Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-30
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claims that the large increase In rail-
road wrecks is due in large meas
ure to broken rails, which result from
defective metals or inferior workman
ship. 49,. The legislature of New Jer-
sey has passed a law providing for
electrocution to take the place Of
hanging in legal executions In that
state. .. Theodore P. Shonts has de-
cided to give Drake university at Des
Moines, Ia, fifty service scholarships,
for which he will donate $1,000 each
year. Spain Is to add six battle
ships, six cruisers and several torpedo
boats to its naval equipment. King
lChulalongkorn ], Of Siam, Is on tour
of the world. He will visit the United
States In May. The state Of Illinois
is suing the Illinois Central railroad
for $3,000,000 back taxes. The Chi
cago Federation Of Labor has refused
to assume responsibility for the letter
written by Honore Jaxon to President
Roosevelt in regard to the latter's let
ter in which he described Meyer and
Haywood as undesirable citizens
...... Dennis Kearney. who caused the
passage of the Chinese exclusion act.
died in San Francisco last Wednesday.
Kearney was known all over the coun-
| try as the sand lot orator.. AS q
result of the passage Of the trolley
freight law in Pennsylvania last week
the Pennsylvania railroad now offers
to run milk trains 800 miles instead OF
sixty miles as heretofore. -. Postage
stamps commemorative Of the James
town exposition are now on sale in
the large cities. :. Burglars secured
81 900 In stamps and money by blow
ing open the safe OF the Spencer, w.
Va, pcstoffice early last Friday morn
Ing. "A Sioux City, Ia, girl died
last week from the effects Of strych-
nine poisoning. Just before she died
she said: II did It just for fun. !
wanted to see what death was like"
49,. Former Governor Rufus B. Bull
lock Of Georgia, died at Albion, N. T.,
last Saturday at the age Of seventy
| three. 49,. Erastus Brannan, charged
with murder, was acquitted last Sat
urday morning at Statesboro, Ga, and
Immediately after was arrested on q
charge Of assault with intent to MUIR
der. +. The Standard OH company's
tug Radiant, sank In Chesapeake bay
Friday night. No lives were lost.
Col. Robt. e. Lee. grandson Of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, will be the orator on
United Confederate. veterans at Rich
mond. Va, May 80 to June 3......A.
part OF the new immigration pier OF
| the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
Baltimore, collapsed Saturday morn
Ling Three persons are known to be
dead and q score are missing. :. -Four
men were killed and nineteen were In
jured by failing wall at Chiome, N.
IT,, Saturday. -. Three trainmen were
killed and two seriously injured by
the explosion Of q locomotive boiler on
the Wabash railroad at O'Fallon, Mo-,
Saturday. -. ~ balloonist travelled
| from st. Louis 20 point near Carroll
ton, ILL.,, Saturday. a distance OF sixty
seven miles In one hour and ffty-five
minutes. .S. T. X. Prime, we'll
known throughout the country as the
publisher Of Primes Crop Reports"
died in Chicago Friday night as q re-
suit of stroke Of paralysis sustained
two years ago. .....U. Solomon, cam
paign manager Of the Socialist party
for New York, says that the labor un-
ions Of the country will raise $1,000 900
for the defense Of Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone, soon to be put on trial
at Boise, Ia .Scurvy has appeared
In the famine districts Of Russia, thus
adding to the horrors already exist
ing. Crop prospects are discouraging
on account of scarcity Of seed for
planting. /. /. An Internal machine was
discovered in desk drawer In the
Toledo, Ohio, postofice one day last
week. :. i. Memorial Day was OBJ
served throughout Georgia last Friday.
| John D. Rockefeller has recently
given a tract Of land comprising about
ten city blocks, valued at $2,000.000 20
the University Of Chicago. 4. :. .Sallie
Smith, colored, died In Atlanta, Ga,
last Friday at the age Of Ill years
She was born in Jamestown, Va......
The killing Of General Manuel Barflias
of Guatemala in Mexico City a couple
Of weeks ago, was the work Of paid
assassins. 80. Thirty thousand mill
operatives at Fall River, Mass, viii
receive an increase Of 10 per cent In
wages after May 81. David wilcox.
former president Of the Delaware and
Hudson railroad committed suicide
last Wednesday on board the Barbar-
ossa, while the vessel was in mid
ocean. Twenty three barkeepers OF
Atlantic City, N. j., are under indict-
ment for violation Of the Sunday clos
ing laws. James r. Foraker, broth
er Of United States Senator Jas. B.
Foraker of Ohio, died in Cincinnati
Saturday from the effects Of cancer:
....... Count Tolstoy, in his latest
book, openly declares for the revolu-
tionists in Russia, advocating defiance
Of the government, which by refusing
| the people land and work, makes ex-
istence impossible. I. :. Tariff compli-
cations between the United States and
France are assuming a phase which
threatens to disturb the good rela-
tions existing between the two coun-
tries. The largest single consign-
ment Of gold ever received In London,
reached that city last Saturday from
Cape Town. The amount was $5,503,-
250. Seven miners were entombed
| in a coal mine near Johnstown, Pa,
| last Friday afternoon by water flowing
| in from an abandoned mine and cut
| ting off means of escape. 80. Senator
LaFollette of Wisconsin, says that
President Roosevelt will be nominated
| for a third term by reclamation. 49,.
Sir Frederick Treves estimates that
London has six tons Of smut in every
square mile Of air. Wright Broth
| ers Of Cleveland, Ohio, are soon to
make a test Of their airship in Ger
many. II they are successful In max
| ing a flight Of fifty miles they are to
receive $4,000 from the German gov
| ernment. .... An engine and one car
CT a Wabash passenger train jumped
| the track on a 40-foot trestle near
Bridgeville, Pa, Sunday and fell In the
creek below. The engineer and fire.
man were killed. ........A man named
Hoke Is under arrest in the Burke
county N. c., jail on a charge Of hav-
ing given ]. w. Vaughn of Morganton
drink Of whisky, from the effects Of
which the latter died. "A party oI
high army and navy officials Of China
arrived in San Francisco Sunday en-
route to the jamestown exposition.
The expenses Of the rural service In
the United States during the next rs
cal year will be about $35,000,000. .....
Eight men were seriously hurt by a
glass explosion in a tunnel at Dayton,
Ohio, yesterday. .... Chief Of Police
Morris Of Danville, Va, believes he
has captured the notorious negro des-
perado, Will Harris, who Is badly
wanted in Charlotte on charge Of
murder. " The Westinghouse Elec-
trio company of Pittsburg, Pa, is to
issue s5,O0O,O00 Of new stock and
wants a premium Of $25 per share on
the issue. 80. Freezing weather still
prevails in the southwest from the
Texas line to Nebraska. The Home
for Needy Confederate Women. Rich
mond, Va, has received a donation OF
s., 900 from Andrew Carnegie.
Ghe gurhuille Cotton Marhet.