Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-22
MERE MENTION

A bill has been passed by the Ohio
legislature to enfranchise more than
1000 persons in Adams county who
were disfranchised by Judge Blair as q
result Of election conditions in that
county two years ago. -. The United
States government on Friday awarded
contract to the Deutschen Magchin-
enfabrik Aktiengesellschaft of Duis-
burg, Germany, for two floating cranes
for the Panama canal. The contract cont rae
price for the two cranes Is $S37,500,
and the German bid was 100000. be-
low the bid Of American concerns. 49,.
Jos. w. Martin. the missing Memphis,
Tenn, cotton merchant, who disap-
peared from London, on April 8, has
been located in Switzerland. "A small
board on which was scratched mes
sage signed by John Jacob Astor, IT,
tanic victim, was picked up In the VI
cinity Of the wreck last week. The
message was written with nail. .....
The government Of England. so It Is
stated in London, has decided to take
drastic measures in smashing the SUI
fragette movement. 1t is proposed to
outlaw the Women's Social and Politi-
cal Union and confiscate the Unions
German animal collector, died at Ham,
effects of bite from venomous
snake received seven years ago. ......
Congressman Thos. w. Sims and Chas.
c. Glover, banker, had a fisticuff on
the streets of Washington last Friday.
=. Thugs entered a dentists office
in Delaney street, New York, last
Friday, and at the point Of pistols hello
up the dentist and robbed the place Of
$500 worth Of gold and platinum. -.
Thos. F. Robinson, the secsnd graft
policeman to go to trial in New York,
was convicted Friday on a charge of
grating and collecting protection
money. -Four New York automobile
bandits were convicted Friday and SEN
ty years each. They were convicted on
evidence furnished by one Of their pals.
A negro, Ed Hutchins, charged
with arson, burned the locks Off the
Jail doors at Petersburg, Va, Friday
morning and made his escape. -. The
Southern railways Kansas City
Florida special was derailed near
Eastman, Ga, Friday. Several OF the
trainmen were more or less injured. &.
The centennial anniversary Of the birth
Of Stephen A. Douglass will be cele-
brated by the Illinois legislature at
Springfield, tomorrow 49,. The Unit
ed States and its possessions in 1909-1O
produced 1,232,015 tons Of cane sugar
the total for the world being S,294,334.
In 1909 and 1910 the United States
consumed 3,2S5,771 tons. "A schoon-
er, lost at sea eighteen years ago, has
been located in 60 feet of water near
Chignook lagoon, Alaska. It was found
by a deep sea diver, and its cargo, In
Guiding $4,000 worth Of block tin Is to
be raised. Governor Mann of Vir-
ginia, is suffering from appendicitis In
Washington. The number of strik-
ers throughout Belgium has reached a
total in excess Of $50, 900. 49,. The low
er house Of the Ohio legislature has
passed a congressional gerrymander
bill, by means Of which six Democratic
congressman will be legis!ated out OF
office. ..... Alfred Forcareto was SEN
fenced at New Haven, Conn.,, Friday,
to serve seventeen years for white
slavery. In the national conference
for education in the south at Richmond
Va, last Friday, DR.. H. L. Whitefield
Of Mississippi, advocated the complete
abandonment of "effete classicalism'
in the public schools and the substitu-
ton Of Vocational training for AL
classes. The suggestion was consider
ed by some as revolutionary. 80. The
entire staff Of IS doctors of Bellevue
hospital, New York were made sick
Thursday night by eating chicken sal
ad. :. According to figures published
by the board of health last week, the
population of New York city Is now
$3.50, 900. ......Wm. B. Jennings, after
being sentenced to life imprisonment
for murder in Boston, Thursday, boast
ed Of a number Of other murders he
had committed in various parts Of the
country . q. e. John Nicholson Anhut a
lawyer was indicted in New York
Thursday, on a charge Of trying to
bribe an official Of the state hospital
for the insane, in behalf Of Harry K.
Thaw. ..J. Pierpont Morgan & Co.
Of New York, have employed publ
city agent, at salary Of $4,000 year.
A press agent for banking concern is
a new departure.