Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-17
MERE-MENTION.

The king of Italy has given his con-
sent for the marriage of the duke OF
AbruzZi to Miss Elkins, daughter
of the senator from West Virginia, on
condition that Miss Elkins accepts the
Catholic religion. Jean Rull, and
his mother and another woman,
have been condemned to death at
Barcelona. Spain, for anarchist bomb
outrages. Several accomplices were
given prison sentences. The proper
tv loss as the result Of the Chelsea
Mass. fire of last Sunday is now plac-
ed at $7,00O.000, with insurance OF
$4.OOO.OOO. The burned area includes
more than $50 acres. ........C .Chas. f.
Wood & Co, wholesale diamond
dealers of New York, went into the
hands Of receivers on Monday with
liabilities of $525,0OO, and assets Of
S24O. 900. ..... .Thos. R. Kachley and
Jas. NJ. Boucher of the Atlas Engine
company. have been indicted by
grand jury at Indianapolis, Ind, on
charges of bribing county officials.
The Alabama supreme court
has decided that the state law prohl-
biting Sunday baseball games Is un-
constitutional The New England
Methodist conference has adopted
memorial to the general conference
recommending the repeal of the arti-
Gle forbidding card playing, dancing
and theatrical performances. ... Corn
is selling at $1.1S a buShel in York
county, Pa. Chester, Pa, street
car workers are on a strike and con-
siderable rioting has taken place.
The five maSted sail snip Preussen
from Hamburg arrived at New York
on Sunday. The Preussen has a car
rying capacity of 266 freight cars or
thirty tons each. An unknown
negro was shot to death by police
man at Tampa, Fla, Tuesday. the
negro knocked the policeman down
with his own stick. and the officer
shot him in self defence. -. :The
Atlantic fleet arrived at San Diego,
Cal. Tuesday morning. .... .Danville
and Winchester Va, have voted out
their saloons by good majorities.
DR.. c. o. Swinney shot his daughter,
aged 16, seriously wounding her, ana
then committed suicide at AsheVille
y. c., Wednesday. The doctors NINA
is supposed to have been unbalanced,
and the shooting the result OF an m
nocent April fools day prank by the
daughter. Mrs. Sarah Eichen-
Lambs and her son. Russell A., are on
trial in Philadelphia for the murder
of the latter's wife. They are charg-
ed with administering poison to the
victim. Delaware'S delegates TO
the national Democratic convention
at Denver. have been instructed to
support. advocate and vote Tor
Judge Gray for the presidential nom
nation. The Danish folkthing
(congress) has passed bill giving
the franchise to all women taxpayers
over 25 years of age. ..... Jas. ID.
Powers. president of the American
Bankers Association. told the house
committee on banking. Tuesday. that
his organization would defeat the po-
ltical party that passed the Aldrich
financial bill New York postal re-
ceiptS for the month of March We're
.$1.724.S30. loss of $4,000 as compar-
ed with wear ago. In the fifty lead
ing poStOfficeS of the country there
was a net decrease of $3.50, .......
The United States senate on Wednes-
day passed a bill prohibiting race
track gambling at the Bennings track
located in the District of Columbia.
The senate also passed Senator TILL
mans anti-vagrancy bill to suppress
vagrancy in Washington. -. John ".
Harris. teller of the Merchants Ma
tional bank at Carlisle, Pa, is under
arrest on a charge of embezzling S25,-
600 of the banks funds. 1t is pre-
dicted that the 1908 Georgia peach
crop will be the largest and best in
years. 49,. The general relief fund
for the benefit of sufferers from the
Chelsea Mass. fire has passed the
100000 mark, but more rloncy is
urgently needed.