Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-29
MERE MENTlON.

Menlough castle an historic building
of County Galway, Ireland, was de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday. A daughter
of Sir Valentine Blake and two SER
wants perished in the flames. Rev
enue officers raided an opium still in
Kansas City, Mo-. Tuesday, and secur-
ed $4,000 worth of opium and $27.950
in gOld silver and currency. A dis
| patch of Tuesday, from Budapest, tells
of the loss of fifty or more lives in
| Hungary, by floods caused by cloud
bursts. .... Mr.. Roosevelt will start on
western tour on August 25, and is
booked to deliver fifteen speeches, be-
ginning at Cheyenne, Wyo He has al
ready prepared five of his addresses.
w The Russo Chinese hank of New
York, charges its cashier, Edwin Wi
| der, with stealing $600.00 worth of Sc
curities and cash. Wider has disap-
peared. He lost the money in specula-
| tions in Wall street. .... Governor
Shallenberger Of Nebraska. has order
I'd the filing of custer Proceedings
against the chief of police and three
members Of the police and fire boards
of Omaha, for their failure to enforce
the liquor laws. Three persons were
killed at Dublin. Ireland, Tuesday, by
| the destruction of hotel by fire. Two
of the dead, Rev. w. J. McCaughan and
wife. were former residents of Chica-
go. VIM. Anderson shot Mrs. Ro-
setta Gentry to death at Bloomington,
| KY. Tuesday, and was Immediately
shot to death by the 16-year- old son of
the dead woman. "A lighter loaded
with 1,S00 rounds of Sinch ammuni-
| ton caught fire at the Brooklyn navy
yard Tuesday, and drifting out into
| the east river was burned to the wa
| ter's edge. The fire was caused by the
| full of powder. One man was seri-
ously burned and fourteen others
jumped overheard to escape the flames.
| " The most magnificent fleet of war
vessels ever assembled, passed in re-
view before King George and Queen
Mary i'm the English channel Tuesday.
and included 13O warships. .....A re-
ceiver has been appointed for the Thos,
Moore Distilling company of Pittsburg,
Pa. The liabilities of the concern are
1884 900. and the assets are given at
S47O, 900. Since March 81. of this
year. 46.5O0 persons have emigrated
| from the United States to western
Canada. Warren c.. Harding, for
mer lieutenant governor, has been
nominated by the Republican party OF
Ohio for governor to oppose Judson
/ c. Harmon. Democrat. The platform
adopted endorsed the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law. The state Democratic
convention of Nebraska, by vote of
647 to 19S on Wednesday, defeated
the local option plank in the platform
advocated by VIM. ]. Bryan. BY
the explosion Of q trainload of dyna-
mite on the Transcontinental railroad
in the province of Quebec, Canada,
Tuesday, thirteen persons are dead
and ten others seriously hurt. The
explosion was caused by the careless
ness of a workman. ..... The board of
health of Aurora. H.. has issued
rule that all citizens must take at
least one bath n week. ... Two in
mates of the Soldiers Home at John
son City, Tenn, are dead from pt"-
maine poisoning; n number of others
are sick. but will probably recover.
A small revolution is in progress in
Honduras. The authorities of Liver
pool have resolved not to allow the
exhibition of the Jeffries-JOhnson
fight pictures i'm that city. .... Henry
Rochette. accused of frauds amount
ing to $4,000. 900, was convicted at
Paris France, Tuesday and sentenced
to prison for two years and Il fine OF
$500. ..... Two persons were Killed
and two seriously injured at Spring
field. Ill.,. Tuesday. by Il collision of an
automobile with n trolley car. .....
Serious riots took place throughout
Spain Tuesday, due to industrial un-
rest, anarchists and the fight between
the government and the Vatican.
More than 100 persons were injured.
Twenty five Turkish women were
drowned at Kavala. near Salonica,
Turkey. Tuesday, by the collapse of
bathing pavilion. .....The net earn
ings of the United States Steel cor
puration for the quarter ending June
80, were $40,170.960, an increase
over the same period of last year of
$1O,729.469. An English company
has purchased the Mammoth Carpet
Mills, located at GroveVille. n. Y. and
work will be resumed at the plant,