Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-03-28
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cemetery, Yorkville.
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A wireless message received in New
York on Monday, told Of the rescue on
Easter morning Of forty three pas
sengers from the disabled steamship
Texas, 1900 miles east Of Sandy Hook,
by the Scandinavian American liner
Tretgen. The Texas had sent out
"S o. s." call for help and the rescue
was made while the disabled vessel
was being tossed by mountainous
waves and head-winds. Twelve
firemen were caught under falling
wall in an abatoir fire in Baltimore,
Md, Monday, and more or less injured,
none fatally. The property loss was
100000. Direct cable communication
without relaying, has recently been
established between San Francisco
and London. This is considered
big advance in the use Of the cable.
two daughters, were arrested in New
Orleans last week on charge Of
swindling New York bank out Of
$4,000. Monday morning the elder
Musica was stricken with heart dis
ease and his condition Is critical. He
and his sons are in jail in New Or
leans. "A belated cable Is to the
effect that 220 Arabs were recently
killed in q battle with italian troops.
The Italian loss was "a killed and 124
wounded. -. David Pasha, comman-
der Of the Seventh army corps of the
Turkish army, surrendered $4,000 men
to the Servians In Albania on Sunday.
The senate Of New York has
of In Inc nf
ernor Sulzer, intended to put an end
to wash" sales Of stocks, bonds, etc.
BY wash" sales Is meant fake sales
made or reported as made, for the pur-
pose Of affecting the market, when no
exchange Is actually made. The PEN
atty for violation Is a fine Of $1,000 or
imprisonment up to two years. Mrs.
Barbara Ann Dillinger died at Frank
lin, Pa, Monday, aged 104 years. Her
father fought in the Revolutionary
war. -. AT Trenton, N. j., Monday,
VIM. Atzenhaper was released from
jail after being held for three months
for a murder he confessed to commit
ting. A young woman was murdered,
and while drunk and under the infiu-
ence Of powerful drugs Atzenhafer
gave a vivid description of the mur-
der. Later he repudiated the confess
cutting attorney the man was discharg-
ed. The egg production Of the
United States increased from 450 mil
lion dozen in 1880 to 1900 million doz-
en- in 1900, and 1,705 million dozen in
1912. ..... AT Williamstown, N. ]. early
Sunday morning, Leo A. Wharton,
shot his wife, 5-year-old daughter and
neighbor to death, set fire to his
house and committed suicide. Jeal-
ousy was the cause. 80. "A young avi-
ator Of Providence, r. l., last Satur-
day night made flight over New York
city and viewed the panorama from
an elevation Of 1000 feet. This was
the first time such a feat had been
attempted. The police OF Paris on
Sunday captured a negro maniac, who
was armed with revolver, by firing
gas bombs" at the man until they II
nally put him in comatose state.....
Lady Dorothy Nevill, aged 81, one OF
the social leaders Of London, died
Monday. &. :. I. Ludwig Delbruck, lead
ing banker Of Germany, and intimate
friend of Emperor William, committed
suicide last week, following unfortu-
nate stock market speculations.
United States army officers at Pitts
burg, Pa, are experimenting with
what is designated as narcotic"
bullet. Made in much the same shape
as ordinary bullets this one also con-
tains a small portion Of morphine, the
idea being that a person hit with such
q bullet would be put to sleep without
pain. "A Williamsport, Pa, pastor,
told his congregation last Sunday:
You can't expect to convert grocer
when that grocer finds majority OF
the dead beats on his books profess to
ha Christians The Pennsvlya MIA
senate on Wednesday voted $50,000 for
the flood sufferers. The worst snow
storm Of the season commenced In
Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska on
Wednesday. -. "A Baltimore and Ohio
train went through bridge near Graf
ton, West Virginia, on Tuesday, and
nearly two hundred were drowned.
The bridge had been weakened by the
floods. "A Philadelphia physician
announces the discovery Of a serum
for the cure Of locomotor ataxia, a
incurable disease. He claims
satisfactory results during expert
ments covering five years. -. Every
body connected with the White House
in Washington, from the president
down, Is to be vaccinated, because OF
the discovery of the fact that the
father of one Of the White House en-
ployees had smallpox. The funeral
Of the late King George of Greece, who
was recently assassinated at Salonika,
will take place at Athens on April 2.
.... The fortune Of the Madero fam
lily in Mexico, is estimated at $4,000.
900. It Is claimed that the laws OF
will not allow its confiscation
by the government. -. Mrs. ]. r. Nc
Cave, aged 103 years, Of Olean, N. Y.
was a visitor to the Panama canal
Tuesday ..... Field Marshal Viscount
said to be England's great
est soldier, died at Mentone, France.
Tuesday, aged 70 years. VIM. ].
Northern, ex-governor of Georgia, died
in Atlanta, Tuesday. 80. Clark A. Mil
ler, a New York cotton broker, COM
mitted suicide at New Rochelle, N. Y,
"A newly arrived Italian
died at Watertown, N. Y, Tuesday, af-
ter a brief attack Of Asiatic cholera. -.