Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-25
Straps aud facts.

dismiss from the academy the two
first class men under SUSPENSION
William T. Rossell, Jr., son OF Col.
Rossell of the engineer corps OF tne
army and Harry G. Weaver, or IN
nois, and mean the suspension With
out pay and allowances for one year
of six members of the third class
Tampico, Mexico, August %: The
powerful centrifugal pumps when
were installed at the burning oil vol
cano, seventy-five miles southwest OF
Tampico, a few days ago, have oeen
at work day and night forcing mud
and sand into the fiery crater, out
without apparent effect so far as less
ening the flames are concerned. A
force OF 900 government soldiers are
now at work digging an incline tun-
mel toward the underground caldron:
It is planned to explode 500 quarts OF
nitro o-glycerine in this tunnel with the
view of tearing up the earth over
wide area and thereby clogging the
underground cavern through Which
the oil is escaping. The nitro-gly-
cerine has been ordered. 1t will be
exploded by means Of an electric
battery. 1t is stated that the own
ers of the oil field have already eX-
pended more than 100000 in efforts
to extinguish the great fire.
Washington, Aug. 81: Of $4,000
IN decayed greenbacks sent to the
treasury department for redemption
by o. ID. Earl of Morrilton, Ark, all
but $25 have been Identified ana
check for $9,975 was mailed to Mr..
Earl today. Fearing the banks were
unsafe. Mr.. Earl buried his savings In
An old pail in 1904. Recently he dug
up his treasure only to find that the
bills were so decayed that he could
not discern their numbers. All that
was left Of the roll was bunch OF
paper resembling a package OF drled
leaves, with here and there the torn
end of. note displaying figure
Mrs. A. E. Brown, the burnt money
expert of the redemption division
was given custody Of the unrecognlz-
able mass when Mr.. Earl forwarded
what was left Of his fortune 10 the
treasury department After much te-
Cious work she has succeeded IN lueh-
tifying most Of the money
-Lemans, France, August Fl: VIII
bur Wright, the American aeropian-
ist. made his first appearance today
since his enforced cessation Of exper-
iments as the result Of the recent ac-
cident to his machine. The demon
stration this evening was made at Au-
YOURS. No attempt was made 10 &C
com nlish anything in the nature OF
a long flight, but the evolutlons were
made with the accustomed consummate
skill. The machine scared to helshl
of seventy-five feet and landed Win
out a mishap. Mr.. Wrights eXpecta-
tions that the distance to AuVours
would deter spectators from going
there to witness his trials of the aero
nlane were not realized, but soldiers
were posted to keep the crowds out OF
the way. One woman enthusiast
however, eluded the vigilance or the
soldiers, got behind the shed ana
bored a peephole with a gimlet in or
der to view the aeroplane and the
quarters of the aeroplanist.
The Hague, August 21: Hollands
action against Venezuela and the text
of her note to President Castro VIII
depend largely upon the reports M
DeReus, former Dutch minister 10
Venezuela, who recently was expell-
ed by President Castro, makes TO the
government. He is expected to ar
rive here next Monday. Mr. Van Swim
derne, minister Of foreign affairs, Will
consult with NJ. DeReus before the
government takes further steps In
the matter. The eX-minister's arrival
is eagerly awaited here. The press
and public of the Netherlands take
the Venezuelan affair most calmly.
Naval officers are most interested IN
1t, and express pleasure at the posi-
bility of seeing active service. The
government, however, thinks there Is
vet a chance that the difficulty may
be patched up by diplomacy.
blockade of the Venezuelan coast, 1t
is understood, will not be begun for
some time because the adoption or
punitive measures will depend upon
the tenor of President Castro's reply
to Hollands representations.
At a conference of the big Repub-
lican leaders at oyster Bay, N. Y,
last Thursday, President Roosevelt
gave the conferees to understand that
Governor Hughes must be nominated
by the state Republican convention
to succeed himself. According to
gentleman who was present the pres
ident made it plain that Governor
Hughes was the strongest candidate
by far that the organization could
accept. He pointed out, 1t is said,
that the governors acceptance or re-
lection would have a far-reaching
effect, and that other states besides
New York had to be considered. The
president argued that Mr. Hughes
represented a great moral movement,
and that the decent people or all the
northern states were watching his
crusade. He urged that for the Re-
publican party to turn him down at
this time would be an admission that
the party was not in sympathy with
his moral purposes He did not find
II hard to convince his visitors, for
all Of them are strong Hughes men.
They clinched the presidents argu-
ments by even better ones of their
own.
Denver, Colo, August 21: A news
special from Laramie, Wyo., tonight
saws that while every effort is being
made by the authorities at Camp
Emmett Crawford, the military man.
euver ground, to keep the fact secret,
1t transpired today that on last Sun
day members of an artillery battery,
assaulted a young woman, leaving
her bruised and unconscious on the
ground. According to the story a
non on-commissiOned officer of the 21st
regiment was escorting the young wo-
man, when the pair were attacked by
thirty-two men of the artillery bat
terry The officer was beaten into in
sensbility with gun and the unfor-
tunate young woman was dragged TO
an isolated spot and mistreated. Af-
ter lying half dead for hours, the
victim Of the outrage crawled to a
house some distance away ana lolu
her story. Twenty-siX men alleged to
have been implicated in the outrage
are under arrest and are chained
together in the camp prison. They
are under constant guard to prevent
lynching, as sentiment in the camp is
strong against them. Six Of the alleg-
ed assailants escaped but three Of
them were apprehended at Rawlins
today. The other three are still at
large.
Boston, August 21: If George T.
Angel, president Of the Massachu-
setts Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals has his way, Can
didate William H. Taft, has taken his
last horseback ride. 1T is outrageous
cruelty to animals" said Mr.. Angel
last night, for a big 3O0-pound man
like Taft to ride a horse about the
country. 1t ought to be stopped at
once. No teamster or any one who
knows anything about animals would
think of loading a horse down. l do
not doubt the stories sent out from
Hot Springs that the horses legs have
been wrenched and strained. Some
thing should certainly be done about
it. No man weighing 800 pounds has
h,,cipaCS oy hack IF he