Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-19
mERE-MENTIoN.

The steamship La Seyne collided
with the steamship Onda between Java
and Singapore, and sank within two
minutes early Monday morning. Near
ly 100 persons were drowned and six
ty-one were rescued, many Of them at
ter being bitten by sharks. -. The
chief Of police and his private secretary
were assassinated Monday, while driv-
ing In the streets Of Buenos Ayres, byf
a bomb thrown by Russian anarchist
The assassin attempted to commit SUI
eide. 80. DIR. VIM. Green, an aviatd
directed his flying machine into q fem
at Morris Park, N. Y, Monday as
was coming to the ground after a pra
tice flight, rather than collide with
man carrying baby. The mach
was wrecked, but the doctor was I'm
jured. .. King Manuel Of Portu
Is on visit to England, and Is
to be looking for a wife. .Wn
Brown, president Of the New
Central railroad, Is preparing to g
lish number Of training school
for the benefit Of the farmers
his lines. Secret service
arrested a gang Of fourteen co
and got two more at Schenectady
Tuesday -. The Standard Cll q
pany on Monday declared quarterly
dividend Of SO per share. or q total Of
$40, 0,000,0 ,000. -. "A terrific blizzard swept
over North Dakota and other north
western states Monday and Tuesday.
Railroad traffic Is badly crippled and
on some lines entirely stopped. ......
Oliver Francisco, a negro, whose reput-.
ed age was liz years, died at Jackson,
La, Monday. :. The property damage
throughout the island Of Jamaica, re-
sulting from the hurricane Of last week,
is estimated at .1,25o.ooo. and the loss
Of life at fifty persons. -. The prose-
cution Of the American Sugar Refining
company by the government at New
York, has had the effect Of causing
shar, decline In the price Of the cor
poration's stock. .....J. Harry Meyer,
son Of a Pittsburs, Pa, millionaire,
committed suicide Monday, after being
married only one month. Ill health Is
given as the cause. -. The grand
jury at Union City, Tenn, has returned
individual indictments against Garrett
Johnson and Arthur Cloar, for the
murder Of Captain Quentin Rankin on
October IS, 1908. These two men, with
four others, were convicted Of the MUIR
reversed the trial court. :. John Null
lin. New York policeman, has been
sentenced to prison for five years for
robbery. New York policemen were
forced to use their clubs In quelling
a riot of men and women on the roof
of building In that city, Monday. The
rioters were fighting for pieces Of a
rope with which q woman had COM
mitted suicide. Clifton Breckenridge.
a negro, was indicted, tried, convicted
and sentenced to die In the electric
Va, Monday, on a charge Of criminal
assault upon a 6-year-old child.
Forty boys at Birmingham, Wash.
stole a locomotive Sunday night and
ran II down the line for several miles.
They then reversed the engine and
starting back. lost control Of It and
jumped off, The engine was stopped
by collidinS with q freight train. ......
Governor Haskell Of Oklahoma, will be
put on trial In the Federal court ct
Chickasha, Okla, tomorrow. on charges
Of fraudulently securing from the gov
ernment title to large number Of
Chas. l. Warriner, defaulting treasur-
er of the Big Four railroad, has been
indicted by the grand jury at Cincin-
natl. O., and Is unable to secure ball.
A Mrs. Stewart Is also In Jail, charged
with receiving hush money from War
riner. 80. DR.. A. Ney. an Atlanta, Ga,
druggist was fined $500 by a police
court judge Wednesday. for selling a
pint OF whisky on Sunday. .Clar-
ence Compton. his wife and child. were
shot to death at Pioneer, La, Tuesday
afternoon in a three-cornered pistol
battle between Compton and Sylvester
and Albert Owen. "A Latrobe. Pa.
miner on Wednesday tied tick Of
dynamite tn his dogs tail and lighted
a fuse to kill the animal. The man ran
and the dog ran after him. Just as the
dogs owner rushed into house and
slammed the door. the dog reached
the door and the cartridye erploded,
wrecking the house. The dog was
killed. Chas. M. Crittenden. the
New York millionaire. founder nf the
system of Florence Crittendan Rescue
Homes for Girls. died In San Fran
cisco. Tuesday, Of pneumonia, aged rs