Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-29

an occasion ITOIn SOUO 10 Sz,oUU WOTth
of property In the shape Of an automo-
bile, and 1t might be good idea to
provide for the protection Of people
who want to be protected" q
MERE MENTION
A New York bridge commission esti-
mates that a proposed bridge across
the Hudson river will cost $4,000. 900.
1.-THE French chamber Of deputies
by vote Of $50 to SO. has voted its
approval Of the governments $L000,-
900, 900 budget for the fiscal year 1918.
-. Ex-Governor M. r. Patterson
was caught In a raid Of an underworld
resort by the police at Memphis. Tenn.
Friday night. VIM. Henry Lee, a
publisher Of Chicago, who died several
weeks ago, left an estate Of 100000.
and his administrators cannot find that
he has any living relatives. :. Two Of
ficers Of the Prussian army fought o
duel to the death with swords at Lam
dau, Wurtemburg, Friday, because one
Of them had criticised the other be-
cause he had allowed his daughter to
dance the turkey trot". Governor
Sulzer of New York, says that his life
Is In danger because of the fight he is
making against the power OF Tam
many Hall. The governor says he Will
fight until either he or NChas. f. Muir
ply bites the political dust" -. Sixty
mutinous convicts, with q guard to
each pair, have been transferred from
Sing Sing to the state prison at Au-
burn, N. Y..... H. Otto Wittpenn. ex-
mayor Of Jersey City, has withdrawn
from the gubernatorial race of New
Jersey, I'm favor Of Governor Fielder. at
the request Of President Wilson. ....
Rahoub Hassan, a young Servian, was
deported from Philadelphia, Saturday
and will return to his home In Servia.
While working In Cleveland, o., to-
bacco factory, 1t was discovered that
he was a victim Of leprosy, hence the
deportation. Governor Tener, OF
Pennsylvania, has signed the Richards
marriage license bill, which provides
for medical examinations Of candidates
for matrimony. .... Mrs. Ella Fiagg
Young, aged 68 years, head OF the pup-
lie school system Of chicago, mas ten
dered her resignation because or frlc-
ton with members of the school poaro
Pressure is being brought to bear on
Mrs. Young to withdraw the resigna-
tion THE 150th anniversary Of the
birth of John Jacob Astor, founder ol
the Astor fortune, was celebrated In
waldorf. Germany, Friday. The father
of John Jacob Astor, 1st, was Dutcn-
er. Four towns Of Schuykiil coun-
ty. Pa, have cases of smallpox, the re-
suit of a recent visit Of q circus. $3.50.
Great schools of whales are to be seen
almost daily along the coast OF Deia-
ware and New Jersey. 1.-TWO New
york egg commission men plead guilty
to making false claims against tne
baltimore and Ohio railroad for break
age In transit, Friday, and were nneo
s11 900. The total OF business Done
in the Philippine islands during lne
fiscal year ending June 80, was sSS,s,,
100000. The foreign Tao9 t9Svu an.
s156. 600, 900. -. Judge Geo. w. rays
Democrat, was elected governor oI a.
kansas by 10000 majority, IN iast Weu- o..
nesday's special election. He was OPP
nosed by a Progressive and Socialist.
-. M. Smith, known as the "Bo-
ray King" and head Of q $200,0Og
string of corporations, has been !orced
into involuntary bankruptcy, with na-
bilities of $155, 5000. The mayor OF
cleveland. O., is trying to induce the
department stores of that city to sell
citv "A per cent bonds over their coun,
ters In denominations Of S., $40 and
s26. Howard Elliott, president OF
the Northern Pacific, has been elected
nresident of the New York, New Ha-
Ven and Hartford system, succeeding
Chas. s.. Mellen, resigned. ~, "A gang
of conyicts at Newton, N. j., who were
very restless during rest hours, have
been contented since being given q
baseball outfit and allowed to play the
game after work hours. Geo w.
Riehl, a jeweler of New Orleans, was
shot to death on the streets OF tnat CITY
Thursday, by Miss Augusta A Eo
wards, a stenographer who ciaimed
Riehl had ruined her life... ..The po-
lice of Indianapolis, Ind, are now al
lowed to 60 on duty in their shirt
sleeves on account Of the heat. !. Re
yised figures place the number OF
deaths In the Binghampton, N. Y,
overall factory fire last week at forty.
Frank Burnside, an aviator, reacn-
ed an altitude Of 1880 feet at Bath,
N. Y, Saturday, the highest altitude
vet attained by an American. .... .The
railroad managers and the railway
workers of the forty-two eastern rail-
roads have signed agreements to abide
by the ruling Of a board OF arbitra-
tors. The hearings are to be held In
New York, probably In September.
A Pennsylvania railroad towerman
ditched afast passenger train at Burn
ham, Ill, Saturday to avert a head-on
collision, with another passenger train.
No one was seriously injured on the
wrecked train. 80. Governor Tener OF
Pennsylvania, has vetoed more tnan
400 appropriation bills passed by the
last legislature. carrying approprla-
tions Of $4,000, 900. Two ltaiians,
wanted in Italy for crimes committed
eight years ago, one OF them a MURDER
er. were arrested at Shamokin, Pa,
Saturday j. Warren Jenkins, un-
der sentence of death at Cheyenne,
Wyo., for wife-murder, has fallen heir
to s25,OOO. Saturday afternoon more
than 100000 non-militant suffragettes
gathered in Hyde Park, London, ana
made a quiet and orderly appeal to
parliament for votes for women. The
suffragettes walked to London from all
parts Of England. The Cuban con-
gress in special session, has given per-
mission for the prosecution or Repre-
sentative Arias and Senator Morales,
for the murder Of General Riva, head
of the national police, a few weeks
ago. The defendants could be prose-
cuted only by special act OF congress.
The new revolution In China which
bids fair to rend the republic to pieces,
Is being largely ulrecteu ny LII. sun
Yet-Sen, who engineered the reyolu-
tion of 1911 against the Manchus. .....
Governor West Of Oregon, has ordered
the seizure of all liquors shipped into
that state In violation Of state laws
and of the Webb law. Governor
Hall of Louisiana, has filed suit against
the New Orleans Daily States for
500, 900 damages, the suit growing out
of statements published by the paper
in connection with 900,000-acre land
deal to which the governor was par
ty. .....A house at Fayetteville, Ark,
was struck by lightning five times
within one hour Saturday. The fifth
bolt Jared the house from it's founda- |
tions. Fifty persons were injured,
some seriously, many Of them women, |
by an explosion in a celluloid factory
at Arlington, N. j., Friday evening. -.
The postoffice department last
announced the appoint
ment of George C. Gunter, Of Seivern,
Aiken county, s. c., as rural carrier
for that section. Gunter will succeed
Mrs. Rosabelle Gunter as rural carrier
for that route. Mrs. Gunter at the /