Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-10
MERE MENTION


Monday placed contracts for 245 loco
motives, representing an expenditure
of close to $5,000,000.. 0...... The bark
Carrie Winslow was wrecked or Cape
Hatteras last Friday. Ten men and a
woman were rescued from the sinking
vessel by the crew of the steamship
Syndic. The 120th session Of the
Pennsylvania legislature convened on
Tuesday. The Progressive element
controlled the organization, completely
defeating the old line Republicans at
every point. The estimated popu-
lation of the United States on January
1st, was 96,496,000, and the per capita
circulation Of money, on this basis OF
population, is $34.72.......O One OF the
leading Methodist churches Of Phila-
delphia, has installed a wireless tele-
graph station as part Of the equipment
for its industrial classes. :. Eight men
were killed on board the French bat
tleship Massena, on Monday, by the
bursting Of a steampipe.. 80. Henry
Clay, former director Of public safety
of Philadelphia, with three associates,
Is on trial in that city on charges OF
conspiracy to defraud the city out OF
sums totaling 100000. The TOO
officers and marines sent to Nicaragua
last August, have returned to Philadel-
phia. .....J. N. Heiskell, editor of the
Arkansas Gazette of Little Rock, has
been appointed to I'LL out the unexpir-
ed term Of the late United States Sem
ator JEFF Davis. IA Philadelphia po-
lice court judge advocates ice water
baths for the habitual tippler..
Governor Tener Of Pennsylvania, has
removed from Office Captain John e.
Delaney, chief factory inspector OF the
state. Delaney has held the office for
ten years despite numerous charges OF
incompetency, fayoritism, neglect, etc.
He has been a political force In Penn
sylvania for many years. .....A dino
saur, said to be the biggest prehistoric
freak yet unearthed, was recently dis
covered at the top Of the Uinta range
of mountains in Utah, $500 feet above
sea level. The bones will be shipped
to the Carnegie institute In Pittsburgh,
Pa. According TO- a report OF the
Russell Sage Foundation, the average
wage of school teachers In the United
States, Is less than 81 a day. 80. "A
cold wave of such violence swept low
er California on Sunday and Monday.
as to damage citrus fruit trees and the
harvested fruits to the extent OF mil
lions of dollars. In Montana the tenn
perature fell to thirty degrees below
zero A Constitutional amendment
favorable to woman's suffrage has
been favorably reported in both houses
of the New York legislature. -. Fire
destroyed 100000 worth of property at
Mason City, Iowa, Tuesday. -. Three
miners lost their lives in a snowslide
near Landon, British Columbia, Tues
day. Powell Clayton, Republican
national committeeman for Arkansas,
has resigned the position after holding
the place for IL years. 49,. Driven to
desperation by pain and inability TO
get the services Of surgeon, Clark
field, Mimi, physician performed an
operation on his own left Jaw while
standing before a mirror. He slit the
jaw to the bone, scraped the bone and
then sewed up the wound. 49,. The OIL
on Peacock Spit, on the oregon coast,
Tuesday, during 50-mile gale. The
lives of 81 of the crew Of 35 were lost.
The vessel Is complete loss. 80. .Tne
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound
railroad, Is making arrangements 10
electrify 450 miles Of its track IN Mon
tana and Idaho. The total imports
of Great Britain, including Ireland,
during 1912, totaled $3,724, ,483, 900. The
exports totaled $2,437, 10000. The to-
tai increase Of imports over the previ-
GUS year was $325,695,000. Cotton rep
resented $32,500,000 Of the increase.
Governor Wilson Of New Jersey, Is
openly opposing the election OF Ed
ward ]. Edwards, q personal friend, TO
the position Of state treasurer by the
Ieeislature which meets next Tuesday.
Edwards is q banker and this Is said
to be the governors principal objec-
ton to him. The empress OF
Russia Is reported as being so Ill that
all social features have been cancel
ed. Senator Conrad Preceding
and Representatives GQffrey and AL
drich, members Of the first terrttori-
al legislature of Alaska, will have to
travel 1000 miles by dog team tol
reach Juneau, for the convening OF
the assembly, which occurs on Marcn
8. They started on their journey
Monday. :. David, A. Sullivan, al
Brooklyn. N. Y, banker, was con-
victed Wednesday Of converting $780,
600 to his own use. "A damage
suit, growing out Of an explosion OF
a naptha launch in the Chicago
river, twenty-three years ago, In
which twenty-eight negroes were
killed, has just been finally decided
by the Illinois court of appeals. The
amount involved was $4,000, and
the suit was won by the plaintins. |
Snow along the tracks Of the
Northern Pacific railroad in Washing |
ton, Is banked up higher than the
tops of the cars. Heavy locomotives
and snowplows are constantly work.
ing to keep the tracks free OF snow.
"A box containing $26,O00 In
gold specie, shipped from Berlin 10
Hamberg, was stolen few days ago
while in transit Within the past
two months, $4,000 have been stolen
In this manner, supposedly by an
organized gang.