Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29
Straps and facts.


night, stretched out in their berths and
rode through without change under the
Hudson river. The new Pennsylvania
station was formally declared open at
one minute past midnight and the first
train-a local-rolled under the river
one minute later. The Southern eX-
press followed it at 1890 and the first
incoming express pulled in at 1900
Thereafter the full train schedule went
into effect.
In announcing last Saturday night
the correct population Of Seattle
Wash, and Portland, Ore, at 237,ls4
and 2O7,214, respectively, Census Di-
rector Durand issued statements giving
the results of the remuneration made
necessary in certain districts OF the
two cities by evidence of padding OF
the original figures. The original re-
turns from Seattle contained 24S,3S2
names, or Hiss more than the final
figures, says Mr.. Durand. This differ-
ence represents names eliminated from
various districts as not entitled TO
enumeration. The original returns for
Portland contained 222.95S names, or
15,745 more than the final count, the
latter number being on a careful re-
checking of certain districts and the
entire RECOMMENDATION of two others.
Washington, November 2S: Cases
arising from nearly every section OF
the United States were passed upon IN
some twenty-five decisions announced
today by the supreme court of the
United States. The justices had spent
much of the time during the ThanKs-
giving recess preparing opinions to be
delivered today. One of the decisions
had the effect of sending to prison four
Alabama men for alleged peonage
practices. Another held that the court
could not review the power of legis-
lature to "gerrymander" a state for
congressional purposes because the
question had been raised in connection
with the election of 1908 long since
passed, and that state may regulate
liability for the non-delivery of mes
sages in interstate commerce, so long
as congress does not regulate it.
Twelve hundred convicts, inmates
of the Virginia state penitentiary, had
their first view of an aeroplane last
Friday when John R. Moisant sailed
twice over the prison in Bleriot ma
chine. The flight was arranged for by
a local newspaper for the benefit OF lie
prisoners, many of whom were locked
within the gray walls long before the
advent even of street cars and auto
mobiles. To them the sight was a rev.
elation and like their fellows, they
were too awestricken to shout. Reine
Simon, Roland Carros and Rene Bar
rier. the French aviators, raced over
the city in their aeroplanes after Mois-
ant had landed. They circled over the
historic state capitol and returned TO
their starting point several miles away
The conclusion of this spectacular
flight marked the ending of the avia-
ton meet here.
Washington, November 26: This
is a pitiable sight" said Postmaster
General Hitchcock today, as he point
ed to a pile of letters foot high lying
on his desk, all of them complaints
from people in various parts OF the
country who had invested money in
get rich quick" concerns, whose al
Turing announcement had promised
large dividends to purchasers. Many
Of the letters contain stock certificates
and bonds which were worth no more
than the paper they were printed on.
Mr.. Hitchcock declared that the de-
partment was "hot-foot" on the trail
of some of the concerns and that he
hoped they would be brought to the
ground. Many of these letters" said
Mr.. Hitchcock, ARE sad commentaries
on the misplaced confidence which men
and women, many of them poor, have
placed in their fellows. Thousands Of
such letters are received annually. The
department is going to do its best to
put these concerns out of business.
Announcement was made in Char
lotte last Saturday night of the pur-
purchase by the Southern Power COM
pany of the property and franchises Of
the Charlotte Consolidated Construc-
ton company, embracing the local
street car lines, with twenty-siX miles
of trackage, gas and electric lighting
systems and power plant. Both parties
to the deal, which is understood to in
volve nearly a million dollars, decline
firmly to mention the consideration.
The Southern Power company has been
projecting extensive interurban troll
ley lines in this section, but was cap
ped at every point on the Charlotte in
let by the local company, which held
a blanket franchise. The absorption of
the local company means that the
plans of the purchasers will shortly be
realized. DR.. w. Gill Wylie of New
York, is president of the Southern
Power company, and both J. B. and B.
N. Duke are heavily interested in the
enterprise which now owns all the i'm
portant water power plants in the
Piedmont section. The local plant is
capitalized at s1,475,00O.
- The Hudson county, n. j., grand
jury on last Saturday afternoon, voted
unanimously to return four indictments
against James ]. Gallagher, the dis
charged city employe who shot and
wounded Mayor Gaynor on August 8,
last. Two indictments will charge as
sault with intent to kill; first, on May
or Gaynor; second, on William E. Ed
wards, commissioner of street clean
ing. 1t was Big Bill' who seized CAL
lagher's arm and slammed him to the
deck of the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, where the shooting occur
red. The two remaining indictments
will charge a concealed weapon in each
assault case. Edwards and other city
employees who struggled with Gala
CHER testified before the grand jury, as
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