Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-15
MERE MENTION


last week sent a request to the port Of
ficials. of Philadelphia that they at
once hand in their designations "for the
good of the service" No charges were
made, but the action was taken in or
der to put in officials Of the Democratic
faith. -. Mrs. Katherine McDonough
died in New York last Thursday, fol-
lowing slight blow over the eye with
a nursing bottle in the hands Of her in
FAINT child. The slight injury caused
traumatic meningitis. s.. The govern
ments Of Peru and Brazil have officially
recognized the new Chinese republic
In the family Of nations. :. :. The Can
adian government has awarded its Eu-
ropean mail contract to a steamship
company and increased its mail SUBJ
sidy from 100000 to $1,000,000 per
year. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, a
wealthy young motorist Of Philadel-
phia, is spending three months In Jail
at Norristown, Pa, for violation Of the
speed laws and running down a man
on a public highway. 49,. The birth
rate of France during 1912, was the
lowest since 1861. According to official
figures for 1912, there was only one
birth to every thirty families. >. -Four
men were killed at Pensacola, Fla, on
Thursday, by the explosion Of an am
monia boiler in an Ice factory. :. The
strike Of street car workers in Buffalo,
after continuing for some days, has
been settled. -. The home of Rev. W.
W. Wilson, an anti-saloon minister, at
Tolono, ILL.,, was dynamited early on
Thursday morning. Tne minister and
his wife were injured slightly. :. Pat
II la1r Iohx all .alr
er, advocates a law prohibiting the
slaughter Of veal calves, and also fav-
ors the admission Of beef and livestock
into the country free Of duty. He says
that during 1911, S,000,0 900 calves, aver
aging 10 pounds weight, were slaugh-
tered in the United States. .. .Chica-
go capitalists are planning to build a
hotel twenty-one stories high and to
contain 2,240 rooms, at a cost Of about
Sc, 200, ,000.. ... There is an administra-
tion movement on in Washington, to
increase the working hours Of clerical
workers at least an hour day. At
present government clerks are suppos-
ed to work from g. m. to 4.30 p. m,
with one hour for lunch. ;. The first
three months Of 1913 have been the
most disastrous to ships for like pe..
riod in fifty years The total losses
was more than $7,000,000. During jan
uary one shipping agency reported loss
or damage of 32S sailing vessels and
$40 steamships. .. The battleships Ida
no and Minnesota went into the League
Island dry dock at Philadelphia on
Wednesday night Of last week. and
both were thoroughly scraped Of bar
nacles, repainted, refloated and started
for Mexican water Saturday morning.
$50. In the early eighties DR.. Edw. s.
Higley Of Glen Ellyn, Ill, loaned Chas.
Froelich $700 with which to complete
his college course. The latter went to
Australia. A few days ago the doctor
was informed that Froelich had died
without heirs and left him an estate Of
81, 900, ,000.. >. One man was killed and
two seriously injured Friday by the
derailment of q Union Pacific train by
snowdrift near Cheyenne Wells, Col
THE Interborough Rapid Transit
company Of New York, last week filed
in the registers Office of that CITY,, a
mortgage for 5000, 100000. This is the
largest mortgage ever recorded in this
country. The State Conservation
commission Of New York, last week
| seized 100 quarts Of frogs legs in cold
storage plants and restaurants. ..,..
VIM. Dato, IS years old, was killed at
Hoboken, N. j., Friday, while taking
part in q make believe duel for NOV
ing picture. His antagonists pistol
was Of the "unloaded" variety. -. A
gang of twelve alleged yeggmen were
arrested in Philadelphia last Friday.
The officers also secured a large guam
tity OF nitro -glycerine and burglars
paraphernalia. .. In the Silesian dis
trict of Germany, 100000 coal miners
are threatening to go on a strike......
Mrs Charles Smith Of Dandy, N. T..
last Friday became the mother Of five
babies. Roy Root and Ray Root,
twin brothers, are in jail at Union Hill.
charged with assault and battery. Only
one of the boys is guilty, but the police
cannot say which one Is the guilty par
ty.. .... The annual session of the
congress Of the Daughters Of the Amer
lean Revolution convened in Washing
ton yesterday. -.