Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-08-20
MERE.MENTION,

The Federal pension bill was passed
by congress last week and carries ap-
preparations totaling $160,000, ,000......
Congress has appropriated $4,000 for
an investigation Of the methods of the
patent office. ..... The department Of
Justice Is after the Elgin Board of
Trade, which largely controls the price
of butter in the United States, for Vio-
lation of the Sherman antitrust laws.
..... Virginia Christian, a negro girl,
II years old, was put to death In the
electric chair at the state prison at
Richmond, Va, early Friday morning,
for the murder of Mrs. Ida Belotte. She
was the first woman to be legally exc
cuted in the state Of Virginia, and went
to her death with absolute Indifference.
Gov. Wilson made his first politi-
cal speech since his nomination at
Washington Park, N. j., Friday, to A.
900 farmers. Two dance artists have
been given a verdict of $4,000 actual
and $4,000 punitive damages by the
New York supreme court against the
United Booking offices of America, a
theatrical agency, because they were
blacklisted by the agency. .....A re-
port by a committee on Inderterminate
Sentences and Paroles in Pennsylva-
MIA, says that IS per cent of paroled
and never return to crime. .... The
Pennsylvania railroad last week order
ed the immediate repair Of $1,000 freight
cars that have been out Of use for some
time, and also placed an order of 1000
automobile cars for its western divi-
sion. During a two-days hurricane
off the coast of Spain last week four
teen fishing boats were wrecked and
ia lives were lost. 80. The American
Bar Association will hold it's annual
session at Milwaukee, Wis, on August
27-29. .. 1t is expected that Messers.
Taft, Wilson and Roosevelt will meet
at Atlantic City, N. j., September TIA,
on the occasion of the national en-
campment Of the United Spanish War
veterans. :. . Governor Dix Of New York
has appointed Justice John w. Goff
to preside over an extraordinary term
Of the supreme court to hear the muir
der and graft cases revealed by the
murder of Rosenthal, the gambler.
Judge Golf was the prosecuting attor-
ney in the LeXow investigation of the
police department about twenty years
ago. ....A lone bandit held up the
express messenger on Southern train
No. 13, Spartanburg to Asheville, N. c..
early Friday morning and got away
with $4,000. :. District Attorney Whit
man OF new YORK mas oleTeu reWdIus
of $2,500 each for Glib the Blood" and
Lefty Louie" dead or alive, wanted
for the murder of Gambler Rosenthal.
..... Miss Alpin Bitch, aged 20 years,
formerly Of Florida, was married in
New York Saturday to Louis H. Allen,
aged 35 years. The bride tips the scales
at $50 pounds and the groom weighs
1870. ..... .Josephus Daniels, national
committeeman for North Carolina, has
proposed to Governor Wilson, the idea
of issuing an invitation to the Demo-
cratic editors of the United States to
visit him at Seagirt soon and the gov
ernor is said to be pleased with the
suggestion. The defeat of Captain
John Lamb Of Virginia, for re-nomi-
nation is interpreted to mean that
Representative A. F. Lever of South
Carolina. will be chairman Of the COM
mittee on agriculture in the next con-
PreSS.