Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER g, 1910.
MERE-MENTION.

The trial of DR.. II. II. Crippen
charged with the murder of his wife.
Belle ElmOre, has begun in London.
The charge against the girl, Ethel
Glare Levene, has been changed from
that of murder, to that of accessory
after the fact. ... Six hundred men,
women and children spent a night or
terror on an excursion steamer i'm
Long Island sound Monday night af-
ter the vessel had gone ashore. All of
the eXcursiOniStS were rescued Tues
day morning. ........ The story from
Cleveland. O.. to the effect that Mrs.
John ID. Rockefeller is seriously Ill, Is
denied by her physician. 49,. Fire de-
stroyed a big fishery plant at Lewes,
Del, Tuesday. The loss tOtaled $780,
900. .... Jas. X. Keene, the New York
capitalist and race horse breeder, Is
quite sick at Lexington, KY, with
pneumonia m. L. Lewis, a popu-
lar citizen of Carter county, Tenn,
was killed Monday by a drunk man,
who mistook Lewis for some one else
who had cut him with a knife i'm
drunken row. The dead man had no
part i'm the brawl. .... Magistrate F..
CASTOR HigganbOtham of New York,
was arrested Tuesday on charges Of
assault. made by Miss Mary Hickey, 10
years OIL age. he SlTl dlleseS lildl
the magistrate made improper ad-
vances to her in his office on Septem-
ber l. and that when she repelled his
advances he seized her in his arms and
handled her in an unbecoming man.
ner. The magistrate pleaded not gull
ty to the charge and demanded an in
vestigation, claiming that the charges
are the result Of political conspiracy.
.Yeggmen blew open the safe OF
a bank at Riga, Mich. Tuesday MORN
ing and got away with $3.50. The
bank building was wrecked. .....
Several Italian emigrants from the
United States who have returned to
Italy. have been arrested at Pallaro,
charged with the recent murder Of a
forest guard. his wife and six children.
The murders are believed to be due to
the Black Hand society,". ... Members
Of the New York Black Hand society
made a desperate effort to destroy the
home of an italian contractor Of that
city early Tuesday morning, using
both the torch and bomb. Their vic
tim. who refused to give up $4,000 as
blackmail was not at home at the
time of the explosion and fire. A
feature of the Illinois state fair at
Springfield next month will be race
between an express train and Wright
deIDpIdlle lIOlIl opIIiiSlltiu W SHiSdSo.
.... The new oil burning torpedo
boat destroyer Pauldlng, Of the Unit
ed States navy, in her official four
hour speed test off the Maine coast last
week. made an average OF 1928 knots
an hour. which Is the fastest speed
ever made by a war vessel Of any class
Representative Of the various
labor unions Of Spain on Tuesday, by
a vote Of "A to rejected the proposal
to declare a general strike throughout
the country. Anarchists from all
over the world are gathering at Zurich,
Switzerland, for an international con-
vention. The police departments Of
the world are much interested in the
convention. q. . Nearly 600 coal miners
in southeastern Kentucky, have gone
out on a strike for more pay and rec
Ognition of their union. .... Two men,
telegraph linemen, were electrocuted at
Columbus, Ind. Wednesday, $500 volts
passing through their bodies.