Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-01
MERE-M ENTIoN.

Morris Greenburg, % years old,
Jumped from the tenth floor Of the
New York World office Monday and
was instantly killed. He feared that
ne was to be deported and preferred
death. The strike situation on
the Hartman lines Is improving and
it is probable that the differences be-
tween the employees and the railroad
may be adjusted by arbitration. -.
Bert Allen fatally shot VIII Hurley
and Miss Christy Hensley at a
church near Oakley. KY, Sunday
night, mistaking the young woman for
- a Miss Garnes who had Tilted him.
Discovering his mistake Allen COM
mitted suicide. .... The tragedy or
the moving picture show at Canons-
burg, Pennsylvania, last Saturday
night, in which twenty-eight lives
were lost. has started wave OF re-
form throughout the country, In re-
gard to exits from moving picture
theatres. :. President Taft Will pass
through twenty-four states on ms ms
cross-the-country trip, 'Vhich ne VIII
begin in a few weeks. .DetectlVe
Gentle of the Chicago police depart
ment, has received notice from the
Black Hand society to stop his inves-
LEGATIONS of a kidnapping case, under
penalty Of death. The detective says
he won't quit .... Three summer re-
sort hotels at Indian Springs, Ga,
were closed Tuesday because OF in
ability to get servants. Trouble De,
tween the whites and negroes caused
many negroes to leave the vicinity
.... William Stevens, IL years Ola,
of Bloomfield. N j., complained OF
main in the right side of his body a
few DAYS ago. A physician was called
and found that the boys heart was
on his right instead Of the left side
There were damaging frosts IN
North and South Dakota, Tuesday. AL
Hayre. Mont, the thermometer regis
tered "a degrees. Admiral Iogo
sailed from Seattle, Wash, for Japan
Friday after his tour of the United
States. .... Prince Ulmutk Nizam OF
Hyderabad, ruler OF the rlcnest
principality of India, died Tuesday
The prince was fabulously weal!ny'
Among his jewels was white dia-
mond" valued at $500, 900. The
thirty-fourth annual session OF the
American Bar association closed IN
Boston yesterday. .....A l,3OO mile
air race is being arranged by San,
dusky, O., promoters. The proposed
race Is for a prize Of $25,OOO and Is
to start at st. Louis, thence to Cincln-
natl, Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo, 10
Chicago and back to st. Louis. For
est fires are sweeping over large areas
of Newfoundland. Several towns nave
been wiped out and more than w.
100000 of pulp wood has been de-
stroyed The American Fedora
tion of Labor has raised a fund OF
more than 100000 for the defense OF
the Mcnamara brothers, soon to be
tried at Los Angeles, Cal, on the
charge of dynamiting the Times
building. Two seamen were killed
aboard the battleship Ohio in Ches-
peake bay, Monday, by an accident to
the anchor gearing. .kionappers
who on July 23 stole the 7-year-old
son Of Vincenzo ISABELLA, wealthy
New York italian, and have since
held the child for ransom OF $lO,-
900, have notified the father that un-
less the money is forthcoming at
once, that the boy will be sent to him
piece meal. :. q. Deputy Sheriff Lester
Fain of Fort Gaines, Ca, was shot TO
death Monday night by a negro he
was trying to arrest. The negro was
shot to death by a posse while hiding
in a swamp in Alabama to which ne
had escaped Mrs. Bernice Bill
lings Bronson, the divorced wife OF
saltwater, Minn., millionaire, now
living in Chicago, says she mas lost
Sl,UUU,UUU since lSUf III 6dihoiito .
Mrs. Harriet Dewitt, prominent
society woman Of Easton, Pa, has
been arrested by postal inspectors on
a charge of sending improper and de-
famatory letters through the mails.
..Thos. A. Edison had a narrow
escape in Switzerland, Wednesday,
when the automobile in which he was
touring tumbled into deep ravine.
Harry N. Atwood, c. P. Rogers
and Robt. G. Fowler have announced
their intention of entering an aero
plane race from San Francisco to
New York for prizes aggregating
$4,000. The race will probably begin
in about ten days. Fifteen men
were killed and twenty-seven others
were injured by the collapse of a rail-
road bridge in Switzerland, Wednes-
day. The state Oranges of New
York and Pennsylvania, representing
100000 members, have started
movement to sell their produce direct
to the consumers, cutting out the eX-
changes, brokers, jobbers, etc. and
thereby reducing the cost to the ul-l-
mate consumer.