Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-06
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tions or Notifications should be estab-
lished on the Finish shores adjacent to
Sweden. The part taken by Russia in
the Norwegian integrity treaty and her
present attitude on the Baltic CLOSED
sea" question also have greatly irritat-
ed Sweden. Russia for some time past,
has been preparing to establish naval
station on the western shores of Aland
Island, which is twenty-five miles from
the Swedish coast and only few hours
by steamer from Stockholm.
The war department, as a part Of
the programme for the fortification of
Manila bay, has made application to
congress for an appropriation Of $3,OOO,-
900 with which to build an artificial is
land, in the channel before Cavite, up
on which guns will be mounted for the
defense of Cavite naval station. This
application comes as the action of the
joint army and navy board. AS a re-
suit of the work of this board Olonga-
po, north Philippines, has been aban-
doned, it having been demonstrated that
it would take not less than 100000 men
to defend the site on the land side. AS
Il result Manila proper has been Sc
lected for the location Of the station
and Cavite, the old Spanish station,
will probably be the key to the defense
of Manila. For the proper defense Of
Cavite, however additional fortifca-
tions are necessary. Application has
also been made for additional appro-
priations for fortifying sites in Hawaii
- Washington, March 8: Consider
able interest is being aroused by the
bill introduced by Representative
Webb of North Carolina. providing
for the daily amount OF cotton ginned
in lieu of the semi-monthly report
now made by the director of the CEN
sus. This bill provides that this daily
the 25th Of September and shall con-
tinue not later than the 18th of Feb
ruary. Mr.. Webb in a statement re-
garding the bill says: The object of
the bill is to destroy violent fluctua-
lions in the cotton market, which we
have under the present system of
reaching the number Of bales ginned.
The bill provides for the daily report
ing of cotton ginned and would cause
the price Of this great staple to rise
and fall as gently as the breathing of
a child, absolutely preventing any
violet or sudden rise or decline in
price and giving every man a chance
TO base his calculations for the future
upon safe and just estimate"
st. Louis, March 81 Forty young
women of the first Baptist church of
East st. Louis have formed a combi-
nation which practically amounts to
a boycott against their new pastor,
Rev. L. D. Bass, recently Of Cairo.
They refuse to contribute to the pas
tors salary and some of them refuse
to attend church. His opposition to
kissing, dancing and holding hands is
the cause Of their ire. DR.. Bass be-
came noted at Cairo by his sensational
sermons against the modern woman.
He declared often from the pulpit that
dancing was a cardinal sin and that
kissing before marriage was an aw-
full thing. The man who kissed a
girl should be shot, he said. One of
DR.. Bass peculiar statements was
that holding hands" was a particu-
larly pernicious practice. There is
a nerve in the back Of the hand that
runs to the brain," he once declared,
"and a nerve in the palm that runs
to the heart. When a man holds a
girls hand and presses upon these
two nerves, she comes completely
under his control. She will do any
thing he wants her to do. She has
placed herself in q most dangerous
position"
-Pekin, March s: The report that
the Chinese government had released
the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru,
which originated in Toxic, is without
foundation the situation between
China and japan is serious, the Chi
nese having ignored the demand of
the Japanese tCr the release Of he
vessel, together with an indemnify
The Chinese government is not dis
posed to grant these terms, inaSmuch
as the customs officials have reported
that without doubt the vessel was un-
loading smuggled arms at the time OF
the seizure. 1t is said the government
is in possession of absolute knowledge
that the arms were intended for rcvo-
lutionists. Japan has already dis
patched four cruisers to Chinese waters,
and if the Chinese government per-
sists in ignoring or denying the de-
mand of Japan, serious measures will
result. The viceroy Of Canton is said
to be very much embarrassed by the
presence of the japanese cruiser Id
sumo, recently arrived there. De-
tails of China's position are not known,
but the present dispute, following 50
closely upon the controversy over the
Tsin Min Tun Fakumun railroad. with
other matters in which China has ig-
nored Japans claims, has aggravated
the situation until it is acute. There
is d general feeling of unrest, which
cannot be dispelled except by nego-
tidtions regarding the amicable settle
ment of the controversies.
- Cleveland. Ohio, March 4: Death
in one of it's most terrible forms
claimed between 100 and 10 school
children of the North Collinwood
school, in the village of COllinwOod,
an eastern suburb today, when the
school building, catching fire from
defective furnace in the basement,
was gutted in the space of half an
hour. The building being inadequate
ly protected by fire escapes the chill
dren were unable TO make their way
10 the lower floors in time 10 escape
the flames as they shot up from the
basement and cut off egress. Starting
about $50 o'clock in the basement
from the overheated furnace, the fire
gained the greatest headway before
ire nreSence was noted The fire drill