Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
Scraps aud faets.

Scraps aud faets.
New York. July "a: A plea for
the stoppage of the white slave"
traffic between the United States and
the Canal Zone is contained in let
ter from Second Lieutenant c. w.
Barber, Second United States infan-
try, the assistant chief of police of
the Canal Zone, which has been CIV
en- out by the police. Writing to for
mer Police Commissioner Bingham,
Lieutenant Barber declared that many
American girls, especially actresses,
had been lured to Panama and that
''the life they lead there would make
your heart bleed" The letter tells
the story of three chorus girls who
the writer says, were lured to Pana-
ma on the promise Of an engagement
in a local playhouse, and who were
saved by the captain of the steamship
Tagus, who took them down. The
girls met for the first time on board
the vessel. When their story reach
ed the captain he took them in
charge and saw that they were
brought back to New York. The
woman who is alleged to have engag-
ed them to come to Panama was ar
rested. Later she escaped, but detec-
tives sent by the New York police ar
rested her at Guayaquil on July 10.
the police say, under the name OF
Spencer.
washington, July "a: The divi-
sion of the United States into census
districts and the designation OF the
number of census supervisors to be
employed for the census on April 10,
1910, has been completed by Census
Director e. Dana purand. There
will be $50 census districts, the
United States being sub-divided into
329 districts and the other compris-
ing Porto Rico. The number of SUI
pervisors will be $50, the limit fixed
by congress. Alaska and HaWail
will have their census taken under
the supervision Of special agents OF
the census bureau. After the ap-
nointment of supervisors by the pres
ident, confirmation by the senate will
be required. In due course the su-
pervisors will designate to the census
director the persons selected as emu
merators and, with his consent, will
employ and commission them. Fol-
lowing the provision Of the census
law the boundaries of each supervi-
sor's district have been made to con-
form to a congressional district as far
as practicable, taking into considera-
ton the density Of population and the
difficulty Of communication. Connectl-
cut, Massachusetts,, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island and Vermont are each
separately considered as single dis
trict.
Official details Of the construction
of the great sea wall that prevented
the inundation Of Galveston are given
as follows: 1.-THE portion Of the wall
built by the county was commenced
late in 1902 and the completed work
dedicated during the summer or l904'
An extension of the wall by the Unit
ed States government was taken up
at seth street, where the county wall
ceased, and carried to SD street, nea-
the western city limits. This portlon
spring Of 1905. The length of the en-"
tire wall Is 22,403 feet, or four anc
one-half miles. The height Is II feei
and width at base 16 feet. 1t Is five
feet across the top and AZ feet from
the top to the bottom Of the founda
ton. The wall is built OF solid con-
crete made Of Texas granite and Port
land cement and weighs 10000
pounds to each lineal foot. 1t Is con-
structed upon a sound piling founda-
ton, the piles being 40 feet In Length
and not less than seventeen inches at
the top and IL inches at the ooin, In
diameter. The piles are down In four
rows at intervals Of four feet from
centres. The wall is protected from
undermining on the Gulf side by an
apron of riprap 27 feet wide, as well
as by a row of sheet piling extending
the entire length of the wall and
driven to a depth Of "a feet"
Lake Charles, La, July %: Char
bon, q deadly and loathsome disease
which affiicts cattle, and which has
killed thousands of valuable animals
in Louisiana, has attacked human be-
ings now and many men are under
treatment. In Leesburg, the county
seat Of Cameron parish, eight human
beings have been stricken. Up to date
no deaths have resulted. Charbon has
afflicted cattle for centuries, but has
seldom visited this country. 1t was
known to the ancients in Egypt, and
often sccuraged the Asiatic and ORR
entail countries. 1t Is caused by
germ which enters the animals skin
through an abrasion. 1t multiplies
and causes an Inflammation which
turns into humorous or cancerous
growth, which terminates in blood
poisoning. The disease first made its
appearance about June l, in two local
titles in southwest Louisiana, along the
Mermentau river, near Lake Arthur,
and at Iowa, near Lake Charles. 1t
was not detected in time and spread
rapidly over neighboring parishes.
Germs from the dead cattle infested
the ground upon which the animals
had died, and were thus communicated
to other victims. The United States
government, alarmed by the inroads
the disease has made, has sent experts
from the bureau Of animal industry to
assist local veterinarians in fighting
the plague.
Denver, Col, July "a: The wo-
men Of Colorado are to make a stub
born effort to send one of their sex
to congress two years hence. Such
was the announcement made to the
visiting delegates from the Interna-
tional Council Of Women by one who
spoke for the women's associations in
the state. "Of course II is difficult to
tell whether we will be successful in
our efforts or not" said Mrs. Harriet
Wright, former member of the states
legislature, but we are looking for
ward to landing a woman in the halls
of congress, and we certainly are go
ing to make a determined trial" Lady
Mcmillan, who talked suffrage to the
house of lords for four hours and
lHcil SlOppSu uSSduSS lhSy VI
dered her to, brought out the state
ment. She put this question to the
Denver women who were entertain
ing her: when are you women go
ing to send a woman to congress-"
The reply was quick and decisive:
I'm two years." All agreed that Mrs.
Sarah Platt Decker is to be the can
didate. Mrs. Decker herself says that
she has never considered the matter
seriously owing to her belief that
there is Federal statute or constitu-
tional provision that women cannot
be members of either house of con-
gress. She believes, however, that
they should be entitled to seats in the
nations legislature and is confident
that their presence there would be
beneficial to the people.
- Atlanta, Ga, July "a: Two facts
developed today in the prohibition
fight in the state legislature. The
first is tha> Governor Brown will veto
the Alexander near-beer bill as soon
as 1t reaches him, should it pass both
hOuseS The second iS that the gov