Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-24
MERE MENTION.

in the United States, on the church.
declaring that it will be impossible 20
secure proper measures to halt the easy
breaking of marriage ties until "the
standards of our churches are raised"
... st. Louis capitalists have purchased
100000 acres Of swamp lands in south
east Georgia, and will drain 1t for
truck farms. .... Howard Harris,
negro, convicted of criminal assault,
was hanged at Thomasville. Ga, Fri
day. The indictments against The
odore Price, the New York cotton brok-
er, in connection with the cotton report
leaks of several years ago, were set
aside by Justice Gould, Of the supreme
court of the District Of Columbia on
Saturday. After a months suspen-
sion of work, pending an adjustment Of
their differences with the mine opera
tors, 10000 coal miners Of Illinois will
go on q strike In an effort to enforce
their demands. d. . Three persons were
killed and three seriously hurt in the
wreck Of an electric train near Carlin-
ville.- ILL.,, Friday morning. .. Five
men were killed by the explosion of a
powder mill at Nortnfield, British CO.
lumbia, Friday. .... Two convicts were
drowned in the Ohio river at Hinton.
w. Va, Friday, when trying to escape
from the work house gang. ... DIR.
c. f. Blessing, president of tine Pitts
guilty Friday of charges of bribery. ;.
Sheriff Wilkins Of Cleveland county, N
c., and a posse destroyed a blockade
still Of 500 gallons daily capacity and
5000 gallons of beer in upper Cleveland
county, Thursday. District Attor-
ney Fickert, in answer to protests
against the holding Of the Jeffries-
Johnson prize fight in San Francisco
mia laws it is impossible to prevent the
fight. ....... Jas. A. Patten, the cotton
spoculator, on Saturday received an or
der for $4,000 bales Of cotton from for
eign spinners, according to the New
York Tribune. The order was for cot
ton at Is cents a pound and involved
$3,500,000. Patterns profits on the deal
is said to be about $1.500, 1000. .... .Os-
car Leroy, an aeronaut, fell 1000 feet
from balloon at Pittsburg, Pa. Sat-
urday, escaping with his life, his only
injury being a broken leg g..... Count
DeLesseps, a Frenchman, crossed the
mo 1fch ntnr IN, na1a
Saturday afternoon. The main tent
of the Barnum & Bailey circus was de-
stroyed by fire at Schenectady, N. Y,
on Saturday. The 10000 people in the
tent escaped without injury. The fire
was started by a cigar stump. ....
Ecuador and Peru have agreed to set
tie their boundary dispute by the plan
suggested by Secretary of State Knox.
The United States, Brazil and Argen-
tine will arbitrate the differences Of
the two countries. 49,. Two druggists
and former coroner of Savannah Ga.
were fined $1,000 each or twelve
months imprisonment on Saturday for
illegal sales Of cocaine. .... In London
on Friday, during the ceremonies at
tending the funeral of Edward VII, 269
pickpockets were arrested by the po-
lice and losses Of more than 100000
were reported. Over 700 persons We're
sent to the hospitals because Of in
juries. E. Oklahoma, Kansas and Mis-
souri,, were swept by tornadoes and hail
storms on Saturday. Crops were badly
damaged and many barns and houses
were destroyed. -. The statue Of Sam
uel Spencer late president Of the South
ern railway, was unveiled in Atlanta,
Ga, Saturday afternoon. Sister
Candide, once head Of the Catholic Or
der OF st. Anne, has been arrested in
Paris, charged with swindling opera
tions totaling close to $1,00O,O00. Many
prominent men are said to be victims
..... Isaac Henderson, aged so years,
of Pensacola, Fla, has been sentenced
to the Federal prison at Atlanta, on
conviction Of Illicit liquor selling. .....
The fourth child Of Queen Victoria and
King Alfonso of Spain, was born Sat-
urday. The child, a son, lived but a
few minutes. .Advices from kief.
Russia, are to the effect that the Jews.
who are being driven from the empire.
are undergoing the most horrible bru-
talities at the hands Of the soldiers ard
police. :. Countess Tarnowska, known
as the "enchantress," was convicted at
Venice, Italy, Friday, on the charge Of
her husband and sentenced
to serve eight years In prison. Two
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The trial lasted for several weeks. -.
Frank w. Rollins, ex-governor of New
Hampshire, pleaded guilty in the Unit
ed States circuit court at New York.
Friday, to the charge of smuggling
dutiable goods and was fined $4,000.
Most Of the smuggled goods were dress
es for Mrs Rollins. 49,. Arthur Dever-
eauX, 26 years old, was killed in New
York, Saturday, In q friendly scuffie
with a fellow worker DeverauX had
a large needle suspended from his
neck, and this was driven into his heart
when the two men came together while
go. Geo. w. Post and f. A.
Starkloff are held by government Off
cials at Philadelphia, charged with
fraudulent use of the mails and work.
ing the gold brick" game. The pair is
said to have realized 100000 a year
from the sale OF gold bricks. -. A New
burg, N. Y, street car conductor cap
tured two burglars Friday night by
jumping from his car on the highway
and waving his ticket punch in their
faces. commanded them to hold up
their hands. Tine burglars had robbed
A house of $21 a short time before.
The money was recovered. ........ Mr.
VIM. ]. Bryan left New York, Satur-
lay, for Edinburgh, Scotland, as a del
egate to the Worlds Congress of Mis-
Sionaries, which meets next month.
Efforts to work the Spanish prisoner
;windle are still being made through
,ut the country The latest attempt to
ind a victim was made at Palatka,
fla, last week. 80. DR.. Len G. BrOugh-
on. the pastor of the Baptist Taber-
lacle of Atlanta, Ga, has declined a
all to the pastorate Of Christ church,
london. and says he will spend the
emainder OF his life i'm Atlanta.
theodore Waterman Of Albany, y. Y,
$ trying to corner May wheat options
n the Chicago pit. He Is opposed by
. Ogden Armour. oliver Splitter,
onviCted i'm New York in February,
N charges of completely i'm the Gus
oms frauds of the American Sugar
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