Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-12
MERE E-MENTlON.

Fourteen persons were killed In a
collision between a passenger and
work trains on the Northwestern Paci-
| fic railroad at Ignacio, Cal, Monday
night. The wreck was due to mis-
construction of orders:.. "A statement
issued by Comptroller General Wright
shows that there has been an in
returns for the year.. "A Pitts
burg, Pa, man died Monday, leaving
three widows, all living within short
distance of each other. The widows
have agreed to divide his estate
equally and let by-gones be by-gones.
..... 1t Is now believed that w. L.
Rice, the wealthy Cleveland, o., law
yer, who was murdered in a suburb
of that city Friday night, was a victim
of a personal enemy. A reward Of
$4,000 has been offered for the ar
rest and conviction Of the murderer
or murderers.. .... During the first
two months of the current fiscal year
Canada bought $44,372,615 worth Of
goods from the United States. Dur
ing the same period this country
bought $14,104,6S1 worth Of goods
from the Canadians. .-". The total
receipts of the government for the
fiscal year, ending June 80, from all
sources, was $67S,S50,S16. Under the
Payne tariff law, for the first year,
ending August 6, the receipts were
$329,117,20S. The corporation tax
brought in $4,000, 0,924... Twenty
four men and two women, all ne
groes, were drowned by the wreck Of
the Schooner Emma, near Castle is
land, Bahama group, Monday.
Uhlan, a trotting horse, trotted a
mile at Cleveland, O., Monday, in 81.
He was hooked to a light wagon and
his record is considered the best ever
made under similar conditions. ......
In corn eating contest in New York,
Tuesday, VIM. Arnstein, a policeman,
cleaned slXty-one cobs. Another con-
testant ate fifty-one and third fifty.
The prize was $40. The Georgia
legislature has passed a white slave"
law. Leo Gilbert assassinated
Willie and Lee Graham, at Birming-
ham, Ala, Wednesday. The girls
were returning to work in a factory
when shot. Gilbert was arrested. 49,.
Joe Cans, the negro prize fighter, and
one time champion lightweight, died
in Baltimore Wednesday, of consump-
ton. ..... Yeggmen dynamited the
safe of the postoffice at Byersvlle, O.,
Wednesday morning and got away
with about $1,I00, escaping in an au-
tomOhile. ..... DR.. Kebler, chief of
the drug bureau of the department of
agriculture. has just completed an
analysis of patent soothing syrups
and declares that all of them are dan
gerous, as the preparations often con-
tain large quantities Of morphine and
other derivatives of opium. Two
fires in Boston Tuesday n .,Lt did
damage to the extent of $1,000,00
Twelve buildings were destroyed,
twenty-five badly damaged and two
acres of ground burned over. Eigh-
teen persons, fifteen of them firemen,
are in the hospitals on account of in
juries. There were two fires, one in
lumber yard and the other in the
wholesale leather district of the city
Aaron 5. Watkins, Prohibition
candidate for vice president two years
ago. says that the Prohibition party
does not want Mr.. Bryan as he has
been annihilated by his own party
.... United States regulars were
ordered to Yellowstone National park
Wednesday, to fight forest fires which
thees.. j. c. Richardson, aged 81, was
killed near Montgomery, Ala,
Wednesday, when his automobile fell
through a defective bridge. 80. John
d. Rockefeller on Tuesday paid an
$S fine and costs at South Euclid
O., for overspeeding in an automo-
bile. Frank Sickhart was tarred
and feathered near Mckee City, N. j.,
Wednesday, because of his attentions
to widow. Three brothers,
ranging in age from 4 to IA years,
were killed by a train near East
Greenwich, r. l., Wednesday. They
stepped from one track to avoid a
freight train and were struck by a
passenger train. Jas. Wicker
sham, Independent Republican, has
been reelected as the Alaskan dele |
gate to congress. defeating Edward ).
Orr, an organization Republican.
SiXty-One drug stores. owned 10y twoI
i'm New York and New |
England states, have been merged in
to one corporation with a capital OF
S | :. 900. 900. .... The special grand |
jury investigating the lynching of
Carl Etherington at. Newark, O., on
July 8, has returned indictments
against fifteen persons. charging first
degree murder and a number Of 9TH
ers have been indicted on the charge
Of melting riot. ......A hurricane
swept over Costa Rica last week, and
damaged the banana orchards over
5 !. 900, 900. In a clash between
strikers and soldiers at Bari, Italy,
Wednesday. four persons were killed
and a number wounded. AT Chi
cago Wednesday. Mrs. Mary B. Train,
aged 20, a wealthy widow, married
James Dibs, 23, an Assyrian lace sales
man. According to statistics
Just issued 12.500 persons committed
suicide in the United States during
1909. Pistols and poisons were used