Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-18
MERE.MENTioN.

George Lebarto, an Italian, shot q
black hand" emissary to death at
Jeanette, Pa, Saturday. A demand
for money had been made on Lebarto
and instructions were given to turn
the money over to a man who would
give certain signal on entering his
store. The emissary appeared Satur-
day and gave the signal. In q few
seconds Lebarto had shot him four
times. .. ;. Virgil Jones, an Atlanta,
Ca, attorney, has been debarred from
practice In that state, being pronounc-
ed guilty of "wilful misconduct In his
profession. /, Gov. Smith Of Georgia,
Is advocating a tax of 81 per horse
power per car on automobiles In that
state. Reports received by the in
terstate commerce commission at
Washington, show that the number of
persons killed on American railroads
average thirty a day. .... "A passen-
ger train on the Erie road ran full
speed into switch engine at Portage,
n. T., Saturday. One engineer was
killed and six or seven passengers were
injured. -. Two young women were
Evanston, ILL.,, Saturday. They were
wading In shallow water and stepped
off into a deep hole. =. During the
first quarter OF this year 710 blooded
horses were imported into the United
States from Europe for breeding pur-
poses. Miss Rose Boersma, q Chi
cago girl, Is quarantined near that
city because she Is said to be a carri-
er Of typhoid fever germs. She Is
said to be in perfect health but Is be-
lieved to be directly responsible for
three deaths and fifty cases Of fever In
the southern division Of Chicago. -.
Huo or1 Uo1a xxrhn oo A
Carmichael, created a sensation In
Atlanta, Ca, several months ago, by
his reckless money-spending, arrived
In that city Saturday wearing hand
cuffs, to begin a sentence Of five years
In the Federal prison for embezzling
SAC, 900 from the United States battle
ship Georgia. :. f.. By the explosion OF
gas In an oil well near Tusla, Okla,
Saturday, twenty acres Of ground
were badly torn up, one man was bad
ly injured and five horses were killed.
-. More than 200 horses died I'm
New York during the eleven days end
ing Saturday. because Of the excessive
heat. ...... Jack Johnson, the negro
champion, has been matched to fight
Bombardier Wells In England, and
the fight will probably take place In
September. Johnson Is to receive
$50, 900. win, draw or lose. -. Rev.
A. c. Shuler, Baptist preacher at
Newbern, n; c., was attacked on the
streets of that town Thursday by a
near-beer dealer because Of activity
against the saloons. The preacher got
the best of the scrap, almost knock
ing his assailant out. Bud Mars,
an aviator, fell from his machine near
Erie, Pa. Friday evening and while
badly injured II is believed that he
will recover. Mars explains the acci-
dent by having struck pocket or
vacuum" and the air was not suftici-
ent TO support his machine. .....A
successful revolution for the over
throw of President Limon Of Hayti, Is
said to be in progress on that island.
Justice of the Peace Beatty and
Constable Heath were shot to death
In the formers office at Burnside, KY.
Friday afternoon by two men whom
the constable had arrested for drunk
enness. The murderers were captured.
An industrial home for cripples
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. was destroyed
by fire Saturday with loss Of $780,
900. No lives were lost.