Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-05
MERE MENTION.

Mrs. j. Marshall Dodge, a wealthy
widow. is on trial at Guild Hall, VT,
on the charge of numbering VIM.
Heath. painter. Mrs. u. V. Lacy,
aged Sc, committed suicide in Allan
ia. Ga, Tuesday morning by shooting
herself with a pistol. WEAKNESS from
nursing her child i'll with scarlet fe-
yer, is assigned as the cause. E. Rep
resentative Wall of the Florida legis-
lature, has requested an investigation
of an attempt to bribe him. Some
body sent him an envelope containing
5000 in bills. 49,. Former City Cham
berlain Chas. II. Hyde Of New York,
was arraigned in that city Tuesday on
the charge Of accepting bribe Of $13,-
500 to induce him to make deposits
Of city, funds in certain banks. He
pleaded not guilty. .... The United
States senate will begin consideration
Of the Canadian reciprocity bill next
Monday. The Anti Saloon league
is making a terrific fight in Augusta,
Ga, against blind tigers. :. Represen-
tative Howard of Georgia, has intro
duced a parcels post bill in congress,
framed especially to overcome the OBJ
jections of country merchants.
Margaret Demont was killed at Kan
kakee, ILL.,, Tuesday by the explosion
of a celluloid hair comb with which
she had touched a red hot stove. .....
r. M. Mckinney shot his wife to death
and committed suicide at Athens, Ca,
Monday night. 49,. The trial of Pres
ident c.. c. Wilson Of the United
Wireless company in New York, on
the charge of using the mails to de-
fraud, was closed Tuesday, by the
Judge ordering a mistrial. go. Elk
Judge f. o. Goodpasture was arrested
at Nashville, Tenn, Monday, charged
with offering a bribe of $1,000 to AS
semblyman J. Q. Mcdonald to secure
his vote for the repeal of the Tennes-
see prohibition laws. .....A grand jury
at Columbus, o., is investigating
charges of bribery against members
of the state legislature. The prosecut-
ing attorneys say they do not need
confessions in order to secure. con-
victions John Thomas Duncan.
aged IL years, died Tuesday in Allan
ia, Ga, from the effects Of being hit
on the head by a baseball. "A Dali
ton, Ga, COW gave birth to three calves
last Sunday and all were living We'd
nesday. .. Another "murde' farm
similar to the Belle Guinness farm,
near LaPorte, Ind, has been discoV-
eTeu near FOWleI, llu' JNIlh IVoiS, q
wealthy farmer, was accused by his
son of having murdered a farm hand
and after the remains were found by
the boy, buried several feet under
ground, with the refuse Of slaughtered
hogs, the father confessed, and has
been arrested Other farm hands
have mysteriously disappeared from
the Poole farm. The elder Poole was
an inmate of an asylum at one time.
The third National Peace con-
gress is in session in Baltimore. Its
slogan is Peace on Earth. "..... John
F.. Dietz, his wife and son are on trial
at Hayward. Wis., charged with the
murder Of a deputy sheriff. Dietz is
acting as his own lawyer and asserts
that an attempt has been made to
bribe his own daughter to TESTIFY
against him. .... The Los Angeles,
Cal. grand jury has voted twenty-one
indictments against James r. and
John Mcnamara and Otis f. McMan-
egal in connection with the dynamit-
ing of the Los Angeles Times building.