Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-12
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John w. Steele, better known as
Goal Oil Johnny" is visiting at his
old home at Warren, Pa. He was IA
nous character in the early oil days
Of Pennsylvania. At present he Is a
depot agent at Fort Crook, Neb.. 49,.
The N. z. Graves company, paint and
varnish makers. Of Philadelphia, went
in to receivers hands Friday, with as
sets of s4,Oo0.00O, and liabilities OF
ington banker, who recently. attacked
Representative Sims Of Tennessee,
read an apology for his attack on Mr..
Sims, before the house Friday, and
was reprimanded by Speaker Clark. -.
Government experts who investigated
the alleged Friedman cure for tuber-
culosis, have reported that the claims
for the turtle vaccine are not justified
by the results. /. {. d. Because the United
States has refused to recognize the HUI
erta government, President Huerta
has declared that American Ambassa-
dor Wilson is without diplomatic
standing. The editor Of the Eliza
beth, N. c., Independent, was on Fri
day, sentenced to serve six months on
the chaingang for criminal libel.
Governor Cox Of Ohio, has signed a
bill providing for mothers pensions In
that state. -. .Suffragettes burned
$4,000 mansion at Barrow on Furness
Lancashire, England, Friday =. Fifty .
six electric automobiles were destroyed
by s250,O00 fire in Chicago, Friday: i.
Scutari was badly damaged by fire
Friday, supposed started by the Mon
tenegrins in revenge for being forced
to give up that city. .... Miguel VAL
lespi gave himself up to the police at
Carcassonne, France, Friday, and de.
clared that he wanted to be guilotined
for the murder Of a widow, fifteen
years ago. George T. Baer, presi-
dent of the Reading railroad, has at
his farm near Reading, Pa, herd OF
eighteen Holstein cows, one Of which
during thirty days ending May 10, pro-
duced 2,310 pounds Of milk, or more
than 1000 quarts, and slightly more
than so pounds Of butter. Her maxi
mum yield for one day was SO pounds.
ounces of milk The butterfat test
was 81 per cent. The COW Is eignt
years old and weighs 1,400 pounds. -.
The postal cards issued by the post
office department will soon be changed
from the familiar MANILA card to a
shade Of green, During the nine
months ending March 80, 747,99S aliens
were admitted to the United States. L.
Mothers Day services, in which moth
ers were especially honored, were held
in the churches and Sunday schools
throughout the world last Sunday. -.
The driver of Kansas City, Mo-. beer
wagon, was fined $500 for delivering
and collecting for lot of beer In
Kansas City, Kansas, Friday. the
driver was the first conviction Of the
Kansas authorities in the fight against
the interstate shipment Of liquors..
The four inspectors Of police convict
ed in New York last week, were given
the extreme penalty Of the law for
their crime-conspiring to obstrucI
Justice. One year In prison and q
fine Of $500 each. Clyde Stratton'
who escaped from the prison at LeaV-
enworth, Kan, March 29, by crawling
half a mile through a 15-inch sewer
has been captured at Pekin, Ill. 49,.
Lieut.. ]. D. Parks, a military aviator
was killed near Santa Ana, CAL, Friday
in a fall Of less than fifteen feet. .....
A Buffalo, N. Y, man committed sui
eide Friday because his friends
jibed him for having received but four
votes when he ran for the ONCE oi
school commissioner. Chuck" Con-
nors. known all over the country as
the Mayor of Chinatown" and pic
turesuue character of the old Bowery
died in a New York hospital SATURDAY
Of pneumonia, aged 81 years. -Four
hundred Of the 5000 inhabitants OIL
Canton, Mass, are afflicted with ton
silitis. There have been nine deaths
from the malady and all schools and
public buildings have been closed: -:
A carload of dynamite exploded al
Uniontown, Pa, Saturday. Three per-
sons were killed and fifty injured. 80.
The worst typhoon in many years
swept over the Philippine islands
Sunday. The death list up to Sunday
night, included 5s persons and Is still
growing. Nearly $500 commission
ers, representing the four branches OF
the Presbyterian church in the United
States and an aggregate of 100000
church members. are in session In At.
lanta, Ca, this week. The Order OF
Railway Conductors, representing 49,
600 members, is in biennial session II
Detroit, Mich.