Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-13
MERE MENTION

MERE MENTION o,.s
Rear Admiral Rcbt. E. Peary, dis
coverer Of the North Pole, was on
Monday made grand. officer Of the
French Legion of Honor, by President
Poincare. -. 1t Is reported from Pc
conspirators recently arrested at
Tientsin and Pekin, have been exc
cuted after summary examination.
President Yuan Shi Kai is waging an
energetic campaign for election to the
presidency. Count Zeppelin, at the
| invitation Of Emperor Francis Joseph,
on Monday made flight of 430 miles
! to Vienna in one Of his latest airships,
| covering the distance at speed of 80
miles an hour. {. 4. Col. George Goethals
who arrived in New York, Monday.
| says the canal will be open to the
| largest vessels afloat by January 1st,
| report indicates a wheat yield Of 741,-
100000 bushels, Of which 49,. .0e0, 900
bushels will be winter wheat. The to
| tai will be sufficient to mill 160,500, 900
barrels OF flour. -. The fight for the
control of the labor situation In Phil
adelphia, Is now on In earnest between
| the Industrial Workers of the World
and the American Federation Of La
Dor. The contest promises to be thor
oughly demoralizing to all kinds Of
business. The department of JUS
| tice has begun civil suit against the
so-called Kodak trust, charging, a
monopoly Of trade in Photographic sup
plies. -. Fire destroyed 100000
ice plant in Philadelphia, Monday ...,.
Paradise Park. an amusement park Of
L t~n tror trfxy
sions, and covering five. acres of
ground, was destroyed by fire Monday,
with a loss Of 100000 90. italian, la
| borers stoned to death an unidentified
| organizer Of the Industrial Workers Of
| the World at Wilson Creek, Wash.
Monday, when the organizer attempted
| to have them leave their work on the
Great Northern railroad. :. Smoke
| and fumes are issuing in great volume
from the Katnai volcano, near Seward,
Alaska. -. Nathaniel Green, a young
negro, was hanged In the District Of
| Columbia jail, Monday for an attack
on Mrs. A. e. Grant on last Christmas
night. The scaffold used for the exc
| cution was the one used for the exc
| cution of Chas. ]. Guiteau, on June 80,
1882, for the assassination or PresI-
dent Garfield. -. The international
association Of Police Chiefs Is In ses-
sion at Washington. The white slave
traffic of the country is one Of the
| principal subjects for discussion 20. :. :.
Confederate veterans who were pris-
oners Of war;, on Monday presented
the state Of Indiana with bronze
bust of Col. Richard Dale Owen, COM
mandant of Camp Mortonn, a prison
camp, in 1852. The bust was placed
in the state capitol at Indianapolis. =.
The students of the public schools of
Kansas City, Mo-, have on deposit In
gate of $50, 300. The largest single de-
posit now is $3.50. =. Experts Of the
bureau of animal industry Of the agri-
| cultural department, are seeking q
method Of cross breeding the common
hen with birds Of plumage, in order to
furnish fancy feathers for women's
hats. :. -Four men were killed at
Riveston, ILL.,, Tuesday by being struck
4 by a Wabash train as they attempted
to cross the track in an automobile. !. {.
Jersey City, N. j., on Tuesday elected
five commissioners to govern the city
| during the next four years unless
sooner recalled by the people. :. Hun
dreds Of delegates to the World Sun
day school convention, which convenes
at Zurich, Switzerland, on July 8 to Is
have sailed from Philadelphia, New
York and Boston this week. =. !. Fiji
| ty persons were drowned at Vyatka,
Russia, Tuesday, by the sinking of a
dilapidated ferry boat In the river
Tcheptsa. The agricultural depart
ment Of Kansas will establish eight
experiment stations to demonstrate
the efficacy Of a serum devised for the
prevention of hog cholera. 1t is esti-
mated that the serum will save the
h@n Nf thA fofa
per year. The total value Of ex-
ports through the part of New York,
since January 1st to June 10; was
$432, ,006, ,279. .... old crop Irish pota-
toes sold on the Chicago wholesale
market Tuesday, at 16 cents bushel,
the lowest price on record. Retail
prices to consumers were Is to 20
cents a peck. .... A German aviator
on Wednesday covered distance of
674 miles at an approximate speed of
mile every 81 4-5 seconds. -. Dur
ing a strike riot at Ipswich, Mass,
Tuesday night one woman was killed
and several persons were injured. -.
Joseph Mcdonald, wealthy mine op-
orator Of Mexico, charged at Juneau,
Alaska, with the murder Of N. c. Jones
a mission worker, has been released on
a bail bond of $4,000. "A decisive
fight between United States troops
and rebellious Moros under the Sultan
of Jolo, is expected in the department
of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, with
in the next few days. 49,. w. P. Fain.
a member of the board Of police COM
missioners Of Georgia, and M. T.
Cantrell, member Of a prominent firm
of tailors Of Atlanta, Ca, have been
indicted by the Fulton grand jury on
the charge of maintaining a disorder
ly house. ....... -Four men were killed,
two hurt, and five are missing, as the
result Of a boiler explosion on a lake
barge at Racine, Wis, Wednesday.