Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-16
MERE. MENTION.


MERE-MENTIoN.
The money order department Of the
New York city postoffice during the
year ending June 80, handled S444,406,-
2O9, an increase Of S89,069,292, over the
year 1906. The proflt to the govern.
,ment in this business amounted to
S4S2,674.S7...... The DeBeers Consoli-
dated Mines, Ltd, miners Of South
African diamonds, paid dividends dur
ing the year ending June 30, amount
ing to 80 per cent on its capital.
eleven men were smothered to death
last Thursday in the Audenreid coal
mine. near Freeland, Pa, by white
uamp, the most deadly Of mine gases.
IN London next month there Will
be a congress Of Nihilists, Terrorists,
etc. Most Of the delegates will be
from Russia. -. Passenger earnings
are said TO be on the increase on In
diana railroads under the operation OF
the two cents a mile rate law. Con-
ductors are. very much annoyed by
cash fares. ...... The steamer kron-
prinz Wilhelm, collided with an Ice
perg On the Atlantic ocean last week.
Aside from the fright to passengers
there was little damage. Following
her marriage at Trevorton, Pa, last
wednesday, Mrs. Andrew Lucas, was
kissed 1856 times by the gentlemen
guests at the ceremony at 81 q kiss.
The bridegroom acted as cashier.
Many Of the shipyards along the Great
Lakes have been closed during the
past few weeks on account OF unsatis-
factory labor conditions. :. The post
master general has created a new In
spection district to be comprised OF
LII nh
with headquarters in Atlanta. 1t
IS alleged that steamship carrying
contraband arms for China rebels, re-
Gently left a north Pacific port OF the
United States. -. 1t Is expected that
the Wellman balloon expedition in
search Of the North Pole will leave
Spitzbergen, Norway, early In August.
80. In the suit brought by the gov
ernment in New York last week to dis
solve the Tobacco trust, twenty nine
individuals and sixty-five companies
are made defendants. 1t Is quite prob
able that criminal prosecutions Will
follow. -. The trial Of Mrs. Mary
Bowie and her son, for the murder OF
Hubert Posey, after the latter had re-
fused to marry Priscilla Bowie, was
begun at La Plata, Md, last Wednes-
day. The defense was the 'unwritten
law," and resulted in acquittal OF de-
PENDANTS Bud Jackson, q Little
Rock, Ark, undertaken, was last week
fined $3.50 and sentenced to six months
Imprisonment on a charge OF stealing
a shroud from a corpse. Three men
were seriously injured by the explosion
of an automobile at Burlington, N. j.,
Thursday. .... A japanese SPY was
caught In the act Of making drawings
OF the plans Of Fort Rosecrans, CAL,
last Thursday -. The strike OF cigar
makers, which has been In progress In
Havana since lasl February, has been
settled by a 10 Ter cent increase In
wages. The price Of cigars Will be
raised in proportion. 49,, Dr. Cnas.
Boxton, temporary mayor OF San fran
cisco, during the absence Of Mayor
Schmidt in Europe, has confessed to
accepting a $1,000 bribe In connection
with a telephone franchise. ...... Tine
Bowery Savings Bank Of New York.
the largest savings bank In the world,
has deposits Of over 500, 1000, ,00Q......
The postoffice at Skagway, Alaska, Is
overfiowed with gold bullion that Is
being shipped by mail as q protest
against high express rates. Two
New York physicians have been sus-
pended from practice because tney
sewed two young puppies together In
an attempt to graft one to the otner.
the interests of science. ..... ."Ouida,"
q once famous novelist, Is in dire want
after many years Of luxury and has
been granted a pension OF $3.50 by the
British government. The Alabama
senate has passed a bill which provides
that saloons in cities Of $4,000 inhabi-
tants and over must close their doors
at 9 D. m. .... The legislature Of Wis
consin on last Friday passed 2-cent
a mile railroad rate law. Residents
of northern New York are alleged to
be making a strong protest against the
sending Of the Twenty-fourth infantry
(negroes) to Sackett's Harbor and Os-
wego. DIR. w. w. Robinson, well
known Denver, Col, physician. died
Thursday as a result OF injecting into
his arm q dose Of anti-toxin for asth-
ma, with which he had been expert
menting. -. About 250,000 delegates
are attending the Elks' convention In
Philadelphia this week. Dallas, Texas,
offers $4,000 by way Of entertainment
for next years convention. 49,. John
w. H. Geiger Of Baltimore, has been
convicted in the Federal court OF frau
dulently extracting money from the
Canton National bank Of that city.
The grand jury Of Wake county, N.
c., has indicted the Southern Railway
company for violation Of the North
Carolina rate law. Mayor SchmitZs
application for bail was defeated In the
California court Of appeals Saturday:
..... The second trial Of citizens OF
Anson county, N. c., on charge or
completely in the lynching of John N.
Johnson, a white man, on May 2Sth,
1906, was begun at Monroe, N, c, yes
terday. Six of a party OF nine
were drowned in the Conewanga river
near Russell, Pa, Friday evening, by
being swept over a dam In a launch.
The Georgia senate has passed
the state prohibition bill by vote OF
"a to and 1t Is believed that the bill
has a big majority in the house also.
.A naval reservist named Leon
Maille, tried to assassinate President
Fallieries Of France, in Paris last
Sunday. 1t was the occasion Of ma
tional fete. Maille fired at the pres
ident twice, and missed both times.
He was promptly arrested. E. Six ne
groes were killed and twenty or more
other persons were more or less sefi-
ously injured In a collision between a
passenger train and a switch engine
on the Southern road near Johnson
City, Tenn. last Saturday. United
States Senator LaFollette of Wiscon-
sin. has entered the list for the pres
idential nomination by the Republican
party next year. ...... Admiral Baron
Gonbey Yamamoto Of the Japanese
navy, with a party of naval officers
Is visiting New York. Philadelphia
and other American cities. The ad-
miral says that there will be no war
Japan and the United States.
900. Heavy snow storms prevailed In
parts Of Europe last Friday and Sat
urday. Crops were ruined and many
American tourists suffered from the
intense cold. ... Canal boats on the
Lehigh, Pa. canal are to be propelled
by electrically operated trucks in the
future, thus doing away with the mule
as q motive power. .... .Twenty-three
of the most prominent business and
social men of Toledo, O., have been
sentenced to six months imprisonment
in the workhouse for violation Of the
Valentine antitrust law Of that state.
..... Texas has the most drastic anti
trust law in the country. 1t provides
that any person or agent who sells
trust made goods in that state shall
be deemed guilty of felony and upon
trial and conviction is liable to i'm
prisonment from two to ten years.
The law went into effect Friday. .....
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