Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23
MERE.MENTioN

Fire at Rockport, Me-. did $4,000
worth Of damage In an hour. early
Wednesday morning. The plant Of
the Cumberland Steel company at
Cumberland, Md, was destroyed by
fire Sunday night with a loss Of $780,
000.. 49,. The chief warden Of coun-
ty prison in Delaware, has resigned
his job because he was opposed to the
whipping Of prisoners at the post....
The International Geological congress
Is in session at Boston, for week. -.
Chief Of Police Shippy of Chicago. is
said to be putting the lid down on all
forms of vice In that city,. .Ridway.
Pa, is having an epidemic of typhoid
fever, and infantile paralysis. There
are about 100 cases Of infantile paraly-
sis among the babies. -. .Bubonic
plague has appeared in San Francisco.
and several deaths have occurred In
the locality Of old Chinatown, Sec
retary of War Taft left Washington
Sunday afternoon on q tour around the
world. It will be several weeks, how
ever, before he sails from San. Fran
CISCO. 80. "A British ship left Phila-
delphia few days ago having as part
Of her cargo, 900 tons Of dynamite.
John Rogan, a one-legged man, killed
his sister in Philadelphia last Saturday
because she refused him money. The
city police arrested every wooden Leg
ged man who appeared on the streets
in the next IS hours. One peg-leg was
arrested three times. The murderer
was captured Sunday morning. ......
Chaplain Harry w. Jones, u. 8. NJ, has
been found guilty Of scandalous con-
duct and falsehood by general court
martial at Norfolk, Va, and viii be
dismissed from the navy. "A Colo
RADIO gold mine recently shipped ton
Of selected ore to a smelter for reduc-
tion. The ton Of ore returned gross
value Of $S60,000.. 80. Charles Davis
is under arrest In New York on the
charge of having murdered Sophie
Kehrer by strangulation about three
weeks ago.. The Transvaal assem-
bly, has passed resolution proposed
by Premier Botha for the purchase Of
the Cullinan diamond, the largest in
the world, valued at $1,000,000, to be
presented to King Edward Of England.
..... An eight-pound girl baby was
born to Governor and Mrs. Charles e.
Hughes at the executive mansion at
Albany, N. Y, Monday morning.. 80.
A mammoth meteor fell into the sea
off Amagansett, L. l., Sunday evening.
1t made such q splash and threw up
such great waves that several bath
houses were carried into the ocean,.
Prince Wilhelm, grandson Of King Os-
car Of Sweden, Is visiting the James,
town exposition. -. A York, Pa, man
was almost burned to death q few days
ago by his celluloid collar becoming
ignited by a spark from his cigar.....
Fire gutted a Philadelphia toy store
last Monday evening. destroying $780,
600 worth Of toys. 80. Three artillery
men were seriously injured Monday at
plosion Of 19-pound shells, which they
were unloading. 1t Is stated that
ex-senator Butler Of North Carolina,
is making $4,000 year out OF his law
practice. ...... The Tammany Jefferson
club Of New York, had a picnic on
Long Island last Wednesday. A riot
developed and quite a number were
injured. 80. John d. Rockefeller re-
Gently admitted that the value Of his
Standard Oil holdings Is $4,000 900.
His total returns Of personally for tax
alton amounts to $2,500,000.