Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-28
Scraps aud faets.

- AS the result ol Il great icNiN"'
meeting which recently closed i'm
Philadelphia. a wealthy resident OF
that city has placed the income from
his entire fortune of over million
dollars I'm the hands of the Prcsby-
terian Evangelical committee To be de-
voted To church and benevolent work.
The name Of the man is not given
out, but he is said to be one of the
most widely known citizens Of Phil
adelphia, and that the income from
the fortune placed in the hands of the
committee will exceed $50, year.
The British cruiser Gladiator was
sunk off the Isle of Wight last Satur-
day as the result of a collision with
the American liner. st. Paul. The st.
Paul struck the Gladiator amid-shlp
in a heavy fog, and the Gladiator went
down in less than half an hour. The
best of discipline prevailed on both
vessels. The st. Paul offered to lower
boats to help take care of the sailors
of the Gladiator; but the British cap
tain thinking he could manage the
matter himself at first declined the
profered assistance. Later the blue
Jackets on the Gladiator asked for
help. Twenty eight blue Jackets were
lost. The Gladiator was complete
wreck.
Fall River, Mass, April 26: The
new Bristol county steel bridge whlch
is to connect this city and the town OF
Somerset. across the Taunton river
was badly damaged by mysterious
explosion Of dynamite early today. The
bridge is being built for the county at
a cost of $75O000, and was to nave
been completed in two months. Ihe
police investigation today shows that
a charge Of not less than fifty pounuS
of dynamite was placed on the gran
tie uier nearest the Fall River shore
and was fired by the use OF IL tuSe.
The explosion displaced the heavy
steel girdlers and destroyed the frame
work of the bridge for so feet on either
side of the pier. The entire north Sec
ton of the city was shaken by the eX-
plosion and window glass in nearly eV-
ery house was smashed. Many people
who were awakened by the shock
rushed panic stricken from their
houses to the streets. The contractors
are Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins of Bos-
ton. They employ non-union work
men.
New York, April %: Declaring
that hanging is the most agonizing
death imaginable, DR.. E. A. SpitZke,
the eminent brain specialist, who has
made a study of the brains of hum
dreds of famous criminals, today an
nounced that he intended to begin
campaign to have hanging abolished
in all the states of the union and
electrocution substituted. Hanging
Is the most inhuman and brutal
death that can be visited on man.
criminal or not" said DR.. SpitZka to-
day. The heart of a man who is
hanged beats from thirteen TO fifteen
minutes after the trap drops and the
unfortunate is swinging by his neck
The theory that the cOnVulsiVe jerks
of a body are merely reflex action
and that the person dies as soon as
his weight straightens out the rope
is all wrong. 1 have made an extern
sive study of such things, have been
present at hundreds of hangings and
have examined the bodies after they
had been taken from the gallows. l
am convinced that this jerking is not
a.. o. n
of the individual to gain footing.
| have found that the heart beats a
long time after the drop falls. The
process of strangulatiop is slow
one"
Washington, April %: The an
nouncement carried by press reports
last night to the effect that some OF
the cotton mills in South Carolina
were undecided whether they would
shut down their plants in the near fu-
ture or furlough many of their en-
ployees and run on reduced time dur
ing the remainder Of the spring and
summer until times get better, has
drawn attention to the fact that the
BdlIlUlOT6
expect to soon sell the government
between $5,OOO,OOO and $1O,OOO,0OO
worth of their product. They expect
to sell this amount of goods because
congress recently appropriated
large amount for the purchase of cot
ton duck. Both the war and navy
departments usually carry large stocks
of this. but so much was used in
connection with fitting out the battle
ship fleet for its voyage to the Pacific
and for tents at the time of the San
Francisco earthquake that it is nee
essary for them to replenish their
supplies. Many of the Baltimore
mills are understood to be after these
contracts, and there would apparent
ly be an opportunity for some of the
mills in the south to try for them
also, and by securing them possibly
avert the threatened shutdown.
According to the New York Finan-
cial Chronicle. the cotton into sight
for the week ending last Friday aggre-
gated 94.SS7 bales. as against 113,335
DdleS lOl lllC COll6SpOllNIliS WEN AotSN
year So far this season the into sight
aggregates lO,221,l16 bales, as against
l2.343,611 bales for the corresponding
period last season. SpinnerS' takings
of American cotton for the week total
led 2l4.7lI bales, as against 24S,74S
bales for the corresponding week last
year For the season so far SpinnerS'
takings total S.I37,762 bales. as against
9.757.6S2 bales for the corresponding
period last year. The visible supply Of
all kinds of cotton up To last evening
was placed at 4.631,19S bales. as
against 4.927.OS5 bales at the cores
ponding date last year and 4.349.SS6
bales two years ago. The visible sup
ply of American cotton was placed at
2.Sl9.19S bales. against 34S4,0S5 bales
a year ago and 2,76O,SS6 bales two
years ago. Exports for the week to-
tailed 1868 bales. as compared with
exports of l4O 339 bales for the CORES
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