Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-08
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was entered in the United States cir
cult court by counsel for the New
York Herald company. The plea was
on behalf Of James Gordon Bennett
owner Of the Herald, and Manley M.
Gillian, advertising manager. The
sentence will be imposed on April 2.
The maximum fine under the courts
indictments is $4,000.
New York, March 4: A remark
which John D. Rockefeller made to
several reporters before starting for
Augusta, Ca, today led to the publi-
cation Of a report that he contem-
plates another large gift to the cause
of education or philanthropy. In ex-
cusing himself to the reporters MT.
Rockefeller said: II have matters
of great Importance to discuss with
my son, matters Of more importance
TO the public in the future than any
chance remarks I might make just
now" "Do you mean that you con-
template the announcement Of anoth-
er beouest to the cause Of educa-
tion?" was asked. "All can say"
Mr.. Rockefeller replied, 'is that 1
have something in mind which /
believe will be of great benefit to the
public"
Negro parishioners of St. An
drew's Episcopal church, Fifth ave-
nue., New York, are very much exer-
cised over an article entitled, The
Colored People" written by the Rev.
George r. Van De Water, rector OF
the church, which appeared In the
February issue of the st. Andrews
Chronicle, the parish monthly. In
that article Doctor Van De Water
said: aside altogether from their
right in any place of public worship,
1t Is best that they should have their
own churches, their own ministers
and, In time, maybe their own bish-
OBS. It is not best that white and
black people should be in Sunday
school or in church on plane OF
equality Of privilege" In an inter-
view after the article appeared DR..
Van De Water said: II certainly
wrote that article and I stand by ev-
cry word OF 1t. I repeat that the
sooner the colored people get out or
st. Andrews the better 1t will be for
both whites and blacks. II President
Roosevelt wants to eat with a,colored
man he can do so. I won't, and I'm
lust as much entitled to my opinion
on the subject as he Is. l do not want
the colored people in my church.
neither do my parishioners."
- San Francisco, March 6: Attorney
Abraham Reuf, jointly indicted with
Mayor Eugene Schmitz, on charges OF
extorting money from keepers OF
French restaurants, is tonight techni-
cally a fugitive from justice, accord
ing to Judge Dunno, who late this al
ternoon decided that Sheriff O'Neill
had not shown due diligence In pro-
ducing Reuf for trial and appointed
Coroner Walsh as elisor to serve
bench warrant for Reuf's appearance
In court. The coroner was ordered to
make a return of service tomorrow az
ternoon. After two adjournments had
been taken today, Assistant District
Attorney Francis Heney presented tc
Judge Dunno a lengthy affidavit sign
ed by himself, in which he recited the
alleged facts: That Sheriff O'Neill Is
a close personal friend of Reufs; that
Reuf recognized as the political boss
of San Francisco" had procured
O'Neilrs nomination and assured his
election, and that consequently ONeill
was under obligations to Reuf, unfit
ting O'Neill to serve as the arresting
officer. Similar assertions were made
regarding the sheriff's deputies, who,
1t was alleged, has been named by re-
quest. Assistant District Attorney
Heney also stated that he had been in
formed that during the day one OF
Reufs attorneys had applied to the
district court Of appeals for a writ Of
prohibition. declaring at the same time
that II this writ were granted the
missing attorney would be produced
For these and other similar reasons,
Heney asked that Sheriff O'Neill be
replaced by Coroner Walsh, as the Of
ficer delegated to produce Reuf In
court. and Judge Dunno so ordered.
The trial Of James and Philip F.
Strother, for the murder Of William F.
Bywater, which has been in progress
at Culpepper, Va, for the past fifteen
end Ia St
Thursday with a verdict Of not guilty.
1t was an unwritten law case and one
which excited very great interest
throughout Virginia and throughout
the whole country. Bywater seduced
a sister Of the Strothers under prom
Use Of marriage. and when in the
course Of time the matter came to the
knowledge of the brothers, they gave
Bywater to understand that he must
at once go through the marriage cere-
mony with their sister. Bywater at
first intimated a refusal; but when the
brothers gave him to understand that
they would surely kill him otherwise,
he consented. He let 1t be known,
however, that he did not propose to
live with the young woman who thus
became his wife. and the brothers took
precautions to see that he did so. Inn
mediately after the marriage, Bywater
tore loose from the arms of his bride
and jumped out OF a window. The
brothers each rushed to a window
and commenced shooting. Bywater
was killed. At the trial the Strothers
relied upon the unwritten law; but the
attorneys also brought in the tenn
porary insanity humbug. The public
took a great deal of interest, senti-
ment generally being in favor Of the
defendants. After remaining out sew
eral hours the jury brought in a ver-
dict of not guilty. After the verdict,
Judge Harrison. presiding, addressed
the jury as follows: Gentlemen of the
jury l thank you for a verdict which
think will be approved by the pub
lie. 1t Is an established precedent in
the state of Virginia that no man tried