Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-30
MERE ENTION.


Jas. B. Allison. recently convicted
at Asheville. n. c.. of the murder of
Floyd McGee. has confessed that his
crime was premeditated. He has been
removed to Raleigh, where he will be
executed. Sheriff Shipp Of Deca-
tur, Ala, was attacked by six negro
prisoners Thursday in an attempt to
escape. The wife and daughter Of the
sheriff came to his rescue and pre-
vented the prisoners escape. =. Eight
persons were killed in rear end col
lision on the Grand Trunk railway
near Durand. Mich, Wednesday night.
..... The death rate from cholera
in Russia is exceeding 1000 day.
Jesus Monarres and Emile Montene-
gro Mexicans, have been convicted at
Topia, Mexico, of the murder Of Wm
R. Boggs, an American, in November,
1907. Monarres will be hanged and
Montenegro will go to prison for ten
years. .....J. c. Mars, an aviator, had
narrow escape from death in New
York harbor Saturday While fifty
feet above the water his motor sud-
denly stopped and the machine fell to
the water. Mars was picked up by
tugboat ... A terrific gale swept the
west coast of England Saturday. Two
warshipS were driven ashore and mer-
chant CRAFT of all kind was badly
damagedl ... VIM. Jennings Bryan,
in an interview at Kalamazoo, Mich,
Friday night, stated that he would
positively not seek the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1912. He
believes the. Democrats will control
the next congress. Aviator Mas
dyk was killed at Amsterdam, Hol-
land. and Aviator LIE GayneuX was ia
tally injured at Havre, France, Satur-
i -. A. Co ;,,.r 80 1nt, MI n n a
... DR.. H. H. Crippen and Ethel
Clare Leneve were landed in the Bow
street prison, London. Saturday after
noon.. Boyd Thompson, court
reporter. was fatally shot by VIM.
Snyder in a street duel at Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, Friday night. Snyder was
also fatally shot by Thompson. The
prizes to be offered in the Aviation
tournament to be held on Long Island,
New York, during October, will total
100000 or more. Many foreign con-
testants are expected to partclpate.
Two persons were killed and
three fatally injured when passen-
ger train struck an automobile on
grade crossing at Paterson, n. ]. Fri
day night .... DIR. r. l.. McMahon, a
prominent young physician of Harri-
son. y. Y, is under $1,000 bond on
the charge of assault in the second de-
gree, having been arrested on war
rant sworn out by Mrs. Lillian Toye,
wife Of a New York business man.
The doctor denies the charge. The
congressional committee investigating
the Gore bribery charges, has CON-
pleted it's work in Oklahoma and VIII
resume its work at Washington In NO
vember. Mr.. Taft and party OF
friends are soon to make a trip to
7. he Montana
Tennessee will carry the party. ...:..
DR.. P. X. Gilman, a physician or OAK
land. Cal, for several years in the gov
ernment service in the Philippines
has discovered a vaccine, which ne De-
lieveS will stop the raVages or cancer.
President Taft has written a let
ter to the chairman of the Republican
congressional committee, in when ne
urges that the committee do its best
to elect Republican congressman
whether they be regulars or lnsur-
gents. He wants Republican MAJOR
ity in the next congress, whether IL Is
insurgent or regular. ... Richard n.
Edmonds. editor of the Manufacturers
Record, Baltimore, says that TINS
wears cotton crop should be worth ST.
600 .OOO. 900 to the south. Last years
crop yielded $3.50, 100000. -. Mayor
Gaynor was removed to his home at
ST. James. L. l., on Monday, from the
Hoboken hospital. The mayor says,
1T is good to be at home. The
total internal revenue receipts for
July were s29,710,032, an increase OF
S6.75O,3S9 over July of last year.
Mrs |. r. Adriance, a wealthy society
woman of Poughkeepsie, n. Y, has
been summoned before a Federal
court in New York to explain an at
tempt to smuggle a $4,000 pearl neck
lace through the customs house. ......
The forest fires in the northwestern
states. east and west of the Rocky
Mountains, are now believed to be un-
der control. 49,. Leona Morana, an
aeroplanist. reached an altitude at
Havre. France, yesterday of 6,SS9 feet,
the highest yet attained. ....... Emil
Seidel, the Socialist mayor of Milwau-
kee, Wis, has declined to be a mem
Der of the reception committee which
is to receive Mr.. Roosevelt when he
visits that city next week. The
Ohio Valley Fair at Cincinnati, was
opened by President Taft Monday.
Mr. Taft touched a telegraph button
at his home in Beverly, Mass, giving
the signal that the fair was formally
opened . The thirty third annual
convention of the American Bar asso-
citation convened at Chattanooga.
Tenn, today. Posses are securing ST.
Tammany parish, Louisiana. to arrest
a woman bandit, who has robbed trav-
elers of thousands of dollars. .J.
Hartrdge Smith, judge of the Etfing-
ham, Ga, county court, shot Meldrim
Dewitt yesterday morning in quar-
rel about some hogs.