Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-25

the governments business.
Calcutta, British India, February
22: Chinese troops today entered
Lhasa, the capital of Thibet, and the
residence of the Dalai Lama, the su-
preme head Of the Lamaist hierarchy.
Upon the approach Of the soldiers
the famous ecclesiastic fed with sew
eral of his ministers, into India. Sc
rious trouble had been expected, owing
to the action Of the small Chinese
army which, marching from See
Chuen, China subdued eastern Thioet'
leyying contributions on the Lamas
people and showing no respect for the
monasteries. The Thibetans, resenting
the desecration of their holy places,
petitioned the Chinese foreign board
praying that the emperor OF China IN
terfere in the interests Of the Budd-
hists. The petition was disregarded'
as the Chinese propose to make the
administration Of the country purely
Chinese. The Dalai Lama appealed 10
Lord Mimic, the viceroy Of India, but
the latter TtluScO W thSOA NSAS'
the Chinese troops were reported as
moving from the province Of Khan
ostensibly to strengthen the garrison
at Lhasa, the Lama hastily quilted the
capital and proceeded toward Dartil-
ing.
= Spartanburg Journal: A dispatch
from Bluefields, w. Va, states that
the C. c. & o. road has finished It's
bridge across Clinch river and Is now
able to run its trains over what is
known as the Dump Creek sections,
and will be extended to Elkhorn, KY.
The dispatch also says that 1t Is un-
derstood that orders have been issued
to extend the line from Spartahburg
to Charleston and that work will be-
gin In the near future. Officials OF the
C. C. & o. and those who are in touch
with the situation state, that part OF
the dispatch as to the completion OF
the Clinch river bridge is correct, but
no orders have been issued for the
road to be extended from Spartanburg
to Charleston. The Clinchfield officials
have no intention Of building to
Charleston for the present, as traffic
connection has been made for haul
ing coal into Charleston over other
lines, though 1t is expected that the
work of building large coal docks and
bunkers in Charleston will begin In a
short time. Division Engineer A. w.
Jones returned yesterday morning
from Charleston, where he made a
survey Of the terminal site and will
submit his report to the state board Of
directors who will meet in New York
within the next few days to pass on
the matter.
Political stock taking in Tammany
Hall, after two months Of the admin
istration of Mayor Gaynor, says a
New York dispatch, reveals condi-
tion in that historic organization that
borders on panic. What has been re-
garded as the most effective political
machine in the country is now face to
face with a situation 1t has not known
before. The district clubhouses are,
for the most part, deserted. Many OF
the braves have stopped paying dues,
some because they have lost their po-
litical positions and cannot afford 1t,
and others still in office because they
can see no benefit to themselves In
contributing The district leaders,
who ordinarily after the election of a
Democratic mayor would sit in state
and send for those they wished to
punish or reward, now sit all but
alone In the deserted headquarters.
The few who keep them company are
there in gratitude for benefits received
rather than in hope of favors to come.
Mayor Gaynor has three years and ten
months more to serve. No Tammany
man cares to predict what the condi-
ton Of the organization will be at the
expiration of his administration. In
some districts there is talk OF closing
headquarters for a time or of getting
cheaper rooms. The workers know
that It Is going to be harder than ever
to sell tickets for chowder parties and
district outings, and 1t is not unlikely
that some Of these will be abandoned
next summer Any district leader
will admit that Tammany hall, as an
organization, would be better off If
Mayor Gaynor had been defeated.
Then the loss Of patronage, which
means not alone the distribution OF
places, but influence with the admins
tration developments as well, would
he attributed to the fortunes Of war.
The strike Of the street car men
o. Philadelphia has spread to such
proportions as to get beyond the con-
troll of the city police. and the state OF
Pennsylvania has been asked for as
sistance in quelling the rioters. The
strike legan last Saturday and grew
out of the discharge of hundred or
more employees "for the good of the
SERVICE" and came without warning
to the Rapid Transit authorities Be-
ginning to desert their cars at l O'Clock
in the afternoon, the strike quickly
spread all over the city and almost
simultaneously there developed a
spirit of lawlessness that the police
were hardly able to control, even in
it's early stages. Every day the situ-
alton has grown worse, with rioting
more frequent and violent. On Sun
day and Monday the police arrested
several of the leaders Of various labor
unions, and this but added fuel to the
flames, and the lawlessness grew to-
greater proportions. During Monday
and Tuesday cars were stopped in the
streets with all kinds of obstacles,
such as sewer pipes, bricks, stumps,
ETC., and as soon as stopped, the cars
were wrecked by the strikers and
sympathizers. In several parts Of the
city efforts were made by the strikers
to destroy railroad property with
dynamite, and in some cases they were
more or less successful. Tuesday sew
eral regiments of the National Guard
were ordered to be in readiness for in
oon Co., Int In, ba city and he