Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-13
MERE-MENTION.


gary. on Tuesday. The Central La
Dor union Of Washington, D. c., is
making a determined fight for the re-
moval of Public Printer Stillings, and
it is likely that they will be success
full in their efforts. .......A successful
test of the new British war balloon
or airship was made at Farnsborough,
England on Tuesday. ..... The chair
factory Of Nicholas & Stone at Gard
ner, Miss, was destroyed by fire last
Tuesday, with a loss Of 100000.
Two men were drowned at Kenosha,
Wis, Tuesday when a barge turned
turtle and sank in thirty-six feet Of
water. ..-. Following massacre Of
100 Jews at Odessa, Russia, deliber-
ate plans are being made for another
massacre Of Hebrews at Kishineff,
more terrible than the first butchery
In that city several years ago..
AS yet there Is nothing to indicate an
early settlement Of the telegraph ope-
rators strike. .....A cable dispatch
received at New York says that Wal
ter Wellman. the newspaper corre-
spondent, will not attempt to reach
the north pole this year on account
Of unfavorable weather conditions.
Twenty persons who took refuge in
house near Reposoir, Switzerland,
during a violent storm a few days
| ago, lost their lives when an ava
lanche swept down the mountain and
crushed the building as though 1t were
an egg shell. 80. L. Burton Is
held in Atlanta, Ga, on the charge Of
embezzling $4,100 from the Southern
Express company .... One man and
| one woman lost their lives as the re-
| suit Of automobile accidents In Pitts
burg. Pa, Tuesday. Mrs. Mary
Lawless Roroschach was shot to death
In her home at Portsmouth, Va, by q
burglar early Tuesday morning. 49,.
Joe Cans, the negro pugilist, whipped
James Britt, white, In prize fight at
San Francisco Monday night. The
betting odds were against Britt. ~.
Miss Adelaide Korizek is under arrest
at Racine, Wis, on charge Of send
ing poisoned candy through the mails.
She lost her mind as the result OF the
death Of an aunt and said she would
make more funerals In Racine" She
failed In her first attempt. ..... Pres
ident Roosevelt, Secretary Taft and
VIM. ]. Bryan are to take part in the
mayoralty fight now In progress in
Cleveland, Ohio. BY the will OF
Annie Snow, Scotch woman, Perkins
Inst stitute for the Blind, Boston, Is to
receive $4,000, saved by Miss Snow
and q sister during forty-five years of
work in Fall River, Mass, mills.
China and Japan are having q diplo-
matte quarrel over the Korean bound
ary. The national encampment Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic is
being held at Saratoga, N. Y, this
ed in Philadelphia on charge Of en-
bezzlement from the Philadelphia Life
Insurance company, has been arrested
In Dallas, Texas >. Two more deaths,
making total Of ten, occurred at San
Francisco on Monday, from bubonic
plague. see. .Florencio Morales and
Bernardo Mora were shot to death
at Belim prison, Mexico City, Monday,
for having assassinated former Presi-
dent Barillas Of Guatemala I'm that city
on April z, last. The state OF Mis-
souri, has been enjoined by the Federal
court from annulling the charter OF
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad company. Eight nurses
and a woman clerk are victims Of ty-
phoid fever in Gouverneur hospital,
New York city,. The state Of Mis-
sissippi has filed custer suits against
the Gulf Compress company, charging
violation OF the states antitrust laws.
The company owns practically every
compress in the state. ..-- The city
schools of Philadelphia opened Mon
day with about ITS, 900 pupils In at
tendance. -. Korean insurgents have
abandoned open warfare against Ja-
pan and have adopted the methods Of
guerrilla warfare, numbering Japanese
whenever opportunity offers. The
Chinese throne has appointed three
and report on the constitutions Of Ger
many, Great Britain and Japan with
view to adopting suitable consti-
tuition for China. .... Two hundred
and fifty delegates are attending the
sixteenth international peace confer
ence now in session at Munich, Bava-
ria. .-.. A special committee Of ply
sicians that investigated the condition
Of the 100000 pupils attending the
public schools Of New York city, re-
ports that 465,000 are physically de-
fective. :. Congressman Longworth,
lust before sailing from Honolulu on
Monday, said President Roosevelt
would run again IL the entire country
demands it. Tim" Oakes, one OF
the most notorious confidence men
who ever operated in New York, died
at the Ward Island insane hospital.
New York, few days ago. Oakes
once cleaned up 100000 by selling
bogus Standard Oil stock. The
French government has decided that
Morocco must pay all damages caused
by the bombardment Of Casablanca
by French cruisers. .Chas. e. Let
ten, chief clerk Of Capt. John Fttzpat-
rick, tax collector of the first district
Of Louisiana, disappeared few days
ago, leaving a shortage Of 100000.
He has been arrested. Three men
lost their lives in a coal mine at Scot
haven, Pa, Wednesday morning.
The plant Of the Cudahy Packing COM
pany at Philadelphia, was destroyed
by fire caused by spark from pass
ing locomotive Wednesday morning,
with a loss Of 100000. It. Mitch
ell Horner Of Atlanta, Ga. Is suing his
wife's parents, DR.. and Mrs. Isaac r.
Emerson of Baltimore, for 100000
damages for alternating his wife's af-
fections.. DR.. p. J.. Murphy, sup
erintendent Of the Morganton, n. c,
hospital for the insane, died Wednes-
day morning. ..... Five negro gam
blers were killed near Newburgh, w.
Va, Wednesday, while sitting on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad track
shooting craps. They were so absorb
ed In the game that they didn't hear
the approaching train. Two men
were electrocuted near Greensburg,
Pa, Wednesday. while attempting to
go through a wire fence, which mad
become highly charged by an electric
feed wire having been blown across II.
..... Six trolley car operators were
seriously hurt in riot at San Francis
co, Wednesday. .... Judge Alton B.
Parker wants congress to investigate
his charges made IN 1904 to the effect
that the big corporations were con-
tributing largely to Roosevelts cam
paign fund. ...... Seattle. Wash' Is
suffering from a coal famine now and
It is charged that the producers are
responsible in an effort to force prices
upwards. New York city's $4O,-
600, 900 Of A per cent bonds were
over-subscribed five times Wednes-
day when the sealed bids were open
A New Orleans employment
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