Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23
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aire editor. was served with papers no.
tifying him that suit for $600,000 haC
been brought against him for slandeI
and libel by Governor Charles N. Has
ken of Oklahoma. The sheriff Wi:
refused admittance by Mrs. Hearst
who stated that her husband had gone
to send a telegram. The sheriff broke
open the door with his shoulder ant
found Mr.. Hearst within.
indianapolis, October 21: Addi'
tional Standard Oil letters are to b'
made public at the independence
party meeting in New York Saturday
night, according to statement made
by William r. Hearst in an interview
tonight. He declared they are better
than any thus far given publicity and
that he had saved them for the tlnlsn
of the campaign. Mr.. Hearst denied
a story recently published that he had
letters from Mr.. Archbold to Sena-
tors Aldrich and Penrose. THE fact
is" said Mr.. Hearst, that l have nc
letters from Senator Aldrich. l have
a letter written by Senator Penrose
to Archbold in which he speaks about
an appointment with Senator Aldrich
but this is the only letter l have In
which Aldrich's name is mentioned
1t is not strange that 1 have no letters
from Archbold to Aldrich or from
Aldrich to Archbold. There was no
necessity for their writing to each
other. Aldrich, as I understand II,
is one of the head men of the Stand
ard OIL company, and not mere un-
derling. That accounts for the alb
sence of letters"
Just a year has elapsed since the
defacto ruler of China declared the
government of her country to be con-
stitutional monarchy. In the interval
the dowager empress has dispatched a
commission of the most capable men In
the empire to travel in America aho
Europe and study the institutions d
western civilization, with a view tc
their adaptation to the needs of their
own country. And now the Pekin gov
ernment has sent forth constitution
which appears to be the most ambitious
programme of national reorganization
and regeneration ever submitted to q
people. 1t proposes, in the short space
of nine years, to carry the Chinese ad-
ministration through the various stages
leading up to a parliamentary regime
BY easy steps the legislature to oe
created is to tackle the problems OF To-
cal self-government, rural and uroan'
financial organization, including the
systematization of taxation; the crea-
ton of a judicial system for the prov
inces and for the empire; the creation
OF civil and criminal codes; the organ
ization of the civil service and the tina
Inauguration of parliamentary govern
ment in 1917.
Philadelphia, October 81: An un-
usual challenge to test the effective
ness of vaccination was issued at the
opening meeting Of the National An
ti-vaccination conference, which Will
remain in session three days, with
representatives present from state
and national organizations opposed
TO compulsory vaccination and other
enforced medical practices. DR.. Ru'
dolph Straube of Philadelphia in an
address challenged DR.. Samuel Dixon
head of the Pennsylvania health de-
partment, to spend a night in bed
with him-a smallpox patient TO lie
between them-in order to prove the
claim that Iaccination was OF nc
benefit in preventing the spread OF
that desease. DR.. Dixon, DR.. Strauoe
says, has been vaccinated several
times, while he CDR. Straube) has
never been inoculated. In the event
of DR.. Dixon's refusal to accept the
offer. DR.. Straube said the challenge
would be open to DR.. Joseph Neff
of the health department of Phila-
delphia. At the conference a nation
al organization will be formed to con-
duct campaign of education
throughout the country, and an ef-
fort will be made to prove that tuber-
culosis and cancer are directly due
to vaccination. The proposed organl-
Zation will take the ground that al
compulsory medical practice is Op-
pressive, if not actually unconStitu-
tional. Many prominent persons in
terested in the movement are attend
ing the sessions.
Tokyo, October 21: The dinner
and ball given this evening in honor
of the visit of the American fleet OF
battleships by Premier Katsura al
his residence brought together about
1900 prominent persons, including
all the American officers, who were
invited to the ball. The guests at the
dinner, however. were confined tC
those holding official positions
There were no set speeches. Prem,
ier Katsura proposed the health OF
President Roosevelt, American Am
bassadOr O'Brien and that of the en-
peror Of Japan. A toast to the flee
by the premier was responded to by
Rear Admiral Sperry The ball was
the most brilliant function of the
week and brought American and Jap
anese into the closest touch. Ameri'
can officers danced with wives an6
daughters of Japanese, the majority
of whom were dressed in European
costumes. Premier Katsura proved
himself a perfect host. Among those
present were: Sir Claude Macdonald
British ambassador; Baron Mumn
Won Schwartenstein, German ambas'
SadOr; NJ Gerard, French ambaSsa'
dor, and representatives from all the
other embassies and legations. To.
morrow 1000 sailors from the feet
will come to Tokyo to attend a gar
den party at Bahyia park, to be
given by Y. Osaki, mayor of Tokyo
At the same time the officers will be
entertained at luncheOns given by the
mayor and by Prince Shimadazu, later
attending a garden party at the Brit
ish embassy. Many of the officer!
also will be entertained at the home
of the president of the Nippon YuZer