Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-03
Straps aud facts.

Stillings is manager Of the printers
board OF trade of New York city. The
appointment Of Mr.. Stillings was not
forecasted by any discussion of his
candidacy for the place. The large
printing firms Of New York and Bos-
ton endorsed him as practical print
er and executive. He was also strong
" endorsed by Senator Crane. He is
a son of Gen. Stillings, who was adju-
tant general on the staff Of the late
Commander-in-Ch Chief Blackmar of the
Grand Army of the Republic The
position which acting Public Printer
Ricketts, will occupy under the new ad-
ministration of the affairs of the gov
ernment printing Office will be deter
mined by Mr.. Stillings.
The New York police are getting
information that seems to throw lit
tie light on the recent murder Of ia
cob H. Thompson, exchange editor or
the New York Times, in a leading ho-
tel Of the city. Shortly after the muir
der a negro boy named Richard Han
nibal was arrested on suspicion. He
had been in a difficulty with a negro
woman named Mamie Gibson, and the
woman cut his throat. He died on
Wednesday. The woman now says
that Immediately after the death Of
Thompson Hannibal told her to say
that he had spent the night of the
murder at her house. According to
the woman's story, Hannibal said that
he had not killed Thompson; but
Thompson ought to have been killed
because he was so stingy with his tips.
The police are coming to a suspicion
that both the boy and the woman may
have had a hand in the murder, and
that the woman cut the boys throat
for the further security Of the secret.
1t Is stated on reliable authority,
says a Washington dispatch, that In
his message TO congress President
Roosevelt will recommend that new
department of government be estab-
lished to take charge of the countrys
insular possessions. If congress acts
favorabiy this will mean new cabinet
officer and the relieving of three exist
ing departments of work that their
chiefs have found to be enormous. The
war department has the Philippines,
the state department has Porto Rico
and the navy department has Guam.
The hardest work has fallen on the
war department through its bureau OF
insular affairs. All the departments
affected are earnestly in favor Of a
change which will bring relief. Gossip
already names the man for the new
place II 1t be created. He is Col Clar-
partment's bureau Of insular affairs.
He Is an Ohio man, a protege Of Nc
Kinley and Hanna in the old days and
is said to be we'll liked by the presi-
dent.
The story Of how the finest Jersey
COW in the Philippines met an untime-
ly end, says a Washington dispatch,
has just reached the bureau Of insular
affairs OF the war department from
Manila. Cows are scarce in the Phil
ippines, and this Jersey was the prize
animal of the archipelago. 1t was val
ued at something more than $1,000,
and was, until a few weeks ago, kept
at Manila 1t was decided to send the
animal to the government stock farm
at Zamboango. and preparations were
made to ship her on the interisland
transport Romulus. Zamboanga Is
long journey from Manila and the
climate is such that fresh meat cannot
be carried. Accordingly another COW
Of the ordinary kind and with no blue
ribbon to its credit was taken along.
When the time came for fresh meat the
cook Of the transport went to slaugh-
ter the ordinary COW. He looked both
beasts over. The prize winner was
much better looking and was by far
the fatter. The cook killed the prize
Jersey before those who really, knew
which COW was which could interfere,
and the ordinary cow is still alive and
happy.
The weekly cotton region weather
crop bulletin issued by the cotton bu-
reau at Washington last Tuesday
said: In districts where the proportion
of ungathered cotton is greatest, the
weather conditions Of the week ending
Oct 80 were not favorable. Wet
weather over large part of the CEN
tral and western districts of the cotton
belt during the fore part of the week
delayed cotton picking and caused in
jury to open cotton in northern Texas,
Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Ar
kansas. the northern portions of Mis-
sissippi and Alabama, and western
Tennessee. AS a whole the week was
COOL Frosts occurred in the central
and western districts, causing consid-
erable damage in Tennessee, northern
Mississippi and Oklahoma and Indian
Territories, but practically none in
Texas. In the Carolinas, Georgia and
Florida the weather conditions were
favorable. Picking is from one-half to
two-thirds completed in Oklahoma and
Indian Territories, Arkansas and
northwestern Mississippi; a much lar
ger proportion of the crop has been
gathered in other sections, picking be-
ing practically completed in the more
southerly districts.
- Further promises to prosecute per-
sons shown to be guilty of crimes by
the revelations in life insurance af-
fairs now being made by the New York
legislative investigation committee
were made last Tuesday by District
Attorney VIM. T. Jerome. The prom
ises were made in reply to the con-
struction which his rival for office,
James w. Osborne, put upon Mr. Je-
rome's recent statement that If re-
elected he would employ Charles E.
Hughes. now counsel for ;he investi-
eating committee, to conduct the pro-
secution OF insurance Offenders. Mr..
Osborne asked Mr.. Jerome if he want
ed to use Mr. Hughes in order to shirk
the conduct of these prosecutions him
self Mr.. Jerome said in reply today: