve.
The mob element among the whites
has mostly fed toward the Alabama
state line, while the negroes have
gathered at Scooba and Mahalak to
place themselves under the protection
of troops or Of citizens. The killing OF
a negro named Calvin Nicholson is re-
ported as most brutal. Nicholson was
a negro Of the best class. While q
posse was searching for a negro who
had killed deputy, they entered Mich
olson's house and several persons be-
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Alexander and two others rushed to
the negro, shielding him with their
bodies. They protected him until
overpowered. District Attorney Currie
says he has fixed the blame for this
murder upon three men.
- The committee appointed by a
mass meeting of citizens of Atlanta at
the time of the September riots in
that city. to investigate the facts con-
nected with the troubles at the time
made its report last Friday. The re-
port shows that twelve persons were
killed and seventy wounded. OF the
dead, two were whites and ten color
ed, two were females and ten were
males. OF the wounded, ten were
whites and sixty negroes. Five thou
sand, three hundred and sixty three
dollars were expended by the COM
mittee for relief of the wounded and
for the families of the dead, of which
the city contributed $1,000. The re-
port says: The crimes of the mob
included robbery as we'll as murder.
In a number Of cases the property of
the innocent and unoffending people
was taken. furniture was destroyed,
small shops were looted. windows were
smashed, money was taken from small
boards. In the commission Of crime
men and women alike were treated
with unspeakable brutality" AS
result of the riots, the report cOntin-
ues. good citizens have been driven
away. Concluding the report says:
"As twelve persons were killed and