Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-12
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trious ancestor. The rife was the gift
of 500 young Wings, his admirers in
Philadelphia
Dispatches of the past few days
from st. Petersburg indicate that the
Russian cabinet has gotten plenty.
Premier Goremkin has rendered his
resignation and the same has been ac-
cepted by the czar. A new cabinet
will be formed as soon practicable but
as to whether the Duma Is to be al
lowed any recognition in the matter
has not yet developed.
- New York Sun: The Mercantile
Trust company of ST. Louis, when
represents the owners of the property
has leased to the United Cigar Stores
company the store and basement In the
new eighteen story building that is go
ing up at the southeast corner OF
Broadway and Wall street. The lease
Is for ten years, at an annual rent OF
$4,000. The store measures only 2S
By 2S feet, making the square foot rem
tai $51.O2 a year. According to Loren
20 E. Anderson, vice president of the
trust company, this is the highest store
rental on record.
The packing house scandals are
weighing heavily upon the cattle rails
ers of Texas and the west generally.
Since the publication of the reports
showing the filthy and unsanltary
practices of the big packinghouses, the
price of cattle has declined from 50 to
SIS per head, and the stockmen see no
hope for a change until the whole
dreadful affair has blown over. Con-
gressmen are receiving thousands OF
dispatches asking them to hurry the
work along as rapidly as possible and
to have the investigation over with
and the remedy applied without un-
necessary delay.
Charleston Post Saturday: In the
United States district court today the
suit of the United States against the
Germania Brewing company, growing
out Of the sale of some malt tonic was
continued. The brewery sold the tonic
to the post exchange as non-intoXl-
eating drink, and it is alleged that the
soldiers were made drunk and the goods
were sent back to the brewery. The
company refused to take the goods,
and the government is now suing for
1000 damages for the tonic making
the men drunk, and also for about $50
worth of the tonic which was not con-
sumed at the exchange.
Charlotte, N. c., June 10: With re-
markable courage. Miss Pearle Jones.
night long distance telephone opera
tor at Selma, this state, shot and fatal
ly wounded negro brute, who, by his
own confession, had premeditated an
assault upon her. Miss Jones heard
noises outside her office at midnight
and seizing her pistol went out to in
vestigate. AS she stepped outside the
negro, Bud Anderson, attacked her ana
she promptly fired five times, mortal
ly wounding her assailant and then re-
turned to her work. Anderson made
death-bed confession, duplicating an
other, who was arrested and jailed.
The people are highly excited, and
trouble is feared. Admiring citizens
have raised a fund with which to pur-
chase for Miss Jones gold mounted
revolver and gold medal.
Washington, June IL: Assistant
Secretary Hays of the department of
agriculture. gave out the following
statement regarding the cotton acre
age report of June 4th: THE depart
ment is convinced that the estimated
planted acreage in cotton of about 2S,-
6S6,O0O, issued June 4, is near the
truth; but the increase of 1,6S6,0OO, or
62 per cent it should be understood, is
not all of this year. The census bu-
reau's final report of the crop OF l9O5
was about 400 900 bales more than es-
timated by the bureau of statistics on
the 9Th of December last. Due weight
must be given to this source of infor-
nation and fully one-third of the es-
timated increase reported last month is
attributable to the rectification of last
years work to bring it into harmony
with the census report of the amount
of cotton ginned in the respective
states" The statement was approved
by Secretary Wilson.
Washington, July 8: Secretary
Root, who is to attend the Pan-Amer-
lean conference at Rio Janiero, will
sail from this country on the cruiser
Charleston, July Z, and will reach Rio
Janiero about July %. He expects to
stay there twelve days. He will be
accompanied by Mrs Root Miss Roo
and a secretary. The Brazilian gov
ernment has made elaborate plans to
entertain Mr.. Root The summer pal
ace of the president at Petropolis, is
being prepared for receiving Secretary
Root and those who accompany him
as guests. Upon leaving Rio Janeiro,
Mr.. Root will go south, stopping at
Buenos Ayres, Montivideo and possibly
some other city, and then on around.
the cape to the west coast He will
come northward to Panama, cross the
isthmus and then home on a govern
ment steamer. The Charleston will go
on to San Francisco from Panama.
The American mission to the Pan
American conference will meet here to-
morrow. Several of the members of
the delegation are now in the city.
The latest estimate of national
wealth by a competent authority was
recently given before the British In
come-Tax committee by Mr.. Mallet,
one of the commissioners of inland rev.
enue, says the New York World. Mr..
Mallet placed the national income at
$4,000 900, against the 500,OO0,OOO
of Prussia The capital of the United
Kingdom he estimated as $42,50000O,-
900, which was double that of France
and four times that of Italy. Accord
ing to his estimate, the number of per-
sons possessed of fortunes of over
100000 was i'm the United Kingdom
10000, in France $4,000, in Prussia H.
900 and i'm Italy 1900. An Englishman
with an income of $4,000 pays $3.50 in
come tax; a Prussian pays $212.50 on