Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-15
Interest In Politics,
M ERE MENTION.

MERE-MENTION.
Peter Tripoli, So years old, of Yon-
kers, N. Y, dropped dead Of heart dis
ease Monday, as he was trying to kill
his wife with a knife. He was insane
from the heat. :. An I've Lake, Mich,
dairyman keeps a phonOgraph making
music for his cows and claims that ii
makes his cows give more milk. .....
pianist, had a fall of $50 feet Monday
while trying to fly across Long Island
sound. His engine suddenly stopped
and Mr.. Harmon fell to the ground.
The machine was badly damaged, but
the aviator was uninjured. ..... Three
men were killed and eight injured at
Arnprior, Ottawa, Monday, by the
blowing up of a factory in which
safe explosive" was being manufac-
tured. Sam Langford, a negro prize
fighter, is after Jack Johnson for
championship fight. President Taft
is said to be urging William Loeb, Jr.,
to stand for the Republican nomination
for governor of New York. Loeb is at
present collector of the port of New
York. 80. Sixty New York cloakmak-
ing firms have yielded to the demands
of the striking workers and will sign
the contracts demanded by the union.
-Four and a half million ice cream
cones were seized by a United States
marshal in New York, Monday, under
the pure food law. The cones contain
boric acid The British admiralty
is preparing to materially increase the
strength of it's navy in the waters OF
the far east. 49,. Much of the rioting
now in progress in Shantung province,
China, is said to be due to a shortage
of the rice crop and consequent high
prices Governor Harmon Of
Ohio, has ordered a vigorous prosecu-
ton of the leaders of the mob that
lynched EtheringtOn at Newark last
Friday. The governor has instructed
the attorney general to use his utmost
endeavors to land the perpetrators OF
the crime in the penitentiary, If not In
the electric chair. ... Boston cotton
mill men men estimate that of the 49,
900, 900 spindles in the country, 11,5OO.-
900 have been idle since July 4. This Is
the largest percentage Of idle spindles
since the civil war. The hght
against the exhibition Of the Jeffries-
Johnson fight pictures continues
throughout the United States and the
world. The National Christian En-
deavor society is pushing the fight....
1t is stated from Washington that Por-
ter Charlton will not be returned to
Italy for the murder of his wife at
Lake Como. The refusal will be on the
ground that the Italian government re-
fuses to honor acquisitions for prison.
ers wanted by this government, who
may be arrested III Italy. .... Camp
bellton, n. B., was practically wiped off
the map Monday by fire which start
ed i'm a shingle mill. Seven lives were
lost, 1000 people were rendered home
less, and the property loss totaled 81
900, 900. ... Five men were killed at
Leichlingen, Prussia, Wednesday, by
falling with a large dirigible balloon.
The accident is supposed to be due to
the explosion of the gas bag caused by
the expansion of the gas by the heat
of the sun. .. The walls of number
of buildings were cracked by an earth
quake shock at Munich, Bavaria,
Wednesday morning. .....A powder
magazine at Cabot. Pa, exploded Wed
nesday morning, killing one person and
iniuring twenty others. The shock was
felt distance of eight miles. The
lower house of the ieorgia Legislature
on Wednesday, passed the income tax
measure by a vote of 12O to 40. The
bill had already passed the senate. 80.
A large number of Chinese pirates
have been killed by Portuguese gun
boat and troops in an attack on me
pirate settlement on the island of Co
iowan. August Ropke, assistant
secretary of the Fidelity Trust COM
pany of Louisville, KY, Is in jail in
that city charged with embezzlement.
His shortage is estimated at 100000
and over .Thirty-three horses were
burned to death in a livery stable fire
in Brooklyn, y. Y, Wednesday. .....
Nine persons were killed and thirty
three injured in a wreck on the
Southern Pacific railroad at Metz,
Cal, Wednesday. German troops
are massed along the Russian border
as the result of the recent killing OF
a German boy, II years old, by Cos
sack frontier guard, on German SOIL
The kaiser's government has demand
ed an explanation from st. Peters,
burg. 4 clash of arms is possible.
Russia and Japan have assured the
United States authorities that the re-
Gently signed treaty does not contem-
plate the closing of the Manchurian
'Open door," 1t is also stated that
the United States. Germany and Eng
land will protect their Manchurian
trade rights by resort to arms II
Since the middle of
October last there have been 96S
cases of smallpox in Montgomery,
Ala. Only one patient died. There
have been no new cases Tor TWO
... Hugh Grant, ~ years
old, a prize fighter, died at Mineola,
y. Y, Tuesday night following a four
round bout with Tommy Welch. 80.
of he NJ
sylvania railroad. have voted to go
out Oh a strike unless their demands
for an increase of wages of 5 to 20 per
cent and shorter hours are granted"
The Interstate commerce commission
has issued an order holding up all
freight rate increases for period or
four months. until the proposed rates |
can be thoroughly investigated. -.
Many cattle are being killed in South
west Louisiana by great swarms of
.... BY the burning or
the steamer LOrki. on the Black sea
Wednesday. 100 men, women and |
children lost their lives. The disaster
was the result of collision with the
steamer Wampoa The boilers of the
Lorki exploded and scalded many to
death. Less than twenty of the per-
sons on board escaped. :. Six persons
we're killed. $50 horses and $1,OOO.OOO
loss is the result of fire al
Portland. Ore, yesterday morning.
The fire was caused by a gasoline eX-
plosion i'm an automobile garage. $500.
4 bill has been introduced in the
feOrgia legislature to prohibit the
making and sale of soft drinks con-
tanning caffeine, cocaine or other del
aterious drugs.
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