Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-30
FRIDAY, APRIL 80, 1909.
MERE.MENTIoN.

MERE.MENTloN.
The Cuban congress will probably
pass bill now before 1t, providing Tor
the establishment of national lottery.
Cornelius Pritchard was killed
and three other persons were seriously
wounded at Meadville, Miss, Monday
In a street duel growing out Of a polit-
icaI feud Three additional menu
bers of the Japanese diet were ar
rested Monday on charges OF grating.
Other arrests are pending. ;. 1t Ii al
legged at Caracas that one reason why
Mr.. Castro Is so anxious to get back to
Venezuela, is that he has large sum
of gold coin buried there and he wants
to recover it,. 1t Is stated In Lon
don that the roller skating fad through
out Great Britain, has paid dividends
of 12O per cent on an investment OF
$175, 900. :. Confederate Memorial Day
was celebrated throughout Georgia last
Monday. 49,. Paul McMichael manager
rur an Atlanta, Ga, taxicab company,
was beaten almost to death Saturday
by r. A. Benedict, a discharged em-
ployee, in a dispute over ninety cents.
McMichael is not expected to Hye......
Four men were killed, one fatally and
five seriously injured at Kerrick, Miss,
Tuesday, by the explosion Of saw mill
boiler. Twelve thousand people are
homeless In the earthquake zone OF
Portugal and hundreds are starving to
death. -. "A Huntington, w. Va, glass
manufacturer, making liquor glasses,
says he will have to close his plant be-
cause the prohibition wave has cut
orders to such an extent that the plant
cannot be kept even reasonably busy.
The Confederate Memorial Day
and Decoration Day will be celebrated
jointly at Louisville, KY, on May 80.
..... "A New York man has had his
liver taken out because It suffered from
hemorrhages. He Is reported as get
ting along all right. 1.-THE chief OF
police of Chicago has prepared a wa
ter gun" with which to stop overspeed-
ing automobiles when they refuse to
stop at command Of police. A three
inch stream of water will be used. ......
About $4,000 sailors, working on ves-
sells on the Great Lakes have voted to
go on a strike. This will tie up lake
shipping. -. One woman was killed
and three other persons were seriously
injured at Pensacola, Fla, Tuesday. by
the collision Of an automobile and
trolley car. Two yeggmen shot
policeman fatally at Logansport, Ind-
Wednesday morning, and one OF the
yeggs was shot to death by the police
man after he had fallen to the ground.
49,. Beach Hargis was convicted in
Kentucky on Wednesday Of the muir
der Of his father, Judge James Hargis,
and was sentenced to imprisonment for
life. City Clerk Jones Of East Lake.
Ala, shot two negroes to death and
wounded third on Wednesday. The
negroes were trying to break up
meeting Of city council, and fired on
Jones. !. :. Richard Croker, former po-
litical boss of New York, has returned
to his home in Ireland after spending
several months in the United States.
Mr.. Croker says he Is through with
politics forever. -. .Safecrackers got
1924 from safe in Reno, Nev,
gambling joint Tuesday night. In an
elevator fire at Buffalo, N. z. Wednes-
day morning. 100000 bushels Of wheat
were destroyed. -. The trial Of Cap
tain Peter C. Hams for the murder Of
VIM. Annis is now well underway at
Flushing, NJ Y. Hams defense is In
sanity. Chas. Scarborough. negro.
was lynched near Barlow, Fla, early
Wednesday morning. The negro had
entered the bedroom Of Mrs. Taylor
Frierson at Barlow. He confessed the
crime. The life Of Heinrich Cap-
ried, who died in Europe a few days
ago, was insured for $4,000 for the
benefit Of the Metropolitan Opera COM
pany Of New York, Of which Conried
was at one time the manager. .....A
New York department store proprietor
has taken lease on city block, In
cluding thirty-two city lots, for term
of los years, at rental aggregating
$40, ,000, 900. A ten-story. store building
to cover the entire block, will be erect
ed. "A 60-foot sperm whale was cap
tured in an inlet near Atlantic City,
N. J., Wednesday morning. The big
fish showed evidence Of being the VIC
tim of a ship collision at sea. 1.-THE
convicted councilmanic grafters OF
Pittsburg, Pa, have been refused new
trial and will be sentenced next week.
Pedro Ezequiel Rojas Is the new
Venezuelan representative at Washing
ton. Venezuela has not had a repre-
sentative I'm the United States In a
year or more. -. In New York tomor-
row interest and dividends aggregating
500, 900, 900 will be disbursed. Dis
order and rioting characterized the To-
cal option elections at Chillicotte, o.,
Wednesday. The entire city admins
tration worked for the wet element
and carried the day by about 1000 ma
jority. =. John Lykes, a prominent
lawyer of Trenton, N. J., is awaiting
sentence. having pleaded guilty to mis-
appropriating trust funds to the amount
Of s29,500.. In the annual meeting
of the National Association Of Cotton
Manufacturers, now In session In Bos-
ton, more than s350,000,000 and 20,000,-
600 spindles are represented by the l.
600 delegates in attendance.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.