Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-26
MERE ENTION.


on charge OF larceny from his en-
ployers. His stealings are said to to-
tai $4,000. .Prohibitionists of Col
orado express themselves as being con-
fident that the state will be dry
within eighteen months. Police
and deputy sheriffs on one side and
800 striking quarrymen on the other,
had a pitched battle at Joliet, Ill, on
Friday. One man was seriously hurt.
... The island Of japan was severe
ly shaken by an earthquake Friday
morning. No serious damage was
done. .... Louis M. Dyke, former
president Of the Alfalfa, Ala, bank, on
trial last week at Admission, for mis-
appropriating funds, plead guilty and
was sentenced to five years in the Fed
eral prison in Atlanta, Ga ...... The
thirty-sixth annual session of the Ma
tional Y. NJ. c. A. is in session In
fell down an elevator shaft nine sto-
ries in New York last Friday and were
instantly killed. - About $4,000
was found concealed in a nail keg in
the house of Samuel Packwood, q
miser who was murdered near Mag
nolia, Ala, recently. The money was
in gold and large bills. go. John r.
Mock, formerly 8. A. L. railroad agent
at Atlanta, Ga, has been placed under
a bond Of SO, 500 on charge Of selling
freight owned by the railroad. ..-...
Howard Maxwell, former president Of
the Burough Bank Of Brooklyn, n. Y,
spent several days in jail in that city
last week because he could not furn-
ish the $4,000 bail required.
The cost of producing radium has
been reduced by German scientists to
$1,000,000 an ounce. The cost here
tofore has been $4,000, ,000... The
mills, factories and railroads Of Pitts
burg, Pa, paid out s15,00G,000 for two
weeks wages last Saturday. The
greater part Of it was in clearing
house certificates. Beginning early
in December the mint at Denver, Col,
will resume the coming Of silver,
turning out $4,000 a day. During the
past two months $15,00O,00O in gold
have been coined. -. There We're
forty-seven persons killed by street
cars in New York city during October.
-. Gold from Japan to the amount
of $750,O00 reached San Francisco
last Friday. More than 500 en-
ployes Of the American Waltham
Watch company of Waltham, Mass,
are idle on account Of lack of busi-
ness. &. {. /. Trains on the Southern Pa
rifle railroad in the southwest were
tied up Friday because the employees
were paid in checks. -. DIR. F. Ma
than Pampinella, a prominent Phila-
delphia specialist, committed suicide
Friday by eating morphine tablets, be-
cause Of financial affairs. .... Train
robbers held up and robbed the Tou-
lon express near Estampes, France,
Friday. They got away with two ex-
press boxes containing cash.. The
city Of Baltimore is raising $1,000
900 for city purposes by selling per
cent notes payable in four months, to
citizens and private investors.
Yellow fever Is prevalent on the island
Of Barbados, British West Indies.
There have been several deaths. .....
Edward P. Weston, the aged pedes-
trian who is walking from Portland,
Me-, to Chicago, expects to reach his
destination tonight. The Fede-
raj grand jury at Danville, Va, has
indicted G. W. Richardson, a Henry
county, Va, distiller, and B. L. How
ard, a storekeeper and gauger, on
charges of defrauding the govern
Newton, n. c., was mortally wound
ed by a negro burglar early Saturday
morning. ..... Walter p. Inman, aged
70 years, one of the leading citizens of
Atlanta, Ca, died in that city early
Saturday morning. The extra ses-
sion Of the Alabama legislature ad-
journed Saturday night. Governor
Conner signed the prohibition bill in
the afternoon. .... The statement Of
the New York Clearing House associ-
alton banks, issued Saturday, showed
that the banks held $54 4,103, 500. less
than the required 25 per cent reserve.
THE Russian government on Sat-
urday gave to the Japanese govern
ment a draft for s24,3O2,2OO, as the
balance due Japan for maintenance of
Russian prisoners in Japan during the
late conflict. .......O. D. Woodward,
president, and H. J. Groves, telegraph
editor of the Kansas City Post COM
pany, were shot by General Horne, an
editorial writer of the Posts staff, on
Saturday morning. Horne had been
discharged. ....A thief entered a
Chicago jewelry store Friday night
and grabbing tray containing $1,000
worth of diamonds, made his escape.
...... Five children were burned to
death at Pleasantville, Pa, last Thurs
day, when fire destroyed the home Of
Thos. Zuver. ..... Governor Conner of
Alabama, ends his Thanksgiving proc
lamation as follows: THE country is
being inoculated with old-time meth
ods Of prudence, care, honesty and
fair dealing, which will result in clear
ing and curing the situation" "......
The license Of the Standard Oil COM
pany to do business in Tennessee, has
been revoked. The police of Lis
bon, Portugal, last week arrested 80
revolutionists and captured 700 bombs.
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