Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-22
MERE MENTION

The navy department opened bids
Tuesday for the construction of six
torpedo boat destroyers, authorized by
congress to cost not exceeding $4,000
each, exclusive Of armament and ar
mour. The lowest bid was $4,000
each for three Of the vessels. Con-
gressmen of Texas and Mississippi are
in a quandry because Of agitation In
those states looking to the selection of
postmasters by primary elections. ..
The United States supreme court hand
ed down decision Monday in the So
called "bathtub trust" case. The court
held that the combination is in restraint
Of trade and should be dissolved. This
is considered distinct victory for Mr..
Tafts administration. -. The Greek
army that occupied Salonika, captured
$30,000,000 Of Turkish treasure. .....A
German newspaper correspondent ia
authority for the statement that the
deaths from cholera number 600 daily
along the lines Of Tchatalja. "A man
and woman, suspected of diamond
theft, were shot to death In New York
cafe Monday night, three detectives
were fatally shot, and the proprietor
and waiter Of the cafe were wounded.
..... The trial Of Burton w. Gibson,
New York lawyer, for the murder Of
Mrs. Rosa Szabo, Is underway at Gosh
en-, N. Y. Gibson claims that the wo-
man fell from a boat into q lake and
prove that Gibson first strangled her
and then threw her body into the lake
to give his crime the appearance Of
drowning. One man was killed and
another severely wounded Monday on
the farm Of Gen. Nelson A. Miles at
Westminster, Mass, by premature
explosion of dynamite which they were
using for clearing land of rocks and
stumps. Yeggmen blew open the
vault of bank at Kingston, Tenn,
Monday morning. ana got away with
governors office of Texas" declared
Governor Colquitt, Monday, "than to
have my children studying school
textbook without Abraham Lincolns
picture in 1t, and am the son of Con-
federate soldier, too" The Texas state
textbook board Is accused OF attempt
ing to eliminate Lincoln's picture from
school histories used In the schools Of
that state. -. Frederick Cousey and
Harry Duffield, 17-year-old boys, have
been sentenced to electrocution at
Camden. N. j., for the murder Of an
other young man. The condemned
BOYS blame their trouble on moving
pictures Of the blood and thunder va
riety. "A maniac named Albert II.
Davis, entered police headquarters at
Los Angeles, CAL, Tuesday, and an
nounced that he had come prepared
with an Internal machine and wanted
the chief Of police to send for the head
Of the Southern Pacific railroad so he
could blow him up. The chief at first
treated the man as a joke, but quickly
realized that the man meant business
and at once set about holding his ats
tention and scheming to get the build
ing cleared Of about 100 prisoners and
two courts occupying rooms above. He
also had the streets roped off for 100
nally a detective slipped up behind
Davis and gave him a crack on the
head with a leather billet knocking
him insensible. The box fell from his
grasp, but was caught by another Of
ficer. AS Davis fell to the floor his
hand was jerked from an opening In
the box, which set the clock work In
side to going, and lighted the fuse. The
detective grabbed the box and threw
1t to the street, kicking 1t and finally
stamped out the sputtering fuse. On
examination the DOX was 1OunQ 10
contain sixty half sticks of sixty per
cent dynamite, enough to wreck city
block. On Davis's person was found a
bottle Of nitroglycerin and a revolver.
Davis imagined he had a grievance
against the railroad because Of a strike
Of a year ago. The maniac occupied
the center Of the stage for an hour and
q half before he was knocked out.
Two bridge workers at Martin, Pa, had
a quarrel while at work Tuesday on
steel bridge 200 feet above the water
and drawing pistols began a duel. One
man was shot in the abdomen and fell
from the bridge to the stream below.
The other man, though fatally shot,
managed to stay on the BRIDGE "A
Chicago surgeon has successfully
grated a large piece Of skin from pet
dog on to the arm Of a woman. ......
Geo. w. Fitzgerald is on trial in the
Federal court in Chicago on the
charge of embezzling $173,000 of gov
ernment money from the subtreasury
in that city. The alleged theft occur
red several years ago.. 1t is being
planned to have 10000 woman suffra-
gists in the inaugural parade Of Pres
ident Wilson at Washington next
March.