Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-09
York County Homes.
MERE-M MENTION.

Arthur O. Howard, with half dozen
aliases, has been arrested at Providence
r. l., after being fugitive from JUS
tice for nine years. Howard was ar
rested for connection with the Storey
cotton swindle in Philadelphia, where
he and his gang cleaned up $30,000,-
900 by fraudulent use Of the mails.
The gang had $500 dupes in sure
thing cotton speculation. 900. "A
Philadelphia surgeon on Monday tied
knot in one Of the eye muscles OF a
patient to put stop to squirting"
The operation was successful. ........
General" Kelly, leader Of the $500
unemployed men who were to march
from Sacramento, CAL, to Washington,
d. c., was released at Sacramento,
Monday, after serving sentence or
six months for vagrancy. 49, The city
council crime commission Of Chicago,
has evidence that the pickpockets of
that city pay to the lawyers and pro-
fessional bondsmen of Chicago, not
less than $4,000 a year. "A dispatch
from Constantinople, says that an
earthquake rocked the province Of
towns were wrecked and $500 lives are
reported lost .... "A shipment Of 1000
horses from the west, enroute to
Europe, passed through Pittsburg,
Pa, Wednesday. One thousand more
are to pass through within the next
few days. Jack Johnson's $4,000
bail on a white slave charge, has been
declared forfeited by Chicago judge.
Sixty foreign built vessels, with
an aggregate Of 233,7S gross tons,
have been removed from the danger OF
capture of belligerent European pow
ers, by admission to American regis
terry. 80. The New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad company and
the New England Navigation company,
have entered suit against John l.. Bill
lizard, Of Meriden, Conn.,, and six others,
to recover $3,S24,147, alleged to have
been held fraudulently in connection
with the sale of the Boston and Maine
railroad. The navy department will
soon let contracts for the building or
three battleships, each Of $4,000 tons
displacement. The vessels will be the
largest yet for the United States navy,
and will cost approximately $4,000, 900
for the three. .... There are 1,0OS
cases on the criminal dockets of the
courts of New York city. OF these
$50 accused are in Jail, the balance be-
ing out on bail. There are % murder
cases. ..... Mrs. Annette Adams has
been named by President Wilson as
the northern district Of California. She
is the first woman to hold such posi-
ton. 80. Representative Levy of New
York owner Of Montecello, the home
of Thomas Jefferson, offers to sell the
property to the government for an
occasional home for the presidents. He
says he does not want it to be mu-
scum. ... Sheriff Timothy Driscoll
and Mayor Duncan were found guilty
at Butte, Mont, Tuesday, on the charge
Of neglect Of duties in connection with
the recent miners riots in that city,
and were removed from office by the
trial court. 80. .Chas. +. Murphy lead
er of Tammany Hall, New York, at
meeting Of the faithful on Tuesday, Of
fered a resolution strongly endorsing
President Wilson's administration.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
establishment of Johns Hopkins hos
pital, Baltimore, is being celebrated
this week. Prominent medical men
and surgeons from all over the coun-
try, are in attendance. The state
convention of the Progressive party
of Massachusetts. on Tuesday, declar-
ed itself for national prohibition.
y marine department depot at Buenos
Aires, Argentina, was destroyed by
fire. Tuesday. with a property loss of
$4,000, 900. $50. Julian Carlton, muir
derer of six persons died at Dodge
vile, Wis. Wednesday, as the result
of self-administered dose of poison.
Several weeks ago Carlton closed all
the doors and windows of his employ
er's home except one window, and set
the place on fire. AS the victims
came through the window he killed
them with an axe. Cardinal Fer
rata, papal secretary of state, is crit
ically i'll in Rome. The sum be-
queathed by Mrs. Frank Leslie. who
died recently. to Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait of New York, to be used in the
promotion Of the suffragist cause, is
in excess of $4,000. Charles Bry-
ant was run over and fatally injured
by Il circus wagon at Kinston. y. c..
Wednesday. He had gone to sleep
under the wagon.