Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-12-04
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He says he courts the fullest investi-
cation Of the whole affair.
Manila, December l: The force of
constabulary under Major Murphy sur
prised the camp of Pablo, chief Of the
Pulajanes, on the Island of Samar yes
ed and ten wounded. Pablo escaped,
but his wife and daughter were captur-
ed. All the clothing, arms and papers
found were destroyed, together with
the camp. The capture Of Chief Pablo
Is considered question Of only q cou-
pie of days. Governor Curdy OF Samar
wires that the breaking up Of Chief
Pablo's band signalizes the death knell
Of the Pulajaneism Of the island.
The trouble about the discharged
negro soldiers seems to be spreading.
Major Penrose, commander Of the
battalion, Is now involved by reason
Of having talked too much. He Is al
legged to have declared, so the New
York Times reports, that his men were
the best disciplined soldiers in the
army, and in other ways reflected on
the wisdom of their discharge. The
war department is preparing call on
him for an explanation of the inter-
view. If the report of the interview
is substantiated Major Penrose will
have to face the court martial that
he escaped on account OF the riot.
Meantime, the president appears to
have silenced the clamorers by his de-
mand for evidence, in place Of pro-
tests.
-Greenville News: The work of
double tracking the Southern railway
between Greensboro and High Point
has been finished and the first trains
were run over the new track last week.
Trains have been using the sections
Of double track between Greensboro
and Pomona and jamestown and High
Point for several months. There are
now three double tracking crews at
work between High Point and Sal
isbury and the double track on this
section will be completed as soon as
possible. Work was commenced yes
terday on that section of road lying
between Greensboro and Pelham. The
road has been double-tracked from
Danville to Pelham, distance OF seven
miles. The road is to be Strengthened
in q number of places and steep grades
are to be remedied by cuts and fills.
Rockefeller had a close call the 9TH
er day. A crazy woman with a big
revolver got into his office In some
way, but the old man was out. Her
purpose was to save his soul by blood
atonement. When Rockefeller's private
secretary found the pistol at his head,
he pacified the caller by making out
and signing a check for one billion
dollars. With this perfectly genuine
check she made her way to a bank and
presented 1t. The clerk was at first
amazed, but when he saw her eyes
and pistol, he took in the situation
and persuaded her to call the next day.
Then the telephone was operated for
detectives and she was caught and sent
to an asylum. 1t Is the first time in
history that man has written a gen.
uine check for a billion dollars to save
his life.
Washington special to Columbia
State: North Carolina is the biggest
tobacco manufacturing state in the
Union, but 1t will startle some people
to know that there are more cigars
made in South Carolina than in North
Carolina. Last year South Carolina
made in her twelve cigar factories 49,
4os,21o cigars, while North Carolina in
her thirty-two factories made 13,207,-
527. Georgia in sixty-nine factories
made 9,93S,746 cigars. Just little
lower down now, Florida, they make
cigars to beat the band. Florida made
last year 301,S79,16S cigars, being the
fourth state in the union in the man
ufacture Of cigars. Pennsylvania Is
first, making a little over 1,S00,000,000.
Next comes New York with a little
over 1,400, 100000. Texas makes about
the same number as South Carolina
and Kentucky made last year 62,397. PAS.
In cigarettes. New York is first, Nir-
ginia second, Louisiana third, and
North Carolina fourth. South Carroll
ma isn't in 1t at all on the cigarette
business, except to help smoke them.
Not one is manufactured in the state,
except by the fellows who smoke them
themselves. North Carolina made last
year little over 123,000,000 cigarettes,
while New York made over 1000, ,000,-
900.
Washington special Of December 2,
to News and Courier: Secretary Will
sons annual report announces that the
department Of agriculture has succeed
ed in developing new variety OF ear
ly cotton, particularly suited for grow
ing in the region infested by the Mexi-
can boil weevil. The work Of the de-
partment in Texas shows that the in
sects do not multiply fast enough early
in the season to damage seriously that
part of the crop that natures early,
and by cleaning up the ground and
burning the stalks after the crop has
been gathered the number Of insects
that live through the winter can be
greatly reduced. The new variety will
mature a large proportion Of its yield
before the weevil becomes most de-
structive, and the entire crop will be
out Of the way in time to permit Of
the cleaning Of the ground early in the
fail. In addition to being earlier than
any other variety ever cultivated, this
variety is described by Secretary Will
son as being productive with fairly
large bolls. The outlook for the control
Of the weevil is regarded by the de-
partment as being much improved by
the discovery that in the Brownsville
region, where II first appeared in 1888,
it is being attacked by native parasites
and its numbers much reduced.
Madrid. December 1: Juan Aldige,
the proprietor of a gambling den at
Munez, his assistant, have just been
executed on charge Of murder. AL
dige enticed innumerable travellers into
his house, which stood in an isolated
part Of the town and then fleeced them
by cheating at cards. The victims
who protested or who even showed that
they had discovered his trickery were
killed by Aldige with a hammer, and
their bodies were then buried in his
garden. The condemned men shocked
even the gaolers by their callousness,
anu WHEN OIl Tile SCdllOlu lduSHeu dIlu
joked with each other. Munez talked
continuously, and when the priest beg
ged him to keep silence during the
reading of certain prayers. the crimi-
nal replied: Il am going to talk as
long as have the chance, for l shall
be dead for long time" Both men
were garrotted in the usual manner.
When the collar was placed around AL
dige's neck he shouted, "One, two,
three--fio!" and at the last word the
executioner turned the screw. The
murders for which the men were exc
cuted were discovered by accident. A
wealthy man named Rojano, who was
a great gambler disappeared. and the
police traced him to Aldige's house. A
careful examination was made of the
premises and just as the authorities
were about to leave, a freshly turned
up mound Of earth was noticed in the
garden. When excavations were made
the body Of Rojano was discovered be-
meath the surface. Further eXamina-
tions were made and six others were
found. The victims had been killed by
a single blow Of the heavy hammer de-
livered from behind. thus crushing the
skull. The garden in which the bodies
were found was called THE Garden OF
Death"
- The funeral OF Samuel Spencer
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