Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-18
Straps and facts.


were engaged in shoveling the seed
from a large pile into a funnel that
forced the matter into the oil mill.
Without warning the bank of seed on
each side. reaching height of about
fifteen feet. began caving in, burying
the men before they could be saved
Hands were at once dispatched in the
work of rescue, but when the men
were taken from the heap, life was
extinct and medical efforts proved fu-
tile.
Newark, y. J., November II: An
armed man was seized in Judge
Teneyck's court today when he inter-
rupted the hearing that is to deter
mine the sanity of Mrs. Caroline B.
Martin and whether she shall be tried
for the murder of her daughter, MrS
Ocey Snead, the east Orange bath tuo
victim. The man leaped to his feet
CRYING: Delay in this case Is d
shame" Court attendants seized MIN
and found a 44-calibre revolver on
him. He said his name was OilVet
r. Matthews, age 70, and was I@roIi @
the south. 1t was subsequently,
learned that ne had been confined In
oo os,,iunn for the insane. Mrs. Mar
tin Vas called on the stand. Report
ers were barred from the court room
In the criminal court at Nashville'
Tenn. last Tuesday morning, Roplh j.
Cooper. charged with the murder OF
forrner II 6 Senator Edward w. Car
mack. on November 5. 1908, was gwen
q verdict of not guilty. This was on
tbe recommendation of Attorney Gen
eral Anderson, who advised the court
that he desired to make such dlsposi-
ton of the case. Robin Cooper, II
will be remembered, was convicted
along with his father of the muraer Oh
Carmack. The supreme court afnrmeo
the court below in the case OF the
fatber and reversed the lower court In
the case of the son. Governor rat
terson hardened the elder Cooper De-
fore the court concluded the reading OF
it's decision. Young Cooper naSlns
haen turned loose the murder OF car
mack goes unpunished so far as the
operation of the law is concerned.
New York, November II: Thirty
four years after a suit was oegui
against the Mutual Life INSURANCE
company a verdict was rendered mere
by Jury in the supreme court oscar
Adler. a glove manufacturer, VINO nau
insured his life for $4,000, dleo IN
1876, but the company refusea 70 pay y
the policies to Adolph ana Dahle'
Goldschmidt and David hacaracii ~
the beneficiaries, contending that Az
Iar committed suicide. The oenen-
ciaries sued and twice their complaint
was dismissed, but each time tney
annealed and obtained a new trial.
on the third trial the insurance com
many lost, and this time 1t appealeu
The case was sent back once more 1oi
new trial. which resulted in Ver-
dict against the company, which was
ordered to pay s15,O5O, the amount
of the policy with interest.
H H. Rogers, son of the iate
Standard Oil financier, whose nopoy
is the study of military afalrs' mas
inst returned to New York from long
trip of observation in the army cen
ters of France and Germany. ne
brought home with him the uhpIeaS-
ant prediction that Japan will provoke
u,er With the United States some
time before the Panama canal Is open
ed for business. This is not only the
belief of Mr.. Rogers. but the concen-
sus of opinion, he says, OF the mill
tary men whom he met during MS
visit of seven months abroad. MT
Rogers is a captain in the Twenty sec
ond regiment of the National Guard OF
New York. and a military entnuSlast
While abroad ne talked with oincers
from the lowest ranks to the hlgnes'
and found them all of the bellet tnat
tbe United States would be dragged
into a war with Japan by Japan. ano
that the United States would be badIy
beaten in the fight Summing up
what he had cleaned abroad MT
Rogers says: They have a high re-
gard in Europe for the strength ana
the clever fighting ability OF our navy,
and so have the Japanese, but tney
look upon our army as joke.
An unusual reward for herolsm
is to be given to a young American
girl by the Russian government MISS
Violet Halls, a New York actress VINO
recently has been playing in st. Pc
tersburg with English musical COMEDY
companies, was strolling along tne
banks of the River Neva Few DAYS
ago. when she heard a cry for help.
in Russian. She turned about and
saw a Young man. who had evidently
fallen from a parapet, struggling IN
the water. Miss Halls, an expert
swimmer. Immediately saw that the
youth was helpless. She tossed on
her fur coat and dived into the chilly
river. She reached the young man
and after q struggle that lasted sew
eral minutes managed to get him 10 a
dock, to which she clung until others
pulled both TO land. The rescued
youth proved TO be the only son oil
Count Vladimir RosanOva, who is a
prominent figure at the Russian court
Count RosanoVa, when his son, water
soaked but safe, was brought 10 MIN
insisted upon making personal ap-
peal to the cZar and having MISS Hans
made a countess. She Will De give.
a Russian name for the purpose, and
will receive her title by an elaborate
legal ceremony within few days
Washington. November Is: The
next step which the United States navy
will take i'm its study of airships 70
determine the extent of their practl-
cal value from the standpoint or wal
will be to test the possibility OF an
aerial craft landing on warshlp
This was indicated by officials of the
navy department today who are con-
WINGED as a result of Aviator Ely
flight from the deck of the scout
cruiser Birmingham that the airshir
could play an important part in the
naval warfare of the future. Officers
of the navy generally believe that It's
principal usefulness to fleet in time
of war will be for scout duty, The
question of landing an airship on a
vessel presents many difficulties. Some
experts believe that a net could be
constructed to receive the airship anC
protect il from turretS and other OBJ
stacles. while others believe it will be
necessary to equip the machine with
pontoOns so that they may descend
i'm the water beside the war vessel
The department, il is said. undoubted-
ly will acquire few machines in the
not distant future. 1t was declared
by an official today. however that the
time had not yet come to outfit the
navy with airships because aeronaut-
les had not reached a stage of per-
lection.
J. ogden Armour. head Of Armour
& Company, said last Tuesday that
the whole tendency in the prices OF
live stock was lower. He also declar-
ed that the descent would be gradual
and warned the public from accept
ing too hastily the belief that drop
from tho highest the lowest prices