Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-09
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1t Is rumored in New York that the
Frisco system has purchased the Sea-
board Air Line railroad. ...... Mary
Sloan, seventeen years old, widow OF
Matt Sloan, a Breathitt county, KY,
feudist, committed suicide last Friday
by drinking carbolic acid. Two men
were killed and two seriously injured
by the collapse of a trestle at cement
plant near Homestead, Pa, Friday. 80.
Mrs. Ladasia Harrison, was killed by
an electric car in Atlanta, Ga, Friday
morning Rev. DR.. Chas. F. Aker,
pastor Of the Fifth avenue IN. -
Baptist church, took out his first nat
uralization papers last Friday. ........
Six bandits held up a freight train at
Little Falls, N. j., last Tuesday night,
cowed the train crew, broke open cars
and carted away a large quantity OF
goods. Jake Martin and George
Cooper, brothers-i law, had street
duel at Cedartown, Ga, July 4th.
Cooper was killed. ..... Ocean Grove,
N. j., has passed an ordinance forDid-
ding the sale of chewing gum within
the town limits -. Orby Lake, con-
yict recently released from the Illinois
penitentiary, met two Of his former
friends July 4th, and believing they
had "railroaded' him to prison, he
shot one to death, fatally wounded the
other and then committed suicide. -.
Nearly $4l,000,000 worth Of precious
stones were imported through the New
York customs house during the year
ending June 80. :. Carlos Waddington
was on last Friday acquitted Of muir
der at Brussels, Holland, having killed
Ernesto Balmacedo, an attache Of the
Chilean embassy. Balmacedo was
charged with betraying Weddington's
sister and the "unwritten law" was the
defense. ..... Five men convicted of
completely in wrecking the Enterprise
National bank Of Pittsburg, Pa, have
been sentenced to the Federal prison In
Atlanta. The gross earnings OF the
Pullman Palace Car company for the
year ending July 81, will exceed Ssi,-
100000, according to estimates OF the
company's business. ...... Governor
Hughes of New York, was the Fourth
Of July orator at the jamestown expo
sition. The attendance was the larg-
est since the fair opened. ...... Bill
Squires, a much heralded prize ring
champion Of Australia, lasted just two
minutes and two seconds in a bout
with Tommy Burns, a Canadian fight
er at Colina, Cal, last Thursday. 800.
Three men were shot, one fatally and
many were beaten in race riot In
Philadelphia, July 4th. :. Fifteen per-
sons were killed and a score or more
were injured by cyclone which sWept
over a portion Of Wisconsin, Wednes-
day last. :. The Russian government
has decided to sell its large shipyards
at Nevski, to company of English
capitalists. German and American
syndicates were bidders for the prop
at Gadsden, Ala, last Thursday to the
memory of Emma Samson, heroine
Of the civil war. Miss Samson at one
time during the war assisted General
Forrest to successfully pursue a body
of. Federal soldiers. woodrow Will
son, president of Princeton university
said in an address at jamestown on
July 4th, that the remedy for trust
evils in not court fines, but prison SEN
tences for responsible official heads.
A we'll dressed man, about twenty-siS
years Of age, jumped from the Brook.
lyn bridge into the East river las'
Thursday. The body hasn't been re-
covered. . Bartholomew Rouello, ar
Italian, known as the king Of coun-
terfeiters," was arrested at Atlantic
City, N. j., while passing spurious
coins. 80. The New York Central rail-
road has been fined $4,000 by the Fed
eral court at Rochester, N. Y, for fall
ure to file rates on a shipment Of oil
for the Standard Oil company. j
Arthur Kemp, chief clerk Of the Wash
ington police department, has disap-
peared and 1t has been discovered tina,
his books show a shortage Of $1,000.
A party of army officers Is making a
trip over the route Of General Sher-
man in his famous march to the
sea-. George Mcguire, local re-
porter for Bradstreet's commercial
agency at San Francisco, was beaten
to death by thugs in that city on July
4th, because he rode on street car.
The verdict in the Loving case Is be-
ing roundly condemned by the people
and press Of Virginia. The nation
al convention of the B. P. o. E., (Elks)
will convene in Philadelphia on July
10Th. 3. Mrs. Josephine Leslie has been
successfully working the financial
schemes of Mrs. Chadwick, in London.
and has been able to clean up good
many thousands by making promises
of large profits" to her victims. The
woman has been arrested. :. The re-
bellion in the south Of China has been
brought to an end by prompt action on
the part of imperial troops. .Chas
p. Stewart a Los Angeles, Cal, chem
ist, claims to have discovered a pro-
cess by which he can make sugar from
charcoal and water. Abe Hummel
the lawyer, who Is serving years
sentence at Blackwells Island, ". T.,
for conspiracy, is said to be dying and
prison physicians say he will not live
the year out. The strike OF Ice
wagon drivers in New York has come
to an end by the drivers going back
to work. The strikers failed to gain
point by the strike. 49,. Express com
panies of Nebraska have deted the
railroad commission Of that state, by
refusing to obey an order OF the COM
mission to cut express rates 20 per
cent. Almost 1000 men and boys
were arraigned in the New York po-
lice courts hast Friday morning Tor
violation Of city ordinances against the
firing of pistols on the streets. Fines
ranged from $5 to $40, and but few
escaped fines. The city confiscated all
pistols found on the prisoners. one
man killed, one fatally hurt and nine
others injured, Is the result OF battle
over a right Of way near Katallia,
Alaska, last Wednesday. ...... Kaiser
William of Germany, says that the
Anglo Japanese alliance is the white
mans greatest mistake. .... All kinds
Of bleached cotton goods are steadily
advancing on the New York wholesale
markets in sympathy with the advanced
price of raw cotton. 49,. Sir Chentung
LANG Cheng, retiring Chinese minister
to the United States, says that the
open door will be maintained In China,
as it is Of more benefit to that coun-
try than to any other. ...... winthrop
f. Broad Of Buffalo, n. Y, representa-
tive of the Federal Sugar Refining
company, has disappeared, and 1t Is
alleged that his accounts are $l5,O00
short. .. Christopher Horandt Of Pat
terson, N. j., was killed and several
members of his family were seriously
injured. by a locomotive which struck
their automobile near Keyport, N. j.,
Sunday afternoon. One boy was
killed, another fatally and two others
seriously injured In an electric car ac-
cident near Schenectady, N. Y, sun
day afternoon. One man killed,
four seriously injured, is the result OF
a riot caused by negro woman throw
ing a pail Of water on a crowd or ltal-
ians from an upper window In New
York, Sunday afternoon. :. Rats caus-
ed a $4,000 fire at Pittsburg, Pa. Sun
day morning, by gnawing the insula-
ton from electric wires, which started
a fire in a barbershop. A riot be-
tween warning Chinese tongs Of Phil
a adelphia, resulted in the death Of two
Sunday. .... The Exchange
Rank of Macon Ca has been Dlaced