Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-01
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the Japan Chronicle. 60,419, includ-
ing ten admirals and generals sixty
eight colonels, 500 captains, lieuten-
ants and ensigns, and s,64O petty Of
ficers. BY June 10 the above total
had been increased by the addition OF
1882 officers and men taken in the
battle of the Sea Of Japan.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 80: A Sc
ries of distinct earthquake shocks, the
most severe ever experienced In this
section, were felt here late this after
noon. Buildings trembled perceptibly,
dishes were shaken from shelves, and
in many cases people rushed In terror
from their houses into the streets.
There were three distinct shocks, and
in each instance the tremor was ac-
companied by a sound like distant
explosion. The first impression was
that the powder magazine at the navy
yard had exploded, and hundreds of
queries along this line were received
at the yard. There had been no ex-
plosion. however. and the shocks were
felt along the entire New Hampshire
coast line.
THE weather crop bulletin for the
week ending last Tuesday related
to cotton as follows: In some
northeastern counties Of Texas, In
Arkansas, and in portions Of Missis-
sippi, Alabama and Georgia improve
ment In the condition Of cotton is
indicated, and in Oklahoma and In
dian Territories and Missouri, the
crop is in fair to good condition;
elsewhere cotton has not made favor
able progress. Complaints Of she'd
ding are received from every state,
of rust from the eastern districts,
of premature opening from Texas,
Arkansas and North Carolina and of
rotting of bolls in South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
The bolls are opening rapidly gener-
ally throughout the belt and picking
is in progress in all but the northerly
districts.
City Policeman F. ]. Murphy
acting as quarantine officer, was kill
ed outright, Flagman Geo. ]. Lott so
badly injured that he died at the
hospital shortly after, and three
others were slightly injured In wreck
Of Southern railway passenger tram
on its way to Charleston within the
city limits Of Augusta, Wednesday
morning. After the engine, baggage
car and second-class coach had pass
ed the crossing, the rear wheels or the
first-class coach, owing to defect-
i've SWITCH took q siding and the car
was thrown completely over. OH1cer
Murphy, who had jumped and was
trying to dodge, was mashed beneath
the wreck. Flagman Lofts legs
were cut nearly off and he died while
they were being amputated. The
Pullman in the rear Of the train did
not leave the track and none Of its
occupants were hurt. The injured
were passengers In the overturned
coach.
The kaiser has been making gun
merry experiments based upon the fact
that the Japanese torpedo boats in
flicted serious damage on Russian
ironclads in the course OF the battle
Of Tsushima, says Berlin cable
gram. His majesty wished to ascer-
tain how far 1t was possible to hit
with small calibre guns torpedo
boats passing quickly in the darkness.
On Thursday night while at Sassnitz
he put to sea aboard the cruiser
Prinz Adalbert to watch practice up
on six old torpedo boats. The tor
pedo boats were attached by towing
lines 100 yards long to cruisers
which passed at a speed OF twenty
one knots The Prinz Adalbert was
steaming nineteen knots and the
shooting was so good that one tor
pedo boat sank and was towed into
port with great difficulty. The other
four were hit, and in the case OF
three the torpedo tubes were de-
stroyed. The kaiser expressed COM
plete satisfaction with the trials.
The census bureau has published
as q bulletin an analysis by Prof. Wal
ter F. Wilcox Of Cornell University,
Of the census statistics relating 10
teachers. The report finds that taking
the country as a whole there is an
average Of one teacher to every II pu-
pills. that the supply Of teachers In
proportion to school population has
more than doubled in the last thirty
years: and that teachers exceed the
total number Of clergymen, lawyers
and physicians. The proportion or
teachers was smallest in the southern
states. The bulletin continues: The
proportion Of teachers in Continental
United States Is smaller than In Eng
land and Wales, but greater than In
Germany, France, Canada, Mexico or
Cuba. The immigrant population con-
tains proportionately fewer teachers
than the negro population. The chill
dren Of immigrants, however, have en-
gagged in teaching to such an extent
that the proportion Of teachers among
adults Of this class exceeds the proper
tion among white children OF native
parents.
Col. E. S. Peters, vice president
of the Southern Cotton association
has Just returned to Texas from an
extended sojourn in the east. says a
Dallas, Texas, dispatch Of last Tues
day He found a letter from Presi-
dent Jordan Of the association, dated
August IA. which contains what Col.
Peters says is the first formal notice
that he had been suspended" In
his answer to Mr.. Jordan he says:
"As I wired you on receipt Of your
telegram / will not resign the office
Of vice president. and you have no
authority to suspend" The letter
contains also a specific denial Of the
charge made by President Jordan
that Col Peters used his influence
against the Southern Cotton associa-
ton in its effort to press the investi-
CATION of the bureau of cotton statis-
tics. He declares he was sent for
by District Attorney Beach, to whom
he gave information and promised
to assist him in every way In his
power. Col. Peters says: Now the
whole trouble comes from my not
approving your action in asking the
resignation of the Hon. James VIII
son, secretary of agriculture, which
you asked on your own Volition.
suggest that you apologize for your
action in this matter in as public
way as you gave II out"
st. Petersburg, August 80: the
peace news was received here without
any manifestation Of JOY. The city
shows absolutely no evidence of the
receipt Of the tidings. 1t can safely be
said, however, that the general feeling
among the mere intelligent classes Is
that Justice has been done at Ports
mouth. Expressions Of relief are heard
that there will be no further blood
shed, but the "inglorious peace is
disappointment to many. The sudden
ness with which the Japanese finally
accepted the Russian ultimatum makes
many people believe that the cession or
the Island of Sakhalin would have been
premature. while a large element OF
the people seem of the opinion that
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