Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-21
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At q Joint meeting Of southern
Soft and Hard Yarn Spinners and the
North Carolina Cotton Manufacture
ers, in Charlotte last Saturday, reso-
lutions were adopted by which the
spinners of the south pledge them
selves to shut down their mills Tor
thirty days, beginning February l, or
curtail production so per cent during
the months of February and March.
The soft yarn men, hard yarn spin
ners and state manufacturers held
separate meetings in the morning, and
the joint session, at which time the
resolution outlined was unanimously
adopted, was held during the even
ing. A large majority Of spindles Of
the south was represented at the
meeting.
In Seattle's fight against the
spread of the plague by rats an inter-
esting experiment was tried recently.
A rodent was dyed blue and turned
loose, to find out just how long it
could retain its liberty and how far it
could travel without falling into one
of the myriad of public and private
traps set for the plague distributors.
The particular rat selected for the
test was caught, week after being
turned out, a mile from the point
where it was liberated. In one week
lately 2,025 rats were received by the
health department, of which l,529
were paid for at the rate of 10 cents
each. The total number of rats
brought in since the plague campaign
started is 1881.
John H Walsh, president of the de-
funct Chicago National bank. was on
Saturday found guilty on fifty-four
counts of misappropriating funds of
that institution, and is liable to i'm
prisonment of not less than five years,
and the law does not admit Of the sub
stitution of q fine for Imprisonment.
Walsh was indicted on 1872 counts, but
demurrers were sustained as to thirty
two of these, leaving $50 upon which
the jury had to pass. The misapplica-
ton of one million dollars was the act
upon which the jury found Walsh
guilty. The maximum penalty of ten
years on each of the fifty-four counts
on which Walsh was convicted would
make it possible for the judge to i'm
pose a sentence of $40 years. Walsh
is out on a $4,000 bond, and will move
for new trial.
-Asheville special of January IS
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tune Of this city, formerly trainmas-
ter of the Asheville division Of the
Southern railway, instituted in the
superior court of Buncombe county,
a suit against the Southern Assistant
General Manager George r. Loyal
and former Superintendent A. Ram
seur, demanding $4,000 damages.
The complaint has not yet been filed,
but it is stated that the suit is brought
for alleged slanderous charges or ut
terances by officials Of the railway at
the time Mr. Fortune, together with
Mr.. Ramseur and former Roadmaster
Ramsey, were discharged from their
official position several weeks ago.
The alleged utterances reflected Sc
riously on Mr.. Fortunes character and
at the time he stated that he would
bring suit against the company. Mr..
Fortune has employed Messrs. Locke
Craig and Frank Carter and Solicitor
Mark w. Brown, three able lawyers
of this city, to represent him and the
suit will be thoroughly prosecuted.
- Raleigh, n. c., January IS: AS the
result of head-on collision at Cam
eron, fifty-four miles south Of Raj
eigh, between a Seaboard Air Line
freight and the north-bound fast pas
senger train No. "a early to-day, two
men were killed and twenty injured,
none seriously. Engineer E. H. Vaughn
and Hemp Townsend, negro fire.
man, both of the passenger train,
were killed. Both were from Raleigh.
The collision is attributed to trouble
with the air brakes on the extra
freight train and to complicated train
orders, with no blame to the train dis
patcher. The freight had orders to
meet the passenger at Southern Pines,
the orders being received before
reaching Cameron. The air brakes
failed to work, and while trying to
make up lost time to get into the
siding at Cameron, the train was
struck by the passenger train, the en-
gines crashing together. Townsend
was killed in the collision and Engi-
Of n in in 1in q
reaching here.
There has been a good deal Of eX-
citement in governmental circles dur
ing the past few days over the discov-
cry of an anarchiStic plot to blow up
the American battleship fleet in the
narrOweSt part of the Strait of Magel-
Ian. The first intimatiOn Of the plot
came from Paris. One of the numerous
agents of the Partisan police accident
ally got on TO suspicious talk going
over the telephone and was able to put
in motion Investigations which disclos-
ed a plan on the part Of the anarch-
lists to ship explosives to Rio Janeiro
and to lay mines in the narroweSt parts
Of the straits. How the explosives
were to be gotten 20 the straits has
never been explained. The anarchist
band at Rio is supposed to be composed
of Italians, Germans and Frenchmen.
Several arrests have been made at
Rio Janeiro, on suspicion. The Amer
lean government received its first
warning through the French govern
ment. There are those who have
doubts as to whether anything really
serious is under contemplation, but the
greatest care will be exercised never
theleSs to guard against the success of
anything of the kind.
According to Consul Wilbur T..
Grocey at Tsingtou. China, a strange
experiment is being tried in the An
tarctic Recent newspaper articles
ne says announce that fifteen Chi
nese ponies have been sent from Shan
ghai to the order of Lieut.. ShackletOn,
who is in command of the NimrOd con-
veying the expedition about to make
dash for the South Pole. The animals,
with twelve sets of sleigh harness spe-
cially made to order, were supplied by
q British firm in Shanghai. The ponies
were shipped via HOngkOng TO the
Bluff. New Zealand, where they will be
handed over to the expedition. The