Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-15
MERE-M ENTlON.

the estate of the late Marshall Field
-. The trial Of congressman-elect
George K. Farrot for the murder Of
his life long friend DR.. r. H. Aldrich,
will begin at Baton Rouge, La, next
Monday. The defense will be the
grand jury at Savannah, Ga, has in
dicted seven of the most prominent
men in the naval stores business in
the country on the charge Of main
tanning a naval stores trust. -. The
second session Of the second parlia-
ment of the reign Of King Edward
VII, began on Tuesday In his speech
from the throne the king expressed
his sincere gratitude for the services
of the United States following the
Kingston earthquake. Hooper AL
exander, an Atlanta lawyer, will file
D claim against the United States gov
ernment in behalf of the state Of
Georgia for $605,757, alleged to be
due for the use Of the road for some
months after the surrender in 1855
80. Count Witte had narrow es-
cape from death by an internal ma
chine at his st. Petersburg home ear
ly Tuesday morning. "A New York
policeman last Tuesday night found
a man frozen to an iron lamp post.
The man had grasped the post and
his fingers stuck so tightly that con-
siderable force was needed to release
him. . President Roosevelt is hes
itating about the appointment Of a
negro for the Office Of port surveyor
at Cincinnati. 1t Is claimed that the
appointment Of negro for this office
might prove embarrassing to the pres
dents son-in-law, Congressman Mich
olas Longworth. The trial Of Sher-
iff j. E. Shipp and others, on the
charge Of contempt of the court Of
last resort, is now in progress In the
Federal court at Chattanooga, Tenn.
The case grew out Of the lynching Of
Ed. Johnson, colored, on March 19,
1906. -Four bandits were cap
tured at Terra Coup, Ind, Tuesday
after a running fight with a posse.
The bandits were robbing a freight
train. Ruby Knowles, a twelve
year-old child of Eatonton, Ga, died
Tuesday as result Of blood poison
ing caused by having its arm broken
by twisting. .... The legislatures of
West Virginia, Iowa and Missouri
have passed bills requiring railroads
to make a universal rate of two cents
a mile. William F. Walker, treas
urer Of the Savings Bank Of New
Britain, Conn.,, is missing. His ac-
counts show a shortage Of more than
$50, 900. Secretary Shaw has an
nounced that the United States treas
ury will buy $25,OO0,O Of per cent
bonds at 101a. The new $4,000
battleship Vermont, has been turned
over to the Government at Boston,
Mass. Alfred Walter, president of
the Seaboard Air Line railroad sys-
tenn, died at his home at 144 West
seventy-fifth street, New York city
last Sunday. 80. The most striking
feature of the testimony Of the negro
soldiers before the senate committee
on military affairs Is the fact that all
stick to the same story, in which there
Is but slight variation. -. .Represen-
tative Lamar, of Florida, has intro
duced in the house a bill intended to
put a stop to lobbying. The bill pro-
vides that no agent or attorney Of any
body interested in legislation of any
kind must speak about 1t to any con-
gressman except in committee. ......
The Missouri senate passed a resolu-
ton Tuesday to dispense with the
reading of the journal, because Of
the desire Of many senator's to read
the latest developments of the Thaw
CASE. Two cars Of the Black
Diamond Express on the Lehigh VAL
ley road, were derailed on the Dela-
ware river bridge at Easton, Pa,
Tuesday. Several were injured. .....
Leonard T. Brown, a Washington
merchant, murdered Marguerite
Strawb and then committed suicide
in the rear of his store last Tuesday.