Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-15
MERE ENTION.

Two yeggmen were convicted al
Trenton, N. j., Monday, on charges OF
cracking the safe in the postoffice at
Fedrickton and sentenced to serve
eight years in the Federal prison al
Atlanta, Ga. .... Property to the value
of $15O,OO0 was destroyed by fire at
Tonopah, New, Tuesday. There was
no insurance. The city Of San Fran
cisco has voted an issue Of $18OOO,OOO
Of bonds for civic improvements. go.
Four hundred families are homeless
at Madrid, Spain, as a result OF a hre
Sunday night. Congress passed
bill on Monday which prohibits betting
on horse races at the Bennings track
in the District of Columbia. The pen
atty is $500 fine or ninety days IN
prison. Geo. H. Stapeley & Co.
brokers, of Cincinnati failed Monday
with liabilities Of more than $3OO,oO0
Mount Etna is again becoming
very active and many houses have
been destroyed in nearby villages. .....
Mike Beacham, an insane soldier, sta
toned at Camp Statsenburg, Luzon
ran amuck Monday and killed three
comrades and mortally wounded one
other. James Kennedy, negro
living near Montgomery Ala, on Mon
day, locked his seven children IN MS
home and set fire to the building. Five
of the seven were burned to DEATH.
Wright Brothers, the aeronauts. are
making what are apparently success
full trials of a flying machine at Man
atoe. N. C.......It is announced from
washington that the leading Republi-
cans have agreed that Mr.. Taft snail
be nominated at Chicago on the hrst
ballot. and that Mr.. Fairbanks Will De
his running mate. 1t is stated that
Mr. Taft now has 500 delegates
pledged, while 491 is the required num-
her TO nominate. Several thousand
men were put to work in the iron and
steel mills Of the Pittsburg district on
Monday after an enforced idleness Oh
several weeks. The mills are receiving
many orders. The Natlona! Relaii
Grocers' association in session In Bos-
ton this week, adopted as it's prosperity
motto the phrase ."Stopurktcken.
Two train robbers beat the express
messenger of a Great Northern train
almost to death, just out of Seattle,
washington, Tuesday morning, and
robbed the car of a sum of from $5,-
600 to $4,000. :. Seven miners were
killed and ten injured by an explosion
of gas in a coal mine at Wyoming, Pa,
Tuesday evening. Secretary or war
Taft has completed the work for
which he went to Panama and Is re-
turning to Washington. william
Montgomery, the defaulting Pittsburg
bank cashier under $4,000 bond was
surrendered by his bondsman Tuesday
for fear that Montgomery would COM
NIT suicide. He was later released on
a bond of 100000. The total amount
of his defalcation Is $1,25O,0OO or
more. Eight persons were killed as
the result Of tornadoes in Oklahoma
on Tuesday. 800 The battleship Mlcn-
igan, 10000 tons, will be launched at
Camden, n. j., on May 70. line
Delaware and Hudson Railroad COM
pany Is preparing to float an issue OF
$50. 100000 of mortgage bonds for
improvements. q. . The government of
Mexico is pursuing campaign or eX-
termination against the Yaqui Indians,
who have been making lots Of trouble
in the state Of Sonora, during the past
few wears. Samuel Cole, a negro,
Is foreman Of the jury engaged in the
trial of the second batch of men
charged with grating in connection
with the Pennsylvania capitol, now In
progress. I'D. The 1907 gross earnings
of the Pennsylvania railroad were
$4,000, ,626 in excess of the gross ear
ningS of 1905, the gross earnings Oh
1907 being $57,337, ,432. .. Mrs. Hetty
Green, the famous woman financier
of New York, last week received a
threatening letter from the Black
Hand Society, in which it was de-
manded that She give up $5, 900 to the
writer. She hasn't yet complied. ...
A steamship arriving at Seattle,
Wash. Wednesday, reports that a til
dal wave swept over HankOw, China.
a short time ago, and 10000 persons
were drowned. Several thousand
stores and many junks were destroyed
THE" Allen, once known as the
"wickedest man in New York" died
in that city Tuesday night, aged IS
years. 49,. The Omaho (Neb) World
Herald suggests the name of John
Mitchell, the labor leader. as a suitable
mate for w. j. Bryan.