Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-03
MERE-M ENTION.

early Saturday morning. 49,. The
New York state superintendent of in
struction has ordered a test of paper
towels made in the public schools,
as a sanitary measure. -. Mrs.
Augusta E. Stetson Of New York, Is
making a desperate effort to gain the
leadership Of the Christian Science
church in the United States, succeed
ing the late Mrs. Eddy. Mrs. Stetson
asserts the immortality of Mrs Eddy
and processes to believe that she will
arise from her grave. j. G. Girls |
well committed suicide at Augusta,
Ga, Saturday because his wife had
left him.. An insane negro at
tempted to hold up the passengers on
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad, near Douglass, Ga, Friday.
The negro's actions created a panic
until the harmlessness of his weapon
was discovered. ...-A Chicago COM
pany will ask the city council for a |
franchise to build passenger and
freight subways, docks, harbors and
500, 100000 in developing these en-
lterprises. ..... Rival gangs Of the
New York East Side" had a clash
in a dance hall early Saturday morn
ing and fourteen persons were more
or less injured. More than l.
100 men have been indicted by the
grand jury of Adams county. o., on
charges Of selling their votes in the
November elections. The men in
dicted are pleading guilty and the
judge Is sentencing them to pay fines
equalling the amounts received for
their votes and serve six months in
the workhouse, suspending the work.
house part Of the sentence. The
sentence Of the court acts as a dis
franchisement for five years. In one
township there is not voter left. -. Z.
A sneak thief stole a brooch valued
at $4,000 from Mrs. David T. Han
bury at Vallejo, Cal, Saturday.
The United Properties company of
California, has been chartered under
the laws of Delaware with a capital
merge all public utilities. "A
pack of bloodhounds tore suspected
burglar to pieces near Mt. Vernon,
ILL.,, Friday. The dogs pushed the
suspect so close that he was unable
to reach a place of safety before their
keeper could reach the scene. .....-
1t is estimated that not less than
81 100000 were spent in New York
Saturday night, for liquors, by the
mobs who were celebrating the pass
ing of the old and advent of the new
year.. John A. Dix. Democrat,
took the oath of office as governor Of
New York, Saturday night. The
work of the first Democratic legisla-
ture in nearly twenty years, will be-
gin Wednesday night. A Democratic
successor to United States Senator
Depew will be elected. ..... Sheriff
williams at Gulfport, Miss, Friday,
saved a negro from a mob by reason
of his physical strength. A mob
surprised the sheriff and took the ne
gro and he in turn broke from the
men holding him and rushing through |
the mob rescued the negro and car
ried him into the Jail. Poking rifle |
through the bars he told the mob to
disperse and it did it quick.
Dan Coughlin, a famous member OF
the American exile colony in Hondu-
ras, died few days ago. Coughlin
left Chicago several years ago follow
ing a jury scandal. The comp |
troller Of the currency has issued an
order requiring all national banks to
keep a special set Of books which |
will show their actual condition each
day. By the quick action Of a |
brakeman in pulling on the airbrakes
c., n. o. and It. P. train was saved
from falling from a 30O-foot trestle
into the Kentucky river Thursday.
The train struck a split switch and
the cars jumped the track The
brakeman pulled the emergency air
cord when he felt the cars on the
ties, stopping the train. Several pas |
sengers were slightly injured. 49,.
The fishermen of Maine caught 49,
936,542 Holsters during 1910, for which
they received $2,145,294.. .... Mes |
sina, Italy, was visited by fire last
Thursday, one day after the second
anniversary Of the earthquake OF two
years ago. The property loss Is es-
timated at $1,O00,000, and $500 peo-
pie are homeless, more than so build |
ings being destroyed. Jos; G.
Robin, president Of the Northern
Bank of New York city, which was
closed last week. was indicted Friday
and plead not guilty to the charge
of stealing $4,000 Of the banks
funds. Robin later attempted suicide.
.... Andrew Weatherly aged 60,
wealthy citizen of Greensboro, n. e..
was killed by being run over by
passenger train near that city sat
urday morning. He either fell or
jumped in front of the train. .....
While searching for the BODY OF Corne ne
Illus Corbett, who was drowned IN the
Chattahoochee river at Fort Myers,
Fla, last Friday, a party Of neighbors
found the body Of an infant that had
been thrown in the river with weights
attached. William G.. Stridder shot
his wife and step-daughter in Balti-
more the other day as the result of q
family row, and then committed sui
eide. Attorneys for members of the
bathtub trust, under prosecution 1or
violation of the Sherman antitrust
law, have been trying to get Attorney
General Wickersham to agree to allow
their clients to plead guilty ana SUD-
nit to fine; but the attorney general
saws that If convicted these men Will
have to take prison sentence. .....
Maurice Taputcan, a French aviator,
broke the continuous flight record at
Buc, France, last Friday, by flying 1853
miles in hours and 45 minutes. ......
An old man named Robert Hill, shot
and killed an S-year- old boy at Bris-
tol. Tenn, one day last week, because
the boy was teasing him.. Clarence
Lexow, formerly chairman Of the SEN
ate committee that investigated the
city government of New York, died at
his home at Nyack, n. Y, last Friday.
Citizens of New Orleans are pre-
pairing to erect monument on the
spot where John B. Moisant lost his
life the other day, on the idea that
MolSant was maj WI " sciehSe'. '.''
Six persons were killed in a wreck on
the Miller Creek railway a few miles
from Paintsville, KY, last Sunday
night The senatorial situation in
Tennessee is very much complicated,
the candidates being former Gov. Nc
MILAN, Senator Frazier, and possibly
General Luke Wright, the eX-secretary
Of war. All Of north Texas is in
the grip of bitter cold wave.
The city authorities of Tampa, Fla,
dispersed a meeting of cigar makers
last Sunday night by force. The cigar
makers were considering the strike
situation. =. . The West Virginia DEM
ocrats are after the seat of Nathan B.
Scott, the Republican United States
senator. The next big aviation
meet is to be held at San Francisco,
beginning at the end of this week. II