Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-17
Scraps and facts.

which Marshall Field & Company, of
Chicago, secure the controlling inter-
est in several mills at Spray, n. c..
The purchase includes the control of
the American WarehOusing Company.
with it's mammoth finishing plant,
warehouses, ETC., the Spray Wooden
mills. one of the largest wool manu-
featuring concerns in the world: the
Lily mills: the Rhode Island Company
and the Nantucket mills. Through the
deal Field & Company acquire control
of practically all the manufacturing
plants at Spray except three, these be-
ing the Spray Cotton mills, the More
head Cotton mills and the Leaksville
Cotton mill.
Washington, June IA: Members of
the judiciary committee of the house
were accused today Of having received
employment and gifts of great pecu-
mary value" from the railroads to the
extent that they were rendered inCap-
able of fair judgment in regard to
the railroad legislation before them.
Representative Randall, of Texas, who
made the charge, asked that bill
covering gifts of passes to congress-
men be returned before the house.
Representative Randalrs charge al
legged that Representative Parker, of
New Jersey, chairman. and other men,
bers of the committee, were receiving
in addition to employment and gifts"
also franks and compensation of
great and pecuniary value" At the
conclusion of his speech he brought be-
fore the house a privileged resolution
to remove the measure referred to
from the committee on Judiciary and
to have it Immediately reported back
to the house.
- Bristol, Tenn, June IA: In COM
memoration of three important events
in the early history of this country
the building of Watauga Fort in RevO-
lutionary times, the treaty between
the chief of the Cherokee tribe and
Richard Henderson and his associates,
and the assembling of the heroes NJ
Kings Mountain for the march upon
fSTSuSOll anu was III
veiled at Sycamore Shoals, in Carter
county. Tennessee. today, a monu-
ment of triangular design. so con-
structed to typify the three events and
the trio of generals, Campbell, Shelby
and Sewer, who led the over noun
tain men" across the heights of the
Allegheny mountains to the decisive
battle-ground of the Revolution. The
occasion brought to the scene in the
picturesque valley of east Tennessee
thousands of patriotic southerners,
and the spirit of the Revolution found
expression again in a party of young
men, including members of the state
militia, who marched to the scene, clad
in the garb of Revolutionary times
and interpreting what they conceived
to be the spirit of the forefathers.
Cologne. Germany, June IA: 1t is
estimated that 200 persons lost their
lives in the flood that swept the valley
of the River Abr in the Eifel region.
Eighty-seven bodies had been recover
ed today. These were found along the
river banks. tossed high by the flood
or left stranded as the waters subSid-
ed. report received here today says
that so lives were lost at the village
of Schult when a bridge which was
crowded with persons watching the
turbulent waters was carried away.
Throughout the Abr valley only one
bridge is left standing. The floods
were caused by a heavy rain that had
continued for several days, causing
the River Abr to break it's bounds.
Sunday night there was a cloudburst
and the waters choked the valley.
drowning every living creature in their
path and causing immense monetary
damage. Two barracks in which Ital-
ian and Cretian labOrers were housed,
were swept away and their occupants
who were in their beds were drowned.
The railway was washed out and sew
eral villages were destroyed. Light
ming which accompanied the rains did
much damage. Yesterday the flood
subsidized. There is much distress
among the peasants of the valley who
have survived. The most of them have
lost their possessions.
Milan, Italy, was the scene few
days ago of a mysterious murder, that
is attracting much attention in the
United States because of the fact that
the victim was Mrs. Mary Scott Cas-
tie Charlton, an American woman.
Last week fishermen dragged a trunk
from the bottom of Lake Como and in
the trunk was the body of Mrs. Charl-
ton. Together with her husband she
was occupying the Villa Moltrasio.
near Milan, and from the best infOr
nation to be had she and her husband
were not seen after June 6. one theory
of the police is that Porter Charlton,
the husband, killed the woman. sunk
the body in the lake and disappeared.
Another theory is that the CharltOnS
were killed by thieves, robbed of their
valuables and both bodies disposed of
in the lake Shortly after the discov-
cry Of the woman's body. a Russian
spy, adventurer and smuggler. named
NJ. Constantine SpolatOff, was arrested
and is charged with the murder of
Mrs. Charlton. as he spent much of his
time at the villa, and was also found
in possession of some jewelry said to
belong to the dead woman, and al
though the direct evidence against the
Russian is very meagre, the police are
weaving a net of circumstantial evil
dence against him that makes it look
like a convincing case. Mrs. Charlton
was killed with blows on the head with
some blunt instrument, and the police
have found a witness who will swear
that he loaned SpolatOff a set of brass
knuckles day or two before the
CharltOn's We're last seen alive. The
search for Charlton is being carried on
all over Europe. and also the police
are having Lake Como dragged in the
hope that another trunk will be found
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