Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-30
Charlie Thomas Better.
MERE MENTION.

A FARMER proved up SoVV III silver
coin in a field near Sergent, KY, Tues
day. .... Nearly loo cottages at Sails
bury, Mass, a seaside summer resort,
were destroyed by fire Tuesday. The
loss was 10000. 80. President Roose-
velt celebrated his 50th birthday on
Tuesday. .....J. D. Miller, Jr., a fire.
man, was given a verdict for $4,000,
against the Seaboard Air Line railway,
for the loss Of both legs, in an Atlanta,
Ca, court some time ago. The Georgia
court of appeals has handed down a
decision confirming the verdict Of the
trial court. "A large bronze monu-
ment to the late President Benjamin
Harrison was unveiled at Indianapolis,
Ind, Tuesday. ......Dr. j. B. Fisher OF
Memphis, Tenn, Is suing an insurance
company for $4,000 insurance on the
life Of the doctors wife. The insur-
ance company has been able to prove
the presence Of arsenic in the woman's
stomach and that an important witness
was induced to leave Memphis by the
Doctor. 49,. VIM. Montgomery, who
wrecked the Allegheny National bank
Of Pttsburg, Pa was convicted Mon
day on a charge Of embezzling $469, 900,
while cashier Of the institution. He is
also to be tried on charge of misap-
plying $144,000 in bonds. =. The ma
tional Prohibition party has adopted
the camel, the original water wagon"
as the official party badge. ...... The su-
perintendent Of the mint at Philadel-
phia, says there Is an increasing de-
mand by the trade Of the United States
for subsidiary coins, and states that
this Is a sure indication Of returning
business prosperity. .... The spread OF
the cholera plague continues at Manila.
D,,,.i ha rI nf 1o ct JUaaR
10000 sheep perished in the Cumbers
mountains, Rio Arriba county, N. M.
Six herders are also reported lost. ......
AS the result Of his aeroplane accident
Of five weeks ago in which Orville
Wright's leg was broken, his left leg
will be one-quarter Of an inch shorter
than his right Two more counties
of ohio voted dry" on Tuesday, clos
ing twenty-five more saloons. Xenia
county gave a wet" majority Of 226.
..... Mr.. Kern declares that 100000
was sent into Indiana on Sunday for
election purposes. Mr.. Kern alleges
that the money was contributed by
trusts and combines. .....A verdict for
s115.000 was given to London firm
Of soapmakers in an English court
a publisher, for libel. The Russian
douma reconvened Wednesday for the
fall session. .... .Robt. Ohnmeiss plead
guilty at Atlantic City, n. j., Tuesday
to a charge of embezzling $20,500 from
a bank Of which he was teller. He lost
the money in bucketshops. ... Miss
Blanche Donnell left Los Angeles, Cal,
Tuesday for johannesburg. South
Africa, where she will be married to G..
E. Knecht, a mining engineer. The
Young woman will travel $4,000 miles
on her journey. Oscar Kondert,
former cashier Of the First National
bank Of Baton Rouge, La, plead guilty
in the Federal court at New Orleans,
Wednesday, and was sentenced to five
years Imprisonment. 49,. Mrs. w. E.
Terrence was assassinated at Pooler,
Chatham county, Ga, Wednesday
morning, by a 16-year-old negro boy.
The negro was arrested. .... Engineer
Pease and his negro fireman, Watts
Pardue, were killed by running into an
open switch on the Southern railway
at Rome, Ga, early Wednesday morn
ing. The wreck was the work Of train
wreckers .. Leslie NJ. Shaw, former
secretary Of the treasury under Roose-
welt, is alleged to have stated that Bry-
IN will carry Ohio next Tuesday. ......
Rev Ernest Lyons is under arrest at
RelQ s f6TTN, va, OIl tie CIldi6S VI
numbering his predecessor, Rev. James
L. Smith. There is a woman in the
case. Jas. L. Leclair and Miss Lena
Miller are under arrest at Pittsburg,
Pa. on a charge Of using the mails
for fraudulent purposes. They had
5000 victims in a matrimonial bureau
scheme. AS a result Of the recent
Ill we'll fires, sixty miles from Tampico,
Mexico more than twenty lives were
lost and over $1O0OOO0 worth of prop
erty destroyed. The betting odds on
Taft in New York on Wednesday
were 5 to l against Bryan, with few
takers. 1t was even money as be-
tween Hughes and Chanler.." Two
boys were arrested in Philadelphia on
Wednesday on the charge of selling
cocaine to school children. The
American fleet of warships is expect
ed to reach Annoy. China, tomorrow
afternoon. .... Out Of a total of
1882 STRAW" ballots voted In Wash
ington last night, Bryan received
1855 and Taft 1927. Friends
of Theodore f. Burton of Cincinnati.
O., are boosting him for speaker of
the house of representatives, claiming
that Joseph Cannon stands a good
chance of being defeated next Tues
day