Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-19
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erS, Will be allowed TO vote Tor MEM
bers of the Philippine assembly, pro-
vincial governors and other officials.
This privilege should at least be en-
couraging to the natives.
st. Petersburg was the centre Of
considerable excitement last Friday
morning because Of rumor that
gained circulation to the effect that
a plot to interfere with the workings
of the Russian parliament had result
ed in a wreck Of the building in which
the lower branch of parliament held
its meetings. The rumor was due to
the fact that during the early morn
ing a large section Of the ceiling Of
the room had fallen, wrecking desks,
chairs, chandeliers, etc. The parlia-
ment building was erected many years
ago and recently has received consid-
erable attention in the way Of new
decorations of the ceilings and walls,
among other things being very
heavy bronze electrolier. When these
changes were made no attention was
given to the condition of the support
ing timbers and the collapse was due
to too much weight. The hall was
vacant at the time Of the accident.
Puerto CorteZ, Honduras, by way
Of New Orleans, March Is: In spite
of the claims made by the command
ing officers of each side that the "ene-
my has been vanquished in important
battles" the fighting between Hondu-
ras and Nicaragua has, Up to the
present been confined to small en-
gagements between scouting parties
on one or the other side. Each side
has been making claims Of victories
not warranted by the facts and each
has called reports sent out by the 9TH
er false and misleading. The actual
conditions Of the armed hostility be-
tween Honduras and Nicaragua is
that President Bonilla is waiting for
further reinforcements from Teggu-
icagal and for arms from the United
States Honduras has armed already
between sixteen and eighteen thou
sand men and fifteen thousand more
are being equipped at the capital. The
first actual difficulty took place at Las
Manos where the Nicaraguans who
were encamped on their side of the
village went over to the Hondurans'
side and stole a mule and retired with
their captive without firing a shot.
This incident was followed by the dip
lomatic correspondence in which the
Nicaraguans were stigmatized as cat
tie lifters. This was resented with
counter charge. President Bonilla
offered to submit the Las Manos Incl |
dent and all other pending questions
to arbitration but the Nicaraguans
refused and shortly after both coun-
tries began seriously to prepare for
war.
New Orleans, March 15: An ap- |
peal to all southerners to stand by the
railroads for the sake Of the develop |
ment was made tonight by w. W.
Finley, president of the Southern rail-
way, at a business banquet rendered
him here. He said in part: IF rail- |
ways of the south are to be brought
up to the standard required by the
expanding business of southern COM
munities, the people of the south
must be actuated by the same spirit
of cooperation they showed in the
early days of railway building, when
communities Wed with each other in
offering inducements for construc-
ton. The day for governmental and
municipal financial aid for railway
lions of dollars that will be required
for additional track capacity and ter
minal facilities must be obtained from
private investors. The great part Of
the money must be borrowed. Iden-
titled during most Of my business ca
reer with the railways of the south, l
know the resources of its railways will
be taxed to the utmost to provide the
additional facilities which will be re-
quired. The provision Of these facil-
tiles at the earliest possible date is Of
incalculably more Importance to the
south than any possible rate reduc-
ton, or any proposition to penaliZe
roads for failure to perform services
which are beyond their present ca
pacity. I believe that 1t is to the in
terest of the railways and the people
that a spirit of harmony and just deal
ing be fostered."
Attorney General Jackson of New
York state is going to make an ef-
fort to put a stop to very pernicious
form of graft that has prevailed in
that state for many years past. This
graft is the practice of the assembly
men and senators representing pri-
vate parties and corporations in all
legislative matters affecting their in
terests either directly or indirectly.
regardless of the rights Of the state in
the matter under consideration. To
make his proposed law strong enough
to stand the attacks of the time-tried
and money-tested grafters the attor-
ney general has included in the draft
of his bill the following section,
similar to one in the Federal statutes
covering such cases, under which Uni
ted States Senator Burton was con-
victed a few months ago, the attor-
ney general holding that if this sec
ton was big enough to effect cOnvic-
ton in the Federal courts it ought to
be good enough for New York state:
Amy senator or member of assembly
after his election or during his con-
tinuance in office, and any state Off
Ger named in the constitution, and
any clerk in the employ or service of
this state who shall receive or agree
to receive any compensation whatev-
er, directly or indirectly, for any SER
vice rendered or to be rendered to
any person, either by himself or an
other in relation to any proceeding,
contract, claim, controversy, charge,
accusation, or other matter or thing
in which the state of New York is a
party, or directly or indirectly inter-
eSted or anY department, commission