Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-06
MERE.ME MENrIoN.

The wave of crime In New York
still continues and criminal assaults
upon women and girls are Of almost
daily occurrence throughout Greater
New York. -..,, Fred II. Magtll and
his bride Of month have been in
dicted by the grand jury at Clinton.
ILL.,, on the charge OF numbering Ma
gill's first wife. The Texas" the
locomotive used in pursuit Of Andrews
and his raiders on the Western and
Atlantic railroad when they stole
1.-The General" during the Civil war,
has just been consigned to the junk
heap. The Texas has been in use
practically ever since IL was built,
some time previous to the war.
Two women and a child, all negroes,
died at Norfolk, Va, Friday from
rough on rats poisoning which they
had eaten with food the night before.
49,. Moses GarZe, son Of a wealthy
Mexican banker, committed suicide In
Brooklyn, N. Y, Friday. "A Hun
garian peasant at Nusandro, charged
with numbering his 1S-year-old daugh-
ter, pleads justification on the ground
that the daughter was 80 ugly that
she had no chance of every marrying.
-. The explosion Of fire damp In q
Illut NEAR IlduiDuI6B 1CihidAyB ooeeA
day, was the cause Of the death OF
eighteen miners and the wounding OF
eleven others. :. The New York po-
lice are searching for Jack the Rip
per-" who has been operating In that
city during the past few days. 49,.
The battleship Connecticut, first-class,
and the first battleship to be built by
the government in its own yards, Is to
be given a speed trial on August 9Th.
......A A mob Of farmers near Deer
field, ILL.,, one day recently drove the
occupants from an automobile and
then burned the car In bonfire, be-
cause 1t had been accidentally run
over a child. .... Louis Sambolia, q
wife-beater, was publicly whipped at
Hazleton, Pa, Saturday. The wife
joyed the affair. .... French and
Swiss capitalists have organized a
SIC, 100000 company to develop iron
mines in Georgia and South Carolina
Two men were killed, and q
woman and three children were seri-
ously injured near Middletown, N. Y.
Saturday by the overturning OF an au-
tomobile while going at high speed.
.... Augustus st. Gaudens, Ameri-
cas- most famous sculptor, died at his
home at Cornish, N. H, Saturday
night. He was born at Dublin, Ire
land, in 1S4S.. Railroads In Vir-
ginia will put the two cent rate for
passengers in effect on October L..
Charles w. Grubb, a wealthy citizen
Of Lancaster, Pa, has received notice
from a Black Hand society to either
part with $4,000 in cash or forfeit
his own and his sisters lives.
Joseph +. Johnson, ex-governor, has
been elected by the Alabama legfsla-
ture to occupy the seat Of the late
Senator Pettus in the United States
senate. A Cleveland, o., attor-
ney has resorted to habeas corpus
proceedings to regain possession OF
his mother-in-law.. Martin w.
Littleton Of Brooklyn, will be CHIEF
counsel for Harry X. Thaw when he
Is put on trial second time for the
murder Of Stanford White. Little
toms fee is to be $25,000.. .Thir-
ty-two thousand laborers are on
strike at Lodz, Poland. Chaplain
Harry w. Jones, U. s. navy, was put
charges Of scandalous conduct de-
structive Of good morals and passing
alleged worthless checks. IA Scotch
collie dog was operated on for appen-
dicitis by a York, Pa, doctor last
Thursday. The public debt OF
the United States at the close Of bus
iness July 31st, was $1,273,275,S42.
There was a decrease Of $24 900, 900
during July. There are 5000 silk
workers idle in the Lackawanna val
ley Of Pennsylvania, on account Of a
strike. Oscar K. Lyle, crop ex-
pert Of New York, estimates that this
years corn crop will be 400,0OO.OOO
bushels less than that Of last year.