Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-22
M ERE M ENTION.

Two Southern railway passenger
trains collided at the entrance OF the
new terminal tunnel at New Jersey
avenue, Washington, D. c., Tuesday
afternoon. Seventeen persons were In
jured, none fatally. Arthur 8. and
Walter L. Oldham, brothers, lost their
lives at Eureka Springs, Ark, Tues
day, by being overcome with foul gas.
More than 1000 cigar makers Of
Tampa, Fla, have been laid of" on
account Of cancellation Of cigar orders.
-Four men were killed and three
were injured by a dynamite explosion
near Cheney, Wash, Tuesday. -. In
famed by jealousy, Mrs. Lottie Hitch
cock Of New York on Wednesday, shot
her husband to death while he slept
and then shot herself and will die. 800.
The Omaha, Neb., street railway COM
pany, used 100000 nickels in meeting
its monthly payrolls last Saturday. 49,.
Secretary Of War Taft left Vladivos-
tok on Tuesday for st. Petersburg. -.
United States Senator Bankhead Is
critically i'll with typhoid pneumonia
at Fayette, Ala: -. President Barrett
of the Farmers Union has called
meeting of the twenty-five state pres
idents and seven members Of the ma
tional board Of directors to be held IN
New Orleans tomorrow 80. Fire de-
stroyed $4,000 worth Of prize cattle on
the country estate Of VIM. Rockefeller
at Tarrytown, N. Y, Monday. A $1O,-
900 Jersey bull was lost. President
Cabaniss and Cashier Orr Of the de-
funct Exchange bank Of Macon, Ga,
have been indicted by the grand jury
on charges Of embezzlement. felony
and misdemeanor. ...... Philadelphia
housekeepers have forced down the
prices of all kinds Of foods by
simply refusing to pay the high
prices asked. ...... Mrs. Wtlhelmi-
ma Sauerbrey died at Tamaqua, Pa
Tuesday, at the age Of 1O3 years. .....
A steamship arrived at New York on
Tuesday, having as a part OF her car
go, more than 5000 Hartz mountain ca
naries. .. Gold engagements made by
New York bankers up to Tuesday
brings the total up to $72,900,00O. The
premium on currency dropped to II
per cent. 80. .Thos. H. McConica,
prominent lawyer Of Ohio, has been in
dicted by the grand jury OF Hancock
county in that state, on charge or
attempting to bribe juror in the trial
Of the Standard Oil company at Find
Law last June Canadian chartered
banks have $63,0OO,O00 out in call loans
In Wall street, New York, which they
cannot collect Canada banks need the
cash.. .. Robert Boyd, Jr, commits
sioner of Laurel county, KY, was shot
to death in the court house at London,
KY, Monday, by James Sparks, a law
yer. go. 1t is reported that 200 mutt
reers were hanged at Vladivostok last
week. ...... Mrs. Bridget Carey Is on
trial at Philadelphia on the charge OF
numbering two Of her children to Sc
cure their life insurance. She Is sus-
pected Of three other murders. ....."l
am only sorry they didn't make 1t first
degree" was the comment Of Frank n.
Warner on the verdict Of the jury
which tried him for murder In New
York last week, when a verdict OF sec
ond degree murder was brought In.
First degree" murder means the cleo
trio chair. ... 1t Is estimated that the
revenues Of the state Of Pennsylvania
for the year ending November 30, from
all sources will total $26,500,0 900. ......
A young Russian girl belonging to the
Social Revolutionary party, and dele
gated to explode bomb at railway
station on Tuesday, lost her nerve and
dropped the bomb in a river and then
committed suicide.