Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-20
MERE M ENTION.

&. :. Edward M. Morgan has been ap-
pointed postmaster of New York city.
800. Many mills and factories are
closed down on account Of dry wealth
er in Connecticut, which has been Of
such duration as to dry up many of the
small streams In that state entirely.
The state Of New Jersey has presented
$4,000 silver service to the battle
ship New Jersey. The empress
dowager Of China Is alleged to have
announced her intention to hand over
the cares Of state to the emperor on
next Chinese New Year. The empress
dowager has frequently made this an
nouncement before. 80. The total in
ternal revenue receipts for the last As
cal year were $269, ,022.S5. an in
crease over the previous year Of $780,
SCI, ,2S4.51.. .... Hon. Hiram P. Bell,
the last survivor Of the Confederate
congress and a member Of the seces-
sion convention, died in Atlanta, Ga,
Friday morning at the age Of 81 years.
..... CASTOR H. Broughton, father Of
Rev. Len G. Broughton, d. D., Of At
lanta, Ga, died at Raleigh, N. c., last
Thursday night, aged SO years. ......
Three persons were killed and fifteen
injured in a collision between a freight
train and a trolley car at Brooklyn, N.
Y, Thursday. old Orchard, Me-,
prominent as a summer resort, was
visited with 100000 fire last week,
which destroyed a number of promi-
nent hotels. 1t Is alleged In Chi
cago that the United States depart
ment Of justice has q large number Of
men working for railroad and other
corporations who are looking after in
fractions Of the laws by the corpora
tions. Il. :. q. Samuel v. Hulse. so years
old, is held under $4,000 bond at New
ark, N. j.. on the charge of embezzling
$4,000 Of funds belonging to Peddie
Institute Of Hightstown.. .. The stock
of the New York Central railroad sold
below par, 99s, last Thursday, for the
first time in ten years.. .. George
Wasser, a German laborer, shot his
wife in Harlem, N. Y, Friday, because
she refused to live with him after a
four years desertion, and was In turn
shot to death by his oldest daughter.
She was relased by coroners jury.
500. News has just reached Seattle,
Wash, to the effect that feet Of thir-
ty-three Japanese sealing schooners
contemplate a raid on the government
seal rookeries at Pribyloff islands, in
the northern Pacific, the coming win
ter. The cruiser Buffalo has been sent
to the islands for the protection Of the
SEALS. :. L.. During July there were 146
soldiers murdered and ninety-nine
wounded in Russia. During the same
month 274 prisoners were exiled for
political offenses. ..... Crops were Se-
riously damaged throughout Michigan
by frost Thursday night. .... Eva
Fox Strangways, held by the New
York police on charge of giving a
81 900 bogus check in payment for hats
and gowns, says 1t Is no trouble to
break into exclusive social circles In
the Unied States, IL one has money!.
Hail totally destroyed the grain crops
on 100000 acres Of land and damaged
so per cent the crops on 100000 acres
in North Dakota, last Thursday.
Six persons were killed and five seri-
ously injured In the collapse Of ten
ement house in Chicago, Friday. -....
Daniel Mccormack, New York cotton
broker, and his wife, were killed in an
automobile wreck near South Norwalk,
Conn.,, Thursday. Thousands OF
dollars worth Of damage was done and
hundreds Of people were driven from
their homes by the bursting Of a 36-
inch water main in Chicago on Friday
morning. VIII Nix, a negro, was
hanged at Sandersville, Ca, Friday,
for murder. He confessed his guilt on
the gallows and warned his race
against pistols, whisky and bad COM
pany.. e. H. Hartman says that
the time for government ownership Of
railroads has not yet arrived. .. Yell
low fever is reported to be spreading In
Cuba Cases are reported at Ceiba
Mocha. There are eight cases under
treatment at Cienfuegos.. The Crys-
tai Ice company Of Paragould, Ark,
will not sell ice on Sundays except on
a physicians prescription. ..... .Ex-At-
torney General Judson Harmon, Of the
Cleveland cabinet, is being doomed by
Democrats Of Chicago, for the presi-
Dental nomination. :. New York city
is facing a milk famine because the
drought in the state has seriously af-
fected the milk production by injuring
the pastures. Robert A. Pinkerton,
head Of the Pinkerton Detective agen-
cy died on board the steamer Bremen
last Monday, while enroute to a Ger
man health resort. -. The Tooth an
niversary Of the first sailing Of Robert
Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, was
celebrated in New York harbor last
Saturday by the blowing Of the whis-
at one o'clock, the hour Of the Cler-
mont's first voyage. One woman
was killed and two persons were fatal
ly injured by jumping from a trolley
car near Maunch Chunk, Pa, Satur-
day because Of supposed danger Of two
CATS COlllullS.. .One WOHldu WIS
drowned and a number Of persons were
seriously injured near Norfolk, Va, on
Saturday, by the explosion and burn
ing Of a gasoline launch. "A thief,
disguised as a Russian officer got
away with 86,655 roubles at Harbin.
Manchuria, few days ago with forged
papers,. 1t Is probable that the
next national Democratic convention
will be held in Chicago. :. DR.. ]. Ash
ton Blanchard, son Of Gov. Blanchard
Of Louisiana, severely thrashed a ne
gro Pullman car porter on the Texas
and Pacific read Friday, because Of In
science to ladies in the car. Nine
persons were killed and eighty injured
by the explosion Of a dynamite factory
at DoemitZ, Germany, Friday.
The war department has under consid-
Grafton the establishment Of a great ar
| tillery school at Fort Monroe, Va.
Five men fell 400 feet down coal
mine shaft near Johnstown, Pa, Sat-
urday and were instantly killed. .......
Richard Croker former Tammany
leader, now a resident Of Ireland, will