Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-02
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of the Great Northern railway. at
tempted to kill AL. G. Ray, a special
agent, at st. Paul. Mimi, Tuesday, and
was shot to death by the latter. r......
Private Perry McGee of the Tenth
United States cavalry, shot two Of his
comrades at WatertOwn, n. Y, Mon
day and was captured next day after
being seriously wounded. All of the
parties are negroes. $50. George Kron-
della, a Greek, is under arrest at Pen
sacola, Fla, charged with smuggling
Chinese into the United States through
Gulf ports. ....A Seaboard Air Line
passenger train ran into a washout
near EXley. Ga, Tuesday. The en-
gineer was killed and the fireman in
jured. An unknown young woman,
aged about 25 years, shot herself In the
breast in the waiting room of the Ho-
tel Astor, New York, Monday night, In
an attempt at suicide. A letter in her
possession, read in part as follows: 1T
is really deplorable that a girl can
not get along honorably in New York"
ran the letter to her mother. I'm
some things l might have succeeded
had | conceded to the wishes of men
CD cultured CD unusually moneyeyd,
but minus morals.". The new rail-
way station of the Pennsylvania rail-
way in New York city, has been prac-
tically completed and will be put In
use on September s. The station COW
ers eight acres of ground and is per-
haps the largest railway station in the
world. Henry G. Davis, former
United States senator, and candidate
for vice president on the Democratic
ticket in 1904, is critically i'll at his
home at Elkins, w. Va. .....A heavy
earthquake shock in the Messina dis
trict of Sicily, Tuesday, caused much
excitement. Numerous chimneys top
ped over and walls were cracked. ....
England is much alarmed over the an
nexation of Korea by Japan and a
break in their diplomatic relations Is
of Portugal following the lead of
Spain, has ordered a vigorous investi-
CATION of the religious orders of the
empire. Thousands of Catholic nuns
and monks will be driven from the
country as a result of the investiga-
ton. Seven young men, some OF
them of prominent families, have been
arrested at East Chattanooga, Tenn,
charged with holding Louis Farmer Is
years old, in bondage in the woods
nearby for four or five days. Other ar
rests are to follow. The town OF
Heaton, N. OAK, was wrecked by cy-
clone, Tuesday. Three persons were
killed. Railroad traffic was blocked,
in some cases the rails being torn up.
Miss Ethel Mae Davis, young
Chicago woman, was robbed of $4,000
worth of jewelry while on board the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm III. bound for
New York Sunday night. .... August
ITihleen, a horse breeder of Milwau-
kce, Wis, has refused an offer of $751;
900 for The Harvester, trottlng stall
lion. Charles Burton, a coal miner,
was arrested on q train at Henderson,
ky., Tuesday, charged with the muir
der of j. Staples, at Shelburn, lnd
The body of Staples was in the bag
gage car of the train on which Bur-
ton was making his escape. ..... .Ac-
curdng to a census bulletin the aver |
age salary paid To ministers III the
United States i'm 1906 was $633 per an
mum Jas. d. Watts of New York, |
on Wednesday made a demand to the
American Bar association, in session
1iShAr-
ment of Joseph II. ChOate, one of the
leading lawyers of America. Watts
charges Choate with neglect, deceit |
and failure to protect a clients prop |
rrty rights ... Striking employees of
the American Sugar company or
y. Y, during a riot We'd
nesday, made an attack on Judge |
who was passing. He
escaped without injury. Two of the
rioters were shot. .... Street railway |
strikers of Columbus. o, dynamited
several electric cars on the streets OF
that city Wednesday. Five persons
were injured. .....A slight earthquake
shock created panic among the
summer residents at Lake Sunapes'
y. H., Tuesday The Federation
If Labor of Spain. in session at Bill
pua, on Wednesday, ordered general
strike Ol all tldSSeS III ldpoiel . III .! III
pathy with the striking miners. .... Is.
n. Hnlbrook. a New York insurance
broker, leaped from the twenty sixth
luor of an office building Wednesday.
II a successful attempt at suicide. .....
The centenary celebration of the re-
public of Mexico will take place on
l5.. Cholera in a most
.iolent form has broken out i'm Berlin
md other German cities. 1t is prob
lble that Vice President Sherman will
lecline to accept the temporary chair
of the New York Republican
;tatc convention. to which position he
vas elected by the state committee