Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-18
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Arthur Tillman, 81 years old, under
sentence Of death for murder. made
his escape from officers near Perry.
Ark, by jumping from moving train,
while on his way to the state peniten-
tiary ....... Sheriff Hamburger Of New
York, on Friday. recovered from safe
deposit box $17.500 In old gold coins
banker last September. The thief was
traced by a coin that he had spent In
Philadelphia, and was finally captur-
ed at Kingston, N. T.. "A lone BAN
dit held up the passengers Of Pull
man car on an Overland mail train
near Richmond, Cal, Friday night and
got away with $1,000 in cash and an
equal amount Of jewelry.... One man
was killed and ten persons injured
near Annadel, Tell, Friday. in the
wreck of q fast train on the Queen &
Crescent railway. Henry Spencer
was convicted at Chicago, Friday on
a charge OF numbering Mrs. Mildred
Rexroot, and sentenced to death. When
arrested Spencer made confessions In
which he claimed credit for twenty
three murders. When convicted Friday
he cursed Judge and jury roundly. It
Is supposed that his confessions"
was an insanity dodge, but 1T failed to
work. Every union engineer, fire.
man, conductor, brakeman, fagman
and yardman Of the Southern Pacific
railroad between New Orleans. La,
and FL Paso, Tex, are on q strike, tie
ing up practically 1000 miles Of track.
$3.50. Everett p. Fowler, lawyer of
Kingston. has been indicted by grand
jury Of New York on q charge OF; ex-
tortion and faces sentence of fifteen
years. Fowler was designated by. John
A. Hennessy, Gov. Suffers ii1vestfgat-
or. as "Chas f. Murphy.s bagnan,,
'fn shaking down campaign. contribu-
tions from public highway contrac-
tors, -. BY executive order the legal
rate of the Panama canal zone has
been fixed at 6 per cent per annuHf Up
to IL per cent may be charged by writ
ten agreement. Beyond that rate is
usurious and may be recovered. :.
Points along the Ohio river have been
having trouble the past few days on
account OF high water caused by melt
Ing SHOWS In the mountains. "A
grand jury at Bowling Green, KY, has
returned indictments against twenty-
one citizens. charging bribery in the
primary elections last August. ;. 1t Is
estimated by the state game warden
that $4,000 hunters were In the fields
Of Ohio Saturday. 80. Milton Brown
SON, aged 80 years, of Pana, H., has
fallen heir to fortune Of $500. 900, and
says he does not know what to do with
1t. Noted surgeons Of Germany and
Russia, say that the 10-year-cld Care
witch, heir to the Russian throne, can
not live more than six months longer.
The child Is victim Of tuberculosis OF
the bones. |. Kaiser William has put
the ban on the tango dance In Ger
many. -. Mrs. Daisy McI4aurin Ste
vens Of Mississippi, was elected pres-
ident general OF the u. d. C.,s, at the
New Orleans convention Saturday.
A crimonious debate and charges OF
gang rule" enlivened the last days
session of the convention. Z. .Chas. q.
Gates. who died at Cody, wyo, Ocfo-
Der 2S, left $4,000, 900 for the estab-
lishment of an old peoples home at
West Chicago, Ind. The balance OF his
estate he left to his wife and mother.
49,. VIM. F. McCombs, on arrival at
New York, Friday. with his bride pos
itiyely denied that he had or would
accept the appointment Of ambassador
to France. The death toll Of the
terrific storm which swept the Great
Lakes the first Of last week, is now put
at close to 800 persons. ;. Fifteen
firemen were buried under the falling
wall Of a burning hay warehouse at
st. Louis, Friday Eight Of them were
rescued. .... Col. Theodore Roosevelt
and President Lowell Of Harvard,
have been invited to make addresses In
japan, tending to promote frfendlier
relations between japan and the Unit
ed States. 49,. Declaring his Innocence
with his last breath. Warren Jenkins
was hanged at Rawlins. wyo.. Friday
for wife. murder. Lieut. c, Perry
Rich Of the u. 8. army aviation corps,
was drowned in Manila bay. Friday,
when he fell with his aeropiane [. :,
Or. Henry 8. Tanner. aged IS years,
champion faster Of the world, now lIv-
ing In California, says he wants to
marry Mrs. Emmeline Pankhufst, the
militant English suffragette. TstTs-s3