Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-23
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upon the Union breastworks, died in
Baltimore on Wednesday, aged 67......
The 1-cent pieces to be coined in the
future are to have the profile Of Abra-
ham Lincoln on one side. :. Eight or
ten alleged yeggmen have been arrest
ed during the past week by the police
of Atlanta, Ga, one Of them confess
ing to an alleged plot which had been
perfected to crack the vaults Of one of
the National banks Of that city.
The Mothers Congress, in session at
New Orleans, passed resolutions on
Friday, condemning orphan asylums
and commencing home training for
dependent children. 80. Double track
ing work on the Southern railway near
| Chattanooga, Tenn, has been resumed
The Federal pension bill passed
by the senate Friday, carried an ap-
preparation of $16O,S69,000, a decrease
of nearly $2,OOO,OO0 over last years
appropriation. AS a result of the
semi annual examinations at the Naval
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men were asked for their designations,
on account Of failure to make the re-
quired averages. .... Further advices
from Luristan, Persia, are to the eff
feet that the earthquake on January
23 was SO violent that the mountains
were split and the entire configuration
of the country was changed. The
number of dead is reported as being
5000. Three persons died and five
others were made seriously Ill at Mem
phis, Tenn, Friday, by eating poison
ed sausage. 80. Allen Porter Crolius, a
direct descendant Of oliver Walcott
one Of the signers Of the Declaration
Of Independence, is under arrest in
New York, charged with the theft OF
$4,000 worth Of jewels. .... The low
er house Of the North Carolina legisla-
ture has passed a bill abolishing hang
ing in that state, and providing for
electrocution Of condemned criminals.
-. H. H. Topakyan, wealthy Amer
lean Of New York, has presented to
President Roosevelt a rug 6a by A
feet, which is valued at $4,000. The
rug was accepted as a gift to the ma
ton. .....W. w. Ramsey, former pres
ident Of the German National bank of
Pittsburg, Pa, was convicted Thurs
day on the charge Of paying bribe OF
$17,500 to a member Of the city coun-
Gil on the promise Of receiving depos-
it's of city funds. Other bankers and
prominent men Of Pittsburg, long
holding positions Of honor are to be
brought into the case and sensational
developments are promised. 1t is
estimated that there will be 100000
persons in line for the Taft inaugural
parade at Washington. -. .Twenty-t two
suffragettes were arrested by the Lon
don police on Thursday, as the women
made a determined effort to force their
way into the parliament building. .....
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner OF
corporations, in letter to President
Roosevelt, states that the American
Tobacco company, now controls prac-
tically four fifths Of the tobacco busi-
ness of the United States. The total
capitalization Of the trust Is $316,346,-
| S21. ;. President elect Taft was made
a Mason "at sight," with impressive
ceremonies at Cincinnati, o., Thursday
afternoon. 80. There are twenty-one
cases Of diphtheria in the Tressler Or
phan home at Loysville, Pa. The
Southern Railway company is prepar-
ing to issue s2O,OOO,OOO of development
and improvement bonds. .... Wealthy
citizens Of New York have put up the
money with which to provide Police
Commissioner Bingham a squad OF
special secret service men. The alder
manic board had refused to furnish
the necessary money from the city
| treasury. "A New York girl, IL
years old, while walking in her sleep
Friday night, got hold Of a pistol and
shot herself. .... The steamship Maui
retania made a new record in cross
| ing the Atlantic last week, making the
trip in 4 days, II hours, 6 minutes.
One thousand tons of coal were used
each day. The longest days run was
GIL knots. 49,. Mrs. Minnie Topp, died
at Pottsville, Pa, Friday, at the age of
| 105 years. .Aurelius Christian, ne
gro, 1S-years- old, attacked and then
murdered a Miss Dobbs in Botecourt
county, Va, on Thursday. He was
captured by a posse, taken to Jail at
Fincastle, indicted by the grand jury,
arraigned, confessed his crime and
sentenced to die in the electric chair
on March %, all within twenty-four
hours from the time he committed the
crime. An alleged plot was discoV-
cred in st. Petersburg on Friday, IN
which the reactionarIes conspired to
dethrone the czar and proclaim re-
gency. Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle of
the czar, who died Wednesday, Is said
| to have been a party to the consplr-
acy. .. The army appropriations bill
passed by the senate Friday, carries
an appropriation of 1O2,636,050.
A bill has been introduced in the leg
lature of New Mexico to place a tax OF
$40 per year on bachelors and $25 per
year on widowerS. .......A "A Columbus
O.. dispatch is to the effect that ia
cob Meg. Dickinson, Of Tennessee, an
ex- Confederate soldier and Demo-
crat. is slated for secretary Of war in
Mr.. Taft's cabinet. -. Reports receiv-
ed at Buenos Ayres, tell Of the loss
Of the steamship Presidente Roca,
with 200 passengers off the east coast
of South America a few days ago..
The high Federal court OF Venezuela
on Saturday rendered a formal decision
deposing Ciprian Castro from the pres
idency of that republic, sufficient evil
dence being presented to prove the
charge that Castro had attempted to
bring about the assassination Of the
acting president, Juan Vicente Go
mez. .Robt. B. Bledsoe Of Dallas,
Tex, who on Tuesday last attempted