Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-03
Scraps and facts.

%.
ON July %, 1907. was 70, and S2.9 on
July 2S, 1906. The average condition
by states on July %, 1909, and ten
year average on July 25, respectively,
follow: Virginia, II and 80; North
Carolina, II and 81; South Carolina,
n and 80; Georgia, rs and 81; Florida,
"a and "a; Alabama, IS and 80; Mis-
sissippi, 81 and 80; louisiana, SO and
81; Texas, 70 and 81; Arkansas, rs and
81: Tennessee, so and SO; Missouri, S5
and "a; Oklahoma, IS and 81.
- Omaha, Neb., August 1: The
last of the series Of typhoid tests
have been applied to Sergeant Full
er and Privates Schm. { and Good
man, Of Fort Omaha, and they have
been pronounced immune. In June
they were vaccinated with TYPHOID
serum and developed the disease In
a mild form. Later they were vacci-
mated. but the serum did not take y
Ten days ago they underwent the su-
preme test, that Of drinking freely OF
a gallon of stagnant water into which
/, 900, 900 fever germs had been plac-
ed. The men were placed in the hos
pital and closely watched. They
should have developed symptoms
within five to seven days, but as none
have appeared they are now declar-
ed immune.
Washington, July 81: Orville
wright's great fight last evening In
which he took Lieutenant Fouiers
over the ten-mile course from Fort
Myer to Alexandria and return at
speed of more than 81 miles an nour,
has made a deep impression on army
and navy officials. They contend that
the accomplishment Of the cross
country fight demonstrated the avail
ability of the aeroplane for use In
warfare. The manner in which the
flying machine was lost to view from
Fort Myer and the rapidity with
which 1t returned there after 1t was
sighted above the crest OF the hill,
was merely another hint OF the pos
sibility of practical use OF the aero
plane by the army or navy Inc
great advantage Of the aeroplane over
a balloon for use In warfare is tnat II
can fly low over rough country" SAID
Wilbur Wright, thus having oDJecIs
ON the ground in plain view. Or
Vile Wright, travelled 47.43 miles an
hour in his flight yesterday in return
ing from the Alexandria end or the
course to Fort Myer. This Is the or
ficial report made by the trial board
at the war department today. HIS
speed to Alexandria from the Fort
Myer end Of the course was S7.736
miles an hour, making the average
42,7s3. The Wright brothers will re-
ceiye $4,000 for their aeroplane,
$4,000 of which is bonus for excess
speed.
Mexico City, July 80: With Chill
pancingo destroyed and Acapulco
partly razed and the loss of life prob
lematical, Central Mexico from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and from
Queranto on the north to Oaxaca on
the south, an area Of more than one
thousand square miles, was shaken at
an early hour today by a series OF
the most severe earth shocks felt In
the region for the last quarter or a
century. The quake was severe In
Mexico City, but not prolific In de-
struction. Reports telling Of the loss
of life are meagre, but the official nS-
ures thus far given show fourteen
killed and more than score mortal
ly injured. While word comes from
G.. Poyros, an American commercial
traveller at Chilpancingo, Guerrero,
that that city was destroyed and the
inhabitants are living in the open,
suffering from the elements, the loss
of life Is not definitely known. Inc
shocks continue at Chilpancingo to-
u,
and flashes Of lightning, rain and
hail. A dispatch on Saturday says,
an earthquake shock, severer than
any vet experienced, today rocked the
city for one minute and 40 seconds.
The first faint swaying came at 12.43
D. M, but the nervous people needeo
nothing more than the slightest trem-
BILE to send them pouring out into the
streets. The shock grew in intensity
at the end of the first 80 seconds and
suddenly shifted the direction OF its
modon.
The lower house Of congress pass
ed the tariff bill as reported by the
conference of the two houses by
vote of 1876 to 1873. Twenty Repup-
licans voted against the bill, while
two Democrats voted for 1t. Chair,
man Payne in defending the bill, SAID
in mart: we have revised the tariff
and have taken off unnecessary du-
ties. not all along the line generally,
but in our revision of the tarin we
have revised the tariff downward and
vet we have held the scales so even
ly that we have done no injury to any
workman in the United States, to any
workshop in the United States, or TO
any farm or any factory, to any mine
or to any citizen of the United states.
A word as to the revenue. These
rates increase the revenue from Gus
toms less than S4,000,000. The incor-
poration tax is estimated to produce
S26, 100000 and tobacco $9,S33,3
Mr.. Clark, the Democratic leader,
characterized the bill as the most
stupendous fake in the history OF
mankind" Mr.. Clark submitted
table containing a comparison be-
and the revenue that would have been
derived that year under the duties
of the conference bill. Under the
Dingley duties, he declared, the rev.
enue would have been $329, lO9,S4Z
and under the duties provided by the
conferees it would have been 1884,
75S,344 an excess of the conference
bill over the Dingley law Of $5,649,-
OO2. And yet" said Mr.. Clark, this
conference report on the tariff bill is
heralded and maintained by the pub
lie press as & tremendous victory for
President Taft over the forces or eVli
represented by Senator Aldrich and
sundry other more or less eminent
statesmen. We are told that con-
gratulations are pouring in upon him
from every side"
News dispatches from Spain dur
ing the past 16W QdyS lSllS VI lHS tSA-
rible conditions that are existing
throughout the empire, and in Moroc-
where the Spanish troops are engaged
in war with the Moors. All the news
sent out Of the country is censored,
but enough is coming through to show
that the condition of the Spanish gov
ernment under King Alphonso Is most
desperate. The queen and her chill
dren have been sent away from Mad
rid to a place of safety. During Wed
nesday and Thursday there were des-
perate clashes between government
forces and revolutionists at Barcelona.
The rebels have an effective organiza-
ton and in the clashes with the SOL
diers many, on both sides, were killed
and wounded, the troops using artil-
Iery in the streets to clear away the
barricades erected by the revolution
lists. While Barcelona is recognized
as the centre Of the revolutionists,
they are not confined to that provinc'
but are scattered throughout the
whole Of the empire. Don Jaime, the
Carlist pretender to the throne, is said
to be ready to issue an address to the
powers and to the Spanish people
maintaining his claim as emperor.
Dozens of priests and nuns have been
ruthlessly slaughtered and many Cath
clio cnpuapts and churches