Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-24
Straps aud fatts.

tanned news that he had successfully
crossed Labrador. Wallace is the first
white man who has ever crossed Lab
rador without either guides or Indian
assistants. With Wallace was one
companion named Easton. The let
ters said he was both well and had
plenty Of provisions. Wallace went
with Leonidas Hubbard's Inflated ex-
pedition. Hubbard, whose purpose
was to cross Labrador, lost his life
from starvation and Wallace was
found by rescuing party after he
had fallen exhausted in the snow.
The census bureau last Tuesday
issued a bulletin placing the amount
the cotton had been ginned to Nov. IA
at 7,49S,1S7 bales. In 1904 the pro-
duct of the ginneries up to Nov. IA
was 9,7S6,644 and in 1908, 6,S15,lS2
bales The total crop Of 1904 was
13,451,337 bales and of 1908. 9,S19,969
bales. In 1904 about 73 per cent. Of
the cotton had been ginneg to Nov. IA
and in 1903 about 69a per cent. The
production by bales for the present
year by states is as follows: Alabama
942,91S; Arkansas 313,164; Florida
56,612; Georgia 1.4S7,OSs; Indian Ter
ritory lS3,55O: Kansas --; Ken
lucky All: Louisiana 2S3,O74; Mis-
souri, 22,14S; North Carolina 51O,l24;
Oklahoma 1883; South Carolina
914,722; Tennessee 156,3SS; Texas
1,s22.942; Virginia 1886.
- Judge Wade Hampton Cobb. judge
of probate for Richland county, was
badly hurt by an explosion OF gas
in his office in Columbia last Tuesday
morning. Judge Cobb had just ar
rived at his Office in the court house
and was attempting to open the door
of the vault in his office. In order TO
see the combination, he struck a
match. There had been a leakage OF
gas in the room for some time, but
he did not know it. AS soon as ne
struck the match, there was a terrinc
explosion. He was hurled across the
room and the office badly torn up as
a result of the explosion. Glass IN
other parts of the building was shat
tered. Judge Cobb was badly burned
about the hands and face and ne
has suffered much pain. He was re-
moved to the Columbia hospital and
has since been getting along very
nicely.
In a letter received a few days ago
by George w. Knox Of Los Angeles
Cal, the fate of Henry Miller and Gus
Climber, who went on an expedition 10
Tiburon Island, in the Gulf Of Califor-
MIA, nearly a year ago Is probably dis
closed. On the desolate shore OF the
Gulf of California near a deserted In
dian village a herder found the trap
pings of Miller and Climber, and pair
of dried human hands, which may have
been those of one of the men. A rev
feet away was found the charred re-
mains of huge feast fire and circle OF
an Indian war dance. 1t is believed
that the men were slain by hostlle
Indians who inhabit that portion or
Lower California. The discovery of
relics Of the Miller and Climber party
was made in connection with search
now conducted, by Professor +. b.
Grindell of Arizona, for his brother,
Lieutenant Grindell, who was lost on
the peninsula.
- Sister Wallace Wynn, wearing
hat that had been in handbook dur
ing the week, occupied pew in the
center Of Wesleyan Avenue church at
Marion, Ohio, last Sunday. She did
not know that a mouse had made its
nest between the lining and the crown
Of the hat Scientists have long
known the aversion of mice to music.
This particular mouse submitted to
the opening anthem and was unde-
monstrative during the offertory until
the organist pulled out the diapson
stop. AS the rumbling bass notes
filed the church the mouse squeaked
and scampered and tore at her hair.
The braids came down, the mouse
dropped to the floor and Mrs. wynn
tainted. Occupants OF the nearby
pews caught sight of the mouse. Wo-
men throughout the congregation
seemed to know intuitively what was
the matter and several became hyster-
ical. The Rev. C. E. Rowley restored
order with great difficulty and pro-
ceeded with the sermon.
- Railway rate making is under con-
sideration by the senate committee
on interstate commerce now In ses-
sion in Washington, but in an infor-
NAL way as yet and no measure mas
been presented to the committee upon
which it can base its action. Views
have been expressed by several men,
bers which indicate sharp division
as far as the situation has developed.
There is the further indication that
a majority of the committee will favor
a measure giving the interstate COM
merce commission more power,
which means in some form control
over rates. II seems to be quite we'll
understood that three Republicans
and enough Democrats favor such leg
islation to insure a rate making bill
being reported. Informal discussions
among Republican members Of the
committee show that apprehension is
felt that If a bill should be reported
by Republicans and Democrats against
the wish of a majority of the Repub-
lican members ii would create a diviS-
ion in the party that will work disas-
ter in the future. The Republicans
who favor rate making legislation as
sert that the way to avoid rupture is
TO support a conservative measure in
line with the recommendation of the
president. Some OF the opponents of
a bill giving the commission power
over rates expressed the hope after
the adjournment of the meeting today
that when the views of the president
have been set for,h an agreement can
be reached by the Republicans upon
a bill which can be reported and
passed without much friction.
- The cotton consumption in the