Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-08
Scraps aud faets.

Chief Disbursing officer Zappone Of
that department. In the south the ex-
pense for lodging and meals, as shown
by sworn expense statements, aver
ages between 81 and $2.50 a day; In
the far west 81 and $3.50; in the CEN
trail west $3.50 and $3.50, and in the
east 81 to Sc.
ON the basis Of an equal distribu-
alton Of the money in circulation In
the United States on February 1, ev-
cry person would have eighteen cents
less than he or she had year ago.
The circulation per capita on the first
instant was s34.S2; year ago 1t was
s35. Both population and money In
circulation have increased during the
year. February /, 1909, the circula-
ton aggregated sS,os1,s12,54s; while
seven DAYS ago 1t amounted to $685.
5ss,72o. More than sS00,000,0oo OF
the general stock Of money In the
United States which amounts to $S,-
4aS1s5.esS. is held in the treasury as
assets Of the government.
BY his own stolid confession, Bins-
ham Bryan, negro, is the man, who'
ON December 9, killed three white wo-
men. Mrs. Eliza Gribble, aged 70;
Mrs. Carrie Ohlander, her daughter
and Mrs. Maggie Hunter, In their
home on Perry street, in the heart OF
Savannah. The negro Is prisoner
I'm Chatham county Jail, savannah
and has been in custody since he was
arrested December IA, for minor
crime. The negro's story tallies TO
minutest details with appearances
about the house of murders after the
dead women were found. His story
simple but terrible, follows as he told
1t. He declares his motive In entering
Mrs. Gribble's home was robbery only.
BRYAN said last Friday: II was work.
ing around the Gribble house, cutting
wood. I picked up hammer In the
little house in the yard and hid II In
the bosom Of my shirt. Then went
in the back room and went to work
on a trunk. was trying to prize the
trunk open, and 1t made some noise.
The old lady grabbed me from behind
and shook me pretty hard. l took the
hammer and gave her lick on the
side of the head. The first lick did
not knock her down, and I gave her
sacond lick. Then the second one
come up, the younger one. and grad
bed me at the door in the back OF
the hall, and I gave her a lick with
INV fist. Then I hit her a lick with
the hammer on the side OF the head'
but I did not kill her. I heard
noise at the front door, like some one
wanting to come in. tried to keep
her from coming in, but she pushed
the door open and come In. Sne
grabbed hold Of me- took her py
the throat and choked her with one
hand. Then I give her lick with the
hammer, but did not kill her. She
was alive when left"
Not satisfied with defying and de-
nouncing United States Circuit Judge
Newman for refusing to make gov
ernment gauger tell what he knows
about the operation Of a distillery'
Judge A. w. Fite of Dade county, Ga-'
came out with a public card last Sat
urday. He says: I've done my duty.
Now let the rest Of the judges DO
theirs. or If they fail, let the governor
do his. A brewer is making lager beer
in open and notorious defiance OF the
law. even in sight Of the governors
mansion in Atlanta. Now what Is
going to be done?" Judge Fite, who
is a state Judge, summoned Stegall, q
gauger, to testify as to operation OF
the Cureton distillery. Stegan refused
because of the law forbidding any
government employe to tell anything
he may have learned while In an Of
ficial capacity. Judge Fite put Stegali
in jail for contempt. Judge Newman
issued a writ Of habeas corpus ana re-
leased the gauger, showing that Judge
Fite could get the information from
Washington by asking for it, or could
have asked Stegall what his official
position was. The answer, that ne
was a government gauger, the Federal
Judge held, was legal proof that a
distillery was in operation contrary
to state law. The contention between
the two judges led Tom Watson, erst-
while Populist candidate for president
to urge armed resistance by the state
to the interference Of Federal judges
Three meteorites which were
brought from the Arctic by Comman-
der Peary and presented to his w1fe,
have been sold by her for sum said
to be nearly $4,000. The purchaser
was Mrs. Jesup, widow Of Morris K.
Jesup, who assisted largely in financ-
ing the Peary explorations. Mrs. Jesup
has given them to the American Mu-
scum of Natural History. The me-
teorites are the largest IN the world
One Of them weighs about $4,000
pounds, the others about 10000
pounds each. For years Arctic ex-
plorers noticing that the Eskimos used
metal-tipped implements and wea-
pons, asked where the metal came
from. Their only answer was "the
iron mountain" After many trips
Peary found out the location OF the
iron mountain, which proved to con-
sist Of three meteors, 80 per cent OF
pure iron. After great difficulty and
considerable danger they were taken
aboard ship and brought to New
York.
The statement is made on appar-
entity good authority in Washington
that the proposed increase in the rate
of second class mail matter which has
frightened the publishers OF maga-
zines and periodicals., will not be made
at this session Of congress. The hear
ings had before the house committee
on postoffices and postroads has re-
suited in impressing the members OF
the house that the sentiment OF the
country is against the proposed in
crease. When the suggestion was
made by the president in his annual
message to congress that something
ought to be done to reduce the grow
inc deficit In postal receiptS, the COM