Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-04
MERE.MENTlON.


MERE-MENTloN.
Henry Johnson, negro, was lynch
ed at Alexandria, La, Friday night. He
was charged with attempted criminal
assault. "A morphine fiend stole 50
worth Of morphine tablets from a doc
tors office at Lexington, N. c., last
week, and took 20 grains Of the drug
at one time. The American Fedora
ton of Labor has severed connection
with the International Union Of Brew
cry Workers. Six negroes were
drowned near Honey Grove, Tex, Fri
day night as the result Of a sudden
rise of a creek. Seven persons
were killed in a trolley car accident at
Elyria, O., Thursday night. The mo-
torman is charged with responsibility
and is held under $4,000 bail. .... The
bridge across Pine Island bayou on
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rail-
road near Beaumont, Tex, was wash
ed away Thursday. Ten inches OF
rain fell in twenty four hours in that
vicinity. .... Fred Bush, the Atlanta
man charged with sending an Internal
machine to the home Of Mrs. Julia
Mccarthy Of that city, has been ac-
quilted. 49,. The Bark Nuuanu arriv-
ed at Philadelphia last week laden
with sugar from Hawaii, having sailed
$4,000 miles without once seeing land.
The steamer Boniface, from Gal
weston, Tex, with $500 bales Of cotton
and $50 tons Of corn, arrived at Ham
ilton, Bermuda, Thursday, with part
of her cargo on fire. .... Rear Admiral
Joseph B. Coghlan, having passed the
age limit, has been retired from the
navy. .... The Nippon Yusen Kaisha
steamship line is building four large
passenger steamers for service be-
tween Yokohama and Seattle. 49,. The
worst Of the Chinese famine is past.
Hot weather during May has been fa-
vorable to good crop yields. ..... .Ac-
cording to a London dispatch, 1t Is
probable that Richard Croker, former
Tammany boss of New York, will re-
nounce his allegiance to the United
States, and be elected a member OF
parliament from Dublin. "A strike
among the sailors and longshoremen
has practically tied up all shipping
and commerce at all the ports or
France. :. The Chicago Chronicle has
suspended business because of ina
bility to pay expenses. ..... The COM
mittee investigating the frauds in
connection with the building OF the
Pennsylvania capitol has brought out
evidence to the effect that firm Of
Pittsburg and Philadelphia contrac-
tors was willing to pay $350,O0O for
political pull sufficient to secure the
Job. -. More than 1000 horses took
part in a work horse parade in New
York last Wednesday, held under the
auspices of the Society for the pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals. Ten
negroes are on trial at Troy, Ala, on
charges of completely in the murder
of Fox Owen, a white man, two weeks
ago. The jury in the case of the
state Of Texas against the Waters
Pierce Oil company has rendered a
verdict for the state at Austin, OF $1,-
$4,000 penalties and granted the pray
er of the state that the company's Ii
cense to do business in the state be
cancelled. .... Three distinct earth
quakes were felt throughout Ecuador
early Saturday morning. There was
no very serious damage as a result. ...
PostOffice inspectors at Columbus, o.,
are investigating an alleged attempt
to poison Mrs. Weyersmiller Of that
city, by means of poisoned candy sent
through the mails. .... Beginning last
Friday, the Pennsylvania railroad
is paying out $10,0OO,00O as dividends
to its stockholders. .... The French
cruiser ChanZy was wrecked on an is
land off the coast of China about ten
days ago and has been abandoned as
a total loss. .... Five persons lost
their lives as the result of the burn
ing of "A cottage at Long Branch, N. j.,
last Friday. $500. The next reunion Of
the United Confederate veterans will
be held at Birmingham, Ala. Re
ports from China are to the effect
that there are more than 10000 rebels
under arms, and that the uprising is
against the reigning powers, not
against foreigners. E. Thieves entered
the home of Rev. j. NJ. Barr at Nor
folk. Va, Friday night and drugged
the inmates, got away with $500 in
cash and several hundred dollars
worth of jewelry and valuables.