Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-08
MERE MENTION.

Yeggmen cracked the safe of the
First National bank at Randolph, Neb.
Monday night, and got away with s10,-
900 in gold and currency. Fire de-
stroyed large grain elevator, Touring
mill and fifty freight cars at Omaha
Neb., early Monday morning, entailine
loss of more than $1,000.000. 80. The
strike of the Philadelphia street cal
workers Is yet far from settlement
Riots are of frequent occurrence, and
the men say that they will hold out un-
til all their demands are granted by
the street car company. ...... Twenty
counties of Michigan on Tuesday voted
dry" and as the result 2S2 saloons and
six breweries will go out Of business or
May l. With the counties voting dry
on Tuesday, there are now 49 Of the 80
counties Of Michigan in the prohibition
column. . . Senator Benn Conger, who
made the charges against Senator Aids
Of bribe- taking, and of which the lat
ter was convicted, has resigned mis-
seat, fearing expulsion, as he was also
under investigation. ...... Food riots
caused by high prices, was the cause OF
riot on the upper East Side of New
York city Tuesday. More than 500
women, enraged at an advance Of six
cents a pound in meats In week,
wrecked several butcher shops. ....
Of Of no
councilmen Of Pittsburg, Pa, on Tues
day, confessed to the grand jury that
he received $4,000 from one bank, for
his vote to make that bank one Of the
city repositories. :. Frank Stachura, a
6-year- old boy, died in Chicago yester-
day from the effects Of alcohol, given
him by some larger boys. Local
option elections were held in 240 Illi-
nois towns last Tuesday, with the re-
suit that nonors were about even.
Some of the wet towns voted dry and
some Of the dry towns voted wet. ......
A negro man and a negro woman were
lynched by negroes in Keo, Ark, last
Tuesday, because the two had killed
the mans wife. .... The Indiana Re-
publicans held their state convention a
few days ago, and adopted a platform
that Is practically silent on the Payne
Aldrich tariff law. President Taft was
expected to make an address in Indiana,
but because of the action of the Repub-
lican convention, or rather nOn-action,
hn no nOr
go into the state at this time. .... The
Southern Anti-Saloon league, in ses-
sion in Atlanta, has adopted resolu-
tion calling upon all the churches in
the land to unite in the effort to put
the saloons out Of business. ..... The
towns of Bramwell and Pocahontas, in
West Virginia, are being terroriZed
over the proximity Of man-eating
panther, which has killed several chill
dren. .... Jim Jefferies, the big slug
ger, who is to fight Jack Johnson, the
negro, for the championship Of the
world on July 4, commenced training
last Tuesday at Ben Lomond, Cal. ....
A. G.. Anderson of Terrell county, Tex,
reports the loss of $500 sheep from his
ranch by theft, and has offered rewards
aggregating $1,000 for the arrest and
conviction of the thieves. The North
Pownal, VT, school house, in which
Former President J. A. Garfield taught
school when he was a young man. was
destroyed by fire last Wednesday. The
total loss by the same contiagration
was something like s75,0OO. The big
cash grain house Of w. II. Merritt &
Co, Chicago, failed a few days ago
with liabilities of 100000, because of
sharp decline in the price of grain
The campaign assessment on
Democratic candidates for congress in
the Seventh Tennessee district is 49,
OOO So far Congressman Cantrell is
the only candidate announced. The un-
derstanding is that all money over and
enough to pay expenses will be return
ed to the candidates. .....The Georgia
board of pardOns has declined TO recon-
mend a pardon for VIM. H. Mitchell,
the wealthy IollldS Nouh's ii'oH "''
was convicted of attempted assault on
Miss Lucille Linton, young society
woman There was considerable
dip in the copper market on Tuesday,
but all the loss was quickly regained
William Cameron. widely
known tobacco manufacturer of Rich
mond, Va, fell dead of heart failure
on the streets Of Richmond Wednes-
day. Ninety-five per cent OF the
2,1O7 telegraphers Of the Southern
railway, have voted to strike for 20
per cent raise In wages. President
Finley of the Southern, has asked for
arbitration Of the differences. ..... The
house committee on agriculture on
Thursday, practically unanimously
agreed to favorably report the bill pro-
hibiting gambling on cotton futures.
... The cashier and a bOokkeeper OF
the ,'ictor Banking company of Nc
Kces Rocks. Pa. were killed. and
another employee was wounded
Tuesday night by four yeggmen. who
got about $500 in cash. Emil Sci
del. a Socialist, has been elected may
or of Milwaukee. Wis. Seidel Is the
first Socialist to be elected as mayor
of large city in the United States.
Brrtran Spencer, clerk, has confessed
to the killing of the two women at
Springfield. Mass. last Thursday night.
Spencer lead Jekyll and Hyde life,
being a business man in daylight and
burglar by night.