Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-14
MERE MENTION

Prince William Frederick of Weld
Germany, has decided to accept the
nomination to the throne Of the indie.
pendent state of Albania. ...... King
George end Queen Mary had a narrow
escape from being mobbed by suffra-
gettes while attending a music hal
performance In London, Saturday
night. ..... The United States com.
merce court will cease to exist on De-
cember 31st. .......Two men fought
pistol duel on the streets Of Macon
Ga, Saturday evening. One Of the
duelists was seriously and the Other
slightly wounded. :. "A freight trair
was blown from the track during 9
terrific windstorm in Wisconsin, Sat.
urday. Col. David Dub. Gaillard
directing engineer of the Panama ca
nal work, Is critically iii in q Baltimore
hospital. Representative Kinhead Of
New Jersey, has introduced bill In
congress, providing for three battle.
ships Of the dreadnaught class. ......
VIM. H. Underwood, a prominent
planter, was assasinated near his home
at Strata, Ala, Friday night. His head
was blown off with load Of buck
shot. .Pauperism in England has
been reduced from 81 to less than % In
each 1000 population during the pas,
four years. Two sisters, one in Ma.
con, Ca, and the other at Mobile, Ala.
died Saturday morning at exactly the
same hour, 10 o'clock. -. DR.. Carey A
Barron is in jail at McDonough, Ga.
charged with causing the death OF. his
wife by poison. Statistics show
that one out of every eight marriages
in Ohio, ends in the divorce court. -.
Beginning this month the United
States department Of agriculture will
issue a monthly magazine for the ben
eft of farmers. "A herd OF fully 50C
wood buffaloes has been discovered IN
western Canada. -. . Under recently
passed Ohio law, after November 4th
all moving pictures with the slightest
suspicion of vulgarity, will be burned
in that state. Harry orchard, serV-
ing a life term in the Idaho peniten-
tiary for the murder Of Governor Stu
nenberg of that state, Is now seekin'
a parole and pardon. e.. . A railroad sta
ton at Balse, Switzerland, has just
been completed at a cost of 5000, 900
Oscar w. Lawson, a New York
publisher, is attempting to use fly
ing boat in travelling from his work to
his home near Long Branch, N. j., q
distance Of thirty five miles. On his
first trip last Friday he dropped into
the Hudson river from a heighth OF
1000 feet. He was not seriously hurt
Former Lieutenant Governor
Timothy Woodruff Of New York, and
one Of the city's political leaders died
last Sunday as the result Of stroke
Of paralysis. A gang Of three mer
and three women counterfeiters were
arrested in Troy, N. Y, by secret ser
vice Officers, last Friday night. The
officers had been after the gang for si1
months. .. The New York police be-
lieve they are near the solution Of the
mystery surrounding more than 1Ot
bomb explosions in that city during
the past year. Four Italians were ar
rested in New Jersey, and one of these
Is alleged to have made a confession
of the black hand gangs around New
York. He Is said to have made his
confession because of the failure OF
his pals to divide the money received
for blackmail. The chief Of the
mounted police of Peking China, was
arrested last Friday during the inau-
guration of President Yuan Shi Kai
The chief confessed that he had been
bribed to atetmpt to assassinate the
new president. d. :. The term OF Chas
l.. Warriner, sent to the Ohio peniten.
tiary several years ago for embezzline
s640. 900 from the Big Four railroad
company, will expire October 30.....
Adolphus Busch, the well-known st
Louis brewer, died at Mayence, Ger.
many, Friday, aged 76 years. -. Post
office inspectors are making an inves-
tigation of fake fire insurance compa-
nies who are doing business through.
out the country on the authority OF
charters issued by the state Of Della
ware. "A New York grand jury has
returned an indictment OF murder ir
the first degree against Father Hans
Schmidt. When informed Of the in.
dictment Schmidt said: That's good
How much longer will have to walt
before I am sent to the electric chair?'
The general assembly of Ten
nessee convened yesterday In its sec
ond special session Of the year, having
been called to pass so-called law
enforcement" bill. ....... The bodies o1
Mrs. Walter Nichols and Irving Wrfs-
ley were found in the woods near West
Guilford, VT, Saturday. The previous
day the body Of the woman's hubsano
had been found on public highway
It Is supposed Wrisley killed the othel
two and committed suicide. ..... The
New York police have arrested two
janitors charged with the theft Of
Jewels valued at $225,000 from Mrs
Chas. c. Rumsey at Narraganset'
Pier, last July. Elk Governor Pat.
terson of Tennessee has come out as g
strong opponent of liquor in thai