Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-05
Scraps aud fatts.

sue. Bailey won out by fifteen or
twenty thousand majority; but those
who opposed him do not feel that he
has been vindicated.
San Francisco, May /: John
Hayes Hammond, a mining engineer,
has made a new contract with the
Guggenheims to be their expert for
the next five years, at salary of
$500, 600 annually. This is double his
salary under former contract,
which was the highest in the world.
BY the terms of the contract, Mr..
Hammond is not to buy or exploit on
his own behalf gold, silver or copper
mines, and to choose his own assist
ants. This salary, together with the
income from his own private proper
ty in California, Montana, Mexico
and South Africa and elsewhere Will
yield Mr.. Hammond $1,O0O,OOO a
year, which he has enjoyed annually
since the beginning of his first con-
tract with the Guggenheim people.
The Guggenheims through the ad-
vice of Hammond, have invested mil
lions of dollars in mines, and are said
to have never made mistake by so
doing.
Chicago, May 2: The announcement
of a new theory as to the cause OF
pneumonia and the discovery of
remedy for the disease was made last
night by DR.. H. Manning Fish. Doc
tor Fish said that the seat of trouble
in pneumonia cases was not the
lungs, but in the small cells in the
bony framework at the top of the
nose. From these cells" said Doc
tor Fish, the disease works rapidly
down to the lungs and to all appear
ances these organs Immediately be-
come the seat of trouble. However,
the fuel which is feeding the flames
of disease still is being furnished
from the cells at the top Of the nose.
The simple remedy consequently is
to draw this dangerous pus from
these cells. That is what was done In
the case which have described, and
in "a hours the disease had disap-
peared. The lungs, of course, were
still affected, and it took days before
the patient finally was able to leave
his bed"
Washington, May l: A revision of
the tariff in accordance with the de-
mands made by various industries
during the past few years is fore
shadowed in a resolution introduced
in the house by Representative
Payne, chairman of the committee
on ways and means. The resolution
authorizes the committee to sit dur
ing the recess of congress and to
gather such information through
government agents and otherwise,
las may seem best looking toward
the preparation of a bill for the re-
vision of the tariff" No promise is
given either in the resolution or by
Mr.. Payne that the tariff will be re-
vised in the sixtieth congress. Anoth-
er measure relating to the tariff, pro-
viding for a readjustment of the du-
ties on imports into the Philippines,
was also introduced by Mr. Payne. 1t
is intended to encourage agriculture,
mining and other industries in the
archipelago. The measure has the
approval of the administration and is
strongly urged by Mr.. Taft. Among
other things the bill provides for
classification of spirits imported into
the islands so as to conform to the
classification given by the internal
revenue laws of the United States.
Materials for the construction or re-
pair of vessels are admitted free.
New York World: William H.
Taft will be nominated for president
by the Republican national conven-
ton. If William ]. Bryan is to be the
Democratic candidate, Judge Tafts
election is certain. There need be no
anxiety as to the outcome of another
Bryan campaign, no increased indus
trial suspense, no further shutting
down of factories, no new recruits to
the army of the unemployed. The op-
position to Judge Taft's nomination
has practically collapsed. He has a
majority of the delegates already
power prestige, and popularity Of the
Roosevelt administration. None of the
other candidates has any considerable
support outside his own state. Most
Of them can count on only a compli-
mentary vote. None Of them could
deliver his delegates to Hughes or
Cannon or Knox or Fairbanks. All
four of these opposing candidates are
personally friendly to Taft. In the
end they will prefer his nomination to
the alternative of ROosevelt's renom-
inatiOn, knowing that they must take
one or the other. The sooner they
make this position plain the better 1t
will be for the country. All of them
know that Taft is sure to be nominat-
ed. All Of them should realize that
public assurance of his nomination
would be a great stimulus To prosper
ity. BY removing popular uncertainty
as TO the action of the Republican
convention they would aid greatly in
the restoration of confidence. For If
Mr. Bryan is as sure of the Democrat
ic nomination as he pretends, moth
ing remains in doubt but the size of
Judge Taft's majority
- Washington, May ,: The strug-
gle between President Roosevelt and
the Republican leaders Of both senate
and house over his Legislative pro-
gramme has reached a stage where
prophecies are being made that there
will be a falling by the waySide
among Republicans at the coming
elections The president is both an
CRY and disgusted at the manner in
which his recommendations have
been treated. 1t is pointed out in
administration circles that every dis
trict and state convention for the
election of delegations to the Chica-
go convention has given enthusiastic