Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
TUESDAY, JULY a7, 1909.

The prohibitionists had practically
conceded defeat by at least fifty
votes. 80. It is reported from New
York that Mr.. Roosevelt will be back
in New York in time to take hand
In the mayoralty campaign this fall,
and that he would probably be a can
didate for mayor. ..-. Burlington,
VT, Is not pleased over the PROPOSE
ton Of the war department to send
1,200 negro cavalrymen to Fort
Ethan Allen, which is near that city.
The Burlington people are making
about the same kind OF objections as
did the Brownsville, Tex, people.
80. Roger Winfield Of Fon du
Lac, Wis, died at Koenigsberg, Prus-
sia, last Wednesday from cholera,
shortly after his arrival from st. PEE
tersburg. 80. Two persons killed and
two seriously injured was the result
of a cloudburst in the vicinity Of
Boulder, Col, Friday. -. Twenty
cars of freight train on the Atlantic
Coast Line fell into the Neuse river
near Dudley, n. c., Friday. "A
fast passenger train on the Reading
railroad ran into freight train near
Schuykill river, Pennsylvania, Satur-
day, killing the passenger engineer
and seriously injuring the fireman.
Sidney Hatch Of Chicago, on
Saturday broke the worlds record
for long distance running, covering
100 miles In 16 hours, minutes. 43
seconds. Miss Lydia G. Newman
a maiden lady, was found dead In
Guilford county, N. c., Saturday. Her
skull had been crushed with blud-
geon and the motive Of the murder Is
supposed to have been robbery.
The New. York Herald and Atlanta
To, ltp
York to Atlanta has been finally Sc
Charlotte to Spartanburg and Green
vile. -. VIII Cash, cotton mill
operative Of Charlotte, died Saturday
night from the effects Of drinking
carbolic acid, which he told his wife
a few minutes before his death that
a negro had given him for whisky.
-. The Republican state conven-
ton of Virginia will open at Newport
News tomorrow. A. P. Gillespie Of
Tazewell. will probably be nominated
for governor. -. Six lives were lost,
three persons probably fatally hurt,
and fifty or more were injured In the
wreck Of Wabash train that fell In
to the Missouri river thirty miles from
Kansas City on Saturday night.
John w. Heron, father Of Mrs. Taft,
is critically Ill at his home In Cincin-
natl, o., following q mild stroke Of
paralysis. ;. The battleship Michigan
returned to Philadelphia on Sunday
from her official trial trip. She is re-
ported to have broken all speed rec
ords for vessels Of her class, making q
fraction over nineteen knots an hour.
...... The legislature Of Alabama will
convene in extra session In Montgom-
cry today. It's most important busi-
ness will be to strengthen the prohi-
bition laws Of the state. Twenty
persons were injured in q riot at q
ball game at Jackson, Mich, Sunday,
following an unpopular decision by the
umpire. The umpire escaped without
injury. e. Breeze and J. e.
Dickerson are on trial In the Federal
court at Asheville, N. c., on the charge
| of conspirfng to defraud the First Ma
tional bank Of that city, which failed
in 1897. Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor
cambridge, daughter Of Zachery Tay-
lor, twelfth president Of the United
States, and sister-in-law Of Mrs. JEFF
ferson Davis, died at her home In
Winchester, Va, Sunday, aged 85
years. Tony Pasquglla aud his
wife were killed at Arlington, o.,
early Sunday morning by the explo-
sion of charge Of dynamite under
their home, evidently fired with MUIR
derous intent. 49,. Two train rob-
bers went through passenger car on
the Erie railroad between Jersey City
and Patterson, N. j., early Friday
morning and held up sixty immi-
grants bound for the west, and reliev-
ing them of every penny Of cash,
made their escape.