Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-17
Scraps and facts.


altering the official term Of the session
of congress Is to be one OF the features
of the SD congress, which assemblies
in regular session next month. A
Joint session introduced last summer
in the house by Mr.. Henry of Texas,
and in the senate by Senator Clark of
Wyoming, will be taken up by the
house committee on judiciary soon af-
ter congress conVeneS. Besides chang
ing the date of the inauguration, the
resolution provides for the elimination
of the short term of congress, fixing
the second Thursday of January as
the date of the commencement and ter
mination of the official term OF sena-
tors and representatives. Representa-
tive Henry, author of the resolution,
said today that the coming session Is
an auspicious one in which to make
the change because If the amendment
passes it could be voted on by the leg
islatures of all the states within two
years and become law before the
presidential campaign of 1916.
In a recent geological survey re-
port on potash the hope is expressed
that every salt producer in the Unlted
States will in the future, when boring
or otherwise exploring for salt, be on
the lookout for possible occurrences
of potash compounds. At present the
geological survey has a deep drilling
party at work in the arid west, where
vast deposits of salt are known to
exist, in an endeavor to find possible
sources of potash and nitrate OF soda
two of the three essential elements
of complete fertilizer" recognized
necessity for successful agriculture.
The department of agriculture has
also been conducting special investi-
cations in the west in search or pot
ash deposits, and Secretary wilson
now announces that they have been
found in large quantities. If the me-
chanical details for the production OF
the potash work out successfully, as
Anticipated. the indications are that
there will be more than ample sup
DIV for the annual needs Of the Uni
ted States. which now require the inn
portation of over SIC, 100000 worth or
potash. Further information on this
subject of the discovery of American
sources Of potash will be withheld un-
til congress assemblies. when. 1t will
be communicated to the legislative
committees having the matter In
charge.
Governor Mann of Virginia, on
Wednesday declined to interfere in
the case of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr,
and the young wife murderer's last
hope of evading the electric chair on
ON Friday, November oath, was swept
away. Attorneys for the condemned
man held their last conference with
the governor during the morning, and
lust before noon the latter announced
his. intention not to interfere IN any
way with the decree of the Chester
field county court, which was sus-
tained by the supreme court OF ap,
peals of the state. A petition mao
been presented to the governor pray
ing for a respite Of at least thirty
days for spiritual preparation. In a
in part: "I followed this case during
the trial, and as its horrible facts
were developed, regretted that a crime
so cruel and malicious should nave
occurred within the confines or this
state. In the decision of every ques-
tion which was presented to the able
and impartial judge who presided al
the trial he was careful to give the
benefit of every reasonable doubt 10
the prisoner; that he did not err Is
shown in the refusal OF the supreme
court Of appeals to grant writ OF
error. That Beattie is guilty Of the
wilful, deliberate and cruel murder OF
his young wife I have not the slight
est doubt, nor Is 1t insisted that there
shall be any greater relief afforded
than the Communication of his sentence TO
imprisonment for life. l do not think
the affidavits of Paul Beattie printed
in the papers or any other evidence
or consideration brought to my atten-
ti6n sufficient for that purpose. TO
grant a respite in so plain case wouiu
be to set a precedent, would be to
temporize with the law and to en-
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with the sole purpose of gaining time.
I believe the best way to prevent such
crimes as this is to punish them ad-
euuately. certainly, speedily. There-
fore the judgment of the circuit court
of Chesterfield will be carried into
effect without interference from me-
AS no reply has been received
from the Persian government to the
Russian ultimatum of November IL.
says a st. Petersburg dispatch. 1t is
officially announced that the govern
ment has ordered the immediate dis.
patch of troops to Persia. They Will
be concentrated for the present at
Kasbin, called also KaZvin, which is
ninety miles northwest of Teheran.
Early in November the Russian gov
ernment sent an ultimatum to Per-
sia, setting forth that unless the Per
sian minister of foreign affairs apol-
ogized for the alleged insult to M.
Petroff. Russian vice consul at Te-
heran. on the occasion Of the seizure
of the property of Shua- -Es- Sultaneh
and made other reparation Russia
would occupy the provinces of Chilan
and Mazanderan. The seizure OF the
property of Shua- -Es-Sultaneh was
carried out at the instance Of the ma
tional council by w. Morgan Shuster,
Persian treasurer general. Later the
head of the Russian section of the
Persian foreign office informed the
Russian minister that as the new cab
met had not been formed, 1t was i'm
possible for the government to reply
Immediately to Russia's demand FOR
an apology. Late dispatches from
London. referring to further en-
croachments upon Perslas mae
tlependence by both Russia and Great
Pritain. said that if Russia enforced
her ultimatum by occupying part
of the north. Great Britain was like
" to take a corresponding step in
the south Russian troops in the
north have been strongly reinforced,
while Great Britain has landed two
regiments Of Indian troops at Bushire,
a seaport of Persia, nominally 10
guard Pritish consulates in the south.
The state department, says a
Washington diSpatch, mas pTdctlcdllS
decided to send a regiment of troops
from Manila to Chinwingtao, sea-
port in China about $50 miles from
Peking on the Gulf Of Pechili. The
purpose is to perform an international
duty under the Boxer treaty in keep
ing open the line of communication
between Peking and the sea. 1t was
said at the state department that re-
quest for the troops has not yet been
made on the war department, but
it was mOmentarily expected. The
officials were careful to make it ap-
pear that the dispatch of these troops
TO China would be absolutely without
any political meaning, and the move
ment was not to be construed as inter-
vention. Under the treaty which ter
minated the Boxer troubles. the UNI
ted States. with other powers, was
accorded the privilege of maintaining
a military force along the line OF
railway between Peking and the sea
in order to guard against such an
event as the siege Of the legations
during the Boxer uprising. Beyond
the maintenance of marine guard OF
100 men (only recently and tempor-
o.