Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-04
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lieves the great guns of the fortifica-
tions could destroy any fleets sent
against them. His views have been
submitted to the house committee on
expenditures The necessity for cor
poration of mobile forces with the
great forts is emphasized by the gen.
eral. Large bodies of troops Wouiu
be needed to prevent an enemy land-
ing near the points the forts defend:
In the event of an invasion General
Wood believes the vicinity or the
largest cities would be the scenes OF
fighting. No remote coast district
would be selected by an enemy TO
land, but rather the neighborhood OF
some vital point at which quick
blow might be struck.
Washington, July 2: With down
town thermometers registering lOi
degrees, the weather record Tor tne
season was equaled here today. The
official temperature was SO, and the
suffering was increased by the humid
ity. No immediate relief, it was SAID,
is in sight. The weather bureau
promises that the coming week Will
he one of moderate temperature In
the South Atlantic and Gulf States
and generally over the region west OF
the Mississippi. High temperatures
will prevail the first pert OF the week
In the northern and middle states east
of the Mississippi, followed by a
change to lower temperature IN these
districts about Wednesday. paro-
metric depression that now covers the
Rocky mountain region, accordlng 10
the bureau, will drift slowly eastward
nreceded and attended by local show
ers and thunder-storms and will cross
the Mississippi valley Tuesday or
wednesday and the Atlantic states
Thursday or Friday. It will be FOL
lowed by cooler weather over the
plains states, the Mississippi valley
and the region east thereof.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Abner
Nash, son of Capt. and Mrs Fred
Nash, who is working for the gov
ernment on the wreck Of the ill-fat-
ed battleship Maine, in Havana mar
bor. writes home about the Maine un-
der date of June 23 as follows: we
now have Is feet pumped out and are
keeping the water at this point toilet
the cofferdam take the strain gradu-
ally. You can see great deal OF the
two decks Of the Maine and there has
been taken out of the mud in the OF
Springfield rifles, pistols, Captain
Sigsbee's walking cane, a pair of field
glasses and a flute. Several bones
have also been found. and today the
bones Of a mans leg were found
amidship of the vessel. / expect we
will start pumping again in rev
days, that is about July l, and then
we can see more of the wreck. You
should see the crowds that come out
to see the wreck, generally about g.
900 people a day, and last Sunday
there were 5000. They start coming
at 6 a. m. and keep it up until dark.
Ninety eight degrees in Charlotte?
Why, the hottest 1t has been here yet
is 95 degrees. Generally the ther-
mometer here is 92 in the day time
and about IS or 80 at night, except in
some of the streets in Havana. Out
here in the harbor We have fine
breeze all the time"
when the national governments
fiscal year of 1911 closed last Friday,
the Federal treasury held a cash sur
plus Of at least $4,000, 900 and showed
an excess of all receipts over all dis
bursements for the first time since
1907. While the revised returns show
ing the governments exact financial
condition will not be available for sew
eral days, from such figures as are at
hand and such estimates as treasury
ent that the government during the
last twelve months received from all
sources not less than $6S9, ,000, 900, about
$10,000,000 more than was expected,
and spent $656,000,000, about $6,000,000
less than was planned. For the first
time income from internal revenue and
customs was nearly equal. While GUS
toms receipts for the year fell $20,O00,-
900 and will stand at about 1912, ,000,-
900, the internal revenue promises to
total $315,000,000, the greatest sum
ever collected from that source, which
will surpass the record breaking fig
ures of 1866. Four causes have contri
buted to the great increase in the in
ternal revenue. The corporation tax
Is responsible for $2S,000,000, whisky
and other spirits $155,000,000, tobacco
$62,000,0 900 and beer 100000. 1t
was estimated that when collectors Of
internal revenue throughout the coun-
try closed their offices today, the gov
ernment would have at least $10,O0O,-
900 of the corporation tax money in
hand. The balance is not expected
until July 10, the last day Of grace.
The Federal treasury enters the fiscal
year, 1912, with more than $1,800,000,-
900 in cash stacked away in the steel
ribbed vaults, the largest sum ever
held there.
- The senatorial election investiga-
ton question was placed before the
senate committee on elections today
when the full certified records of the
legislative investigation Of the elec-
tion of United States Senator Ste
phenson of Wisconsin were received
by the vice president, laid before the
senate and referred to the committee.
The investigation first was made by a
joint committee of the Wisconsin leg
islature which found no direct viola
ton of law and subsequently by spe-
cial committee of the Wisconsin SEN
ate which in its report made variety
of charges in connection with Senator
Stephenson's election. The docu-
ments received today direct from the
Wisconsin legislature request a con-
gressional investigation of the charges
against Senator Stephenson. The
senate members of the joint commit
tee of the two houses Of the Wiscon-
sin legislature did not join with the
house members in the report which
made no specific finding against the
senator. The report Of the state SEN
ate's special committee declared Mr..
Stephenson's election to be the result
Of corruption and alleged that $1O7,-
900 had been spent in his behalf. No
senator was WllllllB W say lOudy NA1l
the senate here may do until the COM
mittee on privileges and elections
finds opportunity to go over the pa
pers but it generally was conceded
that the Lorimer inquiry supplied a
precedent for an investigation. Sem
ator Stephenson and his friends have
contended that the expenditures in
the campaign were legitimate. Books
showing the payment Of $9S,00O, it is
said, were exhibited before the Wis
consin committee.
Two earthquake shocks, the heav-
lest since the big shake of 1906, and
separated by only a few seconds, jar
red the central portion of California
and western Nevada last Saturday.
The first sharp shock experienced at
POI o'clock was followed within a few
seconds by one of similar intensity,
each lasting about five seconds. Only
trivial damage has been reported from
any section, but in San Francisco and
other cities in the affected area panic
seized upon crowds in stores and res
taurants, and there was pell-mell
exodus from the large buildings. One
peculiar feature of the earthquake was
that it did not appear to follow the old
fault" in the earth's crust which has
been the playground of tremblers in