Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-19
Scraps and :faets.


that $16,sS5,1S1 was appropriated TOT
depreciation, replacement and extn-
euishment Of the bonds, together with
sinking funds on bonds Of subsidiary
companies, which Is a decrease OF $lo'-
754.563 from 1907. The interest on
bonds outstanding and sinking funos
of the corporation was $2s,247,Sb1, an
increase of s1,25O,OO1 over the previous
year.
New York, March 16: A. Leo Weii'
president of the Voters League OF
P,ttsburg. who has been in New YORK
for several days, comforting with mem
hers CT the bureau of municipal re-
search. and others interested in clean
city government, confirms the report
that q movement is under way looking
to the organization Of civic societies
throughout the United States, whose
purpose shall be to uncover graft ana
purify city politics. Twenty or more
of the large cities in the country VIII
be in the organization. John d. ROCK
efeller, Andrew Carnegie. jacob ID.
schiff and other well known men Will
finance the undertaking 1t Is said. In
discussing the proposal to bring the
civic bodies Of the cities closer togeth-
er. Mr.. Well said last night: mo spe-
cific plan has yet been evolved but
something definite will certainly come
from the discussions held so far"
Speaker Cannon and Champ Clark
the minority leader Of the house, pass
ed tart remarks, about each other at
the White House last Tuesday. The
speaker called upon the president ear
ly in the morning, and when ne was
leaving the executive offices made this
answer to a question as to the ngnt
in the house yesterday: "The amend
ments to the rules have greatly I'M
proved them. All this str~ about the
speaker being a czar Is the purest TOM
myrot. There has never been time
when the majority could not control
the house. What they wanted to DO
was to make a committee Of fifteen
czars. dominated by Champ Clark and
IaFollette. That is also tommyrot.
IaFollette is a fake" When Repre-
sentative Champ Clark called on Pres
ident Taft later in the morning and
was told what the speaker said, he an
swered briefly: Uncle Joe has pa
resis." Mr.. Clark would not comment
further except to say that the amend
ments to the rules amount to very lit
tie.
Owing to the disturbed conditions
in Nicaragua and President zelaya's
failure to make serious efforts looking
to the settlement Of the famous Emery
claim, the state department, on March
IL, by withdrawing the American
Charge d'Affaires at Managua, and
ordering the legation placed IN the
hands of the consul, who will have no
diplomatic capacity, practically broke
off diplomatic relations with that
country. Affairs in Central America
have been closely watched by the
American and Mexican governments
both of which have now come to an
understanding that the time has ar
rived when drastic measures should
be enforced to insure peace In the Cen
trail American republics. The state de-
partment has come to the determina-
ton that II American warships now In
Nicaraguan waters. and to be sent
there, are not sufficient to impress
President Zelaya that the treaty OF
peace entered into between the Can
tral American republics is to be lived
up to, more radical steps will be taken
to accomplish that result.
Havana, March 16: The first armed
uprising against the new Cuban gov
ernment occurred last night, little
more than six weeks after the inaugu-
ration Of Gen. Gomez as president How
small the movement Is 1t is impossi-
BILE to determine at present. All that
Is known is that a sergeant OF rural
guard, stationed at the town Of Vuel-
tas in Santa Clara province, with
party Of seven men, some other mem
bers Of the rural guard and number
Of peasants, took to the woods and
that the troops are in active pursuit.
While the movement is apparently un-
important numerically, all indications
point to the fact that it is part of
widespread conspiracy, the nature OF
which is indicated by a dispatch re-
ceived here this afternoon, which stat
ed that a special train, carrying de-
tachment Of the rural guard, under
command Of Maj. Gen. Monteaugude,
was proceeding as quickly as possible
for Vueltas. President Gomez declar-
ed his intention Of instantly suppress
ing the uprising and making an exam
pie of all concerned. He ordered the
rapid concentration of troops in the
vicinity Of Vueltas for the purpose of
surrounding the fugitives. Orders
were issued to the troops to make no
prisoners If they encountered resist
ance and not to cease the pursuit un-
til all had been killed or captured. La
ter it was learned that a conspiracy
had been unearthed in which the rural
guard had been implicated. At Place
tas a farmer captain of the rural
guard, Lavastida by name, and at
Vueltas, Corporal Richardo and two
civilians were arrested on the charge
Of completely in the insurrectionary
movement.
The latest dispatches from the
great European centres indicate that
the war cloud in the Balkans is daily
becoming more ominous and menac-
ing, according to Washington dis
patch. The war-like proclamation is
sued by the Servians against Austria
has excited all Of the chancellors of
Europe and there is no concealing the
general fear that it is likely to lead
to an early outbreak Of actual hostili-
ties. How this crisis that threatens
the peace of the whole of Europe has
been brought about is briefly set forth
in the following statement, which will
piya tho ayerapa AmericaO reader a