Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-27
Scraps and fafts.

regard to the health Of King Edward.
These stories have been in circulation
for several days past. They are to the
effect that he had sudden attack OF
pain at the opera just after returning
from France. A few days later, while
he was in Scotland, his majesty expert
enced similar attacks, which resulted
on two occasions, it Is said, In fainting
spells. The king is under careful
treatment and observation, but 1t is
though that an operation may be nec-
essary within a short time. In the
meanwhile he is able to go about al
most as usual.
st. Petersburg dispatch OF May
"a: While it is not intended to imply
that the governments Jewish policy
aims at stimulating Jewish emigra-
tion, observers expect that this will be
the result Of 1t. 1t is noteworthy, how
ever, that M. Kronshevan, the editor
of the Bessaraytz, the anti-Semftic
paper of Kischeneff. writing after the
massacre, oratorically addressed the
Jews in an article in this way: Be
come Christians and our brothers and
enjoy all the privileges Of Russian cit
izenship. If not, you have one year to
go where you please. After that term
has expired there must not remain
single Jew in Russia unless he is
Christianized, and thereafter entrance
to Russia will be forbidden to the
Jews forever"
- Indianapolis, Indiana, dispatch OF
May 23: Lulu Hadley, the chamber
maid who refused to make the bed In
which Booker T. Washington had
slept, was chIoroformed and robbed at
her home at $50 Fulton street at an
early hour this morning. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, with whom Miss Hadley lives,
were also chloroformed. The robbers,
who are believed to be some Negroes
who have been hanging around and
peering into the house for several
days, secured Miss Hadley's purse,
containing $43. The house was ran
sacked. Bureau drawers were found
on the. floor, and every effort was made
by the robbers to find the money which
Miss Hadley has been receiving for
several days from all parts Of the
country.
Macon, Ga, dispatch Of May %:
After five hours deliberation, the jury
in the case Of Mrs. Efae L. Carson,
charged with the murder Of Robert
Rigsby, returned a verdict Of acquit-
tai, at 1890 o'clock tonight. Rigsby
was a student In q business college,
coming from Bowling Green, KY. 1t
was alleged that he DETAINED the char
acter Of Mrs. Carson, a teacher in an
other business college. She sought
interviews with him for the purpose OF
ascertaining the names Of those who
accused her. At the second interview
in her attorneys Office, no one being
present except herself and Rigsby, she
killed him. When the jury filed into
the court room, and Mrs. Carson con-
fronted them she showed the same res
oluteness that has marked her bearing
during the ordeal Of the trial. Upon
the report Of the finding there was ap-
plause and she was Immediately sur
rounded by her sympathizers, who
were almost overwhelming in their
congratulations. She quickly extricated
herself and with her husband departed
for her home.
Indianapolis, Indiana dispatch of
May %: A. F. Norton, who Is run
ming eight general stores in the In
diana natural gas belt "as Christ
would run them," has brought fight
Oh himself by purchasing the stock of
E. L. Winters, at Hartford City, and
applying his peculiar methods to the
sale Of merchandise. Norton's reputa-
ton had preceded him, and when 1t
was learned that he had bought Win
ters's store the merchants determined
to make war upon him. Norton re-
fused to employ union clerks, but hired
several church officers, and at once
began to advertise. Coffee, sugar, and
all staples were put down to lower
prices than his competitors paid for
the stocks at wholesale, and country
produce, such as eggs, butter chickens,
feathers and the like, were sold at the
same prices that he paid for them in
goods. The labor unions started q
boycott, but the people flocked to the
new store, despite the ban placed upon
it. The owners Of the building served
notice that he would have to vacate,
but Norton has rented another building
and refuses to be driven away.
Jonathan Hutchinson, the we'll
known surgeon and former president
Of the Royal college Of surgery. who,
recently returned to London from a
tour Of investigation in India as to the
cause and prevention Of leprosy, has
written a letter to the Times on the
subject of fish-eating as the cause of
leprosy. He gives the opinion that the
Catholic fast days are responsible for
the spread Of leprosy and that where
ever there is a risk Of obtaining un-
sound fish, the use Of fish on fast days
ought to be forbidden. wherever
Catholic missions are successful" says
DR.. Hutchinson, "leprosy increases
My calculation Is that the risk to q
Catholic convert is 20-fold that Of one
who remains in the Hindoo faith
DR.. Hutchinson says the Indian. who
is a vegetarian, almost absolutely es-
capes from leprosy, while the Catholic
sufferers fearfully and he expresses
the opinion that this is proof that
the disease is nom contagious. In con-
clusion, among several suggested pre-
ventatives, he strongly urges the abol-
ition Of the salt tax in India in order