Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-11
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MERE-MENTIoN.
Independent coke producers Of Penn
sylvania, numbering about eighty, are
to combine into one company with a
capital Of $65,000 900. -. In the trial
Of Capt. Peter c. Hams for the murder
Of VIM. Annis, at Flushing, Long Island,
last week, a hypothetical question of
10000 words was put to three alienists
by the attorneys for the defense. 49,.
The senate Of Missouri has passed a
bill prohibiting the smoking Of cigar
cites by minors In public places. .....
Ortis Hamilton, formerly adjutant gem
eral Of Washington, has been placed
under arrest on charge Of forgery
and embezzling $4,000 Of state military
funds. -. Mrs. Augusta Evans Will
son, the well known southern authoress,
died at her home in Mobile, Ala, last
Sunday, after brief Illness, aged "a
years. Mrs. Wilson was the author of
Tiberius," and other stories. The
shah Of Persia has issued q proclama-
tion granting q new constitution to his
people. The present shah revoked the
constitution. granted by his predeces-
sor in November last. :. "A black
hand" society has been organized at
Manzanillo, Mexico, and uses lemon
as notice of death to its victims. %.
Miss Jessie Brown, who recently shot
Earl p. Adams, her sweetheart, to
death, at Jacksonville, Fla, has been
released by the grand Jury. -. .Chas.
Hall Adams and VIM. r. Risk, promi-
nent lawyers Of Boston, have been in
dicted on charges Of obtaining $4,000
Of unclaimed deposits from the Suffolk
Savings bank by conspiracy. 80. An
A 10 lfy Il xyo q
lar that he could drink nine big whis-
kies" in an hour. He did 1t in fifteen
minutes. An hour later he was dead.
.... Bernard Grossman, a prominent
business man Of Waynesburg, Pa, has
been indicted on charges growing out
of the wrecking of the Waynesburg
bank three years ago. ]. B. F. Rhine
hart, the cashier, is now serving sem
tence Of fifteen years in prison. ;. .Os-
car Slater, an American, has been SEN
fenced to death at Edinburg, Scotland,
for the murder Of Miss Marion Gill
christ, a woman 80 years old. .. The
Florida house Of representatives has
passed a bill permitting the killing Of
alligators to protect the hogs of far
mers living along streams. 80. Walter
Allen Bruce, Of Brooklyn, N. T., and
prominent in church affairs, has disap-
peared. He gambled In wheat with
church trust funds. :. The government
of Cuba now owes the government of
the United States nearly $S,000,000 on
account of the expenses of the army
and marine corps In the recent inter-
vention. {. :. {. Seventeen prominent Cit
izens Of Tyler, Tex, have been placed
under arrest by Texas Rangers because
Of participation in the recent lynching
Of Jim Hodge, negro, at that place.
Miss Cora Roberts, q student at
the Normal and Collegiate institute at
Asheville, N. c., walked out Of a fourth
story window Thursday night and fell
to the roof Of one-story porch. She
was not seriously hurt. Three men
and woman were drowned In Della
ware stream Friday morning by the
capsizing Of boat while struggling
over q bottle Of whisky. =. The appel
late division of the New York supreme
court has rendered decision In which
It holds that 1t Is legal to bet on a
horse race at the race track as long as
no recorl Of the transaction Is made.
"A statue to the memory of Henry
w. Longfellow, poet and man OF letters,
was unveiled at Washington, ID. c..
Friday afternoon. Chief Justice Fuller
presided over the ceremonies. "A bill
to prohibit the marriage Of persons az
fiicted with tuberculosis, has been In
troduced In the legislature Of Florida.
The postal and telegraph en-
ployes Of France are organizing into q
union and 1t is expected that a nation
al strike will be instituted as soon as
the organization is completed. -. "A
serious difference has arisen between
the czar Of Russia and his cabinet over
the approval Of q naval bill recently
passed by the .douma. The car Is not
inclined to approve the bill and unless
he does do so his cabinet Will resign.
A woman was tried at Butler,
Pa, Friday on a technical charge OF
disorderly conduct, convicted and fined
s5. The woman was accused OF having
gone into barnyard and by the use OF
witchcraft cast q spell over cow,
which has prevented it from giving
milk. %. The steamboat Shores went
down In Lake Superior on Tuesday ana
her crew Of twenty-one members was
lost. The estate Of the late p. f.
Collier, the magazine publisher Of New
York, will total $4,o00,000 to $4,000. 600.
There has been a decrease OF 81
per cent in the wheat acreage this year
as compared with year ago. John
| c.. Davis, lawyer Of Washington, d.
c., is under arrest on charges Of hay-
ing obtained money under false pre-
lenses. Davis stealings are alleged to
amount of $4,000 or more. An
English naval officer has perfected a
device by which 1t Is made possible
for the commanding officer OF a bat
tleship to aim and fire every gun on
the vessel. The device, 1t Is said, Will
revolutionize naval gunnery.. Mes
sina and Reggie. Italy, were visited by
violent earthquake shocks Saturday.
Considerable damage was done. ......
The Southern Baptist convention, rep.
resenting 100000 members, will
convene at Louisville, KY, tomorrow.
....... Louis D. Leggett, q New YORK
broker, committed suicide by shoot
ing at Mont Clair, N. j., Saturday.
Before shooting himself Leggett wrap
ped a cloth about his head to prevent
his skin from being powder marked
Seven men have been indicted
by the Federal grand jury at New
York In connection with the recent
customs frauds Of the Havemeyer q
Elder sugar reflneries. "A man
Louis on Friday, first deciding which
would shoot the other and then COM
init suicide, by matching coins.
Governor Stuart Of Pennsylvania mas
signed a bill which provides for fine
of $500 and two years In prison for
selling or giving away cocaine except
on the prescription Of physician TO
bona fide patient. Henri 81.
Yves, the Frenchman, won In an out
door Marathon race at New York on
Saturday over twelve competitors,
making the distance Of 26 miles, 8oS
yards for a first prize OF $6,O0O, IN
hours and A minutes. up to April
40 the postoffice department had re-
cetyed petitions for 59,522 rural free
delivery routes. OF this number 4O,-
527 routes have been established.
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