Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
MERE-MENTlON.

BY the sinking Of the British steam
er Wistow Hail. off the coast of Scot
land, last Thursday, three lives
were lost. .. Unless the British gov
ernment takes steps necessary to pre-
vent it, more than 100000 coal miners
of England Scotland and Wales will
go on a strike March 1st. The sub
committee that investigated the charges
that United States Senator Stephen
son of Wisconsin, had been elected
by improper means, has reported that
the charges have not been proven. -.
Prominent church women Of Michigan
have launched a nationwide cam
paign against the Mormon church and
its polygamous beliefs. Five per-
sons were killed in head-on collision
on the Louisville & Nashville railroad
at Jonesboro, Ga, Thursday. 1t Ia
the opinion in Boston that there Is
very little probability that Governor
Foss will exercise clemency In the
case of Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson
and save him from the electric chair.
Two Manchu eunuchs, formerly
confidential servants in the imperial
palace at Peking, were executed
Thursday, after confessing to an at
tempt to poison the empress dowager
of China. "A new gold field Of un-
usual richness has been discovered in
Manitoba. On one claim gold mug
get weighing four ounces was recently
found. . Ann w. Penniman, 100 years
old, died in Boston. Saturday. A Chi
cago Episcopal church last week went
into the coal businesss for the benefit
of the poor The regular coal deal
ers were forced to cut their prices in
half Thieves on Saturday stole a
wagon load of butter, valued at $1,000.
in New York in broad daylight, and
did it in a street crowded with people.
Many thousands of pounds of butter
have been stolen from wagons since
the price of the commodity began to
advance. Senator Albert B. Cum
minis of Iowa, on Saturday announced
that he was a receptive candidate for
the Republican presidential nomina-
ton. During the past seven months
there have been fifteen mysterious and
unsolved murders of negro women In
and around Atlanta, Ga The last vic
tim was found Friday night. Mrs.
Elizabeth Cook, aged 20 years, and her
mother, Mrs. Mary Sheaver, are in Jail
at Charleston, w. Va, charged with
the murder of Joseph L. Cook, the hus-
band of the younger woman. With
a terrific roar, a 200-mile ice gorge
in the Ohio river broke, Saturday.
Many boats were crushed and the
property loss ran into millions. &. AS
a result of Investigations by the Chi
cago civil service commission, about
1000 policemen will lose their jobs. -.
Following meeting of the South
Platte Millers' association of Nebras-
ka, in which it was agreed to form
plans for the control of prices, it was
discovered that three newspaper re-
porters had attended the meeting. The
state will probably prosecute the mill
ers on the information of the report
ers. w. Madison Hicks of the Inde-
pendent Labor league Of Gait, Ont,
says he has indisputable proof that
the McNamaras are guaranteed
pardon, to take place within two years.
-. The office of the Globe Express
company at Pueblo, Colo, was de-
stroyed by a dynamite explosion early
Saturday morning. .....A scandal in
connection with the buying of beef
for the Italian army has been started
at Naples. A number of prominent
army officers are charged with graft
ing, and have been arrested. ;. James
Harahan, formerly president Of the
Illinois Central; f. B. Pierce, general
solicitor for the Rock Island road; E.
f. Wright, son of Secretary of War
Wright, attorney for the Illinois Cen
trail and +. o. Melcher, second vice
president of the Rock Island road,
were instantly killed yesterday at Kin
mundy, H., when the Panama limited,
running at express speed, crashed into
their private car. attached to the
south bound New Orleans express.