Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-26
FRIDAY, APRIL a6, 1907.
MERE-M ENTlON.

ground. Even the army Is reported
untrustworthy Another BLACK
Hand" murder was attempted in New
York last Tuesday when a wealthy
Italian merchant who refused to pay
$1,000 blackmail was probably fatally
shot. -. Under a law just signed by
the governor, trolley lines in Pennsyl-
vania have now entered into conn pc
tition with the steam railways in the
hauling of freight. The inter-
state commerce commission has rem
dered a decision in which 1t holds that
railroads cannot limit the giving of
party rates" to amusement companies
..... Baroness De Massey Is on trial
in New York, charged with the MUIR
der Of Gustav Simon, wealthy spirit
glass maker. The baroness Is the first
woman Of an authentic foreign title
to be tried in the United States on
murder charge. ;. The National Civic
league, made up of the governors Of
the various states, will hold conven-
ton in Chicago in May to consider the
matter Of trusts In the United States
....-- The Pennsylvania railroad has
placed an order for $4,000 tons Of
steel rails for delivery during 190S....
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad company, has agreed to
pay Harry Munro, a former brakeman
$3.50 for injuries sustained in
railroad accident last January. 49,.
John Mack, a balloonist, went up 1000
feet in the air in a balloon at Newark,
n. j., Monday. He came down in
parachute, which failed to open until
it was within 800 feet Of the ground
-. Fire damage to the amount Of
$4,000 was caused in Louisville, KY,
Tuesday, by a small gas stove used in
heating smoothing irons. -. Mrs.
Ghas. Frederick Crisp, widow OF the
late speaker Of the national house Of
representatives died at Americus Ga,
Tuesday. .... M. Park Yong Wha,
chief auditor Of the Korean imperial
household. was assassinated Monday
night. ..-. !. Maurice Burke, seaman
Of the cruiser Tennessee, has been SEN
,enced to twenty-five years imprison-
ment by court martial for the MUIR
der of James Douglas Of that vessel
..... Three young women were killed
IN Millville, n. j., glass factory We'd
nesday by the collapse Of a smoke
stack which crushed the roof OF
building in which they were working
-. .Thaddeus A. Ross was shot and
Instantly killed by former sweet
heart, Miss Isabel Stroup, at Oil City,
Pa, Wednesday. Miss Stroup then
committed suicide. Ross was to have
been married Wednesday evening TO
a Miss Sampsell -. Miss Marion
Fish, daughter of Stuyvesant Fish. Of
New York, has just received her bridal
trousseau from Paris. The outfit is VAL
ued at $3.50, ,000. Two discharged
Swedish sailors attempted to steal
tug boat in New York harbor Mon
day night. They were captured after
an exciting chase. i. A lumber barge
loaded with 100000 feet Of hardwood
lumber, foundered in Lake Mich
iSdu Ou ulOuudy. 1nC CiCW VI oCNOh-
teen is supposed to have been lost -.
The labor unions of Georgia are fight
ing the reduction Of railroad passen-
ger fares in that state. 80 William
Burge, colored, was hanged in the
United States jail yard in Washington.
Tuesday, for the murder Of his wife,.
Secretary Of War Taft has returned
to Washington after his trip to Pana-
ma, Porto Rico and Cuba. 80. The
Chemical National bank Of New York
has moved into its new building at
270 Broadway, which Is said to be
one of the finest bank buildings In
the United States. -. District Attor-
ney Jerome declares that he will OPP
pose any effort to have the second trial
Of Harry H. Thaw held at Bingham
ton or any other place outside Of New
York city. An investigating COM
mittee Of the legislature Of Minnesota
declares that the railroads of that
state are over capitalized to the ex-
tent Of s1S5, 5,000, 900. The Pacific
mail steamship Magnolia, ran aground
near Moji, japan, few days ago,
while attempting to avoid a collision
with a sailing vessel. -. Foreman
T. l. Royal of the Southern was killed
in headon collision in the railway
yards at Spencer, Tuesday morning
The bodies Of three dead ne
groes were found in the servants room
of the home Of Rev. w. H. Atwill, pre-
siding elder for the Danville, Va, dis
trict, Tuesday morning. 1t is sup
posed they died from poison. .......
Four men killed, twelve injured, two
Of them fatally, $50 horses killed, two
engines overturned by street car col
lisions, and property damage Of $780,
600 Is five-hour record Of New
York's fire department early Tuesday
morning. 49,. Miss Anna T. Jeanes, a
Philadelphia Quakeress, has donated
$1,000, 900 for the establishment Of
rudimentary schools for negroes In the
south "A band Of masked rob-
bers held up the postoffice at Sebasta-
pol, Russia, Tuesday, and got away
Will pOpVVV.s - IL oCSliOyOo q AoA %
lumber plant at Port Blakely, Wash,
Tuesday, with a loss Of $780, .000......
DR.. John Carver was arrested at Fort
Smith, Ark, Monday on the charge Of
bigamy. He is alleged to have sew
enteen wives. . Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Jordan Of Wadesboro, N. C. are crit
ically Ill, and two Of their children are
dead as the result Of ptomaine poi
soning. 500 Two white men and two
negroes were drowned in the Cape
Fear river, thirty miles from Raleigh,
n. c., Tuesday, by being carried over
Buckhorn falls in a scow. .......Se-
we're volcanic eruptions still continue
in southern Chile. The town Of VAL
divan is covered with ashes. -. Rev.
Carter Helm Jones of Louisville, is
authority for the statement that John
D. Rockefeller has about completed ar
rangements for a gift of $50,000,000.
for the education Of the Chinese.
The United States supreme court rem