Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-19
MEaE.MENrIoN.

Ten years ago Miss Alice Mundy Of
Alton, H., vowed she would not leave
her bed until her mother withdrew
all objection to her fance. She Is now
a hopeless, nervous wreck and unable
to move from her bed because her
muscular power is gone. .... John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., had narrow es-
cape from death Friday at the Tar
rytown, N. Y, home of his father. A
bundle of construction steel fell when
a rope broke and barely missed
Rockefeller. Five workmen were
hurt, one fatally. -. Three bandits
robbed the New Westminster, B. c.,
branch Of the Bank Of Montreal early
Friday morning and got away with
$S15,0Q0. They got into the vault
with a pick and then blew open the
safe with nitroglycerin. .... In a riot
between university students and police
at Lima, Peru, Friday. more than
twenty students were wounded by
the sabres of the police. Mrs. Mary
Beck and Frank Maly are under ar
rest at Pittsburg, Pa, charged with
assassinating the husband Of the wo-
man. g. q. General William Robertson
Boggs, one of the few remaining gem
erals of the Confederate army, died at
Winston Salem, N. c.. Friday, aged
SO years. 49,. The general council Of
the Evangelical Lutheran church OF
America, In session at Lancaster, Pa,
has decided to raise fund Of $4,000
900, to be used In a worldwide jubi-
lee celebration of the 400th anniver-
sary Of the Reformation. VIM. w.
Baker, former paying teller Of the
Diamond National bank, Of Pittsburg,
Pa, Friday pleaded guilty to embez-
zling $14,505.75 Of the banks funds
and was sentenced to five years In the
Leavenworth, Kan, prison. .Presi-
dent Taft celebrated his 54th birthday
last Friday Among the congratula-
tory messages was one from King
George Of England. .... The Florida
the newest Of the dreadnoughts Of the
United States navy. was put In COM
mission Friday. The Florida carries
ten 12-inch and sixteen 5 inch guns.
Daniel o. Dougherty, a pioneer
merchant Of Atlanta, Ca, accidental
ly shot himself to death at his home
in that city Friday night by a fall
down a flight Of steps,, -. "A seven
months strike of the steamfitters and
plumbers Of Chicago, came to an end
Saturday and 10000 men returned to
work. :. Edward Neiuport, a French
army aviator, died Saturday from IN
juries caused by fall from his flying
machine the day before, .,,.,A Wo-
man was killed and two men serious
ly hurt in an automobile accident In
Brooklyn, N. Y, Saturday. .,,, ,Gia-
vanni Rizzo, an Italian was captured
by New York detectives early Friday
morning just as he had lighted the
fuse to a bomb in q tenement build
ing. The detectives stamped the hre
out Of the fuse before the bomb could
explode. The battleship Michigan
arrived in Boston, Saturday from a
practice cruise and reported the seFi-
Gus illness Of seyenty-two sailors from
ptomaine poison following the eating
of a chicken dinner on September Q.
One seaman died from the poison.,.
A cloudburst in eastern and northern
Ohio did great damage to farm and
property Friday. -" Follow
ing the attempted assassination or
Premier Stolyphin at Kieff, Russia
night, the Jews of the pro-
vince are fleeing for fear Of antl-Se-
mitic massacres. The assassin Bog.
rolf, Is a Jew. Large numbers OF
negroes are leaving the vicinity OF
Okla, following the post
ing of the following notice, signed
citizens" "These parts are haunted
and are generally unhealthy for ne
groes." The car workers OF the
Atlantic Coast Line railway at Rocky
Mount, n. c.. to the number Of S62,
went on a strike Saturday. -. .Lum-
bermen of Oregon and Washington
are said to be forming a combine that
will have a capitalization Of $780,
OOO. 900. The rice crop OF the
Islands is so poor that
famine is feared. ... Rodney ]. DIE
gel, sergeant alarms OF the Ohio leg
stature, following his release on bond
pending a stay of execution, has repu-
dated his alleged confession and
claims there was no bribery In the
Ohio legislature.