Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-02
Straps aud fatts.


north. Points of order made TO the
provisions tor a cable ship tor the At
lantic coast and a ship Tor mine pant
ing on the Pacihc coast eliminated
those provisions from the army bill.
The alleged powder trust came IN for
a scoring in debate and Democratic en-
deavor to have the government begin
the manufasture of its own powder,
met defeat on poihts OF order ana
finally by direct vote. The army bill as
passed carries something more than
S69,000,000.
THAT the railroad rate bill will be
passed by the senate practically as II
came from the house, says Washlng-
ton dispatch of yesterday, is an admis-
sion that the opponents Oh rne Mas
ure are almost ready to make. 1t was
admitted today that they cannot hope
for any assistance from the president
in getting an amendment for judicial
review of orders Of the interstate COM
merce commission. The president
made this clear to Senators Crane and
Spooner today. The only hope left to
the opponents of the measure is in the
Democrats. They have not definitely
determined what the party position
will be toward such an amendment
but 1t is admitted that more than half
of the minority favor passing the bill
exactly as it came from the house.
hon6nH 1nwn nv
the Texas supreme court last Wednes-
day is sustained by the United States
supreme court, the Pacific, the Uni
ted States, the American, and the
Wells-Fargo Express companies and
fifty railroad companies in the state
will have to pay $5,250,00O or more
in penalties for violation Of the Tex
as antitrust law. The Texas court
holds that the contract which the
American Express company had with
the Katy road to operate over its
lines in Texas to the exclusion of all
other express companies made both
the express company and the rail-
road liable to pay the state $50
day from March 81, 1908, up to the
time of the termination of the suit.
Forty-nine similar suits are pending
and penalties are running against
all of them. Ex-Governor Hogg Is
organizing an independent express
company to take the place of the
others, which are expected to be
driven from the state If the Texas
decision is upheld.
- Says a Savannah, Ga, special. of
February 26 to the News and Courier:
Rufus Woods, of the Collins-Tattnall
company, is at the Savannah hospital
recovering from an attack of tricho-
nosis. Mr.. Woods and his wife re-
covered from the disease that carried
off FIVE of Mrs. Woods family since
Christmas from eating diseased pork,
containing trichina. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Cowart of Collins, parents of
Mrs. Woods, and three Of their
daughters have. died. Two days be-
fore Christmas Mr.. Cowart killed
SOW that had been sickly and had not
attained a natural growth When
the hog was slaughtered the refuse
was thrown to the chickens. Shortly
afterwards different members of the
family began to be taken i'll, after eat
ing portions of the hog and chickens.
Miss Susie Cowart developed the most
serious attack She died on January
26. Following her Mrs. Cowart died
on February 4, Mr.. Cowart next died
on February II, Miss Essie Cowart
ued on February Is, Miss Vela Cow
art died on February IS. Mr.. and
Mrs. Woods were seriously i'll.
Prof. Samuel c. Langley, the we'll
known scientist, died in Aiken last
Tuesday, as the result of a stroke Oh
paralysis sustained on November 22,
and which affected his right side.
He was gradually recovering from the
attack, says a Washington dispatch
when, on the advice Of his physician,
he went south to escape the more
vigorous months of February and
March in this city. His mental IA
cilities were unimpaired and he re-
ceived his friends here and occasion
ally attended to business matters prior
to his departure. The immediate
cause of his death was not stated in
the brief telegram sent from Aiken to
the Smithsonian officials. He was ac-
companied to Aiken by niece and
an attendant. Prof. Langley was sew
enty-two years old. All his life had
been devoted to scientific work.
Though by profession a civil engineer
and architect, astronomy occupied
most of his time. Several years ago
Prof. Langley conducted a series OF
experiments with a flying machine at
Whitewater Va, on the Potomac
river, the results of which were
watched with widespread interest.
The experiment, however, ended dis
astrously.
Philadelphia Public Ledger: 1t
should be remembered that the laws
themselves are a violation of solemn
treaties with the Chinese government.
Treaties are the supreme laws of the
land, and the enactment of the Chi
nese exclusion laws now in force and
the enforcement Of the laws are as
reprehensible as the Boxer" out
RACES in China. 1t would be incred-
ible were it not a matter of record
that our government officials have
repeatedly cast illustrious Chinese
scholars, distinguished merchants,
educated and cultivated travellers into
common prison pens at ports of entry
and subjected them to the vilest in
dignities. 1t would be difficult to find
a parallel in the middle ages, in the
so-called civilized nations of the time,
to the admitted brutality with which
America in the twentieth century has
treated the Chinese people. What is
to be expected of the Chinese If they
are, in fact, awakening-if they are
beginning to feel the conscious pride
of nationality and of self-respecting
human beings? John w. Foster,