Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
MERE-MENTION.

The manager of the United Express
cOmpany's building in New York, had
a scrub woman arrested Monday on
a charge of stealing cake of soap,
valued at one cent. .... The 200th an
niversary of the establishment Of the
EPISCOPAL church was celebrated at
Stratford, Conn.,, Wednesday. "A fire
bug caused a 100000 fire at Girard
Ohio, Wednesday morning. 49,. Every
orphan child of New York city was
given an automobile ride Wednesday.
More than 1000 cars were used for the
purpose =. Emperor William of Ger
many has degraded and ordered the
banishment from Germany OF his cous-
in, Prince Frederick Henry OF Prussia,
on account of immoral conduct. .....
President Roosevelt and family nave
gone to Oyster Bay for the summer.
The preliminary hearing in the
case against DR.. and Mrs. Rowland for
the alleged poisoning of the latters
first husband, will come up at Raleigh,
n. c., next week. Two men were
killed and a dozen injured by. the fall
ing of an elevator at the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation companys plant In
Philadelphia Wednesday. Eighteen
Missouri railroads have petitioned the
United States district court to restrain
the state from putting the recently
enacted two-cent rate law into erect.
Secretary of State Root has ac-
cepted an invitation from President
DiaZ of Mexico, to visit that country
during the summer months. .... Con-
federate Memorial Day exercises were
held in the Confederate section of the
Arlington National cemetery at Wash
ington last Sunday. John u. Capers
of South Carolina, was the orator OF
the day. y......J. Pierpont Morgan is re-
ported to be negotiating for $4,OOO,OOO
art collection in Paris, which ne Will
move to the United States If he makes
the deal. The clothing Of a sixteen
year-old girl were set on fire by dis
carded cigarette on a Philadelphia
street car last Sunday. The girrs
clothing was burned off of her and she
will die as a result of her wounds. s....
Governor Hughes has vetoed the re-
Gently enacted 2-cent rate law passed
by the New York Legislature. 49,. The
International Harvester company, often
referred to as the harvester trust is
under investigation by the United
States district attorney at Chicago.
Garfield Thompson, a negro, has
Scott-Price distillery at Nashville,
Tenn. The distillery proprietors
threaten to close their plant unless the
negro is removed. d. -Four negroes, one
man and three women, were drowned
in the Manatee river, Florida, WedneS-
day. +. Il. Therow, a lumber deal
er of Columbus, Miss, was killed by
John Parker Tuesday night. The
killing was the result of the alleged in
timacy of Therow and Parker's wife.
Mrs. Theodore Elsey was shot to
death by masked burglars in her home
at Osyka, Miss, late Tuesday night In
the presence of her invalid husband. -.
Miss Marian Fish, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, New York, was
married Wednesday to Albert u. Gray.
The brides trouSSeau was made In
France and valued at $250,00O. A bri-
dal present from the father to the
bride was $1,000.O00. .... The Missis-
sippi supreme court has confirmed the
verdict of the lower court in which
Mrs. Angie Birdsong was convicted OF
killing DR.. Thomas Butler Of Monticel-
10, and sentenced to five years impris-
onment. Mrs BirdsOng will probably
be pardoned.