Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-07
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1907.

open to settlement in Montana about
July 1st. ... Statistics published in
st. Petersburg last Friday show that
there were 1,144 executions under the
drum head court martial law, which
expired Friday. 49,. The Irish Inter-
national exhibition, giving a picture
of Ireland's development and progress
was opened at Dublin last Friday. -.
John L. Routt, three times governor
Of Colorado, has been declared insane
:. Anti European riots have broken
out In the Punjab, India, a mob Of
Hindoos, having risen in Rawalpindi,
and burned and pillaged mission sta
tions and business places. The chief
of police and five city officers Of Chi
cago, have been indicted on charges
OF alleged corruption in the police de-
partment. 80. -Four small children
were burned to death near West
Branch, Mich, Friday night. They
were left locked in the house while
their parents attended a dance. 49,.
Ernest Huffcut, former dean Of Cor
nell university law school, leading
authority on constitutional law in the
United States, committed suicide in
New York Saturday. Twenty thou
sand bales Of cotton and several ware
houses were burned at Bremen, Ger
many, Saturday. The loss will be
81, 500, ,000.. =. Another attempt to as
sassinate President Cabrera of Guate-
mala, was frustrated at Guatemala
City last Friday by the discovery Of
mine" near the official residence. -.
John Hart, aged seventy-nine years
urday to three years imprisonment for
burglary. The jamestown Expo
sition company is financially embar-
rassed and will probably issue mort
gage bonds to secure the funds need
ed for immediate improvement. .....
Three large transatlantic liners are
believed to be imprisoned in the vast
ice fields that completely block Cabot
strait between Newfoundland and
Cape Breton. The postoffice depart
ment has just concluded a parcels
post agreement with the government
Of the Netherlands. -. Atlantic City
barrooms and cafes were closed tight
Sunday for the first time in many
years. The British steamship Dora,
went ashore Saturday morning twen-
ty-one miles south of Cape Henry,
Va, during dense fog. .-- Miss Es-
telle Christy, an American chorus girl.
has refused an offer Of marriage from
wealthy English lord. Miss Christy
says she prefers a stage career.
E. j. Johnston is suing DR.. II. X. Av-
erett for damages, at Fayetteville, N.
c., alleging that the physician had IA
tally poisoned his wife's system by the
use Of quinine. The biennial con-
vention of the Order Of Railway Train
men Is in session In Atlanta, Ga 80.
A Washington dispatch says that pow
erful financial interests Of New York
are behind movement to induce Gro
yer Cleveland to become candidate
for the Democratic presidential nom
ination in 1908. -. Fifteen hundred
street car motormen and conductors
Of San Francisco, are on a strike for
eight hours work and SO q day pay.
The allied unions Of the city are ex--
pected to give support to the striking
car men. Serious trouble is looked
for. 80. "A warrant has been Issued
Tor the Rev. Jere Knode Cooke or
Hampstead, L. l., charging the alb
duction of Miss Floretta Whaley. the
17-year-old girl, with whom he eloped
last week. /. Harry Daponte, New
Orleans real estate dealer, has pleaded
guilty to a charge of violating the
Federal anti-lottery laws. The i'm
perial council Of the Mystic Shrine
opened it's annual session at Los An
geles, Cal, today. There are $4,000
visitors in this city. Twelve polit-
ical prisoners escaped from Rus
sian prison chapel SUNDAY during tne
Easter services. Two bombs explod-
ed, killing the chief prison inspector.
and the prisoners escaping during the
excitement. 80. The annual meeting
Of the Association of American Medi-
cal colleges Is in session in Washington.
-. DR. John Watson Clan McLaren)
died at Mount Pleasant, Ia, yester-
day.. Governor Hughes has ap-
proved the child labor bin recently
rassed by the New York legislature.
:. "A tornado swept through portions
Of northern Texas yesterday. Two
PERSONS were killed, many were inJur-
ed and great damage to cattle, prop
erty and crops resulted, :. Joe Stan
ley and M. c. Smith, white men, are
under arrest at Pensacola, Fla, being
charged with the murder Of a family
Of nine members in Santa Rosa coun-
ty. Fla, year ago. =. The Southern
railway has granted its engineers an
Increase of wages amounting to 10
per cent for passenger and per cent
for freight engineers.