Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-21
Scraps aud faets.

to quell the gathering storm. A large
portion of the southern part of France
Is devoted to the growing of grapes for
wine making. and hundreds of thou
sands of peasants are dependent upon
the industry for a livelihood. For
number of years past there has been
rapid growth in the industry of wine
making with chemicals and ingredients
entirely foreign to grape growing.
The production of this wine has
grown to such proportions as to great
ly reduce the demand for grape wines
and this has brought about a cores
ponding reduction in the profits from
the pure article. The present dissat-
isfaction is an outgrowth Of demand
the government put prohibitive re-
on the part Of the wine growers that
strictions on the chemically made
wines. The army officials are conf
IDENTIFY expecting determined resist
ance from the wine growers as they
are arming and preparing for stubborn
resistance.
New York city on Wednesday be-
gan work on one of the greatest en-
gineering undertakings in the history
Of the world-the building Of the big
aqueduct that is to supply the city
with water from the Catskill noun
tain region. The aqueduct and nee
essary reservoirs will cost $161,OOO,-
600, or $4,000, 900 more than the es-
timated cost of the Panama canal. 1t
will be more than 100 miles long, and
when completed will have a capacity
to deliver more than 5O0,OOO,OOO gal
Ions of water to the city every tWen-
ty-four hours. The aQueduct VIII
drain a territory of several hundred
square miles, and in order to secure
the necessary land for the reservoirs
many towns and villages Will nave 10
be entirely removed At one point II
will be necessary to sink the level OF the
yiaduct to a depth of 500 feet below
the earth's surface, and throughout
its whole length the great water pipe
will be rooted over with stone ana
concrete arches and earth. one OF
the reservoirs is to be twelve miles In
length and one and a half miles IN
width, with a capacity OF l7O'0oO'oVo
gallons, which is double the present
water supply Of the city. II Is esIl-
mated that fifteen to twenty years VIII
be required to complete the work.
The trial of Edwin S. Holmes Jr'
statistician Of the department OF agr-
culture, has been in progress at Wash
ington during the past ten days or
more. Holmes is being trieo Oh
charges of conspiracy to defraud the
government by giving out advance IN
formation of the agricultural depart
ment's cotton crop statistics to Ne"
York brokers. 1t was testified Tues
day by Louis c. Van Ripper OF Ne"
York, that John Hyde, another depart
ment statistician, was sent to Europe
through manipulations Of Holiness IN
order to give the latter better oppor-
tunity to work his scheme to secure
the advance figures on the cotton crop
for the benefit of himself and his New
York partners. Van Ripper also tesu-
fed that Holmes claimed to have DEM
onstrated to President Roosevelt that
the system Of getting out the crop re-
ports was so perfect that 1t was
matter of utter -impossibility for
leak to occur, and that the president
had congratulated Holmes on the per-
fection of his scheme. Van Ripper also
testified that Holmes was selling his
advance information to Theodore II.
Price, the New York cotton speculator,
the deals being made through Moses
Hass, who was working for Price, ana
that Price had made an offer Of a stated
amount provided Holmes would ma
nipulate the figure to Prices advan-
tage. The trial of Holmes will not be
concluded for some days yet and II Is
probable that his partners in the con-
spiracy in New York, will also be put
on trial on the same charges.
Boise, Idaho, June 20: The state
today in the Haywood trial establish
ed additional connection between Geo.
Pettibone's store in Denver, and Or
chard when he was working on the
Bradley crime in San Francisco, when
the original records of the Postal Tel
egraph company were produced show
ing money had been sent twice from
Pettibone's store, they also showed
Haywood in 1899 at Silver City, Idaho
where Haywood declared Steunenberg
a tyrant and a monster who should
be exterminated. Judge Wood admit
ted many articles from the miners
magazine denouncing Steunenberg and
Senator Porah, occupied most of the
balance of the day as chief reader.
The state expects to close its case al
noon tomorrow. The defense then eX-
poets to move the court for instruc-
ton directing a verdict of acquittal. II
the ruling is adverse, Clarence will
make the opening statement in behalf
of Haywood Saturday. With the open
ing of court the state continued the
introduction of evidence, supporting
the story told by Harry Orchard. There
remains some few points to be corrob-
Grated, but up To the present the chain
has been woven with skill and nearly
every major and minor statement made
by Orchard has been corroborated.
Judge Wood admitted the articles in
the miners magazine as showing the
animus of the Western Federation OF
Miners during the period of the com
mission of the series Of crimes con-
fessed by Orchard, but excluded all
appearing afterward.
The alleged confession of Franc h.
Jones. the. self-convicted embeZZler OF
the Charlotte National bank, is not
accepted by all the Charlotte people as
being absolutely true. Jones story
was to the effect that his first steal
ing was in order to provide for the
family Of his father, which was placed
in dire straits by his fathers ill
ness. 1t was necessary for his father
to have a great deal of medical at