Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
FRIDAY, MAY "a, 1909.
INTERVENTION.

MISS ElklnS OF west -NlrBiuld, ldS ~
tempted suicide in the Himalaya noun
tains where he went several weeks
ago. The dukes near relatives oppos-
ed his marriage to a woman not of
candidate for governor of Georgia, Is
to be appointed state treasurer, vice
Captain R E. Park, deceased -. "A
Savannah, Ga, man and a wealthy
Pennsylvania, shot game Of crack
a-loo," Tuesday, with $4,000 automo-
bile as the stake. The Savannah man
lost. 4. 4. &. +. The legislature Of Florida has
memorialized congress requesting the
construction Of sea level canal across
that state. 80. H. Clay Pierce Of the
Waters-Pierce OIL company, will be
put on trial at Austin, Tex, next Mon
day, on a charge Of false swearing.
Eight persons, including five children,
were drowned in the Chippewa river,
Mimi, Tuesday, by the overturning Of
a gasoline launch. &. . The total amount
of excavation done on the Panama Ca
nal from May 4, 1904, to May 1st, 1909,
was 73,124,S49 cubic yards. OF this
amount 38,059,1S0 cubic yards have been
done within the past twelve months.
..... About 5000 West Indian laborers
on the Panama canal, are loaflng, re-
fusing to work without there Is more
pay. 80. The lower house of the Flor
ida legislature has passed bill Of
which the following is the title: "A bill
to be entitled An act to reimburse par
ties, who shall hereafter lose property
or money by theft or other fraudulent
means. :. .Endicott, Wash, is exper-
imenting with paving" its streets with
wheat straw. The paving is claimed
to be success, preventing mud and
keeping down dust. -. Five Of the Of
ficers and directors of the American
Naval Stores company were found
guilty Of violation Of the Federal anti
| trust laws at Savannah, Ga, Tuesday,
after trial lasting several weeks. 80.
James and Helen Boyle, kidnappers Of
the Whitla child at Sharon, Pa, have
been sentenced to prison, the former
for life and the latter for twenty-five
years. The woman made an attempt
at suicide Monday night. {. Joe He'd
|
Eureka, CAL, Monday night, because
| Steiner would not stop whistling when
Hedquist wanted to sleep. -. Joseph
Terrill, negro, died at Syracuse, N.
Y, Tuesday, aged 106 years. 49,. The
| Waterville Trust company, was closed
Monday, with liabilities of s1,500,000.
| The bank has lots Of worthless paper.
| ..... "A New York man recently paid
$3.50 for a champion English bull dog.
..... Two Boston men say that they
will try to cross the Atlantic ocean In
balloon, depending on the upper air
currents to carry them over. The
third division of the Pacific feet Of the
United States navy Is being royalty en-
ship arrived In New York on Monday
from Europe, having as a part Of her
cargo, 5000 frogs, 200 snakes, 100 mon
keys, 10000 canaries and 1,548 steerage
passengers. Two members Of the
Russian douma were excluded from
that body on Monday for making trea-
| sonable speeches. =. :. The trial Of Pat
rick Calhoun on charges Of bribery at
San Francisco, CAL, is now in its eigh-
teenth week. The end is not In sight.
49,. -Four men were blown to atoms
in a powder mill explosion at Turck,
Kan, Monday. Fire then did damage
to the extent Of $4,000. -. "A masked
robber held up street car In Mil
waukee, Wis, park Monday night and
got away with $50. .Chas. Whitney,
60 years of age, and an uncle Of Presi-
dent Taft, eloped Monday, and was
married to Miss Eva Geradin, aged 20,
dressmaker, at Escanaba, wis.,.
The body Of woman found about ten
days ago in a Chicago park lake, is al
legged to be that Of Mrs. Belle Guinness,
the proprietor Of the famous murder
farm" of La Porte, Ind. The Chicago
police are skeptical OF the identifca-
ton. 80. A meteorite, weighing nearly
twelve TONS. recently discovered In
Washington state, is to be removed to
the Smithsonian institute at Washing
ton, D. c. The meteorite is said to be
the largest ever discovered. The
strike of laborers in Buenos Ayres. Ar
gentine Republic, has ended and condi-
tions are normal again. The steal
ings Of burglars and sneak thieves In
New York city since January 1st, to-
tails $1,000,000, according to police re-
ports Of that city. 80. Bishop Chas. b.
Galloway Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, died at his home at
Jackson, Miss, Wednesday morning
from the effects Of pneumonia, In the
60th year Of his age. -. The biennial
Railway Telegraphers Is In session In
Atlanta, Ga. =. Twenty steel workers
were drowned n the Ohio river near
Pittsburg, Pa, ednesday night by the
swamping Of an overloaded launch.
The New York Central railroad on
Wednesday paid fines aggregating
$136, ,0O0 imposed by the United States
circuit court for violations Of the Sher-
man law. 80. Fourteen night riders
were convicted at Waverly, Tenn,
Tuesday and sentenced to pay fines OF
$500 each and spend ten days in jail.
zee. Three men were killed and three
were seriously injured in a wreck on
the NJ, K. & T. railroad near Bonita,
Tex, Wednesday. :. Twenty-Five Ital-
ian laborers are reported to have been
killed at South Bethlehem, N. Y, We'd
nesday in a stone quarry explosion. 80.
DIR. Chas. w. Eliot of Harvard college,
has received the insignia Of the Order
Of Rising Sun, the highest honor that
the mikado Of japan can confer upon
q foreigner, which was conferred In
recognition of DR.. Eliots service In the
cause Of education. .....A Gardenville,
Md, man has erected a concrete monu-
ment surmounted with a sun dial,
which is to be dedicated to Adam, the
First Man.. :. Marie From. 20 years
old, danced herself to death in a Chi
cago music hall Tuesday night, accord
ing to coroners jury. The eighty
fourth Joint ballot in the Illinois legis-
lature for the election Of a United States
senator was taken Tuesday. Ed
ward Payson Weston, the veteran pc
destrian, who Is attempting to walk
from New York to San Francisco In
100 days, passed through Brookville.
Kan, Wednesday, SO miles behind his
schedule. Oscar Straus has been
appointed ambassador to Turkey by
President Taft. Alexandria, Va, was
visited by a 100000 fire on Wednesday.
..... During the past nine days 651
cases Of measles have been reported to
the Chicago health board.
John Witherspoon.-A 100000 monu-