Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-16
MERE-MENTION.

Bills are pending in the house and
senate for the reduction Of the first
class postage rates to l cent an ounce
j. L. Beard, a cattleman, was
frozen to death In the fields, near
Staunton, Va, last Friday. The ther-
mometer stood 2 degrees below zero
There have been instituted forty
four prosecutions under the Sherman
law so far during the administration
of President Taft .Thirty-one mem
bers of West Points fourth class have
been ordered home because they were
unable to stand the stress of the mill
tary discipline and class training. -.
Governor Foss of Massachusetts,. Is
reported as receiving hundreds OF let
ters from all over the country asking
him not to interfere with the sentence
of death in the case Of Rev. e. V. l.
Richeson, the confessed slayer OF Avis
Linnell =. Judge Franklin K. Lane OF
the interstate commerce commission
| in an address at Atlanta, Ga, last
week, said that government owner
ship Of railways may yet be necessity
| in the United States. Fire destroyed
property to the value Of $450,000 al
Halifax, y. s., Friday. The Missis-
sippi Joint legislative committee In
lvestigating serious charges against
Ex-Governor Vardaman, In regard To
contingent fund expenses. submitted
report Friday completely exoneratine
lVardaman. About $4,000 mill OPP
eratives went on a strike at Lawrence
Mass, Friday, following the refusal
of a demand for more pay. Consider
able rioting occurred during the first
day of the strike. :. . DR.. Harry Elgin
Webster, on trial at Oregon, ILL.,, Tor
the murder Of his bigamous wife, Res-
sic Kent Webster, on Friday withdrew
his plea Of not guilty and entered q
plea of guilty. Webster was induced
to take the step by his mother. He
will probably be sentenced to hang.
AT Nome, Alaska, Saturday, the
thermometer registered degrees
above zero; at Chicago 1t was 15 de-
grees below, and In Iowa tempera-
lures as low as 35 degrees below zero
were reported. The buildings of
the Massachusetts leper colony, on
Penickese island, Boston harbor, were
destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon.
The unfortunates of the island suffer-
ed greatly from the Intense cold. ...
Jules Vedrine, a French aviator, es-
tablished a worlds record In France,
Saturday, by flying 1928 miles In one
nOuT, rate VI 1.fl HlilSb pei iiiiiuIS'
"A fire which started in a Phila-
delphia moving picture show Satur-
day afternoon. did 100000 damage
before 1t was finally put out. :. An
epidemic of spinal meningitis Is CIV
ing health authorities in a number of
Texas cities very serious concern.
Many cities have established strict
quarantine regulations against all out
siders. d. . Mortified, VT, is credited
with being the coolest point In the
United States during the present cold
snap. The thermometer registered
13 degrees below zero there last Sat
urday. The president has agreed
that C. w. Morse be transferred from
Atlanta to Hot Springs, Ark, but as
yet Morse has not signitied his inten-
ton of taking advantage Of the offer.
Champ Clarke and Ex-Governor
Folk are having a pretty hard fight
over the question as to who shall
have the Missouri delegation at the
next national Democratic convention
Clark seems to have slightly the best
Of It at the present time. The Tar
boro, \. c., plant of the F. S. Royster
Guano company was destroyed by fire
last Saturday. The loss was 100000,
fully covered by insurance.