Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-07
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more extensive scale than that far out
Of the way place has ever before
known. The torpedo boat flotilla reach
ed Punta Arenas on Wednesday.
- In the nine years that the United
States has had possession Of the Phil
ippine Islands the receipts have total
led S1l5,646,945. The net revenues in
in 1907 were $2,9S6 500 in excess Of the
expenditures. There are nearly $6,OOO,-
900 in the Philippine treasury today,
available for purely administrative pur-
poses. Last year there were one hun
dred and eighty-three Filipino youths
in this country studying in colleges and
universities. Only two We're sent nome
on account of misconduct, and of the
one hundred and eighty-one who stay
ed a large majority took courses in law
or pedagogy.
Dallas, Texas, February 3: The
Rev. Angus Johnston, only few
months less than 100 years Old has died
at Avalon. Born in Robertson county,
n. c., in June, 1908, he was licensed TO-
preach on April 10, 1886, by the pres
bytery of Harmony, in South Carolina
thus having served continuously in the
ministry seventy-two years. II is SAID
that no other known living minister in
the United States has served that long.
Doctor Johnston during the last few
years frequently expressed the hope
that he would live to be 100 years old,
that he might fulfill a desire he cher
ished to preach one sermon each In
Dallas and Fort Worth on his centen-
ary birthday. He preached his last
sermon in the little church at Avalon
during the present month.
In speech in the house last Tues
day, Mr. John Sharp Williams served
notice that the Democratic party Is go
ing to insist upon legislation to accom-
plish the following objects: The publi-
cation Of the names and postoftices Of
all persons contributing to campaignI
funds; five days notice to the opposite
party before a writ Of injunction in
volving property rights can be sued out;
the right of any one charged with a
contempt of court committed outside
the view Of the court. to be tried be-
fore a neutral judge: the election Of
United States senators by the people;
the enforcement of collections under
the income tax laws; investigation of
the so-called white paper trust; re-
straint of over capitalization Of COM
binations; amendment of the inter-
state commerce act so as to further do
away with destructive methods of
crushing competition.
- Washington, February 4: The house
committee on appropriations today re-
ported favorably the pension bill for the
fiscal year ending June S0th, 1909. The
bill as reported abolishes the pension
agencies located at Augusta, Me-; Bos-
ton, Buffalo, Chicago, Columbus, O.;
Concord, n. H.; Des Moines, Detroit
Indianapolis, Knoxville, Tenn; Louis
vile, KY Milwaukee, New Yory city,
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, San Francisco
and Topeka and consolidates them in
one central distributing agency at
ries a total pension appropriation of
$3.50, 1853, 900, which is $174,O00 less than
the aggregate estimates-the exact sum
saveable by the consolidation Of the
agencies. There was paid to 967,371
pensioners in the last fiscal year the to-
tai sum of $1SS,OSO,S94. and the total
of pensions that has been paid for all
wars and for the regular establish
ment since the foundation of the repub-
lie Is $3,59S,015,732. There is now liv-
ing" says the report, no soldier or SOL
dier's widow of the Revolutionary war
and there is no pension soldier living
of the war of 1912, but at the end of
the last fiscal year there were on the
roll 55S widows of soldiers Of that war"
- There has been no more violence
in Portugal since the assassination of
the king and crown prince last Satur-
day. The surviving prince took the
oath soon after the ASA sassination and
assumed the title Of King Manuel II.
Monday he appeared before parliament
and in a voice shaking with emotion,
said: L am yet without experience,
either in science or politics. l place
myself entirely in your hands, needing
and believing in your patriotism and
wisdom" Wholesale arrests have been
made throughout Lisbon during the
past few days. Much of the disorder
through which the country has passed
is generally conceded to have been due
to opposition to the policies Of Premier
Franco, recently made dictator by the
late king. Franco placed an embargo
on the liberty of the press and pro-
ceeded to govern by personal decree,
putting men in prison and Furnishing
them as he would without let or hind
rance. Upon the assassination Of the
king blame fell principally upon him,
and on Monday he renounced his pow
er and. it has been reported, fled the
country. Admiral De Amarel has sue
ceeded to the premiership and has since
been trying to organize cabinet that
will be composed Of. the various wings
Of the monarchial factions. He has
agreed to raise the embargo that had
been put on the press and TO grant am
nesty to all purely political prisoners
Confidence has not yet been restored
however and the danger of serious
trouble has not passed. If any head
way has been made in the unraveling of
the plot that eliminated in the assassi-
nation, the fact has not been made
known. The funeral Of the king and
crown prince is to be held tomorrow.
Premier De Amarel says that if there
was ever any danger Of a revolution
that danger has passed away as the re-
suit of the terrible crime that was com
mitted. He will call the national cleo
tions 10 be held in April and the under
standing is that the government is to
he unusually liberal in its character
- Congressman from every section of
the union, says Washington dispatch,
are receiving letters from constituents