Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-18
Straps and faets.


houses. Fire broke out Immediately
afterward and destroyed large part
of the city. AS yet there has been
no definite statement as to the killed;
but II Is quite certain that more than
one thousand people loss their lives.
The army regulations bearing on
the subject have been amended 50 as
To provide that whenever the Star
Spangled Banner Is played by the band
on a formal occasion at military sta
tion or at any place where persons be-
longing to the military service are
present in their official capacity, all
officers and enlisted men present shall
stand at attention" and even II mol
in the ranks, they shall render the
prescribed salute, the position or the
salute being retained until the last
note Of the. national air. 1t Is also
provided that the same respect shall
be observed toward the national air
of any other country when 1t Is play
ed as a compliment to official repre-
sentatives of such country. When
ever the star Spangled Banner" is
played as contemplated by the army
regulations, the air will be played
through once without the repetition OF
any part except such repetition as is
called for by the musical score.
William ]. oliver and Anson J.
Bangs are the contractors who Will
probably have charge Of the building
of the Panama canal. Their bid was
6s per cent profit on the total cost.
The question of accepting the bid Is
now under consideration. When the
conclusion Is reached and the contract
formally executed, Mr.. oliver and Mr..
Bangs will set in motion the great
machine with which they will build
the canal Mr.. oliver will go to the
isthmus at once TO superintend this
work, the largest and most important
ever given a contractor. The contrac-
tors will take over the whole plant
owned by the government in Panama
and will at once begin shipping addi-
tional materials to the isthmus. They
must, in accordance with the terms or
the contract, begin actual work within
sixty days from the execution OF the
contract. Five thousand southern ne
groes will be taken to Panama by Mr..
oliver. The conditions in Panama are
somewhat similar to those In some
southern states, where Mr.. oliver has
done much work, and he Is doubtless
f1n
handling negro labor than any other
contractor in the United States. AS
practically the whole working force in
Panama is black-that Is, the force
actually behind the picks and shovels
MIR. Oliver perhaps will be well
equipped. Mr.. Oliver will take with
him a great force Of white steam SHOW
ell men, superintendents, foremen, sub
bosses and the like. These will come
from the employees of the oliver in
terests in the United States. They,
like Mr.. oliver, will come from the
south, where they have been working
with negro labor, and 1t is declared
that they will not find trouble In
pushing the black man forward at a
rapid pace in making the dirt fly. Mr..
oliver has reached no decision about
the use of Chinese laborers.
Washington special Of January
Is, to the News and Courier: An effort
has been made to discredit John Sharp
Williams, the Democratic leader OF
the house, by the publication Of re-
port that a majority of the Democra-
tic members had pledged themselves
to vote for Champ Clarke of Missouri,
for the leadership in the next house.
Mr.. Clarke, who Is one Of the ablest
Democrats In congress, and one OF the
men relied upon by Mr.. Williams to
cope with the Republican leaders In
debate, disavowed such an intention,
and investigation showed that a ma
jority Of the Democrats had not agreed
to oppose the present leader. 1t Is
true, however, that an attempt was
made to organize a revolt against Mr..
williams. 1t was started by William
Randolph Hearst and his lieutenants,
based on the fact that Mr.. Williams
refused to lead the Democratic MEM
bership Of the house bag and baggage
into the camp of Mr.. Hearst. Mr..
Hearst has not been in his seat in the
house once during the present session,
but some Of his henchmen have been
here. Though they have made no real
headway in the house they announced
that they had succeeded in the hope
of injuring Mr.. Williams in Mississip-
pi. The facts are that these men are
not in sympathy with Mr.. Williams in
his proposition to fight for tariff re-
vision and TO oppose the imperialistic
Capitalization of the Republicans. Mr..
Hearst is in hearty accord with this
policy and bills that he has introduced
in congress show that he would ex-
tend the powers Of the Federal execu-
tive even further than has yet been
attempted by the Republicans. This
policy, as a matter of fact, is neither
Democratic nor Republican. 1t is
Populistic, and the men who are sup
porting Hearst are those who in for
mer years were behind politicians like
Weaver and Mary Ellen Lease.
The proceedings of the United
States senate were highly sensational
last Tuesday as the result of sting
ing criticism that Senator SpOoner OF
Wisconsin made of Senator Tillman
Senator Spooner set out to make a
constitutional argument on the
Brownsville incident; but because OF
frequent interruptions from Senator
Tillman his entire attention finally
became directed to the Senator from
South Carolina. Disclaiming any in
tention to abuse Mr.. Tillman, the Wis
cOnsin senator said 1t was his purpose
only to make plea for good govern
ment. He said he had not intended to
be led into such discussion, but had
been goaded to it by Mr.. Tillman him.
self And l want to say here" he
continued, that any man who en-
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