Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-04
MERE.MENTIoN.

VIM. Withrow and his sister, Miss
Pearl Withrow, were drowned in a lake
at Lakewood park, Atlanta, Ga, Fri
day afternoon by the overturning OF
a boat. 80. Two cruisers Of the Ja-
panese navy are at San Francisco and
officers and men are being lavishly en-
tertained. :. Queen Wilhelmina Of Hol-
land, on Friday gave birth to a daugh-
ter, and since then there has been ma
tional rejoicing over the event. The
little princess will be christened Ju-
Llama Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina
The steamer New Hampshire from
New York to Stonington, Conn, broke
a propeller blade Friday and was rem
dered helpless A GOD" wireless
message brought quick aid and pre-
vented the vessel drifting on the rocks
Of Long Island. The 100 passengers
were panic stricken. The United
States government will erect granite
monuments at Indianapolis, Ind, and
Alton, ILL.,, to mark the resting places
of unidentified Confederate soldiers
buried at those places. -. Miss john
ny Davidson, wealthy young woman
Of Neosho, Mo-, was acquitted Satur-
day Of the murder Of Roy Ramsour. -.
Three negroes were taken from the Jail
at Marshall, Tex, early Friday morn
ing and lynched, shortly after a militia
company that had been guarding the
prisoners had been relieved from duty.
The negroes were charged with the
murder of deputy sheriff. ... One man
was killed and two seriously injured In
Philadelphia on Friday, by a collision
between a Reading railroad tram ana
a taxicab on a grade crossing. TWO
men were arrested at San francisco on
FRIDAY for trying to extort large sum
Of money from Rudolph Spreckles py
Dlackmail. ...... -Four children were
burned to death at Glace Bay, Nova
Scotia, Friday. 80. There is a good
sized revolution in progress In Morocco,
probably due to an effort to reinstate
the old sultan, who was deposed last
year by Mulai Hafid. 49,. Rutherford
w. Kathan, a New York lawyer, was
sentenced Friday to fifteen months In
prison for attempting bribery. The
120th anniversary Of the Inauguration
of George Washington as president OF
the United States was celebrated at
Alexandria, Va, Friday. The laying
of the corner stone Of q memorial and
dedication Of a park were features OF
the occasion. 80. Ernest Wade, VINO
shot and killed Isaac Higgenbotham,
his sisters sweetheart, was convict
ed Of second degree murder at Lynch-
burg, Va, Friday, and sentenced 10
eighteen years in prison. The United
States supreme court has rendered a
decision in which it declines to hold up
the order of Secretary Wilson to the
effect, that after June 1st, there must
be no more bleached flour put on the
American market. The lumber
schooner George Nestor, with crew
of nine men, was sunk in Lake Micht-
gan on Friday morning during storm.
..... Jim Hodges, a negro, was lynch
ed at Tyler, Tex, Saturday for GRIM
inally assaulting young white Wo-
man the evening before. All business
was suspended during the lynching.
Georgia peach growers expect to
begin shipments about June 1st, and
estimate the coming crop at 5000 to
$500 cars. ... Helen Aver Marden, a
student Of Smith college, Northamp-
ton, Mass, was shot to death on the
college campus Thursday morning by
Porter McDougall Smith, a Dartmouth
college graduate. Smith then commit
ted suicide. 1t Is believed he was men
tally unbalanced. Twenty-Five bids,
aggregating $4S,295,000 were received
by the state comptroller Of New York
last week for 100000 of per cent
canal improvement bonds. ..... Fire
caused the loss Of two lives and S1,00O,-
900 damage to a Chicago grain elevator
Thursday evening. The fire Is supposed
to have been due to lightning. Six
ty-five engines were used In fighting
the flames. Mrs. Clark Jett commit
ted suicide at Shreveport, La, Friday,
by drinking a concoction containing
dissolved match heads. 1t was her
third attempt. Tabriz, Persia, which
has been in a state of siege for several
weeks, by revolutionists, was relieved
Friday by Russian troops. Miss
Nora Iselin of New York, is to marry
Count Ferdinand Colleredo Mansfield, |
an Austrian nobleman. 1t Is said that
81, 100000 will be given the count as a