Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-28
Straps and faets.

- henry Bradley RANT, presluent OF
the Plant Investment company, which
controls the great system of hotels and
railroads on the west coast of Florida,
died suddenly at his residence in New
York city last Friday night. Mr.. Plant
was born in Branford, Connecticut, in
1919. After securing good academic
education, he went into the transpor-
tation business and was rapidly pro-
noted on account of his superior abil-
ity. He first became interested in
Florida railroads in 1879, and acquir-
ing one line after another finally Gre
ated what is known as the Plant sys-
tenn, including railroads and steamship
lines. He was twice married and by
his second wife leaves one son, Morton
Freeman Plant, who will succeed to
many of his fathers millions. At the
time of his death he was about so years
of age.
A Columbus, Indiana, dispatch
22d: George Wray, aged 10S years,
secured divorce today, through Judge
Hord, from Susan E. Wray, aged 80.
Wray is quite feeble. He came to this
country with bis father at the begin
ming of this century from Londonder-
ry, Ireland. He moved to Indiana
more than 40 years ago, and settled in
Brown county, where he lived until he
moved recently to indianapolis. Wray
has been married four times, outliving
three wives. He said that his last
wife came to him and offered to take
care of him if he would marry her,
but that she had robbed him of over
$1,000 in gold since they were mar
ried, eight years ago. Wray is re-
puted to be wealthy. A band of gyp-
sizes almost succeeded in kidnapping
him this afternoon and robbing him of
$1,000, which he persists in carrying
with him continually. The would-be
kidnappers were arrested. He is the
progenitor of great part of the Wray
family in southern Indiana, having
several great-great-grandchildren.
Rev. w. NJ. Burrows, the minister
who recently married Perry Belmont
and Mrs. Henry D. Sloane, at Green
wich, was today severely censured by
the General Association of Congrega-
tional Ministers of Connecticut, of
which he is a member, says a New
Haven, Connecticut, dispatch, OF June
81. The couple were married a few
hours after Mrs. Sloane had been di-
vorced in New York. Mr.. Burrows
was present and apologized to the
ministers, saying that he had been i'm
posed upon by Mr.. Belmont and Mrs.
Sloane. In spite of this, resolutions
were passed censuring him and forbid
ding any minister of the association to
marry any divorced persons who had
been shown guilty by the decree. By
passing the resolution the clergymen
present bound themselves to take a
firm stand on the divorce question, and
use all their power to bring about uni
form divorce laws. The resolution al
so makes it impossible for them to re-
marry guilty persons in divorce case
and persons who are forbidden to re-
marry by the laws of any other state
or the rules of other Christian churches.
- George H. Holden, of Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, says dispatch, has just re-
turned from the Philippines and tells
of talk he claims to have had with
Admiral Dewey. The talk, if true, in
dicates that the admiral is an expan-
sionist of the most pronounced type.
The admiral asked Holden for his
opinion on the future course of the
government in the islands, and when
his caller declared that the American
people could not afford to withdraw,
that they were building for the future
and not for the present, and that they
owed it to the world to remain, he
heartily approved of the words. sim.
press your view upon your friends and
every American citizen" said Dewey.
Holden was asked by the admiral to
visit a certain member of the foreign
relations committee of the senate and
urge him to have law passed extend
ing citizenship to the 60 Chinese boys
who participated in the battle at Ma
nila bay. "They were good enough to
fight for US and they are good enough
to be American citizens" said Dewey.
- San Francisco dispatch of June
"a: Two letters received from Mrs.
Evelyn Collier, who is now in Jail at
Hermossilo, Mexico, tell the story of
her arrest, trial and sentence to four
years Imprisonment for shooting and
killing Mexican who forced himself
into her home when she was alone and
attempted to assault her. She is an
American woman, who lived with her
brother, William Frost, at Ures, Sono-
ra. On March 81, of this year, while
her brother was absent, Mexican
broke into the house. A scu file over
the possession of pistol then ensued,
both having hold of the weapon.
Mrs. Collier pushed the man outside
the door, when the pistol was dis
charged. He fell dead but she locked
and barred the door without ascertain
ing this fact. Frost secured the trans
fer of his sister from the Jail at Ures
to the Jail at Hermossilo, and at the
same time took an appeal to the su-
preme court. She claims that her con-
dition in the Jail is deplorable. Sena-
tor Perkins has promised to take up
the matter with Secretary Hay, look
ing to an investigation and her release
if her statements are verified. A
Washington dispatch of the same date