Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
MERE-M ENTION.

Christine twins, born in slavery times
with the same torso, died at Whining.
ton, N. c., Thursday. The death Oi
Christine is expected within a few
days. These twins were sold for ex.
hibition purposes before the war fol
$4,000. 80. Rose Zindel, reputed t
be one Of the foremost business womer
In New York, Is accused of having Sc.
creted $150,000 preceding the crash oi
a manufacturing concern of which she
was the head. .... Ten young Italian
women arrived on one ship at Phila.
delphia Thursday for the purpose oi
marrying Italian men. Six of them
were married at once and the Other
four were married Friday. ..... Three
hundred and fifty Greeks left Phila-
delphia Thursday for Greece to take
part In the Turko- Grecian war. .....
from the postofice and caused a $50, ,00G
fire at Adell, Wis, early Saturday
morning. The cruiser Maryland, Just
arrived at Seattle, Wash, from the
Orient, has been ordered to proceed al
once to Nicaragua. Judge A. w
Fite, of the Cherokee county Ca, cir
cult court, was on Saturday fined $500
for contempt of the Georgia court OF
appeals. The estate Of the late John
Jacob Astor has paid to the treasurer
of New York state an inheritance tax
Of $780, 900. go. A hat manufacturing
company of Danbury, Conn.,, has been
granted verdict OF $4,000 and costs
by the Federal district court, against
the hatters' union, under the Sherman
antitrust law. President Taft was
in New York today to review the 127
ships of the navy assembled in the
Hudson river. The ships were stretch
ed in a double line fifteen miles long
and the crews included $4,000 men. %.
The Turkish government will bring
100000 troops from Asia Minor for SER
vice in the war with the Balkan states
..... During September 2,124,000 GU
bic yards Of material were moved In
the Panama canal work, a slight de-
crease as compared with August, due
to an increased rainfall. The total
amount Of transactions through the
New York clearing house for the year
ending September 80 were $101, 900 ,000,-
900. Only about per cent of this was
in cash. The government of Greece
has purchased the cruiser ao-Ho, re-
Gently built in England, from the Chi
nese. government. .. The strike Of en-
ployes Of the Georgia railroad, was
called off Saturday night, pending ar
bitration. 49,. -Four convicts escaped
from the Columbus, o., prison Satur-
day, by saving the bars over a sewer
and crawling through to the river. {.
A lone bandit held up and robbed a
bank at Prue, Okla, Saturday, getting
away with $4,000. He was captured and
the money recovered. Gen. Felix
Diaz, nephew Of the late president, has
Joined the Mexican rebels against
President Madero. 80. -Four train rob-
bers attempted to rob the express car
on a Kansas City Southern train near
Mena, Ark, early Friday morning. The
express messenger defended his pack
ages and managed to beat the robbers
off although he was badly beaten. One
of the bandits was wounded and cap
tured. =. Freeman Long, aged 68 years
was arrested at Palmetto, Ca, last
week on a warrant charging murder
committed in Georgia forty years ago
..... VIM. Kalaback died in Philadel-
phia Saturday from hydrophobia, fol-
lowing a dog bite received last July. .
A 10-year-old Chicago boy was consci-
GUS and talked with his mother for
two hours after his body was complete
ly severed at the hips by a railway
train. He died from shock and loss of
blood. 80. AT Lawrence, Mass, Satur-
day, 10000 men, women and children
marched through the streets, carrying
United States flags, as protest against
the activities of the Industrial Work
ers Of the World. .... Miss Lola j.
Strong, heiress Of 100000 was married
in New York, October to Hugh j.
McEvoy. A few days later McEvoy
and cannot be located. To
inherit a part of her legacy Miss
Strong had to be married not later
than October 2..... In the November
elections the people Of New York will
vote on the question Of issuing $780,
100000 Of bonds for road purposes. The
same amount Of bonds were voted for
this purpose in 1909. 49,. Ensign But
Ter Of the battleship Rhode. Island was
drowned in the Hudson river Sunday
night. .... Forty thousand persons in
Cleveland and northern Ohio. have
started a boycott against the high
price Of eggs. ..... The fall term Of
the United States supreme court con-
vened at Washington yesterday.