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Straps and Jacts. ? Leading men of the Isthmus of Panama have proclaimed the independence of the isthmus under the name of the Republic of Panama. The step was taken last Tuesday, and it is understood that it was because of the action of the Colombian government in rejecting the canal treaty. As to what the outcome will be cannot now be stated. It is probable that the Colombian government will try to chastise the secessionists and as to how mucn bloodshed there Is will depend upon the amount of determination on either side. The Washington government has ordered warships to the isthmus. ? Charleston Post: The most remarkably successful feat of political agility recently accomplished was by Comptroller Grout and President Fornes of the board of aldermen of Greater New York. They were elected two years ago as Fusionists and joined in the general denunciation of Tammany. This year they were renominated on their records by the Fusion party and at the particular insistence of Mayor Low. Then Tammany took them as the organization's candidates and the Fusionists cast them out. Now the Fusion forces are beaten and Tammany is triumphant and Grout and Fornes have stepped from the sinking ship to the victorious frigate and are away to another official cruise. ? Important elections were held in a number of states last Tuesday: but the results were not especially significant. George McClellan, Tammany's candidate for mayor was elected over Seth Low, the Fusion candidate, by a plurality of 63,617. The entire Democratic state ticket, headed by Edwin Warfield, for governor, was elected in Maryland, and the legislature is over whelming Democratic, insuring the election of a Democratic senator to succeed McComas. The Republicans carried Ohio by a large majority and Senator Hanna will succeed himself. The Republicans carried Nebraska by a large majority. Elsewhere the elections went Democratic or Republican according to the usual bent of the respective states. ? Gastonia News, Tuesday: News of a horrible crime near Crouse reached Coroner Meek Adams Saturday. He went to Mr. J. W. Clarke and learned from him, Mr. John Harvey, who lives on ex-Sheriff Shuford's place, and two colored witnesses that a Negro child, at Will Hill's house, three years old had been burned to death under suspicious circumstances a few days before. Hearing the screams of the child the men had gone to Hill's house. They found the three-year old mulatto son of Hill's wife terribly burned and screaming with agony. Hill and his wife were not at home. When asked how he was burned the child said that Will, his step-father had thrown him in the fire. The men looked and saw the print of the little fellow's form plainly in the fire behind a burning stick of wood. All the clothing was burned off except his shoes. Later the step-father came back. Asked about the matter in his presence, the suffering child again said that Will had thrown him in the fire. "No," said Will, "I took the fire off of you." The coroner did not exhume the body, but ordered the arrest of Will Hill, who seems to have made good his escape. ? Six men were killed and ten were slightly injured as the result of a terrific explosion in the United States naval arsenal on Iona Island, in the Hudson river, about forty miles from New York city last Wednesday. The magazine on Iona Island is one of the largest in the United States. While some workmen were drawing the charges from some old shells from the battleship Massachusetts one of the shells exploded, and started the disaster. The first explosion included a large pile of ammunition. It was followed by numerous individual shells and presently there was another general explosion. Fire broke out and the garrison of marines, eleven in number, fought it while shells were bursting all about. The men who were killed were laborers. Several marines were injured by pieces of shell. The bodies of the slain were torn to pieces and fragments were hurled hundreds of yards. All the clocks within three miles were stopped by the shock, and people a long distance away felt the trembling of the earth. In all, three massive shell houses were wrecked. Several large lots of fixed ammunition and two large powder magazines remained intact. ? New York dispatch of Nov. 4: Opening after the holiday at an advance of 11 to 17 points, the cotton market ruled very active and excited today, on heavy covering and bull support which soon forced the general list to a level of about 20 to 23 points net higher, with December selling at 10.54, January at 10.45, March at 10.50 and May at 10.53. The gains were chiefly due to the estimate of a Liverpool authority (Ellison), placing the world's requirements of American cotton for the season at 10,877.000 bales, of 500 pounds each. After a very bullish crop estimate was circulated by a prominent local house pointing to a yield of 9,603,000 bales, as compiled from the reports of 1,275 southern correspondents to a local newspaper, this with bullish Drivate advices from southern stock markets accelerated the buying and around midday December sold at 10J and May at 10.60, with the general list net 27 to 3r> points higher. The best prices of the uay were near the close when December sold at 10.68, January 10.61, March 10.65 and May at 10.66. The market was finally firm within two or three points of that, or net 26 to 35 points higher. Sales were estimated at 700,000. ? Pekin cable of yesterday: Paul Lessar, the Russian minister to China, has reported the demand of Russia for the execution of Maj. Wong, who recently decapitated a noted brigand in Russian employ, and the dismissal of Yuen, the taotai of Mukden, who is Wong's superior officer. The Chinese officials here are unable to inform the Associated Press whether Russia proposes to withdraw her troops from Mukden and release the Tartar general of that city, now held in custody in his yamen, if those remands are granted. The Chinese are more en raged at the Russian proceeding at Mukden than they have been by any , event since the capture of Pekin. Some of the hot-headed members of the council have advised the dowager em- i press to declare war on Russia and i send troops to release the Tartar general. whose detention at Mukden, grow- i ing out of the decapitation of the Chi- ] nese bandit who had enlisted in the < Russian service, .but who fell into the i hands of the Chinese after the Russians had evacuated Mukden, wounds Chinese susceptibilities, since it is considered to be not only an insult to a high official, but as insulting to the Chinese government itself. Better informed circles, however, realize the , helplessness o: China and the madness ; of attempting to go to war with Rus sia. Their cot nsels have hitherto prevailed, though there is much baseless war talk in the native press and among the younger Chinese officials. Jlir ^(orltrillr (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.s 1 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1903. , Wonder if the Panama revolution- 1 ists had any official encouragement . from the United States? Developments i will show. < New York city is about as tough i Democratic as Republican, and so far 1 as the advocates of honest government i are concerned, it really makes but lit- < tie difference which party is in power. I The German press is charging that : the row on the isthmus of Panama was raised by the American government i and it is probable that the German press is not very far wrong. There are some slick citizens in charge of the American government just now. ] Once Fixed, Always Fixed. The story of the efforts of the Saluda people to get rid of the dispensary in 1 their town, as printed in another col- ' uinn of today's paper will prove of 1 more than ordinary interest to many of ' our readers. It not only shows that the experi- ' ence of Yorkville and York county has not been peculiar along this line; 1 but it also shows that however obnox- 1 ious, even disastrous, the dispensary may prove to any neighborhood upon 1 which it has once been fastened, the law provides no machinery by which a remedy can be applied. ' Impressions of the developments that 1 grew out of the establishment of the | dispensary at Tirzah linger in the ! minds of many of the good people of ' that section as a horrible nightmare. 1 Numbers of promising young men, ' who had been reared by Christian ' mothers, became drunken sots, and were still going from bad to worse, ' when the better feeling of the people reasserted themselves, and resulted in efforts similar to those that have been ( inauguated by the people of Saluda. 1 After several petitions had been ig- 1 nored by the state board of control, the issue began to develop into one of ' state wide importance, and a bill was introduced in the house of representatives. Numerous members of the house had agreed to support the bill, and Attorney General Barber, who was i then a member of the state board of control decided that unless he could effect a compromise, the whole dispensary system would be in serious dan- , ger of demolition. Accordingly he proposed that if Mr. deLoach would with- ; draw the bill from the house calandar, the dispensary would be removed. Mr. ( deLoach agreed, and thus it was that the board violated the law in order to save it from repeal. We can readily appreciate the posi- . tion that the state board has taken I tfitVi the Snlurlfl nennle! hut we take very little stock in the correctness of its motives. This board is no better than the one that consented to the removal of the Tlrzah dispensary in spite of the fact that it had no legal authority, and we believe this same board would rather close up the Saluda dispensary than have the question develop into a state issue. As to the outcome, we feel somewhat indifferent. That is. we have no sympathy, whatever with the board of control. We don't think it is very particular about the law. We think it is only concerned about the profits incident to the sale of whisky. We would not like to see it violate the law In this matter as did its predecessor in ine case of Tirzah; but we certainly do think that the general assembly should at once make provision for the abolition of dispensaries at the will of the people, and that this provision should be fully as liberal, as that under which dispensaries are established. The Shooting of Young. Because of the unusual human interest in the case, The Enquirer has taken great pains to give a full and complete circumstantial account of the shooting of the safe-cracker in the northeastern part of this county last Monday. Developments up to Tuesday at noon will be found in the last issue of the paper, and the balance of the story appears today. There is in the circumstances, much that appeals to the sympathy and much that appeals to the stern sense of right and justice so strong in the minds of a great majority of our people. And really it seems quite difficult to arrive at a thoroughly satisfactory conclusion in regard to the matter. There is no reasonable doubt of the fact that the man Young was one of the gang that robbed the safe at Forest City, and there is no reason to doubt that Russell and Hoard were both thoroughly satisfied as to his identity. But still it is a fact that his pursuers and afterward slayers had no warrant for his arrest, and as he did not draw a weapon until after he had been fired upon there seems to be no ground for a claim of self-defense. Of course, the theory that a man who will commit burglary will add murder to the crime in order to preserve his liberty is reasonable; but it Is also a pretty well understood fact that the burglar does not and will not kill except as a last resort. He appreciates the danger of arrousing a whole country to arms and pursuit, and even if he really desired to kill would hard' *? o oitiiof inn in fho PTfl t i - fication of that desire. In the present instance, it seems that when run up on, this fellow calculated that his pursuers would not close in on him so long as they thought he was armed, and he figured also that unless he made some hostile demonstration they would have hardly shot him in the back. If his calculations had carried he would have kept up the chase indefinitely, or until his pursuers had exhausted their ammunition in an effort to scare him Into surrender. Then with his pistol still loaded, he would have bluffed them back as he did in the case of Policeman Ferguson at Forest City. The position of Russell and Hoard under the circumstances, was quite embarrassing. We confess that we would not like to have been confronted with such a situation. As to whether we would have shot him, we are somewhat doubtful; but we are quite certain we would not have put our hands on him and the probability is that he would have gotten away. It can hardly be claimed that the killing was strictly lawful, and we hope that no one will ever see proper to hereafter hold it out as a precedent. A.t -the same time we have no hesita cion in saying mat uie jury wuu.ii vmo charged with the consideration of the case, and which no doubt, looked at the facts about as we have presented them, did the right thing in letting the matter drop where it is. There was certainly no malice in the killing, and it seems fair to assume that after all the dead man himself was really more responsible for the catastrophe than was his slayers. It does not seem that any good could come of a prosecution. MERE-MENTION. There was eight inches of rain at Pensacola, Fla., last Tuesday in a few hours Ellas Toscano, the Mexican who was some time ago arrested on the charge of having attempted to shoot President Diaz, has been released. It developes that there was no intention of injuring the president Severe earthquake shocks were felt at Memphis, St. Louis, Chattanooga and other points in the middle west last Wednesday..Senator Hanna declares most positively that he has no aspirations for a presidential nomination.... A. man named William O'Dell was killed by a stone thrown by a boy in Wytheville, Va, last Wednesday The sales of cotton for future delivery on the New York Exchange yesterday amounted to 1,500,000 bales, figures attained but once before in the history of the market... .Twelve Negroes who were members of a party that went to Liverpool some time ago Lo develop cotton growing in that country, returned to New York on the Majestic yesterday. They were penniless, and they say that cotton growthat went to Liberia some time ago The Bimetalic bank of Cripple Creek, Col., closed its doors yesterday on account of the decline in the value of local mining stocks and of real estate. A locomotive and seven cars were demolished on the Spartanburg and Asheville division of the Southern at Tryon, N. C., last Thursday. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Good For Judge Purdy. Judge Purdy ordered the arrest of a white man on the charge of perjury at Barnwell last Wednesday. The name of the man is Willis Woods. He had testified in behalf of the defendant in a Negro homicide case. Although his testimony was in favor of the defendant the jury was satisfied that he lied and brought in a verdict of guilty. The judge instructed the sheriff to arrest the man at once. The Greenwood Circus Row. Greenwood special to the Greenville News: Mayor J. B. Park received this afternoon the following message from George M. Bishop, special agent of the Southern railway. "Please pay no attention to what you see in the State this morning as I was misquoted and will have the same corrected or write a reply myself." The interview as published in the State had arroused considerable indignation here, and the above was satisfactory. Certain statements attributed to Chief McMillan are denied today by Chief McMillan. Another assertion was that Denham, who was still in jail here on the charge of picking a man's pocket, was a "big shriner." This was immediately investigated and found to be false. The man is not a Mason of any degree. The mayor's course continues to receive endorsement here. The people of Greenwood resent the idea that they or their mayor wished to "extort," but they will not be bullied and run over. The most striking proof that the circus people wanted to do the town is to be found in the fact that when Harry Barnum went to get the lot outside the city limits from Dr. Epting, the doctor asked him specifically if he wanted it so as to avoid paying the license. Barnum replied, "No, sir, we will pay the license anyway. We don't want it on that account, but on account of its size." Otherwise he would not have secured the lot. At the Circus. Charlotte Chronicle, Thursday: Selena Gordon, a Negro woman from the Yorkville section of South Carolina, came to Charlotte to see the circus yesterday. Incidentally, she drank a quantity of whisky and discovered that it had the same effect as the product of the Palmetto State dispensaries. At the Southern passenger depot hist night Selena raised a row with a colored woman she mistook for her daughter and it was necessary for Policeman Sikes to escort her to the lockup. "Please, sir, do have mercy on me, fur I wuz jes' er trying to wallop my gal," begged the defendant: and the recorder had mercy to the extent of informing Selena that she could pay the costs. ber of others will follow In the near future. Those who, with their families, left this week were Messrs. C. B. Kimbrell and Z. H. Cranford, and will make their homes at Chicasha, I. T. Mr. B. F. Garrison accompanied the party, and after looking out a suitable location, will return and move his family west. STREET CARNIVAL COMING. The Columbus Street Carnival company is. to be In Yorkville during the week beginning November 23. and with Its village of tents pitched along main street will amuse the crowds for LOCAL. AFFAias. i . i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. E. W. Weaver, Gen. Agent Announces 1 the appearance in Yoraville during ; the week of November 23, the Co- j lumbus Carnival Co., with twelve big high class clean shows. W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of a special term of court for York county, beginning Monday, November 30th, Hon. J. E. McDonald, presiding. I Louis Roth?Announces the arrival of a lot of seasonable goods that smack of tbe holiday season. Strauss-Smith Co.?Invite you to in- I vestlgate and take in the big bar- j gains they are offering in clothes for men and boys. They are closing out these goods at reduced prices. First National Bank?Solicits the bus- j iness of merchants, manufacturers and farmers, and will extend every courtesy consistent with sound banking. | W. B. Moore & Co.?Say that -.ve all 1 have wants and they want you to visit their store before buying furniture. stoves, cutlery, etc. Foushee Cash Store?Offers a reward 1 to all who find the two errors in its advertisement in today's paper. Heath-Elliott Mule Co.?Does not sell gold dollars for ninety cents, but says it does give full value for every dollar their customers give them. J. Q. Wray?Announces special sale No. 2 for tomorrow and Monday. It will be 10 cents outings at 8 l-3c a yard this time. Riddle & Carroll?Call your attention to the good qualities of their famous Zenith Hour. They say the best of housekeepers use it. NOTE AND COMMENT. There is considerable question as to the ownership of the money that was taken from the safe robber and people are talking about it. Of course, It Is admitted that much of the money came from the safe at Forest City; but did it all come from there, and if it did not all come from there who does the balance belong to? This is not a flippant question, and the-matter should be settled in a regular and proper manner. Mr. M. S. Dillard, superintendent of bridges for the Southern railway has been bound over to the court of general sessions on the charge of murder. The warrant it will be remembered was Issued by the coroner, shortly after the Fishing creek wreck. Mr. Dillard was not officially notified until this week. He promptly surrendered himself to Sheriff Logan, and went before Judge Townsend at Chester. He was admitted to bail in the sum of $1,000. ALMOST A TRAGEDY. There was an accident at Wright's ferry last Wednesday night that came near resulting in the drowning of two Negroes. The accident was due to the carelessness of the Negroes themselves, and for their escape with their lives, they are under obligations to the courageous efforts of Mr. W. R. Thomasson, the ferryman. It was at about 10 o'clock. The Negroes, George Wilson and Emma Riddle. were returning from Charlotte where they had been to see the Barnum & Bailey circus. When they came to the river, they went right on in. They were both asleep and the mule, which had been left to its own inclinations, evidently did not know what else to do. As the result of the predicament Wilson and the woman woke up a screaming. M'1 Thnmaasnn who lives on the York side of the river, happened to be 011 the Mecklenbur^sldt, having just 1 put a traveler ovct. He rushed to the assistance of the unfortunate Negroes, and after quite a struggle, rescued the whole outfit; but it was not until the mule had floundered down the stream some fifty or a hundred yards. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The words "First National Bank," in large gold letters on each of the two front windows of that institution add very much to its already handsome appearance. ? The Who, What, When minlstrels had a large audience last night; but the show was rather disappointing. People who saw it when it was here before say it did not come nearly up to Its former standard. 1 ? Mr. J. Q. "Wray has purchased machinery for the manufacture of suspenders and is showing some samples of his work that are equal to the best goods to be found at the price. He < does not see why such things should not be made right here in Yorkville, ; and, in fact it is difficult to give a good reason. i ? Several people have taken occasion to speak to the reporter about the laundry suggestion in the last issue of ( The Enquirer and at least two have . suggested that they would not only patronize such an enterprise but they 1 would take stock in it. One man said: i "I have no idea that you have underestimated the amount our town nays out for laundry. On the contrary I think your estimate is rather too small, i and I am satisfied that for this sum , we could easily do all the town's laundry and have a handsome profit." There is little reason to doubt that a first class laundry, managed on business lines, would receive general sup porr. i ne imng is wurui uit?ii6ain.b. ABOUT PEOPLE. ( Miss Bessie McConnell is visiting , friends in Gastonla. Mrs. R. C. Moore is visiting friends 1 in Chester county. Capt. W. H. Edwards of Chester, < was in Yorkville today. , Miss Charlotte Erwin arrived in Yorkville this week from Washington. Mr. John B. Plaxico is attending the ; A. R. P. synod at Winnsboro. I Mrs. Laura Hargrave of Charlotte, is in Yorkville, "the guest of Mrs. W. G. White. { Miss Daisy Ewart of Gastonla, is in ] Yorkville on a visit to her sister, Mrs. D. T. Woods. Col. W. G. Stephenson returned to Yorkville Tuesday afternoon after an I absence of several days. f Mr. A. Frank Woods has returned to , Yorkville, after a stay of several weeks with Mr. G. E. Woods' family at Marion, N. C. i Mrs. W. E. Faulconer, who has been j in Yorkville, the guest of her sister, Mrs. G. W. S. Hart, has returned to her home in Charlottesville, Va, Rev. J. M. White and family of Uni- | ty, Lancaster county, came up Monday on a visit to Mrs. S. M. Scott near Sharon. Mr. White Is attending the 1 synod of the A. R. P. church at Winns- | boro. , The following Yorkville gentlemen were in Charlotte on Wednesday: Thos. F. McDow, Esq., Messrs. W. < Adlckes, R. T. Shumate, W. H. McCor- | kle, Jr., R. B. McClain, Avery Lowry, Hamlet Carroll, Elrnore Stephenson, Vernon Templeton, Earle Pursley. ! Miss Mary Catharine Deal, daughter of Mrs. M. E. Deal of Blacksburg is to ( be married to Mr. John S. Scott of At lanta, next Tuesday evening, auc ceremony "is to take place In the Pres- i byterian church, of Blacksburg. ! Mr. William H. Hamilton of Clover, has issued invitations to the marriage of his sister. Miss Lenora Janette to 1 Mr. Martin W. Wells, the ceremony to 1 take place in the Presbyterian church . at Clover on November 12, at 4.30 o'clock. ' Fort Mill Times: Our neighbors up ! in Gold Hill seem to have lately been J struck with a western "fever." During ( lhe week, several families have left that section for different points in the ' west, and we are informed that a nuin- 1 six days. Tills aggregation consists of twelve distinct shows, besides various minor attractions and wherever it has been, it has brought crowds from miles and miles in every direction. The glaring posters give a suggestion of the wonders and curiosities to be seen. Lunette, the flying lady, sails around in her tent and the statue turns to life. Aztec the wild woman rages in her cage. The Fairy Land Interests the ladies and children. The Georgia Plantation minstrels make the old darkey's heart pant for the good old times. In the Chinese theatre, Prince Lumbelle, a living head talks, and Aubodemann's vision is given. Madam Elrado will tell your fortune on your palm, or you can visit the Egyptian fortune teller. The Moorish Palace is one of the most nrotantlmiQ tpntq The cmalrp PfltPr has a gorgeous appetite for his curious diet, the ferrls wheel and the merrygo-round, both put you out where you start, but carry you different routes. That the week will be a lively one goes without saying,' and there Is no reason to doubt that there will be large numbers of visitors from all parts of the country. It cannot be denied that if there Is any one thing that the people of these parts enjoy more than another It Is a good show, and that the canival company has lots of things that are well worth looking at Is freely admitted In all the towns It has visited. THE DEAD SAFE-CRACKER. The safe-cracker who was shot by Messrs. Russell and Hoard of King's Mountain, N. C., near Wright's Ferry last Monday morning Is dead. He breathed his last at about 6 o'clock Tuesday evening, and although he made no confession of any kind it has developed that his name was William Young, and that his home was at 2820 Valley street, Waverly, a suburb of Baltimore, Md. The account of the shooting and the circumstances connected therewith as published in the lzust issue of The Enquirer, Is the only complete and satisfactory story that has yet appeared. The facts were gathered by a special representative who made an all night trip to the scene of the occurrence for the purpose. We are today enabled to give the balance of the story, Including much important information which now becomes public for the first time, and which was only procured as the result of another long drive to the residence of Dr. T. N. Dulin, eleven miles norm 01 xoraviue. Leaving Yorkville at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, our representative arrived at Dr. Dulln's at a few minutes after 7. He found there a Mr. L. Heironomous, a brother-in-law of the deceased who had come down from Baltimore in answer to Dr. Dulln's telegram, and who had gotten over from Gastonia the afternoon before at 4 o'clock. He said he had left Baltimore at 9 o'clock Tuesday night. Mr. Heironomous was not disposed to be very communicative, and was desirous of suppressing all information about his dead brother-in-law. Dr. Dulin, however, made a quiet statement to the effect that the public was entitled to know all the facts in the c^e and that he had decided to give 4fl^t he had to The Enquirer for publication. "Wiw.i that the doctor broke open a sealed envelope from which he took the following written on the back of a prescription blank: Point, S. C., November 3, 1903. "My dear Brother-in-law: "Accept this as a release of the mortgage that I hold on yolir property. "My ring give to Ruby. Watch keep yourself. Am shot pretty badly. Doctors claim I cannot get over it. Try to bring my body home. [Signed] "W. Young." The writing was rather shaky; but otherwise it was in good form, there being but little fault to find with orthography, capitalization or punctuation. "He wrote that," explained Dr. Dulin, "on Tuesday, after Dr. George R. rairiCK anu myseu nau iigieeu mat nc could not recover. He had told me previously that he would make a statement If I should decide that he could not get well, and when I finally gave him my opinion, he at once undertook to carry out that design. He was very weak at the time, and had to stop once or twice to rest; but he did not seem at any loss as to what he wanted to say. When he handed me the paper he requested that It be destroyed in the event of his recovery. I promised to respect his wishes and asked him what about making it public in case of his death. He said he wanted his brother-in-law, whose address he gave me, to get it first; but after that I could do as I saw proper, as it would make no difference, when he was dead. However, he did express a fear that If the police should get wind of his address, his house would be ransacked from cellar to garret. I did not read the paper until after he died. Then I told the North Carolina officers in strict confidence, and now make it public for the first itme." Mr. Heironomous seemed to be very much affected by this recital, and expressed himself as appreciative of Dr. Dulin's consideration. He was not disposed to talk of his deceased brotherin-law, however, and answered questions very reluctantly. In answer to carious questions asked by the reportWirt mo/^A f\ nutvikrtn rtf cfnfAmonfa rx , lie: iiiaut; a iiuiuuci ui oiaieiiicino, the sense of which is embodied in the following: "Young's father was a shoemaker. His mother died when he was about four years old and his father when he was about eight. Besides himself there was a brother and a sister, and all were thrown on the care of relatives. I married the sister and since our marriage, William has been making his headquarters with us. This has especially been the case during the past three or four years. He would ?ome and go as he felt like it, never raying anything about his business. Sometimes he would stay home two or three weeks at a time. I saw him last in August. I have understood that he was a steam fitter and a sheet iron worker; but I cannot say that I evei knew him to work at his trade. H< had only a few years at school and hii education was mdinly self-acquired When at home he was hardly evei without a book, and although American born?bocn and raised in Baltimore?he could speak both French anc German fluently. His health was ver] bad, and he once spent seven or eigh months in one of the Philadelphia hos pitals. 1 am a baker by trade." "From what the men who followet him from Bessemer said," remarket the representative of The Enquirer, " gather that he has been down in thli country before. I say this for the rea son that his inquiries of people alonf the line of his flight indicated familiarity with the names of towns ant nwuuuus, eit. in inumn& me vuscr vatlon our representative especially ha< in mind the idea that probably Younj was with the gang that blew open th< Flannagan safe at BowMng Green i year or two ago. "Yes," Mr. Heironomous replie( rather quickly. "He used to travel witl the hippodrome. He had charge o feeding the animals and got good pa; for it. He went down as far as Tam pa, Fla., and started to go on to Cuba but they sent him back to winte quarters with some of the animals tha they decided not to take with them." "What hippodrome was that?" wa asked. "I don't know the name of it," Mi Heironomous replied. I never aske< him and he never told me." Taking up the subject on a differen tack, the representative of The En quirer said: "Well, Mr. Heironomous, from sucl information as I have, there is no doub of the fact that this man Young wa a member of the party who blew opei the safe at Forest City. .Some of th cash found in his possession has beei positively identified. Mr. Simmons manager of the Forest City stort saw Young there the day before th robbery getting twenty dollar bill changed, and saw him again after h was shot and before he died. He i the same man. It is certain that ther were three in the party. One of th three was arrested at Marion, N'. C last week, two days after the robberj and Mr. Simmons, who saw them both tells me that they are as much alik as two peas. I would infer that th Marion man is your other brother-in law." At this Mr. Heironomous appears to wince a little; but he quickly recov ered and replied: "Oh no, that is mistake; his brother don't look lik him. Besides he is at his home in Bal timore dying from consumption. Hi un/viu/vn in a1<4am avi/1 nl aii^aw ha icq uruuici 10 umci aim owuici uc na stouter, until his last Illness came or No, this could not have been his broth er." It was so evident In the opinion o our representative, that even If Mi Heironomous knew anything along thl line, he would not tell It, there was ni really serious attempt to draw hin out. The body of Young had been burlei before the arrival of Mr, Heironomous It was lntered in a neighboring ceme tery shortly after the Inquest, and Di Dulln took Mr. Heironomous to th spot yesterday morning. It was decl ded that It could not be removed now however. The railroads would not tak It In Its present condition, and the re moval to Baltimore will have to b postponed. At the Inquest, Drs. Dulln and Pat rick made a thorough post mortem ex aminatlon. It took them nearly thre hours. They found that the piste bullet which penetrated the hip hai passed through the kidneys. It wouli have produced death. The othe wound was probably also mortal, and 1 may have .been that the charge of blr< shot would have been sufficient to kil; During their examination the doctor found the spleen and liver abnormall: enlarged, the lungs In a tuberculous con dltlon and the heart out of its prope place. All this went to corroborate statements that the deceased had pre vlously made to Dr. Dulln with re gard to his physical condition. Amoni other things he had said, "If it hat not been for the diseased condition o my heart those fellows would havi never got me. I would have outrui them." Sometime during Tuesday afternooi Mr. Russell stepped up to Young*: bedside and said: "I am mighty sorr: to see you in that condition, my friend and I hope you will get well." "You had no business firing that las shot!" replied Young, reproachingly. "Why," argued Russell, "your dui let had just knocked the bark from i tree within a foot of my head and yoi were preparing to shoot again; wha else was there for me to do?" "Oh, well," returned Young, "say n< more about It. I am much obliged t< you for your sympathy and I forglvi you." Later In the afternoon, Rev. W. A Arrowood, pastor of Bethel, come to of fer spiritual consolation. The goo< man reminded Young of his condition and asked him to make his peace wltl God, and put his trust in the Savior Young said with forced skepticism tha all of that was of no account. Thi good minister went on however, an< offered up an earnest prayer in whlcl he referred to the dying man' mother sisters and other relatives, and for th< first time during all the terrible ordea) the poor fellow broke into sobs. Hi was deeply and sincerely affected; bu later he seemed to grow ashamed o this display of weakness, and with ai attempt to resume the cold cynicisn that had all along characterized hi: demeanor, he turned to one of the mei at his bedside and asked: "What doe: the reverend charge for that?" But the experience was too mucl for him. The long dormant but power ful emotions that had been aroused bj the kind words and earnest supplications of the Christian minister seemec to lend their assistance to the destroy ing wounds. In less than two minute: convulsions developed. The dylnf man started up as if to stand, anc then fell back dead, The coroner's jury examined a number of witnesses, and developed the facts about as reported In the last Issue of The Enquirer. The verdict was tc the effect that the deceased came tc his death as the result of gunshot wounds inflicted by Russell and Hoard r that his slayers were justifiable In i what they did. 3 Bethel people who visited Young on . his deathbed expressed much -?yinpar thy, and there was quite a general fee'. ing of regret that the tragedy had hap pened. 1 . r THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. t The county board of commissioners - hud quite a busy meeting in the offlce of the supervisor last Wednesday and 1 considered a number of matters that 1 are of more or less interest to the peoI pie. 3 The first item taken up was a mo tion to re-index the old equity records r in the off e of the clerk of the court and at the suggestion of Capt. E. A. i Crawford, it was unanimously agreed 1 supervise the work and to pay him a l reasonable fee for his services, s There was a petition from King's i Mountain township asking that the chaingang be sent to the Adair's ferry i road, for the purpose of working s. d i road from a point near the store of f L. H. Castles to a point within the V limits of King's Mountain township. - Action on the petition was postponed ; until some future meeting. r Mr. W. Harry Wylle appeared before t the board in behalf of the Catawba Power company asking for the right to s erect poles and stringing the wires of the company along public roads from \ the company's work on the river to i the points where it may be desirable to deliver power. The request was t granted on condition that the poles and - wires do not interfere with public travel,, and that rights of way be obti tained from property owners intert ested, etc. s There was a petition from a number a of land owners along Beaver Dam e creek in Bullock's Creek township, setn ting forth that they were a majority of i, said land owners and represented that ?, certain other land owners along, the e same creek were unwilling to clean out s the stream by the removal of obstructe ions, etc. The petition set forth that s by reason of this refusal on the part e of some of the people interested, it e was impossible for the petitioners to ., protect themselves, and the situation r, was endangering the public health. Af? i, fldavits were submitted by Dr. J. H. e Saye and Dr. T. S. R. Ward, to back up e this representation, and the board was - requested to take the matter in hand and have the creek properly cleaned d out. After due consideration It was dea cided to notify the land owners come plained of to appear before the board - at its next regular meeting on Wedness day after the first Monday in Decerns ber and show cause, if any they could, i. why the prayer of the petitioners should - not be granted. f LOCAL LACONICS. " For Housebreaking and Larceny. 8 Charles Stokes, a Negro boy of flf0 teen or sixteen, was committed to Jail n last Wednesday by Magistrate R. L, A. Smith of Broad River township, on the charge of housebreaking and lar' ceny. * . Compromised For $6,000.'' e The Spartanburg Journal reports that the claim of Marvin Morrow r against the Southern railroad on acg count of injuries sustained at the Fish- . Ing creek wreck, has been compromlse ed for 16,000 and other considerations, not made public. Recovery of the Swag. Mr. C. R. Simmons, manager of the e company store at Forest City, N. C., s ,1 was In Yorkville Wednesday, having 3 come from Wright's ferry, where he a went to Identify the safe-cracker who r had been shot at that place. He had t no trouble In Identifying the man, and i during his stay he caused a further ex1. aminatlon of the lining of the man's s coat, with the reqplt that about $200 in y currency was found sewed up therela - Although Mr. Simmons knew the exr act amount of money that was missing e he was unwilling to give out the Infor. mation to the public. It is variously - estimated at from $1,000 to $2,000. Of 5 this probably $700 has been recovered, 3 and a portion of this amount must have f belonged either to the robbers or to e some one else, as Young exhibited at i least $40 in the Forest City store the day before the robbery, i Wreck on the Southern, s There was another disastrous wreck / on the Southern railroad last Wednesday morning. It was a head-on collision between the southbound passenger t train No. 23, and a material train, and occurred about three miles north of - Chester. The material train crew had i forgotten the passenger train and had i started up the road at the rate or about t ten miles an hour to do some work near Smith's Turnout. There was a 3 flat car ahead of the engine of the ma3 terial train, and the engineer could e not see very well ahead. A heavy fog prevented the engineer of the passenger from seeing very well. The engin eers did not realize their danger until1 they were pretty close to each other. Then both reversed their engines and 1 jumped. There were a number of la' borers on the flat car. Some of these * were frightened out of their wits, and 3 the white bosses threw them off before 1 jumping themselves. There was a par1 ty from Fort Mill on the passenger > train. It was composed of Dr. J. H. 3 Thornwell, Mr. Thomas Spratt .and - Misses Mason Harris, Rhena Caldwell e and Isabella Grier. They were on their 1 way to Chester to attend the marriage ' of Miss Clara Sledge to Mr. Hartwell 1 Wood. Dr. Thornwell was standing up 1 when the shock came. He was thrown 3 down and knocked insensible. He re1 a ~V. Urttironan ari/3 coverea preuy diiui uj, uuitetei, , 3 was seen soon after giving his assistance to the wounded. Later, however, 1 he found that he had been hurt more ' severely than he had thought, and he ' had to give up. He was taken to the Nicholson hotel, at Chester. His in1 puries are not thought to be serious. " The other members of the Fort Mill i party escaped with trifling bruises. , George Poston. a Negro laborer was ' pierced through the head by a steel 1 rod and killed. Engineer George W. Fetner, of the passenger train, had . three ribs broken and may be fatally , wounded. His fireman, Jesse Wilson, * colored, was badly cut about the head. > Engineer Wall and several other white > men on the material train escaped without injury. Six of the fifteen Negroes on the material train were more [ or less seriously Injured. Several had , bones broken.