Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-11-18
Killed. Injured.
MERE-M ENTION.

A train on the miniature railroad at
the st. Louis Worlds Fair was held
up by robbers late Tuesday night, and
the passengers were relieved Of their
money and valuables. The robbers
made their escape. >. In an interview
given to the newspapers in Atlanta
Hon. Champ Clark, congressman from
Missouri, is quoted as saying that
Parkers gold telegram" to the st.
Louis convention lost the state or
Missouri for him.. :. John C.. Brain,
Of Alabama, a former officer In the
Confederate navy, by the death OF
an English uncle has been left sole
heir to an estate valued at $4,0OO,O0O.
..... Fire, accompanied by an ex-
plosion Of dynamite, destroyed $780,
900 worth Of property in Knoxville,
Tenn, Saturday. Six firemen were
injured, one fatally, by the ex,
plosion. .... Eight burglars robbed
the bank Of Rio, ILL.,, Of $4,000 In
cash, Saturday, and made their escape.
George Lennox Watson, the de-
signer of Sir Thomas Lipton's yachts,
Shamrock /, II and III, died in Glas-
Cow, Scotland, Friday. In riot
between government troops and the
populace in Rio de Janiero. Brazil,
Sunday, twelve persons were killed,
and about sixty injured. The riot
arose on account Of the opposition OF
the populace to the compulsory vac
cination law. 80. .Adolph Weber Of
Auburn, CAL, has been placed under
arrest, charged with the murder OF his
father, mother. brother and sister, In
that city last Thursday night and
with having set fire to the family res
idence afterward to conceal his crime.
Major Leonard Hay, a retired
army officer and a brother Of Secre-
tary of State Hay, died at his home in
Warsaw, ILL.,, Saturday, aged seventy
years. 80. Severe earthquake shocks
were felt in portions Of Chile, Friday.
Several persons were injured by fall
ing walls in the northern provinces. -.
The annual report of the auditor for
the United States postoff1ce depart
ment for the fiscal year shows a deficit
Of $S,579,492 in postal revenues. In
a collision between a schooner and a
government supply boat ten miles on
the coast Of Barnegat, Friday night,
the schooner went down, drowning
four persons. A vestibule train on
the Southern railway ran into an en-
bankment three miles from Cochran,
Ca, Friday, overturning seven coaches
and injuring a number Of persons. ...
The Democrats have conceded the
state Of West Virginia, including five
congressman and the legislature, to the
Republicans. A northbound pas
senger train on the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad, was wrecked at
South Mound, Kan, Friday, causing
the death Of one passenger and injur-
ing ten. A colony Of about forty
Japanese families have settled IN Flor
ida. They will cultivate $1,000 acres
in pineapples, cotton, tobacco and raise
silk worms. 900. Safe crackers blew
open the postofflce safe at Wingate, N.
c., Tuesday night, and escaped with
5000 in money and stamps. 49,. Judge
Alton B. Parker opened law office In
New York city Wednesday, and an
nounced that he would practice law
there. Prince Fushimi, son Of the
emperor of Japan, Is visiting the
United States. Former Congressman
w. c. P. Breckenridge was stricken
with paralysis at his home at Lexing-
ton, KY, last Wednesday, and his con-
dition continues critical. .... The New
Inlet Life Saving station on the North
Carolina coast, was washed away py
last Sundays hurricane. Several or
the crew stationed there lost their
lives. ...... The business part Of the
town of Clarksville, Miss, was de-
stroyed by fire last Wednesday,. The
loss was in the neighborhood Of $780,
900.