Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-27
MERE.MENTioN.


The gunners of the 115th company
OF coast artillery at Fort Rosecrans,
Cal, few days ago made nine shots
with a 10-inch gun and made hits
with every shot. "A report sent out
from Richmond, Va, Is to the enect
that the Southern railway Is facing q
telegraph operators strike because or
the recent discharge of two men near
Atlanta. "A London coroner's ply
sician has reported the case Of a la
borer, who came to his death by abb
sorption of poison through his skin,
The man had a bottle Of carbolic acid
in his pocket; the bottle was broken
and the fluid was wiped dry with q
handkerchief The man shortly after
ward became unconscious and In q lit
tie while was dead !. :. The war bal
loon for the English army, which was
recently given "a successful test, Is the
invention Of an American, F. 8. Cody.
-. Because the business men Of He :
lena, Mont, refused to discontinue US
ing telephones pending the settlement
of a strike of telephone operatives, the
Helena Trades and Labor assembly
called general strike few days ago
and as q result all kinds Of enter
prises are completely tied up.....,..
Two prisoners made good their escape
from the Cook county jail, Chicago.
last Sunday morning. They sawed the
window bars in two and slipped out
and got away while the crowd, which
was watching them from the sidewalk,
believed them to be .workmen making
some kind Of repairs. An alarm was
given before other prisoners could es-
cape. b. The thirty third annual con-
vention of the American Bankers as
sociation Is In session at Atlantic
City, N. J.. this week. The govern
ment of Japan purchased 100000
worth Of railroad supplies In the Unit
ed States this year. The govern
ment Of Mexico will spend more than
S160, 900 in the entertainment Of Secre-
tary Root while In that nations capi-
tai on visit to President Diaz......
The total number Of verified cases, OF
bubonic plague In San Francisco up
to September %, was 80: deaths. %;
unverified suspects, 2S...:. .On her
trial trip Of 1000 miles the Maure-
tania, sister ship of the Lusitania, last
week made an average speed OF zst
knots per hour. The Hotel AM
persand, Saranac Lake, N. T.. was de-
stroyed by fire Monday night, with
loss OF $250.000. Seven Workmen
and one girl were put to death at Lodz,
Russia, Monday, for the murder OF
Marcus Silberstein. owner Of large
cotton mill .. In view Of the large
number Of wrecks west Of Pittsburg.
supposed to be due to the work OF
wreckers, President Roosevelt has re-
quested Pennsylvania railway author
tiles to attach his private car to q
slow train when he starts for Canton.
Ohio, next Monday. Mr.. WI Ting
Fang, formerly Chinese minister to
the United States, Is soon to be again
appointed to that post..... Burglars
cfloroformed family OF six at Ros-
lyn, Long Island, early Monday morn
ing and were frightened away after
they had placed all the family's sill
yer ware In a sack ready to carry IL
of. -. Bishop McQuaid. OF the Cath
Ollie diocese Of Rochester, N. T., de-
clared Sunday that an attempt had
been made by foreigners to extort
$1,000 from him, and that four men
were under oath to kill him.. .. United
States Senator Borah Is on trial at
Boise, Idaho, on charges OF conspiracy
to defraud the United States govern
ment OF valuable timber lands. .......
VIM r. Hearst boomers for the DEM
ocratic presidential nomination plan TO
nominate him on the Independence
League ticket and thus force the Dem
ocrats to nominate the New Yorker....
The body Of IAN unknown girl was
Seattle. Wash. Sunday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice Remi committed suicide
in New York apartment house SUM-
day night. They left letter explain
ing that they had agreed to kill them
selves through misery over the death
Of a son. {. Receivers have been ap-
pointed to take charge Of the New
York City Railway company. -... ,Os-
car Kondert, formerly cashier OF the
First National bank OF Baton Rouge,
La, Is missing and government au-
thorfties are after him, charging him
with defalcation In the sum Of $75, 900.
..... Tomas Garcia, municipal pres
ident of the district Of Chalco, Next
CO, was arrested Wednesday on the
charge OF completely in the numbering
Of Otilio Cussi. wealthy Italian. y.
Mrs. Bertha Mund, aged 81 years, or
Buffalo, N. r, on Wednesday MORN
ling murdered her three children while
suffering with sudden attack OF In
sanity. :. Geo. w. Beavers, former
ly of the postoff1ce department., SEN
fenced to prison several years ago for
connection with postal frauds, was re-
leased from the prison at Moundsville,
w. Va, Wednesday night. ..... Four
persons were owned in the Ohio
river at Galliopolis, Ohio, Tuesday
night, as the result Of gasoline ex-
ou @h-A'D <~.s@.~~
T. Jeanes, aged So years, q Philadei-
phia Quakeress, who some months
ago donated $1,000,000 for the edu-
cation OF negroes in the rural districts
of the south, died In that city Tues
day. The newspapers OF Jamai-
ca are urging the government to stop
the landing Of Chinese and Syrians, on
the island. -. The state OF Mime.
sofa on Tuesday deaed the Federal
courts when It took the first steps to
have the rate fight with the Northern
Pacific railroad fastened before the
United States supreme court. by serv-
ing q writ Of mandamus on the rail-
road In defiance of Federal court
Injunction. ..-.G. Russell Eichen-
laub and his mother of Philadelphia,
are held In that city on authority or q
coroner's jury which charges the pair
with numbering the young wife OF the
former.
AT THE CHURCHES.