Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-19

the Province of Cavite, who for long
time have made trouble for the author
tiles, was surrounded last Saturday
near the Batangas border, says Ma
nila dispatch. and jumped over cliff.
He was killed by the fall. The death
of Felizardo, II Is believed, will end the
disturbances in the Province Of Cavite
On January "a, three hundred La
drones, led by FeliZardo and Montal-
con, attacked the town Of Sanfrancisco
de Matabon, looted the main treasury
Office, killed Contract Surgeon j. A.
O'Neill and abducted the wife and two
children Of Governor Trias.
At Burnsville, Yancey county, n.
c., last Friday. Charles Doan was
tried for the killing Of his brother
last spring, convicted of murder in
the second degree and sentenced 10
the state prison for five years. The
killing of young Doan occurred on
Chestnut mountain in Yancey county.
Charles Doan, his young brother,
small boy, and a companion, had
gone hunting. Charles Doan. II Is
alleged, shot at bird and missed.
The brother and companion laughed
whereupon Charles Doan rammed
paper wad in his gun and pointing
the weapon at his brother fired. The
wad struck the victim In the back
Of the head and tearing a great
hole In his head, killed him instantly.
The department Of commerce and
labor has Just published a report stat
ing that the result Of the attempt TO
grow cotton in West Africa has been
very discouraging owing to the alb
sence Of transportation facilities and
lack of laborers. In Sierra Leone
cotton association tried American
seeds, but the plantation did not prove
to be a success. Under the most IA
vorable conditions Sierra Leone could
produce 10000 bales, but for the next
ten years no more than 5000 bales
year may be expected. Northern Nj
geria, with a population Of 100000
of fairly civilized people, is best fitted
for the cotton industry, but the lack
Of transportation facilities makes 1t
impossible to conduct 1t. The colonies
of Lagos, Southern Nigeria, Gold
Coast, Sierra Leone and Gambia could
under most favorable conditions pro-
duce $4,000 bales, but for the next
eight years no more than 100000 bales
can be expected.
John A. Bailey. president Of the
Lauderdale county branch Of the Mis-
sissippi Cotton Growers association,
has declared in an interview that the
cotton planters Of the south are pre-
pairing for a bitter war. with manu-
facturers, especially the foreign
spinners who held their convention
in Liverpool recently and set the
price on southern cotton, which they
agree to stand by. These foreign
ers," said President Bailey, have in
vaded our country for the past forty
years or more and robbed US Of what
is and justly was our own. That
they have combined now to keep
down the price of cotton Is re-
fiected in the daily cotton letters
from England, but that will not de-
ter us In the step we have decided
upon. While bankers and merchants
will be greatly benefited by eleven
cents cotton, the minimum at which
the staple will be sold, the small
farmer will eventually reap the
1raatest hanefIts from IT."
-Advices from the Caucasus indi-
cate that the situation there Is still
very critical. In Baku quiet has been
restored, but along the Persian bor-
der the tribesmen are in a high state
Of excitement over the massacres
of Armenians by the Tartars. espec-
tally the affair in Mirkend, where
practically the entire population of
the town was wiped out Prince
Napoleon, who has just been ap-
pointed governor Of the Caucasus is
taking steps to guard against any in
roads by the Persians, and at the
same time to suppress the Tartars,
many of whom are still around Baku,
harassing the Armenians under
cover of darkness, and whenever the
troops can be evaded. Some fear is
expressed that the tribesmen around
Batum may descend on the city and
inaugurate a reign of terror there.
1t will be remembered that at the
time OF the Potemkine mutiny the
tribesmen were organized into regi-
ments and gave the troops all they
could do to restrain them. Since that
time they have apparently settled
down. In the last few weeks, how
ever, there have been signs of re-
newed activity in sympathy with the
mountaineers in the west, who have
been warning against the Armenians.
George w. Perkins. member of
the firm Of j. P. Morgan & Co, and
first vice president Of the New York
Life Insurance company, was the
star witness before the special legis-
lative investigating committee in New
York last Friday. Among other
things Mr.. Perkins testified to the
fact that his company contributed
$4s,7O2 to the Republican campaign
fund He gave as a reason a fear
on the part nj the officers of the COM
pany that the election of Judge Par
ker would impair the company's as
sets. He said President Mccall, who
was a Democrat. made contribution
to the Mckinley campaign fund In
1894 for the same reason. He con-
tributed also in 1896. These con-
tributions were made on the au-
thority of the president without ref
erence TO the finance committee. 1t
developed also during the examina-
ton of Mr.. Perkins that as an exec
utive of the life insurance company,
he bought securities Of the firm OF
]. P. Morgan & Co. and took profits
from the transaction. In other words,
he served In a dual capacity, and
made profits both coming and going.
His testimony was frank and open and
he did not appear to think there was
anything wrong in what he was do
ing
The state department has receiv-