Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-25
MERE-ME ENTION.

Fred Ledgard, an Englishman, and a
member of the Society of st. George,
is the president Of the July Celebration
committee Of Darby, Pa. The clos
ing session Of the sixtieth congress
made appropriations totaling $1,044,-
401,S57 for the fiscal year beginning
July 1 next. 49,. .Cattlemen raided a
sheep range in Colorado during Friday
and after tying the herders to trees and
beating them, slaughtered more than
5000 sheep. :. . Albert House, 25 years
old, jumped from the Williamsburg
bridge, New York on Thursday, to the
East river, 1876 feet below. He was un-
injured. :. :. Mayor Mcclellan Of New
York. has issued orders for the closing
of all places of amusement at Coney Is
land on Sundays. 80. Frank A. VAN
derlip, a leading financier Of New York.
predicts that record making business
prosperity will instantly begin in the
United States upon the completion and
signing Of the new tariff law. IA
railroad line connecting. the Great
Lakes at Chicago, with the Atlantic
ocean at Newport News, Va, is being
promoted by the New York financiers.
=. "A firm of Philadelphia machinists Is
building for the United States govern
ment machine with which to test
heavy structural steel bars and col
umns up to tensile strength OF TO-
900, 900 pounds. The use Of this ma
chine viii make bridge accidents like
that at Quebec, Canada, last year, al
most an impossibility. :. Young work.
ing women Of Chicago have organized
the "anti-mashers' association" to pro-
tect themselves from young men who
stand on the streets to flirt with the
girls. The total amount Of gold
exported from the United States since
January 1st, is 1,500, 900. "A gov
ernment barge, loaded with stone, was
blown against the board walk at At
lantic City, N. j., Friday during a
squall. The board walk and theatre
were damaged to the extent Of $25,O00.
i
company has won a verdict Of $6,000,-
900 against the American Telephone
and Telegraph company In litigation
over stocks, in the United States courts.
The suit has been in the courts for
thirty years.. 49,. The prosecution OF
grafters In San Francisco up to date
has cost $213,374. The money has been
supplied from private funds. go. BY a
vote Of SO to the Illinois senate has
passed a bill prohibiting the manufac-
ture, and the sale Of cigarettes, cigar
cite paper and tobacco to boys under
lS years of age in that state. The
entire business Of the Standard OIL
company throughout the world, en-
ploying $1,000 men, was stopped for two
hours Friday afternoon during the fu-
neral services of Henry H. Rogers. The
body of Mr.. Rogers was inferred at
Fair Haven, Mass, Saturday afternoon.
The Pail Mall Gazette announces
that the English government has de-
cided to build eight Dreadnoughts dur
ing the present fiscal year. The
Pennsylvania and connecting railroads
began running trains on a schedule
from New York on Sunday, making the
trip to Seattle, Wash, in just four days.
..... Mrs. Fay Irish Of Thorp, Wis, on
Friday gave birth to five babies, three
girls and two boys. All are living. -.
The United Dry Goods company of New
York, has been incorporated under the
laws Of Delaware with a capital Of
$51, 100000. The Fourth Of July Will
be celebrated at Copenhagen, Denmark,
by 1000 Danish Americans now in the
old country. ...... More than twenty
members of the Japanese parliament
have been arrested during the past few
days on charges Of fraud, Justification
Of private documents, disgracing their
office and accepting bribery. The ar
rests are the result Of an investigation
of methods Of the Japanese sugar trust.
The cornerstone Of the Philip
pine capitol building was laid at Ma
nila on Friday with impressive cere-
monies. 80. The superior council Of
the French navy has decided on pro-
gramme which will bring the total
number Of its first-class battleships up
to 3S, and put France in fourth place
a. a naval power. .... DIR. Allen s.
King, a prominent physician Of Nor
gan City, La, was shot to death Thurs
day by Leroy Olivier, a 16-year-old
boy, who alleged that the doctor had
wronged his sister. ..... "A young ra1ah
of India recently proposed marriage to
Misses Mason and Barbara Deering,
wealthy young ladies Of Chicago, while
the young ladies were touring India
The rajah already has a number OF
spouses. .....A department store at
Grand Rapids, Mich, was destroyed by
fire Saturday morning with loss OF
$400, 900. e. H. Hartman Will as
sumo control Of the Virginia railroad
recently completed by Henry H. Rog-
ers at a cost of more than $40,000,000.
=. .Robt Moore, a negro, is under ar
rest in Virginia, having confessed to
the robbery and murder Of James
Hines, a 15-year-old boy, in Dickinson
county, a few days ago. "A Califor-
mia chemist states that he has discov-
cred method Of removing the drunk"
from whisky without diminishing Its
exhilarating properties. The chemist
claims that alcohol doesn't make drunk,
but that the evil ingredient is "cyna-
mide.". "A Sullivan county, N. Y,
man on Friday killed two bears with
one shot from his rifle. 49,. Detectives
arrested six Italian counterfeiters and
secured 2S3 freshly moulded coins and
a complete moulding outfit on the top
floor Of a New York tenement house
Saturday evening. 1.-Two children,
8 years old, passengers on the steam
ship Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, which
arrived at New York on Saturday, died
during the passage from whisky pois-