Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16
MERE.MENTloN.

MERE-MENTioN.
A bill has been introduced in the
legislature of Delaware, which provides
for a license tax Of $500 a year on
gypsies travelling in that state; the OBJ
ject being to keep the gentry out OF
the state. -. Eight wagon loads of
gambling paraphernalia, including slot
machines, faro, poker and roulette ta-
bles, cards, dice, etc., were destroyed
by the Philadelphia police in big bon
fire in that city last week. Governor
Stuart of Pennsylvania, Is advocating
the building Of a state highway across
the state from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg at cost Of $500, 900. Isaac
Stephenson, the successful candidate
for the primary nomination for the
United States senate from Wisconsin,
has filed statement which shows
that his election cost him $107,793....
A German aeronaut last week succeed
ed in crossing the Alps mountains In
a balloon. He ascended to a height OF
$4,000 feet, the Thermometer averaging
twelve degrees below zero. William
Jewell college at Liberty, Mo-, has been
closed on account of an epidemic OF
smallpox among the 600 students, OF
whom fifteen have developed the dis
ease. .. The police Of Brownsville,
Pa, last week arrested $50 negroes.
mostly vagrants, and ordered them to
move on or be sent to the workhouse.
Most of them moved. 49,. Joseph "a.
Shay, a New York lawyer, was arrest
ed Wednesday night Of last week on
charge of planning the escape Of a
prisoner from the Tombs prison In
that city. Shay is also charged with
champerty in two cases. "A crazy
negro running amuck in Memphis, Sat
urday, was finally shot to death after
he had slashed several people with a
knife. The negro was crazy over re-
ligious matters. 80. Five firemen were
killed by falling walls while fighting q
$3.50 900 fire at Milwaukee, Wis.,, Sat
urday. ;. Two bandits held up Den
yer and Rio Grande passenger train
between Denver and Fort Logan ear
ly Saturday morning and robbed the
mail car of registered letters and pack
ages estimated to contain $35.000......
An Italian barkeeper Of Brooklyn, N.
Y, was held up by bandit on Friday
night. Biding his time, the barkeeper
snatched q pistol from beneath the
counter and shot the would-be theirs
pistol from his hand. Jake Wade,
a negro, was lynched at Lakeland,
Fla, Saturday, being charged with
criminal assault. Wade was positive
ly identified by his victim. ..... The
United States Steel corporation has
underway the building Of plant to
cost $14,500,000 on the st. Louis river
in Minnesota, similar to the plant at
Gary, ILL.,, where an entire new city was
built. -. Lieut.. Adele OF the United
States navy, Is suing his wife for d.
vorce at Dedham, Mass, alleging ex-
cessive and confirmed habits Of intox-
ication as a cause. Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Coolidge, said
in an address at Scranton, Pa, Friday,
that should the prohibition wave spread
in the north and west as 1t has In the
south, the government would be In
danger Of going broke. AT the
international naval conference in ses-
sion in London on Friday, 1t was de-
cided that cotton should be placed up
on the list of absolute non-contraband
articles in case of war. bill has
been introduced in the lower house Of
congress making swearing over a tel
ephone a criminal offense. The
postmaster at Dahlonega, Ga, is being
sued for $4,000 damages for delaying
the delivery Of a letter sent from At
lanta .Sixty-seven lives were lost
by the sinking of a steamer off the
coast of New Zealand last week.
Twenty-six of the passengers and crew
reached the shore in small boats.
Irregularities and grating amounting
to more than $1,0O0,OO0 have been un-
covered in the quartermasters depart
ment of the Russian army. A number
of high officials are implicated in the
stealing. go. Chancellor Beckhert Of
the German legation at Santiago,
Chile, is under arrest at that place on a
charge of murder. 49,. Representative
Afford Of the Idaho legislature. made
the charge in that body Friday that
liquor interests had raised a pool of
$75, 900 with which to defeat the coun-
ty local option bill before that body,
and that some Of the members had
gotten a part of the money. 80. Mrs.
Jacob Schuff, As years old, died at
Ocean City, N. j., Friday, shortly after
taking two headache powders" .....
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