Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-11
MERE ENTlON

A negro woman of Washington re-
Gently gave birth to triplets. and they
were named Theodore Roosevelt"
Alice Roosevelt" and Kermit Roose-
velt." Gunner Thomas Allen OF
the Royal Canadian artillery was SEN
fenced at Victoria. B. c., Friday to be
hanged December 4, for the murder
of Captain Peter EllistOn, his COM
manding officer. w. A. Sharpe a
travelling salesman for the Standard
Oil company, committed suicide at
Salisbury, ~ c.. Friday by cutting
his throat with a razor. Ill health was
assigned as the cause. Luther
Clifton. 90 years old, died at Louis
Vile. Ky. Friday from burns inflict-
ed two years ago by a practical joker
while out camping. Many efforts
were made to graft skin over the
burned flesh, but all were unsuccess-
full. Twenty persons were in
jured in a wreck on the Southern rail-
way at Menophy's Branch, n. c.. Fri
day. The famous library of the
late Robert Hoe. the New York print
ing press builder. containing 2l,OOO
volumes. and valued at $1.50O,OOO, Is
TO be sold at auction one volume at a
time. 1t is estimated that the sale
will continue two years. $500. Wm. X.
Hearst is reported as having offered
his services to Henry l.. Stimson. Re-
publican candidate for governor OF
New York. Stimson refused the prof.
fered assistance. Earl r.. Llchten-
walter. a law student, is held under
$4,000 bond at Columbus, o., on the
charge of shooting to kill Earl Col
den. who was engaged in shadowing
Mrs. Golden, with whom Lichtenwal-
ter was on intimate terms. Mrs. Col
den was placed under $4,000 bond
as a witness. "A Fall River, Mass,
manufacturer is said to have agents In
Mississippi for the purpose of buying
all the available kinky hair of the ne
gro race. Fancy prices are offered
for the wool" which the manufac-
turer says is stronger and more satls-
factory for certain purposes than
sheep's wool. :. The "Anti-Old Maid
club" was organized at Trenton, n. j.
Friday. It's thirty members agree TO
marry before they are 80 years OF age.
There is only one stipulation of mem.
bership, and that is that each damsel
get a husband, no matter now. ...' "A
New York woman was fined S5,OOO Dy
the Federal court Friday for falling
to declare s2O.5OO worth of jewelry
and merchandise when she returned
from Europe a few weeks ago. the
presiding Judge announced that cases
developed after October 6, would De
accompanied by prison sentences OH
conviction. .... October l2th, Colun-
bus Day, will be celebrated through
out the country as a holiday. .Ihe
transactions of the New York clear
ing association for the year ending &c
tober 1st. totaled the immense sum OF
.SlO7, 900, 100000 and of this large sum
only $4,000. 100000 in cash was
used in the payment of exchanges.
Five prisoners made their escape from
the Sing Sing, n. Y, prison Friday, py
saving the bars Of the chapel window.
They were kept in the chapel because
of the crowded condition of the prls-
on. The prison was built for l,200
prisoners and there are 1900 confined
there Five men, followers of a
critically wounded gang leader, en-
tered a crowded New York cafe at l
O'Clock Saturday morning and began
shooting into the crowd. Two men
were instantly killed, and twenty men
and women were either shot or stap-
he'd during the melee. ..-. The l9lO-
II enrolment Of Columbia university
of New York, includes between 1,O0O
and 5000 students, and is perhaps the
largest university enrolment In the
world Leading Catholics or Rome
are of the opinion that the RepuDlcan
form of government recently estap-
lished in Portugal, will not last very
long Three children Of coal
miner we're cremated in their home at
Leewood, w. Va, Friday night.