Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-12-24
MERE MENTION


Sicily, a distance Of about 100 miles.
This is the longest oversee flight on
record. ...... Large numbers Of books
have disappeared from the private Ii
brary Of King Christian Of Denmark,
during the past few months, and 1t Is
alleged that many Of the books have
found their way to the United States.
So. DIR. Anna Shaw, president of the
National American Woman Suffrage as
ISOLATION, does not approve Of the sug-
gestion that the suffragettes adopt
trousers such as are worn by the wom-l
en- Of the Orient. .... Negotiations are
In progress in London to form $780,
100000 corporation to develop rich iron
mines in Brazil. A number of American
financlers are In the deal. .... Senator
Bristow Of Kansas, has introduced
bill in the senate, providing preference
primaries for the appointment Of post
masters. The candidate receiving the
largest number Of votes In the pri-
mary would be appointed and serve
down by the Illinois supreme court
last week, has made 1t necessary for
thousands Of couples, one or both Of
them Divorces, to marry again, In or
der to properly protect the legal stand
ing Of their children. 80. .Arcani, a
notorious Filipino outlaw, was killed
Wednesday, in a conflict Of his outlaw
gang with company Of Moro volun-
teer constabulary. The town Of Hue
Mexican rebels, Wednesday, after a
battle in which 140 rebels, rural guards
and townspeople were killed. 80. More
than $1,700,000 has been raised by pop
ular subscription In Germany for the
purpose Of building feet Of aeroplanes
to be presented to the emperor Of Ger
many. 80. Mrs. Louise Sorr, "a years
Of age, has knitted and presented to
President Taft as a Christmas gift, a
pair of old fashioned gloves. 49,. Bruce
Ismay, president Of the International
Mercantile Marine company, who came
into prominence In connection with the
sinking Of the Titanic, has resigned. =.
The summer season In Australia, now
on Is the hottest In sixteen years. At
Sydney, New South Wales, on Thurs
day, the thermometer registered 116
degrees. 49,. Adam ]. Boehler was shot
to death In Memphis. Tenn, In his
rooms by police on Thursday, after he
had held fifty officers at bay for eight
hours. Boehler had killed his wife the
night before with a razor. The wo-
man suffrage constitutional amend
ment, voted on in the November elec-
tions for Michigan, lost out by 760
votes. The official vote was announc-
ed Thursday. 80. William Bostic, a
wealthy retired real estate operator. is
under arrest in Philadelphia, charged
with having enticed young woman,
under promise of marriage and going
through a mock marriage. It Is alleged
by police detectives that Bostic has
wives in at least three other cities.
The board of estimate of New York
city, has voted to spend as much as
$50, 100000, II that amount Is neces-
sary, in improvements Of its shipping
docks, to accommodate the great ship
ping traffic now flowing in and out Of
New York harbor. President TAFT
has granted full pardon, effective to-
morrow, in the case Of Captain VIM. H.
Van Shaick, the captain Of the steam
boat General Slocum, burned In New
York harbor in 1904, in which 1000
lives were lost. The captain has serv-
ed five years Of a ten year sentence. -.
Miss Olora Munson has been elected
mayor Of Warrenton, Ore, by a margin
of sixteen votes. She Is the first wo-
man to be elected a mayor in Oregon.
I'D rather be hanged than go to
the pen for that length Of time" said
Oscar Krumenacher to the presiding
Judge Of the court at Ebensburg, Pa,
Thursday, when he was sentenced to
serve eighteen years after conviction OF
murder. .....J. II. Logue, diamond
merchant, was murdered In his Office In
Chicago, Thursday night, having been
stabbed seventeen times, his skull
crushed with bludgeon, shot and
otherwise wounded. The police theory
is that the murder Is one of revenge,
Logue having several years ago caused
the conviction of number Of diamond
thieves. The police have made nine
arrests, four Of them women, In con-
nection with the affair. .... Mrs. Mag
gle Adams, widow of famous Indian
chief, died at Garabaldi, Ore, Friday,
aged 113 years. /. Mrs. Katharine Car
ter Of Memphis Tenn, is much incens-
ed at the cemetery authorities Of At
lantic City, N. J., because Of their re-
fusal to allow the burial Of pet cat in
the cemetery. She had the dead cat
prepared for burial in an expensive
rosewood casket. The government Of
number of dirigible balloons and aero
planes for war purposes. :. Battery
c, of the Washington artillery of New
Orleans, viii leave that city January 6
to march to Washington to participate
in the Inauguration Of President Will
son. The Clean Food club Of Chi
cago, sold 100000 eggs Friday, at "a
cents a dozen. w. +. Blair, charged
with the murder Of G. c. Thompson, a
division freight agent of the Southern
railway, was acquitted by jury at
Greensboro, N. c., Friday. 80. George
Fitzgerald, formerly asserting teller Of
the sub-treasury In Chicago, on trial
since November IL on the charge Of
the theft of s173,000 in 1907 was acquit-
ted by a jury Friday. The body Of
being brought to the United Statcs on
sor Israel, a noted surgeon Of Berlin,
recently performed delicate operation
on the Russian crown prince, for which
he received a fee Of $25,000. and also
claimed as a special boon from the
czar, the resembling the laws prohibit
ing the settlement Of Jews in Odessa
and Kieff. ...Owen Ellis, an electri-
clan. caught hold of an electric wire
carrying 1000 volts, at Dalabole, Pa.
Friday. He was Immediately pulled
loose from the wire and will recover.
although he will lose a hand and foot.
......J. Frank Hickey, charged with
the murder Of a 7-year-old boy, was
convicted at Buffalo, N. Y. Friday and
will go to the electric chair. Hickey Is
suspected Of other murders In different
parts Of the country. ...... President
elect Wilson Is quoted as saying that
he will not announce the personnel OF
his cabinet until March L.. The gov
ernmcnt has commenced suit against
the Southern Pacific railroad to recov-
er mineral lands estimated to be worth
$3.50, 900, ,000. 80. Austria Hungary isl
said to be spending 100000 day be-
cause Of the mobilization Of the army
on account Of possible evontualities in
connection with the Balkan war. r.......
In the wreck Of the steamer Florence, |
off the New Foundland coast, Friday |
twenty-five Of the crew Of twenty
seven lost their lives. ..... In a fire and |
panic in a moving picture theatre at
Brussels on Sunday, many persons |
were killed. Ten bodies had been re-