Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-30
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has sent out notice that the salaries
of office men which were cGt 10 per
cent sometime ago, will be restored
on July 1st to the figures existing be-
fore the cut. q. 4. Twenty persons were
killed in a collision between a pas
senger and freight train in India last
week. Most Of the victims were roast
ed to death. ..... Two hundred armed
men raided the town Of VIA, state Of
Cohuala, Mexico, Thursday. Three
persons were killed and number
were wounded in the fighting. 1t Is
supposed that the raiders are revolu-
tionists. -. James T. Bennett, for
years known as the Coffee King"
committed suicide at his home In
Brooklyn, n. Y, Friday, because or
dependency over having lost large
part of his fortune in Wall street. -.
]. w. Tiers, discount clerk OF the First
National bank Of Pittsburg, Is under
arrest because he cannot explain
matter Of $4,000 that shows up on
the wrong side Of his ledger. =. Tine
De Beers Mining company last week
declared its regular semi-annual dlyl-
dend of 20 per cent, regardless OF the
reported lack of demand for dia-
monds. 49,. The Spanish steamship
Larache was wrecked off the Spanish
coast on Tuesday Of last week with a
loss. of S5 lives. Thirty towns In
New York state are under quarantine
for rabies and hydrophobia. The
Betsy Ross story Is fake Of the first
water" declares VIM. j. Campbell In
report to the Historical Sites COM
mittee of Philadelphia. "She had abb
solutely nothing to do with the de-
signing or planning Of the flag" 800.
Frank T. McCabe, superintendent or
the money order department Of the
Pittsburg postoftice, has been placed
under arrest on a charge OF embez-
zling 1851. The French senate
by vote Of 1913 to 1876, last week de-
cided to take over an important
French railroad and run 1t as govern
ment property. ...-.C. B. Morrison,
one Of the government attorneys In
the suit to dissolve the Standard OIL
company, says that in the event the
suit is successful 1t will have the efrect
Of reducing the price Of Illuminating
oil to six to eight cents gallon. ....
Theodore and Max Klopfer, brothers.
constituting the banking firm OF
Klopfer Bros, Of Munich, Germany,
committed suicide one day last week
Louisiana senate by a vote Of 20 to
IA has killed the bill providing for
referendum prohibition vote In that
state. The legislature has passed a
bill prohibiting the sale Of liquors on
railroad trains in the state. The
Atlantic fleet will leave San Francisco
on its around the world cruise on
July 7th, and is expected to reach
Hampton Roads on February % OF
next year. The first stop will be
at Honolulu. .... The Pennsylvania
railroad is having 5000 cars that have
been idle for several months, put In
condition for service at an early day.
VIM. J. Bryan is reported as
saying a few days ago: Il won't have
Governor Johnson on the ticket with
me. II they nominate him for vice
president they will have TO find some
one else to head the ticket beside me-
..... .Claud McGee, aged 15, shot
and instantly killed his half sister.
Aurora, aged %, at Salisbury, n. c.,
Saturday in friendly scuftie over
supposedly unloaded gun. .....J. II.
Crabell has been indicted by the Fed
eral grand jury at Roanoke, Va, on
charge of using an interstate railroad
pass contrary to the Hepburn law.
James S. Sherman, Republican nomi-
nee for vice president, Is recovering
his health at Cleveland, o., and ex-
poets to be able to leave the hospital
tomorrow. IA movement has been
started in Newark, y. j., for a nation
al monument to the late Grover
Cleveland. go. .England's annual ma
val demonstration will take place in
the North sea on July l. In the feet
there will be twenty-eight battleships,
nineteen cruisers, fifty protected
cruisers, and $50 torpedo boats. .....
Mrs. James Byce, white, shot Susan
Stiles, colored, to death at Camilla,
Ca, Friday They had quarreled
about their children and the negro
woman and her children attacked
Mrs. Ryce. Mrs. Byce was released.
..... The engineer was killed and
eight passengers were more or less
injured in a wreck on the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad near Hazleton, Pa, FRI
day, caused by spreading rails. .....
DR.. Champion, the first convicted
at Louisville, KY, Saturday. 49,. .Ac-
cording to a York, Pa, dispatch, Ca
leb Powers, recently pardoned by the
governor Of Kentucky Of completely
in the assassination Of Governor Goe-
bel, is soon to marry Miss Eleanor
Ronham, a wealthy young lady OF
that city. -. One woman was killed
and several were seriously injured by
the collapse of tally-ho at Newport,
R. l., Friday. Upon examining
the books Of oliver P. Ensley, former
treasurer of Marion county, Ind, the
experts found a shortage Of $22,500.
ley Immediately gave a check for the
amount. DIR. w. H. Wilson, a
Philadelphia physician, died Friday
night half hour after having drank
a glass of ale which had been sent
him by a friend. The Sultan Of
Turkey has conferred the order of
Chefakat on Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
and Mrs. Longworth. E. The Illinois
Central Railroad company will put
5000 additional men to work In Its
shops on July 1st. The recount
of the ballots in the Hearst mayoralty
contest was completed in New York
on Friday. Hearst made total net
gain of 500, reducing McClellan's Of
fetal plurality to 1855. ...... Fire de-
stroyed property at Duluth, Mimi,
Friday to the value Of more than ST.
OO0.0 The fire was started by an
explosion in a grain elevator. ......
Henry Miller 104 years old, growing
tired of life, committed suicide in
Mercer county, Pa, Friday. The
postoffice department is considering
the feasibility of introducing motor
cars for the collection of mails in the
larger cities. go. Owing to the recent
heavy increase in murders in that
country. the French parliamentary
commission has reconsidered its ac-
ton in favor of abolishing the death
penalty. and the old law will be re-
stored. . VIM. R. Hearst's Indepen-
dence league will hold its national
convention in Chicago, on July q and
2S and will put a national ticket in the
field Seven persons were killed
and twenty-five were more or less Sc
riousy injured as the result Of cy-
clone which struck Clinton. Mimi,
with terrific force Saturday afternoon
Several building were demolished.
..... The engineer and fireman Of
a Norfolk and Western freight
train were killed when the engine
left the track near st. Paul, Va, Sat
urday and rolled down an embank-
ment. .. Two negroes were lynched
by mob of 900 men near Waycross,
Ca, Saturday evening. The negroes
were charged with a criminal assault
upon a 4-year-old white child.
One man was killed and another badly
injured by falling iron beam which
was being placed in position In hotel
building in Jacksonville, Fla, Saturday
Congressman John Wesley Gaines
has been defeated for denomination in
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