Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-19

Liverpool, November 16: The de-
parture today OF the Cunard steamship
Mauretania on her first Trans Atlantic
voyage inspired the mighty crowd that
had assembled to a degree of enthu-
siasm equal to that shown when her
sister ship, the Lusitania, sailed away
from Liverpool on her first voyage a
few months ago. The weather was
cold, and rain was falling, but thou
sands of persons turned out in the
darkness to shout farewell to the lat
est of all the ocean greyhounds. The
giant Cunarder was a remarkable spec
tacle with her many tiers of electric
lights glittering when she was towed
into the stream at 7.30. Considering
the season the Mauretania carried an
unusual number of passengers, of
whom there were 800 in the first cabin,
while the second cabin and the steer
age were booked nearly to the limit
making a total Of 1000 passengers
aboard. The consignment of gold car
ried by the Mauretania is believed to
be the largest ever transported on one
vessel. 1t was conveyed to the steam
er on six cars, which were specially
guarded, and amounts to 2,5O0,OOO
pounds sterling.
- Bridgeport, Conn, November 10:
Crazed temporarily as the result OF
financial losses during the last month
or two, Lucian F. Underwood, profess
sor Of botany at Columbia University,
New York, this afternoon attempted
to kill his entire family, and after cut
ting his wife's throat ended his own
life, stabbing himself under the right
ear. Prof. Underwood returned from
New York on Thursday and complain
ed Of not feeling we'll, and, it is said,
acted strangely. This afternoon, while
his wife and daughter were in the din
ing room, he took knife from the ia
BILE and rushed at his wife. He drew
the weapon across her throat and then
ran to where his daughter sat- making
an attack upon her. Mrs. Underwood
struck the professors arm as he was
about to stab his daughter. Going to
another room the doctor cut his throat,
and when physicians arrived at the
house ne was dead. Mrs Underwood
and her daughter went to the home of
Frank E Ewing, where Mrs. Under
woods wounds were dressed. She will
recover The daughter was not harm
ed. Prof Underwood had made his
home here for the past year and had
been connected with Columbia for
eight years. He was As years old.
- Norfolk, Va, November 16: The
American Federation of Labor, by a
vote Of 154 to so, today refused to place
itself on record as favoring the gov
ernment ownership Of railways and
mines, the question having come up
on a resolution offered by Herbert
CHAMPION, of the Amalgamated Car
penters. to amend the economic plat
form adopted at Minneapolis last year
so as to include railways and mines in
the favorable action taken at that time
on the NATURALIZATION" of telegraph and
telephone properties. The opponents
took the ground that government own
ership Of mines and railways would
prevent all strikes, no matter how
peaceably they might be conducted,
and that with Federal government
opposed to labor it might prove a death
blow. Victor l. Berger Of Milwaukee,
the Socialistic leader, led the fight for
the endorsement Of government own
ership. Delegate Feeley Of Milwaukee,
declared that the way to make the
government favorable to labor was by
ballot, and that ii this was properly
used men in power, some of whose
wives now give dog and monkey din
ners at Newport" would be succeeded
by others who might conduct affairs
equally as we'll.
Wilmington, n. c., November 16:
Replying to circular letter of Theo-
dore H. Price of New York, offering to
finance the cotton crop Of the south,
widely published in the cotton growing
states, Mr.. Julian Taylor, president of
the Wilmington Chamber Of Commerce,
today gave to the press statement in
which he says that the New York man
makes very seductive argument to the
holders of cotton. He says, however,
this letter is transparent, and If Mr..
Price was not probably short Of the
market II Is hardly likely that he would
submit a proposition so easily contro-
verted. The fact Is that the shorts In
December on the New York Cotton Ex-
change cannot bring the cotton from
the south to deliver on these contracts,
because spot cotton is worth more at
country points in the south than 1t Is
on the New York market. The stock
of cotton in New York is in strong
hands, and if Mr.. Prices advice to the
southern holders to ship cotton to New
York to deliver on December contracts
and to buy May options against such
deliveries was accepted, the weight OF
the New York stock of cotton would
-
pound. He says further that no one
doubts that this is Mr. Prices scheme.
The south is warned against the bait,
and Mr.. Price, according to Mr.. Tay-
lors statement, should be left free to
settle his own short sales as best he
may.
Wildly circulated declarations made
by a Spanish sailor who served during
the Spanish American war that a
large number of Spaniards who were
captured by Filipino bands during the
war are still prisoners Of the tribesmen,
are causing an animated discussion
throughout Spain, says Madrid cable
of November II. The sailor, whose
name is Vulguera, was a member of
the crew of the Spanish cruiser Reina
Maria Cristina, which was destroyed
by the United States warships during
the engagement at Cavite. OF the
orau. of eO- occnrdipU tp Vulpupra