Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-19
MERE.MENIlON.


Grand Duke Michael, brother of
Car Nicholas Of Russia, has contrib
uted $1ss,sss to the relief of the fam
inc sufferers of the nation. 49,. Rob-
bers in southern Russia last week at
tackled a large country estate, and be-
fore they left had murdered seven
persons by decapitation. The thieves
escaped with $1,000 in booty.
Alexis Aladdin, Russian reformer now
visiting Philadelphia says that the
douma of Russia will repudiate any
loan that Russia may be able to con-
summate in the United States. .--..
Secretary Of War Taft has refused
the petition of Chicago's sanitary
board to be allowed to divert a por-
ton Of the waters Of Lake Michigan
through its drainage canal, which dis
poses Of a large portion OF the city's
sewage. The report of the treas
urer of the American Tobacco COM
pany for the past year shows net
earnings Of $26, The num-
ber of persons killed in the explosions
on the French battleship lena at Tou-
lon last week, numbers 103.. GOV
ernor Conner Of Alabama, last week
pardoned w. E. Shill. Il pardon
this man." said the governor, be
caused he killed a man who ruined
his daughter" The lower house
of Tennessee has ordered the arrest
of the mayor and board Of aldermen
of Nashville, for contempt OF the
house, the members Of the city coun-
Gil having adopted resolutions bitterly
criticising Speaker Cunningham for
a speech made in the house, in which
he charged that the councilmen were
controlled by a local telephone COM
pany The constitutional conven-
ton of Oklahoma adjourned last Fri
day after completing its work. The
people Of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory will vote on its ratification In
August next. 80. The legislature OF
Tennessee has passed a bill abolish
ing the city government Of Memphis
New officials will be appointed by the
governor. Governor Stokes OF
New Jersey on last Friday issued a
proclamation revoking the charters OF
more than 1900 New Jersey corpor-
ations for non-payment Of the state
franchise tax. 80. The gross earn
ings of the United States Steel COM
pany for 1906 were $696.756.926, an
increase over the previous year Of 10
per cent. The annual pay roll Of the
corporation is $147,765,540. The net
earnings Of the company were 1885,
624,273. Ex-President Grover
Cleveland celebrated his SEVENTEEN
birthday yesterday. He was born at
Caldwell, N. j., March 18th, 1887.
During the past twelve years the Del
aware & Hudson railroad, New York,
has carried 100000 passengers and
only three persons were killed on It's
lines in that time. The united
States torpedo boat Wasp has been
ordered to Evansville, Ind. This is
the first time a naval vessel has ever
been seen on the Ohio river as high
up as Evansville. 1t Is estimated
that Pittsburg was damaged to the
extent of $SO,O00,O0 by the floods in
the Monongahela and Allegheny rtv-
ers last week. go. After occupying
the chair Of natural philosophy at
the University of Virginia for fifty
seven years Prof. Francis H. Smith
has resigned ... Twenty persons
were injured in a wreck on the Grand
Trunk railway near Detroit, Mich.,
last Saturday morning. The wreck
was caused by an open switch. .....
London, England, had a million dollar
fire last Saturday. 1t was the most
destructive fire that London has had
in many years. William ]. oliver
has been made vice president Of the
United States Trust company.
Fire at Pittsburg, Pa, last Friday
did damage to the extent Of 100000.
The fire practically burned itself out,
but was retarded somewhat by the
up Of buildings in Its pain
with dynamite. 80. In the senatorial
at Washington Of the
famous Brownsville shooting-up case,
last Friday, it was brought out In the
testimony that Senator Foraker was
paying an agent for gath
ering testimony. A Salt Lake City
dispatch says that the kidnapped son
of DR.. Marvin Of Dover, Del, Is safe
in the hands Of the police Of that city.
His kidnappers are under arrest. -.
Marvin Durham, colored, was Instant
ly killed at Poulan, Ga, last Friday
by falling across a circular saw in a
sawmill. the late shah Of Persia.
left as a part of his estate a collection
of Jewels worth $4,000, 900. .......
The Industrial Workers Of the World, |
an organization of cooks, walters, bar
keepers, porters, etc, are on strike
for higher wages throughout Nevada, |
and as a result all mining and smelt-
ing plants in the state are closed.
BY a vote of 937 to the town Of
Jackson, Tenn, has voted its saloons
out Of business. .... The New York
Herald prints story to the effect that
John D. Rockefeller has made a will |
leaving almost his entire estate |
to $250,000,000 to educa-
tional and charitable purposes. -. The
News has printed an alleged |
confession Of one of the Brownsville
negroes setting forth that 1t Is fact
that the town Of Brownsville was shot
up by the soldiers of one company |
and that the entire battalion knew OF
he shooting.