Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-20

for about ten days, and the jury after
remaining out fifteen hours, on last
Friday reported verdict Of not guilty.
It seems that even young Edward
Cudahy was unable to identify Grove
as one of the men who kidnapped him.
and while there was no moral doubt of
Groves guilt, the jury was not dis
posed to bring a verdict of guilty
without satisfactory legal evidence.
The senate committee on inter-
state commerce was to have voted on
a rate bill last Friday but did not do
so. 1t developed that Senator Tillman
was Ill from a cold contracted during
his hurried visit to South Carolina,
and Senator Cullum was also Kept
away. The committee was really not
ready to vote because 1t Is understood
that every man on it has a different
view as to what should be done; out
the absence of Senators Tillman ana
Cullum was made a pretext for ad-
journment until next Thursday. The
main questions at issue, ostensible, at
least, is whether the Interstate COM
merce commission should consist OF
FIVE or nine members, and whether It's
decisions should be subject to review
by the courts.
AN aerial Photographic instrument
which can ascend to a height OF 1000
or 1000 feet and take perfect picture
of fortifications thirty miles distant
was the subject Of extended discussion
by the president, former Commissioner
of Patents Chamberlain, and Prof.
George r. Lawrence Of Chicago, at the
White House one day last week. In
tests the apparatus has exceeded the
expectations Of the inventor, Prof.
Lawrence and If the actual work In
the field comes up to the tests the in
strument will prove invaluable in time
of war. Prof. Lawrence states that
the apparatus will distinguish and
photograph a vessel thirty miles away.
The president was so interested in the
invention that he called for special
report of the army and navy board
and 1t is thought, If the report Is IA
vorable, the government will buy the
invention outright.
-Goldfield, Nevada, Feb. 15: One
day a mountain valley, with twenty
inhabitants, in a week a pulsating
mining camp Of 1000 people-that Is
the history Of Manhattan, eighty miles
northeast of Goldfield. A low estimate
places the exodus to the new fields
from Goldfe!d alone at 1000 persons.
Two hundred dollars day has been
bid for automobiles by those anxious
to reach the camp In hurry. Hun
dreds of teams line the two roads
to the latest camp. The other
day the crowded stage tipped over
and killed the driver and slightly
wounded other passengers. Life at
the new camp is strenuous. There Is
no law or order. Lots have jumped
in price from $25 to $500. Meats are
very high. A bath in a round tin tub
sold the other day for So. Saloons are
making hundreds of dollars a day, and
at night space is sold on the floors for
sleeping room.
The senate's programme so far as
it has been arranged for this week
provides only for the final considera-
ton Of the pure food bill, and the con-
tinuance Of the discussion Of the
statehood bill which was begun last
Thursday by Senator Dick. The vote
on the pure food bill will be taken on
Wednesday. Senator Dick will con-
tinue his speech Monday in support OF
the statehood bill. but there is no de-
cision as to who will follow him. All
interest centres in Senator Foraker's
provision giving both territories an op-
portunity to vote separately on the
question of joint statehood for New
Merico and Arizona, and it is not at
all improbable that that point may be
quite suddenly reached. The accept
ance of the amendment would not have
the effect of bringing the discussion
Of the measure to a close, because
there are other questions on which the
senate Is divided; but it would mater
tally curtail and in the end ensure the
passage of the bill. Senator Beveridge
expresses confidence that the bill will
not be amended in any respect by the
senate.
Roanoke, Va, Feb. 10: Ex-Sheriff
John B. Traynham of Roanoke city,
was foully murdered in his bedroom in
this city Sunday night, his slayer
crushing his skull and almost severing
the head with an axe, which he car
ried away after committing the deed.
The body was found today lying across
the bed in pool Of blood. Traynham
was not known to have an enemy and
the tragedy is so far a mystery, the
police having no clue. 1t is believed he
got out of bed during the night to
answer a knock at his door and that
as the assassin entered the room he
dealt Traynham a blow on the head,
crushing the skull. The body fell
across the bed and several more blows
were dealt. one cutting the throat and
another splitting the chin and going
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on the skull. Traynham's hands were
cut as If an effort had been made to
ward off the murderous licks. The in
truder washed his bloody hands and
left the colored water in the room. af-
ter which he escaped. A gold watch
and some silver money and currency
were not disturbed and nothing was
taken from the room. Traynham was
an ex-Confederate and was sixty nine
years old. DR.. Traynham of Pittsburg,
Texas, is among his children.
Says a Washington dispatch of
yesterday: In introducing a bill to-
prohibit the making of money con-
tributions in furtherance of elections,
Mr.. Tillman reviewed the fact that
he had offered two resolutions to
investigate corporate contributions
for campaign purposes and said that
one relating to banks had been re-
piled to by the secretary of the treas
ury and the other is resting with the