Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-03
MERE M ENTION.

Richard Mansfield, the actor, died at
New London, Conn.,, Friday morning,
after an illness. extending over several
months. He was so years DID,.
Six men and two women were killed,
and thirty persons were more or less
injured near Charleston, Ill, Friday, In
trolley car accident. wv. +. Hare
and his wife, died In an Atlanta, Ga.
hospital last Friday, and physicians
say their deaths were due to the shut
ting off Of morphine supplies under
the new Georgia anti-narcotic law.
A number Of Japanese haye been con-
victed in the Federal court at Valdez,
Alaska, on charges Of seal poaching In
American waters. United states
immigration authorities are to make q
systematic effort to put stop to the
white slave traffic which. It is assert
ed, has been conducted in cities along
the Atlantic coast for long time.....
Six men were more or less Injured In
street car collision at Birmingham,
Ala, Friday. go. 1t is persistently ru-
mored in Washington that Attorney
General Bonaparte will soon retire
from President Roosevelt's cabinet.....
Ira Perryman, a negro boy, Is years
old, is held at Admission, Ala, on the
charge Of numbering Phillip Crook, an
other negro. Two hundred persons
are dying every day at Wu-Hu and
Kiu- -Kiang. China, from the effects OF
cholera. The epidemic is spreading
with great rapidity.. "A great to-
bacco exposition opened in Madison
Square Garden, New York, yesterday.
It will continue until September 14th.
| During the month Of July the
United States imported $14,672,S57
worth Of goods from Germany. and ex-
ported $15,259,0 to that country. .......
1t is reported in Pittsburg that Chas.
M. Schwab will give $1,00O,000 to the
Pennsylvania state college for the
equipment Of an industrial department
| :. President Roosevelt and President
Diaz Of Mexico, are trying to bring
about an agreement among the five re-
publics of Central America, by which
peace will be assured in those countries
In the future. 1t is probable that they
will be successful. see. The famous
Dent farm, once owned by General u.
S. Grant, near st. Louis, Mo-, was sold
at auction last week for $4,000. The
farm contains 43S acres. The Louis
vile. KY, Courier-Journal office was
badly damaged by fire last Friday
morning. The damage Is estimated at
S2O0, 900. The John 8. Cook & Co.
bank Of Goldfield, New, with a capital
stock Of $250,O0O, during the year end
ing July 81. made a profit of 10 per
cent Its deposits are $5,000,000.
The Standard Oil company refuses to
sell oil in Indianapolis, Ind, except the
buyer furnishes the measure by which
the oil Is to be sold, and In cans hold
ing specified quantities. Eleven OF
the seventeen Terrorists, charged with
plotting to assassinate the cZar OF Rus
sia, have been condemned to DEATH.
Since June 19 there have been nine
cases Of bubonic plague in San Fran
cisco, with seven deaths. :. Secretary
Of State Root will leave Washington
on his visit to President Diaz Of Mexi-
co. on September 25th.. .... The min
eral output of the Transvaal for the
year ending June 80, amounted to
$153,649, 1856. E. Mckinley Richmond,
10-year-old negro boy, was convicted
Of murder at Oil City, Pa, last week.
He shot his sister with small rife.
.... 1t Is reported in London that the
Brazilian government has contracted
with English ship building companies
for three battleships at an approximate
cost Of $9,OOO,0O0 EACH. Ten per-
sons were killed and 150 were injured.
by the collapse Of a platform at opor-
to. Portugal, last Friday, during lot-S
terry drawing. Mount Vesuvius,