Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-23
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country. But the emperor not being
exactly satisfied to act as a figurehead,
has been giving trouble and recently
the Japanese carried out arrangements
they had perfected for the substitution
OF another emperor Of their own choos-
ing. There has been much excitement
since the coup took place. The ko-
reans have been threatening trouble
and the Japanese are sending troops
to control the situation.
New York Evening Post: Sixty
one officers and men killed in five ac-
cidents since January II. 190S-this is
the sad story Of the navy's battleships.
In each case the scene has been the
turret Of a battleship. Nine men were
killed on the Massachusetts,, five on the
Iowa, thirty-one on the Missouri, sew
en- on the Kearsage, and now eight or
more on the Georgia. In addition,
the muzzles Of three guns Of the Iowa
were blown Off on two occasions, for
tunately without loss of life. This Is a
sickening record, particularly by con-
trast with the navy's immunity during
the war with Spain and the hostilities
in the Philippines. The heavy-armor-
ed cruisers and the monitors have gone
through their target practice unscath-
ed, and, what Is even more striking,
accidents Of just this kind do not seem
to occur on foreign battleships. We
do not recall similar disaster In the
German or French navies and the
English service has been nearly as
exempt. All three have had their
losses Of life in other ways-by the
explosion of a magazine on the French
battleship Jena, by the sinking Of tor
pedo boats, submarines, etc. Obviously,
the new type Of warships menaces
those who control Its terrible forces.
as we'll as possible enemies.
Atlanta, Ga, July 20: President
Harvie Jordan, OF the Southern Cotton
association, will probably investigate
the new spray of turpentine. which Is
said to be an effective preventive Of
boil weevil, and II he finds that 1t does
the work he will probably recommend
1t to farmers as means Of getting
rid Of the pest. The spray was origi-
mated by a Louisiana farmer, who is
said to have got good results with 1t.
The spray consists Of one part turpen-
tine to ten parts Of water, and the
plant is sprayed with it every ten
days. Sprays have been used effect
lively on fruit trees and plants, and
farmers are watching with great in
terest further experiments that may be
made with a spray of turpentine on
cotton. President Jordan will tour
louisiana, making speeches in the in
terest Of the association, and while
there he will see what results have
followed the use Of the spray. Should
1t prove effective it would be the most
remarkable discovery of recent years,
as no other method has yet been found
which stops the pest. President Jor-
dan spoke Friday at Garner, N. c., and
Saturday at Raleigh. After he has
spoken at Union. S. c., on July 2s, at
Spartanburg on July 80, and at Gaffney
on July 81, he will go into Texas.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 10: Missou-
ri's Jean Val Jean," William January,
was released from the Federal prison
at Leavenworth today and immedi-
ately took a train for Kansas City.
Just before his release, January, for
the first time since his rearrest In Kan
sas City, April 20, gave his own story
OF his past life, including his connec-
tion with the robbery Of a postoffice in
Oklahoma, his conviction and his five
year sentence. After escaping from
prison in 1898 he travelled and sold
coffee and tea. He lived an honest
life and married in 1901, without re-
vealing his past. II tried to be good
man then. / tried to live decently and
uprightly," said he. For years the
fear was always with me that 1 would
be detected. Perhaps I should have
told my wife, but l could not. / was
trying to put all that old life away.
wanted to forget 1t. 1 wanted to be
different man." In telling Of his rear
rest, he said: my first thought was
Of my wife and baby-all the humilia-
tion, disgrace and sorrow it would
cause them when they knew 1 was an
ex-convict. For a moment I seemed
to be burning up with shame. Then
came the fear that she would not for
give me, not stand by me. oh, yes. l
knew what my arrest meant" pc
tition was circulated and President
Roosevelt granted January pardon.
In a letter to President Roosevelt,
January's little daughter said: Pres
ident Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. l.:
1 thank you for sending papa home to
me and mama. We are all happy and
papa says he is going to be a good
man for US and his country"
Washington, July 19: Express,
railroad and police officers Of Wash
ington received a shock when 1t was
learned that another of the remarkable
series of robberies of Southern Express
company money pouches had taken
place. This time the amount is said
to be $4,000, and Columbia, S. c.. is
the scene of the investigation. In the
past three years between $4,000 and
$4,000 has been mysteriously extract
ed from the pouches of the Southern
Express, and every one Of the four
crimes has been committed between
Augusta, Ga, and Washington, D. c.
The first news of these robberies was
published about year ago, when it
was told how two packages Of bank
notes, aggregating $4,000 from banks
in Augusta, Ga, reached New York
minus $4,000. In working upon that
story, a reporter learned that within
a year two more packages Of $4,000
and $4,000, respectively, had been taken
in the same way. That made $4,000
of known losses which. with the sl0,-
900 recently missed, brings the total to
$4,000. In the three cases aggregating
$4,000 the method was always the
same as the Columbia S c. one The