Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-09
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Judge Hill Oh the superior court Vi
Fulton county, Ga, has refused to set
aside the verdict against Leo M. Frank,
found guilty of the murder Of Mary
Phagan. .... August Tomsics, mani
&C, killed two policemen and wounded
nineteen other persons at Hoeflany,
Hungary, Saturday, before surrender
ing to a priest. Tomsics was wanted
for numbering a farmer and his wife. -.
The court of claims at Washington,
has rendered a decision to the effect
that q rural mail carrier cannot COL
lect more pay because his route may
be longer than it was when he entered
into his contract. The decision affects
81, 900 carriers. :. More than 5000 en-
ployes of the various Westinghouse
plants at East Pittsburg, Pa, are on a
strike. The strikers claim that they
struck because of dismissal Of union
help and demand recognition of the
union. The company says the men
were dismissed because Of stock or
ders. .....A violent volcanic eruption
occurred on the Dutch island Of Lam
guir Java 140 miles south Of the Phil
ippines, Friday. More than 100 houses
were destroyed. .Adlai b. Steven
son, vice president under Grover Cleve-
land, is critically i'll in Chicago hos
pital. Two French army aviators
were killed near Dijon, Friday. The
motor exploded when the machine was
a halt mile from the ground. -. Auto
mobile bandits held up two pay clerks,
one in Brooklyn, the other in New
York, Friday, and got a total Of $5, 700.
Within five hours the police had ar
rested and gotten a confession from the
chauffeur Of one Of the bandit cars
The police believe that the two rob-
berries were the work of the same gang,
as the methods used were almost iden-
teal. ... Another of England's famous
church edifices dating back to Norman
times, and located near Derby, was de-
stroyed by the suffragettes on Friday
This is the second church fire in
week. The Aquatania, the largest
British passenger ship, reached New
York, Friday, making her maiden voy-
age in days, II hours and 43 minutes.
The Russian minister Of finance has
informed the budget committee of the
duma that during the next five years,
Russia must spend $3,760,000, 900 on it's
army and navy. The budget for the
army and navy for the current year
calls for expenditures of 100000, 900.
George II. York. merchant Of ColfaX,
Ia, has been sentenced to a year in
the Leavenworth, Kan, prison on con-
viction Of a charge Of violating the
white slave laws. ...... American COM
merce decreased $37,000,000 in exports
for April as compared with April, 1913.
Imports increased $27,000,000 for the
same month, as compared with last
year. go. The New York Central and
the Illinois Central railroads last week
placed orders for 10000 freight cars. >.
Three mail clerks and an express mes
senger were killed on the Canadian
northern railway in a head on colli-
sion near Kamsack, Saskatchewan,
Friday night. ... Will Robinson, a ne
gro was lynched near Navasota, Tex,
Friday night, for having murdered a
farmer several days previously. .......
Frank Cantin, the automobile driver,
who assisted Harry X. Thaw, after his
deportation from Canada, was killed
near North Stratford, n. H., Saturday
by an Overturning automobile. -. When
the bridegroom failed To appear for the
wedding ceremony at Scranton. Pa,
home, Thursday night, after a delay of
an hour, the best man proposed to the
bride, was accepted and married on the
spot. 80. English yachting experts say
that the Shamrock ", built by Sir
Thomas Upton To make a try for the
Americas cup, is decidedly the best
challenger yet entered for the contest.
...... d. Because a poor man of Detroit,
Mich, suffering from tuberculosis,
could not get into hospital for treat
ment, Henry Ford. the automobile
builder, has made an offer of 50 900, 900
for hospital in course of construction
to be open to working people at his eX-
pense. Two English aviators lost
their lives Thursday. The machine en-
pluded. supposedly caused by escaping
petrol being ignited by sparks from the
telegraph apparatus carried by
the flying machine. E. Chester B. Dur
yea the Brooklyn, n. Y, man who kill
ed his father several weeks apu. has
been committed to the Matteawan in
sane asylum. ...... Custom receipts of