Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-30
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the powers, naturally changing the
balance Of the power which was great
ly effected by the Russia Japanese war.
In the future England, France and
Italy will be bound together In a de-
fensive alliance and the making over
of Europe in a political sense neces-
STATED. This change is wrought through
a military convention arranged between
three countries, the announcement OF
which was made today, although Sc
cret negotiations for its accomplish
ment have been in progress ror
months.
During the past few weeks there
have been scores Of robberies through
out Russia, in which trains were held
up and looted, banks robbed ana
wealthy private individuals relieved OF
cash and valuables. The most daring
robbery that has yet taken place oc-
cured last Saturday in st. Petersburg.
About noon a band Of fifteen revolu-
tionists armed with bombs and revol-
yers attacked custom house cashiers
wagon in which was being transported
a large amount of money variously es-
timated at $4,000 to 100000. The
wagon was wrecked, and the cashier
fled, but the treasure was defended by
two gendarmes, who were the cashiers
escort. The revolutionists were forced
to retreat by the growing crowds and
the police, who hastened to the rescue.
Two of their number were killed and
five captured by the police. 1t was
officially announced that the cashier
had $330,500 In his possession and that
the revolutionists got away with a
package containing $1sS,000.
Secretary Hester's weekly cotton
statement issued last Friday shows for
the twenty-six days Of October an In
crease over last year Of 100000 bales
and a decrease under the same period
year before last Of $4,000. For the
ffty-six days Of the season that have
elapsed the aggregate is behind the
fifty-six days of last year $1,000 and
behind the same days year before last
$4,000. The amount brought into
sight during the past week has been
6O2,01S bales, against 442,537 for the
same days last year and 557,S6O year
before last. The movement since Sep
tember /, shows receipts at all United
states ports Of 2,174,570 bales, against
2,175,07S last year; overland across the
Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers
to northern mills and Canada, 72,70O,
against 72,S71 last year, interior stocks
in excess of those held at the close OF
commercial year 2O7,51S, against SOs'-
624 last year; southern mills takings
425,00O, against 419,2l6 last year The
total movement since September l, has
been 2,s7s,7Ss bales, against 2,s76,7Ss
last year. Foreign exports for the week
have been 272,1S3 bales, against 1ss'OOl
last year, making the total thus far
for the season 1,314,425, against l.
271,274 last year.
- Finlay, Ohio, October 20: In pro-
bate court here today, Judge Banker
overruled the motion fled by the at
torneys Of the Standard Oil company
for a new trial and imposed fine OF
$4,000 and costs Of the prosecution In
the recent suit against the Standard
OIL company for new trial and I'M
posed a fine Of $4,000 and costs Of the
prosecution In the recent suit against
the Standard held here. On motion OF
the defense, the court ordered that the
defendant company be allowed forty
days in which to prepare and file its
bin Of exception in the case, and on
another motion Of the Standard attor-
neys the sentence imposed was order
ed suspended for a period OF sixty
days for the purpose Of filing pet-
ton on error in this case, 1t was also
ordered that the criminal informations
pending against John D. Rockefeller
the Buckeye Pipe Line company, and
the Manhattan Oil company, be con-
tinued until the next term OF court
The fine imposed by Judge Banker was
the limit for one offense, though the
law stipulates that each day that the
illegal combination business Is carried
on constitutes a separate offense. TaK-
ing this view Of the statutes, 1t was
possible for the court to impose an ag-
gregate Of fines amounting to over $6.-
100000.
London Press: An unprecedented
number Of Americans are stranded In
Paris this year, and the American re-
lief society here, as we'll as all Amer
leans within reach, are being over
whelmed with rec uests for assistance.
There are many instances where the
penniless Americans are begging In
the streets Of the city. Some OF the
appeals made to the American Relief
society are pathetic, others almost
humorous, and all of them difficult to
cope with. One Of the recent appeals
for assistance was from a man who
came from Texas to Paris early In the
summer to make money by teaching
the Parisians how to walk on stills.
In England, where he promenaded the
streets of several towns in large
sombrero and trousers eleven rect
long, he created a sensation and earn
ed a comfortable living. But in Paris
the police cut his odyssey short IN the
actual as we'll as the metaphorical
sense of the word They took his stills
away from him and refused to allow
him to use them again. The RELIEF
society has sent him. his wife and his
child to London. AS none Of these
American beggars speak word OF any
language except their own, and as
fares to the United States are heavy,
the American Relief society is dump
ing as many Of the beggars as 1t can
into London.
AS the result Of a cabinet consul
tation, Secretary Metcalf has gone to
San Francisco to look into the trouble
between the Japanese and Califor-
mans. AS has already been stated, the
Californians are insisting on the exclu-
sion of the Japanese from their schools.
The Californians have no love for the
Chinese or Japanese either. They
put both Of these Asiatic people on the
same plane. The Japanese submitted
quietly enough until recently when