Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-05
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Edward Jackson, SWITCH engineer,
shot John D. Hudson, switch yard
conductor, to death at Augusta, Ca,
Monday night in a quarrel over track
rights. 800. "A Charlotte, N. c., dis
patch Is authority for the statement
that the American Cotton Manufac-
turers association, is urging the ap-
pointment Of D. A. Tompkins Of Char
lotte, as minister to China. -. Cadet
Eugene A. Byrne, the West Point ca
det who had his neck broken in the
football game with Harvard on Satur-
day, died Sunday and was buried with
military honors at West Point on
Tuesday. -. John Schuck Of Pine
Grove, Pa, Tuesday, while tempora-
rily insane, killed his wife and IL
year-old daughter and committed sui
eide. "A cable from Blueflelds,
Nicaragua, says that the rebels under
Estrada, have hemmed in the govern
ment forces at Managua- and that
President Zelaya is preparing to fee
to Honduras. david ]. Richard
son, former cashier Of the defunct
Cosmopolitan National bank Of Pitts
burg, Pa, was convicted Monday In
the Federal court In that city on
twenty-four out Of twenty-six counts,
including misapplication Of bank
funds, false statements to the comp
troller of the currency, etc. The max
imum sentence Is ten years on each
count. -. Two freight trains are
rushing from Tacoma, Wash, to New
York carrying $750,000 worth Of silks
to New York wholesalers. 80. .Asso-
ciate Justice VIM. H. Moody of the
United States supreme court, Is crit
ically i'll at a Brookline, Mass, hospi-
tai. -. For the four months Of the
present fiscal year, including October
80, the internal revenue receipts OF
the government totaled SSs,7sS,037,
a gain Of $4,575,999 over the same
period of last year. ...- Former Sher-
iff Jas. H. Shipp and five co-defen-
dants Of Chattanooga, Tenn, will be
sentenced for contempt Of court by
the United States supreme court on
November 18th. The cases originat-
ed in the courts deciding in March,
1906, to consider the appeal Of a ne
gro from a verdict Of guilty In the
Tennessee courts and sentencing him
to be hanged for criminal assault. The
night after the courts decision the
negro was lynched and Shipp and
twenty-five others we're prosecuted
for contempt Of court In allowing the
lynching. The only other instance OF
a contempt case in the United States
supreme court was in 1875. Dur
ing the month Of October the govern
ment mint at Philadelphia turned out
.16,714,000 Lincoln pennies. OF the
28,328,000 Lincoln pennies bearing
the designers initials, ''V. D. B." not
one Of them is left in the treasury.
King Menelik Of Abyssinia, is at the
point Of death. .....J. NJ. Elliott, a
veterinary surgeon, is under sentence
to be hanged at LAGRANGE, Ga, to-
day, having been convicted Of muir
der. {. +. -Four persons, including faith
er, son, daughter and granddaughter,
were burned to death near Harpers,
w. Va, Monday. 1t is believed that
the victims were murdered by thieves,
who set fire to their home. 49, The
Atlantic Coast Line railway is prepar-
ing to try dispatching Its trains by the
telephone instead Of telegraph, be-
tween Richmond, Va, and Rocky
Mount, N. c., distance Of 121 miles.
-. -Four men were convicted in Chi
cago on Wednesday Of killing q nom
union wagon driver and sentenced to
serve twenty-five years in prison.
The trial Of Madame Adolphe Steinhall
on the charge Of murder In Paris,
France, Is attracting widespread at
tention. She is charged with the MUIR
der Of her husband and step-mother.
Twenty five thousand persons sought
entry to the court room on Wednesday.
:. .Chas. Lewis, one Of three negroes,
charged with assaulting Mrs. Mary
Lockhold, and shooting her husband
near Exchange, w. Va, Tuesday, was
killed by posse Wednesday while try
ing to make his escape.