Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-26
MERE. MENTION.


D. H. Mead, wanted in Scott coun-
ty, Va, on a charge Of numbering
three persons, was recently captured
in Oregon. Two officers were bring
ing him to Virginia, to one Of whom
he was handcuffed. The officers went
to sleep at Appalachia, Va, Monday
morning. Mead robbed the officers
Of their keys and also stole their re-
volvers, watches and money and made,
his escape. :. 4. The United States SUI
preme court has handed down de-.
cision upholding the antitrust laws Of
Arkansas. The appeal was taken from
suit against Chicago packing
company in which the company was
fined $4,000 for violation Of the anti.
trust laws. The keel plate Of thei
British battleship Indefatigabls was
laid at Devonport, England, on Tues
day. This vessel Is to be equipped
with internal combustion engines andl
will not have any smokestacks or.
tunnels. .-- Vienna dispatches ara to-
and Servia now seems inevitable. 49,"
Frederick William, crown prince OF
Germany, Is considering the idea OF
an early visit to the United States. 49,
Some of the doctors of Philadelphia
ought to be hung" declared DR.. A.
A. Cairns Of the bureau Of health or
that city, Tuesday, in statement
charging gross carelessness on the
part Of physicians in treating conta-
gious diseases. ..... Mrs. Ellen Peck,
79 years old, was sentenced by New
York judge on Tuesday, to ten years
in prison for swindling. ...... Six per-
sons were killed and more than
score injured at Fisher, Ark, Tues
day, by a tornado. DIR. VIM. 7.
Bull of New York, famous as a can
Ger specialist. died victim to that
-. Hans B. Hanson, farmer, liy-,
ing near Strun, Wis, murdered his:
four children, set fire to his home and
barns, and committed suicide Monday.
He had at one time been an inmate or
a lunatic asylum. ...... Eight persons
lost their lives as the result OF a coll
lision between an express train and
two locomotives in the Pennsylvania
railroad yards at Delmar, Del, early
Monday morning. :. "A dispatch from
Odessa Is to the effect that more than
100 lives have been lost during the
past few days by reason of billiards.
in southwest Russia. More than 2,000
miles Of the Southwestern railway are
go. twenty-five Chinese
were discovered In a box car at San
Luis Obispo, Cal, Monday, having
been sealed in the car when 1t left
Algiers, La, on February 10. The
Chinese were nearly starved to death
and 1t Is believed that they were be-
ing smuggled into the United States.
80. The second trial against the
Standard Oil company of Indiana,
Landis assessed a fine Of $29,240,000,
was begun in Chicago on Tuesday.
. .-. The verdict of the Federal court
of the southern district of New York.
imposing a fine Of s10S.000 against
the New York Central railroad COM
pany for giving rebates to the Amer
lean Sugar company, has been con-
firmed by the United States supreme
court. -. Richard Pearson Hobson
has filed a suit against Congressman
Kelliher Of Boston, for 100000 dam
ages for alleged SANDER. .....A 4
year-old child was killed and eight
Of a family were injured,
three fatally, by tornado which
swept over Creal Springs, ILL.,, Tues
day. The plant Of the Evening
Journal Of Richmond, Va, was COM
pletely destroyed by fire early Tues
day morning with a loss Of $4,000.
go. Miss Sylvia Green, only daugh-
ter of Mrs. Hettie Green, the richest
woman in the world, was married at
Morristown, N. j., Tuesday, to Mat
thew Astor Wilkes. The bridegroom is
65 and the bride Is little more than
80 years Of age. The cholera.