Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09
Scraps and faets.

the Sabbath or the God that gave IT to
the laboring man for his needed rest"
The Matteawan asylum in New
York, does not propose to have another
escape like that Of Harry Thaw, II 1t
can be helped. It will be remembered
that Thaw stood near the gate as It
was opened for the milk man, and
dashed out as the milk man drove in.
Now another gate is being erected on
the inside Of the wall, and 1t Is propos-
ed that hereafter as wagons come in
before the second gate Is opened.
= The city Of Hot Springs, Arkansas,
was nearly wiped out by fire last Fri
day. The fire started In a negro
cabin near the army and navy hos
,pital, and before 1t could be wiped
out, destroyed something like $6,000,-
900 worth Of property on which there
was insurance to the amount Of less
than $2,000,000. Thousands OF people
were made homeless, and destitution
Is so widespread that 1t has been nee
essary to send provisions from abroad.
Heavy contributions are being made
from Little Rock and other cities.
AN attempt was made at Toxic,
Japan last Friday to assassinate Mori-
tara Abe, director OF the political bu-
reau of the Japanese foreign office. He
was stabbed in the abdomen and Is
suffering from a severe wound. The at
tack came while Mr.. Abe was walking
home from the foreign offlce early last
Friday. He had reached a point op-
posite the American embassy when two
young men ran out of an alley toward
him. One Of them seized him by the
shoulders while the other plunged a
- ~ noxh IF
them escaped. Passersby came to the
assistance Of Mr.. Abe, who had fallen.
They bore him to his home, where an
operation was performed Immediately.
The doctors declared that the wound
probably would not prove fatal The
motive for the crime is not known, but
there is a tendency to attribute 1t to the
political excitement growing out OF re-
cent attacks on the Japanese foreign
office and on Mr.. Abe In regard to the
California land ownership legislation.
Democratic leaders in the senate
decided yesterday to make no fur
ther movement toward an agreement
on the administration currency bill
until II has passed the house. After
q conference with colleagues on the
banking and currency committee,
Chairman owen on yesterday secured
President Wilson's tentative approval
Of the plan. 1t was predicted that
consideration Of the bill in committee
will continue until the middle Of Oc-
tober before 1t will be possible to es-
innate what support 1t can command
In the senate. The senate banking and
currency committee resumed hearings
yesterday with W. n. Allen OF Brook
lyn, the only witness. At the end or
a short session, the committee adjourn
ed. Chairman Henry Of the house
rules committee, called at the White
House, he said, to assure President
Wilson that his committee was ready
to introduce special rule If neces-
sary to expediate the bill through the
house. He predicted that the bill
would be passed by the house after a
weeks debate. Chairman Owen ar
ranged late yesterday for a resump-
ton of the currency hearing Tuesday.
September 16, at which the first Of
several financial students will be ex-
amined by the committee.
The high cost Of living will be
higher as a result Of the action Of the
National Farmers Union in Salna,
Kan, In fixing the price at which
members will sell this years cotton
at Is cents a pound. The present price
Is approximately IL cents. The ac-
ton Of the convention binds every
member Of the union to hold his cot
ton until the market reaches the
figures set. In the past. repeated ef-
forts have been made to have SINH
lar resolution passed by the conven-
tion but advocates Of the proposal al
ways failed to muster the necessary
votes This year there was no oppo-
sition to the plan. Several OF the
sxfyo rrfn na
minimum figured at II or 1S cents,
pointing out that owing to tightness
of the money market and unsettled
conditions in Europe and America,
prices OF all products would soar and
cotton would bring that price II mem
bers of the union held out. Experts
employed by the union estimate this
years yield at 14,074.500 bales. Last
year 1t was 14.200,000 bales and the
price averaged IL cents. There are
nearly 100000 members Of the union
who are cotton growers and, and lead
ers in the movement say their nelgh-
bors who are not members of the or
ganization will only be too glad to
join in holding the crop until 1t can
be marketed at Is cents a pound. The
minimum price at which cotton seed
will be sold was fixed at $50 ton and
members are pledged to hold out for
that figure. Last years prices ranged
around s26. approximately the present
market figure.
-Thaw did not go back to Mattea.
wan as even his lawyers seemed to
think after the Canadian court decision
last week. When Thaw was turned out
Of Jail on the writ Of habeas corpus;
and the immigration authorities seized
him, his attorneys refused to Montreal
and secured a writ that calls for Thaw's s
appearance before the full kings bench
in that city on September Is. The writ
Is a double -barreled affair, habeas cor
pus and prohibitive against transpor--
tation. The writ was obtained and
served after the immigration authori-
ties had ordered Thaw's deportation.
The populace Of CoaticSok was over
joyed at the new turn In behalf of
Thaw. But in connection with the mat
ter there was a right smart joke on
Jerome. With the anxiety Of the case
relieved by the granting OF the habeas
corpus writ, Jerome engaged In game
Of poker with some of the newspaper
men. It was at the railroad station
and was a penny ante affair involving
about $3.50 in all. A man named Mill
ford Aldrich swore out warrant
against Jerome and had him arrested,
and put under $500 bond. The arrest
delayed Thaw's deportation somewhat.
Thaw's lawyers expressed much indig-
nation at the arrest and disclaimed all
responsibility for 1t. Thaw regarded 1t
as a good joke; but offered to go Je-
rome's bond. The man who swore out
the warrant claimed to be acting
through zeal as citizen. Had 1t not
been for the delay caused by the ar
rest, Thaw would probably have been
taken at once to Vermont. There Is
row In the town council Of Coaticook,
the aldermen being divided on the
question as to whether John Boudreau,
the officer who had arrested Thaw in
the first place, and who afterward sued
out the writ Of habeas corpus had any
right to do so.
Completion of dry excavation on
the Panama canal last Saturday just
ten days ahead of scheduled time, ad-
vanced the work on the great water
way almost to the final stages. Much
digging and cleaning out remains to be
done in Culebra cut and along the
route but this will be accomplished by
mammoth dredges floating on the sur
face Of the canal. An army Of men Will
ha hrsy during the next four weeks re-