Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-04
MERE ENTION.

The United States senate on We'd
nesday, passed Senator Carter's Dill
authorizing the issuance Of S3O,OOO,-
600 of certificates of indebtedness FOR
irrigation purposes. -. The Anti-Sa-
loon league, which Is conducting a
campaign against the saloon trafnc OF
Chicago, is asking Christian people
throughout the world to unite In
season Of prayer to wipe out the liquor
traffic. ....C City Magistrate Henry );
Furlong Of Brooklyn, n. Y, was FOUND
guilty Wednesday, on charges OF brib-
cry on the bench, by jury. The
French chamber of deputies has pass
ed a bill authorizing a loan OF $780,
600 900 to sufferers from the recent
floods in France .... R. M. Shannon,
a lineman of the Southern Bell tele-
phone lines, died in Charlotte, Tues
day, the result Of fall from the top
of a 40-foot pole. .... The state IN
surance commissioner OF Minnesota
has started an investigation among
fraternal life insurance companies, to
bring out the extent to which grave
ward insurance" frauds are being
practiced on the fraternal insurance
associations. The commissioner be-
lieyes that millions Of dollars are an
nually paid on policies obtained oy
fraudulent applications. Burglars
got away with between $4,000 and
$4,000 worth Of jewelry from
Washington, D. c., residence TUESDAY
night. .... King Edward OF Englano,
in an address to a religious body at
London, on Tuesday, among other
things, said: 1.-The concord OF Chris
tendon in unbroken, and rarely In his
tory has the idea Of war seemed more
repulsive or the desire for peace been
more widely cherished throughout
nv empire. Jose Domingo DE
Obaldia, president Of the republic OF
Panama, died of heart disease Tues
day. after an illness of four days. -.
The United States senate on Tuesd ny
passed Senator Aldrich's business
methods commission bill, which mas
for it's purpose the introduction or pct
ter business methods In government
departments with view to economy.
Wells county, Ind, Joined the dry
column in the local option election
held on Tuesday. An epidemic OF
a virulent fever broke out at Condo
koro, Soudan, a few hours after the
Roosevelt hunting party had left that
place on Monday. There was one
death and several are critically Ill. It
Is feared that some Of the Roosevelt
party may contract the disease. -.
The Allegheny river at Pittsburg, Fa.,
on Tuesday, was high out OF Its banks
and large areas had been inundated
The rivers of New York state, especl-
ally the Genesee at Rochester, was
very high, and the ice pack was the
greatest in fifteen years. 80. More
than $4,000 in fines and more than
5000 days as Jail sentences Is the Sc
uuel to a recent cleanup or the pllno
tigers of Danville, Ky. Nearly 30O
cases were tried in the term or the
court now in session. ..... one man
was killed and several are missing as
the result of a fire which destroyed
the railroad mems Y. M. c. A. build
ing at Rotterdam Junction, n. Y,
Tuesday morning. Engine FORE
man Lon F. Irwin at Shreveport, La
on Tuesday, was sentenced to hVe
years Imprisonment on the charge OF
Irvine Is held respon-
sible for a railroad wreck In which
three persons re killed. ..... Three
persons were killed and fifteen more
or less injured in trolley car collision
at Canton, H., Tuesday, the result OF
a heavy fog. :. Ex-Governor Varda-
man Of Mississippi, defeated candl-
date for the United states senate,
charges that money and whisky were
used in order to secure the electloil ol
LEROY Percy, the successful candloate. |
The charges will be investigated by
committee. The SUD-
of the house naTal commit
fee, has decided to favorably report
the Loud bill providing for the raising
of the battleship Maine, In Havana
harbor Fifteen states, including |
the New England and Middle Atlantic |
group have been blanketed In heavy |
fog for several days past. Twenty Dig
steamers were held up in New YORK
harbor on Tuesday, being unable to
reach the docks on account Of the fog
Near Hillsboro, Ga, Sunday
night. as ]. c. Turner. a wealthy
farmer, was leaving his home, he
stopped at the door to say something |
to his wife. a pistol dropped from his
pocket. was fired by the jar and the |
bullet killed his wife instantly. .....
w. ]. Rose of Detroit, Mich, will
make an attempt to shoot" the rap
ids Of Niagara Falls in a motor boat
next July A few have accomplished |
the trick sealed in barrels. .Fif-
teen persons were more or less in1ur- |
ed in a rear-end collision Of trains In
one Of the Hudson river tunnels Tues
day. Nineteen babies were given |
away by the judge Of the juvenile
court at Omaha. Neb., Tuesday. The
court room resembled bargain coun-
ter sale and the babies were given
away in thirty minutes. 49,. Red
Adams, a notorious swindler, aged "a
years. was convicted in the Federal
court of New York Monday, Of using
the mails in a scheme to defraud. and
to serve four and a half
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