Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-17
Scraps and fatts.

Healn WAS TIC Va eAAN
wear. He went 800 miles In hours
and &c minutes and As seconds. There
were only five or six starters In last
Saturdays race and there were sew
eral accidents; but none Of them were
serious.
The Georgia "chaingang' case
was decided in favor OF Geor-
sia in the United States supreme
court yesterday morning Henry
Jamison, a negro. had been sent
to the "chaingang'' by the record
ers court of Macon. He was released
by Judge Speer on the ground that the
penalty was too severe for the onense'
The supreme court, by remanding the
case, held that the United States court
had no right to interfere with tne
state court. Speers decision II sus-
tanned, would have practically destroy
ed the municipal courts Of the south'
which principally deal with petty white
and colored offenders without the ex-
pensive machinery Of jury trial. Speer
held nobody could be put In stripes or
made to work on a chaingang without
conviction before a jury.
Five persons were drowned ana
thirty were injured by a gigantic wave
that swept across the decks OF the
big Cunard liner Campania last wed
nesday. The vessel was on her way
across from Liverpool to New York.
Waves were running remarkably high'
some of them washing the tops OF the
steamers smoke stacks. Suddenly
bie wave broke aboard, swept five peo-
nile into the sea and more or less SER
iously injured thirty others. 1t was
remarkable occurrence, the ike oi
which has never been known before on
such a large vessel. An hour oetore
this accident, an officer was dasneo
from the ships bridge by a wave ana
rendered unconscious. 1t was tne
steerage deck from which the unfortu-
nate people were washed. Those on
the upper deck were up to their waists
IN water Several children were saw
ed from being washed overheard only
through the heroic effects of some "o-
men near by. The Cunard line people
have a record Of sixty years ana tnls
is said to have been the first time one
of their ships has ever lost passen-
ger.
The German people are very mucn
excited over an alleged offensive ALL
ance between Great Britain ana
France. It is claimed that II the re-
cent Moroccan dispute had resulted IN
war. Great Britain would have given
her support to France. Both France
and Great Britain deny that there was
ANYTHING on foot but the Germans DO
not appear to be satisfied. A Berlin
dispatch Of October IA describes the
situation Germany as follows: Inc
disclosures In France Of alleged Brlt-
ish offers Of alliance against Germany
are so strenuously believed here that
the powerful Naval League, with lts
600, 900 members, and all the apparatus
of agitation, is already moving Tor
new naval programme that shall 1ur-
ther increase Germany's defensive re-
sources against Great Britain. Popu-
lar dIstrust Of Great Britain has natur-
ally swollen to great proportions ana
the semi Official denials In London
cannot overcome the convictions now
formed that Germany had narrow
escape from a war, in which, although
she would have been victorious on
land. would have resulted In her belng
crushed at sea and damaged along the
coast, with the consequent destruction
of her over sea commerce. The events
OF the last four months have silenceo
the opponents Of naval increase eX-
cept the Socialists and Radicals. Whne
time and money beyond Germany's re-
sources would be necessary to equal
Great Britain's present navy, not 10
speak of her future buildings, yet the
feeling Is that Germany must for de-
fensiye reasons build as many more
ships as the country's finances Will
bear.
New York, October Is: The profits
of the alleged conspirators In the oper-
ations based on the recent leak In the
government cotton crop reports are
placed at approximately 100000, ac-
cording to an indictment presented In
court today on the arraignment before
United States Commissioner Ridge
way, Of Frederick A. Peckham and
Moses Haas. According to charges
made in this indictment Edwin ).
Holmes, Jr., associate statistician OF
the department Of agriculture. receiv-
ed S65,O17. The indictment, which was
found by a grand jury in Washington
on October 3. Is against Edwin ,.
Holmes, Jr.. as we'll as against Haas
and Peckham, and charges all four COL
lectively with having conspired to de-
fraud by procuring advance informa-
ton from Holmes concerning the gov
ernment's crop report. 1t sets forth
in full many copies OF kilograms and
also OF checks which passed between
the accused. tending to show that
conspiracy existed. One of the checks
dated December IL 1904, drawn on the
Second National Bank of Hoboken and
signed by Lewis c. Van Ripper. calls
for the payment of $24.250 to M. Haas,
of which sum 1t is alleged Haas paid
Holmes s14.25O in cash. Many other
minor checks for sums ranging from
500 to $500 are set forth in the indict-
ment, in addition to another check
signed by Van Ripper and payable to
Haas on the same bank for $3S,292.
dated December 81, 1904. OF this sum
It Is claimed Holmes got $10,767. Coun-
sci for the defense today moved for the
discharge of the prisoners on the
ground that the charges as alleged did
not constitute an offence against the
government. The hearing On the mo-
ton was adjourned until October 2l.
Bail was fixed at $4,000, which was
furnished.
- Secretary Hester's weekly New Or
leans Cotton Exchange statement is
sued last Friday shows for the 13 days
Of October a decrease under last year
Of 10000. and an increase over the
same period year before last of 109, 900.