Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-17
MERE MENTION

John D. Rockefeller and others will
finance a nationwide campaign In
the interest Of white slaves. Rescue
homes will be established throughout
the country and fund Of $40, 600, 900
is to be provided for the purpose.
In a political riot at CeZimbra, Portu-
gal, sunday, troops fired volleys into
the rioters, killing three and wound
ing twenty-nine.. .....A New York
bank a few days ago received check
for $4,000 from citizen living in
Germany, to pay note for $1,000
ven seventeen years ago. The maker
of the note had In the meantime pass
ed through the bankruptcy courts in
New York, and later returned to Ger
many. 80. The steamer Uranium, Rot
terdam to Halifax, went on the rocks,
twelve miles from Halifax, Nova Sco-
tia, Sunday morning during a high
wind and dense fog. The S23 pas
sengers, mostly emigrants, were safe
ly landed. The trial Of the noto-
rious Bonnot gang of automobile muir
derers and thieves, Is set to begin In
Paris on February 3. There are twen-
ty-one prisoners, and the trial Is eX
pected to continue for at least three
weeks. There will be 800 witnesses,
and the presiding magistrate will ask
each prospective juror SGT questions.
The strike Of the New York gar
ment workers has been broken and
thousands of the workers have re-
turned to their work. "A young
bandit, described as being excessively
polite, held up railroad ticket Of
flee in Cleveland, O., Friday; one in
in Philadelphia on Monday. He Is de-
scribed as a Chesterfield in dress and
manner and speaks with slight lisp,
but his revolver speaks with consider
able force. John w. Weeks has
been named by the Republican major
ity Of the Massachusetts, legislature, to
succeed Murray w. Crane as United
States senator from that state. .....
Joseph Kirwin, a life-term prisoner
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, for rob-
berry, Is making plea for a pardon on
the ground that complete change OF
the tissues Of his body, which scien-
lists say, occurs every seven years,
has cured him of his mania for crime.
.... The government Of Great Brit
ain on January 1st assumed owner
ship Of all the telephone systems or
the British Isles, and a court of ap-
praisal has fixed s62,576,320 as the
price the government must pay for the
pHOHe SySlelllS. :" wv dNidloiS "SiC
drowned in the River Thames near
London, Monday. The flying machine
fell into the water and the engine ex-
ploded. -. In an address at Trenton
n. j., Monday, Governor Wilson said
hat in his administration he will
Pick out progressives and only pro-
gressives. The first aerial par
cells post service was inaugurated be-
tween Boston, Mass, and Providence,
r. l., Monday. The distance, about
so miles, was made in 54 minutes. -.
John Tasto, % years old, college
student, was arrested in Chicago on
Monday. charged with raising 81
bill to 500, to aid him in getting an
education. The moving picture fac
tory of the Thanhouser company, at
New Rochelle, N. Y, was destroyed
by fire Monday. The loss was about
s75, 900. Senator Pomereal Of Ohio,
has introduced a resolution in the SEN
ate, providing for a constitutional
that will simplify i'm
judges. .....S. P. Ker, president of the
Sharon, Pa, Steel Hoop company, an
in Washington on Tuesday,
that the United States Steel company
will advance the wages Of its employees
10 per cent on February 1. The in
crease will total approximately ST.
100000 a year. wv. w. Ramsey, an
eX-convict, was on Tuesday, elected
president Of Tie German National bank
Of Pittsburg Pa. Ramsey served a |
term following the Pittsburg council
manic graft scandal two years ago..
The Colorado legislature elected two
Democratic United States senator's on
-. Senator Gore has intro |
duced a bill to increase the member |
ship of the United States supreme |
court from to II.