Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-15
Straps and facts.

is 81 years old. blind. deaf, almost bald,
toothleSs and suffering from manitoIu
infirmitieS of age, yet the police de-
clare despite all these handicapS he Is
still one of the most expert PICK
pockets in the trade. He has been IN
various prisons throughout the coIn-
try many times since 1870 and ms
record at police headquarters shows
fifteen convictions. He was released
from Sing Sing year ago after serV-
ing a sentence Of three years.
Shotgun pharmacy" and shot
gun therapentics" were targets for Dr..
Harvey Wiley, chief of the bureau OF
chemistry of the department OF agrl-
culture in an address in washington
last Friday before the association OF
official agricultural chemists. Dr.
Wiley protested strongly against the
use by physicians of the elaborately
prepared drugs. consisting OF many
substances 1T is perhaps very
natural for a physician who is uncer-
tain about a case TO fire a broadside
in the hope that the preparations may
become effective" he said, but in the
experiment the constitutions of hun
dreds of persons may be ruined.
revision of the pure food act was ad-
vocated by DR.. Wiley, urging that 1t
be ordered that no drugs Intended tor
consumption in the state in when
they are produced or sold should be
nermitted in interstate or foreign COM
merce if they vary from the standards
set by the pharmacopia.
- Victoria. B. c., November IL:
Gunner Rowland of the Work Point
garrison, British army, shot and kill
ed Corporal Radcliffe today, and sew
eral hours later killed himself 10
avoid capture. There had been long
standing feud between the gunner
and his superior officer. After Killing
Radcliffe Rowland took up posltlon
in the MacAulay Point fort, from whlch
he defied the whole garrison Armeu
with a service rifle and abundant am
munition, and with the sea on elther
side and the earth works in front or
him. he held soldiers at bay for hours
and fired on a detachment that went to
nick I'D the corporals body. Realizing
that he would be starved out ultimate
", Rowland turned his rifle on hlmseiI
and blew off his head Todays
tragedy is similar to that of August
l. when Gunner Thomas Allen, OF the
royal artillery. shot and Killed Chap-
lain Peter Elliston, for fancled
grievance. Allen is to be hanged on
december %.
With a bullet hole through his
head, the body of Ray Mason. wee
president of the National Horseshoers
protective association, residing in
Kalamazoo. Mich, was found in
marsh on the outskirts of Warsaw,
Indiana, last Friday. The body eVl-
IDENTIFY had been in the marsh Tor
more than a week. That Mason had
been the victim of hold-up men, and
had been killed and dragged to the
marsh in an effort to conceal the
crime is the theory of detectives VINO
have been investigating the case. Ma
son was the owner OF conslderapie
property in Union City, Ind, 100
miles south of Warsaw, and it is be-
lieved he was on his way from Kala-
mazoo to that city when murdered
A revolver, with which it is believed
Mason was killed, was found near the
body. II was Smeared with blood.
No bloodstains could be found near
the body, but evidence that 1t had
been dragged along the ground could
be discerned. The purse Of Mason
was found in the pockets, empty.
brother of Mason, who arrived mere
today, said the labor official had con-
siderable money in his possession
when last seen. He said that there
was no reason for suicide and knew
Of no enemies of his brother.
New York, November II: The
strike of drivers and helpers en-
ployed by the transcontinental express
companies was formerly declared OF
this evening and it was announced at
strike headquarters that the men will
return to work on Monday. Inc
close of the strike was brought ABOUT
by the New Jersey strikers who voted
late today to accept the terms upon
which the companies offered to take
ThnU had raippta6 the
terms last night. but conference of
the strike leaders with Mayor Witt
penn OF Jersey City and President
Towne of the New York Merchants
association cleared the way for the
agreement this afternoon. The New
York strikers voted Thursday night
TO accept the companies offer condi-
tional upon similar action being taken
by the men across the river. The
agreement provides that the men shall
he taken back without discrimination
cept for acts of violence during the
strike Each company will take up
with it's employees the adjustment of
wages and hours Recognition OF
their union, the chief issue. for which
the strikers held out for several days
is not granted. however. but the open
shop policy is to prevail.
- New York Herald: Following the
announcement by the Pennsylvania
railroad that it's annex ferry service
between Brooklyn and Jersey City
will be discontinued after November
q, additional announcement was
made yesterday that its Twenty third
street ferry is to be discontinued on
the same date. To some persons the
Brooklyn ferry was historic, while to
others the Twenty third street ferry
was the gateway of the road to WASH
ington and the south. Within the
last ten years practically every presi-
dent. dignitary from abroad, or prince
of the Orient, who has come from
Washington to New York has arrived
by way of the Twenty-third street
ferry Standing on upper decks or in
the seclusion of their closed carriages.
these worthless and notables were
viewed by hundreds of curious people,
many of whom went especially to
Jersey City for the purpose of making
the return voyage with the celebrities,
and inspecting them at close range.
1t is believed that regret for the pass
ing of the convenient old ferries will
be a long time dying. Pennsylvania
passengers who formerly rode by the
Twenty-third street ferry will be car
ried direct by tunnel to the Pennsyl-
vania station at Thirty-second street.
companied by members of his family,
left St. Louis last Wednesday night
for Washington, where he will begin
his work in connection with the forth
coming session of congress. In dis
cussing his candidacy for the speak
ership of the house. Mr.. Clark said:
Il believe l will be elected. No other
member has announced his candi-
dacy. I would not be surprised if
somebody else would announce. and
I would not be surprised if nobody
else should. 1t is natural that some
body besides me should want to be
speaker" On the prospects of the
action of the new Democratic ma
jority i'm the house. the minority lead
er said: The Democratic success at
last Tuesdays election was due to the
fight on the rules in the house and
dissatisfaction with the tariff law. |
suppose we will revise it. cautiously
and wisely. We will get together as
soon as congress meets and have a
conference on the tariff and other
OatterS II iS necessary. for the Dem