Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-09
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ment but as there are 300 newspapers
in the state, each candidate will have
20 pay $500 advertising. In view Of the
fact that all nominations for state Of
fees must be made by primary elec-
ton, a candidate Is practically COM
PEELED to have his candidacy known In
each county. The Mississippi papers,
realizing this, have determined to pro-
fit by it, to do no booming free and to
recognize no candidates who do not ad-
vertise.
According to the press reports from
Maine during Bryan's visit to that
state the ex-Democratic candidate
talked about free coinage Of silver, 16
to l, and the gold standard. Senator
Carmack, who has returned from his
trip through New England with Mr..
Bryan, denied the truth of the report.
II heard every speech which Mr.. Bryan
delivered in Maine," said Mr.. Carmack.
yesterday, 'and he did not mention
16 to at any time. He did not ad-
vocate the free coinage Of silver nor
did he denounce the gold standard.
The whole story is a lie." Mr.. Car
mack says that Bryan's speeches in
Maine were simply repetitions of the
address which he delivered at Nantas-
ket Beach, near Boston.
Arthur S. Green, young artist re-
siding in Connecticut, has taken upon
himself the rather arduous task Of re-
deeming the Holy Land from the Mo-
hammedans and restoring it to the
care of the Christians. Mr.. Green pur-
poses buying it from the sultan. Mr..
Green says: MY idea is first to raise
enough money by International sub
scription, founding an organization for
the purpose. After the necessary
amount is raised we would, through
the organization, petition a suitable
Christian power or powers to guaran-
tee the independence, neutrality and
integrity of the Holy Land, creating
republic by and for Christians, in hon
or of Christ" There is one good rea-
son why the sultan should be willing
to sell the Holy Land. He needs the
money.
Washington correspondence New
Orleans Globe-Democrat: Workmen
employed in tearing out the interior Of
the White House unearthed under the
basement a portion Of human skele-
ton. The discovery created consterna-
tion among the Negro laborers, who
are or a superstitious nature. They
were kept at work with difficulty. Eff
forts have been made to keep the dis
covery a secret, pending a more careful
investigation of the bones exhumed
from such an unlooked-for but histori-
cal resting place. The workmen have
been cautioned not to discuss the sub
ject, and the most rigid regulations
have been adopted to prevent persons
not actually employed in the mechani-
cal work from entering the building.
Even clerks and messengers belonging
to the executive force are excluded un-
der the existing order. Subsequent
stories have been to the effect that the
bones referred to were probably those
A vestibule train on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railroad, was
held up and robbed by a gang of six
masked men near Savanna, ILL.,, last
Wednesday. The robbery occurred at
a point near the Mississippi river. Af-
ter arranging to ditch the train, the
robbers gave the danger signal and
the engineer stopped. Then the rob-
bers undertook to uncouple the express
car Express Messenger Bye fired
several shots and succeeded in wound
ing one of the robbers. When Bye had
emptied his pistol he got out of the
way. The robbers took the car up the
road some distance and blew open the
safe with dynamite. How much money
they got is not definitely known, but
it is stated from $4,000 to 100000. Af-
terward the body Of dead robber was
found on the side of the road. He had
been shot in the leg and head. One
theory is that he was killed by Mes
senger Bye, another that he was killed
by his companions through mistake,
and still another that having been
wounded so he could not get away, his
companions killed him to keep him
from talking. 1t is easy to hide in the
Mississippi bottoms and the robbers
have not been captured.
New York Sun, Wednesday: A div
idend Of S. a share was declared by
the directors Of the Standard Oil COM
pany yesterday, payable on September
IS. This is the smallest dividend de-
clared for any quarter since August,
1899, when the same amount was de-
clared. 1t compared with a $40 share
declared on May 6 last, and of $40 a
share declared in February, making
total dividends thus far this year of
s35 a share, with another quarter day
to come. The dividends of previous
years have been: 1901, $48; 1900, $4S;
1899. s3S; 1898. $50: 1897. s33; 1896, s31;
1891 to 1895, inclusive s12 year. Stand
ard Oil shares in the Broad street curb
market broke in price yesterday.
Shortly after the announcement Of the
a decline of S.. Subsequently these
sales were made: Twenty-Five shares
at $3.50; 10 shares at $679; at $671; at
s67O, and at s673. For a time the best
bid was $3.50, but s67o was bid at the
close. Last April on reports of a de-
creased May dividend the stock sold as
low as $615 Since then it has been as
high as $699. The highest price on rec
ord is $40. paid just before the panic of
May 9, 1901. The S. dividend calls for
s5,0OO,00O.