Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-03
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1907.

phia Monday. Masked men raid
ed a sheep ranch in the Big Horn
country of Wyoming Sunday night
and slaughtered 700 sheep by an ex-
plosion of dynamite. .-.. President
Roosevelt will dedicate "Bulloch Hail."
the Georgia state building at the
jamestown exposition, on June 10th.
-. The government on Monday pur-
chased 100000 ounces of silver for
coinage purposes. Six thousand
bakers are on strike In st. Peters
burg. They ask for more sanitary
working conditions. American art
lists lead all exhibitors in the spring
salon of the Society Of French Artists,
which opened in Paris Wednesday,
both in excellence and the number Of
works displayed. ..... The Mexican
government Is fortifying the ports Of
Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz as the
result of the disturbances in Central
America. New York detectives
have captured an Italian named Vic
tor Campinelli, whom they believe to
be the brains Of the Black Hand So
ciety.. Mrs. Tena Manesko died
at Laporte, Ind, Monday at the age OF
one hundred and thirteen years.--...
Thomas Johnson and his wife were
murdered at Italia, Fla, by a negro
Tuesday. The negro escaped. -. The
legislature of Florida has passed a
two-and-a-half cent passenger rate
law. ... Barney Burchett has been
convicted of murder in the first degree
at Memphis, Tenn, on the charge Of
having killed Mrs. Mercedes Donovan
In February last. Alex r. Chisolm,
former paying teller of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Birmingham, on trial
in the Federal court in that city on
charge Of embezzling 100000 Of the
banks funds, has put up insanity as
defense. "A. ]. Stevens, a brick ma
son, fell from the top Of five-story
building in Atlanta Wednesday morn
ing and died shortly atterward. 1000.
John Boccia, an Italian, was hanged at
Easton, Pa, Tuesday, for wife murder.
The senate of Florida has passed
a bill requiring the railroads Of that
state to furnish separate cars for the
white and colored races. 49,. Monroe
Harrison, three-years- was run
over and killed by a trolley car at
Birmingham, Ala. Wednesday. Car
roll B. Short, was shot to death by DR..
Buck Paul at Ginter, Texas, Tuesday
night The killing was the outgrowth
Of a political affair. -. Twenty per-
sons were hurt in a wreck on the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad In West Vir-
ginia Wednesday afternoon. Secre--
tary of State Root has denied a story
that he was soon to retire from Presi-
dent Roosevelt's cabinet. -. Charles
H. Hinton, chief examiner Of the pa
tent Office, dropped dead in Washing
ton Tuesday night. 49,. Earthquakes
and famine are causing much distress
in the Bitless district Of Turkish Ar
menia The marriage Of Miss Ma
bel Gilman, the actress. to VIM. z.
Corey, president Of the United States
Steel corporation, will take place In
New York on May 13. Corey divorced
his first wife some months ago.
Fifty women were injured by jumping
from fire escapes during a fire In
Chicago Wednesday. ..... Courts mar
tial in Russia will cease today, accord
ing to an announcement by Premier
Stolypin. French customs officials
have finally rejected the new meat GER
tificate under the United States pure
food law, thus rendering all meats not
microscopically inspected, liable to ex-
clusion Six thousand Socialists
paraded in New York Wednesday to
show their sympathy for Meyer and
Haywood, whose trial for murder be-
gins May 9Th at Boies, Ia. 80. Penn
sylvania has raised the minimum sal
aries of school teachers In that state
to $50 a month. The Carolina
the principal hotel at Durham, N. c.,
was destroyed by fire last night The
fifty guests escaped, but lost their
personal effects. Loss 800, ,00O......
An heroic bronze equestrian statue Of
General George B. Mcclellan was un-
yelled at Washington yesterday. Pres
ident Roosevelt was the orator Of the
occasion. Rev. Jere Knode Cooke,
rector of a fashionable Episcopal
church at Hampstead, L. l., disappear
ed afew days ago. and 1t is believed
that he was accompanied by Miss
Floretta Whaley, one Of his parish
toner's. Cooke is married man.