Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-22
MERE-MENTION.

George E. Sterry, aged 72, mil
uonaire coal operator of New York,
was killed by his son in his office In
that city Tuesday. The father had
announced his intention to marry
again and this angered the son, caus,
ing the tragedy. The son commlttea
suicide. :. There was much rlotlns
among the street car strikers III
cleveland, O., Tuesday. More than
one car was wrecked with dynamite:
Nav corn reached the record
breaking price of 70 cents a bushel
on the Chicago Board of Trade on
Tuesday. The high price was the re-
sult of a corner by Jas. A. Patterson.
T ogden Armour is said to have lost
several million dollars in the deal.
The Texas law that put tax OF one
per cent on the gross earnings OF rall-
roads in that state has been declared
unconstitutional by the United states
supreme court. VIM. II. MafSn,
wealthy New. York man, on peing
told at the Pasteur institute OF tnaI
city. that he had hydrophoDia, ana
would live only four or fiye days, saia
well, if 1 have to go can race ~,
NV business is in shape and a day or
two more will see it all settled. I'd
rather die some other way, but I'm
not afraid" The Rev. S. A. Cof-
man, a Methodist Episcopal minister
committed suicide at Fairmount, W..
Va, Monday, while temporarily IN
sane 1t is now feared that the
whole of Venezuela will be swept by
the epidemic Of bubonic plague no"
prevalent in that country. Large num-
bers of people are absolutely destitute
at La Guayra. -. The PlttsDurs anu
Lake Erie railroad has placed rush
order for 1000 pressed steel coal cars
The stealings of VIM. Mont
eomerv. cashier of the Allegheny Ma
tional bank of Pittsburg, at first said
TO be about $750.OO0 are now placed
at over S2,OO0,000. The bank held
large deposits of state and city funds'
but these are amply secured by ponus'
.Up to Wednesday, $3000O,OOO in
gold had been shipped to European
money markets during the past lew
weeks Police Inspector ORellly OF
the East New York police precinct, mas
requested the children OF puDnc
school No. 72, located in his precinct,
to act as police sergeants' ana repoLe
every patrolman guilty of any oreach
of police regulations. The patrolmen
are not pleased. "A warrant mas
been issued in Chicago for Miss A. l..
Skelly, president of the American
Steel Car company, a $1O,OOO.OOO con-
cern, on a charge of swindling. Senor
Edward Erase. a wealthy NeneZuel-
an. died i'm New York as the result OF
taking a dose Of sulphate Of atropine
delivered by druggist in place OF
sulphate of sparteine ....... "A ware
house, grain elevator and hardware
store at Memphis, Tenn, were de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday night, en-
failing a loss Of 1925, the
Democratic convention Of Pennsylya-
MIA refused to instruct its delegation
to the National convention for MI
Bryan. Missouri instructed for Bry-
an. The American Cotton Manu-
facturers association met i'm Rich-
mond, Va, Wednesday. Mrs. GUM
ness. the La Porte, Ind, murderess.
has been officially declared to be dead
by the coroner, having come to her
death through felonious homicide,
the perpetrators thereof to the jury
unknown. Many Of the railroads
in the north and west are cutting
down the number of block signals on
their lines i'm an effort to curtail eX-
penses. -. The new naval collier YES
tai was launched at the New YORK
navy yard Tuesday. The Vestal is the
largest of her class in the world, nav
ing a coal carrying capacity OF b,O0o
tons besides a bunker capacity or L.
500 tons for its own engines. The
lower house of congress has passed
bill appropriating $l,5OO,OOO for an
American exhibit at the japanese
Worlds Fair at Toxic in 1912. ........
There has been a decided improve
ment in the New York market the
past few days for cotton duck, drills,
etc.