Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-12
Straps aud faets.

sessed against James Gordon Bennett
and the New York Herald company.
Fines of $1,000 were entered against
NJ. w. Gillian, manager of the Herald; |;
$4,000 against the Herald corporation
and $4,000 against Jas. Gordon Ben
nett were paid in the court room. The
cases were the outgrown of the famous
personal" and red-light column which
was a feature of the Herald for years.
After burning into his forehead,
with acid, a cross one and one-half
inches long DR.. Paul Bettix, professor
of Greek in the Central Holiness uni
versity at Oskaloosa, Iowa, has re-
clared himself at the head or Christ s
Own Volunteers" for the crusade OF
he twentieth century. because of his
ct and declaration, he has been dis
missed from the university, one Of
whose chief supporters in the state is
Mrs. Scott M. Ladd wife of the justice
OF the state supreme court. bettlx in
tends to go to Kansas to organize Shis
work. He asks for $4,000 followers,
each to have the cross burned into his
forehead, and to go and preach with
out script or purse.
Says a Pittsburg dispatch of April
s: Col. Isaac R. Noise, a Confederate
veteran Of the civil war, who fired the
first gun on Fort Sumter, died very
suddenly last evening just outside this
city, while on his way here from
Cleveland. Col Noise had been Wis.,
iting relatives in Cleveland and was
coming, here to visit his son, b. Cald-
well Noise. His death was due to
heart failure. Col. Noise had brill
liant war record and there is no doubt
that he fired the tirst shot during the
civil war. He engaged in many bat
ties and was several times wounded.
For some time past he has. made his
home in Wheeling, w. Va, to which
place the body was taken today.
-Corsicans are mourning the death
of the brigand chief, Bellacoscia, Of
whom they were almost as proud as
of Napoleon. In consequence OF a ven-
detti he and his brother Jaco were
compelled sixty years ago to seek SAFE
" in the mountains. For forty-eight
years they terrorized the country, 60
ing from province to province, and all
efforts of the government to capture
them were unavailing. In 1892, aged
and broken down, Bellacoscia volun-
tarily delivered himself into the hands
of Justice. So great was the national
admiration of his bold exploits that
the court at Ajaccio acquitted him,
but the police expelled him and he
sought a home in Marseilles. He
could not endure his exile more than
a few months and secretly returned
to end his days in the wilds OF Corsica.
New York, April 8: Cigarette
smoking and dime novel reading
contributed, 1t is believed, in no small
part to the conditions which caused
fifteen-year old Frederick Colirder to
hang himself last night. His body
was found in a small, rear room of the
store of Henry Wellbrook, a grocer,
at 157 Stuyvenant avenue, by whom
he was employed as errand boy. This
was after he had failed to put in his
appearance at the usual hour at his
home, 779 Gates avenue. The boy
had been quite respondent Of late,
and the continued illness of his moth
er had caused him some worry. He
had also been quite upset by the ar
rest of two of his companions a week
ago. The boys mind was in such a
state from the almost incessant smok-
ing Of cigarettes, 1t is believed, that
he was not altogether responsible for
his act last night, although there has
never been the least suspicion that he
was suffering from any mental trou-
BILE.
- William T. Stead of London, Eng
land, who is making a tour in the In
terests Of international peace shocked
the New York conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church last Monday.
He said that he thought the Metho-
dists of this country were better than
those of England, which pleased the
conference immensely. Then Mr.. Stead
asked: Are you American church
men, you members of the church Of
Jesus Christ in America, willing to
take action to secure the enactment
of this law as an international stat
ute and say that there shall be mo-
ment's pause before the dogs of war
are unleashed?" Amen! Amen!
came in chorus from all over the
church. Amen shouted the Eng
lishman, somewhat derisively. No
body cares a damn for an amen unless
it leads you to do something to put
into effect your prayers" The vehe-
mence in the manner and tone of the
speaker seemed to surprise his audi
tors
West Point, April s: At today's
dress parade, Commander of Cadets
Howe sprung an innovation; and at
the same time caused the long line
of cadets to grit their teeth in rage as
the police sergeant was ordered to go
down the line of visitors seats and
take from the cadets sweethearts and
girl relatives the cauelS oNeISodIS
which the boys had furnished to pro-
tect them from the icy wind which
swept the parade ground. Not In
wears has the battalion as a whole
been worked up to so great a pitch
over an occurrence as they are to-
day. When the battalion broke
ranks it was to face throng of girls
fairly wild with anger. The cadets
gave their annual Easter dance last
night and throngs of. girls remained
to spend Sunday and witness dress
parade. The cold wave caught them
with scanty wraps and the wearing of
the overcoats was. the cadets say. an
absolute necessity. 1t has been the
custom of the cadets for years. when
occasion demanded, To protect their
friends from the weather by lending
them their extra Overcoats. Nothing
has ever been heretofore said against