Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-01
Scraps and facts.

- The novel contention that the ap-
plicant misstated his occupation as
that of a travelling salesman, when in
fact he was a professional burglar,
has failed to support the refusal Of
one of the large insurance companies
TO pay a $4,000 policy of the life of
Adolph Bertchey, alias big Bill Ira
Wis, a burglar who was put to death
in the state prison at Trenton, y. j.
last August for murder. The company
decided not to force the issue in the
courts and sent a check to Big Bits
widow. of this city. The company
had further contended that death by
legal execution was not contemplated
in the contract with Bertchey and
that as his own act in killing a man
was directly responsible for his death,
he was to all intents and purposes
suicide, which absolved the company
from responsibility.
- Statistics of the department OF
commerce and labor show that of the
1873 2-3 million dollars worth of i'm
ports of the United States in the
month of January, 1910, 26,OOO,OOO
was foodstuffs, 51,000,OOO crude man
ufactured material, 25,0OO,OOO manu-
features ready for consumption. Each
of these groups show an increase
over the imports for the correspond
ing month of 1909, the Increase in
foodstuffS being comparatively small;
crude manufacturing materials show
ing an increase of about 80 per cent;
manufactures for further use in man
ufacturing so per cent; manufactures,
22 per cent. In exports, foodstuns
and crude materials show decline
when compared with January, l9OS.
The decline in foodstuff exports Is
about 22 per cent. In the case Oh
crude materials the decline is ABOUT
% per cent. Exports of manufactures
for further use in manufacturing in
creased over January, 1909, about 20
per cent, and manufactures ready for
consumption show increase OF ABOUT
IS per cent. Cotton exports fell from
52s million dollars in January, 1909,
TO 81 ga million in January, 1910;
wheat a fall of more than one-half
in value, from 81 million dollars in
January, 1909, to II million dollars
in January, 1910.
- Thieves showed the white feather
in two instances in Chicago one night
last week, according to a dispatch,
and when resisted by intended vic
tins fled. In one place a woman
threw her arms around a burglars
neck and held him so tightly that he
was obliged to throw off his coat IN
order to escape. In the other place
TWO armed robbers were put to flight
by a string of bologna sausage hurled
into their faces. Mrs. Fred Brona
saw a burglar climbing out through
the basement window of her home.
She caught him by the legs and
pulled him back into the basement
Then she threw her arms about his
neck and screamed for help. The
thief struck at her and struggled, but
succeeded in dragging his arms from
the sleeves of his coat and left Mrs.
Brona holding the garment, while ne
Jumped through the open window.
Two robbers, one armed with pistol
and the other with a billy and both
with blackened faces, entered the gro
Gerry Of Herman Barnikow on Belmont
avenue. I'VE want your money, said
the robber with a revolver. Barm-
kow seized a string Of sausages hang
ing on a hook and threw them at
him, striking him squarely in the
face. The suddenness Of the attack
surprised the robbers, who fled with
Barnikow in hot pursuit. Barnikow'
who weighs nearly 800 pounds, chas-
ed the men for two blocks but they
outran him and escaped.
i President Tafts close friends,
says a Washington dispatch, are
alarmed at his condition. Upon his
return from his trip to New YORK
and Newark, his friends noticed that
the tagged look he has worn for the
past week or two was greatly aggra-
waited, and that he seemed worn out
1t is believed that he has been tax
ing too much exercise, and that this
combined with the physical eXertion
of his trip, and his business cares,
have told in some measure on his VI
tality. All through this winter he mas
every morning gone through a SIREN
uous regime of physical training with
his physical instructor, DR.. Barker.
In addition TO this, he has been walk
ing four or five miles every afternoon
The result is that, in the parlance or
the prize ring, he "over trained" and
tried to do too much, with the idea
of keeping himself in good physical
condition. His friends are advising
him to cut down the exercise, both
in the morning and on the afternoon
walks and horseback rides. Some
have suggested that he would do well
to leave Washington for complete
rest of a week or ten days and go to
some point where he could have alb
solute freedom from the cares of his
office. This he has so far refused
to do. Since the hour the president
entered the White House as Roose-
velts successor he has worked day
and night, and though of large physl-
cal power his general condition and
health is suffering from the result.
The strike of street car workers in
Philadelphia still continues and the
situation appears to be going from bad
to worse. During Wednesday and
Thursday of last week there was de-
cided change for the better, so far as
riotng and disorder was concerned.
The Improvement was Occasioned by
the presence Of 2O4 men of the state
constabulary, who reached the city on
Wednesday and remained through
Thursday and Friday, when large
proportion of them left for South Beth
l.b,,,, Do u,hpra another strike is in