Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-28
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Governor ,Chas. H. Hughes OF
New York, has been elected third vice
president of the Baptist convention OF
North America. -. The Reading rail-
road has raised its Communication fares
from 10 to 25 per cent on account OF
the recently made cents mile rate
made by the Pennsylvania legislature
80. .Estelle Payne, Philadelphia
trained nurse, went to q hotel in thai
city Thursday and after writing 9
number of letters and arranging hel
affairs, committed suicide by injecting
poison with hypoder1nic needle. A
receiver has been appointed to take
charge of the affairs of the New York
Tunnel company, which is digging q
tunnel under the East river. -. Sew
eral thousand Of the 49,700 employees
Of the New York Central railroad viii
be discharged June 1st in an effort tc
cut down expenses. Every man moi
absolutely necessary will have to go
..... Pig iron Is being sold at Pitts
burg for 1908 delivery at s22 per ton
The price Of spot iron is $24 ton....
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
road has filed suit against the United
States government for SCI, ,000,000 rep
resenting the value Of lands claimed
by the railroad. -. Pure food inspec-
tors of the agricultural department will
carry Identification credentials which
will include a certificate from the de-
partment and photograph Of the in
spector. "A story has been circulat-
ed in the Punjab district Of India, and
has caused the British authorities
great trouble, that there Is no such
disease as the plague and that the
thousands of deaths among the natives
are caused by the poisoning Of wells by
British officers and soldiers. .... The
senate Of New York has passed bill
making II a misdemeanor to make
false statements in prospectuses OF
concerns seeking investors. The
Kentucky court Of appeals has render
ed a decision in the case involving the
mayor and all city officers Of Louis
vile, and officers Of the county Of JEFF
ferson, declaring the offices vacant on
the ground Of alleged election. frauds.
"A number of the big railroads
of the north and west will abandon the
use Of mileage books because Of the
passage Of 2-cent per mile rates by
numerous states. ...... Four hundred
persons in the United States are heirs
to an estate Of $35,0OO,0OO left in Eng
land by a man named William Hyde.
The fortune has been in the chancery
courts Of England 247 years, and the
American claimants have been trying
to prove their claims. The estate is
now to be settled. .... j. Edw. Boeck,
a New York diamond salesman, disap.
peared last week with gems valued at
100000, and $4,000 Of other peoples
money. -. Karinier Bielawsh fell in
front Of Philadelphia street car last
week and his right leg was cut off be-
low the knee. 1t happened that the
leg was wood. 80. Edward
Reiner, a saloonkeeper, was last week
convicted Of manslaughter at Carlyle,
III. The barkeeper sold a 15-year-old
boy q quart of gin from the effects of
drinking which he died. The United
States treasury department purchased
100, 900 ounces Of bar silver last FRI
day for which 1t paid nearly 66b cents
an ounce, the highest price paid in
several years. An equestrian statue
of. Gen. John B. Gordon was unveiled
Freeney has been convicted at East
man, Ga, Of the murder of w. Z. Har-
rell She will get a sentence Of life
Enrico Caruso, the
tenor, has closed a four year contract
with director Conried Of the Metro
politan opera house Of New York, at
$50, 900 a year. .... Helen Dixon, a girl,
on Friday, plead guilty at Blooming
ton, ILL.,, to the charge Of embezzling
81, 300 from the Cleaner society Of the
Second Presbyterian church of that
city. The next session Of the Pres
byterian general assembly will be held
at Greensboro, NJ c.. Johnny White,
twelve years old, was killed by light
ming, near Gainesville, Ga, Friday,
while taking clothes from line. .....
Twelve hundred Chinese immigrants
tried to land at Guaymas, Mexico, Fri
day, in defiance Of the Mexican quar-
antine laws. ..... Frederick A. Burn
ham has been forced to resign the
presidency of the Mutual Reserve
Fund Life Insurance company Of New
York. Burnham is soon to be tried
on the charges Of forgery and larceny.
etteville, Tenn, for wife murder Fri
day. Baird asserted his innocence on
the scaffold. ..... The Russian ship
Korea arrived in New York Friday
being towed into port by two tugs.
Fifteen hundred immigrants were
kneeling on the deck returning thanks
for delivery from the perils of the sea.
The vessels coal, water and food sup
ply ran short while at sea. .Machin-
lists Of the Erie railroad to the number
Of 5000 are on a strike because OF dis
with the system OF doing
their work by the piece. The North-
ern Presbyterian general assembly IN
session at Columbus, O., has passeo
resolutions putting b Utii Oh thS
marriage of Divorces. .... .Ex- United
States Senator John Patten Of Mich
iean, died at Grand Rapids, Saturday.
Five men were killed in Armour
G. Co.'S beef killing plant at Chicago
Friday by the fumes coming from a
oursted ammonia pipe. .... Railroads
catering to travel from Chicago to San
Francisco have added three hours to
The running time between those cities.
Nearly 1000 men, comprising the
Turkish garrison at Uskob, on the Ser
Wan border, have deserted on account
IF the poor food furnished. .... Two
persons lost their lives by the burning
If the Metropolitan hotel at Utica, N.
Y. Y, last Thursday. The fire was
started by a lighted cigarette thrown
lown the elevator shaft. .... The low
IL house of the Russian parliament has
voted an additional appropriation Of
$3.50, 900 for the relief OF the Russian
'amine districts. .... Judge Anthony,
'eferee, appointed by the Missouri su-
lreme court to investigate the alleged
I'll trust in that state, says in his re-
,ort that the combination was formed to
control prices and that the court should
evoke their charters and oust them
rom the state. The czar, in a mes
;age to the Council Of Empire, last
week declared life was not precious to