Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-27

and was respited by Governor Monta-
que to Feb. 10. When informed Of the
action Of the court yesterday, McCue
took the news quietly. Then he said'
"Pn get justice above" burst into
tears and continued in uncomfortable
grief for five minutes.
NO object can fall from the top to
the bottom Of one Of the deep vertical
mining shafts Of the Lake Superior
Copper district except in a skid or
cage. This has been shown by ex-
periments, covering several weeks,
conducted by United States govern
ment officials at No. shaft Of the
Tamarack Mine, 1880 feet deep. Steel
balls were suspended over the exact
center Of the shaft openings, brought
to absolute quiet, dropped by burning
with a candle flame the threads hold
ing them, so that they started straight
toward the center Of the earth in the
line Of the shaft. In every case. how
ever, the balls swerved and lodged In
the timbering after falling from 1000
to 1000 feet. Various theories are
propounded to explain the occurrence.
the most plausible being that the de-
Election Of the balls is caused by the
rotation Of the earth.
"A new type Of engine, known as
the monkey motion" pattern, which,
It is claimed, will revolutionize steam
locomotion on railroads, has been sue
cessfully operated on the Southern
Pacific, says an Ogden, Utah, dispatch
to the Philadelphia Press. A train Of
1,5O0 tons was run from Ogden to
Wadsworth. New, hauled by one Of
the new engines. The new type OF en-
gines was designed by an employee
of the Southern Pacific. All the driv-
ing mechanism is located on the sides
of the engine, making 1t easy Of ac-
cess. The steam exhausts very rapid
ly and there is no back pressure. 1t
= Is estimated that the new engine will
save from 25 to 40 per cent In coal
consumption, being able to run fifty
four miles with one ton OF coal, as
against twenty-five to twenty-eight
miles under the present system. The
standard engines now In use can be
changed to the monkey motion" with
but little cost.
The news of the past few days
from Russia has not added a great
deal to the story Of violence publish
ed last Tuesday. 1t seems that Father
Gapon has been preaching against
violence all the while and urged the
strikers not to attempt force yet even
though they had been sorely provoked
by Sundays slaughter. The great
strike has continued to spread
throughout Russia, and there Is lots Of
feeling and excitement among the Ia
boring classes everywhere. After the
massacre Of Sunday st. Petersburg
was placed under martial law and the
czar left the city to take up his resi-
dence at another point some distance
away. It was stated yesterday that
the government had prepared a pro-
clamation in which 1t promises certain
reforms. including reduced hours Of
labor and a guarantee Of protection for
laborers~ against labor agitation. The
governor Of Moscow gave sanction a
few days ago to report that British
: and, japanese influences fomented the
troubles that led to the st. Petersburg
massacre. Reports from different parts
Of Finland are to the effect that the
Firms are making a great deal Of trou-
BILE and are prepared to precipitate an
outbreak at a moments notice.
.-- The Southern bankers, at a meet
ing. In New Orleans last Wednesday
: passed resolutions endorsing the plan
Of the National Cotton Growers asso-
citation expressing the belief that
southern bankers were amply able and
prepared to finance the holding Of the
surplus OF the. present crop and pro-
posed to do SO under the conventions
pledge Of a 25 per cent reduction in
acreage and fertilizers. declaring them
selves in sympathy with the move
ment for a uniform warehouse system
under proper legislation for the pres
ent and future crops, urging cooper
alton by various interests to assist the
Cotton. Growers association, providing
for a committee Of one from each
cotton growing state with w. H. Riv-
ers Of Texas as chairman and John D.
Walker Of Georgia as secretary, to act
as a finance committee to cooperate
with the association in perfecting their
organization and in establishing a
complete warehouse system, and au-
thorizing the chairman Of the South
ern Bankers convention to call upon
the State Bankers association to raise
a voluntary contribution from south
ern bankers Of $4,000 to assist the
Southern Cotton Growers association
In putting into effect the ways and
means Of reducing cotton acreage 25
per cent.
There is mighty little more inter-
esting stuff in connection with the
railroad rebate question than the cam
paigns the roads themselves are max
ing. The roads are sending out state
ments emphasizing the declaration
that the interstate commerce commits
sion has sufficient law to break up the
rebate question and joining in the cry
that rebates are the greatest wrongs
ever committed. 1t is asserted that
no additional power on the rate max
ing proposition will accomplish any
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commission now to eradicate the evil
IL 1t would attempt to do so. This is
the statement Of an eminent railroad
attorney just sent out in printed form
to Washington correspondents: "If