Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
Scraps and faets.

work and turned the institution over
to Commandant w. D. Starting COM
plete. 1t is furnished and provisioned
and on Monday will receive its first
occupants. The law provides for the
admission Of not more than two veter-
ans from any one county. Many ap-
plications are on file, but no action
on any of these has yet been mace
nublic. A member Of the commission
said today that the institution couio'
II necessary, take care Of fifty or more
veterans with comfort.
President Taft sent a special mes
sage to congress yesterday concerning
Porto Rico. The legislative Assembly
of Porto Rico adjourned recentiy
without passing an appropriation oiii
and after the S0th Of June the govern
ment will have no available money u
run its machinery. The situation Is d
grave one for the island. The mousse
delegation held up the appropriation
hills in order to force concessions rroni
the executive council. Representative
of both branches OF the government
have been in Washington for some
time The president recommends that
congress pass law making avaiiaoie
IN such emergencies as have arisen the
funds from the current revenue.
-Nairobi, British East Africa, May
10: A bulky bull rhdnoceros is the IA
test prize wrested from the jungle Dy
Colonel Roosevelt. From the ex-pres-
idents camp near Machakos word was
brought down today that the luck OF
the Roosevelt party continues, and that
fifteen variations Of game, including the
bie rhineo, have been bagged on the
last expedition. The rhinoceros was
charging Mr.. Roosevelt when the hun
ter fired. The distance was fourteen
PAGES, and the animal fell dead. The
naturalists of the party are kept busy
preparing the trophies, which MT.
Roosevelt and his son Kermit are
bringing in daily. Forty-five skins al
ready have been prepared for the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington.
Manila, May 10: An unusual man
hunt is in progress in the Sulu Islands
For several months a Moro bandit
named Jikerri, with a considerable fol-
lowing, has been on rampage, and the
insular government Is making every
effort to run him down. The navy re-
Gently lent to the authorities a squad
ron of gunboats to search the numerous
small islands Of the group and now an
other vessel is to be added to assist
in the strange chase. Several land de-
tachments have been sent out and Cen
eral Duvall, who has gone south to in
spect Mindanao, may take a hand In
directing operations. Jekerri raided the
rich Parang pearl fisheries and later
murdered two white traders. His band
also attacked the constabulary and
number of settlements inhabited by
peaceful natives and sprinkling OF
whites.
New York, May 8: The initiation
of Alphonse Lamb and Edward Fitz-
gerald into a secret society Of the Co
lumbia university freshman class led
to their arraignment in a night police
court late last night on charges OF dis
orderly conduct Lamb had been COM
pelled to dress in a woman's fashionable
gown with large hat and veil and high
heeled shoes. Fitzgerald wore evening
clothes and acted as Lambs escort
while a crowd Of the initiators follow
ed them at a distance through the
streets Of Harlem. When Fitzgerald
left Lamb on the sidewalk to purchase
a cigar, an unsuspecting masher tried
to flirt with Lamb. The masher was
knocked down by the athletic freshman
in woman's garb and the first police
man to arrive suffered a similar fate.
Fitzgerald Joined in the fight and both
were arrested. In court Magistrate
Breen enjoyed the sport OF the COLE
gians who were accompanied by the
entire freshman class, practically, and
discharged them. Lamb borrowed
policeman's suit in which to go home.
New York, May 6: The right Of
telegraph company to transmit mes
SaR6S WHICH, iChSSN OAA Wan >-N~-
acter Of a person Is to be tested IN
damage suit which has been brought
by Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw, wife OF
w. Gould Brokaw, against the Western
Union Telegraph company. The suit
for divorce instituted by Mrs. Brokaw
some time ago contains sensational al
legations concerning the young mil
lionaire's treatment of her both in pri-
vate and in public. She now alleges
that her husband sent many not only
to her, but to her relatives and friends
derogatory to her character. When the
telegraph company was informed of the
suit 1t dug up from its files several
hundred messages which had been sent
by Mr.. Brokaw. These kilograms,
Mrs. Brokaw contends, constitute libels
on her, not only because Of their con-
tents, but because the company in &C
cepting them and transmitting their
contents through it's agents dissem-
mated the libel The telegraph COM
pany declared that 1t was not worried
by the suit as no one had yet been
able to recover on similar allegations.
Washington, May 10: The president
today nominated as United States dis
trict Judge for the eastern district of
North Carolina Henry Groves Connor
of North Carolina. The vacancy on
the North Carolina bench, caused by
the death Of Judge Thomas r. Purnell,
has existed for some months and has
been a source of much concern to Pres
ident Taft. The contest for the place
has been a bitter one and the Republi-
cans Of the eastern district of North
Carolina recently urged the president
not to appoint a Democrat. even If he
had to go out Of the district to get a
suitable Republican for the place. The
president has given more consideration
to this North Carolina judgeship than
to all Of the other Federal vacancies
on the Federal bench with which ne
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