Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-10
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known LOT lle lISl lllllC lliStN eIaN S''
ernment is seeking to connect Jas. A
Patten with the alleged bull pool in
cotton. A clash before the special
Federal grand jury that is investigat-
ing the affair, which was aired before
Judge Hand, brought out this fact
Chas. A. Kittle, member of the bank
ing and brokerage firm of S. II. z. Pell
& Co, who had been summoned as q
witness, refused to be sworn on the
ground that the subpoena failed 10
state against whom the proceedings
were directed. McKercher denied this
saving that James A. Patten and 9TH
ers" were named. Judge Hand direct
ed Kittle to take the oath, saying ne
could then raise his objections and
they could be presented to the court
in proper form. While no announce
ment was Forthcoming, it is understood
that Kittle followed this course on
returning to the grand jury room.
Chicago. H., June s: The Chica-
go Democratic Bulletin, organ of the
Chicago Democratic Club, John r
Tansey, publisher. in its issue of to-
day charges there was more than
100000 in the Springfield jack
pot" 1t gives what purports to be
the sources of the Jack pot money
Here is the corruption fund, accord
ing to this publication: Senatorial
contest, $250,000; manufacturers bills
$4,000; three bills-employers' la
bility. fellow servant assumed risk
all killed. $4,000; antitrust bills
$4,000, sleeping car regulators. $25,-
600: automobile bills, $1,000; cigar
cite bills. $4,000; hotel and inn keep
ers. $4,000: mining bills, including
shot firers act. $4,000: capital stock
legislation, $4,000: anti-local option
legislation. $4,000; railroad regula-
tors $4,000; insurance regulators,
$4,000 banking regulators. $4,000;
telephone regulators $4,000; tele-
graph regulators, $4,000; gas, elec-
trio light and power regulators, S4O'-
900: express company regulators,
$4,000; street paving bills, $4,000;
fish bills, $4,000; loan shark" bills.
$4,000; stockyard bills, $4,000; os-
teopathy bills. $2,5OO; patent medi-
cine bills. $4,000; cold storage bills,
$4,000: school book legislation, $2O,-
OO0 employment office regulators,
$4,000.
- Bluefields, Nicaragua, June I: AT
the first shot fired against rhe Ameri-
level the bluff" This is the reply made
today by Commander Harold X. Hines
commanding the American gunboat
Dubuque to a threat made by General
Rivas of the MadriZ force holding
Bluefelds bluff to stop by force any
vessels of whatever nationality enter
ing the harbor. Gen. Rivas has prac-
tically defied the United States, de-
claring that he will disregard the proc
lamation issued from Washington on
May 81 to the effect that the United
States government will deny the right
of either faction to seize American
owned vessels or property without
consent of and recompense to the own
ers. He has warned Commander Hines
that he will prevent by force, regard
less of flag. any foreign vessels from
entering the harbor. In response to
this, the American commander imme-
diately sent to him the above message,
which would mean the humiliation of
the handful of Madriz troops now re-
manning in this neighbOrhood. A seri-
Gus situation has thus arisen which
may involve the United States, but the
Americans here are of the opinion that
Gen. Rivas will not attempt to make
good his threat in an effort to collect
custom duties. There are constant ru-
mors of threats against the life of
Thomas P. Moffatt, the American con-
sui here and the whole situation at
Bluefelds, instead of quieting has as
sumed a more serious aspect.
Berlin, June 8: Rudolf Francke,
who was associated with DIR. Frederick
A. Cook in the Arctic explorations, has
brought suit against Commander r. +.
Peary in the sum of $4,000. The
amount is estimated at half the value
teeth which Francke bought from ma
tives in the Arctic, upon arrangement
with DR.. Cook that they should share
them half and half. According to
Francke's statement, Commander Pea
ry found him seriously i'll at Etah. ow-
ing to fall on a glacier, and took ad-
vantage of this circumstance to de-
mand the entire collection as the price
for transportating him to America.
F'rancke claims that he did not act of
his own free WILL but by compulsion,
and says that Peary set aside a part
of the collection to present to EXPIRES
ident Roosevelt. The papers in the suit
We're served on Commander Peary at a
hotel this evening. He refused to take
them when they were handed TO him by
on table in the presence of u witness,
calling the commanders attention to
the fact that this was a legal service.
Earlier in the day when the report of
a court action against Commander
Peary was being noised about, the
ambassador David Jayne Hill, and
submitted the case to him. He declar-
ed later that he left the matter in the
ambassadors hands and had washed
his hands of the whole affair. He de-
clined to make a statement with refer
ence to the suit. Commander Peary
gave a lecture tonight to a crowded
house through an interpreter. He
will leave for London tomorrow.
- oxford, England, June 1: oxford
today conferred upon Theodore Roose-
welt the honorary degree of doctor
of civil law. The ceremony took place
i'm the Sheldonian theatre, where for
three centuries and more it has been
the custom to hold the encaenial eX-
ercises, the annual commem"ratiOn OF
the founders and other official assem-
blies, but Mr.. Roosevelt's reception
In N q