Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-11
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1908.

ed and their bodies frozen In fifteen
feet of ice before they could be recoV-
cred, at Dillonville, O.. Thursday night.
1900. Harry K. Thaw asked the prison
doctor at Mattewan, \. Y, last FRIDAY
Ia allow him to shovel snow from the
walks about the prison in order to take
his mind from his troubles. ... .Sena-
tor Bacon Of Georgia has introduced a
bill in the senate which seeks to forbid
the issuance of injunCtions by Federal
courts SuSpending or restraining the
enforcement of any state law, unless
the application shall be heard by at
least three Judges. -. The Pennsylvania
railway last week placed orders Tor 3D.
900 tons of steel rails for 1908 delivery.
.....A Philadelphia hotel dining room
is serving what is designated "Roose-
velt' sandwich 1t is made with tongue
and very hot peppers. The anti
saloon league is preparing to wage war
on the saloons of Philadelphia and 9TH
er PENNSYLVANIA cities. Assistant
Postmaster General Hitchcock will re-
tire from office on Feb. Is. in order to
devote his time to the candidacy or
Secretary of War Taft for the Re-
publican nomination for the presidency.
Night riders wounded two men,
severely whipped negro burned sew
eral barns and 10000 pounds of to-
bacco near Adams, Tenn, Thursday
night. Ten passengers were more or
less injured in the wreck Of Pennsyl-
Vania railroad train near FrankllnVllle,
Y. Y, early Friday morning. .....lt is
estimated that there are not less than
10000 union laborers out OF work In
New York at this time. The idleness
is said to be almost entirely due to the
present financial condition. ...... Con-
gressman Timothy D. Sullivan of New
York, known on the Bowery and
throughout the country as Big Tim,
gave away 5000 pairs of shoes to MS
East Side constituents last Friday.
This is an annual Bowery event, ana is
Sullivan's pet charity. He says: "A
man can march to glory in pair or
new shoes and dry socks" -: GOV
ernor. Hughes has given 1t out that ne
will positively not be a candidate for
reelection to the governorship Of New
York state. The business failures
throughout the United States for the
month of January were the largest on
record for January. There were 1,722
failures, with liabilities Of $63,416,5S9.
and assets Of S59,134,0S The pound
rate for papers, magazines and periodi- |
Gals has again been agreed upon by the
postoffice departments Of Canada and
the United States. The pound rate for
American publications entering Canada
was abolished about a year ago, and
stamp rate imposed. .... The capital
stock Of the National Bank of Mexico
has been increased from $32, 100000 to |
$50, 600, 900. 1t Is reported that most Of
the additional stock was subscribed In |
France. Ten men lost their lives by
an explosion in a coal mine at PORT |
hood, n. s., Friday. Estimates place |
the number of poor suffering for the |
bare necessities of life in Pittsburg, Pa, |
at $4,000. E. King Carlos and the Crown
Prince Luiz Of Portugal, who were as |
sassinated at Lisbon last Saturday a
week ago, were buried yesterday with |
imposing ceremonies. The Pat Cle- |
burn Camp United Confederate Veter- |
ans at Waco, Texas, has passed resolu- |
tions objecting to soliciting the govern |
ment to pension Confederate soldiers. |
Captain William Forest, son of
the famous Confederate cavalryman, |
died at his home in Memphis, Tenn. |
last Saturday, of paralysis. $500 AT a |
hearing on the prohibition question be- |
fore the house judiciary committee of
congress last Saturday, Judge John ].
Jenkins the chairman Of the committee, |
said that ninety per cent of the prohi- |
bition bills that were presented In con-
gress were aimed at the very throat OF
the government. .... Cotton mill |
weavers Of New Bedford, Mass. are
suffering from the severe weather on
account of slackness of work. The |
private car of Mrs. ]. Pierpont Nor |
gan enroute from New York to Los
Angeles, Cal, was robbed Of several
thousand dollars worth Of jewelry |
and a large sum of money by sneak |
thief in Texas, Saturday. Wilhelm |
Williams, 22 years, old shot his father
to death and then committed suicide |
in Chicago on Friday. The young fell |
low had been out of work and was
drinking at the time he committed |
the deed. Geo. F. Terry, general
manager of the Sawyer Publishing |
company. and Henry w. Bosham. a |
second class mail handler at Water
vile, Me-. are under indictment on a |
charge of defrauding the government |
in the weight of mails. A family !
of nine were found by the Pittsburg- |
Pa, police on Friday, that had be- |
come demented because of lack OF
food. d...E. G. Brooks, a Wall |
street gambler, committed suicide in
an annex to the New York Produce |
Exchange on Saturday. His entire |
fortune had been swept away, some
days losing as much as $4,000.
Philadelphia business men have start |
ed a campaign by which they expect |
to force Roosevelt to accept the next |
Republican presidential nomination. Pc
titions are being circulated and 1000 |
names secured in two davs. The New |
York to Paris automobile race will be
started from New York tomorrow.
There will be seven starters repre- |
senting four countries. The distance
to be travelled is about 10000 miles. |