Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-25
Straps and facts.

- A box OF cigars SOlu loI sS'VVV az
Madison Square garden. New York,
last Wednesday. Senator Jos. W.
,-ailey of Texas, sold them and John
H. Shuts of Port Chester, \. Y,
bought them. He offered three thou
sand. but the senator was content TO
take two. Shuts is a well known
breeder, who for years has made 1t an
iron-clad rule never to buy or sell eX-
cent at a public auction. His hand
some black stallion, Prince Mckln-
ney. went to Senator Bailey tonight
for sl.75O. and the moment the ham
mer fell Shuts was sorry he had solo
at that money. SENATOR. he SAID,
"rT give you $4,000 for box of cigars
if You'll throw in the horse. The
senator refused to press his advant-
age and let the cigars go for S2,OOO,
which was $3.50 more than ne mad
paid.
With the declaration by DR.. Wal
ter Washington, an alienist, that she
is insane, counsel for Mrs. Caroline
B. Martin rested their case at New
ark, n. j., last Tuesday in the hear
ing to prove she should not be orouSht
to trial charged with the murder OF
her daughter, Ocey Snead, the East
Orange bath tub victim. DR.. Wash
ington testified he is positive that
Mrs. Martin does not realize her po-
sition or her need of having counsel
"a common delusion of insane peo-
pie is to believe they are sane ana
the rest of the world insane" the
witness said, when asked to explain
the fact that Mrs. Martin has insisted
she is fully responsible. Does Mrs:
Martin say she is sane ana the rest
of the world inSane?' Il do, IN
terrupted the woman. 81 mean Essex
county, New Jersey" she added.
Charlotte Chronicle: A landslide
in the Panama Canal is different
proposition from a landslide in rail-
road cut. The Panama landslide is
a proposition on a gigantic scale. The
annual report of the Isthmian Canal
Commission reports a number or
slides, one of them covering forty
seven acres. another eleven acres and
a third ten acres. Others covered
from one acre up to seven acres.
Evidently much of the time OF the
construction force is occupied IN re-
moving landslides. During the year,
they were required to remove land
slides to the extent Of two and half
million cubic yards. In spite or the
DELAYS occasioned from this cause,
good progress is being made, so the
report says. More hands are being
employed, the total working force
now being 35.57S, an increase or over
1000 since last year. One gratifying
feature of the report is that relating
to health conditions. Since the Amer
leans took charge of affairs the pestl-
lential conditions of that country nave
been banished, just as they were ban
ished from Havana. The failure of the
De Lesseps scheme was due almost
entirely to the constant harvest OF
death and the harvest was due TO
the Frenchmen having neglected TO
first look after health conditions. The
first thing the Americans did was to
put the canal zone, the territory OF
operations, in perfect sanitary condl-
ton and to keep it so. In consequence
they have been able to devote their
entire attention to digging the canal,
rather than to digging graves. There
is every indication that this great
work will be completed on contract
time and that the completed monu-
ment to American engineering skill
will be handed down to history with
no taint of corruption or graft in It's
building.
DIR. H. H. Crippen was hung in
Pentonville prison, London, Wednes-
day, for the murder of his actress
wife, Belle Elmore. The execution oc-
Cured within a few minutes of the
stroke of nine, which was the time
officially designated. The condemned
man presented a pitiable appearance
as he was literally led through the
short corridor from his cell to the
scaffold. His mental anguish mad
been too great to be covered up by
outward bravado and he was broken
man when the wardens were obliged
to assist him up the steps to the drop
upon which once reached, the shrink
ing figure all but collapsed. The first
report that Crippen had met his fate
calmly was contradicted by persons
who were present in the prison during
the mans last hours. The doomed
man passed a restless night and ap-
peared haggard and worn when awak-
ened from his fitful slumber. He
seemed to lose all fortitude as the
end approached. A breakfast was
brought to him, but he left it un-
touched His face was colorless as
he was escorted bare headed to the
gallows. The grewsome work was
soon done. The black cap was
quickly drawn over the face; the
moose adjusted and the bolt drawn.
Crippen, who weighed l40 pounds was
given a drop Of seven feet Death
was instantaneous. Following the ex-
ecution the inquest required by law
was held. the jury returning a verdict
to the effect that the sentence of the
law had been duly carried out. This
morning, following the execution, the
prison authorities issued an official
statment declaring that Crippen had
made no confession.
- Postmaster General Hitchcock on
Wednesday ordered the removal from
the postoffice service of Edward F.
Blodgett. superintendent Of stations,
and of James F. Norton and 5. S. +.
Giles. clerks, all in the Atlanta post
office, as the result of gross irregu-
larities in the weighing of newspaper
mail. The order followed an inveStl-
CATION of the Atlanta office into lr-
regularities which the postoftice de-
partment declares covered series or
years and resulted in the loss Of many
thousands of dollars to the depart
ment The department announced in
connection with this order that a gen.
eral investigation of methods of weigh
ing second class mail throughout the
country is now being conducted by
inspectors with the idea of detecting
and bringing to an end such irregu-
larities as those disclosed at Atlanta.
Because of inetticicncy in the discharge
of his duties the superintendent or
the railway mail service at Atlanta,
L. NJ. Terrell, who failed TO take the
precautionary measures required by
the postal regulations to prevent GER
tain of the Irregularities. was trans
ferred by the postmaster generals or
ders from his position of responsible
ity to a minor place in the service.
Superintendent G. w. Pepper of the
railway mail division having head
quarters at Cleveland, has been as
signed to Atlanta to supercede Super
intendent Terrell. Clyde NJ. Reed,
superintendent of the division of rail-
way adjustments in the pOstotfice de-
partment was sent to Cleveland to
take the place of superintendent
Pepper. Mr.. Reeds position in the
department has been filled by the
promotion of c. H. Mcbride. former
ly assistant superintendent of the di-
vision of railway adjustments. The
evidence obtained in the investigation
at Atlanta has been submitted by the
postmaster general to the department