Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-13

murderer lived with each OF MS alleged
victims as wife before making away
with them. The prisoner displays a
remarkable knowledge Of each of the
crimes led to the door of the Jack the
Ripper" and in two instances he Is
to the killing.
Am amendment to the constitution,
introduced by Senator Francis G. New
lands, of Nevada, that will keep the
vote from the negro yet to be born and
preserve this as a white mans govern
ment is causing considerable discus
sion in congressional circles here. In
introducing the amendment, Senator
Newlands said: "The blacks had a
right to be made free men; but did
they have the right to be made sover-
eigns? And was not their sudden trans
formation from slaves to sovereigns
the greatest cruelty that could be in
f1icted upon them as well as upon the
whites? Freedom was a right; suffrage
was a privilege. The former was bene-
fetal; the latter prejudicial. While Sc
curing and strengthening the former.
why not withdraw the latter, eliminat-
ing any appearance of injustice by ap-
plying II only to those hereafter born?
And then how humanely and benefi-
cially we could bring the nation into
cooperation with the states in plans
for the real-not tsham-betterment of
this unfortunate racer"
This years grain crops in the Unit
ed States will be far in excess Of last
years yield, 1t was estimated Friday
by the department of agricultnre. 1t
will be better than the average crop
for the last ten years, and, In the case
Of a number Of products, will make a
new record, If present estimates are not
overthrown by conditions at present
unforeseen. The country's corn crop.
estimated at 2,S11, ,000,00 bushels, will
be the largest In the nations history,
with the exception Of the years 1906
and 1910, the former being the banner
year, with 2,92S0O0.000 bushels. AS for
the wheat crop, estimated at 6S0,000,-
900 bushels, that will rank fifth in size
in the last twenty years. The oats crop
will be the largest the country has
gathered, SURPRISING by 21,000,O00
bushels that of 1910, the previous rec
ord. In barley, too, this year will es-
tablish q new record, the estimated
yield Of 202,00O,000 bushels being "a
100000 bushels greater, than that Of
1906, the previous best year. The yield
of rye, 100000 bushels, will equal that
Of 1910, the former record year. or po-
371,000,000 bushels, only 1909, with its
3S9,000,000 bushels, produced a larger
yield.
Mexico City, August 12: Thirty six
soldiers and more than twenty passen-
gers were slaughtered by Zapatistas in
a canyon, / kilometer north Of Ticu-
man, 10 miles southeast Of Mexico
City, yesterday when a passenger train
southbound from this city was attack
ed from ambush. Only meager details
have reached this city tonight. So far
as known only part Of the train crew
escaped. The first news Of the assault
was sent to Mexico City by Conductor
Marin and Collector DomingueZ, who
although wounded, had managed to
make their way to Yautepec, twelve
miles away. They were forced to steal
through the Zapatista lines and did
not arrive at the telegraph station un-
til this afternoon. After a murderous
rife fire had ceased the rebels swarm
ed down the hillside and set fire to the
three cars composing the train. A few
of the wounded had crawled out on the
right of way, thus escaping the fate of
those unable to leave the cars who were
burned. According to reports, the lead
er of the rebels made absolutely no
effort to restrain his men from acts Of
their lives, were struck down without
pity and even looting was held in abey-
ance until the slaughter was complete.
Not satisfied with robbing their VIC
Tins in an ordinary manner, the fin
gers of men and women were chopped
off with machets that rings they wore
might be more quickly obtained. Or
naments were torn from ears Of women
and their bodies were otherwise mutt
lated. Among the passengers were two
newspaper men and they were among
those killed. They were on their way
to interview Emiliano Zapata, the chief
of the rebels. One of these, H. l..
Strauss, who was a native of Uruguay
and consular agent of his country in
this city, was employed at one time on
the New York Herald. He was making
this trip to see Zapata as a representa-
tive Of Ell Imparcial. The other cor
respondent was Ignacio Herraras of Ell
Pals.
- Washington, August g.: The Pan
ANA canay administration bill provid
ing free passage to American ships,
prohibiting railroad owned vessels
from using the waterway and author
izing the establishment Of a one-man
government when the canal is COM
pleted, was passed by the senate to-
sion for free tolls, which was fought
out in the senate Wednesday, was en-
dorsed again just before the passage of
the measure. Attached to the bill as
ii passed the senate were two impor-
tant amendments directed at trust or
railroad control of steamship lines. The
first by Senator Reed, would prohibit
ships owned by an illegal industrial
combination, from using the canal;
and the second, by Senator Bourne,
would force railroads to give up wa
ter lines that might otherwise be their
competitors. if it were proved that they
were sitting competition. Opponents
of the free-t toll provision for American
ships, against which Great Britain made
formal protest. carried their fight up
to the last of the bills consideration.
Just before its passage, Senator Root
moved to strike out the section giving
free tolls to American coastwise ves-
sells; and Senator Hoke Smith of
Georgia moved to strike out the provi-
sion for free tolls to American ships in
the foreign trade. Both Of these mo-
tions were defeated by overwhelming
votes AS the bill passed, it would per-
NIT American coastwise vessels to pass
through the canal free. without condi-
tions; while American foreign trade
ships might pass through free If their
owners agreed to sell the vessels to the
United States at fair price in time of
war or emergency. The great fight of
the day centered about the provisions
to prohibit railroad-owned ships from
using the canal. The broad terms Of
the original house bill, which would
have required every railroad in the
country to dispose at once Of any steam
ship lines with which it might be 9TH
erwise compete, were not accepted by
the senate. This was modified so that
railroads would be prohibited only
from owning steamship lines that may
operate through the Panama canal.
The Bourne amendment, however.
adopted later by vote of 36 to 25, re-
stored much of the vigor Of the anti
railroad provisions of the house bill.
1t provided that if the interstate COM
merce commission should find that any
railroad had an interest in competitive
line of steamers and that such interest
was injurious to the welfare of the pub
lie, the commission might compel the
railroad to dispose of it's steamer con-
nections. Senator Brandegee, chairman
of the interoceanic canals committee of
the senate, made an ineffective fight on
the rigid provisions against the rail-
road ships. After the amendments had
been adopted to the house bill. he NOV