Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-31
MERE-MENTlON.

MERE.MENTIoN.
The grand jury OF Nelson county.
Va, has returned an indictment
against Judge w. G. Loving for the
murder Of Theodore Estes. :. .Busi-
ness has been paralyzed at Santiago,
Cuba, by striking longshoremen.
About 1000 United States marines are
on guard. -. Chinese rebels are CIV
| ing trouble at Lien Chan and Pakhoi,
China Rioters are destroying schools
and churches. Foreign war vessels
have been dispatched to the scene Of
| trouble. Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson
Of Willington, Ala, were reunited last
week after an absence Of more than
fifty years. Anderson was sent to
northern prison during the war and
afterwards sentenced to forty years
Imprisonment for killing a guard. 49,.
William McKie, Kalamazoo, Mich,
druggist went to the home OF his
mother at Bright, Ontario, last week,
and after chloroforming her committed
suicide. -. Eugene Mergenthaler, son
of the late Ottman Mergenthaler, in
ventor Of the linotype, Of Baltimore,
Md, is under a bond Of $25,O0O In
Germany, on a charge Of injuring a
student in an automobile accident.
Miss Philander Swimmer shot her
mother to death, tried to kill her faith
er, and burned herself to death in Chi
cago Tuesday. 80. The International
Cotton Spinners' association Is in ses-
sion at Vienna, Austria President
Harvie Jordan OF the Southern Cot
ton Growers association is attending
| the convention. According to Chi
cago estimates, 100000 railroad men
throughout the United States will lose
their jobs before the end Of next
week. Harvey Yohe Of Ritchie
county. w. Va, was murdered last
Sunday by his wife and son. The
mother and son are In jail at Harris
VILE and say they killed Yohe because
they could not stand his cruel treat
ment any longer. =. The Burlington
railroad has Increased the pay Of ali
Its employees ten per cent. Quar-
antine has been established against
Havana, Cuba, by the United States
Marine hospital service at Mobile.
Ala. 49,. William w. Skinner, aged
seventy, who served in Stonewall
Jackson's brigade. committed suicide
In Washington. Wednesday. ..Dr. ID.
D. Daddirian, prominent Armenian
day, received an internal machine
from the Black Hand society, with a
note reading as follows: I'VE hope
this will kill you. II 1t does not we
will get you yet. The United
States scout cruiser Birmingham, was
launched at the Fore River shipyards,
Quincy, Mass, Wednesday. This Is
the first vessel of its kind built for
the American navy. Charlotte, N.
| c., will try to secure the next annual
encampment Of the United Confeder-'
ate veterans. -. The funeral OF Dr.
Watson Clan Maclaren), who died at
Mount Pleasant, Ia, on May 8, took
place at Liverpool, Monday. -. The
IiCng continued drought In the southern
wheat districts Of Russia. came to an
end Monday, when copfous rains fell:
-. The national convention or United
Spanish American war veterans VIII
| be held at Sandusky, Ohio, on Sep
tember 8, 10 and H.. Owing to the
shortage of the American crop, apples
are now being imported at New York
from Australia. -, Buck High, a
negro. was hanged at McDonough,
Ca, Wednesday, having been convict
ed of criminal assault. Rev. VIM.
f. Ferguson, editor Of the Defender.
of New York, has just returned from
a tour Of inspection to Panama, and
has raised a fuss by charging that
the canal zone Is moral sink hole or
the worst type. He charges that the
government OF Colon is mass OF
graft and fraud. 90. President Roose-
welt will be presented with a solid
gold plate, made Of Georgia gold. on
the occasion Of Georgia day at the
jamestown exposition, June !0th.....
mitted suicide at East Port, N. Z,
Tuesday. He left a note reading as
follows: 1.-The Lord wouldn't Kill me,
so / kill myself. "A Michigan lum-
tber company with s1,200.o00 capital,
has purchased $4,000 acres OF timber
| land in Mississippi which Is estimat-
ed to contain 400.000.000 feet Of logs.
New York will spend s7,760,0oO
in widening and deepening the Erie
canal THE senate of New York
has passed q bill limiting the hours OF
railway employees to not more than
sixteen. John. Inglis, Chicago
crop expert, figures that the produc-
ton of wheat in the United States
will this year be 160,000,000 less than
last years yield. 80. The New YORK
Commercial estimates the cotton acre
age for the year 1907 to be four per
cent less than that Of 1905. 49,. Cor
poration Counsel Ellison Of New York
city, has begun an action In the su-
preme court Of that state to annul the
| franchises Of all gas companies doing
business in that city. Howard
Gould has authorized a statement de-
claring that his wife has offered 10
settle her suit for divorce out OF court
for S4,0O0,000, but that he would night
the case to the end. -. Thieves car
ried off Sc pictures from London
art gallery Monday night, although
the pictures were supposed to be
lguarded by detectives. -. Articles OF
incorporation Of the United States
syndicate, with capital Of $50o.0OO,-
900 were filed at Phoenix, Ariz., Tues
day. The syndicate proposes to link
North and South America by rail-
way. .. Owing to the high prices OF
leaf tobacco many Of Pennsylvania
small cigar factories will be forced to
quit business. .Grovannia Dtleo OF
Naples, Italy. claims to have invented
a compressed air motor that solves
the problem Of perpetual motion. -.
The Southern Railway company mas
placed a contract for $4,000 tons OF
steel rails with the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company. ...... Carlos +.
Morales, former president OF Santo
Domingo, was deported to New York
on May oath. 80. The Sunset Express
of the Southern Pacific railway was
ditched at Salinas, Cal, Wednesday,
killing the engineer and one passen-
ger. This was the third passenger
train wreck on the road In three
weeks. Flour has advanced In chi
cago from $3.50 to $6 barrel In thirty
ldays