Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-17
TUESDAY, DECEMBER II, 1907
MERE-MENTlON.

Cuba has been removed. In the Unit
ed States court at Danville, Va, las
week. two storekeepers and one distil
er were sentenced TO the United States
prison al Atlanta for conspiracy ant
fraud against the government. Mrs
Angelina AnselOne was sentenced L
twenty years Imprisonment in Chicago
last week on a charge of murder. Sh'
murdered q former sweetheart becaus'
he slandered her. United States anC
Mexican officers are close on the heel:
of VIM. +. Walker, the absconding pres
ident of the New Britain, Conn.,, Uni
Versal Savings bank, who disappeared
several months ago leaving a shortage
Of more than 100000 Walker Is be-
lieved to be somewhere on the Califor'
MIA border. ... Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth was operated on for appendiciti!
at the White House In Washington las
Thursday. She is reported as recover
ing very nicely. VIM. H. Skillman
former president of the New Jersey
horticultural society, was last weel
sentenced to five years in the state
prison on a charge Of forging will o.
friend by which he hoped to get hall
of the estate. .... The American sever
masted schooner, Thos. w. Lawson
turned turtle and sank in Broad bay
Scilly Islands, on Friday, the 18th
Only one of the crew escaped. ......
James B. Kinnard a stationary engi-
neer, was killed on a street crossing In
Atlanta, Ca, Friday, by w. & A
train. Andrew Johnson, colored
who killed a policeman in Atlanta, Ga.
on December 9Th, has been sentenced
TO be hanged on January 3rd, next.
Clifford G. Farmer, cotton broker, Is
under arrest in New York, on charge
of passing fraudulent cotton warehouse
onnfhnr cotton hrnkar.
Louis Miller, editor Of the Warheit, a
Russian paper published in New York
has received notice from Moscow that
he Is under sentence Of death by Rus
sian reactionaries, and that three men
are on their way to execute the SEN
tence, A band Of sixty robbers de-
rallied a train near Baker, Trans eau
casia, Friday night. They were re-
pulsed by the guard and passengers
and left four OF their number dead
The train carried a large sum OF
money. 49,. The great steamship Maui
retania went aground in the Mersey
at Liverpool, Thursday night, but was
floated the next morning without dam
age. Frank Endrukat was tried In
Philadelphia last week on the charge OF
numbering his sweetheart. The jury
returned a verdict Of guilty Of murder
in the first degree and at the same time
declared the man to be lunatic.
The navy department last week placed
$2O.9O each; 5000 12-inch shells at $22O
each: $500 S-inch shells at $40 each;
5000 7-inch shells at $50 each and 24,-
600 6-inch shells at $3.50 each. ....
Col. A. S. Colyar, aged 80 years, a
member of the Confederate congress,
died at Nashville, Tenn, Friday. -.
Eleven thousand sheep were recently
drowned in Mad river, Washington
The sheep were being driven across
mountain side when the leaders slip
ped on the sleet covered ground and
rolled over the precipice into the river
The rest of the flock followed the lead
ers. The steamship Oceanic arriv-
ed in New York on Friday, bringing
from Europe and had aboard 4,053 bags
of letters and more than $4,000 pack
ages. The bank Of Aldrich, Mo-,
was held up on Thursday last by three
bandits who drove up to the bank and
pushed revolvers into the faces OF the
officials, who handed over SS,OOO
after which the bandits escaped. -.
The first trial Of Harry Thaw cost the
city Of New York more than 100000.
1t Is probable that the second trial,
which begins in January, will cost as
much or more. -. The secretary OF
agriculture is asking congress to au-
thorize the acquisition Of 100000 acres
Of forests In the White Mountains and
100000 acres in the south Appala-
chian mountains as a forest reserve.
..... The new $50 gold pieces sold
on the Wall street curb last week at
auction at $2S and $50 each. 49,. p.
A. and A. NJ. Aelasto, cotton brokers
Of Norfolk, Va, are under ndictment
on charges of obtaining money on
fraudulent warehouse receipts. 80.
Owing to the shutting down Of many
of the mills the New England rail-
roads have more empty cars than
they know what to do with. ..... Bo-
ris Sarafoff, greatest of the leaders or
the Bulgarian revolutionary bands.
was assassinated Thursday. He was
81 years old and had fought the Turks
from childhood. Geo. T. Nlch-
OILS, formerly postmaster at Rye, "
Y, has been sentenced to eighteen
months Imprisonment in Sing Sing,
for embezzling $4,000 of postal funds.
..... Prince George, second son ot
the king Of Greece, and Princess Ma
rie Bonaparte were married at Athens,
Greece, last Thursday, according to
the rites of the Greek church. The
civil ceremony was performed In Oc-
tober last. &C. NJ. Colby of Mime
apolis, Mimi, on Friday killed his
wife and committed suicide because
he had no money for holiday shop
ping. The United States army re-
cruiting stations are now enlisting ne
groes for service in the Philippines.
Noah Fulton, white, 19 years old, was
hanged at Abingdon, Va, Friday morn
ing, for murder 1t is estimated that
there are $4,000 cases Of grip in Great
er New York. In the siX-day pl-
cycle race pulled off at Madison
Square Garden, New York, last week,
the first prize was won by Rutt and
Stoll, a German team. The distance
covered was 2,312 miles. The con-
dition Of affairs at Goldfeld, New,
which looked troubulous last week, is
getting back to normal again. ....
Franz Hoffman was released from
Sing Sing prison a few days ago after
serving a sentence Of forty-seven
wears for second degree murder.
More than 1900 men are to be laid
off by the railroads Of Texas in efforts
to curtail expenses. E. Hughes Sykes,
a r. F. D. carrier at Bellevue, Mich,
has been discharged by the postottice
department for brutality, in that he
refused to shelter his S0year-old
mother when she arrived at his home
from Washington in October last.
Hew Kong, 76 years old, a prominent
San Francisco Chinaman, dropped
dead Friday when he was called a
liar by Consul General Sun See Yee
'I say you are a liar" exclaimed the
consul. Thank you, most noble sir,
am not guilty of falsehood, but bow
at your august command" said HeW
l. IL. tod