Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-06-27
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headquarters in this city yesterday
morning. Mr.. Cogar had been attend
ing the reunion. and when the attend
ants reached his cot they found that
he had passed away. Mr.. Cogar was
seventy years Of age and his home was
at Midway, KY. He served in Vir-
ginia regiment during the Civil war,
and on many occasions boasted OF haV-
ing killed twenty-three Federal SOL
diers at the battle Of Manassas.
st. Petersburg, June 26: The Rus
sky Invalid, the army organ. supplies
an argument for peace In an estimate
Of the strength OF the Japanese arm
les, which 1t places at from $4,000 to
600, 900 men, including the forces oper-
ating in Korea In the five Japanese
armies opposing General Linevitch, ex-
elusive of cavalry and artillery, 1t es-
Inmates that there are from 100000 to
100000 bayonets, which gives Field
Marshal Oyama decided numerical
superiority over the strength usually
allotted to Linevitch's army. The Jap
anese forces, 1t says, are divided as
follows: Gen. Kuroki, 115,O0O to 10000
bayonets; Gen. Oku, 10000 to 115,000
bayonets; Gen. Nogi, $4,000 to 10000
bayonets: Gen. Nodzu, $4,000 bayonets,
and Gen. Kawamura, $4,000 to S0,0OO
bayonets.
The City Of Lodz, in Russian Po-
land, has been the scene Of wholesale
bloodshed during the past few days.
Lodz Is a manufacturing town, ana
has been the scene Of great CONFUSION
since last February. Stirred by Revo-
lutionists, the workmen struck for
shorter hours and more pay. Things
went from bad to worse until last
week, when bloodshed began In earn
est. There was fierce fighting between
the troops and strikers during several
days, and hundreds Of people, including
many soldiers were killed. The strik-
ers barricaded themselves In their
homes and stretched wires across the
streets to prevent cavalry charges.
Then they fired into the troops. The
troops killed young and old, women and
children all alike. without discrtmina-
ton. Quiet has not yet been restored.
David Lamon, a jeweler Of Denver,
Col, according to a dispatch, has just
received patents on an invention for
tempering copper, that lost art Of the
ancients which scientists have been
trying for ages to again bring to light.
Exhaustive tests made by Mr.. La
mons process, which Is secret, show
that II will indeed do what he claims
for II. He has interested local capital
lists In his invention and now that the
patents have been accepted at wash
ington his company will at once pro-
ceed with the erection Of mammoth
plant which will employ 500 men.
copper wire and all sorts OF electrical
devices Lamon discovered the art by
accident while working at his trade,
and he already has been offered $780,
900 for full possession OF his secret.
The offer was refused.
Toxic, June 25: The following dis
patch has been received from the Jap
anese army headquarters In Manchu-
ria: 1.-The enemy holding the north
west eminence of Manchuria was at
tackled and dislodged on the afternoon
Of June 22, but a portion of the enemy
holding the hills to the west offered a
stubborn resistance and the hills We're
finally taken by assault. Another force
Of the enemy holding the hills due
north was attacked from the front,
and we strenuously resorted to turn
ing movement from the northwest, In
tercepting his retreat and causing him
heavy loss. The enemy In confusion
hoisted the Red Cross flag, but this did
not stop our firing, and he fled north
In disorder. His strength In cavalry
and infantry was some 5000 men and
several guns. Fifty corpses were left
on the field The enemy's loss was
fully 200 Our loss was insignificant"
There has been no cessation in the
sensational developments In the Equi-
table Life Assurance society. Within
the past few days 1t has come to light
that the Equitable has been carrying
the name Of a dead man on its salary
list for $4,000 a year. Three ex-em-
ployes have been drawing salaries Of
pectively, for doing nothing. Mrs.
Hyde, widow Of the founder Of the So
ciety Is still receiving an annual PEN
sion Of $25,000. These include only a
few Of the revelations that have been
made as the result Of Investigations
made by Paul Morton, the new presi-
dent. The business Of the Equitable
has fallen off to such an extent with
In the past few months that hundreds
of agents have found 1t advisable to
resign. District Attorney Jerome Of
New York, has taken occasion to say
that he proposes to bring criminal pro-
ceedings against some Of the Equitable
officers within the next few days.
The Manufacturers association Of
Covington. was organized mainly for
the purpose Of suppressing the filing OF
suits for damages for personal injuries
on frivolous grounds, and 1t appealed
strenuously to the Kenton Bar associa-
ton for aid and comfort and assistance
in the work. The Bar association has
made response to the appeal. In the
response the regret is expressed that
the complaint Of the Manufacturers
association is only too well founded. 1t
is admitted that lawyers against whom
complaint Is made not only solicit bus
mess themselves, but keep one or
more solicitors, whose duty 1t Is TO
visit the scene of an accident and OBJ
tain employment for their principal
So energetic are these solicitors that
they often arrive at the bedside OF the
injured person before the physician
gets there" The Bar association re-
erets the state of fact. believing that
IL affects the standing and the reputa-
ton of an honorable profession vastly
more than II affects the manufacturer
against whom the suit Is brought, and
having duly regretted, gives the fol-
lowing legal Roland for the Oliver or
the manufacturers: I'VE suggest that,
perhaps. the best remedy for the bring
ing Of personal injury suits without
merit Is for the manufacturers and
business men to cease avoiding jury
service If disreputable lawyers VINO
bring these suits felt assured that they
would find in the jury box. when their
causes came on trial. twelve sensible,
solid. reputable business men they
would he less arduous in searching ouS
and bringing such suits"
Paris, June "a: For the first time
since the Fashoda incident, the French
public is ir the threes of the war few
CT. Whether 1t will result in anything
serious depends on Germany's response
to the French note on Morocco, but
without considering the exact status OF
the diplomatic negotiations a consider
able element Of the public and press
seriously discuss the possibilities or
resort to arms. Army circles are par
ticularly active and at the military
clubs the officers are mainly engaged
in making comparisons Of the forces OF
France and Germany. While the fl
nancial leaders scout the idea OF war,
yet the speculative element has been
quick to seize the opportunity to raid
French rentes, which, when they closed
tonight. showed a fall of l franc, 3
centimes within the week. The official
view Is that the situation, while dell
cate. does not present any aspect OF