Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-11-13
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message the president sets forth the
manner in which Cuba agreed to every
demand that the United States. had
made, and promptly ratified the treaty
He states that the advantages to the
United States are fully as great as
those which will accrue to Cuba, and
warns the senate that If 1t shall rail-
to do justice by Cuba, the government
of the island will be forced to looR
abroad for agreements Of similar ma
ture. He urges that the treaty be rat
flied forthwith.
Preliminary returns to the depart
ment Of agriculture on the production
of corn in 1903 indicate a total yield OF
about 3,313,OO0,000 bushels, or an aver
age Of 25.S bushels an acre, as compar-
ed with an average yield Of 26.s BUSH
els one year ago, 16.7 bushels in 1901
and a ten-year average Of 23.9 bushels
The average as to quality is S3.1 per
cent, as compared with S0.7 last year
1877 in 1901 and S5.5 in 1900. The
average yield per acre of buckwheat is
1T bushels, against a ten-year aver
age of IT'S; fiaxseed, S.4 bushels, as
COMPARED with 7.8 bushels in 1902; po-
tatoes ST. bushels, against a ten year
average of 1915; hay, 1.54 tons, against
a ten-year average Of l.SS tons; To-
bacco, 1868 pounds, as compared with
1878 pounds in 1902; rough rice, S2.7
bushels, against 27.3 bushels in 1902.
"A family Of five persons, father
mother and three children, have been
murdered in their home in Mariana,
Fla. Their bodies were found Satur-
day by the mother of the mur-
dered wife. The name Of the peo-
pie was Caffey, and they hVe
on the outskirts Of the town.
They had not been seen for over
week when the wife's mother went to
call on them. She found the door fas-
tened with paddock and chain. Motto
ing the blood spots, she summoned the
neighbors and the door was forced
open. Lying on the bed were Caffey
and his wife, their skulls crushed with
an axe. On this bed also lay an infant
with it's throat cut, it's head being al
most severed from it's body. On the
floor Law the other children with heads
severed. There is no evidence to lead
to the identity of the murderer.
1t has been announced to the war
department, in a report by Prof. S. P.
Langley Of the Smithsonian institution,
that another trial Of the aerodrome
will be made within the next four
weeks on the lower Potomac. He says
that the recent experiments were by no
means failures, but that they resulted
disastrously because of defect IN the
launching device. This, he says, has
been repaired and perfected, under the
direction of Prof. Manley, the chief
assistant, and the trial will be made as
arranged. No further appropriation Is
asked for the trial, but confidence is
expressed that the machine will fly, and
thus maintain the theory Of the inven-
tor. Major M. NJ. Macomb Of the ar
tillery corps was detailed to watch the
recent experiments with the aerodrome
and report on them, but his enforced
absence with the maneuvering army
in Kentucky made this impossible and
the report of Prof. Langley was there
fore held to be sufficient by the board
Of ordnance.
- Senator Carmack Of Tennessee, Is
out in a warm assault against the all =
ministration on account of the Pana-
ma revolution incident. In the opinion
Of Mr.. Carmack, the whole thing was
the result of conspiracy to which the
president was clearly a party, and In
order to carry out his part. the presi-
dent had to violate the law as SCI
forth in the Spooner amendment to the
canal bill, and the constitution Of the
United States. The Spooner amend
ment provided that in the event OF ina
bility to conclude satisfactory treaty
with Colombia, the president was au-
thorized and required to go ahead with
the digging of the canal by way OF the
Nicaragua route. The isthmian canal
commission had already reported the
Nicaragua route as entirely feasible.
and having certain advantages over
the Panama route. Mr.. Carnack
thinks that not only was the presi-
dent in the conspiracy: but the Repub-
lican party is to get some of the mil
lions of money that the French lobby
and the Panama politicians have at
stake.
Washington dispatch to New York
Sun: Miss Alice Roosevelt has dis
carded the side saddle and conventional
riding habit, and now rides in divided
skirt. The announcement that Miss
Roosevelt was receiving instructions in
the new style Of riding caused tiutter
among Washingtonians, but the Pres
ident's daughter and Mrs. Rider, who
has been teaching Miss Alice how to
sit on a horse in the new way, now
pass through the parks mounted as
tride without causing any more COM
ment than the presence of the presl-
dents daughter ordinarily provokes.
Miss Roosevelt's adoption of the new
fashion will doubtless popularize it in
Washington. where the presidents
family exert such an influence. Her
new riding costume is a modest one
of blue cloth, and she has changed to
the new style riding in such an un-
ostentious manner that criticism Of her