Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-06-13
TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1911.
MERE.ME ENTION,

udyS SeSSlOH. . HcBEOc6s IlcIH-
bers Of bridge gang, were shot to
death by two white men near Rud-
dock La, Friday. The negroes had
conspired to kill their foreman and
when they made their attack the kill
ing resulted. Three members OF
the Ohio legislature and one attache
Of the senate were indicted by a grand
jury at Columbus. Friday, on charges
OF corrupt practices. 80. Several per-
sons were more or less injured In a
riot of garment workers at Cleveland,
O., Friday. China will demand an
indemnity of $6,000,00O in gold from
the Mexican government, because of
the killing Of a number Of Cinnamon
at Torreon recently. China will send
a warship to the Mexican coast to en-
force her demands. ....... "A jury In
an Atlanta, Ga, court gave a verdict
against the Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific railroad for $4,000, for kill
ing a hog owned by ]. d. Debow of
Nashville, Tenn. The animal was nine
feet long, three feet high and weighed
more than 1000 pounds. About
1900 boilermakers Of the Baldwin Lo-
connective works, Philadelphia, are on
a strike, following the laying off of l.
200 men. The government of Hon
duras Is negotiating 10000, 900 loan
with American baRkers. Yeggmen
blew open the safe of the postoffice at
Newport, Tenn, early Friday morn
ing and got away with $500. -. LII
liam Graham and Ethel Conrad, held
by the New York police on the charge
Of shooting w. E. d. Stokes, the mil
lionaire hotel man, In their apartments
one night last week, both claim to
have done the shooting. Stokes will
probably recover. -. George Davis,
constable, killed his father Tom
Davis, by splitting his head with a
hatchet while the old man slept, at
Macon, Ga, Friday, and then went to
his home In the country and COM
mitted suicide. 49,. French Creek,
w. Va, village Of about zoo souls,
was almost destroyed by fire early Sat
urday morning. The fire was started
by burglars. :. +. Four deaths and scores
of prostrations occurred in Chicago,
Saturday, because Of the terrific heat
Other sections of the middle west suf-
fered almost as much as Chicago.
The fiftieth anniversary of the battle
Of Bethel, the first formal battle of
the civil, war. was celebrated at Beth
ell church, close to the York. Elizabeth
City county line, Virginia, Saturday.
The threatened strike of the firemen
Of the Southern railway has been sat
isfactorily settled, both sides making
concessions. Three men left Provi-
dence. r. l., Saturday In a 25-foot
yawl for Rome, Italy. -. The stands
erected along the streets and In the
parks Of London for viewing the coro-
nation professions on June 20 and
%, will seat 10000 persons. The
the World, began a two weeks ses-
sion at Rochester, N. Y, today.
Governor Gilchrist Of Florida on Sat-
urday vetoed three drastic liquor reg
ulation bills recently passed by the
legislature, and at the same time ap-
proved two bills, providing for better
prosecution Of blind tigers by making
Federal revenue licenses prima facie
evidence. .Governor-elect Smith OF
Georgia, has announced that he will
appoint General Clement A. Evans,
ceed A. ]. Scott. General Evans will
accept the appointment. 80. AT Sa-
vannah, Ca, Saturday, 1000 bales Of
cotton were sold at the equivalent OF
16 cents pound for good middling.
In series of polo games played at
Meadowbrook, L. l.. last week, for the
international polo cup, the team rep
resenting America won by q score Of
4 to 81 goals. Herr Schendel, a
German aviator, with his mechanic.
Voss, fell from his machine at Johan-
stantly killed Friday. They had reach
ed an altitude of $3.50 feet. Mrs.
Antoinette Foster, aged 81, was bru-
tally murdered in her home In Phila-
delphia, Friday. Her husband is sus-
pected of the crime. ;. The first two
bales of the 1911 Texas cotton crop
were shipped to Houston, Saturday.
This years first bale Is eleven days
ahead Of the first bale Of last year.
Two young white men were killed at
Dunnellon, Fla, Saturday, by coming
in contact with an electric wire car
rying so, 900 volts. >. Two young men
were drowned In the Neuse river, near
Newbern, N. c., Sunday, while out
with an excursion party. Last years
production OF coke in the United
States totaled 41,681,410 tons valued
at $99,696,267. .......A terrific storm
swept over the vicinity of New York
Saturday night. At least three lives
were lost, shipping was badly damag-
ed, and fires caused by crossed cleo
trio wires, entailed losses Of 100000.
..... The treasury department at
Washington has received nearly 1000
bids for the 50.000,000 Panama bond
issue. The bids will be opened next
Saturday. The monitor Puritan,
recently sunk in Hampton Roads by
high explosive tests is to be sold by
the navy department as junk. The
vessel originally cost 1886, ,455... :.
ventions of Baptists will be held in
Philadelphia. These include the
Northern Baptist convention, repre-
senting 1,250,000; the general confer
ence of the Baptists OF North Amer
lea, including all branches Of the
church in America; and the Baptist
World alliance. 80. "A score OF strik-
ing miners were shot down by Federal
soldiers at Matehula, state OF Duran
mobile race at Hawthorne, ILL.,, Satur-
day. one man was killed and another
was seriously injured. Following the
accident Ray Harroun, winner OF the
500 mile race at Indianapolis on May
80. announced that he would never
enter another race 1t is eStimat-
ed that the wheat crop OF Nebraska
has been damaged 20 per cent by the
terrific heat Of the sun. Four girls,
members of a picnic party, were
drowned near Appleton, Wis, Sunday
afternoon, by the capsizing Of boat.
..... The district around Annoy, Chi
ma, is being swept by the bubonic
plague. Stories Of whole families per-
ishing by the disease are common. -.
Yuan Ship Kai, famous, progressive
Chinese official, who was deposed sew
eral years ago by the then ruling dow
ager empress, has been restored to ia
vor and invited to take the post of vice
minister in charge Of foreign affairs.
The famous coca-cola case, tried
a few weeks ago at Chattanooga,
Tenn, and lost by the government, Is
to be appealed to higher court.
Four men sawed their way out OF the
court house Jail at Auburn, n. Y,
early Saturday morning. Their saw
was made Of an old case knife. Two
alleged labor "gunmen" met on the
streets of Chicago Saturday and en-