Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-06
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ing and brought out OF lhe PIT
The finding of another miner alive
after twenty-five days entombment
caused intense excitement. The man
was found in pit four of the mine.
He was i'm a dangerous condition.
According to his first statements this
man, August E. Berton, suffered less
than the preceding rescued men. He
is thirty-two years old and was born
in the same place as Nemy, the
leader of the thirteen men rescued
March 80. AS the news spread
through the region it caused extreme
evaporation against the engineers
who have been directing the salvage
work. M. Leon, the state engineer,
when he arrived at the pit, was sur
rounded by a crowd of people, who
cursed and swore at him, one woman
going so far as to strike the engin-
eer.
One of the most curious cases OF
red tape has developed from
case in bankruptcy at Dusseldorf In
which the German Postal Admins
tration figured as a creditor for the
amount of about twenty-five cents, a
claim for unpaid telephone charges,
The dividend declared was about sew
en- cents on every five dollars, ana
thus the postoffice became entitled
to 1913 of a pfennig in German
money. Concerning this claim six
yoluminous letters have been written
by the postal authorities to the OFF,
cial receiver in the bankruptcy, neces-
stating as many replies, and the end
Is not vet. The receiver is at loss
how to transmit the exact sum OF
1913 pfennig, and the postal admins
tration declines to write off as bad
debt anything but the precise amount
including the fraction. There is ev-
cry prospect of a voluminous dossier
accommodating in this portentious mat
ter.
turers of England was presented TO
the president last Monday by Repre-
sentative Lowering of Massachusetts.
The delegation of English visitors Is
on its way south to urge the cotton
growers to bale their cotton in better
shape than it is now baled. The
members represent the cotton spin
ners Of Great Britain. ''The men,
bers Of the delegation" said Mr.. Low
ering, "are going to ask that the cot
~, cfr halaS The
present system of baling cotton has
been used for more than half GEN.
tury. 1t is of no protection to the
cotton, as the bagging may be cut or
torn easily. Every bale of cotton is
robbed Of from fifteen to twenty five
pounds before ii reaches its destina-
ton, particularly If 1t goes to Eng
land. The dishonest OottOn broker
who does not make his office rent out
of the picking from the bales he
handles is not considered up-to-date
1t is hoped by the English visitors to
have some reforms in the baling or
cotton instituted
Ottawa, Ontario, April 4: During
the first week of July next, the man
oeuvres of the United States army Will
be held in Clinton and Essex county,
New York state, and besides lO,OOO
regulars, there will be half as many OF
New York state militia. The Ottawa
Free Press government organ) said
that in connection with the man.
oeuvres it was proposed to have the
military corps from Ottawa, Montreal,
and probably Quebec and st. Johns,
present on Independence Day, July
Fourth. His excellency, the governor
general, will be invited and together
with President Roosevelt, will review
the troops of two nations. If every
thing carries out it will be one of the
greatest military events of the decade
for both Canada and the United States
and the first occasion on which Cana
dian soldiers have fraternized with
United States regulars. The invita-
ton to the local corps will probably be
received some time during next month.
Besides Earl Grey and President
Roosevelt, Governor Higgins of New
York, and all the leading military at
taches at Washington, both foreign
and home, will be in attendance, while
the army manoeuvres will last
throughout the months of June, July
and August, a big roundup and re-
view is slated for July 4, near Platts-
burg. N. Y.
Mobile, Ala, April 3: The situa-
ton in the Alabama and Tombigbee
river lowlandS, due to the overflow
of those two rivers, grows worse ev-
cry day until steamboats, have been
compelled to discontinue service, Ow-
ing to the landings for $50 miles above
Mobile being under water, and no
food or fuel to be had in the inun-
dated district. One steamer is now
fuel and is unable to get here with
cold boilers. Other steamers due
here are delayed and are believed to
be experiencing the same trouble.
The flood has already reached dis
astrous prOprietors, equling that
of 1888, and threatens to equal that
of 1871. when both rivers reached
stages never known to have been
reached before or since. Cattle are
starving farmers are fast exhausting
their supplies and because of the Sc
we're change i'm the weather. pneu-
monia has appeared among cattle
and other live stock with disastrous
effect. With full cargoes river steam
ers are being held here ready to be
rushed out as soon as the water be-
gins to recede. Dixie, Ala, over a
hundred miles above Mobile, is now
under water several feet deep and
still rising. Since Saturday the over
flow has extended about fifty miles.
which makes the inundated area $50
miles. The situation is gloomy, stock
is dying of starvation and crops will
be delayed for weeks. There is no
way of estimating the extent of the
damage. Only one or two losses of
human life have been reported 50
far
The Mrs. Minor Morris incident at
the White House is TO the front again,
and will now be investigated by Il COM
mittee of the senate. The manner In
which Mrs. Morris, a rather too per-
sistent applicant for executive favor,
was dragged from the White House,
was made q. matterSof national motor
iety at the time. This notOriety be-
came more pronounced on account of
Senator Tillman's vigorous arraign-
ment of the president it, connection
with the incident. Senator Tillman
asked for an investigation of the mat
ter at the time: but only Il few Sela-
tors voted for this resolution. Recently
the president has appoi lted Mr.. Ben
jamin F. Barnes. the secretary directly
responsible for the alleged outrage to
be postmaster Of the city of Washing