Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-03-11
MERE MENTION

Of Lake Erie for almost a century,
was raised to the surface Thursday,
and Is to be rebuilt to take part in the
Perry centennial to be celebrated next
year. The timbers Of the old vessel
are in a fine state Of preservation. 80.
Governor Mann Of Virginia, has re-
fused to commute the death sentences
Of Floyd and Claude Swanson Allen to
/ life Imprisonment, and the. two men
are to die in the electric chair on March
% for their part in the Hillsville court
house affair. -. An electrician at
Camden, NJ j., while working on a
ladder Thursday, fell on a. network Of
wires and received the force Of 2,400
volts. He was considerably burned,
but not seriously hurt. -. Henry B.
Taylor, an employee Of an oil refining
company at Warren, Pa, has discov-
cred what he believes will be cheap
substitute for gasoline. The new pro-
duct is called gasene, and it is claim
ed the new product can be sold for
one third the price OF gasoline and
for automobiles has greater efficiency.
Harry X. Thaw, who was to ap-
pear in New York last Thursday in his
fifth habeas corpus proceedings in an
effort to get out Of Matteawan insane
asylum, has given up the attempt be-
cause of the charges Of bribery in con-
nection with his efforts. .... The min
lister Of finance has asked the Japan
ese diet to authorize the placing Of
loan in foreign countries Of $150,000,-
900 for starting various necessary un-
dertakings. -. Mrs. Emilio Madero,
sister-inelaw of the late president of
Mexico, declared at Brownsville, Tex,
last week that the president was mur-
dered after horrible tortures, two days
before the public announcement Of the
killing. .... The seating arrangements
Of the house Of representatives Of the
Capitol at Washington, are being al
tered to accommodate the 435 men,
bers who will assemble for the extra
session. The cost Of President Will
sons Inauguration was $4,000. &C. G.
Elliott and A. D. Moorhouse, connected
with the agricultural department, and
dismissed several months ago on ac-
count Of charges in connection with
the Florida everglade drainage scheme,
were reinstated by Secretary James
Wilson before he gave up his secre-
taryship. The men under charges
were exonerated by the congressional
investigating committee. -. Code HILL.
an aged citizen of Orlando, Fla, had
his hair cut last week for the first
time in sixteen years. He had made a
VOW not to have his hair cut until an
other Democratic president was inau-
gurated. The hair cutting took place
in public bandstand and was wit
messed by a large crowd: The fire
States last year paid total Of $685.
700,000 for fire losses, an increase over
1911 Of $2,934,5S6. The companies dis
bursed a total Of $295.401,463 for
losses, expenses, dividends, agents
commissions, ETC.. Charles W. Morse
the banker, who has been in Europe
since his release from prison more
than year ago, Is returning to New
York from England. .....At Lawton.
Okla, Friday, forty three cases of
whisky and sixteen casks Of beer were
seized under authority Of the new
Webb liquor law. Sir Thomas Lip
ton, the English sportsman, has issued
challenge through the Royal Ulster
Yacht club for a series Of yacht races
for the American cup. If the challenge
Is accepted. the races will be sailed
during 1914. ,. Greek military author
tiles declare that they hold 7S,450 Tur-
kish soldiers as prisoners of war.
Miss Olive Wharry, suffragette, was
convicted in the Old Baily court in
London, Friday, on a charge of arson,
and was sentenced to serve q term Of
eighteen months in prison. .... AT Yo-
kohama, Japan, March 6, fire destroy
ed property to the value Of $500, 900.
Included in the loss were a number Of
silk mills, warehouses and ESQ business
houses. ... Under its recently adopted
constitution, Ohio now has a law under
which nine men Of jury of twelve can
render a verdict. The new jury law Is
proving satisfactory and growing In
popularity. 80. Revenue officers have
recently seized 100000 pounds Of adul-
terated butter in storage in Chicago.
Most Of the adulteration is in the form
of water, the government not allowing
over 16 per cent. -. .Vandals have re-
Gently badly mutilated number OF
memorials standing on the Gettysburg
battlefield in Pennsylvania.