Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-09

hond in the sum Of $1,000 each.
Charged with attempting to black
mail Asa G. Gambler, president OF the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, bank
or and one Of Atlanta's wealthiest
citizens out of $4,000 by BLACK Hand
methods. Daniel w. Johnson, aged IL
wears, and member of Gamblers
Sunday school class, was arrested In
Atlanta last Tuesday at the instance
of a postoffice inspector, and lodgeo In
the Fulton county Jail. Johnson aa-
mits writing the letters and takes MS
arrest very coolly. He, however, de-
clares he is the catspaw OF three
strangers. who he claims dictated MS
avery movement In connection with the
affair and forced him to write the de-
mands for money under threat Oh
death. He furnished the officers with
a description of the three men. Ihe
police give little credence to his story
of having been forced to write the let
ters by strangers. Two Of the letters
were sent and threatened Gambler and
all who lived with him with death.
Wednesday was a bad day for the
Republican organization OF the mousse
By a coalition between some OF the
Republican insurgents" and the DEM
ocrats. the ways and means commit
tee was bowled over and advocates OF
free crude oil and its products won a
signal victory when an amendment oy
Norris of Nebraska, placing the inslg-
nificant duty Of one per centun ao
yalorem on these articles was adopted
by a substantial majority. The decis-
ion of the chairman that amendments
could not be offered to the oil schednie
other than one covered by the special
rule Of last Monday and which proVid-
ed for the removal of the countervail-
ing duty on crude petroleum and ap-
plying ad valorem duty Of twenty-five
per cent, was returned. and not even
a fervid appeal by the speaker, in an
endeavor to rally the Republican forces
was sufficient to stem the tide, avow-
edly against the Standard Oil compa-
ny, by the practically unanimous vote.
The countervailing duty went out as
the committee recommended. Tea and
coffee were placed on the free list.
Greenville News: Harvie Jordan
president of the Southern Cotton asso-
citation, and of the National Cotton as
sociation, in an interview, says that
the former is dead, and that the latter
will have to have a meeting called be-
fore 1t can show much activity. Mr..
Jordan carried the association through
several active campaigns for higher
cotton, several of which were success
full, and it was through him and Rich
ard Cheatham, then secretary, that the
cotton leak scandal was stirred up In
Washington. Mr.. Jordan now says
that the farmers seem to be lukewarm
on the subject of organization. The
farmers seem to have quit caring about
these associations" said Mr.. JORDAN.
"As long as they showed an interest
the price Of cotton kept up; when they
dropped their interest, the price also
dropped" Mr. Jordan said that the
Southern Cotton association had been
dead since it's last meeting in Dallas,
in January, 1908. In November last
the National Cotton association was
formed in Memphis, but Mr.. Jordan
said he didn't know when its officers
and members would meet.
At the urgent request Of the state
department at Washington, communi-
Gated to the London foreign office, the
British government has decided not to
permit Cipriano Castro, former presi-
dent of Venezuela, to land at Trinidad.
Cipriano Castro is returning to the
West Indies from Europe with the
avowed purpose of recovering the pres
idency of Venezuela. He left France,
March rs. on board the Gaudeloupe.
Where he purposes to land in the West
Indies is not definitely known. His
original intention was to leave the
steamer at La Guira, the port OF Car
acas, but the Venezuelan government
at first refused it's permission. Subse-
quently this refusal was withdrawn
and it was intimated that Castro could
land on Venezuelan soil, but at his
own peril. 1t was then said that Cas-
tro would leave the Gaudeloupe at
Trinidad to await developments and
watch his opportunity from that port.
1t was also said that he might continue
on to Colon for the same purpose. The
Gaudeloupe is due at Trinidad on
April 10, and at Colon on April Is. The
latest advices from Caracas intimated
that Juan Vicente Gomez, the presi-
dent of Venezuela, contemplated re-
signing in favor of one of the vice
presidents Of the republic.
The whole world was puzzled when
the empress and emperor of China died
so near the same time. The Revue"
Of Paris, France. has discovered the
facts in the case. 1t appears that
when the empress dowager realized
that her end was near she convoked
the grand council, and it was decided
that, as the emperor had no male
child, the infant son of his younger
brother, Chun. should be named sue
cessor, with his father as regent When
the council had dissolved, the empress
dowager summoned Yuan Shi Kai the
emperor's most deadly foe, with Prince
Using, the head of the imperial family
and chief Of the eunuchs of the palace
AS a result of their meeting, it was
announced that the emperor was dan
gerously i'll from heart disease, and
the offers of the foreign legations to
send their doctors were courteously