Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-15
MERE-M MENTION.

MERE-MENTIoN.
Five desperadoes were shot, two
probably fatally, in an attempt to rob
saloon in Cicero ILL.,, Friday. 80. .Ac-
cording to a recent bulletin issued by
the department of commerce and la
Dor, the value of the export trade to
China will be lower this year, than for
many years. Five coal miners were
killed and eighteen men were injured
in a mine explosion at Hillsboro, Ill.,,
Friday. 49,. Peter Lillijohn, young
Hungarian, was arrested in New York,
Friday, for seeking to blackmail John
| D. Rockefeller. q. Z. The Arizona consti-
tutional convention has refused by
vote Of % to Is to incorporate pro-
vision for woman suffrage. 49,. More
than s10,OO0,0O0 of Alaskan gold has
been delivered at the assay Office at
Seattle, Wash, since January IT,. In
Boston last Thursday, Albert G. Fall,
who was out on bond awaiting trial
for criminal assault, shot and killed the
two witnesses who were to testify
against him at the trial. .......J. d.
Flowers, a petit juror, entered the Fed
eral court room in Montgomery, Ala,
last Thursday in drunken condition,
and the judge sentenced him to 10 days
in Jail and struck his name off the
panel. .... The river Seine is again on
rampage and has Paris in a state Of
CONSERVATION and fear. The Jap
anese government is considering the
question of legislating against child
labor in cotton mills. wv. ]. Everett,
wealthy farmer who lived near Ca
milla, Ga, was instantly killed a few
days ago in an automobile wreck. .....
The Pullman car company has caused
| 1t to be announced that 1t will soon re-
duce the rates charged for berths and
make the rate for a lower berth higher
than for an upper. This Is by way of
| following a suggestion Of the railroad
commission. After AZ years Of con-
tinuous service on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul railroad, John A.
Hinsey Of Chicago, has been retired at
the age Of 7S on pension Of $4,000
year. ... The United Daughters Of the
Il
Ark, have amended their constitution
so as to provide that hereafter only the
widows, wives, mothers, sisters, nieces
and lineal descendants Of such men
as did honorable service during the
war, and also such women as can give
proof of personal service, whose lineal
descendants also shall be eligible to
memberships. G. w. Green cut the
throat of Chas. Henderson at Cullman,
Ala, the other day in row. over a
debt. Henderson is dead. Robert
e. Lee, Democrat, has been elected to
congress from the Tenth Pennsylvania
district by a majority of less than 100
votes. Ex-senator Henry M. Tel
Ter of Colorado. construes the result Of
the election to be protest against new
nationalism. .Chas. P. Converse, q
railroad clerk, was arrested in New
New Orleans last Friday on the charge
of having swindled number of
banks out Of $21 900 by means Of worth
less checks. :. Judge Alton b. Par
ker Is quoted as saying that he does
not desire to be elected senator to
succeed Chauncy NJ. Depew and will
not take the position even II elected.
49,. Tate L. Ernest, wealthy bank
er Of Johnson City, Tenn, was killed
last Saturday while hunting, by the
accidental discharge Of his gum.
The Royal Northwestern mounted po-
| lice of Canada have been investigating
stories to the effect that Belle Elmore
is alive and pronounces them all fakes.
..... Officers Of the Texas National
Guard are raising funds to defend
Manley, the man who stuck his bayo-
net into the man who tried to get
| through the lines on the occasion Of
President Taft's visit to Dallas last
year. go. d.. Eight people were killed at
Kalamazoo, Mich, last Saturday as
the result of collision between
freight train and street car. The
odore Mitchell, young saloon keeper
Of Augusta, Ca, was called to the door
Of his saloon last Saturday night and
shot to death by negro with whom
he had had difficulty earlier in the
day. .... 1t is being charged that the
Bryan influence in Ohio was used
against Harmon. .... President Taft,
who sailed from Charleston on the
cruiser Tennessee last Friday, arrived
at Colon yesterday. An unofficial
count of the vote Of Tennessee places
Hooper's majority over Taylor at 49,
045. The population Of Florida Is
751, ,139. In a speech at Boonville,
N. Y, last Saturday, Governor elect
Dix pledged himself to an administra-
tion in which public dollar would
nave the same purchasing power as q
private dollar. .... Rudolph Monk OF
Connellsville, Pa, died at Wheeling,
w. Va, last Saturday as the result of
injuries received in a football game.
:. :. Gov. Carroll Of Iowa, has appoint
lafayette Young as United States
senator to succeed the late Senator
Dolliver. u. S. Senator A. S. Clay
Of Georgia, died in a sanatorium in At
lanta, Ga, last Sunday, his death fol-
lowing an extended illness. NV. J.
Bryan and family have gone to Texas;
but Mr.. Bryan denies report that he
intends to become a citizen Of that
state. .....M. LagagneuX, French
aviator, on Sunday flew from Paris TO
Brussels a distance Of 10 miles, and
carried a passenger, at the rate Of 65
an hour. .... The attorney general Of
Alabama has published an opinion In
which he holds unconstitutional the
law which forbids the removal Of suits
from state to United States courts.
Southern railroad officials testified at
Nashville yesterday that they have
not allowed any rebates to the Stand
ard Oil company. :. The United States
supreme court adjourned yesterday
until November %, on account Of
Thanksgiving.