Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02
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- Kansas City, Mo. September 20:
A special to the Times from Guthrie,
Okla, says: Governor c. \. Haskell
is preparing Ito bring suit against
William r. Hearst because of the lat
ter's charges concerning Governor
Haskell's alleged connection with an
attempt to bribe Frank S. Monnett
for the Standard Oil company. The
suit will be brought in Missouri prob
ably at Kansas City. H. c. Simrall,
of Mexico, Mo. is here as attorney
for Governor Haskell, preparing the
petition.
- Chicago, September 30. Conceal
ing himself in the vault of the office
of w. D. Allen Manufacturing COM
pany, a thief yesterday stole $500
after committing murderous
assault on Henry Gibbes, the super
intendent. The robber struck Gibbes
on the head with a revolver when he
open the door of the vault to get the
money, which was part of the pay
roll. Thrusting the superintendent
into the vault and making him
prisoner by turning the combination
knob, the robber leaped toward the
door The way was blocked by the
companys stenographer and book
keeper. "If you raise a hand to stop
me I'll kill you BOTH" the robber
said as he leveled g revolver. Spring
ing over the railing the robber, who
was masked, reach the door before
Miss Walters or Gallager could at
tract the attention of a large force
of employers, who were within hear
ing distance. He ran to North street
where 1t is thought horse and buggy
were waiting for him.
Washington, September 30: Presi-
dent Roosevelt will not reply to the
latest letter of William ]. Bryan, Civ
en- out by him last night at Rock Is
land, III. Secretary Loeb stated today
that the president felt that inasmuch
as Mr.. Bryan's letter was simply an
attack upon him personally, there
was no reason why he should answer
it. Secretary Loeb today also made
the statement that President Roose-
welt had no intention at present OF
making a tour in behalf Of the Re
publican candidate for president
Many invitations had been received
by the president, Mr.. Loeb said, but
Mr.. Roosevelt never has stated that
he would take the stump. When
asked whether, if the situation took
such a turn that the president might
consider that making a speaking tour
would materially aid the Republican
cause, the president in that event
would take the stump, Mr.. Loeb re-
piled that he might or might not do
so, and added that no one could tell
what the future would bring forth.
New Haven, Conn.,, September 29:
President Hadley of Yale, on Sunday
delivered his annual address to the
student body at the beginning of the
university year. His text was Seek
est Thou Great Things for Thyself?
Seek Them Not" He said in part:
"a man with whom ambition IS the
dominant motive is liable to three
kinds of mistakes-mistakes Of dis
honesty. mistakes of selfishneSs and
mistakes of judgment. His life may
be insincere; his life may be selfish.
1t is the greatest merit of American
college life today that it values the
charlatan least when his advertising
signs are biggest, and has the least
mercy for the selfish schemer when
he has most obviously got ahead of
his fellowmen. The question whether
our friends win or lose any contest,
from a tennis match to presidential
election may appear oVerWhelmlngly
important at the moment, but the
tennis match looks very small two
months hence, and within two gener-
ations even the presidential election
sinks into comparative insignificance. y
- Washington, September %: That
100000 people are now living in the
United States who are doomed to fill
consumptives' graves unless some
thing is done to prevent, was the
startling declaration of Prof. Irving
Fisher of Yale university in an ad-
dress on "The Cost of tuberculosis"
before the International Congress on
tuberculosis today. Prof. Fishers ad-
dress, which was the feature of the
day, created a sensation among the
hundreds who listened to his state
ments. Prof Fisher further declared
that $4,000 persons who die of con-
sumption annually in this country
cost in hard case more than Sl,00O,-
100000 year. The second division
of the International Congress on
tuberculosis opened this morning.
The entire morning was devoted to
the work of section l, with DR.. VIM
H. Welch of Baltimore presiding.
Participating in the discussions, which
dealt principally with such phases OF
tuberculosis as the channels OF infec-
ton. latent infection, predispositon
and heredity, were many distinguish
ed medical scientists from abroad.
-Lemans. France, September 30:
LaZare WELLER a prominent French
financier and aeroplane promoter,
announced today that he had order
ed the construction of fifty aeroplanes
on the Wright model, as he was con-
vinced that the Wright brothers
would be able to carry out the con-
tract recently signed by Wilbur
Wright and himself as a syndicate
which specifies the payment to Mr..
hIy
on the accomplishment of certain
conditions and the granting to the
syndicate of the sole right to con-
struct the Wright type of aeroplane
in France and the colonies. These
conditions require the American IN
ventor TO make two flights OF htty
kilometres each in a moderate wind,
the machine to carry two passengers
or an equivalent weight, and sutti-
cient gasoline to allow flight of 200
kilometres. Wilbur Wright has won
the Aero club prize of $4,000 for the
longest flight over an enclosed
ground, the time limit of which eX-
pired at sunset tonight. His flight
of one hour, I minutes and IL As
seconds, made September 2Sth, stands
unbeaten. The conditions of the
prize required that the flight should
be made before sunset which debar-
red him from consideration in his 9TH
er record breaking flights.
Hyderabad, India, September 30:
The catastrophe that overwhelmed
Hyderabad, the capital Of the Nizamas
dominions and left in its trail thou
sands Of dead, was one of the most
sudden and most appalling Of many
visitations on India. In the Nizamas
dominions are many tanks or lakes,
the largest of which communicates with
the river Musi. Tremendous rains
caused the lakes to overflow into the
river. which in turn burst its banks.
4 food of water 90 feet high swept
down upon the city, carrying every
thing before it and completely devas-
tating several quarters of the city.
Thousands of tons of water crashed in
a dense mass against the houses, bury
ing under the ruins the natives to a
number that cannot be estimated.
When the flood subsided a vast quag-
mire Of black mud, out Of which arises
a poisonous stencil, marked the spot
where thousands Of people lived. Bands
of natives are now searching this pool
for the bodies of their relatives, and
the scenes are sickening. Many Of the
bodies have been recovered and all OF
them are badly mangled. Many more
are buried in the debris Of masonry
and twisted iron. The flood actually
wiDed ont q district q mile long and