Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-23
MERE-ME MENTION.

DR.. Len G. Broughton, the famous
Baptist preacher Of Atlanta, Ca, has
received a call to q church in London,
England, but will probably not accept
for the reason that he Is unwilling to
leave Atlanta. 80. President Mackay,
Of the Postal Telegraph company, de-
MES that his company is In any way
involved in the merger between the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company and the Western Union Tel
egraph company. :. The five men who
held UP the Union Pacifics Overland
Limited" train at Omaha, Neb., on
May %, have been sentenced to life
IMPRISONMENT by the Federal court.
The George Washington Memorial as
ISOLATION has been organized In New
York for the purpose OF erecting $2,-
100000 memorial hall to Washington's
memory. 1t Is proposed to raise the
necessary money by subscriptions OF
81 from all parts Of the country. .....
Gov. Deneen of Illinois, has removed
from office Sheriff Davis Of Alexander
county, because the sheriff allowed
mob to take two prisoners from him at
Cairo. Richard Watson Glider, edi-
tor Of the Century Magazine, died In
New York, Thursday. Government
attorneys at Chicago have asked that
the Federal court Of appeals increase
the bail bond of John r. Walsh, the
convicted banker, from $50,000 to $780,
900, pending Walsh's appeal to the
higher courts. -. The tax budget OF
France fer the next fiscal year as made
up by the French house Of deputies,
carries Increased taxes totaling s40,-
100000. The increases are largely on
wines, tobacco, automobiles and inher-
itances. ;. The Georgia supreme court
holds that a person who Is injured or
damaged by coming In contact With q
telephone wire which Is charged with
electricity by falling on an electric
wire, can hold both the telephone and
electric companies liable for the dam
age resulting Collector Loeb Of the
port of New York, on Friday discharg-
ed nineteen heads Of departments un-
der his charge. Since taking office on
March g. Collector Loeb has dischar5-
ed seventy three employees OF the New
York custom house, for alleged fraud
and incompetence. /. !. /. Governor Brown
Of Georgia, has commuted the sentence
Of DR.. ]. M. Elliott Of LAGRANGE, Ga,
to life imprisonment Elliott was to
have been hanged last Friday for the
murder Of Geo. l. Rivers, hotel man.
"A family of eight was murdered In
the German village Of Baguslawitch,
near the Russian border, on Friday. :.
Father John Banister Tabb, famous
poet and Catholic priest, and veteran
Of the Confederate army, died In Bal
timore, Md, Friday. 49,. Albert p.
Wibiralske, II years old, was killed In
a football game at Orange, N. j., FRI
day. 49,. One man was fatally injured
and six horses were killed at Omaha,
Neb, Friday, by the explosion Of an
automobile gasoline tank. 80. The ma
val budget of Germany for the next
fiscal year carries q total Of 443,000.000
marks (about Silt 7,500,000), the largest
in the history of Germany. VIM. M.
Laffan. publisher Of the New York
Sun, died at Lawrence, L. l., Friday,
following an operation for appendicitis.
..... The Wells-Fargo Express COM
pany, recently declared cash dividend
Of $500 share. The stock Is quoted
at $3.50 per share. ~. M. G.. D. Borden
has announced that the price Of Amer
lean prints goods will be 81 cents yard,
wholesale, after tomorrow, and that
another advance must come soon.