Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-21
Straps and faets.

dock has not yet been discovered. The
suggestion has been made, based on
a recent report, that hole has been
found in the side of the dock and
that the Dewey practically rotted
away. although it has been but four
years in tropical waters. Another
suggestion is that the hole was caused
by purely local corrosion, owing to
eiectrolysis, which, of course, would
minimize the damage. The strateg1StS
of the navy department are diSmayed
at the thought that the Dewey, the
only dry G'ck available for American
use in tin of war in the far east,
may be useless.
- Boston, June l9: Carrying boun-
tiful supply of trinketS and gumdrops
for the igloo dwellers of the frozen
north, the steamship Boethic, charter
ed by Harry Whitney of New Haven,
Conn, and Paul ]. Rainey of Cleve-
land. O., for a hunting expedition In
the Arctic, sailed from South Boston
today. The Boethic is under the
command of Capt. Robert Bartlett
who made the trip with Commander
Peary. Others on the steamer were
DR.. NJ. ]. Johnson of Lexington, KY
and Hugh NJ. Inman of New YORK.
Speculation as to whether Mr.. whitney
would attempt to recover the RECORDS
alleged to have been left by Dr. Cook
at Etah remained unsatisfied by the
last word of Capt Bartlett, VINO salu
with a smile: I'VE probably Will not
bother to take the time to hunt up
Cooks records"
Washington, June IS: Senator h.
d. Smith of South Carolina came 10
the defense of James A. Patten anu
seven others interested in the So-call-
ed cotton pool today. In speech pc
fore the senate he declared the lndlcl-
ments were in line with the govern
ment's general plan of interfering
with private business. Senator smith
spoke in the senate in oppoSltlon 10
Senator Carter's hopes to obtain vote
on the mouse postal savings bill, but
found occasion to attack the indtct-
ments. Referring to the charge :hat
the brokers had cornered the VlSlDl"
supply of cotton, the South Carolina
senator declared that never was
more bare faced falsehood or great
er fraud perpetrated than in this IN
dictment." He repeated previous
charges where the law had been invok-
ed to put down the price of cotton IN
the interest Of foreign SPECTATORS ma
said that he had been informed lhat
the attorney general had been at one
time a partner of the attorney for the
cotton exchange.
Indianapolis, Ind, June IS: To
obtain a change in the interstate COM
merce laws the Anti-Saloon League
of America will attempt to pledge
congressman from each state In the
Union on the question. The Indiana
Anti-Saloon league, under the leader
ship of Rev E. S. Shumaker, super
intendent of the league, will be active
to bring about the desired changes.
S. E. Nicholson, the national leglsla-
tive Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of America, has written to
Mr.. Shumaker stating he vii arrive in
indianapolis in a few days to confer
with Indiana leaders in regard to the
situation in this state. Mr.. ShumaKer
saws the crying need to make the
county option law success is to re-
wise the interstate laws so brewerles
in one state will be compelled to sell
only in their own state. This would
stop the shipment Of thousands OF
dollars worth of liquor from wet to
dry territory. All candidates for con-
gress will be approached ana an at
tempt will be made to obtain pledges
from them for the changes necessary
to eliminate the interstate shipment.
THE railroad bill, one of the most
important measures of the Tart ad-
was pdSSSN Dy biS AASe'N
Saturday afternoon, and having al
ready passed the senate, became law.
upon its signature by the president
Saturday night at l0.15 o'clock. The
bill as passed is substantially in ac-
cordance with the presidents mes
sage demanding amendments to the
interstate commerce laws. About the
only exceptions are that 1t does not
legaliZe holding agree mentS made py
railroads, permit mergers or regulate
the issuance of stocks and bonds. 1t
creates a commerce court and broad
ems the scope of the jurisdiction by
the interstate commerce commission
as regards regulations and practices
by railroads. 1t also brings telegraph,
telephone and cable companies with
in that jurisdiction. Supervision is
given to the commission over in
creases of rates. and this section as
we'll as one making provision for the
investigation of the stock and bond
question will go into effect immediate
~ upon the bills being signed. Other
provisions and they are extensive. will
take effect within sixty days from the
date of approval.
The house of representatives.
which has seen many days of discus
sion during the present session over
the question of rules Cf that body, on
Friday furnished the remarkable
spectacle of passing with only one
lone member voting in the opposition,
a strongly worded reform rule" de-
signed to correct an acknowledged
legislative abuse-the 'smothering'
of legislation in committee. Demo-
Gratis, Republicans and insurgents
joined hands harmoniously in adopt
ing the rule. Representative Rucker
(DemD of Missouri was the lone men,
Der who stood out against it, He as
sailed the new rule in vigorous Ian
guage and was joined in his denuncia-
ton by Representative Sims (Dem.)
of Tennessee. The later, however,
did not vote against its adoption.
Representative Champ Clark, the mi
nority leader supported the rule, as
"a forward step in reforming the rules
of the house" and asserted that he
himself was the author. Represen-
tative Daizell (Pa) and Representa-
tive Smith Qa.) from among the reg
ular" leaders supported il also, as
something which a majority of the
house demanded. Representative
Payne, the Republican floor leader,
objected to one of its provisions, but
voted for the rule. insurgents" like
Mudrock (kan), Fish (N. ", and
Norris (Neb.) advocated adoption Of
emancipation of the house"
After a search covering many
years, says a Baltimore dispatch of
Sunday the resting place of the bones
of Charles \. Taylor, a soldier of the
Sixth Massachusetts regiment, reput-
ed TO have been the first man killed
in the war between the states, has
been definitely located and on Tues
day the remains will be sent to Bing
hamton, y. Y, to be later taken to
Lowell and inferred beneath the mon
ument erected TO the memory of Tay-
lor and the three others who fell with
him during the fight which marked
the passage of their regiment along
Pratt street. this city, on April 10,
1861. A monument having been erected
in Lowell to his memory and that of
the others who were killed at the
time, repeated efforts were made by
Col. Edw. F. Jones, now of Bingham
ton, who was in command of the reg
iment when the fight occurred, to find
TaylOr's burial place. Sometime ago,
as last resort, advertisements were
inserted in local papers, one of which