Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-02
mERE.ME ENTloN.


Miss Nancy Letter, daughter Of the
late Levi Letter Of Chicago. and sister
Of LAZY Curzon, the vicereine OF India:
was married to Major Colin Campbeii
Of the British army, In washington,
Tuesday. :. Elverton Chapman, agea
twenty three, son Of q New York
banker, committed suicide by throw
i ing himself from the third floor land
ing to the lobby Of the Carlton hotel
In London, Tuesday. He is supposed
to have been temporarily insane. .....
/ The committee on rivers and harbors
In the house Of representatives. has de-
cided to present river and harbor ap-
proprlation bill at the next session OF
congress. :. AS the result Of gas
olene explosion and fire In q. laundry
In New Orleans Wednesday, two girls,
employees, were burned to death, ana
thirty were injured, six fatally. -.
Stephen Mckinney, q young farmer OF
brothers were killed by ]. M. williams,
step-father to Stephen McKinneys
wife, Wednesday. They had quarreled
over the runaway marriage OF stephen
Mckinney. -. Crude petroleum oil
has been . discovered in Washington
county, Fla, 80. "A copy Of the second
edition Of Eliots Indian Bible was sold
at auction In New York city Wednes-
day. It brought $40. William Brad.
ford's Mohawk Prayer Book brought
81, 800 at the same sale,..... Madame
JanaIischek, the Polish actress, died
In New York Tuesday aged seventy.
four years. lone passenger was
killed and three fatally injured by the
falling Of an iron block on the deck of
the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm at the
Quarantine station at New York, Tues
day.. .Orin Cox, aged seventeen
years, was sentenced to. life imprtson-
ment In q Chicago court Wednesday,
for entering O. restaurant In that city
and forcing customers at q revolvers
point to give up their money. 49,. The
central portion Of Kentucky Is suffer-
ing from the most severe drought IN
its history. In many sections stock "
:imited to one drink OF water In, twep-
child, head Of the French branch Of
the Rothschild family Of financiers, O.
visiting the United States, It Is said
for the inspection Of the subway sys.
tem.. IA wedding party near Mon.
astir, Macedonia, was attacked BY q
party Of Greek bandits, and thirteen
persons were killed and Ave wounded.
The bandits escaped to the mountains,
Fifteen thousand do'' Irs worth
OF alleged spurious drugs '. ere confis.
Gated in Chicago Wednesday. as O re-
suit Of crusade against persons sell
Ing adulterated drugs by the postofice
department. Five arrests were made
on the charge Of fraudulent use Of the
mails. Frank FELTON,, the sporting
man who is' charged with shooting
Guy Roche on Broadway, New York.
Thanksgiving night, was indicted for
murder In the first degree In New
York Wednesday. -. The st. Louis
Fair closed its gates last night......
The Japanese have captured addition
al forts at Port Arthur within the past
few days, and 1t Is stated that they
lost $4,000 men In twenty four hours.
President Roosevelt has indicat-
ed his. intention Of appointing Stone.
wall Jackson Christian Of Georgia, and
a grandson Of the Confederate chief
tain to cadetship at West Point,::..
There Is q big sensation In Cleveland.
TO-, over the development that Mrs.
Cassie Chadwick has managed to bor-
row one-half million dollars from
banks OF the city without a dollar Of
security. Mrs. Chadwick has failed
and the banks are whistling for their
money. The John F. Love bank at
Gastonia, N. C, ]. A. Page, cashier.
has been closed and will be put In
charge Of a receiver.