Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-19
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lars of damage in Atlanta alone. The
death list, which Is scattered over
Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee,
numbers at least fifty. probably more.
The storm came practically without
warning, and In many localities 1t
rushed along at the rate of ninety
miles an hour.
= Charlotte, N. c., October Is: Elev-
en- nurses, constituting the entire staff
of ST. Peters hospital, except the head
nurse and superintendent, walked out
en- strike this morning at o'clock.
leaving the thirteen patients in the in
stitution to shift for themselves. Miss
Mary Cordner Of Canada Is supertn-
tendent and Miss Janet Brown OF New
York Ia head nurse. I'VE left because
of Ill treatment" declared one Of the
young women today. "The superin-
tendent and head nurse are from the
north and are always throwing off on
southerners and calling us fools.
suppose 1t Is the hot t-headedness Of the
south that makes us strike. but we
are not sorry and we'll not go back"
One by one the strikers are leaving
for their homes. The hospital man
agement declined to make statement
except to say that none Of the strikers
would be reinstated under any circum-
stances.
Beaufort, N. c., October Is:
Charged with the murder Of n. u.
Newberry, mayor Of Newport. N. c.,
who Saturday night was shot to death
at the door of his home there, S. ].
Sanders today is in Jail here, while his
brother, B. F. Sanders, is also under
arrest as an accessory. The prisoners
were brought here last night by Sher-
iff Hancock after the coroner's jury
at Newport had returned a verdict
that Mayor Newberry's death had re-
suited from gunshot wounds inflicted
by s. j. Sanders and that his brother
also was implicated In the shooting.
The assassination of Mayor Newberry
was the direct outcome, 1t is said, of
the prosecution Of "blind tiger" cases.
Great excitement prevailed in New
port after the tragedy occurred. The
dead mans wife was Ill in bed at the
time Of the murder, and his little
daughter stood by his side when he
was shot.
A big dirigible balloon, that left
st. Louis, Mo-, on last Friday. landed
at Ridgeville. about thirty-one miles
west of Charleston last Saturday
morning, after having sailed approx
imately $50 miles, at an average speed
Of forty miles an hour. In the balloon
were A. B. Lambert and s. Louis Won
Publ, both Of st. Louis. The balloon
was seen passing over Seneca and
Anderson about daylight Saturday
morning, and of course, it was seen at
other points between there and Ridge
Vile. The balloonist explained that
they were trying to make a
record trip from st. Louis and came
down only because they had exhaust
ed their ballast and saw the waters OF
the Atlantic in the distance. They had
a narrow escape from wreckins their
balloon by lodging 1t in tree; but
made a safe landing and then hurried
on to Charleston. At one time during
the trip, from st. Louis, the balloon
reached an altitude Of 12,400 feet.
Washington, October IA: The Fed
eral government is confronted with
tangible evidence that the cost Of liv-
ing Is still increasing. During the fis-
cal year which ended June 80, 1908. the
cost Of the army ration was 1885 cents
per man per day. The estimate Of the
cost Of the ration during the following
fiscal year-that is to say the year
which ended June 80, 1909-was based
on that figure. When 1t came to max
ing the estimates for army subsistence
for the next fiscal year, which esti-
mate has to be submitted on the first
of May, it was realized that the for
mer cost had been left far behind and
as nearly as could be figured out from
the official report at that time the ra-
tion for the fiscal year beginning June
1, 1909, will be 20.97 cents. The dis
covery has now been made that this
estimate Is too low. Basing new fig
ures on the actual cost Of the ration
for this fiscal year, the estimate for
next year has been raised to 21.05
cents About 3O,OO0,OO0 ration per an
mum are involved. Uncompleted fig
ures indicate that there will be de-
ficiency in the army subsistence fund
for the current fiscal year Of $243,000,
due entire, the war department
officials was, to the increased cost of
living. The advance represents an in
crease Of OIL per cent in two years.
Upon his arrival in El Paso, Texas,
last Saturday, President Taft was en-
tertained at breakfast at the Hotel st.
Regis by the city. AS he was entering
the hotel a fourteen-year-old boy
stabbed a boy Of the same age to
death within a few feet of the presi-
dent. Mr.. Taft knew nothing Of the
killing, however, until after the break
fast. Lawrence Wimber, the boy who
was killed, was a student in the El
Paso Military academy. Mott Nor
gan, a fellow student, has been ar
rested and charged with the crime,
but he denies it. The boy who did
the stabbing escaped in the crowd. The
quarrel started over flag. The stab
bing caused a lot of excitement and
all sorts Of wild stories. Wimber's
body lay on the sidewalk in front Of
the hotel for almost half an hour.
Many women saw the stabbing and
near the spot where the body lay were
several hundred school girls each with
an American flag. A report was cir
culated later in the day that United
States soldier had stabbed a Mexican
with his bayonet when the former at
tempted to rush out at President Diaz
as the president was on his way back
to Juarez. This report, however, was
denied by Gen. Myer and the police
officials. The crowd was on the whole
very orderly.