Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-14
TUESDAY, JUNE "a, 1910.

Thursday from London, after an alb
sence of nearly fifteen months. E. Geo.
Demont, a New Orleans lawyer, and
three young Atlanta, Ga, men, are un-
der arrest at Memphis, Tenn, charged
with bank swindling, by means of frau
dulent checks. .....A dispatch from
BadajoZ, Spain, Is to the effect that
the Portuguese army has mutinied
and that King Manuel has abdicated
the throne in favor of the Duke of
OportO. Manuel is said to have taken
the step in the hope that the monarchy
might be saved. .... Yellow fever has
broken out among the troops Of the
Ecuadorean army at Machala. Ninety
two cases were reported on June Sth.
:. Ahmed Samin, editor OF the Sedai-
millet, was the victim Of political as
sassin at Constantinople, Turkey, FRI
day. 80. &. Electric storms in Germany
and Russia during Thursday and Fri
day, caused more than forty-five
deaths and over s1,000,00O damage to
growing crops. .... Frank Davis, Sec
retary Of the Grand Consstory Of the
Scottish Rite Masons Of Louisiana, has
been indicted at New Orleans, for en-
beZZling $4,000 from the consistory
funds. .... Work Is well underway to
reclaim 1000, 900 acres Of swamp lands
within a radius Of fifty miles OF New
Orleans. The reclaimed land will be
used for truck farms. E. Fred r. Blee,
driving his automobile at speed OF
seventy miles an hour, crashed through
gate to a viaduct at Cleveland, o..
Friday, and plunged to the rocks sew
nty-five feet below. He was killed
instantly. .....A score or more dead
and fifty or more hurt and a property
damage exceeding s1,000,000, resulted
from a fire originating on the water
front Of Seattle, Wash, early Saturday
morning. &C.. Eugene Edwards. ne
gro, shot Dee Fulmer, white farmer.
near Talladega, Ala, Friday, In quar-
rel over crap game. -Four men
were killed near Hebron bay, Ontario,
Saturday, when a freight train crashed
into a landslide and rolled down a 100
foot cliff .Chas. r. Heike, secretary
and treasurer Of the American Sugar
Refining company, together with Ern-
est w. Gerbracht, were convicted In
the Federal court In New York on FRI
day, on charges Of defrauding the gov
ernment out Of customs duties by false
weights. Heike, who Is 65 years Of age,
faces a sentence Of two years In pris-
on and a fine Of $4,000. Gerbacht,
convicted on six counts, Is liable to a
sentence Of twelve years and $4,000
in fines. Sentence has been postponed
pending the filing Of a bill particulars.
..... Seven hundred men, women and
children on board the steamer, Caro-
lima, were thrown into a panic Satur-
day afternoon, when that vessel collided
with a barge in New York harbor. The
barge sunk Immediately. and the
steamer was rushed to her dock to un-
load per passengers. 49,. The United
States department of justice has filed
suit against the Union Stock Yards
company, charging a monopoly. $50.
Mrs. Russell Sage, has given the Au-
dubon society $4,000 for educational
work in several Of the southern states,
Georgia and Florida. The south Is
raising a special fund for the protec-
ton Of the robin. 80. Allen B. Paul,
shot his wife to death at Richmond,
Va, Sunday and then committed sui
eide, following an all night quarrel.
:. President Taft's family will go to
Beverly Mass, on June 23 for the
summer. :. Sheriff Haskins Of Charlie
mont, Mass, was shot to death Sunday
by Silas Phelps, whom the sheriff was
trying to arrest on a charge OF assault.
:. Nearly 10000 people are expected to
greet Mr.. Roosevelt when he arrives
in New York harbor on Thursday
More than 100 boats will take part In
the harbor parade. 80. The office Of the
Montreal Herald, Montreal. Canada,
was destroyed by fire Monday MORN
ing, entailing a property loss Of $780,
600, and loss of life Is estimated from
thirty to sixty. The cause Of the dis
aster was the crashing Of gigantic
water tank through the roof Of the
building, carrying everything down
with II. -. The Atlanta Journal-New
York Herald automobile tourists, who
left Atlanta last MOnday arrived in
New York yesterday afternoon.