Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-02
MERE MENTION.

MERE-MENTIoN.
"Radio-thor" is the newest discov-
cry in the field Of metallurgy. 1t is a
by-product Of a pitchblende that is
mined in Colorado, and experimenters
promise wonderful results from its use
in medical science. Radio-thor is said
to contain many of the curative ele-
ments claimed for radium. JOS
eph de Perrott, noted mathematician
of Clark university, Worcester, Mass,
has sold his brains to Harvard uni
versity for $1,000 The goods to be
delivered after his death. ...... The
legislature Of Nebraska has passed a
law providing for the election Of its
United States senators by popular vote.
>. DR.. Mary Merritt Crawford has
been appointed head surgeon Of the
Williamsburg hospital Of Brooklyn, N.
Y. :. Congressman ]. F. Laning has
been indicted by grand jury at Nor
walk, O., on charge Of obtaining
money under false pretenses.-- Mrs.
Margaret Teal has been convicted in
the court Of New York on charges
Of attempted subornation Of perjury
in connection with the divorce case Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank ]. Gould, and Civ
en- a sentence of year in prison..
William Crockett, ordinary seaman Of
the Kearsarge, left the vessel at Suez,
his enlistment having expired; he
made a visit to Monte Carlo, the fam
GUS French gambling resort, and made
a "clean up" Of $4,000. David
Rufeisen, a drug clerk Of Brooklyn,
learning Friday that his employers
had had warrants issued for his arrest
for stealings, went to an elevated rail-
way station and committed suicide.
VIM. F. Hartnett, ex-sheriff of Kent
county, Delaware, was convicted FRI
day Of attempting to defraud the coun-
ty treasurer out of $2,10S, by means
Of padded dieting accounts for va
grants and other prisoners. 80. .Orville
Poland, 10 years old, murdered Jesse
Haymaker, a friend, at Hutchison,
Kan, Wednesday, to obtain money to
attend a school and learn to be a
chauffeur. Friday he entered a plea
Of guilty in court and was given a life
sentence. go. George H. Bell, Of a
prominent family Of Swainsboro, Ga,
has been released from the insane
asylum Of that state after being held
for three years without legal author
ity. Bell and his friends were able to
prove his sanity and the court ordered
his release. go. Two nine-story seed
warehouses were destroyed by fire on
Friday in Chicago with loss Of $780,
00O.. .... With three more Indiana
counties voting dry" in the elections
of last week, there are now forty
counties of that state in the prohibi-
ton column. Plants Of the United
States Rubber company in the New
England states, resuming operations
this week after several months Of idle
ness, will give employment to 10000
operatives. The Jack the Rip
per" of Berlin, Germany, has been
captured after a season Of terror ex-
tending over two weeks. On Friday
he attacked a mechanics wife and
attempted to stab her. The woman
grabbed the man and screamed for the
police, who captured him before ne
could get free Of the woman. "A
Washington, D. c., negro recently sold
his wife to another negro for $25. No.
l spent his money and then wanted
his wife back. No. 2 was willing to
return the goods" for $25. The po-
lice heard of the deal and now the
three of them are in trouble with the
police. 80. Judge Z. H. Gray, chair
man Of the United States Steel corpor-
alton, says that while steel prices have
been reduced sharply, the wages OF
employees will not be cut at present.
... "A bill has been introduced in the
legislature Of New York providing for
the creation of the "State Of Man.
haitian" to be composed Of the coun-
ties Of Westchester, New York, Kings,
Queens, Richmond, Suffolk and Mas
sau..-. The leading powers Of Eu-
rope are putting forth their best ef-
forts to prevent war between Austria
and Servia. -. Three persons were
killed and eight more or less injured
in a railway collision in France, Fri
day. :. The governor Of Washington
has signed a bill providing for an
election in November, 1910, to decide
whether women shall be given the
right to vote or not. The United
States circuit court Of appeals has
handed down a decision in which 1t
confirms the verdict Of the district
court by which six officers Of the jack
son Lumber company of Lockhart,
Ala, must serve terms of IL to IL
months for peonage.. The attor-
ney general of Arkansas has filed suits
against a number Of meat packers for
violation of the antitrust laws to col
lect penalties aggregating $19,SOO,OOO.
During a general family quarrel
in which the father was having per-
sonal difficulty with his son, Mrs. Ben
F. Hurt killed her husband with an
axe near Hermitage, Tenn, Saturday.
In a running fight between de-
tectives and italian thieves at New Or
leans on Saturday, one Of the thieves
was killed and another was fatally
wounded. .... Fourteen ministers OF
Wisconsin are charged with receiving
graft ranging in amounts Of from $3.50
to $4O0 in connection with the cleo
ton of Stephenson to the United States
senate in the primaries of last fall:
Although Stephenson was nominated
in the primaries, he lacks eight votes
of the necessary number to secure his
election in the legislature. BY the
death Of Representative E. w. Kerr on
from pneumonia, the Repub-
lican party lacks one Of having ma
jority in the Missouri legislature. He
Is the third member to die during the
present session of the Missouri legis-
ture. John D. Rockefeller con-
tributed $500 to an Augusta, Ga, mil
itary company to enable 1t to attend
the Inauguration ceremonies at WASH