Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-01
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sentenced TO a life term in the state
prison for wife murder last spring
and this question was the essential
feature of the case of the state. He'd
ger was admitted by the defense tC
have been in his home at certain
hour. The time at which his wife
ate breakfast was also fixed. Accord
ing TO experts, the egg was not ar
hour on the way to digestion wher
the woman died. This would bring
her murder within the time that He'd
ger was in the house. The supreme
court refused to grant a new trial
though the entire case against Hedgel
hinged on circumstantial evidence
with the egg the chief feature in the
evidence.
In it's report of the cotton crop oj
Louisiana and Mississippi. the New
Orleans Picayune Of yesterday says
Now that the first killing frost of the
season has occurred and in many
places the first freeze, the work of ac'
curately estimating the cotton crol
will soon be begun. The crop, 1t Is
conceded, will be somewhat larger
than was anticipated some month:
ago when ii was thought that fros'
would occur earlier and put a stop tc
the maturing of the crop. While Il
seems that the crop ranges from "a
10 so per cent below normal, 1t VII
still exceed that of last year in al
probability. Undoubtedly the Dol
weevil was the cause of greatly re-
duced yield. Many farmers will re-
sort to greater diversification. but IN
few instances is there any talk OF
abandoning cotton raising. The in
fected stalks will be burned and cot
season under approved scientific meth
ods. although the acreage in a gooo
many sections will be reduced
New York. October 80: Through
quick work with his revolver, Robert
Adler. the special policeman in West
Twenty-thir6 street dancing academy
who late last night shot and killed one
man and probably fatally injured an
other while the dancers were in the
mazes OF a waltz, broke up for the
time being the Geehr gang. band OF
gun fighters. Six of them, led by
Charles Hunt cherished hatred
against Adler and, according to the
police, went to the dancing academy
to get him. When Adler stopped
at the door, six hands reached for as
many pistol pockets. A shot was fired
and a door near Adler's head was
splintered. Then Adler's pistol flash
ed and Hunt crumpled up and fell,
shot through the head. He never
moved again. Three other shots were
fred at Adler. but all missed. VIII
liam Morris. one of the band. then
lunged forward with pistol raised, but
the special policeman was too quick
and shot him through the head. The
remainder of the band fled. Morris
will probably die.
New Orleans. October 2S: Secre-
tary Hester's statement of the worlds
visible supply of cotton made up from
special cable and telegraphic advices
compares the figures of this week with
last week, last year and the year be-
fore. 1t shows an increase for the
week just closed of 275.319. against
an increase of 300.176 last year, and
last. The total visible is 3.020,S1S,
against 2.745.499 last week. S,716,-
3S3 last year. and 3,2S0,124 year be-
fore last. OF this the total of American
cotton is 2,43S,S1S, against 2,l95,49s
last week, 3,304,3S3 last year and 2,741.-
l24 year before last, and of all other
kinds. including Egypt. Brazil India
etc. $4,000, against 5000 last week
$4,000 last year and $50, 900 year before
last The total worlds visible supply
of cotton as above shows an increase
compared with last week Of 275,31S
a decrease compared with last year OF
695.565. and a decrease compared
with year before last of 259,3O6. O1
the worlds visible supply of cotton as
above there is now afloat and held In
Great Britain and continental Europe
1.5S1.0O0. against 2.122,000 last year
hnfn 10 IT
Egypt $4,000 against $4,000 year
before last; in India $4,000. against
100000 last year. and $4,000 yeal
before last; and in the United States
100000 against 1.36S.o00 last year
and 1.314.000 year before last.
- Washington, October 20: The
population of Minneapolis was an
nounced tonight by Census Director
Durand to be 301, ,40S. In connection
with the figures Mr.. Durand charged
that individual enumerators had
fraudulently returned 4,66S names
These. of course, were not counted IN
the final report. The announced fig
ure is a gain of almost 49 per cent OF
the population of 1900, which was
2O2.7lS. Mr.. Durand said that a:
originally forwarded to the bureau
the report contained 306,076 names
But while more than 1000 of these
had been eliminated there was nc
evidence, he said, of any con-
certed attempt on the part OF tbs
enurlerators or of the supervisor OF
any group of private individuals tc
pad the census returns. The greater
part of the names eliminated were in
two out of 196 enumeration districts
in the city. The enumerators fol
those two districts may not have de-
liberately intended to defraud, but /,
scarcely seems possible that they
should have failed to note that they
were, to say the least, interpreting
the instructions very loosely" said
the director. The overcoming IN
these two districts resulted almost al
together from repetition of visits to
lodging houses and hotels. Not con-
tent with enumerating all the people
who were present in such lodging
houses and hotels on the census day
or on the day of the first visit of the
enumerator, these enumeratOrs count
ed very large numbers of people who
were not present at the first visit OIL
on the census day, but who came tC
the lodging houses subsequently.
- Pittsburg, Pa, October 80: Mis-
chievOus boys dreaming tonight OF
gates they will seize as Halloween
trophies, would not in the widest
Nightmares imagine such enormous
gates as are being made in Pittsburg
for the Panama canal. They will be
the largest gates in the world
Any one of the ninety-twO of them,
for there are to be forty-siX pairs in
all. will be about as high as a 6-story
building, as wide (65 feeD as many
city buildings are and feet deep, OF
thick. The structural steel that will
go TO make them will weigh $4,000
tons. or more than eight times as
much as was used 20 build the Eiffel
tower in Paris. The mighty portals,
designed to admit a worlds COM
merce from one ocean to another. will
cost $5.500,000. The builders are the
McClintic Marshall Steel Construction
company, a half of whose independent
plant here has been given over entire
ly 10 the gate contract. OF the $4,000
tons of steel required the heaviest sim
gle pieces will weigh about eighteen
tons The thousands of individual
pieces. numbered and fitted to go to-
gether as children's blocks, will be
shipped by steamer via Baltimore and
with them will go over 400 skilled
structural steel builders from Pitts
burg to set them up. The advance