Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-24

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Iron works Of San Francisco, has
turned over the unfinished cruisers,
California to the government for COM
pletion. William E. Corey and his
bride, on their bridal tour across the
Atlantic on the Kaiser Wilhelm II,
were not seen by a single passenger
during the voyage. They remained
constantly in their state rooms. .....
The United States Steel company is
reported to have a cash surplus Of
$1O0, 100000 on hand and the sur
plus Is still growing. The Southern
Express company has asked the Missis-
sion to abolish its Office at Mound Bay
ou, which is an exclusively negro town
Of 1000 population. Two negro agents
have disappeared within a month,
leaving shortages Of $3.50 and $140.
-. The Southern Car. Service associa-
ton in session at Shreveport, La, has
adopted new rules providing for rig
i'd enforcement Of the law enforcing
prompt collection Of demurrage
charges. -. :. Seven miners were suf-
focated by fire in the Engleville mine
at Engleville, Col, Sunday night The
bodies were recovered by means Of a
temporary tunnel cut around the fire
and were three miles from the main
opening. {. Z. .Stromboli and Mount Et-
ma volcanoes, island Of Sicily, are now
active. Deafening reports are Of con-
stant occurrence. .-- Seattle, Wash,
has drawn the color line in relation
to the entertainment Of the delegates
to the National Christian Endeavor
convention to be held in that city dur
ing the summer. :. The trial Of Fred
erick A. Burnham, president Of the
Mutual Reserve Insurance company
Of NV York, on charges Of grand lar
ceny and forgery has been temporari-
ly postponed because Of the illness of
the accused. Mrs. Howard Gould
Is soon to ask the supreme court OF
New York to grant her divorce from
her husband. She charges desertion
and conspiracy among other things
and wants $250,0O0 per year as ali
mony. CASTOR Pearson Philip, a
well-known society man Of Washing
ton, d. c., who shot a cabman in that
city last Saturday night, is held by
the grand jury on a charge OF MUIR
der. ;. Street car conductors and
motormen Of Birmingham, Ala, are on
a strike because the car companies
refuse to recognize their union.
New York city's S0-cent gas law has
been declared unconstitutional by the
referee appointed by the United States
circuit court. :. The Russian douma
has passed resolutions congratulating
the czar on his escape from the recent
plot Of Terrorists on his life. -. The
boring of the tunnel to connect Man.
haitian and Long Islands was COM
pleted last Tuesday. The walls OF the
tunnel broke Monday, letting in large
quantities Of water and endanger1ne
the lives Of a score Of workmen, who
narrowly escaped. DR.. Chalmers
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Prentice Of Chicago, is suing the North
German Lloyd Steamship company TOT
$3.50, 900 damages for the burial OF his
wife at sea, who died while a passen-
ger on the steamship Koenigin Luise'
Abe Hummel, the convicted New
York lawyer, has been put to work In
the Blackwelrs Island prison bakery +.
Nearly 1000 freight handlers OF Buf-
falo, n. Y, are striking for an IN
crease from 17h to 20 cents an hour
Mrs. Mckinley, widow OF the
late president, has sustained stroke
of paralysis at her home at Canton
Ohio, and Is at the point of death
Speaker Cannon is spending q
few days at Guilford, N. c.. where ne
was born and where he lived until
he was four years Of age.