Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-22
MERE-MEN


Governor Brown of Georgia has ap-
pointed former Governor j. M. Terrell
to the United States senate to succeed
A. S. Clay, deceased. ...... Mrs. Max
Mintz with her baby in her arms,
fell down a flight of stairs at
her residence in Yonkers, N. Y, few
days ago and although she broke one
Of her legs in two places and was 9TH
erwise badly bruised, the baby escaped
without injury. The Cunard Steam
ship company has invited bids for the
construction Of what will be the larg-
est steamship in the world, liner that
will be S95 feet long by 95 feet broad
with displacement of $4,000 tons.....
A parent obtained a verdict Of $1,000
damages against the Standard Invest
ment company on account 90 the death
Of a child who was killed as the re-
suit Of an accident for which the COM
pany was held to be responsible, and
the supreme court decided to grant a
new trial unless the plaintiff would
agree to accept $1,500. "A two-year-
old boy fell into molasses kettle near
Thomasville, Ga, last Wednesday and
was boiled to death. .... Augusta, Ga,
Is very much stirred up over the GEN.
sus departments figures showing a
population of less than $4,000. The
common claim is over $4,000 and the
business people Of the city are going
to take a new census Of their own....
Harry Thaw's mother is now trying
to get her son removed from Mattewan
to some other insane asylum. ..... In
Atlanta last Friday, Maxcy Sanders.
aged 5-years, set himself on fire and
was burned to death while trying to
light a pipe full of rabbit tobacco.
Canadian farmers are bringing pres
sure to bear on their government to
lower the duty on American agricul-
tural implements. japan is arrang-
ing to build Dreadnought Of $4,000
tons at a cost of $12,25O, 1000. Chi
cago public schools are being equipped
with moving picture machines. .....
New York city's taxable values are now
of $60O,000,000 during the past year.
The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes
a story to the effect that the admins
tration has abandoned the idea Of es-
tablishing a great naval base In the
Philippines; but instead will make a
Gibraltar at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
The United States government
comes next to England in the amount Of
her naval expenditures during the past
ten years. England has spent $685.
100000 and the United States has
spent $1,110, 100000. -. There was an
ugly row between white and black sail
ors of the American warships at Cher
bourg, France, last Friday, as the re-
suit Of which one negro was killed and
several others were hurt. Juan
Burcil, a Mexican, died at San Diego
California last Friday, aged 122 years.
.Myron H. Crippen, father OF DIR.
Hawley H. Crippen, under sentence OF
death in England for the murder Of his
wife, died in London last Saturday,
aged 80 years. 80. -Four persons were
drowned by the capsizing Of a row
boat near Sault Sainte Marie, Mich, on
Lockhart. an American mining man,
was found near the village of Palmorito
in the state of Durango. Mexico. last
Sunday. He Is supposed to have been
assassinated by Mexican. .Ty-
phoid fever Is epidemic in the naval
academy at Annapolis, Md. %. .Corbin
M. Mercier, a widely known druggist,
died in church last Sunday, while at
tending services. :. Burglars got $500
from the postoffice at Natchitoches,
La, last Saturday night, by dynamit-
ing the safe. .... There Is a case OF
cholera at Montreal. Canada. Rich
ard Croker, the former Tammany
leader, is on his annual visit to New
York. He says Roosevelt cost the Re-
publican party many votes In the re-
cent election.