Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-10
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and Indian Territory. The question
all the while has been as to whether
Arizona should be erected into state
with New Mexico and there has been
much opposition to the proposition;
but the whole thing is now settled by
leaving Arizona as she has been. The
new states are to be known as New
Mexico and Oklahoma.
A London dispatch says that the
privy council, the highest court OF
Great Britain, has just handed down
decision, the effect Of which Is that
Green and Gaynor will have to be sent
back to the u. S. for trial. Green and
Gaynor are the contractors who were
mixed up in the big swindle OF the
government at Savannah, Ga, for
which Captain Oberlin M. Carter was
sent to prison as a party. Green and
Gaynor escaped to Canada, and the
question as to whether they could be
brought back to the United States for
trial has been under consideration
since August Is. 1902. The Canadian
courts refused to give the fugitives up;
but as the result of the decision just
handed down in London they will be
brought back to the United States.
Two parallel lines Of marble monu-
ments will flank the route Of the Pan
anna canal and permanently mark the
boundaries between the domain OF the
United States and that Of the Repub-
lie Of Panama. The present plans are
to place the monuments so close to-
gether that a person standing at the
base Of any one can see either OF the
nearest two in the line. The lines,
when completed, will be forty-seven
miles long and five miles from the CEN
ter of the canal. In order to locate
the marble shafts the first survey OF
the land ceded to the United States is
now being made. c. Vincent Peter
son, an American, retained as consult
ing engineer to the secretary OF pub
lie works Of the Panama Republic, Is
representing the local government,
while A. Mcleod Miller is carrying on
the work In behalf CT Maj. Gen. Davis,
governor Of the Canal Zone. On OPP
posite sides Of the pedestals will be
chiseled, "U. s. A." and "R. de p"
Otherwise the marble will offer smooth
surfaces for future initial-whittling
tourists.
The house committee on Indus
trial arts and expositions on Thurs
day agreed on the amounts OF the
various appropriations to be rec
commended fer the governments par
ticipation in the exposition to be
held in 1907, on or near the waters OF
Hampton Roads, Va, in commemora-
ton Of the first permanent settlement
of English speaking people on the
western hemisphere. The total recon-
mended is $2,650,000. OF this $2,000,000
Is to be used In connection with the
land exhibit, under the direction Of the
secretary Of the treasury. 1t is recon-
mended that $250.000 be appropriated
to defray the expense OF the national
commission provided in the bill known
as the own-Tercentennial COM
mission and expenses OF the govern
ment participation in the naval. ma
rine and military exhibit. For the en-
tertainment Of foreign naval and mill
tary officers, to be expended under the
direction Of the secretaries Of war and
navy, $175,000 Is recommended; for a
government building to commemorate
the settlement Of jamestown $4,000;
to provide moorings in Hampton
Roads $15, 5000: for rehabilitating Mon
itor to reproduce the battle between
the Monitor and Merrimac $4,000.
Louisville, KY, Feb. 8: With rain
and sleet falling over nearly every mile
Of country from the Ohio river to New
Orleans, the usual avenues Of wire COM
munication which have been demoral-
ized since Sunday, today went from
bad to worse. Nearly every branch Of
commercial life felt the interruption
and the prospects for better conditions
are not promising. A storm area is
moving in over the Central Gulf re-
gion. The indications are for warm
rains over the entire district south of
the Ohio during the next thirty-six
hours. The telegraph and telephone
companies are fighting against tre-
mendous odds. Enormous quantities
Of new material are required in wide
" scattered areas and difficulty Is ex-
perienced in finding workmen. Busi-
ness is accepted only subject to inde-
finite delay. 1t Is believed that 1t will
be a month before communication is
resumed over regular routes. 1t is es-
timated also that with the present
large force Of men 1t will be ten days
before the wires are restored between
Chattanooga and Atlanta alone to say
nothing of repairing miles Of broken
wires and broken poles throughout
Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Louis
lana. Florida. Georgia and Kentucky.
In a statement issued last Wed
nesday concerning the recent discus
sion Of the Imprisonment of Jefferson
Davis at Fortress Monroe, in 1886,
Gen. Nelson A. Miles says: 1.-The mat
ter has been agitated at different per-
iods during the last forty years. but
never before has it been discussed in
the halls of congress. AS far as my
official action is concerned, it was di-
rected by the highest authority it re-
ceived the approval Of. and has never
been questioned by my superiors or
the government. l have no apology
to offer of any kind to any person.
The charge that the acts of the high
est officials of the government or my
self were prompted for the purpose of
humiliating Mr.. Davis or the people
who associated and sympathized with
him. is as puerile as it is utterly un-
true. 1t is to be regretted that the
high officials. President Johnson. Sc
cretaries Stanton and Dana, Judge Ad-
vocate General Holt and Major Gener-
al Hail. are not living, in order that
they might answer the vicious vituper-
alton by which their names are now
assailed. Still. / am sure that they
acted in good faith, and as they be-
lieved for the best interests OF the
country, upon information then in their