Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-16

The package is supposed to have con-
tanned dynamite. Glasgow, Scot
land, will soon send a delegation OF
business men to inspect conditions III
Chicagos packing houses. 80. Four
hundred thousand Chinese in China's
famine districts are being taken care
of on the donations of foreign coun-
tries. -. The Russell Sage Founda-
ton has been incorporated under the
laws of New York state. .... Robert
c. Ogden Of New York, has been re-
elected president of the conference
for education in the south, despite
his expressed desire; to retire.
Lord Cromer British consul to Egypt
since 1888, and popularity known as
tine maker of Egypt" has resigned
because of ill-health. w. II. Bruce
and John Williams and Rebecca
Harking, all Americans have been
sentenced to prison in England, for
a theft of jewelry.- Robt. n. Crow,
who attempted suicide in Pittsburg
Pa, theatre last week, will recover.
He was temporarily insane over imag-
inary financial troubles. English
newspapers say that Delmas' address
to the Thaw jury was "fapdoodle"
.Cattlemen of the Argentine Re-
public are backing an expedition for
has been introduced in the Wisconsin
legislature to compel the wealthy
wives of civil war veterans to support
their husbands. 49,. John w. Yerkes,
commissioner Of internal revenue, has
resigned. -. A Berlin newspaper de-
clares that the reign" Of Rockefeller
and Carnegie in the United States
will soon come to an end. .....A row
has split the Union Presbyterian
church of Philadelphia into two fac
tions and a receiver has been appoint
ed to administer the affairs Of the
church. 80. The Thaw trial cost the
family $235,0O0, and the county Of New
York s7S,6S6, according to the Phila-
delphia Ledger. 80. Commodore Peary
will start on his next expedition in
search of the north pole about July 1.
..... The health department of Phil
adelphia is fighting an epidemic Of
spotted fever. The legislature Of
New Jersey has created a railroad
commission to be appointed by the
governor. .... Fourteen Mexican min
ers were smothered to death at the
Das Estrellas mining camp, Saturday.
..... The appellate court of Illinois
has rendered a decision to the effect
of life insurance on the life Of per-
son executed for murder. The Clyde
line steamer Arapaho was towed into
New York harbor last Friday with
broken crankshaft. ...... Rev. Frank
Riley, formerly member of the South
Georgia Methodist conference, COM
mitted suicide in Atlanta, Friday, by
inhaling gas. Representatives Of
the Norfolk and Western Chesapeake
and Ohio and Southern railways in
conference with an inter- denomination
al church commission at Lynchburg,
Va, last week, agreed to discontinue
Sunday excursion rates. ...... James
Gillet, at one time Mark Twain's min
ing partner and original Of that au-
thors Truthful James," died in Cali
fornia, Saturday. DR.. Horace y.
Marvin Of Delaware, still contiues
the search for his missing son, sup
posed to have been kidnapped several
weeks ago. Seven prisoners were
killed and twenty-one were injured by
soldiers quelling mutiny in the pris-
on at Riga, Russia, Saturday. .......
Premier Stolypin has asked the Rus
sian parliament for an appropriation
of $11, 100000 for the relief of the fam
inc provinces. .... .Chilpancingo, Mex
leo, was almost completely destroyed
by an earthquake yesterday. The
known dead numbers eleven and the
injured twenty-seven. Tom Walker,
colored. was hanged at Fayetteville, N.
c., yesterday for the murder of Chief
of Police Chason and Policeman Lock-
amy several weeks ago. ...... The jail
dl DedttyNllle, n.y., is unQer guard 10
prevent the lynching Of Clay Thomas
and Levi Reynolds, who are charged
with the killing of Jesse Abner. .....
The Oriental limited train on the
Great Northern railway, was wrecked
at Bartlett, S. D., early yesterday
morning. Five persons were killed and
a score or more injured. 80. The an
nual convention of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution is in session
at Washington. 49,. Jas. H. Eckles,
comptroller Of the currency under the
Cleveland administration, died in
Chicago Sunday.