Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-26
MERE ENIION.

Five life time prisoners of the FEEDER
al prison at LeavenwOrth, Kan, made
desperate attempt to escape Thurs
day. by stealing locomotive and try
ing to get away. Two of the convicts
were soon recaptured and the other
three were surrounded by company
Of regular soldiers. ....At Jefferson.
Ga, Thursday, a monument was un-
veiled to the memory of DR.. Crawford
w. Long, the first American physician
to discover anesthesia. A Louisville.
KY woman committed suicide Thurs
day, believing that the approach Of the
HALEY comet meant the end Of the
world. 49,. Mrs. Providence Mascara.
suffering from leprosy, was discovered
in New York tenement Friday, Occu-
pying three-room fiat containing five
children, two men and their wives.
VIM. ]. Bryan will assist the Prohibi-
tionists Of Missouri in their fight for
prohibition in that state. ..... George
f. Bedell was arrested In New York on
Friday and placed under $4,000 bond in
connection with additional frauds in
the customs department. The re-
mains OF Mark Twain were buried at
Elmira. n. Y. Sunday afternoon. after
funeral services in New York city on
Saturday afternoon. -. Fred Cunning
ham alias Eddie Fay. and Frank Ches-
ter, alias Little Dick Morris, two Of
the three yeggmen who burglarized the
Richmond, Va postoffice on March q.
and got away with $S5.000 worth OF
stamps, were landed in the Federal
prison in Atlanta, Ga, Saturday, where
| they were sentenced to serve ten years
and pay a fine of $4,000 each. by the
Federal court at Richmond few days
ago. Fay Is known as one Of the most
desperate criminals in the world and Is
said to be worth half million dollars
or more. w Albert Wolter. tried in
New York last week for the murder Of
Ruth Wheeler, 15-years- old. was con-
| victed Friday night Of first degree mur-
der and on Wednesday will be sem
fenced to death by electrocution. VOL
| ters crime was committed March "a,
and he was convicted April o.. The
Southern railway has announced an in
crease Of wages to its employees Of 81
cents per hour. The trial Of DR.. b.
Clarke Hyde, for the murder Of his
wife's uncle, Colonel Swope, which has
| been in progress for two weeks. at
Kansas City, Mo-, will probably con-
tinue for a month longer. The testi-
mony of the prosecution so far Is show
ing up strongly against the defendant.
..... One man was killed and three
seriously injured in an automobile ac-
| cident near Chattanooga, Tenn. Fri
day night. Big Biz Kelliher, a
notorious Boston character, charged
with being "steerer" for the fake faro
bank of New York, which fieeced Geo.
w. Coleman, bookkeeper Of the Ma
tional City bank of Cambridge, Mass,
out Of about 100000, was arrested on
| Saturday. AS the result Of a coal
mine explosion at Amsterdam, o., on
Thursday night, thirteen persons are
known to be dead. Three miners were
rescued Saturday after being entombed
known to be missing. ...... Thirty
eight dead is the result Of a
coal mine explosion in the Mulga mine
| Of the Birmingham, Ala, district, on
Wednesday night Of last week.. .........
Prince Tsai Tao chief Of staff Of the
Chinese imperial army, and large
party of army officers, arrived In San
Francisco on Friday on tour of the
world, seeing the various army organ
izations Of this country and Europe.
JOS. H. Gatins, reputed to be worth
SIC, 100000, was arrested in New York
on Friday in connection with the gov
ernments war on bucketshops. .......
The estate of Mark Twain Is estimated
by his publishers as being well above
the million mark. His books and short
stories were the best sellers among the
products of American authors. .....S.
T. Brown, motorman, and w. II.
Bryson, conductor of the Atlanta.
| Ga, street railways, were held up by
three negro highwaymen Saturday
| night. Brown was shot to death and
| Bryson was fatally wounded. ..... M.
| c. Huey, Jr., VINO shot his father-in- o
law to death near Camilla, Ga, in Mo-
vember last, within an hour after his
| runaway marriage, was acquitted Of
charge Of murder by a jury on Satur-
day. George Forman, city auditor
of Newark, N. j.. has disappeared. His
accounts with the city show bad mix
Green, owing to her advanced age. Is
soon to retire from active business
operations in New York. The gi-
gantic strike and lockout Of union la
borers throughout the Germany empire,
has come to an end for period
Of three years, the differences between
the union men and employers beinS
settled by an arbitration board. .....A
young peasant, named Femin, was ar
rested in the Upenski cathedral Of the
Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Saturday,
charged with the theft Of $500, 900 worth
of jewels from the statue of the Vir-
gin. More than 400 pounds of
frozen and powdered eggs were dump
ed into the North river, New York.
Saturday, by the Federal food inspec-
ton bureau, as not being fit for human
food. A. S. Hudson, a telegraph
operator, fatally shot two men at
Chattanooga, Tenn, Sunday night, ac-
cusing one Of his victims with undue
intimacy with Mrs. Hudson. E. Con-
gresham Sherwood Of Ohio, predicts
that the next house Of representatives
will be Democratic by a majority Of
346 to 45 Republicans. 80. Henry H.
Biggars, a private in the marine
corps, was burned to death in the Ty-
bee, Ga, Jail Sunday night. 1t is be-
lieved Biggars fired the Jail while
drunk. So. Fire did 100000 damage
in the wholesale district of Indianap-
oils. yesterday morning. The origin
of the fire Is unknown. $50. The Rad
ical party made large gains in the
Sunday.
Springs G. Co., Suffer Loss.-Among
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