Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-17
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Inc feQerdi grand jury Oh view
York is investigating charges Of vio-
and the Elkins rebate law, against
the Holland-American steamship
company and certain American rail-
ways, which, II successfully prosecut-
ed by the government, will make the
offending companies liable to fines
aggregating $4,000, 900. dis
patch Of Saturday from Oudja, IL to
the effect that the Moors are about
ready to put an end to the fight
against the Spaniards in Morocco.
Former Judge Robert 8. Lovett Of
New York, has been elected chairman
of the board Of directors Of the Union
Pacific railroad to succeed the late
Mr.. Hartman. 49,. One woman shot
to death and her husband seriously
shot in the hand and leg. negro
burglar cut to death by the woman's
husband with an axe, and the negro's
pal hanged by a mob, was the trag-
edy brought about by an attempt to
burglarize the home Of Tate Gray at
York, Ala, early Monday morning..
Paul L. Lindsay Of Tucker, Ga, pres
ident Of the National Association Of
Rural Mail Carriers, has announced
that he will not be candidate for
reelection to the presidency when the
association meets In its next annual
session at Rochester, N. Y, on Sep
tember 21. Rosto Folger. q New
Orleans furniture mover, was shot TO
death Monday by Mrs. Lulu Zoph,
who claims that she was shooting at
another man who had struck her in
the face. 80. John NJ. Cain, aged So
years, rural mail carrier, was killed
by Seaboard train at Auburn, Ca,
Monday afternoon. -. John w. Cas-
ties, president Of the Union Trust
company Of New York, committed
suicide on Monday night No cause
Is given for his act. 49,. George
on Monday walked four miles to q
doctor with a bullet wound within
one inch Of his heart. He will recov-
er. The postoffice departments
order raising the fee for registering
mail packages to 10 cents, will go into
effect on November 1st. The govern
ment's liability for loss Of registered
mail will be raised to $50. Ten per-
sons were more or less seriously In
jured at the Lurline baths, San Fran
cisco, Monday, by the explosion Of
boiler used at the bathrooms. Sew
eral women were blown through win
dows out into the street. 49,. .One
man was killed and nine others were
seriously. injured at Pittsburg, Pa,
Monday by falling walls Of building
that had been burned. Two adjoin-
ing buildings were pulled down by the
falling walls. "A Chinaman Is
under arrest at Dallas, Texas, on the
suspicion that he Is Leon Ling, the
alleged slayer Of Elsie Sigel, the New
York mission worker. The Chinaman
refuses to tell his name or give any
information about himself. -. John
R. Early, the North Carolinian, who
was declared by Washington medical
authorities, to be suffering from lepro-
sy, has been declared free OF the dis
ease with which he was afflicted, and
his name has been erased from the
government pension roll. from which
he drew s72 per month, being class
striking of 1000 weavers In one OF
the M. c. D. Borden mills at Fall
River, Mass, on Monday. 5000 other
employees were temporarily thrown
out of work. The strikers are de-
manding more pay. The United
States government has seized 1,000,-
900 feet Of lumber at Blytheville,
Ark, from r. e. L. Wilson, q lumber
man of Memphis, Tenn, on the
ground that the lumber was cut on
government property The estate
or the late EDWARD n. f1drTluldH ID
estimated at $S6,000,000, the greater
portion of which has been accumulated
during the past fifteen years. The
city schools of Greater New York
opened Monday with not less than
675,00O applicants for enrolment
so, 900 more than the public schools
have accommodations for at the pres
ent time. st. Johns Catholic
church, New Orleans, was almost to-
tally destroyed Monday, by q ire re-
sulting from a bolt Of lightning. The
loss was about 100000. -. Governor
Jno. A. johnson Of Minnesota, UNDER
went very dangerous surgical opera
ton last Wednesday for deep seated
intestinal abscess. He was under the
knife for more than two hours. The
doctors said that II he lived through
yesterday, his chances for recovery
would be good, but he would not be
out Of danger for five days. 49,. Pres
ident Taft has written q letter, In
which he takes strong grounds against
the effort in Maryland to disfranchise
the negro through q constitutional
amendment. He says the scheme Is
in violation Of the letter and spirit OF
the Fifteenth amendment to the con-
stitution, and is not to be considered
as q square deal. -. Five thousand
employees of the Iron Work Cotton mill
at Fall River, Mass, have gone back
to work for a per cent increase In
wages.