Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-17
FRIDAY, JULY II, 1908.
MERE ENTlON.

Eighty cars or WatermelonS were one
days receipts at New York on Mon
day. Three Italians were convicted
at New Brunswick, n. j., Monday, Of
sending BLACK Hand" letters through
the mails. They are liable to impris-
onment Of fifteen years each. ..... The
Olympic games for 1908 were opened
near London, England, Monday, In the
presence of 10000 spectators. .......A
Chicago bookmaker offers bets OF two
to one in favor Of Taft against Bryan.
.. Edward Polhamus OF belmont,
Pa, was shot to death Monday by his
daughter Helen, while he was insane
from drink, and after he had stated
that he was going to Kill his whole
family. He had started for his wife
when shot. :. :. More than $4,000 mem
bers Of the order Of the Mystic Shrine
are attending the annual conclaye In
| session at st. Paul, Mimi, this week.
......Up to the time Of the departure
Of the Atlantic fleet from San Fran
cisco, there were only 129 out Of the
$4,000 men Of the crews, who were alb
sent without leave. 1t was expected
| that there would be many desertions at
San Francisco, but there were very
| few. Eugene F. Mcdonald is under
arrest at indianapolis, Ind, on charge
| Of attempted fraud. He delivered a
| package to an express company, saying
| it was worth $4,000. Shortly after 1t
caught fire and was found to contain
excelsior and phosphorus. 80. Disas-
| trous forest fires are sweeping over
large areas in the Adirondack noun
tains of New York state. 80. A cloud
burst destroyed five miles Of the track
Of the Erie railroad in Steuben coun-
ty, N. Y, Monday night. 49,. Live hogs
went to $7.05 per hundred pounds In
Chicago stockyards Monday and deal
ers say the price will remain high for
six months or more. John Claudines,
a Greek, has confessed at San Fran
cisco, to blowing up the home Of Jas.
L. Gallagher, who gave damaging evil
dence against Abe Reuf, the CRATER.
Claudines says he was paid $1,000 for
his dynamite work. ...... Citizens OF
Lake county, Tenn, are planting dy-
Mantle mines at various places to pro-
tect their property against night rid
ers. DIR. James w. Simpson, q den-
tist. was perhaps fatally shot by his
mother-in-law, Mrs. BARLEY Horner at
Vernon Valley, L. l., Monday. In De-
cember, 1905, Simpson shot his faith
erin law to death. Mrs. Horner claims
that she shot Simpson in self defense.
She has been released on bail. More
than 100 men and women are under ar
rest in Russian Poland on charges OF
conspiracy to .assassinate the cZar....
Il
| that he has been nominated by the
Democratic party for the presidency,
will take place at Lincoln, Neb, on Au-
gust -. Fourteen Filipino outlaws
were killed at Gotta, island Of Mindanao,
on Friday of last week. An army lieu
tenant and one trooper were wound
ed. .... The National Deposit bank OF
Philadelphia, was closed Tuesday by
bank examiner for violation Of the Ma
/ hon
lawful money reserve. -. Judge Alton
B. Parker Of New York. will offer his
services to the Democratic campaign
committee in behalf Of Mr.. Bryan. -.
Atlanta, Ga, was visited by another
hig fire Monday night. Property to
the value of $4,000 was destroyed.
One man, a nightwatchman, lost his
life. One Chlnaman was killed and
two white men were wounded In riot
In Chinatown, Philadelphia, Tuesday
afternoon. -. Plans are underway for
| the formation Of a strong feet OF battle
ships and cruisers for the Atlantic sta
ton during the absence Of the regular
fleet on its cruise around the world.
President Roosevelt has by proclama-
tion, changed the name Of the San ia
cinto National forest in Southern Cali
fornia, to the Cleveland National for
est, in honor Of the late president. .....
| Otis D. Smith, white, was convicted OF
murder in the first degree at Jackson
vile, Fla, Wednesday, for the murder
Of his sister. The crime was unpro-
voked. -. Two men were shot and
| thirteen arrests were made In a clash
between striking coal miners and dep
uty sheriffs at Sayreton. Ala, Wednes-
day morning. ...... The warehouse or
the New Orleans Coffee company,
wholesale coffee dealers, was destroy
ed by fire Tuesday night. The prop
erty loss is estimated at $500, 1000. -.
Steve Adams member Of the Western
Federation Of Miners, was acquitted
at Grand Junction, Col. Wednesday,
Of the charge Of numbering Arthur
i Collins. a mine superintendent on NO.
vember 19. 1902. The United
States government has filed petition
in the Federal court against the
| jamestown Exposition company, ask
ing protection as q creditor OF the eX-
position in the sum Of $1,OOO,OOO. the
balance due the government Is $8s7,-
l935.57. A relay race, participat-
ed in by 1000 boys, is being run from
New York to Chicago. Each boy Is
expected to carry message from the
mayor Of New York to the mayor OF
Chicago, a distance Of one-half mile.
Seven men dead and eight Sc
riously injured is the result Of a mine
explosion at Williamson, Pa, Wed
nesday y..... The strike Of street car
workers at Chester, Pa, which has
been in progress for several weeks, Is
still unsettled and the end Is not In
sight. .Bubonic plague has made
its appearance in the island or Ter
ceira, one Of the Azores group. .."..
The board Of education Of the District
Of Columbia, is considering the adyis-
ability of adding the study OF Esper-
anto, the universal language" to the
curriculum Of the schools Of the dis
trict -. Rev. s. D. B. Prickett, a
retired Methodist minister, was shot
to death at Metuchen, n. j., Wednes-
day by Archie Heron, whom the
minister had sentenced to ten days In
Jail, while a magistrate two years ago.
The body Of VIM. M. Williams,
aged 60 years, well-to-do farmer,
Marydel, Md, Wednesday, having
first been murdered by blow on the
head. In one Of Williams pockets
was found a license to marry Eliza
beth Walls, a 13-year-old girl Of the
vicinity. Herbert D. Cutler, pres
Iident Of the Cutler Paint and Glass
company of Kansas City, Mo-, COM
mitted suicide in that city Wednesday
by swallowing carbolic acid. Cutler
was a brother-in-law Of Paul Morton,
president of the Equitable Life Insur-
ance company. .... The Ute Indians
who recently left their reservation In
Utah and went to South Dakota, have
promised to be good and return to
| their reservation, a distance or 9OO
miles.
GREENvILLE MANS PREDICTIoN.-In