Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-16
MERE MENTIoN.

VeSSel from mediterranean pOrtS,
reaching New York Tuesday, reported
at qu&rantine the death Of a steerage
passenger from cholera while at sea.
The vessel was quarantined and fumi-
gated. 80. One woman, bride of five
days, was killed and nine persons were
injured In a train wreck near Colo
RADIO Springs, COL, Monday. 80. The
government will erect three wireless
telegraph towers near Washington.
The towers are to be Of steel and the
tallest will be 900 feet. Two hun
dred Greeks, occupying a fve-story
tenement in New York, were driven
out in a panic early Tuesday, by the
explosion Of a bomb in a grocery on
the ground floor. -. Mayor BOWLS Of
Springfield, o., has voluntarily reduced
his salary from $4,000 to $1,000 a year
in order to help the city meet its just
debts. 80. The Lorimer investigation
by the United States senate will be-
gin June 90. ;. The Kramer To-
bacco company of Norfolk, Va, has
filed suit in the Federal court at Raj
eigh, N. c., for $1,2O0,O00 damages,
against the American Tobacco COM
pany, under the Sherman antitrust
act. Mount Colima, Mexican vol
cano, has become active during the
past few days and residents Of the
vicinity are fleeing in terror. 49,. The
police of Hendersonville, N. c.. raided
q store room at that place Monday
night and seized 10000 gallons Of whis-
ky. BY the consolidation Of three
banks, Chicago now has the biggest
banking institution in America, with
total assets of $265, ,OOO, 900. 80. .Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft will celebrate their
silver wedding on June 19......Two
murderers, one who had killed for
mer pal, yeggman, and one who had
murdered a woman, whom he duped
into marrying him in order that he
might get her property, were electro
cuted at Sing Sing prison, N. Y, ear
ly Monday morning. 80. New York
city's subway committee has submit
ted a plan calling for the expenditure
of 100000 for subways and tun-
nels. Jack Johnson, the negro prize
fighter, Is in London for the corona
ton, and Is a center of attraction. -.
The trial of Edgar s. Cooke at Gin
cinnati, O.. for alleged embezzlement
from the Big Four railway, is attract
ing considerable attention because OF
the fact that Is about to be established
that he Is the man who embezzled
$643,OOO for which Chas. L. Warmer
Is serving a six-year sentence.
Geo. T. Balmer, local manager Of a
cement company at Savannah, Ca,
was arrested Tuesday, charged with
the embeZzlement of $4,000 OF the
company's money. ..". The members
of the United States senate will pre-
sent President and Mrs. Taft with a
handsome silver service on the occa-
sion of the twenty-fifth anniversary OF
their wedding, next Monday Sew
eral thousand seamen Of England
went on a strike Wednesday for high
er wages. Luther V. Hart, cashier
Of a bank at Tarboro, n. c., commit
ted suicide Wednesday, and E. H. Hus-
sey, assistant cashier is in jail, charg-
ed with completely in the misapplica-
ton of $4,000 Of the banks funds
Forty-three business houses and
tWenty-seven residences were destroy
ed by fire at Whitewright, Tex, Tues
day, entailing a loss of $500, 900. The
fire originated from burning trash In
the rear of a store. .Ihe lnternd-
tional and Great Northern railway was
sold at receivers sale at Palestine,
brought s12.645,0OO and the Gould in
terests are believed to be the purchas-
ers. Lillian Graham and Ethel
Conrad. the two New York girls,
charged with shooting w. E. D.
Stokes in that city a few days ago, are
held under bail bonds Of $4,000 each.
Stokes will recover. 80. The govern
ment mint at New Orleans will be
abandoned July 1st and will only be
used for the storage Of silver coin. -.
Rev. Norman Place plead guilty in
the Federal court at Boston, Wednes-
day. on the charge of fraudulent use
of the mails. He was president of an
investment company. &C. A. Bo-
rifle shot of the world, died at Spring |
field, Mo-. Wednesday, aged so years. |
..... The steamship Olympic, the
largest passenger vessel yet built,
sailed from Southampton, England.
Wednesday, for New York. The YES
sci is 8S2 feet long. has a registered
tonnage of $4,000, and a displace-
ment Of $4,000 tons. She can accom-
modate $500 passengers and has |
crew of $50. go. Robert Bowen, stu
dent Of the Georgia chronological
school, died in Atlanta Wednesday ]