Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-22
MERE MENTION.

Uncle Joe Cannon has announced
that he will be a candidate Tor
the speakership of the national
house of representatives in the next
congress. Republican leaders are DIS
pleased at the announcement and the
Democrats are pleased, because they
believe it will help them in the No
yember elections. :. The Florida State
Farmers Union convention, which
closed it's sessions at Madison, Tues
day, passed a resolution urging the
passage of a compulsory education law
by the legislature. "A. Nj. walker OF
Atlanta, before a legislative investiga-
ting committee on Tuesday, admitted
writing the recent unsigned letter
made public by Thos. E. Watson, In
which insinuations were made OF
crookedness and grating by state
house officials, and also stated that the
letter was inspired by watson. 49,.
Four men were killed and several IN
iured in a head-on collision on the Bur-
lington road at Crawford, Neb., Tues
day morning. A misunderstanding OF
orders caused the accident. Italy,
Texas, was practically wiped off the
map by a cyclone Monday night. Two
persons were killed and more than 100
houses destroyed. The eighty local
unions of Washington, ID. G, with
membership of $4,000, will raise tund
of 100000 a year with which to hght
the open shops. Stephen Roberts,
a negro, was lynched in Screven coun-
tv Ga. Sunday. Usual crime. Two
boys. aged 13 and IA years, have con-
fessed to the police of Tolar, Tex, that
they drove a spike into tie that caus-
ed a wreck on the Frisco road on Sun
day, in which two lives were lost. 49,.
A Washington dispatch says that
President Taft will appoint Whitfield
McKinlay, a former Charleston negro,
collector of customs i'm that city. The
job pays $4,000 year. .The corona,
ton of King George of England, VIII
take place in June of next year. .....A
boy of 13, an avowed anarchist, at
tempted to assassinate the Duke or
Aosta at Naples, Italy, Tuesday. The
bomb failed to explode. -. Mrs. Helen
Philbrick, an author of several books,
and known as the Mad Woman OF
the Rockies" murdered her 11-year old
daughter by chloroforming, near Miles
City, Mont, Sunday, and then COM
mitted suicide. 80. Six thousand Jews
have been expelled from kief, Russia,
during the past sixty days. or these
more than half were driven out by
force More than 10000 yardmen and
other employees of the Northwestern
railroad of England, are on a strike.
The strike is serious and complete
tie-up of the line is threatened. .The
gas works Of the Count Zeppelin arr
shin plant at F'riedrichshafen, Ger
many. was blown up Tuesday. seven
workmen were seriously injured. .....
John w. Burns, city attorney OF ROCK
port, Ind is under arrest charged WITH
obtaining 100000 by forging checKs OH
hanks The Grand Trunk railway
system of Canada, is tied up by gi-
gantic strike All classes of workmen,
numbering several thousand, are on
strike. Both sides say it will he a
fight to the finish. .... Dean y.
Worcester, American secretary OF the
interior for the Philippines, was set
upon by renegade MOrOs, on the is
land of Patawan, Monday, and es-
capped assassination only by the alert
ness of his guard. who shot down the
outlaws. killing three. DR.. Woou-
row Wilson. president of Princeton
university, is to be the Demqcralic
nominee for governor of New Jersey,
in the November election. ID. 5.
Leonard. said to be Il government de-
tectiye. was thrown from the top OF
an observation tower on Missionary
Ridge, Tenn. Wednesday, by car
pentcr during the progress or a fsnt
between the two men. The tower Isl
900 feet high. Leonard was instant
Iv killed. Ira G.. Rawn, presl-
dent of the Monon route, was shot
and instantly killed in his nome at
Winnetka. near Chicago, Wednesday
It is believed by detectives that Rawn
was shot by a secret enemy as the re-
suit of disclosures made by the dead
man as a witness in the Illinois CEN
tral graft cases several weeks ago.
mi. N,1 10, of n
ed it's six years fight against the
Bucks Stove company for the en-
ployment of nOn-uniOn labor. The
company mas been trying to force an
open shop and has finally acceded 10
the demands of the union. This Is
the company out of which grew the
famous G0mperS' contempt case.
Lightning struck an aeroplane Whlle
high i'm the air in France wednesday
setting fire to the machine. Thc
aviator managed to get tn the ground
without injury. although his ma
chine was destroyed. The negro
preachers of Washington. in mass
meeting Tuesday night. declared that
President Taft had sold the ne
grocs' rights for a mess of 'pOSsum.
Forest fires are raging over an
area of $50 square miles in northern
Idaho and in western Kootcnay, b.
&. The property loss will total many
millions and scores of lives have been
lost President MadriZ of Mica
ragua. has issued an order t. me OF
his generals to shoot all rebels and
prisoners without fear or conSidera-
tion. Governor Il. +. Carroll or
Iowa. was indicted by grand jury
at Des Moines Wednesday, on a
charge of criminal libel. the
interstate commerce commission mas
announced that all the eastern rail-
roads have agreed To suspend all pro-
posed rate increases until after NO.
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