Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-14
Straps and facts.


the past ten days, has just been
having a big time of 1t in New
York city. He gave an Informal re-
ception to a delegation of newspaper
reporters In the cabin of his flagship
last Friday night; but he was shrewd
enough to take care of himself admir-
ably. When asked about the situation
in Russia, he declined to commit him.
self. He said, however, that the de-
fenses of New York were very made
uuate and that the war vessels then
in the harbor were sufficient to reduce
the city to ruins. The prince went to
West Point Saturday to witness
game of football between the cadets
and the Carlisle Indians.
The shooting of bears within the
city limits has become so common or
late that Chief of Police Troyer has
detailed two mounted officers to patrol
the city to see that his instructions
against the practice are carried out 10
the letter, says Duluth letter. Cnle1
Troyer said today: "Of course at hrst
II was something of a novelty to step
now that they have invaded the city In
such numbers everybody seems anx-
ious to put one of the clumsy fellows
out of business, and we must put a
stop to It," Every day boys and men
can be seen in the vicinity Of Wood
land and the State Normal school lay
ing for a bear. Nobody has been shot,
but IL the practice continues the po-
lice fear that some reckless hunter
may mistake a human being in the
dusk for bear.
The crop reporting board of the
bureau OF statistics of the department
Of agriculture on last Friday gave out
the following as to cotton: The esti-
mated condition of cotton harvested
and not harvested as reported on NO
yember l, 1905, is 6S.S, as compared
with 71.2 on September 25, 1905. AS
this Is the first time a condition re-
port has been made In the month OF
November, no comparisons can De
made with conditions figures OF pre-
vious years or with a ten-year aver
age. The following table shows the
condition of the cotton crop by states,
November /, 1905: Texas, 6S; Geor-
gia, 73; Alabama, SO; Mississippi, "a;
South Carolina, 7S; Arkansas, 81;
Louisiana, 55; North Carolina, rs; In
lahoma, IA: Florida 7S; Missouri, II;
Virginia II; United States, 6S.S.
Tom johnson, mayor of Cleveland.
o.. alarmed at the official repors that
there have been Sc suicides in Cleve-
land in the last nine months, has tax
en- steps to check the carnival of self
destruction. He has appointed a com
mission whose duty II is to attempt to
dissuade would-be suicides from tax
ing their own lives. The commission
Is made up of Director of Charities
Coolly, with A Greenlud, member OF
the charities bureau and State Senator
Elliott F. c. Howe. Every man or wo-
man in Cleveland who is contem-
plating suicide is invited to write
letter to the anti-suicide commission
and tell their troubles. The members
of the commission will then make an
effort to remove the trouble. For peo-
pie despondeat from unemployment
the commission endeavorS to obtain
employment, while the needs and
wants of others seeking aid are looked
after. All three men are experienced
in such work, and their labors so far
have proved satisfactory
st. Louis, Nov. 10: The Federal
grand jury convened today and return
ed an indictment this afternoon
against United States Senator Burton
Of Kansas. 1t is stated that certain
features in the former indictment
against Senator Burton, which was
quashed were remedied in this new in
dictment. The allegations in the pres
ent indictment are the same as in the
one quashed: That while a senator OF
the United States he accepted money
from the Rialto Grain and Securities
company, of ST. Louis, for services
rendered before the postoffice depart
ment in behalf of that company, which
was being investigated by inspectors.
The only difference is in the legal
wording of the indictment, which is
changed to avoid errors found in the
former indictment by United States
Judge Van Deventer. The indictment
IS the third found against Burton; and
should a demurrer 10 this be sustain
ed, II will be impossible to reindict him
for his alleged offence In connection
with the Rialto company, owing to the
statute of limitations.
New York. Nov. IL: In the event
OF the court not having made an ad-
Indication Of the mayoralty contest In
the city by January l Ii Is said that
William Randolph Hearst has reached
the decision to take the oath of office
and present himself at the city hall
QSIndIlu
and in that event New York will have
two mayors. Hearst would conse-
quently send a message to the board
of aldermen as would Mcclellan, and
IT would be interesting to see which
message would be acted upon. Doubt
less both mayors would appoint the
various commissioners and there would
be also two mayors courts. Applica-
tions for q recount must be made with
in twenty days after the election and
there remains fifteen for Hearsts
counsel to present affidavits of fraud
and demand a recount of the So-called
duplicates and protested ballots. APP
plications will be made at Albany to-
day by one of Hearst's counsel TO have
the ballot boxes sorted in one OF the
armories and guarded by troops. A
canvass of the votes will be made by
the aldermen Tuesday, when row Is
expected. as the Hearst men will de-
mand the opening Of the envelopes
containing the void and protested bal
lots.
- Naugatuck, w. Va, Nov. 10: A
cheer for jeff Davis, uttered by
drunken man on Beaver creek on the
Kentucky side of the river today re-
sul:ed in a bloody tragedy in which
three men were killed and three others
were wounded. There had been much
drinking after the election on Tues
day. Con EStep, an old Confederate
soldier, was among the men who had
become intoxicated. When he yelled
"Hurrah for jeff Davis" G. Prater
young man in the crowd told Estep to
shut up or he would kill him." Enoch
Ben:ly, another member Of the crowd,
told Estep to "hurrah for any one he
pleased" Prater tur ?ed upon Bently
and emptied his pistol at short range,
all five shots taking effect. After he
had fallen Bentley shot and killed
Prater. Rube Morgan, a friend of
Pra'er, who had shot Bently after the
latter had fallen, fired at Tom and
John Bowling, friends of Estep and
then fed but he was shot and mortally
wounded by the Bowlings. Bentley
died soon after the shooting and Nor
gan died two hours later. During the
fight John Sadler, belonging 20 the
Prater gang, was dangerously wound
ed. The Bowlings were both hit, but
not fatally hurt An election bet had
caused hard feelings between Estep
and Prater.
New Orleans, Nov. 10: Secretary
Hesters weekly cotton statement, is
sued today. shows for the ten days of