Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-16
Scraps aud fafts.

tai condition will permit it, Is still in
feeble health. according to Deputy Sher-
If q. o. Johnson. In some respects ne
appears ell right but still 'he is not
what he ought to be-" He is given the
papers every day and reads them, but
IL he knows for what he Is confined, ne
has given no evidence Of 1t by any
remark. A number Of others are In
the cell with him.
Washington, March IA: Forsaking
his own church for the day, President
Taft attended services this morning
at the New York Avenue Presbyterian
church. where President Lincoln ana
other famous statesmen once worship
ed. Mr.. Taft left the White House
with Mrs. Nicholas L. Anderson OF this
city. who accompanied him to the
church. Together they walked four
blocks to the church. Rev. wallace
Radcliffe, pastor of the church, re1er-
red directly to the president IN MS
opening prayer, saying: BLESS WI
liam Howard Taft and all his cabinet;
bless the legislature and the ohcers OF
the army and navy; bless the ADMIN,
istration and make 1t power Tor gooo
in the world" After the services the
CONGREGATION stood while the president
and Mrs. Anderson walked out MT
Taft returned to the White House on
foot.
Medicine enough for regiment
and surgical instruments enough TO 90
the work Of an ordinary hospital VIII
be carried by Theodore Roosevelt TO
Africa, all condensed so as 10 MI
suitcase. There are fifteen thousand
doses in the tabloids, nearly 40 per cent
OF them quinine. The other medicines
are to ward off diseases most preva-
lent in equatorial Africa, chemicals TO
make swamp water pure ana paiatapie'
cures for snake bites, stimulants, opi-
ates. knives and bandages. These
supplies packed In unbreakable, air
tight bottles Of vulcanite composition,
AT into an aluminium case 15 by ~ and
&. The outfit has been made Tor the
Roosevelt expedition by firm whose
principal ofices are in London. though
its plant Is in New Jersey. The firm
supplied Livingstone, Stanley, Emin
Pasha, Peary, the Due d Abruzzi ana
other explorers with medicine chests.
Major Edgar A Mearns, U. 8. A., re-
tired medical director Of the Roose-
Welt expedition, dictated the selection
of the medicines to be carried. Liquids
find no place in the assortment nor In
the outfit for developing photographs
prepared. for Kermit Roosevelt by the
same firm and put up in equally con-
densed form.
Sanford, N. c., March II: Seaboard
passenger train No. 33, southbound,
and a northbound freight ran together
head-on this morning about 4.S0
o'clock at Colon, a small station about
35 miles south Of Raleigh. Hassey
Lindsay, the colored fireman, OF the
engineer, Ed Robertson Of Raleigh
was badly hurt. The engineer, M. j.
Eisenhart of the freight, and his fire.
man jumped and neither was hurt
Can't. w. c. Cox, conductor on the
passenger train, had leg broken;
Ernest Duval, baggage master, was
hurt in the back and internally; w.
r. Lamb, a merchant Of Hamlet, was
badly bruised; John Newton, colored'
Of Hamlet, had a leg crushed; w. ..
Rowe, express messenger. was badly
cut: sam Wicks, colored, Of Charlotte,
was badly cut. Others received minor
injuries. The injured were taken TO-
Raleigh for treatment The engineer
of the freight train misread the orders.
He thought No. 33 was an hour and a
half late, when 1t was No. 81 that was
late. The trains were running at full
speed and the engines were practically
demolished. The baggage and ex-
press cars and first passenger coach
Of the passenger train were splintered.
Georgia and Alabama are having
anxious times on account OF the hlgn
water in most Of the larger rivers. The
rains Of the past few days have swell
ed the Savannah out Of Its banks and
the people along its course are antlcl-
pating more or less damage. Augusta,
Ca, Is considerably frightened. But
II Is in Alabama that the situation Is
most serious. The Alabama river be-
gan to rise last week, and by Sunday
had reached a stage Of 81 feet at Mont
gomery and was still rising at the rate
of three tenths of an inch an hour. A
rise to 55 feet threatened to put the
gas works out of business, and that
would mean that the newspapers
would have to suspend. The Talla-
poosa river, which empties into the
Alabama river nine miles above Mont
gomery is a raging torrent. 1t mas
already overfiowed much Of the bottom
lands and done a tremendous amount
of damage. The state convict farm Is
under water. At Montgomery the riV-
er is nearly four miles wide. Boats are
running up and down the stream look
ing for people in distress. A number
of negroes have been drowned. The
Coosa and Etowah rivers are the
highest ever known at Rome, Ga, and
at Macon, Ga, the Ocmulgee Is over
% feet, within foot or two OF the
highest on record.
THE passing of the professional
southern negro politician as Federal
office holder by right Of color has been
made an essential feature IN the pro-
posed policies of President Taft, says
the Chicago Tribune Of last Friday In
a news article. Hereafter southern
white Republicans will receive the ut
most consideration in filling the big
places in the Federal service below the
Mason and Dixon line. The places
which have been allotted to the negro
Republicans as a matter OF custom Will
go to northern negroes rather than 10
the southern black men. News or TINS
complete change in administration pol
icy has arrived in Chicago directly
from the White House. The informa-
tion was disclosed in connection with
the candidacy of Col. John r. Marshall,
commanding the Sth infantry, Illinois
National guard, the negro regiment,
for the post of recorder Of deeds OF the
District Of Columbia. Col. Marshalrs s
candidacy has the tentative backing OF
Senator Cullom and he Is seeking the
support Of the Republican organization
leaders in Chicago as necessary
step in taking up the matter finally
with President Taft. The statement is
made with authority that Senator Gull
lom had discussed the proposition with
President Taft, and that the president
disclosed his view on the negro Repuo-
licans to Senator Cullom, as has been
indicated"
The deluge Of bills introduced at
the opening Of each session of con-
gress promises to be as great for the
special session which commenced yes
terday, as for the regular sessions,
despite the prospect that little legisla-
ton other than the tariff bill will re-
ceive consideration. Five hundred bills
were last Friday presented to the
clerk by one representative alone. All
of them were introduced at the last
session and many have been reintro-
duced year after year. Their presen-
tation in advance of introduction gives
the file clerks an opportunity to rec
ord them in the regular way. 1t Is
claimed that the number of bills in
troduced at a session mas increased
over so per cent in the past five years.