Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-17
MERE-MENTION,

MEHE IN EN- iION.
Sir Thomas Upton will issue his
challenge for the Americas cup
through the Royal Irish Yacht club:
..... Lord Archibald Henry Blount OF
England, has left a bequest OF about
100000 to Yale university. .... Louis
A. Gourdin, an eccentric Chicago mil
has been committed to the
government insane asylum at Wash
ington, d. Co.. Fourteen persons
are under arrest at Coblentz, Prussia,
on charges Of betraying government
secrets and will be tried for high trea-
son. Rev. r. ]. Millingham, d. D.,
secretary Of the foreign
mission board Of the Southern Bap-
tist convention, has sailed for China
and Japan on visit to the Baptist
missions In those countries. ..... j.
Pierpont Morgan has rented fash
ionable home at Richmond, Va, for
occupancy by his family during the
triennial session of the Episcopal
council in that city beginning Octo-
ber 1st. He will pay rental Of $4,000
a month. 49,. There are more than 800
children in New York city hospitals
afflicted with infantile paralysis. .....
The Russian imperial yacht STANDARD.
with the czar and his family on board,
Is that on the rocks near Eorsoe, Fin
land. -. Three negroes are under ar
rest at Norfolk, Va, as suspects In
connection with the murder Of Mrs.
Frank .Rorschach at Portsmouth, last
week. John F. Gaynori convicted
Of defrauding the government, In con-
nection with Savannah harbor i'm
provements, was allowed to go to In
dian Springs, Ca, on account Of his
health. Gaynor now has the nerve to
ask to be allowed to take a sea trip.
..... The London Times charges that
the recent riots at Vancouver are due
to the work Of labor agitators. ......
Three Chinese girls, wards Of the en-
peror, have entered Wellesley college,
near Boston, for four years course.
These are the first Chinese ever sent
to this country by the government to
be educated. -. Three women are
held at Port Huron, Mich, on $4,000
bail each, for smuggling goods from
Canada The Panama canal has
cost the United States government
$84,449,000 up to December 81, 1906,
according to statement of expendi-
lures just issued. -. The long con-
tinued dry. spell in New York and
Pennsylvania, was broken last week
by bountiful rains. j. Pierpont
Morgan last week sent q check for ST.
200 to the New York city street au-
thorities In order to get block on
which his residence faces, paved ac-
cording to his ideas. The Southern
railway has discharged probably 1000
men during the past week or ten days,
owing to slackness of business, says
the officials. .... .Adolphus Coulson,
Jamaican negro, was hanged at Guile
bra, Panama, Thursday, for having
murdered his wife. 49,. Henry Lehna,
a Meadville, Pa, white man, has been
sentenced to fifty-five years imprison-
ment for criminal assault upon Ia
year-old girl. -. 1t Is rumored In New
York that owing to the falling health
Of Henry H. Rogers. 1t is probable
that Henry c. Frick viii assume the
active management Of the affairs OF
the Standard Oil company. The
Southern railway property is assessed
for taxation at S18,539, 1886. :. The At
lanta baseball team has won the pen
nant Of the Southern baseball league.
..... The Gate City Guards OF Attain
Ia, Ca, have been invited to attend
the Mckinley monument unveiling at
Canton, Ohio, on September 80, and
is the only company Of volunteers out
side Of Ohio that has been invited. -.
Nine new cases Of yellow fever are re-
ported from various parts OF Cuba.
Only one American is afflicted. "A
recent visitor to Mr.. Cleveland at
Princeton, N. J., says that the ex-
president Is very sick man and his
recovery is not looked for. ..... Local
option is likely to be the chief issue
I'm the November elections In Dela-
ware. George Protzman OF AHe-
gheny, Pa, on Saturday made his
sixth unsuccessful attempt to commit
suicide. .. Governor John A. john
son of Minnesota, says: Il am not
presidential candidate, and do not
intend to become one.". 49,. Owing TO
an overproduction Of copper and q
sharp decline in the price Of the metal,
many of the mines throughout the
country are being closed Temporarily.
One hundred Chinese rebels were
killed by imperial troops In battle In
Human province one day last week..
Andrew Carnegie is making stren-
uous kick against the tax assessment
on some of his New York city proper
ty. Charles G.. Burton Of Missouri,
has been elected commander -chief
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic.
-. A new York servant girl has lost
her mind as a result Of going to NOV
ing picture shows. "A military
department is to be added to all the
public schools Of Boston to give boys
military training. 49,. The twenty
fourth infantry, negroes, have been
ordered home from the Philippines and
will be stationed in New York state.
-. A total of 47.020 victims. Of whom
1914 were killed, Is the amazing TO-
tai of casualties Of the revolutionary
movement in Russia, according 70
noted Russian statistician. The war
ring Moorish tribesmen in the vicinity
of Casablanca are suing for peace.
The office Of the Morning News
Herald, Joplin, Mo-, was destroyed by
dynamites Friday night. The paper
had been making crusade against
graft and made many enemies. .Os-
car Straus, secretary Of commerce ana
labor, says there Is no race problem
between Caucasians and Mongolians
In the west, and that the recent trou-
bles in Washington and British COL
umbia are clashings Of labor. 1t
Is probable that the coal necessary Tor
the cruise of Admiral Evans fleet
will be bought in England, as Ameri-
can coal companies will refuse to make
bids for the contract to supply the
needed coal. .... Twenty -four persons
were killed and twenty-seven were IN
iured. a number fatally. in a head.on
collision near Canaan. vt, SUNDAY
morning. A mix-up Of orders by the
train dispatcher was the cause OF tine
disaster. The Cramp Shipbuilding
company Of Philadelphia, is reported
to be preparing to build ship yard
at Norfolk, Va.