Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-26
Scraps aud fasts.

has aroused a great deal Of comment
in Kansas, most Of 1t adverse. Prof
Ross declared that school vacations
are a relic Of pioneer days and that
children should go to school twelve
months in the year. The fact that In
the early days children were needed tc
help with the crops Is cited by Prof
Ross as the reason for the original va
cation. Now that this necessity has
passed he advocates a continuous
school term, with lighter work during
the summer.
A shake-r~ in the administration
of the general land office and prosecu-
tions for land frauds in the west thai
will create q sensation throughout the
entire country. Is predicted by close
friends of the Washington administra-
ton as the ultimate result Of the so.
called Ballinger- Pinchot controversy
The recent appointment Of Francis j.
Heney, the graft prosecutor, to his old
most In charge Of the land cases In
Oregon is said to be but the begin
ming of the upheaval promised in the
general land Office. If Attorney Gen.
eral Wickersham finds that Secretary
Ballinger, in connection with the Cum
ningham coal land claims while ne was
out of the government service, had In
terfered with his administration Of the
interior department, the secretary VIII
either be asked to resign or be trans
ferred to another department OF the
government.
Thieves broke into the country
home of Secretary Of State Knox at
Valley Forge, Pa. on Thursday OF last
week and stole certain state papers,
the exact nature Of which are unknown
to everybody except the secretary.
There was nobody in the house at the
time Of the burglars visit except a
caretaker, and he knew nothing Of the
robbery until after the thieves had got
ten off with their plunder. Entrance to
the house was effected by means CT
pressure applied to back door. A safe
in the library was opened by means OF
borings, and broken drill was left to
tell how this was done. There We're
some candles in the house and shaw
ings from these were used as lubricant
for the drill. The thieves took an all
gator suit case with which to carry off
their stolen papers. One story has 1t
that the papers relate to the Nicara-
guam affairs and another story is that
the papers were stolen by japanese
spies, because of their relation to the
diplomatic differences between this
country and Japan. Secret service men
are trying to run down the thieves.
Cherry, ILL.,, November %: The
hope that there are men alive in the
st. Paul coal mine was abandoned to-
day. An exploration into the second
vein where it was thought many had
barricaded themselves, showed the
tunnels had collapsed. It is thought
the men are buried under the debris.
If 1t Is not soon cleared away at least
one hundred bodies will never oe
found. The Arc Is still raging in these
are supposed to have found a retreat
are full Of black damp. What little
hope we had was given up when we
penetrated into what is called the
overcast" said the general manager OF
the mine. 1.-The pure air would have
been found II pure air Is In the mine,
and the miners were aware of 1t and
would retreat there. We found 1t
bare of both bodies and live men,"
The death of one Of the survivors
brought to the surface Saturday brings
the list Of saved to nineteen and almost
all the forty-two bodies found yester-
day We're identified today. One hun
dred and eighty-nine are still missing.
Fire broke out in the mine today
and cut off the escape, temporarily, OF
twenty-five rescuers. They were fl
nally brought out safely by another
rescue party.
Washington, November "a: The de-
struction Of all animals afflicted with
rabies and the proper muzzling Of all
dogs In areas infected with the disease
are strongly advocated by John w.
Keer, assistant surgeon general, and
Arthur NJ Stimscn, passed assistant
surgeon general Of the public health
and marine hospital service in report
made public today. The report Is bas-
ed upon more than 3,2S5 replies to in
quiries sent out by Surgeon General
Wyman to state health boards asking
for knowledge of the disease to deter
mine its geographical distribution.
From information gathered it is shown
that rabies has been epidemic in the
United States for more than 100 years.
There were Ill deaths Of human be-
ing from hydrophobia reported among
thirty states during 1908. Rabies was
reported in the lower animals from at
least 534 localities in thirty-nine states
and territories, including the District
of Columbia. Evidence was secured
of nearly $500 persons, who on account
of exposure to rabid or presumably
rabid, animals were obliged to take
the Pasteur treatment. The most
striking feature brought out Is the
very general distribution Of the dis
ease throughout the eastern portion of
the country and its almost complete
absence from the extreme western
part especially the Rocky mountain and
Pacific coast regions. The animals re-
ported as having been affected with
the rabies were dogs, cats, wolves,
horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, squirrels and
last but not least, "skunks." 1t was
among "skunks" that the disease was
reported in Arizona and the single
death among human beings in that
state followed the bite Of one Of those
animals.
Kansas City, Mo-, November %:
In a vain effort to save the life Of his
little grandson, Congressman David A.
DeArmond, of the Sixth Missouri dis
trict, perished in a fire that destroyed
his home in Butler, Mo-, early today
His act of heroism became known late
this afternoon when his body was
he