Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-11
Straps aud faets.


the death of his wife's first husband,
and Is in Jail at Raleigh.
PROF. Harl Hau of Washington, d.
c., who was arrested in Germany sew
eral months ago, on suspicion Of hav-
ing murdered his mother-in-law, In
order to get hold Of her money, has
made a confession of his guilt. Hau
was a professor of law in a Washing
ton university and stood high among
the teachers of that city. He was
hard UP and as his mother-in-
law would not provide him with funds
sufficient for his needs he finally muir
dered her. On being arrested on sus-
picion he stoutly maintained his in
nocence and more than once had al
most convinced the German authori-
ties Of his innocence. Last Friday
Hau's wife committed suicide by
jumping into a lake in Switzerland,
presumably as a result Of dementia
following the murder Of her mother.
After the suicide Of his wife, Hau made
a confession Of his crime.
Charlotte Observer: Japan, 1t
seems, has jingoes who are demanding
that the United States be required to
make public apology for San Francis
cos renewed anti-Japanese outrages
and also pay an indemnity, the bonn
bardment of San Francisco to be the
alternative. Official explanations that
these are merely the outpourings OF
a yellow section of Japan's press do
not altogether explain. So proud and
sensitive a people as the japanese
the more sensitive because upstairs In
their relations with the Occidental
world-must deeply resent the humil-
iations to which their countrymen are
subjected in the United States; and
every one must feel what only the
jingoes say. With this bad feeling
arising In addition to a conflict OF in
terests apparently inevitable before
great while, it is reassuring to re-
fleet that Japan at present lacks the
price Of q war. Remembering that
our own government was forced,
largely through excitement whooped up
by yellow journals, into attacking
Spain. we find yet more reinsurance In
knowledge that the Japanese govern
ment has its people under excellent
control. War does not threaten in the
near future, but 1t is more than likely
to come. There seems little cause to
doubt that our next fighting front will
be upon the Pacific.
The trial Of Haywood, Meyer and
Pettibone at Boise, Idaho, for the MUIR
der of Ex-Governor Frank Stuenen-
burg, continues to hold tremendous
interest throughout the country. The
defendants are officers Of the American
Federation of Miners. The principal
witness for the state is Harry Or
chard Orchard has been on the wit
ness stand for several days, and it is
not expected that his direct examina-
ton will be concluded before tomor-
row. The probability is that it will be
several days before he is discharged
from the witness stand. Only Hay
wood is on trial at this time; but the
testimony concerns the other defend
ants as well. Orchard is telling hor-
rible story. AS the employee Of the
officers of the Federation he confesses
to the murder at different times Of
eighteen men. He tells his story with
out apparent emotion. He is very pos
tive in all his statements, and the
attorneys for the defense have been
unable to trip him up in any particu-
lar. On cross-examination he has ad-
mitted lying, stealing, wife desertion
incendiarism and other crimes. The
cross examination seems to be direct
ed to the purpose of trying to make 1t
appear that Orchard was really in the
employ Of the mine owners all the
while, and his crimes were committed
with the idea of making it appear that
it was the labor organization that was
guilty of all the lawlessness. AS a
matter OF fact Orchard has admitted
that he has been a traitor to his en-
ployers on more than one occasion.
Richard Croker, for many years
the political boss Of New York, and
now living in Ireland, is not popular
with the English people just now.
Last Wednesday. Orby, a race horse
belonging to Mr.. Croker, won the fa-
nous Derby race at Epson. The Der
by race is the most important racing
event of the world and takes place at
regular intervals and it is the ambi-
tion Of every racing stable owner
throughout the world to win the Der
by" Since Mr. Croker began his res
idence on British soil he has been lay
ing his plans to put forward horse
that would win this important turf
event and last Wednesday his ambition
was realized much to the chagrin of
all England from King Edward down
to the peasantry and to the delight of
hundreds of Americans who witnessed
the race An honor that usually comes
to the owner Of the Derby winner is
an invitation to a dinner given by the
king on the evening following the race;
but Mr.. Croker was snubbed by King
Edward and the dinner took place
failing to win a dinner invitation, did
win a fortune for his owner. The purse
for the event was f6,5OO ($32.OOO), and
this together with the amount of
money bet on the horse by the former
Tammany boss, at odds of about 10 to
l, brought his winnings up to some
thing like $25O,OOO. Orby, the winning
horse was out of an American dam
and was ridden by an American jockey,
Johnny Rieff. The English Derby has
been won by Americans three times in
twenty-siX years.
Governor Hughes after long and
persistent efforts has succeeded in
forcing through the Legislature of New
York his pet measure known as the
General Utilities" bill, which is de-
scribed as one of the most far-reach-
ing reform measures ever passed by
an American legislature. The COVER
nor having signed the bill it is now u
law of the commonwealth. 1t places
under direct state control every public
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