Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-11
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the oath Of office in a couple OF
weeks, but It will necessarily be some
little time before he closes up his
business affairs. He will not go to
washington permanently until some
time in September"
Charlotte News, Friday: Notice
of a suit for damages that DR.. A. J.
McKelway will bring against Mr.. ].
p. Caldwell, editor Of the Charlotte
Observer and the Observer company
was filed with Clerk ]. A. Russell
this afternoon. The papers were
placed In the hands Of Sheriff Wal
lace. and he will serve them just as
soon as Mr.. Caldwell returns to the
CITY. He is now in Asheville, attend
ing the State Press Association. The
News man was informed this after
noon that DR.. McKelway has re-
tanned Clarkson & Duls, Pharr q
Bell and Mr.. E. r. Preston TO
prosecute his claims for damages.
This suit grows out Of the recent
newspaper controversy which Is still
fresh In the minds Of Charlotte peo-
pie.
New Orleans, July Z: secre-
tary Hester's statement Of the
worlds visible supply Of cotton. is
sued today, shows the total visible
to be s,s16.1s6 against S,4S7,041 last
week, and 1,s77,s63 last year. OF
this the total Of American cotton Is
2,o4s,1ss. against 2,151,041 last
week and 1.007,ssS last year, and OF
all other kinds, including Egypt
Brazil, India, ETC., 1,26S,O0O, against
1,2s6,000 last week and $4,000 last
year. OF the worlds visible supply
of cotton there is now afioat and
held In Great Britain and Continental
Europe 1,72O,000, against 1.ies,0OO
last year: in Egypt $4,000, against
1O1, 900 last year; in india $4,000
against 461,000 last year, and In the
United States $1,000, against 247,-
900 last year. ....
The Kniaz Potemkine which has
for a week or more been the terror
of the Black sea, has at last been
eliminated as a source Of apprehen-
sion. On last Saturday the vessel
steamed into the port Of Kustent
Roumania, and expressed desire
to surrender as foreigners to foreign
power. AS a guarantee OF good faith
during the conference the Rouman-
ian authorities demanded the breech
blocks Of the guns during the con-
ference. After some parley 1t was
agreed that the mutineers would be
allowed to surrender and that they
would be given safe conduct to such
frontier as they might choose. They
desired to rob the Kniaz Potemkine
of the treasures on board but this
the Roumanian authorities would not
permit. The battleship Is now again
in the hands Of the Russian authori-
ties. ...
Cherbourg, France, July Z: The fu-
neral train bearing the body Of Admir-
al Paul Jones and 500 American sail
ors and marines arrived here from
Paris at 7.S0 a. m. An enormous crowd
surrounded the railroad station and
witnessed the removal Of the body to
a mortuary chapel erected on the
wharf Of the American steamship line.
The chapel was beautifully decorated
with palms, flags and escutcheons
from the naval arsenal. Many French
officers took part In the ceremonies.
The American sailors and marines
were drawn up in battalion form fac
ing the 25th regiment Of French infan-
try The body was borne between the
American lines to a catafalque, where
1t was covered with flags and flow
ers, the band Of the United States flag
ship Brooklyn playing the national
anthem. The townspeople then filed
before the coffin, respectfully uncover
ing as they did so. The ceremony Of
transferring the body Of the admiral
to the flagship occurred at noon and
the squadron sailed at o'clock in the
evening for the United States.
New York, July z: All the men
accused Of any wrong doing in con-
nection with the Equitable scandal
are shaking in their knees over the
charge Of Judge Foster to the grand
Jury on Wednesday and the subse-
quent declarations and actions OF
District Attorney Jerome. Yesterday
and last night there was particular
" a noticeable stir in the Equitable
affairs and several of those against
whom accusations or insinuations,
recently or Of early date, have been
made are looking with longing eyes
to the piers. Judge Foster told the
grand jury that they might be re-
quired to sit through next month,
and in a short time may be required
to hold unusually long daily sessions
to clear up matters being prepared
for their attention by the district
attorney. While a couple Of days
ago II was considered possible that
Mr.. Jerome might bring criminal
proceedings, today there is no doubt
that this Is his intention, though he
has not intimated against whom
these proceedings will likely be
brought. 1t is true, however, that
during the last "a hours there has
been a decided stir among the old
directors Of the concern. Mr.. Je-
rome, while he does not affirm 1t,
does not deny that he will charge
several rather prominent New York
men with a conspiracy to defraud the
society. and very probably will make
some other and more startling
charges. 1t is reliably stated today
that Mr. Hyde has made every prep
aration to sail from New York on
July IL. and will be gone for an In
definite length of time-certainly
not shorter time than two months.
- Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
on last Saturday morning formally
dismissed Edwin F. Holmes, assist
ant statistician from the government
service on the ground that he had
furnished advance information of the
government cotton reports to specu-
lators and that he manipulated fig