Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-17
MERE MENTION.

The Quaker Oil company, an Okla
homa corporation, has recently de-
clared a cash dividend Of 500 per
on its capital stock. The Federal
government has begun the building
of a twenty mile railroad through a
reclamation district in Arizona. -.
Twelve business blocks Of Havana,
Cuba, have been closed to business
for the purpose Of disinfecting and
killing all the rats in the district, in
an effort to eradicate the bubonic
plague, from which disease there have
been several deaths in Havana. :. -.
King George of England, will next
week visit Paris and later will visit
the car Of Russia at st. Petersburg.
.... "A native petty officer Of the Brit
ish army at Pashowar, India, went in
sane Monday, and shot seven men,
three Of them fatally, before being
killed by one Of his own men,. ......
1t Is announced from Washington
that the tentative date Of the Wilson
McAdoo wedding 70 May S...... The
Progressives Of New York, are boom
ing a movement to nominate Theo-
dore Roosevelt for governor of that
state. 1t Is announced in New
York that VIM. T. Jerome is to defend
Chas. Becker in his second trial for
the murder Of Gambler Rosenthal.. :.
The protracted strike Of copper min
ers in Michigan, has been brought to
an end. In an address in New
York, Monday, Al Jennings, the ex-
bandit and ex-convict, told his audi
ence that the only difference between
the $4,000 convicts turned out Of the
American prisons each year, and
thousands Of others, was that the
convicts happened to get caught. -.
Friends Of Ex-Governor Sulzer will
make an effort to re-elect him to the
governorship Of New York. next fall
.....- Phillip Saitta, New York
lawyer, has been sent to Sing Sing for
two years, for stealing the proceeds
Of a $1,000 consignment Of lemons
from Italy. u. President Wilson has
accepted an invitation to make an
address at the annual luncheon Of the
Associated Press in New York, on
April 21st. 80. "A Texas corporation
is preparing to develop five hydro
electric plants on the Guadalupe riv-
er in that state. The plants are es-
timated to develop 100000 horse
power and will cost $4,000, ,000....
The Republican state convention OF
Tennessee, has nominated Ben W.
Hooper for third term as governor
-. The second trial Of Chas. Becker
for the murder Of Gambler Rosenthal
has been set for May g.. The strike
Of coal miners in the Yorkshire dis
trict Of England, has been settled, and
the 10000 coal miners have returned
to work. 80. Senator Clark's ma
jority in the Arkansas primary for
United States senator was only 212
over his opponent. ..... Governor
Cruce Of Oklahoma, used the state
militia at Tusla to stop horse racing
at the fair grounds. French and
Russian aviators are making prepa-
rations for a -Liberian flight
from St. Petersburg, Russia, to Pekin,
China, a distance Of $500 miles. The
attempt will be made in June. .....
Karl Dresner, Austrian, who ap-
peared before Judge Goff in New
York. last Saturday, and swore to
certain testimony in behalf OF the
gunmen. has been committed to the
Tombs prison, a self-confessed per-
jurer. go. The United States district
court at Concord, n. H., has rendered
decision in which 1t holds that
Harry K. Thaw is sane and entitled
to his freedom. New York state will
appeal to the United States supreme
court, and in the meantime Thaw will
remain in Jail at Concord, n. H., un-
til a decision is rendered. 80. Doctor
Droba, professor of bacterology in
a German university, died Tuesday as
a result of glanders, having been in
fected while treating a patient.
Hans Winterfelt of New York, has
been elected managing director of
one of the leading banks Of Berlin,
Germany. :. The major league base
ball season for 1914 opened up Tues
day in the various larger cities. ....
Seven lives were lost in a Boston
department house fire early Tuesday
morning.