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

The plant of the Record Oil Refin-
ing company at Chalmet, La, was de-
stroyed by fire Friday. The fire was
caused by bolt Of lightning and the
loss includes 100000 gallons Of oil
and a warehouse valued at $150,000.
...... An alleged conspiracy to assas-
sinate Francisco I. Madero during the
progress Of grand ball at Juarez,
Mexico, was unearthed by insurrecto
secret service men at Juarez, Thursday
| night. :. Governor Diego Redo, OF
the state Of Sinaloa, was assassinated
May 81, after he had surrendered the
federal forces to the Maderoists. -.
Caleb Powers, Kentucky congress
man, has made a plea to President
Taft to spare the life Of a Washington
negress, sentenced to be hanged for
the murder Of her husband. Z. Alex
ander Holloman, a negro, was electro
cuted In the state prison at Richmond,
Va, Friday, for the murder Of his
wife and child. -. Patrick Crump,
negro, was lynched near Memphis,
| Tenn, Friday, for the usual crime =.
Congressman Roddenberry Of Georgia,
had fight with negro on Wash
ington street car last Friday night.
The negro boarded the car with
| woman and attempted to shove
| Roddenberry out of the way. The
congressman landed several blows
| and was unhit himself. "A. J. Renkl,
an Augusta, Ca, jeweler, was instant
ly killed near Augusta, Ga, Thursday
by a collision Of his automobile with
buggy. Several members Of his fam
| lily were injured. -. Kansas wheat
growers are sending out calls for 49,
| 600 harvest hands. 49,. .One hundred
and ninety-four midshipmen were
graduated from the naval school at
Annapolis, Nd, Friday. 1t Is assert
ed by high officials of the department
| OF Justice, Washington, that Attorney
| General Wickersham will proceed
criminally against officers OF the
Standard Oil and American Tobacco
companies. go. .One young lady was
killed and five other persons were
more or less seriously injured in an
automobile wreck near Richmond.
Va, Saturday. Six persons were
drowned by the capsizing of boat in
which there were sixteen passengers,
in lake near Salt Lake city, Utah,
Sunday. One young woman was
killed and another fatally injured in an
automobile wreck near worcester,
| Mass, Sunday. ...... One man was
killed and ten others injured by the
| overturning Of a stage coach in the
Yosemite valley, California, Sunday.
..... Nearly one million people wit
messed the unveiling of a magnificent
monument to King Emanuel H., at
Rome, Italy, Sunday. -. Governor
Marshall OF Indiana, has been endors-
ed by the Democratic Editorial asso-
citation Of that state, for the Democrat
N t,o L..
...... The w. c. T. u, of Georgia, Is
organizing for local option fight in
the next legislature. The Mexican
presidential election will be held on
Sunday, October 10. General Bernar-
do Reyes and General Francisco I. Ma
dero will probably be the presidential
candidates. The oil steamer North
west, built for service on the Great
Lakes, was damaged to the extent OF
$5O0,000 Saturday, by an explosion in
her oil room. The vessel was at Buf-
falo being put in shape for her initial
trip. Moss Enright, self-admitted
leader Of gang of labor sluggers, con-
fessed to the Chicago police, Saturday,
that he murdered Dutch" Gentleman.
also labor slugger. two weeks ago,
and said further that Gentleman had
killed another slugger several weeks
previously. Enright was held in $685.
900 bonds. Mrs. La 8. Berg wife
of the president of the New Orleans,
Mobile and Chicago railroad, was
killed In railroad accident at Berge,
slightly injured. The Confederate
veterans of Nashville, Tenn, passed
the following resolution at a recent
meeting: Resolved, That no woman
shall appear In the parades Of the
camps, the state divisions or the gen.
eral association, a-straddle, and should
any 80 appear, the officers In charge Of
said parade shall politely request that
she retire.. 80. New York city Is fac
ing water famine on account Of long
continued drouth. :. Henry A. Schieb.
chauffeur, is In the New York
Tombs, charged with the murder Of
his wife, whose body was found in a
bath tub by the police last Sunday.
.....- Staunton, Va, was badly dam
aged by a wind and hail storm Sum
day. One store building was demolish-
ed, church and other buildings
wrecked -. John T. Gaynor, the ex-
convict and his family, have gone TO
Honolulu, Hawaii. Gaynor was re-
leased from the Federal prison at At
lanta, several weeks ago. ga brake
man was killed and two passengers
were wounded on Southern train at
Traloo, Ala. Sunday, by shots fired
alongside the track. ... Walter p
Ewart, aged 81 years, and BRIDE
groom Of only two weeks, committed
suicide at his home in Charlotte, N.
c., suburb, Sunday night, q few
minutes after he and his bride had re-
turned from church. -. The eldest
daughter of President Gomez, Matu-
ria, was married Sunday to Lieut..
Moreles Colo of the Cuban navy. The
bridal gifts amounted to $500, ,000....
Columbus, o., grand jury, investi-
eating the alleged bribery of members
of the legislature, Monday brought In
its third report. returning indictments
against eight persons. One Of these,
a representative, pleaded guilty, was
fined $500 and will tell the grand jury
all he knows. -. -. Six hundred hotel
men are holding convention In Bos-
ton. $500 Secretary Of State Knox has
been ordered by a congressional inves-
tigating committee to appear before
that body with all books and papers
affecting the $1,000 unaccounted for In
connection with the purchase Of por-
trait Of former Secretary Of State Day.
The original voucher for the portrait
showed a payment of $780,. The
hottest wave Of the year enyelops the
middle states. Many deaths and hun
dreds Of prostrations are being report
ed In a riot in Mexico City, Sum
day night two persons were killed and
fifty or more injured. .... The differ
ences between the Southern railway
and its firemen have not yet been set
tied, and a strike Is not improbable
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