Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-03
MERE-MENTlON,

Governor Wilson opened his cam
paign in Pennsylvania last Thursday
In an address to $4,000 farmers at
Williams Grove. :. A wholesale Jail
delivery from the Tombs prison, New
York, Thursday was nipped when a
guard heard the rattle Of saw in a
cell. A search disclosed several
sawed bars. >, "A we'll dressed woman
was arrested In the hotel at Columbus,
O., Thursday, where President Taft
was to stop. On her person were
found two long knives. The woman
claimed Mr.. Taft as her husband and
said she was waiting to punish him
for desertion.. Because Of a land
slide there has been a great inflow
OF water into the Culebra cut Of the
Panama canal from a nearby river.
All efforts to stop the flow have thus
fer been unavailing.. -. More than
600 people attended the funeral Of
General VIM. Booth, the Salvation
army leader In London Thursday. -.
A pack Of fifty-three fox hounds,
valued at $1,000 were killed at Will
mington, Del, Thursday. The animals
were said to be suffering from rabies.
80. VIM. r. Morris, a negro lawyer
OF Minneapolis, Mimi, was last week
reinstated as a member Of the Ameri-
can Bar association after having been
unseated by the executive committee
OF that organization because of his
race. Morris then in dignified letter
resigned as member Of the associa-
tion.. Heavy rains caused millions
n nH IA
England last week. >. Dividend and
interest disbursements by the rail-
roads, industrial and traction corpora
tions Of the United States during the
month Of September will total $111,-
$4,000, as compared with $88,696,-
COL in September Of last year. Inter-
est payments on bonds Of the corpora
tons will total $48,100, ,000..
DR. Joseph A. Holmes Of the United
States bureau Of mines, says that OF
the 500,000,000 tons of coal mined in
the country last year, fully half of II
went to waste through carelessness
nent society leaders and five accom-
plices were arrested in Rome, Italy,
Saturday, charged with trafficking in
counterfeit money. The trial Of
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker
charged with the murder Of Gam
bier Rosenthal, is scheduled to begin
in New York next Tuesday or We'd
nesday. The conductors and train
men of fourteen railroads In the south
are demanding an increase in wages
The railroads claim that the demand
means an increase of $3,000,000 per
year. A strike Is not impossible.
A motorcycilist was killed In ST.
Louis, Mo-, Saturday night by the
bursting of a tire while going at a
speed Of rs miles an hour. R. r.
Williams, so years old, mine super
intendent, was fatally shot at st.
Charles, Va, by discharged en-
ployer. After he was shot, Williams
pulled his pistol and shot his assail-
ant, killing him instantly. :. I. Ralph
DePalma, an automobile driver, drove
his car at Elgin, ILL.,, Saturday, 254
miles In 223 minutes, 26 seconds, and
in another race made sos miles in 255
minutes, 36 seconds. :. Hundreds of
banks throughout the country have
agreed to accept and forward cam
paign contributions to the treasurers
Of the various political parties. "A
party Of twenty-seven young China
men and two women arrived at Sc
attic, Wash, Friday, to enter various
American colleges as students.--..
Documentary evidence of a contribu-
ton Of 100000 by the steel trust to
the campaign fund Of Mr.. Roosevelt
In the 1904 campaign, has been dis
covered by the Democratic national
committee. {. Three men were kill
ed and several injured in a wreck on
the Pennsylvania railroad near Con-
way, Pa, Friday morning. The wreck
was due to the failure Of the engineer
Of a passenger train to heed the signal
Of fagman.. Senator LaFollette's
Weekly magazine Of Saturday says
that Coloner Roosevelt is the cafdi-
date Of Wall street interests. .. More
than $30,000,000 worth of automobiles
and supplies were shipped by Ameri-
can manufacturers to foreign coun-
tries during the last fiscal year.. -.