Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-05
MERE.MENTIoN.

MERE-MENTION.
Jim Jeffries, the pugilist, says ne
will fight Jack Johnson, the negro
champion heavyweight, 'ff he can
get into condition.. Charles Hy-
att Robinson, wealthy young broker
of New York, whose wife declares he
is insane, created sensation In a
Brooklyn court Tuesday by declaring
that he didn't want his sanity proven.
ST want to stay in the asylum; I am
all right there, and my wife wants
me to stay there. ......A railroad
tunnel, S,751 feet in length has just
been completed through the Bitter
Root mountains at Taft, Mont. The
tunnel was driven through from both
sides of the mountain and was only
1-S00ths of an inch out Of true align
ment when the two ends were brought
together "A family Of four MEM
bers was badly injured at Pittsburg,
Pa, Tuesday by the explosion OF
gasoline stove. Twelve senators
and seventy-two representatives re-
congress yesterday. ...... The Consol-
idated Gas company Of New York, Is
paying out ss,0o0,ooo to 2,5oo,oo0 gas
consumers In the form Of rebates, be-
ing the excess collected above the le-
gal rate of 80 cents per thousand Gu
bic feet, which the United States su-
preme court ordered the gas COM
pany to return to gas consumers.
Private Frederick p. Kopp Of the New
York National Guard, was taken by
force from a sick-bed to attend the
annual inspection Of his company on
February 10. He died few days
later, his death being due to expos
ure and excitement following the trip.
-. Daniel Sheridan, coal miner,
and supposedly a pauper, died few
days ago In a hospital at Danville,
Ill. An examination Of his clothes
disclosed the fact that $4,000 in bills
were sewed in the lining Of his coat.
other papers showed that he left an
estate Of over $500, ,000... M. W..
Coffey, recently convicted at San Fran
cisco on a charge of accepting bribe
from a street railway company, was
sentenced Tuesday to seven years in
prison .-- The Gam bill, providing
for statutory statewide prohibition
was passed by the Arkansas house on
Monday by vote OF So to 27......Six
officers and thirty-one privates Of the
h,,r cd hHyo
lanche near La Frann, Austria, Tues
DR.. G. c. Throckmorton, So
years old, on Monday rode 120 miles
in 13 hours and 45 minutes, on horse
back, using three horses in relays.
The Palace Hotel, famous gambling
house Of Reno, New, was destroyed
by fire Monday. The loss was $780,
0OO.. Three more convictions have
been registered against the grating
city councilmen of Pittsburg, Pa.
John F. Klien, the leader Of the graft
ers, was convicted on a second count
on Monday. e. ]. Iucky) Bald
win, one Of the most picturesque fig
ures Of the American turf, died in
California on Monday, leaving an es-
tate valued at $1,000. .000.. Albert
T. Patrick, the famous prisoner Of
New York, convicted Of murder and
sentenced to electrocution and then
commuted to life imprisonment, ap-
peared before the appellate court of
the state at Brooklyn on Monday, to
argue the point that the governor had
no right to change the sentence Of
death to life Imprisonment, and made
the claim that he considered the i'm
prisonment worse than death.
The Bethlehem Steel company of
Pennsylvania, has just announced the
perfection Of new steel railroad rail,
made Of nickel chrome steel. The
price of the new rails is to be $51 a
ton, against $2S a ton for the best of
the old rails. Heavy orders have al
ready been placed for the new rails.
Ten persons were burned to
death in a New York tenement house
fire Wednesday morning. The fire
was the work Of an incendiary.. .....
Rev. Harvey Eastman, pastor Of
Congregational church at Temple, n.
H., shot and killed Geo. L. Narcotic,
a lunatic, in self defense Wednesday.
. Narcotic shot several times at Mr.
Eastman. :. VIM. Loeb, Jr., private
secretary to Mr.. Roosevelt during his
administration, Is to be appointed col
lector Of the port Of New York, by
President Taft. .Chas. E. Davis,
an attorney of Rome, Ca, Is under
$1,000 bond for fraudulent use Of the
mails. Davis made a speciality OF
preparing bogus real estate deeds and
threatening court proceedings in va
rious parts Of Georgia, finally effect
ing compromise to save costs" go.
The legislature of Wyoming on We'd
nesday killed an anti-Japanese bill
that was before the house, by vote
of "a to %. Claude Bigelow, 2s
years old, a druggist and a physi-
clans son, was sentenced by New
York judge Tuesday to six years In
young girls for immoral purposes
The Judge told Bigelow that he was
sorry he could not give him longer
sentence. ..... The total number OF
immigrants to arrive at New York
this week from Europe is $4,000
Tuesdays arrivals totaled 1000.
Police Captain Fortuna Of Vera Cruz
Mexico, was stabbed to death Monday
by a woman, while Fortuna and g
squad of mounted officers were pur-
suing a band of bandits. ..... The
Lackawanna Steel company Of Buff.
falo. y. Y, has announced a cut OF
nor oant In tho oac Of ts aro-