Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-03-04
MERE-M ENTlON.

Mrs, Frieda frost was sentenced III
a Philadelphia court Friday, to be
hanged for the murder OF her nus
band, William frost, last August, by
poisoning. Nine thousand women
joined the ranks Of striking garment
makers in Boston last Friday. There
are now about $4,000 garment work
ers out on a strike in that city.
THE strike of garment makers, in
progress in New York, since early In
January, and involving as high as
10000 workers, has been officially
ended. The legislature OF Kan
sas, has killed the bill providing tor
an initiative and referendum amend
ment to the state constitution. .......
The Newport News Shipbuilding com
pany has been awarded the contract
to build the battleship Pennsylvania,
which is to be one OF the largest anu
most powerful battleships In the
world, The contract price is $7,26O,-
900. When complete the vessel Will
have cost about $15,000,000. 49,. Gen
eral Rosalie Jones, the New York suf-
fragette, and her army" reached
Washington, Friday, after a march
from New York. Senator James
Fielder, president Of the state senate,
was inaugurated as governor or New
Jersey, Saturday at noon. George
C.. Grutz, an insurance broker, con-
victed last week in New York In a
case growing out of the larson trust
revelations by "Izzy the Painter" was
sentenced to Sing Sing for term OF
twenty-five years and six months. ..~
Fire, caused by a gas explosion, de-
stroyed the Hotel Dewey at Omaha'
Neb., Friday morning. Twenty lives
were lost. Mrs. Louisa Lindlon
was sentenced in Chicago court on
Thursday, to serve twenty-five years
for the murder Of her son, whom she
murdered for the insurance on MS
life. Three thousand japanese I'm.
migrants are soon to settle In BraZll
and will be coloniZed on 5O, ,OOO-acre
tract of land recently leased by the
brazilian government to a Japanese
company. Governor Dunno of IL
linois, recently publicly requested all
persons in the state, holding office un-
der gubernatorial appointment 10
send in their designations as speedily
as possible. There is move
ment on in New York to have uni
formed policewomen to look after the
social evil. ..... Geo. A. Grandon'
clerk and former choir singer, was
sentenced in a New York court, Fri
day. to serve seven and half years In
Sing Sing as a white SLAYER" ..... A
South Orange, n. j., boy, years old,
died Thursday from an attack of acute
indigestion. caused by eating hail
stones. Mrs. Marcellina Leon,
aged 105 years, died at Los Angeles,
Cal. Thursday, five days after she
had married her sweetheart or hfty
years, who survives her, aged SZ
years. After July 1st the collect
on-delivery feature will be added to
the parcel post department OF the
postal service of the country. ...
VIM. A. Dorr of Stockton, Cal, was
convicted at Lynn, Mass, Thursday
of the murder of George E. Marsh In
that city in April of last year. Marsh
was II years of age and after killing
him, Dorr propped the body up in an
automobile and rode with 1t for some
time while trying to decide how TO
dispose Of 1t. He finally dropped the
body in a marsh. OF the twenty
two automobile bandits on trial In
Paris, France. during the past seYeral
weeks on charges of murder, ROBBERY,
arson, ETC., four were sentenced to
death, fourteen to long terms or I'M
prisonment and the remainder were
acquitted. One of the prisoners. SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment, commit
ted suicide in his cell. ... The French
minister sof war and finance has ask
ed the parliament of France for an
appropriation Of 500, 100000 for the
renewal and increase of armaments
and war materials. -. The general
appropriation bill introduced in the
Pennsylvania legislature for the years
l9l3-l915, carries total Of S42,662,-
343.69.