Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-27
mERe.MENTIoN.

with the liner, Ox1oro. ...... .Clprlano
Castro, former ruler Of Venezuela, has
arrived in Paris, and says he is finan-
cially broke. -. Russian troops have
been ordered to invade Persia. :. Har-
vey w. Scott, editor of the Portland
Oregonian, has declined the offer Of
the Enthusiastically to Mexico, on the
ground that his acceptance would tend
to impair the usefulness Of his paper.
Four new cotton mills are being built
In the New England states at cost
Of $7,000.00O. Thirty-seven other mil
ling plants are spending $2O,000,000 in
extensions. Augustus Schwab, aged
20 years, is under arrest in New York,
on a charge Of selling lottery tickets.
1t is alleged that during the past thirty
years Schwab has sold more than ST.
100000 of lottery tickets. The Flor
ida senate by a vote Of "a to has pass
ed the McMullin bill fer the submission
Of statewide prohibition in consti-
tutional amendment in 1911. -. Pres
ident Taft has issued an order for a
strict investigation Of railroad rates
throughout the western states. :. Dun
can U. Fletcher has been elected Unit
ed States senator from Florida. -. In
the local option elections held through
out Illinois last week, the ''wets" car
ried Al out Of 72 towns. The. saloon
forces were victorious In Chicago.
The Illinois Central railroad is now
operating 773 miles of its lines by tel
ephone service instead of by telegraph.
Judge M. ]. Gordon. former coun-
sci for the Great Northern railway, is
under arrest at Spokane, Wash, on a
charge of embezzling funds Of the rail-
way. Captain Hans Anderson, aged
S5 years, last survivor of the Monitor,
the Yankee "cheesebox on raft" died
Thursday at his home in Brooklyn, N.
Y...... New York city's police force
now includes nearly 10000 men,.
James ]. Jeffries, the undefeated heavy
weight pugilist, has announced that
he will fight Jack Johnson, the ne
gro champion, within ten months, be-
fore the club offering the best induce
ments for the battle. A Los Angeles
club has offered .Jefferies $4,000 as his
part of the purse II the fight is held
there. :. The international congress
of astronomers, in session at Paris; an
nounces that forthcoming map of the
skies will show positions Of between
100000 and 100000 stars. Since
race track gambling has been outlawed
In New York state. many prominent
gamblers Of New York city are laying
wagers on American horses running on
English tracks by means Of the cable
service. 1t Is estimated that the
production of gold by Alaska and
United States mines will this year total
500, ,000, 900. 49,. The ice jam in the
Niagara river below the falls has been
broken up after weeks efforts by
means Of dynamite and the river Is
getting down to its normal level. .....
James H. Boyle and his wife, accused
of kidnapping the Whitla boy at Sha-
ron, Pa, have been indicted by grand
jury and they will be put on trial on
Friday. :. Governor Wilson Of Ken
lucky, has granted pardons to ex-Gov-
ernor w. s, Taylor and Charles Fin
ley, both refugees In Indiana, charged
with completely in the murder Of VIM.
Goebel in 1900. "A bill has been
introduced in the legislature Of Illi-
nois to limit the size Of women's hats
to eighteen inches. 80. Beach Hargis
Is on trial at Irvine. KY, for the mur-
der Of his father, Judge Hargis......
Jas. e. Clark was found guilty at st.
Louis, Mo-. Friday, Of the murder of
Joseph Flood. in December last Clark
put up a plea of, self-defense and the
"unwritten law" played part in the
trial. His sentence was fifteen years
in prison. >. ;. William M. Stewart, for
mer United States senator from Neva-
da, died in a Washington hospital on
Friday, at the age Of 80 years. He
was senator for twenty -eight years
and was one of the strongest advocates
Of free silver. The Kansas wheat
crop of this year Is estimated as be-
Ing 100000 acres less than the crop OF
last year. Two Chinamen, shipped
as freight from Windsor, Canada, seal
ed up in boxes, were discovered by a
customs inspector at Chicago, Friday.
Mr.. Roosevelt and party reached the
happy hunting grounds" in East Afri-
ca on Friday. His hunting party will
include 260 persons. 49,. Lisbon, Por-
tugal, was violently shaken by an earth
quake Friday night. Many Of the
principal buildings in the city were
considerably damaged. =. Jas. A. Pat;
ten, the Chicago wheat speculator, says
that cotton will go to IA cents before
July /. Patten Is alleged to have
bought 100000 bales Of cotton and his
close associates several hundred thou
sand more. -. "A detachment Of 1000
sailors left Norfolk, Va, Saturday night
enroute for Panama. 80. Henry M.
Bolger, q hotel and saloon proprietor
of Pittsburg, Pa, was convicted Sat
urday of accepting s17,5OO for the pur-
pose Of bribing city councilmen.
Four persons were burned to death in
a fire which destroyed the Central ho-
tel at Topeka, Kan, early Saturday
morning. The Baltimore and Ohio
and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads
are engaged in a freight rate war on
westbound freights originating at sea-
ports. -. The Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton railroad, Of which Govern
or Harmon is the receiver, Is to be
turned over temporarily to the Balti-
more and Ohio system. Peter Fem
elon Collier, publisher Of Golfers
Weekly, died in New York, Friday night
after a stroke Of apoplexy. Mr.. Col
lier was several times a millionaire.
The cost Of printing and binding the
testimony taken in the case Of the gov
ernment against the Standard OIL
company, in what is known as the st.
Louis case, will cost between 100000
and $4,000, and the expense will be
divided between the government and