Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-12-05
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President Wilson has renominated
H. M. Pinde!l, the Illinois publisher, to
be minister to Russia. 80. e. Lieutenant
Governor Bilbo, Of Mississippi, has
been arrested on a charge Of bribery
in connection with pending legisla-
ton. It Is claimed that he actually re-
ceived 5000 and agreed to handle ST.
900 more to dispose Of votes. .......
Eleven persons were drowned in the
flood waters Of Nolan creek at Bolton,
Tex, Tuesday morning. ....... George
Mooney an 80-year- farmer, was
murdered In his home near Ebenezer,
w. Va, Monday night. Robbery Is
supposed to have been the motive. -.
A report from Mexico City is to the
effect that the Huerta government
has placed an order for $4,000 Mauser
rifles with German manufacturers. -.
Eighty-five Georgia Corn Club boys
have records this year Of over 100
bushels Of corn per acre. The largest
yield per acre was made by Edward
Welborn Of Morgan county, his yield
being 1912 bushels. DR.. VIM. b.
Craig is on trial at Shelbyville, Ind,
charged with the murder Of DR.. He
lene Knabe. :. "A travelling passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific railroad
was shot to death by a bandit on a
train at Pomona, CAL, Monday night.
.Yeggmen robbed a bank at Dud-
ley, Ca, Monday night, after cutting
wire connections to surrounding
towns. They secured $412. ;. President
Wilson will appoint Brand Whitlock,
ex-mayor. Of Toledo, O., as minister to
Belgium. The postmaster OF Chi
cago has placed an order with the
postoffice department In Washington
for 71,630,000 stamps, with a total
value of $1,S08,000 Governor Cox
and 1000 boys and girls from the Ohio
corn fields, are on a visit to Washing
ton. The state Is paying the expenses
of the trip. -. .Twenty-seven men
were killed In fire which destroyed
Boston hotel early Wednesday morn
ing. Scores were injured by flames
and In jumping from the burning
building. Prof. VIM. F. Dickey, a
we'll known Georgia educator, was
killed by Southern freight train at
Sugar Valley, Ca, Wednesday morn
ing. -. Capt. Wildman -Lushington,
Of the British navy, was killed We'd
nesday by fall with an aeroplane. -.
Dominick Riley, a former police cap
tain, was indicted Wednesday, by
New York grand jury, on a charge Of
bribery. -. During the year ending
December 1st, the government paid
81, ,118,000 to congressman as salaries
and mileage. Southern Train No.
IL. was wrecked near Danyille, Va,
Wednesday. Two cars turned over.
No one was seriously injured.
Twenty-Five carloads Of oranges were
sold in Pittsburgh, Pa, Tuesday at an
average price Of 80 cents crate.
What Is probably the last move In the
fight for the life Of Police Lieut.. Chas
Becker, under sentence Of death for
the murder Of Rosenthal, the gambler,
Is now being made before the New
York court of appeals at Albany. -.
Train robbers rifled the mails and got
away with a package containing $87,-
500, from a train running from Brus-
sells to Cologne, Monday night. -.
Governor Glynn Of New York, on
Wednesday, auctioned at Albany, the
first Red Cross stamp to be sold In the
state this year. He made the stamp
bring 5000, to be added to the Red
Cross tuberculosis fund. E. AT Cuth-
bert, Ca, Tuesday, s. c. Culbreth, a
well-known citizen, Immediately after
being acquitted Of a criminal assault
upon a 14-year-old white girl, was
shot to death by the girls father.