Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-18
MERE-MENTION.

A New York jury last week returned
a verdict of $101,7S9 damage in an ac-
cident suit against the New York
Central railroad, in which Mrs. Sarah
l.. E. Read was suing the railroad for
causing the death of her husband. 80.
A lieutenant and three. seamen were
killed by an explosion Of gasolene
aboard a British submarine boat at
Portsmouth, England Thursday.
Kingston, Jamaica, was severely shak-
en- by an earthquake early Thursday
morning. The damage was slight. 49,.
Alfred Sargent, colored, was hanged at
Jacksonville, Fla, Friday for the muir
der Of John Skeel. .... Ed Suber,
negro, was hanged at Tampa, Fla,
Friday, having been convicted Of kill
ing his father in order to steal $212. -
Mrs. Jennie B. Wey, forty yeaCs/ old,
committed suicide in Atlanta last Fri
day by shooting herself with a pistol.
Ill health was the cause. 49,. Secretary
of War Taft tainted at Fort Smelling,
Mimi, Friday, while inspecting troops.
1t is feared that he has ptomaine pois-
oning. Germany will oppose total
disarmament by the nations taking
part in The Hague peace conference.
.Thcs. c. Coghill, cashier Of the
First National bank of Seymour, Wis,
has confessed to losing $4,000 of the
banks money during the past six
months in the Chicago wheat pit.
Masked burglars looted a big hospital
near Chicago Friday morning, terror
lied the inmates and got away with
$1,000 worth of booty. ...... .Thos. P.
Gore, who has been nominated for the
United States senate from Oklahoma,
has been blind since he was eleven
years of age. E. Professor Wasserman
of the Prussian Institute for Infec-
tious Diseases. claims to have discov-
cred a serum that makes possible the
cure of spinal meningitis. .... Pope
Plus is said to have refused an alleged
offer of a $1,0O0,0O0 gift to the Vatican,
to be made on condition that Bishop
Ireland be appointed an American car
dinal. Three women are dead and
two persons are seriously injured as
the result of disastrous fire at the
Shaker settlement of White Water, o.,
last Friday. 80. Jesse Z. James, son
Of the noted Missouri bandit, was last
week graduated from the Kansas City
Law school with the highest honors
... Five persons were killed and sew
eral buildings and railroad bridges
were destroyed at Valvivia, Chile,
Thursday. by earthquakes. $500. The
district court of Austin, Texas, has
appointed a receiver for the Waters
Pierce Oil company in that state. .....
Riots. lead by women. occurred in the
Jewish quarter of Cleveland, Ohio,
last Thursday. ...... Many American
horse owners were winners in the big
horse show held in London last week.
.... The longshoremen's strike, which
has been in progress for several weeks,
has ended, the men deciding to return
to work on the best terms obtain
able. The chief auditor Of the
Pennsylvania capitol investigating
committee, declares that the cOntrac-
tors charged the state 100000 for "air
space" under the chairs of the legis-
lative halls. Samuel P. Wreford, a
merchant. was shot to death at
Brownsville, Texas, Friday, by Jesse S.
Thornham. The killing was the result
of a slander growing out Of the shoot
ing up Of Brownsville by the negro
troops. w Postmaster General Meyer
is taking steps to largely increase the
number OF money order postoffices
throughout the country. In the
wreck of the Oriental Limited on the
Great Northern railroad at Palermo,
s. D., Saturday, the fireman was kill
ed, the engineer fatally injured and a
score Of passengers were more or less
hurt. .. The Olympic theatre, Chi
cago's Oldest vaudeville house was de-
stroyed by fire Friday night with a
loss of $1500O0. Carl Kiser five
year-Old son Of J. w. Kiser, died in
Charlotte, Friday night as the result of
taking medicine in which carbOlic acid
had been accidentally substituted for
castor oil in a doctors prescription.
Henry b. Warner of Lexington, n. c.,
was elected president of the National
Editorial association, which was in
session at Jamestown last week.
Mitch Mitchell. a negro wife murderer
was convicted at Columbus. Ga, last
week and sentenced to life imprison-
ment. 49,. The district attorneys Of
flee of New York city has been max
ing a determined war of determination
against pool rooms in that city fol
several months past and apparently
has the gamblers on the run for the
time being. ...A number of French
and Dutch automobiles are making 8
race from Peking. China, to Paris
France. .....A cloudburst did consid-
erable damage to railroad property
and the lowlands in Russell county