Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-14


City, has filed a petition in bankrupt
cy to get rid of the payment of alimo'
nv for the rest of his life, says the New
York Sun. This is the first petition OF
the kind filed here under the bank
ruptcy act, and will no doubt attract
a great deal of attention, for should he
be successful in getting discharge
from this debt it would open wide
field for the lawyers. The alimony is
due to Mrs. Carrie P. Anderson, who
obtained decree dissolving the mar
IMAGE on Dec. 80, 1897, with alimony
at the rate of 81, 500 year, payable
weekly. Mr.. Anderson states in his
schedules that there is now due $346,
and 100000 to become due under the
DEGREES of the New York supreme
court in the case of Anderson VS.. An
derson, estimated for 40 years at ST.
500 a wear. Outside of the alimony
his other debts are only 1888 for bor-
rowed money, legal services and car
pets. His total liabilities are $60,929
and he has no assets.
- Richard Daverkosen, who is now
serving a term in the county Jail for
stealing 80 cents from the poor box of
St. Joseph's Catholic church, will find
100000 gulden, or about 5000 Amer
ican money, to his credit in the Ma
tional Holland bank when he is re-
, leased, says San Francisco dispatch.
He took the 80 cents because he was
on the verge of starvation and was too
proud to beg. After his conviction his
wife and children left him, returning
to their former home in Germany.
Several days ago the German consul
here received letter from La Chap
ellie, making inquiry for Richird Da-
verkosen, once staff officer of Won
Moltke, and stating that an inherit
ance of 100000 gulden, part of the es-
tate of his maternal aunt, Madame
Schlecher, was awaiting him. He was
found in prison and taken by two Off
GERS to the consulate, where he estab-
lished his identity as Captain Daver-
kosen. He joined the German army
on the outbreak of the Franco-Prus-
sian war, aud make a good record. II
is said he will inherit $500, 900 more on
the death of his stepmother.
- The president, on last Friday, ap-
pointed the following commission to
determine the most practical and feasi-
BILE route for a canal across the lsthmus
D. A.
Walker, U. S. n. the Hon. Samuel
Pasco, of Florida Alfred Noble, c. E.,
of Illinois; George S. Morrison, c. E.,
of New York; Colonel Peter G..
Haines, U. S. A. Prof. William II.
Burr, of Connecticut; Lieutenant Col
onel Oswald H. Ernest, U. S. A. /;
Lewis NJ. Haupt, c. E., of Pennsylva-
mia Prof. Emory r. johnson, of Penn
sylvania. By the terms of the river
and harbor act, under which this COM
mission was appointed, the commits.
sion is to examine and investigate all
the isthmian routes, and report to con-
gress upon two or more OF them.
Congress appropriated Sl,OOO,OOO to
defray the expenses of the commits
sion. Admiral Walker, who is at the
head of the commission, says that he
will call the members together at the
earliest practicable moment. The time
between now and the meeting of the
next congress- is so brief that it is OF
Importance that the work of the COM
mission should begin Immediately.
-Gastonia special of June to the
Charlotte Observer: VIM. G. Brown,
assistant superintendent at the CASTOR
ia Manufacturing Company's mills
was killed this morning about
o'clock by Grafton Medlin. Yesterday
there were some words between these
parties, growing out Of difference o1
opinion as to the wages coming to
Medlin's children, who worked in the
mill, and this morning the difficulty
was renewed in Browns pay office
after he had refused to allow one o.
the children of Medlin to begin work
After some words in Browns office
Medlin left and returned in a few
minutes with pistol and started up 8
flight of steps to the office. Brown
seeing Medlin approaching armed
started to draw pistol; but Medlir
fired quickly two spots IN succession
One took effect in the left side, and, i
is thought, penetrated the heart. The
other took effect in the left side, sever
al inches below the first shot. AS soor
as Medlin fired, he turned and ran
and Brown followed and fired three
shots at Medlin before he fell. Medlir
also fired third shot at Brown, none
of these last taking effect. MedliI
was captured a few miles from here
and after a preliminary examination
befor the mayor, was committed u
Jail.
The New York Herald says: Ii
a private letter received from dlstln
euished Cuban, now resident of th'
United States, is a most sensational
statement about the plans of the If
reconcilable Cuban leaders. The wri
ter is conservative and is in position
to know what is going on at present IL
Cuba. The information is as follows
"The latest story from Cuba, which
have every reason to believe, having