Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-11-17
MERE-MENTION.

Walter Ammon, a New York COM
mission merchant. was shot to death
in the Jersey City railway station Fri
day by a man named McGrath, at one
time employed by AmmOn as a sales
man. The United States grand jury
sitting at Pittsburg, Pa, has recon-
mended that an investigation be made
Of every director of four distressed ma
tional banks of western Pennsylvania
to see IF he had not a legal as well
as a moral responsibility in the banks
affairs. resting on him.. "........C. w
Vance has been sentenced to one year
in the Allegheny, Pa, workhouse fol
obtaining money on false pretenses
Vance solicited campaign funds for
Congressman Dalzell without author
ity. All hope of rescuing 300 min
ers entombed in a coal mine in West
phalia, German empire, was given up
on Thursday The disaster was caus-
ed by an explosion of fire damp. .....
H. Clay Pierce Cf the Waters-Pierce
Oil company, has given bond Of $780,
600 for his appearance for trial at the
January term of court at Austin, Tex,
on the charge Of perjury. ..... The
United States supreme court has
handed down a decision in which it is
held that states have the right to pass
laws to prevent the co-education of the
white and negro races. The decision
was on an appeal from Kentucky. ......
Dave d. Edwards, sentenced to death
at Chattanooga, Tenn, on December 10,
has confessed to the killing of sixteen
men. The widow Of his last victim
Mrs. ]. w. Davis, has asked the priv
ilege Of springing the trap when Ed
wards is executed. ..... The estimated
Weld of corn for the United States for
the year 1908 is 2,642,6S7, 900 bushels.
The government will soon begin
the prosecution of 10000 cases filed in
Oklahoma against a large number of
persons on charges of defrauding or
attempting to defraud Indians out of
valuable oil and mineral lands. I'D.
u.
Canada, was sentenced Thursday to
three years in prison after pleading
guilty Of stealing $4,000 Of the banks
money. Charles W. Morse, the con-
victed banker of New York has been
refused bail pending an appeal Of his
case to a higher court. ..... John Loar,
a negro, leader Of gang OF burglars,
operating around Pittsburg, Pa, was
last week sentenced to SiXtySiX years
in prison. Geo. NJ. Stewart, post
master at Seattle, Wash, is to be re-
moved from office because he solicited
campaign contributions. ... Governor
Fort of New Jersey, is having trouble
to find a suitable attorney to accept the
office of attorney general of that state.
The jobs pays $1,000 year. .... Six
Chinese were drowned in Lake Erie
early Thursday morning by the wreck
Of a motor boat in which they were
being smuggled into the United States
from Canada. .. DR.. w. S. Gregory,
a dentist, is on trial at Roanoke, Va.
on the charge of attempting a criminal
assault on a Miss Irvine, a patient,
while she was under the influence of
ether. The dentists defense is that
the young woman is the victim of an
hallucination. .... The Illinois Central
railroad last week sold $20,000,000 Of 4
per cent bonds in New York. The
bonds were in strong demand at 9S3.
ton, Of Newark. n. j., will make an ef-
fort to raise 100000 to erect memo
rial to the late Grover Cleveland. .....
Father Crociata, priest, was convict
ed at Rutland, VT, Friday, on charge
of completely in case of assault,
which resulted in the death of Accorito
Crociata, a Sicilian. Victor H. Met
calf, secretary of the navy, has tender
I'd his resignation on account of i'll
health He will be succeeded by Tru-
man. H. Newberry. .... Morris Stein,
King Of Dope Sellers" was sentenced
by a Philadelphia judge on Friday to
two years in prison for the Illicit SELL
ing of cocaine. .... Bandits attempted
to rob a Russian treasure train carry
ing $12.000,000 at Yakaterinburg, Rus
sia, Friday, but were driven off by the
gendarmie. Five of the bandits were
Eilled. Alvin ]. Lengil. a bOokkeep-
er for the McAdoo Oil company at
Reading Pa, prominent in church af-
fairs, got his accounts mixed, and was
on intimate terms with a negro woman
affinity" committed suicide Friday.
Editor Seely of the Atlanta Geor-
yian, has recently received several let
ters threatening his life if he does not
cease his editorial attacks on the char
qcter of ]. G. Woodward. the nominee
for the mayorality of Atlanta. 49,. "A
dispatch from Louisville. KY, is to the
effect that the Burlev Tobacco society
and the American Tobacco company
have made a deal by which 42,0O0,OOO
pounds Of tobacco will be sold at an
average price Of Is cents a pound. -.
The Countess Anna Gould de Castel-
lane de Sagan, according to London
~umors, is to sue her newest husband
for divorce after only five months or