Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-10
Scraps aud 9aets.

4 rev days ago. Inc lnree men were
captured. The robbers first appeared
at Pederickton, where they blew open
the safe in the postoffice and stole
$3.50 the explosion wrecking and set
ting fire to the building. The robbers
fed and were not heard from for two
hours when they appeared at Bridge
port eight miles away. There they
blew open the safe in the postoftice,
which almost wrecked the building
and took away $500 in stamps and
money. In their flight the robbers had
a fight with the police at Woodbury.,
who had been telephoned, but escaped
toward Wenoah, to which point they
were traced by the posse. The robbers
were finally penned in the woods near
by, by the posse and both opened fire.
The robbers were finally captured, two
being wounded, one having his face
riddled with buck shot and another
may die.
Boston, March Z: Wary Charles,
one of the wealthiest and most infiu-
entail Cinnamon of Boston, and eight
of his countrymen, claimed to be no.
torious "Hatchet Men," were found
guilty by jury in the superior GRIM
inal court today of murder in the first
degree, alleging the killing of four
Cinnamon here in August, last. The
tenth defendant on the same charge,
died in his cell last Tuesday. In each
case Charles was accused of being an
accessory. The murders for which
the Cinnamon were found guilty grew
out OF a feud of long standing be-
tween the Hip Sing Tong and the Le-
ong Tong, rival Chinese societies.
Early in August, 1907, number OF
strange Cinnamon appeared in Oxford
Place in the heart of the Chinese quar-
ter, and when the signal was given
began firing. When the police appear
ed they found three Cinnamon dead
and a dozen seriously wounded. One
of these died. Shoy Tong was one OF
the principal government witnesses
and testified that Charles was presi-
dent of the Pip Sing Tong club, which
instituted the killing.
Washington, March Z: Bills to
establish postal savings banks that
have been introduced by Senators
Carter, Knox and Burkett were to-
day considered by a subcommittee OF
the senate committee on postoftice and
post roads consisting of Senators Car
ter, Burrows, Bapkhead and Clay.
Postmaster General Meyer was before
the subcommittee and outlined his
views on the subject. Postmaster
General Meyer stated to the committee
while the Knox bill was drawn in his
department he was not welded to that
measure and was very ready to ap-
prove amendments of provisions to
be taken from both the Burkett and
Carter bills. The committee and the
postmaster general were agreed upon
the plan for placing the funds to be
secured by the postal savings bank in
the various national banks of the
country at a rate of interest sufficient
ly large to pay depositors two per cent
and to defray all attendant expenses.
Speaking today of the chances of Sc
curing action on this bill Senator Car
ter, chairman of the subcommittee,
said: II have no doubt the senate
will pass a bill embodying the postal
savings principle" There will be fur
ther meetings to discuss the measures.
New York, March 8: Wall street
was today highly elated over dis
vi
sumption of business in the west.
The Jones and Laughlin Steel COM
pany of Pittsburg, has ordered re-
sumption of work on it's new $15,000,-
900 steel plant at Alliquippa and the
machinery builders who had the con-
tracts for the heavy machinery have
been ordered to continue their work
with all speed. The Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing company
has ordered the working force increas-
steel they have booked orders for 5O,-
900 tons since February l, and the
rail mills have booked orders ir the
same time for 10000 tons of steel
rails. Coal mines, which nave been
idle since November, have been re-
opened and are working full forces.
Lake navigation has been ordered to
commence March Is, instead of April
l, as usual. A dispatch from Omaha
says that entire confidence has been
restored in that section of the west
and a big contract just let is for car
~, II ht,t
Gred acres and for three hundred cot
tages for the workmen. Building per-
mits in that section show a handsome
increase over a similar activity on a
greater scale.
The Dundee Advertiser says: THE
hope that the movement of troops
against the Zakka Khels will prove
regular surprise to these erring tribes
men leaves out of account the mystic
oriental power of rapidly and secretly
communicating news over vast dis
lances. An instance of this strange
faculty was furnished during the In
dian frontier expedition against the
Waziris, in 1895. Seventy-tive miles,
as the crow flies and 120 miles by
mountain roads from their base at
Sheik Budin, the British troops de-
feated the Waziris. Heavy mist pre-
vented the news of this success being
photographed until the following day,
when, communication being opened up,
the British officer at Sheik Budin an
ticipated the news of the victory by
stating he had been informed of it by
natives of the very evening Of its oc-
curence. The most famous instance
of this sort is associated with the as
sassination of Lord Mayo by a convict
in the Andaman islands. Within a
few hours of this murder an English
official at Simla was told by his Pathan
servant that the Viceroy was dead.
kilograms announcing the news did
not arrive until the next day How
such messages are transmitted is hid