Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-12
Straps and facts.

Mexico City, July 10: Gen. Diaz,
who will he so years old on September
IS. next. was today re-elect ed as pres
ident of Mexico for a term of six
years, this being the seventh time he
has been chosen by the people of his
country as the head of the national
government. Ramon Correll was elect
ed vice president. Reports from all
the states are to the effect that in the
electoral college DiaZ and Correll won
an overwhelming majority, and that
no disorders of any kind occurred in
any section of the country. President
DiaZ is hale and hearty. Accompan-
led by his wife he was an interested
spectator at the race track here today,
when a racing programme under the
auspices of the French colony was
carried out.
Washington, July 10: More than
s1O,OOO,O00 reductions in the postal
deficit has been made in the first nine
months OF the fiscal year just ended,
according to final returns just receiV-
ed by Postmaster General Hitchcock
from the auditor of the postoftice de-
partment. The deficit for the nine
months was s2,709,O00, as against $l2,-
$4,000 in the same period of the pre-
ceding fiscal year. In the third quar-
ter of the past fiscal year, the quarter
ending March 81. the postal service
earned a surplus of $1,373,000, the rev.
enues for the quarter amounting to
S5S,S34,O00 and the expenses to $751;
SCI, 900. The latter showed an increase
of 10 per cent over those of the same
quarter last year, while the former
showed an increase of less than per
cent.
The Carnegie hero fund commits
sion. which had been investigating
thrilling life saving episode of a re-
cent date, wherein a man at the risk
of his life saved an oil spattered
chauffeur from burning to death, ceas-
ed it's labors on finding that the hero
was a member of the commission and
a warm personal friend Of Andrew
Carnegie. Albert ]. Barr, proprietor
of two Pittsburg papers, is the life
saver who since the day Of the episode
has been trying to conceal his connec-
tion with the heroic act. At S.S5 on
a recent morning while Mr.. Barr was
passing a garage two cans Of gasoline
exploded. Part of the burning liquid
fell on a chauffeur, who dashed from
the garage aflame. Mr.. Barr grasped
the man with one hand and with his
umbrella beat out the flames and then
assisted in extinguishing the fire in
the garage, though warned that there
was much gasoline there, likely to ex
plode at any moment.
Rayville, La. July 10: Aroused by
the fact that an appeal to the supreme
court had been taken, following his
condemnation to death here Friday on
the charge of having murdered Town
Marshal c. c. Chenault, a mob batter
ed downs the doors of the parish Jail at
Rayville today, and dragging ]. D.
Freeman, white man, from his cell,
hanged him on the same spot where he
had slain the marshal. The fact that a
deep cash was found in FTeeman's
throat led to the theory that he had
attempted suicide, probably with
piece of glass, when he heard the mob's
approach. The lynching occurred
shortly after / o'clock this morning.
Late Saturday afternoon an appeal to
the supreme court in Freeman's behalf
= 10, ~,
come Of the appeal" was the note
found pinned to the dead mans body.
Freeman, who was a blacksmith, shot
and killed Chenault three weeks ago
when the latter attempted to arrest
him for a minor offense The officer
was one of the most popular residents
Of this community and feeling against
his slayer was intense.
- Cleverness on the part of the en-
gineer prevented three youthful and
apparently inexperienced bandits from
robbing the Missouri, Kansas and Tex
as Southwestern FLYER" near Lari-
more, fifteen miles from st. Louis ear
ly last Sunday. Three men were ar
rested later as suspects and placed in
jail pending investigation. Engineer
Quinn, through ruse, prevented the
looting OF the baggage car and the
passenger coaches. The bandits COM
PEELED the engineer and the fireman at
the point of revolverS to descend from
the cab and go with them to the bag
gage car to assist in uncoupling it.
The enginemen in the darkness man.
aged to glide away from the bandits
and made for the cab. The bandits
opened fire upon them. Scrambling
into the cab, the engineer threw the
throttle wide open and dashed away
with the train. Five miles further on
Quinn running upon the yardmaster in
st. Louis told the details of the at
tempted robbery. The train was in
the hands of the bandits 40 minutes
According to railway officers there
were thousands of dollars in the bag
gage car. The three men, armed and
masked, used a red lantern to halt the
train.
- The Memphis Commercial Appeal
of yesterday prints cotton crop condi
tionS as follows: A comparison of re-
ports received this week under date
of July with those of June % show
that in the period between those dates
the cotton crop about maintained it
self in North Carolina and Tennessee;
Slll1ll GAINS Will d
normal in Oklahoma and Texas and
also deteriorated sharply in other
states, the cause of the deterioration
being excessive and long continued
rains. Reports show that during the
past week rains We're general east Of
Texas and Oklahoma, making practi
cally the third week of continuous
rainfall. There are local exceptions
and Tennessee and North Carolina
have not had as much precipitation
as other states. There are a few good
reports, in this the rain territory, but
they are the exception and not the
rule. Generally speaking, the fields are
becoming grassy, the plant is show
ing ill effects from lack of cultivation
and on the lowlands much of the
fields have been submerged and there
has been or will be some abandon
ment of acreage. Some of the dam
age can not be recovered, although it
goes without saying that two weeks of
bright weather would work a great
improvement"
- Bethany Plains. France, July
10: The international aviation meet