Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-19
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shall be at the time some human be-
ing, with intent to commit some crime
therein, shall suffer death, unless the
Jury shall fix the punishment at i'm
prisonment for life. as in case of muir
der" A number Of burglaries that
were accompanied by shooting OF
householders by desperate men led to
this law. The intruders were usual
ly negroes.
1t Is stated on reliable information,
SAYS a Bristol Tenn, dispatch that
the contract price for the construction
of twelve miles of the South and
Western railroad, in Scott county, Va
including the tunnel under Cinch
Mountain and other tunnels to be made,
is $1,000, 900 per mile, or $14,4OO,OOO Tor
the twelve miles. Perhaps few roads
in America have been undertaken at
such expense. The work on the south
ern portion of the road through the
North Carolina mountains is equally
heavy. The company is losing no time
in putting the work through, and the
contractors are adding to the force OF
Iaborers as fast as men can be Sc
cured.
Richard A. McCurdy is said to be
seriously i'll at his home. in South ST.
Morristown, N. ]. His physician, DR..
George S. Willis, spent the greater
mart of this morning there. He refus-
ed to make any statement concerning
the patient, but has given instructions
that no one be allowed to see the ex-
president of the Mutual Life lnsur-
ance company except members OF his
family. Mr.. McCurdy Is suffering from
nervous prostration, the result, 1t Is
said, Of the investigation A week ago
he was much improved in health and
took an interest in the affairs OF his
household, but this was only tempor-
ary, and his family and physicians are
now much alarmed over his condition.
The official register Of the United
States, commonly termed the Blue
Book, compiled by Chief Clerk Edwin
M. Dawson of the department of the
interior, is about to be issued. A recap
itulation of the employees in the diff
ferent departments, the government
printing office and the offices OF the
District of Columbia shows the total
number Of persons in the service In
the city Of Washington to be 25,4S1, re-
ceiving an aggregate compensation or
$27,145, ,709. The employees are distrib-
uted as follows: Department Of state,
12O: treasury. 6.3O1; war, 1,4s4; justice,
346: postoffice, 1859; navy, COS; inter-
for, 40S2; agricultural, 1909; COM
merce and labor, 1894; government
printing office. 1864; government Of
the District of Columbia, 4,O04.
Nobody believes the southern rep
resentation in congress will be cut
down, Notwithstanding the frequent eff
forts Of narrow minded partisans to
have such a law enacted. Neverthe-
less all moves in this direction are Of
interest, and 1t is well that we should
keep track Of them. Representative
Bennett of New York, introduced bill
on the subject last Friday he being
the latest to court notorietv after this
manner His bill would reduce repre-
sentation as follows: Alabama from
to s; Arkansas from to 5: Florida
from to 2; Georgia from II to s;
Louisiana from I to 4; Mississippi from
s to 8: North Carolira from 10 to Z;
South Carolina from to 3; Tennessee
from 10 to 8; Texas from 16 to 13;
Virginia from 10 to Z.
The White House up to date has
cost about $3.O00,O00, of which nearly
one third has been paid for fur liture
and interior decorations. Originally
the state of Virginia gave s1S0,0O0 to
build It, Maryland adding $72 900. To
maintain the White House costs from
$685. to $50,000 year, the appropria-
tions for this purpose varying consid-
erably. But every now and then there
is something extra to be paid for and
congress is called on to give an extra
$4,000 or $50,000. The biggest pull of
this kind ever made was for $55O,0O0,
which was spent two years ago in a
partial reconstruction of the interior
and in the addition of wing like ter
races and an office building. Every
now and then a new set Of china has
to be provided and usually that costs
about $25.OOO.
The latest information from Rus
sia is to the effect that the govern
ment has again changed its attitude
toward the rebellious people and is
now pursuing a policy of repression.
The restrictions on the press having
been removed to a large extent most
Of the newspapers of the empire a
few days ago published a manifesto
from the revolutionists attacking the
credit of the government and repre-
senting that there was not sufficient
resources to pay the troops The
next day the press censorship was
strictly resumed. and general author
ity was delegated to the governors
of cities to declare martial law
at their discretion. The outlook now
l., that bloodshed will soon follow on
a larger scale than ever. 1t is stated
that all the troops of the empire
now are to be relied upon by the
government except the Cossacks.
A plan for forcing a recount of the
votes in the fight of VIM. r. Hearst,
against the reelection of Mayor Nc
Clel,an is announced by Clarence ].
Shearn. Mr.. Hearsts personal counsel.
I'VE shall have a bill introduced in the
legislature providing for a recount of
all the ballots cast in the election in
the county" says Mr.. Shearn. 1T will
not be in the form of an amendment to
the election law, which would be retro
active, but ii will provide for the re-
opening of all the ballot boxes for a
recount. I'm view of the evidence OBJ
tained that there was a fraud il the
count. The recount will be for discov-
ering the extent of the fraud, not for
correcting the returns, which have
been canvassed, but we can make use
of the information obtained by the re-
count later I'm ouo warrantO DrOceed =