Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-28
Scraps and faets.

ple with q revolver. The deed is at
tributed to physical nervousness, ag-
gravated by excessive use of Simu-
lants. The deceased stood high in
Charlotte business circles and had
many friends.
Washington. June "a: Moses Haas
of New York and Frederick 4. Peck
ham of Cincinnati, after fighting for
five years indictments returned
against them in the cotton leak case
in the department of agriculture, to-
day entered pleas of guilty to the
count in the indictment charging con-
spiracy to effect misconduct in office
Justice Gould today imposed fine Of
$4,000 on Haas and $4,000 on Peck
ham. They paid and were released
from custody. The other ctments
pending against them were nolle
pressed.
Three young men committed a
double murder in the heart of Lynn
Mass. Saturday morning in an at
tempt to rob Thos. A. Landregan. a
shoe manufacturer, of the $4,000,
with which he was to pay his factory
employees Accompanied by police
man, Landregan was walking along a
prominent thoroughfare carrying the
money in a handbag. When near his
factory three young desperadoes
Jumped from a doorway. and when
within three feet of the manufactur-
er and officer two of the desperadoes
opened fire. the third grabbing the
bag. Landregan was killed instantly
and the officer died at a hospital
shortly afterward. The desperadoes
made run to get away. followed by
policemen and citizens. One Of them
was shortly afterwards shot to death.
Quite a sensation was sprung in
the senate last Friday as the result OF
charges made by Senator Gore of Ok
lahoma. The matter came up in con-
nection with legislation affecting for
tune in attorneys fees claimed by j.
F. McMurray, a lawyer, for alleged
services rendered certain Indian tribes
in selling lands and town sites. Nc
Murray's claims amounted TO about
$3.O0O,00O. and Senator Gore has been
trying to prevent the legislation neces-
sary to make the claims good on the
ground that the fees sought have never
been earned. On Friday the blind
senator charged that people who were
pushing the claims in question had Of
fered him s50,O00 to keep quiet He
had to make at least three speeches
before the senate was aroused to the
seriousness of the charges he was
making. and when called upon to be
more specific, implicated two former
senators. one from Nebraska and one
from Kansas, and also said that
member of the senate committee on
Indian affairs and a member of the
house committee on Indian affairs was
overmuch interested in the legislation.
AS the result the legislation was held
I'D and investigation committees, one
from the senate and one from the
house. were appointed to look into the
matter.
Memphis, Tenn, June 26: The
Commercial Appeal tomorrow morning
will print this summary of cotton cron
conditions: Cotton in the south has
grown more during the past seven
days than in any similar period this
season, a fact due generally to higher
temperatures. Where the rainfall has
not been excessive as it was in North
Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia and
in scattered localities elsewhere east
of the Mississippi cultivation made
rapid progress and the fields are
clean. The plant, though still small
for the season. is healthy and sturdy
and bids fair to rapidly overcome
some of it's lateness. In North Caro-
lima and southern Georgia grass has
become a menace but little damage has
been done that two weeks of favorable
weather will not overcome. In Ten
nessee. Alabama, Mississippi, Arkan-
sas. Louisiana. Oklahoma and eastern
Texas, there are few complaints. The
crop did we'll and is becoming rapidly
promising. In central and western
although up to the present time save
in the most western counties where
cotton is grown in quantity. no great
harm has been done the crop. In these
western districts. however hot winds
have been hurtful and the cotton is at
a standstil. 1t will soon go backward
without rain. Oklahoma, too, will soon
be dry. The plant in these western
states as elsewhere is small and mois-
ture would greatly stimulate its
growth. Boil weevils are numerous
and destructive in localities. but over
the entire area infested appear rather
less prevalent than usually at this
season.
Porter Charlton. the wife mur-
derer. who was arrested at Hoboken,
y. j.. on Thursday, charged with the
murder of his wife, is confined in the
Hudson county. \. j., Jail and will
probably remain there for some time
to come. The New Jersey authorities
are holding Charlton merely on the
complaint of the Italian consul gen.
eral that he Is fugitive from Italian
justice pending a request for eXtradi-
ton from the Italian department OF
state through the Italian minister TO
Secretary Knox. The New Jersey
state courts have nothing TO do with
the case and whether the Federal
courts will take hand in the matter
is vet to be decided There is pos
sibility that Charlton may be releas-
ed. because dispatches from Rome in
dicate that the Italian government
will act with reluctance since it will
involve the extradition of an Ameri-
can citizen who has murdered an
American woman in Italy. However.
should a demand for eXtradition be
made. it is still possible that Charlton
may never go back TO Italy for trial,
because already steps have been ta-
ken to prove that Porter Charlton is