Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-31
MERE. m ENTIoN.

The Southern Car company of High
Point, n. c., has been re-organiZed
under the leadership of j. B. Duke.
james Jack, treasurer Of the Nor
mon church for more than fifty years,
died at Salt Lake City last Saturday,
aged 80 years. Governor Foss OF
Massachusetts has vetoed an appro-
priation of $4,000 by the legislature to
assist in the celebration of the Balti-
more riot, on the ground that the only
event in connection with war that Is
properly deserving of celebration Is
the establishment Of peace. ...... The
treasury department announced We'd
nesday that according to the state
Of the country held $94,000,000 in eX-
cess of legal requirements. AS COM
pared with the statement of January
I, there was an increase of S155, ,000,-
900 in loans and discounts, $17,000,000
in cash, $4,000 In deposits. .... Rob-
ert f. Peary has received his commits
sion as a rear admiral. and has been
retired on $4,000 year. The steam
ship Rhode Island has gone into dry
dock at Norfolk, because of the break
ing of propeller blade in Chesapeake
bay. ..... New York city's building de-
partment superintendent, says that
there are lU,UoU III Z lidpS III NC" L VI n,
many of them much worse than that
of the Asche building, where 142 lives
were lost last Saturday. 49,. VIM. F.
Sheehan, Tammany's candidate for
the United States senatorship from
New York, has been side tracked. and
it is probable that a senator will be
elected within a few days to succeed
Mr.. Depew. The postoffice at Lime
stone. w. Va. was looted by yeggmen
early Tuesday morning. Summons
have been issued for 210 persons at
Prestonburg, KY who have been in
dicted on charges of vote selling. The
penalty in case Of convictions Is $50
to $500 fine and disfranchisement for
life. So. DIR. f. f. Morris and four
children were burned To death In their
home at Aurora, Mo-, Monday. His
wife and one child escaped. 49,. Mrs.
Bessie Ulrich. said to he the woman
who accused Booker r. Washington of
insulting her, was arrested at Roches-
ter. y. Y, Tuesday, charged with at
tempting to pass a fraudulent check.
President Taft is said to he very
indignant over a story recently sent
out from Washington to the effect that
he favored the election Of Senator
Lorimer. Claude O'Shields and
Claude Seals, two young white men,
were tried and convicted In Atlanta,
Ga, Wednesday, on charges of high
way robbery and were given the limit
of the law, twenty years each on the
state roads. -. The Mexican congress
will convene tomorrow. 1t Is rumored
in Mexico City that President Diaz
and vice President Corral Will be
granted leave of absence" on grounds
of ill health" and that General Ber-
nardo Reyes, now an exile in Havana,
will eventually become president.
The Chicago police claim that $lOO,OO0
has been eXtorted from Italians In that
city to be used for the defense of the
thirty nine Camorrists on trial at VI
terbo, Italy. y..... The japanese privy
council has ratified the recently made
treaty of commerce with the United
States. The signed treaties will be
exchanged April 4th. .... One hundred
and thirty eight persons are reported
lost 10y the sinking of the Australian
coasting steamer Yongala, which was
wrecked a few days ago. The Mex
lean Insurgents have established head
quarters at San Antonio. Texas.