Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-03-18
TUESDAY, MARCH rs, 1914.

Julian Hawthorne, the author, DR.
VIM. ]. Morton, Albert Freeman and
Josiah Quincy were convicted in the
Federal court in New York Saturday
on charges Of using the mails for
fraudulent purposes in connection with
a Canadian mining scheme. ...... The
head Of the Union Stock yards OF Chi
cago, Is authority for the statement
that the receipts Of meat animals Tor
the year 1912, as compared with the
previous year period, is about 200,-
that 1t will take at least six years, and
careful work, to build up the supply to
meet the demand sufficiently to reduce
prices. e. H. Gordon, Seaboard
Air Line railroad cashier, was knocked
on the head with hammer on the
streets Of Portsmouth, Va, Saturday,
and robbed of $1,000. 49,. The first
conviction in District Attorney Whit
mans crusade against police grafters
in New York, was secured Saturday,
when John ]. Hartigan. patrolman,
was found guilty Of perjury. Har-
riet Tubman Davis, an ex-slave, Moses
Of Her People" died at Auburn, N. Y,
Thursday at the age Of SO years. It is
stated that during the war she man
aged to take 300 slaves to Canada
through her underground railroad"
Slave owners offered rewards totaling
$4,000 for her capture during the
sos. Henry F. Hollis, Democrat,
was on last Thursday, elected United
States senator from New Hampshire,
after q deadlock continued for two
months. 49,. The Pennsylvania rail-
road company last week placed an or
der with the Baldwin Locomotive
works for IA locomtives, calling ior an
expenditure Of $2,sSo,00o. the Ba'dWin
company now employs a force OF w.,
600 men. The New York Yacht club
has declined Sir Thomas Lipton's
challenge for series Of yacht races
for the American cup in 1914. Gen
eral Porfiro Diaz, ex-president or Mex
leo, in an interview at Naples, ltaiy.
Friday, said he had no intention OF
returning to Mexico. Sixteen per-
sons were killed by a gigantic ava
lanche in Southern Norway Thursday.
The naval estimates Of Great
Britain for the year 1Sl3-l4, to1ai
S231,546,500 -. John Shelton Will
iiams of Richmond, Va, has been ap-
pointed assistant secretary OF the
treasury by President Wilson. $500. "A
Greek or Roman coin, supposedly
minted about the time Of Christ, has
been taken from prehistoric mound
in Illinois. How the coin got there ts
a mystery, one theory being that there
was communication between the old
and the new world long before the
time Of Columbus. Not less than
twelve states have indicated deter,
mination to investigate the vice evil
on lines similar to that under way in
Chicago by the Illinois legislature.
il. Gibson, credit manager OF
Pittsburg, Pa, department store has
disappeared, leaving a shortage OF
100000 In his accounts. A letter
from the manager Of wireless tel
egraph station at Cairo, Egypt brings
the information that the office fre-
ouently catches" messages sent out
by the wireless station at Key West,
Fla, a distance Of 1000 miles.
Richard Olney, Of Massachusetts,, VINO
was secretary Of state under President
Cleveland, has declined the offer or the
post of minister to England for family
reasons. =. :. The navy department has
pounds of sugar at AZ cents per pound.
:. One result of the lynching OF
negro by a mob at Coatesville, Pa,
several months ago, has been the clos
ing OF q large part of the barrooms
doing business in Chester county, Pa.
The license court, which passes on ap-
plication for barroom licenses, simply
refused to grant the licenses thus
putting them out of business. -. "A
report from Jacksonville, Fla, IL to the
erect that a hardware firm Of that
city has recently sold to ex-President
Castro, 10000 rifles and 100000
rounds Of ammunition to be used by
Castro in an effort to overthrow the
government Of Venezuela. 1t is stated
that the arms have been delivered: -.
Mayor Gaynor Of New York, is defen-
dant in q suit for criminal libel utter
ed against the late Joseph Pulitzer
owner Of t,-C New York World. the
suit was brought by son OF the dead
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