Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-11-10
MERE-M ENTION.

was ldSI week SeHleHCeu W luieC SCdie
Imprisonment by Philadelphia Judge,
on conviction of forging orders for CO.
caine. .Chas. w. Eliot, for nearly
forty years president Of Harvard uni
versity, has resigned the position, to
take effect May 10, 1909. New York
gamblers are said to have lost as much
as 100000 as the result Of the election
of Governor Hughes last week In
some instances they gave odds Of to
9 against the governor. .....A Pitts
burg, Pa, rumor is to the effect that
the price of steel rails is to be cut from
$2S to $24 ton. 1t Is expected that
large orders will be placed at the cut
price During last Wednesday, Mr..
Taft received more than 5000 kilograms
from all parts of the world, congratu-
lating him on his election to the pres
idency. go. 1t Is rumored in Washing
ton that Secretary Of State Root wants
to retire from the office on March 4,
next. He has his eye on the seat Of
Senator Platt in the United States sem
ate. The new S. gold piece, with
the designs countersunk below the
outer edge, so that they will stack"
and bearing the motto, I'm God we
trust" are now being coined at the
Philadelphia, Denver and San Fran
cisco mints. ..... Judge Goff Of the
United States circuit court has render
ed a decision in the case Of John w.
Brickhouse, a negro, who attacked the
constitution of Virginia on technical
grounds. Judge Goff says: The legis-
lative department Of the state has de-
clared the constitution valid and In
force, it is therefore the fundamental
law of the state, and will so remain
until changed by the people Of the
state or overthrown, not by the courts,
but by revolution. The Pennsylva-
mia railroad last week placed an order
for seventy-seven all-steel passenger
cars, making total Of PIT cars of this
type ordered within the past few
months. The gross weight of one OF
these cars is about 10000 pounds, and
of this only about 800 pounds Is wood.
... The cutting Of the famous Cuili-
nan diamond, presented to King Ed
ward Of England, by his subjects In
South Africa, has been completed at
Amsterdam, Holland, at a cost Of $780,
900. The stone was cut into seven
pieces besides the largest stone which
Is to be called the "Cullinan.". Three
persons were burned to death Friday
at Stephensville, Tex, as the result OF
lamp explosion. go. Governor Pat
terson of Tennessee, Is receiving nu-
merous threats against his life, sup
posedly from night riders and SYM
pathizers. The national convention
of the United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy begins tomorrow at Atlanta,
Ca, continuing through Saturday. IA
Chicago man wagered 81 that he could
take fifteen drinks Of whisky without
stopping. He got eleven Of them down
and then lost his wager by falling into
stupor and dying 1.-THE PROPOSE
ton of the Georgia Daughters Of the
Confederacy to give the Wirz monu-
ment to the city Of Richmond, Va, has
| raised a storm Of protest on the ground
| that to accept the WirZ monument,
| would cheaper other monuments.
Governor elect Marshall Of Indiana, re-
ceived about $4,000 in cash from
friends for campaign expenses, despite
his declaration that he would accept
no financial aid. Mr. Marshall Is re-
turning the money to the contributors.
| .Englands newest battleship, the
Invincible, is expected to make a speed
| If thirty knots an hour. 49,. DIR. Alexis
Carrel Of the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research, New York, says 1t
is now possible to transplant the or
gans of animals, including the kidneys
and arteries from one animal to an
other, and that such an operation Is
possible with human beings. Amer
| lean Industries, the official organ Of
the National Association of Manufac-
turers, says that after a careful analy-
sis Of data collected during the past
month from all over the country, more
than 100000 additional workers will be
employed by January 1st, largely as
the result Of the election Of Mr.. Taft.
..... Health officers Of Wilkesbarre,
Pa, in an effort to combat the spread
of an epidemic of diphtheria in that
city, are killing all dogs and cats found
in houses where there are cases Of the
disease, in the belief that the animals
spread the disease by going to other
homes. go. 1t is not improbable that
John w. Kern will be elected to the
United States senate by the Democrat
ic legislature Of Indiana Thomas
Taggart is also a. candidate for the
office. The epidemic Of cholera at
Manila is now believed to be stamped
out. =. John D. Rockefeller visited the
Standard Oil company's offices In New
York a few days ago for the first time
in fourteen years. ..... The trial Of Roy
Lamphere, accused Of burning Mrs.
Belle Guinness and her three children
to death last April, was begun at La
porte, Ind, yesterday. Two women
and an 1S-months- old baby lost their
lives in a Washington fiat Friday as
the result Of deadly carbonic oxide
fumes, caused by improper combustion
of the carbon in the gas stove burners.
Death was instantaneous. :. The New
York Central railroad last Wednesday
placed orders for $31,000,O00 worth Of
equipment and supplies. Other rail-
roads are expected to place orders
within the next few days that will bring
the total up to $240,OOO,0 900. 80. AS a
result of an open war between the
Virginia Carolina Chemical company
and the independent fertilizer compa-
nies of the south it is probable that the
prices of fertilizers containing sui
phuric acid will be greatly reduced.
The Tennessee Copper company has
reduced the price Of sulphuric acid to
the Independent companies "a to IS a
ton. Edward NJ. Morgan, postmas-
ter of New York, was shot and seri-
ously wounded on the streets Of that
city yesterday by E. H. B. Mackay, an
eccentric English stenographer, who
Immediately afterward committed sui