Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08
MERE.MENTION.

Lynchburg, Va, has voted out bar
rooms Dy majority or lSo out or
total of 1858. The Democratic
mouse caucus last saturday, elected
Enamp Clarke OF Missouri to the lead
ersnlp or the minority on the moor, wee
Jvnn sharp Williams, VINO rendered his
resignation because Of the tact tnat
he Is to take his seat In the senate up
On the expiration Of mis- present term
IN the house. .... William McBroom,
mill worker, is under arrest at Jones'
ooro, Ark, charged with poisoning his
.wo chnuren. The state dIspensary
system of Oklahoma was abolished by
d vote of the people in the November
elections and now nquor cannot be sod
legally by anyone in the state, even for
medical purposes. 1t Is stated In q
Danas, Tex, dispatch that Jonn w.
Gates, a New York multimillionaire, Is
organizing a Texas oil company to
ngnt the Standard Oil company.
twenty seven persons we're Killed by q
landslide in the villages Of Pra and La
sunaz, Italy, Friday. ..... Francis j.
deney, the prosecuting attorney in the
oan francisco graft cases, who was
Snot by an assassin on November 13,
mas so far recovered as to be able to
leave the hospital. 49,. AT the cIose Of
the last fiscal year, there was dencit
of $5S,070,201 in the United States
treasury, as against q surplus last year
Of $84,236,5S6. The general stock Of
money in circulation at the close Of
the last fiscal year was $3,37S, $4,000,
dn increase for the year Of S263,2U3,013.
..... The widow OF the alleged victim
If Dr. Brayheld Of Mulkeytown, ILL.,,
says that her husband died natural
death and that the doctors predica-
Inent is due solely to jealousies grow
ing out Of a Sunday school quarrel. 80.
rlve thousand tobacco growers Of Ken
lucky are asking that receiver be
appointed for the Planters Protective
ASSOCIATION. The petitioners charge
mIsmanagement Of the association.
Hiram Percy Maxim's noiseless gun at
tachment will be placed on SAFE after
January 1st at $5 each. There are
now more than 400 cases Of typhoid
fever at Reading, Pa. IA 2-cent let
Ter rate has been arranged between the
United States and Germany, which will
80 into effect January 1st. .... An Og-
Iesby, ILL.,, man says that Mrs. Belle
Guinness, proprietor Of the famous La
Porte death farm Is alive, and that
he will produce her for a reward. .....
president Roosevelt will soon appoint
John D. Pringie, editor of the Labor
World, as appraiser Of merchandise at
the port Of Pittsburg, Pa This will be
the third appointment made by the
president as rewards to labor men for
assistance in the last election given to
Mr.. Taft. .....D During the month Of
November, 2,920,494 cubic yards Of ma
terial were moved on the Panama ca
nal, against 3,224,63S during October.
..... The Masonic Grand Lodge Of
pennsylvania Is soon to begin the erec-
ton of a million dollar Masonic home
for aged and INDECENT members of the
fraternity, their wives, widows and or
phans. ... Orders for about $4,000
900 worth Of steel rails will soon be
placed with Pennsylvania rail makers.
The Pennsylvania railroad will contract
for 10000 tons. 49,. Paris newspapers
express the belief that President Cas-
tro has left Venezuela for good. Cas-
tro has about $6O,O00,000 on deposit in
English and French banks. ia Chi
cago grand jury has returned eighty
one indictments against forty or more
politicians Of Cook county, charging
election frauds ... Dr. Shoemaker Of
the Methodist hospital of Philadelphia,
has successfully tested anti-typhoid fe-
yer inoculation within the past few
weeks. go. Mr.. Loeb, private secreta-
ry to President Roosevelt, Is to become
editor Of the st. Paul, (Minn.) Dis
patch, his mission being to put an end
to the political activities Of Governor
John A. Johnson. 49,. Senator Foraker
will make another strenuous fight in
behalf Of the discharged negro soldiers
in the present session Of congress. 80.
John G. Jenkins, formerly president Of
the Jenkins Trust company Of Brook
lyn, tried last week on a charge Of the
larceny Of $4,000 Of the trust compa-
ny's funds, has been declared not gull
ty. Rear Admiral Coghlan, retired
commander Of the cruiser Raleigh w
the battle Of Manila Bay, died at his
home at New Rochelle, N. Y, Satur-
day, aged 81 years. w. H. Mitchell,
the wealthy citizen Of Thomasville, Ga,
on trial last week, charged with at
tempted assault on his ward, Miss Lu-
cille Linton, was convicted Saturday Of
assault and battery, and sentenced to
a years Imprisonment. ..... VIM. Vim
son, moonshiner, and Deputy Sheriff
Littleral were killed in battle between
officers and moonshiners forty miles
south of Huntington, w. Va, Saturday.
...... .Rolly Mcintosh, 76 years old,
former chief Of the Creek Indians, is
dead at his home near Stidham, Okla.
..... King Victor Emanuel Of Italy,
has been presented with the decoration
of the American Cross Of Honor, a
life saving order organized in 1898.
Two soldiers Of the First field ar
tillery, U. S. A, were killed and third
was probably fatally injured by the
collapse Of bridge over Cache creek.
near Lawton, Okla, Saturday. .....A
determined fight is to be made at the
next session of the Pennsylvania legis-
lature against the reelection Of United
States Senator Penrose. The New
unable to raise a bail bond Of $4,000
to secure his release from the Tombs,
where he is held on a charge Of for
gerry. ......A London expert estimates
the value Of ]. Pierpont Morgan's COL
lections Of pictures, rare books, tapes
tries, etc., at $4,000, 900. .....J. ]. Hill,
the great railroad man, said at a re-
cent dinner at Rochester, n. Y, that
the moneyed men Of the world were
better able to prevent war between the
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road is said to have placed contracts
for $30,000,000 Of improvements to its
property in New York city. 900. More
than fifty seamen have lost their lives
off the coast Of Nova Scotia during
sea. .... Samuel NJ. Biddison, New
York get rich quick broker has a for
tune Of $200,000,000 on paper. but Is
nations than the diplomats. With the
bankers it was simply a matter of re-
fusing to finance war, money being
as necessary as powder. Isaac Ste
phenSon, the newly nominated United
States senator from Wisconsin, through
his campaign manager, spent $780,
BOO to secure the primary nomination.
The receivers Of the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing
company, have been discharged. .....
Harvey Hazel, II years old, is on trial
At Toledo. o.. on the charge of mur-
iering his mother. Adolescent insanity
IS the plea of the defense. 80. Mrs.
Carrie Nation, of "hatchet fame" is
making a tour of Scotland. -. Pres
dent Nord Alexis, president Of Haiti.
has been deposed and driven from the
republic. 1t Is probable that General
Simon will proclaim himself as presi-
dent
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