Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-04
Scraps aud fatts.


Mexican, the civil the Indian and the
Spanish wars will be on the pension
list, the widows at an increase max
ing their pension $12 MONTH II Dill
introduced in the house today, becomes
q law. The bill has the approval OF
Speaker Cannon. Representative Sui
loway Of New Hampshire, chairman or
the committee on invalid pensions IN
troduced the bill by authorization or
the committee, which means that when
il is reported back from the committee
il will be unanimously recommended
for passage. When the bill passes 1t
will clear up the whole pension ousl-
ness, so far as relates to the regular
government organizations participating
In the various wars. 1t will even apply
10 one widow of a soldier of the war or
1872. The pension payments OF the
government will be increased by $l2'-
900, 900 to s1S,OOO,OOO.
- Asheville, n. c., January 81: a suit
for damages against the Southern Kali
way company will, it is said, be insti-
claim will be set up. The plaintiff TO
the suit will be Harley Rogers, a we'll
known young man Of this county. The
plaintiff will demand damages from the
Southern railway by reason of the
change in the color of his hair, which
it is alleged has turned white by rea-
son of an experience that Mr.. Rogers
recently had at the Smiths bridge
crossing. Rogers has a heavy shock
Of hair Formerly 1t was Of a reddish
or sandy tint. Now it is rapidly turn
ing white and the reason assigned is
the fright that Mr.. Rogers had by be-
ing caught at the crossing. 1t Is al
legged that he was attempting to cross
the tracks-a public crossing-and that
while his wagon was amid the tracks
an engine and train of cars bore down
on him. At this time the gates went down
and he was caught. The engine struck
his wagon and knocked it several feet.
Mr. Rogers escaped unhurt, but as a
result of his trying experience it is al
legged his hair Is fast turning white,
and unless claim for damages now be-
ing considered by the road is paid suit
will be instituted.
The American Telephone and Tel
egraph company, otherwise known as
the Bell company, received a hard
knock in the Cook county, ILL.,, circuit
court Saturday, in decision rendered
by Judge Winde. BY virtue of the de-
cision the Bell people are directed to
return to the original owners 4,311
shares of stock in the kellogg Switch
board and Supply company Of this city.
The court declared that the holding Of
the Kellogg stock was contrary to the
law, in that ii tended to create a mo-
nopoly The Kellogg company was or
ganized in 1902 by Milo Kellogg, who
later went to California because Of Ill
health, leaving q power Of attorney
with Wallace DeWolf. The latter, 1t
is declared in the court record, trans
ferred all of Kellogg's stock to the
American company, and as the Kellogg
company made speciality of manufac-
turing for independent telephone COM
panies, the effect on the trade Of the
transfer of the stock was severely felt
Kellogg disapproved Of the transfer Of
stock, and brought suit to have it set
aside. Minority stockholders joined in
the suit, alleging that it was against
public policy to allow one corporation
to hold stock in a competing company,
nd oil hn f,oY of Of hn
constituted a violation Of the Sherman
anti trust law.
The extraordinary session Of the
North Carolina legislature which met
two weeks ago for the purpose Of CIV
ing the force of law to the compromise
recently agreed upon between Govern
or Glenn and the railroads as to the
rate law, adjourned last Saturday after
doing what it met to do, practically to
the satisfaction of all concerned. The
fiat passenger rate in North Carolina
previously to the passage of the recent
law was 81 cents a mile. The general
assembly, at its last regular session,
reduced the fiat rate to q cents. The
was confscatory and brought fight
in the United States courts. With the
subsequent developments the public is
generally quite familiar. The Glenn
Finley compromise agreement provided
for fiat rate Of p cents and the sale
OF mileage books on a still lower basis
1t was agreed also that the railroads
would pay $17,500 toward the cost Of
the extraordinary session of the legis-
lature. The legislature passed a bill
that substantially carries out the terms
of the compromise by making the fiat
rate q cents a mile and leaving it to
the railroads to do as they like about
reductions on mileage books. Both
houses refused to accept the $17,500
that was to have been exacted of the
railroads. considering such acceptance
as being beneath the dignity of the
state. 1t is also agreed to repeal a very
oppressive law providing penalties for
delay in freight shipments. 1t is un-
derstoOd that the railroads are very
we'll pleased with the action of the gen.
eral assembly as to rates. The only
other legislation Of Importance was the
passage Of an act providing for a state
vote on the prohibition question.
After deliberating for twenty-fi five
hours, and after it began to look as if
another mistrial was certain, the jury
in the case of the state of New York
against Harry Kendall Thaw, the young
Pittsburg millionaire, charged with the
murder of Stanford White on June %,
1906 on Saturday returned verdict of
not guilty by reason Of insanity at the
lime of the commission of the act"
Thaw was at first elated with the ver-
dict, but his elatiOn was rather short
lived. After thanking the jury, Justice
Bowling turned to Thaw's counsel and
said: The only testimony in this case
upon which verdict of insanity could
be based was to the effect that the de-
fendant is suffering from manic de-