Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-26
MERE. m ENTlON.

Five trainmen were killed and
eight were seriously Injured In a
collision between a passenger train
and a pay train on the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad at Mount
Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, Thurs
day. $4,000 worth Of checks were
scattered over the tracks from the
wrecked pay car. 49,. Charles I.
O'Ferrall, former governor OF Vir-
ginia, and congressman from Vtr-
einia for six terms, died at his home
in Richmond Friday, aged 65 years.
Isaac ]. Wistar, the railroad
magnate who died in Philadelphia
recently, left a will bequeathing his
brain and right arm to the Wista: :
Institute of Anatomy and Biology, OF
the University Of Pennsylvania, to be
used for scientific experiments.
The plant Of the Kirby Lumber com
pany at Bronson, Texas, was totally
DESTROYED by fire Thursday night.
throwing five hundred men out OF
employment and entailing a property
loss of 100000. 5000 workmen
in wooden shawl factories at Tifis,
Caucasia, are out on a strike.
Abdul Hamid II, sultan Of Turkey,
celebrated his sixty-third birthday
Friday. He has been on the throne
yWg were injured and 100000 worth Of
property was destroyed by fire in the
business section of Charleston. West
Virginia, Friday. ..- Francis II. Pea
body. the Boston financier and
banker, died at Beverly, Massachu-
setts, Friday, aged "a years. 49,. "A
passenger train on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad was wrecked near
VII nj Eri6nV killin n
the express messenger and in1uring
three trainmen. Col. 1. n. Walker,
assistant adjutant general of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, In
Indiana, died in Indianapolis Friday:
Three persons were killed and
numbers injured by falling walls
caused by an earthquake shock In
the province Of Calabria. Italy, last
Thursday. ..... Six persons were
drowned by the capsizing Of a sailing
boat, caused by a cloudburst In the
harbor of Bari, Italy, Thursday. .......
The biennial convention OF the ma
tional corps, Army and Navy Union.
U. 8. A., is In session In Newburg'
New York, with delegates from al
most every garrison in. the United
States. -. Silver quartz has Deen
discovered near Ossining. New YORK,
in a rock quarry blasted by railway
contractors. 80. Fire destroyed $1,OOO,-
600 worth Of property In the business
portion of Butte, Montana, Sunday. -.
$50 native rebels were killed In bat
tie between Merorogos and German
troops in German East Africa, FRIDAY.
A passenger train on the Penn
sylvania railroad collided with an en-
CINE near Susquehanna, Pa, Sunday
night. killing the engineer and fireman,
and fatally injuring two passengers. 49,.
Capt. G. NJ. Godfrey, assistant surgeon
in the United States army stationed at
Fort Mcpherson, Ga, committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the
brain, Saturday night. Temporary IN
sanity Is assigned as the cause OF his
act. -. Sixty five horses were burned
to death in a livery stable fire In Will
mington. Del. Yesterday. -. The print
ing office of Walls and Co., In New
Orleans was destroyed by fire yester-
day, with a property loss Of $4,000.
Thirty girl employees had a narrow es-
cape from death in the flames: .....
Godefrey Cavaignac, minister or war
of France during the period or the
Dreyfus trial, died In Paris yesterday.
A passenger train on the Louis
willie and Nashville railroad collided
with an accommodation train at Wood
stock Crossing Alabama, yesterday,
killing one man, and injuring twenty
seven. 80. An official bulletin issued