Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-06-14
MERE.MENTlON.

Terrell C. Peter, a 20-year old youth
of st. Louis, Mo-, has eloped from Aus
tria with Viennese countess, ~ years
old, who Is an heiress and twice mar
ried and divorced. "A Baltimore.
Md, jury has awarded a verdict OF
81. 500 against Eugene II: Brown I6
years old, a travelling salesman, for
alternating the affections Of Mrs. Mar
garet Willie, 36 years old, from her
husband. Jan Ribirik, an Aus
trian, was hanged In the Washington
county, Pa, jail yard Tuesday morn
ing for the murder Of three people.
He requested the privilege Of playing
the Dead March" on an accordion,
as ne marched to the gallows. His re,
quest was refused. The Cunard
Steamship company has refused to re-
ceive pay for the salvage OF the pas
sengers Of the Titanic by the Carpa-
thia. Capt. Chase and six men,
the crew Of the three masted schooner
Frederick Roesner, after clingtng to
a mast Of their water logged vessel
for 36 hours, were rescued on Hat
teras and landed at Norfolk. Va. Mon
day. "A national strike OF trans
port workers was ordered In London
on Monday night as result OF London
employers refusing to accept the gov
ernment proposals for ending the Lon
don strike which has been In progress
three weeks. About 100000 men may
be involved. .Holmuth Hirth,
German aviator, covered the distance
from Berlin to Vienna, $50 miles In
395 minutes Monday. .... Mort Chill
ders was acquitted at Americus, Ga,
Wednesday, Of the charge OF murder
ing his wife more than year ago.
Childers was tried three times.
Three persons were killed and fifty or
more injured In the wreck Of special
train on the w. &. A. railroad near
Dalton. Ga, Wednesday. -. Today,
June 14th, is the 136th anniversary OF
| by the Continental congress as the en-
sign Of q new born nation. -. The
heavy weight champion prize-fght be-
tween Jack Johnson and Jim Flynn
will be pulled Off at Las Vegas, N.
Mex, July 4. Johnson says Flynn Will
mot last through sixteen rounds. 49,.
/ In the primary election held at At
lantic City. N. j., Tuesday, to nomi-
nate ten men who will run for the five
places on the board Of public commits
sioners in the election to be held next
month, one negro was selected as one
of the ten. There were fifty five cam
didates for the ten places on the final
ticket. George Wingfield Of Cold
field, New, has been appointed to I'LL
out the unexpired time Of the late
United States Senator Nixon. LII
lian Russell, the actress, was married
| in Pittsburg Pa, Wednesday. to Alex
ander p, Moore, a newspaper publish
er. This Is Miss Russell's fourth ma
trimonial venture. :. Fifty mine farm
laborers were. burned to death In a
barn fire near Tarbor, Russia, Tues
day. /. :. Lieut.. Hazlehurst, U. g., A.,
lnh Li lnA al
lege Park, Nd, Tuesday, by the coll
lapse Of a Wright aeroplane. -. Miss
Christina Arbuckle, aged 70 years, OF
Brooklyn, N. Y. has been appointed
administratrix of the $37,000,000 es-
tate Of her brother, the late John Ar
buckle, the coffee and sugar magnate,
49,. Representative R. c. Wicklihe,
Of Louisiana, was killed on the tracks
OF the Southern railway In Potomac,
park, Washington, Tuesday. The con-
gresham was out for days fishing
and his presence on the railroad track
Is unexplained. The United states
senate has adopted the conference re-
port on the army appropriation bill,
one. section OF which legislates Major
General Leonard Wood out Of his Of
fee as chief Of staff. L. .. The senate
on Wednesday by a vote of 20 to %.
gave a practical demonstration Of the
recall Of judges, by adopting an
amendment to the judicial appropria-
tion bill, which cuts off the salaries of
the five judges Of the recently estab-
lished commerce court. :. .Cecilo Pc
oil, 16 years old, attained an altitude of
5000 feet In an aeroplane at Hemp
stead, N. Y, Wednesday. The Meth
odist church Of Canadas has issued an
edict against the growing Of tobacco
by members Of that church.