Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-21

account of the revolution on that is
land. The revelutionists have cap
tured three villages. ...Civil wal
again threatens Mexico, as the result
Of a break between President De La
Barra and Francisco /. Madero, fol-
lowing a proclamation issued by Ma
dero charging De La Barra with re-
sponsiblity for the fighting in Pueb-
la. Gen. Reyes Is reported to have ar
army of $4,000 men ready to support
De La Barra. 80. Governor Dix OF
New York, is urging the passage OF
direct nominations law for that state
and wants IL to conform strictly with
the party campaign promises. :. The
National association of Real Estate
Exchanges Is in annual convention al
Denver, Col. The Wauregan cot.
ton mills at Wauregan, Conn.,, EN-
ploying 400 hands is shut down on ac-
count of low water. Other mills, en-
ploying 1000 hands, will be forced tC
close for the same reason. Charles
Hickman, a wife murderer, sentenced
to be hanged at Beaver, Pa, Tuesday
was found dead in his cell early Tues
day morning, having succeeded ir
committing suicide after three at
tempts. ..... -Four counties Of Alaba.
ma on Tuesday voted in favor of open
saloons in incorporated towns. Mont
gomery county went wet by a vote OF
nearly five to one. III There are twen-
ty-four separate Investigations under
way by special and standing commit
tees Of congress, in Washington a,
this time. The Investigations cover
almost everything, including favori-
vice, sugar frauds, Irregularities ir
the customs service and the Lorimer
election scandal. -. Giuseppe Seri-
marco, an Italian murderer was elec-
trocuted at Sing Sing prison, New
York, Monday. He was dead In one
minute and four seconds after the
current was turned on. .... Three
men were killed and twenty injured
by a powder mill explosion at Louvier
Col, Monday. .....E. N. Nauld, ar
American automobile driver, was
killed near Paris, France, Monday. He
was practicing for a race and was
running at seventy miles an hour
when his car left the track, turned
Karl Won Metz Meyer, an ex-Norwe-
gian army officer, was arrested In
Brooklyn, N. Y, last week, on charges
Of larceny. He was much in society
and robbed his hosts. In police court
Monday he was released on condition
that he leave the country and never
return. Otherwise he is to serve five
years in prison. Twenty persons
were killed and many injured in q
wreck on a German railroad near
Mullheim, Germany, Monday. Mrs
Sarah E. Gabbett, originator and de-
signer Of the Confederate cross Of hon.
or for Confederate veterans, died al
Savannah, Ga, Sunday morning, aged
IS years. "A London dispatch says
that the records show 650,690 deaths
from plague in India during the first
six months Of the year up to June 30.
Physicians in Honolulu believe they
are close on the track Of serum that
will kill leprosy germs. .....A VAL
dez dispatch says that a hot wave has
struck Alaska, and is melting the gla-
ciers rapidly with the result that
streams are high. 80. So called Mexi-
can Liberals are threatening Ameri-
can ranchers in lower California and
if the Mexican government cannot
take care Of the Americans the Amerl-
ner, aged 10, member Of Co. D. Fifth
regiment, Georgia militia, was drown
ed in the surf at st. Simon's beach on
the Georgia coast Monday night, while
bathing with comrades. :. The Guy
anna ranch, including $4,000 acres, is
to be purchased and occupied by a
colony Of 1000 Mormon families from
Utah. The Boston board Of health
is making a fight on the street Ice
cream peddlers, experiments proving
that the goods sold by these dealers is
full of disease germs. .......A general
strike Of the building trades has been
declared in Montreal, Quebec. Sever
al thousand workmen will be affected
d NJ lhty or no
grocer, died Tuesday night from hy-
drophobia. .... The Georgia Editori-
al association, sixty-one strong, Is
making a trip to New York by way OF
the Clyde line from Brunswick" 80.
Mrs Louise Owens Beattie was shot to
death by lunatic near Richmond,
Va, Tuesday night. Mrs. Owens and
her husband were returning to the
city from the country when they
were fired on by strange man with a
shot gun.