Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
MERE M ENTION.


as the result of a cloudburst near
Folsom, n. NJ, late Thursday night.
The navy department has filed
a claim with the interstate commerce
commission against two northern
railroads to recover thirty-five cents
oyercharge on a ticket from Cleve-
land, o.. to New York. The neces-
sary printing in the case will be in ex-
cess of 800. David b. Hill OF
New York, has offered his services to
the Democratic campaign committee
and will work for the election Of Mr..
Bryan. The British steamship
Dunearn was sunk off the coast
of the Island OF Kiuhiu in the
western Pacific on August 26 by ty-
phoon and fifty-three members of her
crew were lost .. Brazil and the
Argentine Republic are reported to be
preparing for war. The chamber OF
deputies of Argentine has voted an
appropriation of $5O,0O0,O0O for ar
maments q. .Heraclio Mendos, mayor
of Cayey, Porto Rico, was arrested
Friday on a charge of arson. He was
arrested after he had filed suit
against two insurance companies 10
recover a total of $33, 900. ..... .Chas
Armstrong a wealthy cattle raiser OF
Hawkins County, Tenn, shot Andrew
Arnold, a merchant, to death Friday
because of intimacy between Mrs
Armstrong and Arnold. The cape
Fear river at Fayetteville, \. c., on
Friday reached a width of two miles
and a high-water mark of 80 feet. The
town of Fayetteville was mostly under
water and 5000 people were forced
from their homes. .John HARPER
condemned slayer of Sheriff Keith OF
Murray county, Ga, in prison ir At
lanta, has written a story OF his lie
which will soon appear in book form
for his benefit. In his story harper
saws he tells everything about his IA
NOUS escape from the Tower in At
lanta last February, except the name
of the man who opened his cell door
when he got away. Five men were
killed and six others were seriously
hurt in a coal mine near Wilkesoarre'
Pa, Friday by being struck by a runa-
way coal car 1000 feet underground.
......I am an innocent man: cut the
dog loose" were the last words OF
John Hopkins, who was hanged at
Miami, Okla, Friday for the murder
of an 1S-year-old school teacher.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Johnson of Washington,
D. c., has filed a suit for divorce from
her husband on the ground that he is
a negro, alleging that she did not sus-
pect his negro blood until after the
birth of twins. .... The total number
of new cases of typhoid fever develop
ed in Philadelphia last week was lO2
and the experts claim that most OF the
victims are persons who have just re-
turned to the city from vacations IN
the country districts. .... The Amer
lean battleship fleet arrived at Mel
bourne, Australia, Friday afternoon
and was greeted by many thousands.
....A McKeesport, Pa, woman went
to Pittsburg Friday and collected a
claim of $4,000 from an insurance
company. She got the money in cash
and put it in a wallet. Going home on
an electric car an 1S-months-old baby
picked up the wallet and tossed 1t out
the window and the money could not
be found .... The police of New
York last week discovered "Fagin"
school for the training of pickpockets,
sneak thieves, etc, run by woman.
There were about twenty pupils in the
place at the time Of the raid -. .John
BOSNIAN Of East Berlin, Pa, on Fri
day became suddenly insane and
crushed the skulls Of three or his
neighbors with a hammer. ..... Tony
Pastor, the father of vaudeville theatri-
cal performances in the United States
died at Elmhurst, L. l., Thursday,
aged II years.. Capt. Peter c. Hams
and his brother, T. Jenkins Hains'
were formally indicted by the grand
jury of Long Island City, n. Y, Friday
on a charge Of numbering VIM. E. An
mis-, a newspaper man Of New York
city. .Chas. B. Roberts, wealthy
citizen Of Baltimore was shot and
perhaps fatally wounded at Atlantic
City, n. j., Wednesday night while
riding on the boardwalk with Mrs. w.
S. G. Williams, a society leader Of Bal
timore. The shooting was done by a
disguised man, who made his escape.
The husband of Mrs. Williams is sus-
pected Samuel Gompers, presl-
dent of the American Federation OF
Labor, is making a strong effort to de-
feat Speaker Cannon for reelection to
the national house Of representatives.
The value of the estate of Rus
sell Sage at the time of his death in
July, 1906, was $64, 4,153,SOO.91. or
this sum more than $29,00O,OO0 was
out on call loans. The state of New
York gets $667,53SO1 as a transfer
tax on the estate. .... The National
Negro American League, an organiZa-
ton with a membership in about twen-
ty states, is urging the negroes to cast
their ballots against the Taft-Sherman
ticket and in support of Bryan and
Kern ..... When the American bat
tleship fleet visits Kobe, Japan, the en-
tire japanese navy will be sent out to
act as an escort of honor to Kobe.
Des Moines Ia, August 29: lnces-