Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-06-01
INTERVENTION.

VIM. e. Darragh, chauffeur, was
convicted In New York on Friday of
first degree granddaughter. having KILL
ed an 11-year- -old boy March "a, by
running over him with an automobile.
The maximum penalty Is twenty years
In prison. !. Customs officers seized
trunks at New York on Friday BELONG
ing to Mrs. Matilda Chesbroush, wife
of wealthy Boston shipowner, con-
tanning nearly s2o.s00 Of undeclared
goods subject to duty. The lady win
probably be prosecuted. Two prf-
Yates and sergent OF the United
States army were killed by Moro BAN
dts in the Philippines on May 22.....
The United Steel corporation reports
the booking Of more orders for steel
and iron products during the past
three months than during the whole OF
the year 1903. 80. The Hartman sys-
tenn Of railroads has placed orders with
the Baldwin Locomotive Works OF
Philadelphia for los locomotives. The
order amounts to nearly $3.000,o00.
When working at full capacity the
Baldwin plant employs $4,000 men and
can complete ten locomotives a day.
The Russian douma has passed
the first Of a series of important meas
ures designed to put in effect the prin-
ciples Of religious liberty throughout
the empire. -Four armed men held up
the patrons of a New York restaurant
last Friday and got away with about
$40. ;. The supply Of cold storage
eggs In New York is 100000 dozen
below the usual stock at this season
of the year. :. The rapid increase OF
vice throughout Cuba since the Amer
lean occupation came to an end. Is
causing much annoyance to state and
church officials throughout the island.
up to Friday. Edward Payson
Weston, the pedestrian, had covered
1858 miles of his 1900 mile walk from
New York to San Francisco. Tom
Barnett, q cattleman, convicted Of muir
der, was shot to death by mob in
the jail at Abilene. Tex, early Friday
morning. -. .Chas E. Davis, an attor-
ney Of Rome, Ca, has been sentenced
to the Federal prison at Atlanta to
serve fifteen months and pay fine Of
$500 for fraudulent use Of the mails
49,. The Florida legislature has pass
ed bill making life imprisonment the
punishment for kidnapping. :. Dalton.
Mich, has been wiped of the map by
forest fires. The population Of the
town was saved by passenger trains.
...... James A. Patten, the Chicago
wheat speculator, brought his corner
In May wheat to close Saturday. the
market closing at $1.34. Patterns prof
Its are estimated at $7,500,000......A
dispatch from San Pedro, Costa Rica,
Is to the effect that seven persons were
killed and twelve wounded in clash
Republicans and Democrats on
80. A meteor fell In San ia
cinto county, Texas, Thursday night,
striking and going through the roof Of
a one-story house and forty feet into
the ground. .... Walter Holcombe, rs
years old, who made his escape from a
Georgia convict farm thirty-two years
ago, where he was serving sentence
for horse stealing, was arrested in Ra-
bun county. Ga, last week, and unless
pardoned will have to complete his SEN
tence. Holcombe has been a citizen Of
South Dakota since his escape and Is
/ successful farmer. -. Masked men
held up the cashier Of the Peoples bank
1t Benbow City, ILL.,, Friday and got
away with $2,450. which the cashier
vas counting. 80. d. Philadelphia street
,ar employees to the number Of $500
vent on a strike Saturday. Several
lots occurred during the day. :. Miss
Alice Hicks was shot to death at Fort
Thomas. KY, Friday night, by Harvey
0onnelly, private soldier, while In a
ealous rage. Donnelly escaped. 80.
Chas. c. Cameron, a wealthy citizen Of
9ittsburg, Pa, has been sentenced to
'erve two years in the state peniten-
iary for offering bribe to a city coun-
Gilman. 80. BY the recent death Of
Charles Morrison, a comparatively un-
,nown millionaire, whose estate Is es-
imated at $75,000.000, the English gov
.rnment will get $10.0O0,000 In taxes.
). The Pennsylvania Sugar Refining