Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
Scraps and fafts.

He SAYS also tnat lot tne HrSl SeNSh'S
five years Of the American unions ex-
istence raw cotton was protected three
cents pound.
Colon, May IL: In conflict last
night between Panaman police ana EN-
ployes Of the canal zone, near Tue
diviiing line, G. NJ. Abbott, an Amerl-
can electrician, and an American negro
were killed. The police yesterday az,
ternoon crossed the zone at Chrlstoua'
in an effort to arrest an escaped pris
oner. They were mobbed and pelteo
by West Indians and finally were a.
rested by the zone police for olstuio-
ance. Last night a number or Pana,
man police armed with rifles proceeoeo
toward the zone in an attempt, 10
alleged, to find those VINO nad ma To- =
treated their comrades carrier IN the
day. They came into collision WIN tls
canal workers, and many reVoiVel az
rifle shots were fired. Stones anu otneI
Missiles were freely used. Electrician
Abbott was killed by blow on Ine
head. and the negro by rifle pullel'
Roth the American and Panaman au-
tborities are holding an tnVestlgatloh
to place the responsibility
Norfolk. Va, May IL: A seclon ol
the fleet of schooners which came het
from New York and New Englano a.
tsr hlnefish struck great luck last night
ohont three miles off Cape Henry. Ihey
,.an into a vast school Of striped sea
trout which were entering Chesapeake
how and with purse nets took thousahos
of them. Louis Feuerstein, dealer anu
expert places the catch prouSht he5s a.
at about 1000 barrels OF zoo poue eoo
each. The schooner Latona mas eo oUo
barrels, the Bertha and Peari anu S sns
Libbie each 200 barrels. Inc h n
weigh from four to eight pounds eacn.
Hundreds of barrels Of them, packed IN
Ice are leaving here this afternoon py
eynress for New York, Baltimore anu
other markets north and west OF NOT
Soit THE Bertha and Pearl would nave
taken many more Of the fish, Whlch
were swimming near the surface, hao
NOT able fisherman Gus Delaney 1alien
from the seine boat into the seine anu
caused his comrades to lose the scnooi
while they were seining MIN. Wheh
the net was hauled and Delaney land
ed aboard he was nearly all ln' Out 10
now recovered. MI.
Galveston, Texas, May IL: Ine
disappearance of little Alfred Har & r'ii,aa' IAN
the 2-year-old son Of George ana An
eeline Hartman Of Gillespie county, nve
months ago has been solved by the
finding of the body Of the child In
bale of cotton opened at mill In LlV-
erpool. England. 1t was early IN De-
cember that Hartman, who is a pros
nerous farmer, took a load OF cotton
10 a gin a few miles from his home ana
had II ginned. The little son, who was
the Youngest Of several children, ac-
companied him on the trip to Freoer-
icksburg, and in some manner pecanie
separated from his father. Searcn
for the missing boy proved 9nsucceSs-
ful and It was finally believed the papy
had fallen in a creek and his body
washed away into the current. The
finding of a boy answering the de-
scription in a cotton bale shows that
the child crept into the press while
open, and falling asleep was packed IN
the bale Of cotton. The cotton was solo
to a Texas concern, placed In a ware
house for several weeks and finally ex-
ported to Liverpool. The bale was
opened a few days ago and the hatten-
ed body of the child discovered.
Through the various channels the cotton
was traced back to the broker VINO
bought 1t in Texas, and the identity OF
the infant established.
Charlotte Observer: The statlstlcal
abstract Of the bureau or statlstlcs i0t
1909 stirs in us more than passing prioe
and interest. 1t shows that the con-
tinental United States, including AiaS as
ka, contain a population OF eS,Vvv,Vvo
souls and wealth valued at 107 pllllohs.
The per capita wealth, therefore, Is
1870. Developed water-power totais
ahout five and a third millions horse
mower. and the 1907 produc ion or coal
reached 429 million tons. n l9O0 the
country had 10,460,000 persons or tor-
eign birth, a slight proportlonate ue-
crease from 1890 and about the same
proportion as 1880. Negroes have m
creased from one million In 1890 10 o.
S4l. 1000 in 1900, losing steadily, now
ever, relative to the general popuiatIon'
Corn in 1908 was worth S1,6l6,OOO,oO
hav in 1907 was worth 744 millions,
cotton in 1906 was worth 722 Millions
and wheat in 1908 was worth GIT mil
lions. Public schools in 1907 enrolled
16.S2O,OO0 pupils; while students at un-
iyersities, colleges and technical schools
numbered 100000. In 1908 American
manufacturing establishments export
ed products valued at 75O mllllons'
this total representing nearly Al per
cent of the years exports or the hlgh-
est proportion on record. But we grow
dizzy. There never was such an
other big country on the race OF tne
earth.
The minimum price Of a Wright
aeroplane has been established at wow
but If a highspeed machine, suitapie
for war purposes and carrying Two
passengers besides the aviator, is ae-
sired, the price may run to $25,oOo:
This schedule of prices is announced
by Orville Wright, who with ms
brother, Wilbur, left New York for
DAYTON. Ohio, last Tuesday afternoon,
shortly after their arrival from ABROAD.
"Of the sixty ordered aeroplanes Whlcn
we now have under construction at
our Dayton plant" said Orville Wright,
the cheapest will be $500. We nave
received orders for q number of these
from individuals, and they will be de-
livered as rapidly as possible. we are
not at liberty at present to announce
the names of the purchasers, but among
them are several we'll known Ameri-
cans and Europeans. The principal
trouble will be in teaching the. pur-
chasers the operation Of the machines.
We recognize the fact that we must en-
list a number of aeroplane teachers.
Our friends in America should dlSre-
gard the stories which have preceded
us concerning the vast amounts OF
money we are said to have received.
The only money We have received came
from the government of France,
amounting 10 SlVO,VVU. VI couiSe, we
have contracts with Germany, Italy
and England, but they are entirely ten
tative and should not be considered as
direct income to us until we have COM
pleted the stipulations called for in such
contracts" The machine which is to be
delivered to the United States govern
ment Is said to be almost completed at
Dayton and after being tested will be
taken to Washington by the Wright
brothers for the official tests. These
tests must be made by June 2S and then
after several weeks Of experimental
work the Wrights propose to go to
Germany to fulfill their contract there
Following that they will go to Eng
land.
Flushing, n. Y, May II: After four
hours deliberation the jury in the case
of Capt. Peter c. Hains, U. ). A.
charged with the murder of VIM. E
Annis, on August Is, last, brought In
a verdict of guilty of manslaughter in
the first degree this afternoon. The
maximum penalty is 20 years impris-
onment. Quickly following the young
army officers conviction his counsel
oppoupced that thew would produce af-