Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-02
MERE-ME ENTION.

A Dill prOnlDltlnB the lldhiIS, SSi-
ing and smoking Of cigarettes has been
introduced in the senate of Georgia. 80.
Letter carriers Of Butte, Mont, are
on a strike, claiming that they cannot
live on the wages which the govern
ment pays for the service. .... TWO
thousand ice wagon drivers and hand
lers in New York are on a strike, de-
manding recognition of their unions
and shorter hours. .....A coal miner
near Wilkesbarre, Pa, last week had
his leg badly crushed in an accident
and amputated the injured member
with his pocket knife. go. Four Pull
man cars of the New York Centrars
Montreal Express, jumped the track at
Fonda, n. Y, Friday. No lives were
lost The American Bankers as
sociation has filed a complaint with
the interstate commerce commission
in which it seeks to have the commits
sion restrain the express companies
from engaging in the banking" busi-
ness. DIR. Hopoff, a prominent ply
sician Of Odessa, Russia, was assassi-
mated last Friday The assassin es-
caped. ... Italian peasants In the
south Of Italy are abandoning their
crops and are causing serious disturb
ances in the province of Terrara. -.
f. II. Hartman, the railroad magnate,
was arrested at the Yale Harvard boat
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day, because Of breaking a rule against
following the racers. 80. Birmingham,
Ala, was visited by a $250,000 fire last
Friday morning. The cause Of the
fire is said to have been a cigar stump
carelessly thrown in a pile of rubbish
......A bill providing for county po-
lice has been introduced In the legis-
lature of Georgia and will be pushed
vigorously. Van Cline Holmes, a
New York broker, is suing Thos. W.
Lawson for the $4,000 reward offered
by the latter to any person who could
prove that the stock market scheme as
outlined in Friday, the 18th" was not
practicable. "A Madrid correspond
ent says that King Carlos of Portugal
is to abdcate his throne in favor OF
his father the Duke of OportO. ......
F.. c. Whitney, an automobilist, finish
ed run of 5000 miles through France
and Italy one day last week, covering
the distance in seven days. His aver
age running speed was fifty miles an
hour. .Enrice Alfano, who was ar
rested in New York several weeks age
in the raids of police searching fol
concealed weapon carriers, has beer
transported to Naples, Italy, to an
swer murder charges against the
camorra. (the Italian Black Hand), OF
which Alfano was the head. ..... Lieu
tenant GraotZ of the Prussian army
will soon make an attempt to cross
the continent of Africa, from east tC
west, in an automobile. The lieuten-
ant thinks he can make the trip In SIX
weeks. ... William X. Wilcox, post
master of New York city, has resigned
to accept the chairmanShip Of the
public utilities commission of the first
district, created by the recent session
of the legislature of New York. ....
The postmaster general has issued 6
fraud order against the Sloan Springs
Colonization company of Kansas City
Mo-, which was preparing to work q
lottery scheme. Comptroller Metz
of New York city, offered $29.00O,00
of city bonds for sale last Friday, but
only received offerings for $2,252, 400
worth of the securities. The inter-
est disbursements of railroad, mining
lighting. industrial and other corpor-
atiOnS throughout the country i'm July
will approximate $4,000. 900. .....
John ID. Rockefeller ii. II. Rogers
and other high Standard oil officials
and Stockholders will have to appear
i'm the United States district court al
Chicago to testify i'm the cases agains
the Standard Oil company. Peter
Morad of Philadelphia. took 4 drink
of whisky from bottle given him by
Leo L. King of Rochester, N. Y, last
week and died i'm a short time. King
had two bottles of whisky, one "i
which was poisoned and with VIII -.
he intended to commit suicide. He
gave MOrad the wrong bottle. ..".
Harry Vaughan. Edw. Raymond and
George Ryan, were hanged at Jeffer-
son. Mo, last Thursday. They killed
prison guard in attempting To es-
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buShel in the Chicago wheat pit
Thursday. -. Many of the streets OF
New York city are becoming exceed
ingly filthy because of a strike of the
street sweepers. -. .Sixty-five persons
were arrested in Pittsburg, Pa, one
day last week for splitting on the
streets.