Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-06
MERE ENTION.

Judge Iawler Of the California su-
perior court, has refused to dismiss the
bribery charges against Patrick CAL
houn and others. President Roose-
welt starts on a western and southern
trip on September 25. He will include
Vicksburg, Miss, and Nashville, Tenn,
in his itinerary. Six persons were
killed and more than $50 were injured
in the wreck Of a Canadian Pacific
train at Horseshoe falls, near Orange
vile, Ontario, Tuesday. President
Roosevelt has commuted the five year
sentence Of Bessie L. Bond Of Balti-
more, to two years. She was convict
ed Of raising a $40 check for missions
to $100.. .... Using a mirror to guide
him, Charles CunZ, one Of the best
his brains Tuesday, on account Of ILL
health. The state Of North Carolina
will present a $4,000 silver service to
the cruiser North Carolina. -. Gene
raj Manager Alfred H. Smith of the
New York Central railroad, must stand
trial on the charge Of manslaughter In
connection with the killing Of thirteen
people in a wreck on his road In Feb
ruary last. ..... One death and two
new cases under suspicion is the bu-
bonic plague record for San Francisco
for the week. A determined war Of
determination Is being made on rats.
which are supposed to be instrumental
in spreading the disease. 49,. Train
wreckers made an unsuccessful at
tempt to wreck a New York Central
express train west of Syracuse, N. Y,
tuesday, by wiring a crosstie TO the
track. .... Japan Is now excluding
chinese coolie labor from that country
because they work for less wages than
che japanese. q. .Barkeepers Of Chat
lanoOga, Tenn, have appointed COM
mittee of flye Of their number to see
that the liquor laws Of the city and
state are enforced. -. Seven persons
were killed and more than twenty were
injured in wreck on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad at Kanawha Falls,
W. Va, Monday night. 80. The plant
Of the Austin Powder company, near
Cleveland, Ohio, blew up Tuesday,
another. :. More than 1000 men took
part in Labor Day riot In San Fran
cisco Monday, between union and nom
union men. Several persons were
wounded, one probably fatally. .....
Houston, Tex, was visited by O. $780,
700 fire Tuesday, which destroyed
large mill and grain elevator. .....
Distinct shocks Of earthquake were re-
corded by seismographs at Washing
ton and in England last Monday.
Mount Etna, near Naples, Italy. Is re-
ported to be In violent eruption. Mount
Vesuvius Is throwing out large guam
titles Of lava, smoke and dust. "A
monument to the late President NC
Kinley was dedicated at Buffalo, N. Y,
yesterday. The monument Is Of pure
white marble and Is eighty-six feet
high. 80. The trial Of George Petit
bone, who with William d. Haywood
and Chas. Meyer, was indicted for
com plicity in the murder Of ex-Gover-
nor Stunenberg Of Idaho, will begin
at Boise in a few days. Mrs. Kate
Aroniwitz, aged 80 years, the mother
OF eighteen children, lost her life In a
New York tenement fire Wednesday.
while warning tenants Of fire In the
basement Of the building. She was
overcome by smoke. D. Imagining that
the fate Of Joan of Arc, Mrs. JOS. Le-
londe Of st. Lazare, Ontario, burned
herself to death on q funeral pyre OF
her own building, a few days ago..
Eight Frenchmen lost their lives In an
attack on Casablanca by Moors on
Tuesday. This was the most disas-
trous attack the Moors have yet made.
.Locked-out dock laborers and
strike sympathizers are giving lots or
trouble to the police and civil authori-
ties at Antwerp, Belgium. Chief
of Police James Ayres shot and killed
ex-C Chief Sampson Bolton at Jellico,
KY, Monday night Ayres was trying
to arrest Bolton. Seven men were
killed by lightning in the power house
Of the electric plant at Buckhorn, N.
c., Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-Five or
more were badly injured. -. .Secre-
tary Hester of the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange, estimates the present
cotton crop at 13,510,000 bales. 49,.
Striking telegraph operators In many
parts of Texas are alleged to be ask
ing for reinstatement with the COM
panies as individuals. Two persons
were killed and six were seriously IN
jured in q rear end collision between
trolley cars near Schenectady, N. Y-
Monday night. :. Following 40
nestle quarrel, Joseph Peples, far
mer living near Lynchburg, Va, was
shot and seriously wounded by his
wife. He died shortly afterward 1t
is alleged that the woman then tied
the body to a mule and dragged 1t into
the woods for concealment The wom-
an has been arrested. .. The Nation
al irrigation congress Is In session at
Sacramento, Cal. The firm OF Wat
son & Co., of New York, one OF the
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