Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-06
MERE ENTION.

pounds of tobacco, was burned by
night riders at Maysville KY. early
Tuesday morning. "A Chicago grand
jury has begun an investigation Of the
charges made by Cnas. White. a mem
Der Of the legislature, that the election
of VIM. Lorimer to the United States
senate was the result of bribery. ...
The body Of Miss Helen Rice. a young
school teacher, formerly of Galveston.
Tex, was found in a pond near Tren-
ton, n. ]. At first the police thought
1t was a case Of suicide, but further in
vestigations point to murder and COL
lege professor Is under surveillance on
account Of the crime. "A Washington
dispatch of Tuesday says that the Fed
eral grand jury, which is investigating
the bucketshop cases, will also seek to
find out in what degree the Western
Union Telegraph company is liable by
reason Of it's furnishing the bucket
shops with leased wire service. .......
The Albanian rebellion against Turkey
still continues and marauding bands Of
Moslems are raiding Christian villages
and settlements, torturing and murder
ing men, women and children. -. Dis
patches from Rome under date of May
3. are to the effect that Messina which
was wrecked by an earthquake in 1908,
has again been wrecked by a cyclone.
Scores Of lives were lost and many
h,,tl hA ,,,t,n nt-fn
rial association of San Diego, Cal, has
started national movement to prevent
the pulling off Of the Jeffries- johnson
prize fight on July 4th. =. The steam
ers Ligoniere and Santurce collided at
sea off Cape Cod about 8 o'clock, Mon
day night. The latter was so badly
damaged that she had to be beached.
..... Two men were killed, another
mangled and a score injured in Phila-
delphia on Tuesday by the explosion Of
a 1000 gallon tank of benzine. .... A.
K. Detweiller of Toledo. O., who dis
appeared three years ago, and wanted
in San Francisco in connection with
the bribery charges Of the Schmitz ad-
ministration, surrendered to Judge
Lawler in San Francisco on Tuesday
and was later released on bonds ag-
gregating $4,000. ..... Miss Ethel
Croker, daughter of Richard Croker
former Tammany boss Of New York.
was married few days ago to John j.
Breen, a groom Of a New York riding
academy. VIM. w Gywnne of Har-
rington, w. Va, was 1eeced out Of
$4,000 by sharpers in New York on
Monday. The sharpers worked the an
cient game Of wire tapping on their
victim. 80. Two men were killed and
seven injured in an automobile acci-
dent at Columbus, o., early Tuesday
morning. More than 5000 bread ba-
kers of New York city are on strike.
The strikers are demanding a nine
hour day and recognition Of their un-
ion.. During the month of April,
New York city received 100000 cases
Of eggs, or total Of GAS, S,000,000 Whole
sale prices were % to 25 cents per doZ-
en-, the highest on record. ...... The
1910-11 Federal pension bill as passed
by the senate on Wednesday, carries
an appropriation Of $4,000, 900. 900.
Chas. Rewa, driven mad by the refusal
Of Emma Redman to marry him, shot |
her to death Wednesday at Detroit, |
Mich, fired bullet into his own head, |
laughed at his victim, and though NOR
tally wounded, held the police at bay |
until he was sure the woman was dead. |
..... Five thousand are reported as
being dead as the result of a cyclone |
which swept the South Sea islands on |
March 26th. 49,. Fifty thousand dol |
lars damage was done at Somerset, KY. |
Tuesday, by an oil fire. which was |
started by a bolt Of lightning. Con- |
gress has passed the bill providing for |
the raising Of the Maine from Havana |
harbor and the burial Of any bodies |
that may be recovered. .... Two ne |
groes who are under arrest for killing |
Motorman Brown and seriously wound
ing Conductor Bryson, Of the Atlanta |
street car lines a few weeks ago, have |
been identified by the wounded con-
dhctor as the guilty parties. Conduc- |
tor Bryson will recover.