Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-09
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States regard Mormonism with respect
instead Of adherence, and Brigham
Young as a benefactor of the nation" :"
After ordering that copies Of the reso-
luton be sent to President Taft and
the secretary of the navy it concludes:
I'VE earnestly pray you that the ma
ton may be spared the pain and
shame OF this disgrace"
Havana, June 6: The first stage
of the actual work Of uncovering the
wreck of the battleship Maine was
completed at o'clock this afternoon,
when pumping operations ceased af-
ter the water level within the great
Golfer dam built around the wreck had
as on the night of the disaster, before
the hull had time to become embedded,
been lowered precisely five feet. This
leaves the portion OF the wreck visible
above the water practically the same
in the mud at the bottom OF the mar
Dor. The pumping Is to be suspended
until June Is, when the water level
will be reduced five feet. The work
will then be suspended again so that
a minute examination may be made OF
all sections of the coffer dam, after
which the pumping will be continued
at intervals, dependent upon the result
Of the examination Of the dam, until
the bottom is reached, probably three
or four weeks hence.
- Washington, June z: An investi-
CATION is to be made Of the payment
of $3S6,00O, out of the Boxer indem-
nifty fund to the heirs Of General
Frederick Townsend Ward, when the
claim upon which payment was made
had no connection with the Boxer up
rising. The probe will be held by the
house committee on expenditures in
the state department, which is digging
deep into state department affairs.
John W. Foster, former secretary Of
state, secured the payment and receiv-
ed a fee of $1S4,000. Mr.. Foster did
the collecting for his client, Mrs.
Georgiana Amidon. The claim was
left the descendants of General
Frederick Townsend Ward, the IA
nous American soldier of fortune,
who died in China, claiming the Chi
nese government owed him $780,
a brother and one Of the heirs Of
General" Ward. By the time the
claim was collected 1t amounted to
1886, 900, of which amount Mr.. Fos-
ter received s1S4,O0O for his services.
- Washington, June 6: Carrying
out the programme agreed upon by
the senate committee on privileges and
elections, Senator Dillingham; today in
troduced in the senate resolution
authorizing the special committee of
eight members of the regular elections
committee to reinvestigate the charges
against Senator Lorimer Of Illinois.
Senator Culberson objected to the i'm
mediate consideration of the resolu-
tion, and 1t went over. Mr.. Culberson
said the document differed somewhat
from the original resolution, and he
desired time to consider 1t. The reso-
luton names Senators Dillingham;,
Gamble, Jones' Kenyon, Johnstone,
Fletcher, Kern and Lea. They are di-
rected forthwith to investigate
whether in the election Of William
Lorimer as a senator Of the United
States from the state Of Illinois there
were used or employed corrupt
methods and practices and whether he
is now entitled to retain his seat. The
committee is further and specially in
structed to inquire fully into and re-
port the sources and use Of the alleg-
ed Jackpot" fund, or any other fund,
in its relation to and effect upon the
election Of Mr.. Lorimer.
Chicago, June 6: Municipal
Judge Stewart today held that thous-
-ands Of weddings of the immediate
past were illegal and void because
they had been performed by a justice
of the peace from outside Of the city
limit of an office he occupied in the
county building in Chicago. This JUS
tice Of peace was recently ousted from
the county building. The judge vol
unteered an opinion from the bench
that the justice of the peace had no
legal right to marry any one in Chica-
go, being q justice from the outside
of Chicago, and because justices were
abolished in the city in 1905. At the
same time Philip Fishman was telling
Judge Cooper how he was married
without knowing it. He wanted the
marriage dissolved. He said he in
quired Of a clerk in the county clerks
Office for a peddler's license. With
him was a young friend. A slip Of pa
per was handed him, he said, and they
were taken to Justice Stacey's office.
He told the court he thought he was
swearing to something on the permit
when he and the girl said the custo-
mary Il do" Later he found he had a
wife. They tried to make the best Of
it, he said, but it was not a success.
High Point, n. c., June 8: One Of
the most horrible murders ever perpe-
trated in this community took place
early this morning, at the residence of
j. S. Ragsdale, at old Jamestown,
where Mrs. Ida Hill, widow of the late
DR.. Joel Hill Of Lexington, was choked
to death in her bedroom, on the
second story, by some unknown party
or parties. At about Z a. m, Mrs
Ragsdale and her daughter, Miss Jen-
ME. carried some clean linen to Mrs
Hills room, and it was then that they
found the body lying at the foot Of the
iron bed with the head tied to foot
post with a valise strap, while the
buckle end of the strap was tightly
drawn in a loop around the woman's
neck. In her mouth was stuffed her
own black stocking and a burglars
black mask. With the other Valise
strap her hands were fastened secure
ly to her body Another stocking was
also securely drawn around her neck.
The murder must have taken place
towards morning, as the body was yet
warm when discovered. Evidently the
object of the murderer was burglary,
as some silverplate and other Valu-
ables were found tied up in a napkin
in the dining room.
- Juarez, Mexico, June 6: A wide
spread plot against Francisco 1. Mad
ero, Jr, with ramificationS in San An
tonic, Ell Paso. New York and Mexico
City, has been discovered, according
TO news coming from Mexican govern
ment officers today. The first purpose
of the instigators is said to be the es-
tablishment in the cities named of
juntas similar to those of the revolu-
tionary party and then to carry on
systematic effort to hamper Madero
and restore to power a political ele-
ment that was ousted when President
Diaz resigned. Secret service men in
various parts Of Mexico have been in
structed to make arrests in the hope
that the movement may be broken up
before 1t assumed any considerable
proportions. Abram Gonzales, provl-
sional governor of Chihuahua, today
announced he had been compelled to
postpone his trip to Chihuahua today
because of a threat Of his life. He
said he had received wcrd that an Of
fer of $4,000 had been made to pre-
vent his reaching Chihu lhua. The in
formation came from s, ch source
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