Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-01
MERE MENTION


From August 6, to November 70,
the British admiralty reports the loss
Of twelve warships with loss or I,ZiS
men. and a tonnage Of 10,04O.,. :. Ser,
geant s. M. Blaine, rs years old, dieo
in Melton, Pa, Thursday. Blaine
claimed that he was in charge or the
SQUAD of Union soldiers that captured
Jefferson Davis during the C1vli war
In a 300 mile road race at COT
ona, Cal, Thanksgiving day, Eou,e ae
Pulien won the race in 3 hours, 20
-o;nmtas 80 seconds. His average
speed was 81 miles an hour. At times
he attained a speed Of close to loo
miles an hour. "A New Castle, Fa.'
tin can factory has an order FOR TO-.
nm mn tin cans for q western meat
hacking concern. The cans are 10 pe
filed with meats and shipped TO EURO
pean countries now at war. ::Chah
cellor Lloyd George OF the Engnsn eN
cheouer. told the British parliament
Friday that there was fully $4,000 ,O00,-
600 of English money invested In tne the
limited States. =. There have been 90l
convictions under the Mann whlte
slave" act, since it's passage. In all
4434 persons have been indicted un-
der the act go. A Federal grand Jury
at Newark, N. j., has returned lnolcI-
ments against the Jersey Central ran
road, charging rebating. Inc iholGi -.
ments contain 200 counts, ana calis
for fines aggregating $4,000OOO: .,...;;.
Western Greece and the Ionian islands
were violently shaken by an earth-
ouake. Saturday. Several deaths are
renorted. .Myron T. Herrick, re-
tiring ambassador Of the United States
to France, left Paris, SATURDAY ior
America. "A Fort Smith, Ark, cot
ton firm on Saturday, sold 5000 oaies
of cotton to a st. Louis concern tor
5000. 900. Eight men, four Wnlte
and four colored, are to be electrocuted
at the Arkansas state prison during
the next sixteen days beginning wed
nesday Two white bandits held up
the mail clerk at the union station at
Shreveport, La, Saturday morhihs'
and after robbing the safe OF register
ed mail made their escape. .....I .Ihe
Philadelphia Stock Exchange opened
for limited trading yesterday. en-
cago financiers are discussing a pian
TO establish a Russo-American bank In
Chicago. to facilitate business between
America and the land Of the cZar.
Automobile bandits held up the pa,
irons of five Chicago saloons, robpeo
the cash drawers and killed a BAR
tender in that city, Friday night. :.
The county court Of Webster county,
Missouri, has appointed Mrs. Berte
Brixey sheriff of the county 10 sue
ceed her husband, who was killed sun
day Of last week while trying TO MAKE
an arrest. The Lackawana rallroao
is making arrangements 10 dlspaIGn al
of its passenger trains between Hopo-
ken. N. j., and Buffalo, n. Y, by WIRE
less telegraphy. having a wireless op.
orator on all trains. Imports ot
general merchandise at the port OF
New York for the week ending Novem-
ber 21, totaled $14, ,305, ,619... .Thlrty
persons were injured in a railroad
wreck on the Burlington railway near
Clarke, Mo-, Friday. H: l.. Linaer,
a telegraph operator, Is under a So'oVo
bond in New York, charged with steal
ing dispatches from the wires of the
Associated Press and selling them TO a
news syndicate. Linden was caugnt
by a decoy message. .... Miss Mary -.
Graham Of Charlotte, was on Frloay
elected president Of the North Caron-
ma state teachers association. This is
the first time in the history OF tne
state that woman has been elected 10
that office. Phillip Herbert Hoil'
well known as a ship owner and phll-
anthropist, died in Liverpool last week.
Solicitor General Davis OF the
Federal government has asked the
supreme court to review the entire
record in the governments case
against the Oregon & California rail-
road company involving title to 2,3OO,-
900 acres Of oregon lands, worth SI5,-
100000. ..... Sam Langford, the negro
heavyweight pugilist, knocked out
Harry Wills, a negro in the fourteenth
round of a scheduled twenty round
bout at Vernon, CAL, Thanksgiving
evening. The Cuban flagship Cuba
has sailed from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to
protect Cuban citizens in Mexico. 49,.
Mokueowoo, the crater of Mauna Loa,
most spectacular Of Hawaiian VOL
canoes is in eruption after long pc
riod Of quiet. =. Lieut.. Jalil, Brazil
ian military aviator, was killed near
Buenos Aires, Friday, when his ma
chine fell. ...... Fire In a Georgetown,
. Ga, warehouse last Friday, destroyed
1,200 bales of cotton. .... Prof How
ard McClenahan, dean of Princeton
university, sailed for Europe, Satur.
day, to investigate the condition OF
Belgian refugees. The Peruvian
war cruiser Colonel Bolognezi, has been
assigned to patrol the coast OF Peru IN
order that neutrality may be preserV,
ed. .... Major Henry Fonde, general
agent Of the Southern railway, died In
Knoxville, Tenn, Saturday afternoon
editor Of the Stockton Labor News, has
been sentenced to serve five days In
iail and pay a fine of $3.50 for contempt
of court. The editor had charged that
Judge G. w. Norton Of the Cahtornla
superior court, issued restraining Or
ders against picketing, whenever tney
were asked for by the employers as
sociation. The dinerences OF 30
western railways with $4,000 employees
were taken up for consideration IN
Chicago yesterday by the Federal board
of mediation and conciliation. ..... e.
Hines, Jr., cashier of the Bank of Cas-
we'll at Milton, \. c., has disappeared,
and most of the banks funds have dis
appeared with him. m..... Roy Price, a
young white boy, shot and killed his
father, R. A. Price at Seven SPRINGS,
N O. Saturday. because his father
was beating his mother. The coroner $
Jury returned a verdict Of justifiable
homicide. .Dolph Wilson, who lives
near Pensacola, n. c., killed his Tooth
bear in the Black Mountains, Friday.
Wilson is the son Of Big Tom Will
son, a famous North Carolina hunter
and guide, who killed l25 bears during
his life time. Marquis NlScoheli
Venosta, former Italian minister OF
foreign affairs, died in Rome, Satur-
day morning, aged S5 years. ...... The
Mississippi State Bankers association,
in session at Jackson, Miss, last week,
passed resolutions urging MISSISSIPPI
farmer to reduce cotton acreage 80
per cent next year. Rear Admiral
Wells l.. Field, retired, died in Wash
ington, Friday, aged 62 years. .... Geo
r. Busch, vaudeville performer, was
drowned in Sulphur Springs, Fla. Fri
day while bathing. .... Former Presi-
dent Taft in an address at Montclalr,
n. j., last Friday, said that the land.
ing of troops in Canada by enemies OF
Great Britain, would not constitute a
violation of the Monroe doctrine.
James ]. West and H. j. Frolich,
prominent Chicago brokers, have been
indicted charged with participation in
the misapplication of sl4SO00 of the
funds of the First National bank OF
Johnson City, Ill. .....S. B. Matthews.
state bank examiner of West Virginia,
died in Mobile, Ala, Saturday, aged 5O
wears. The New York stock en-
change opened Saturday. Five New
York gunmen used Il telephone. FRIDAY
night to find William Doyle, said to be
a member of the Gopher" gang and
known as Little Passy," and short
time later shot and killed him. The
slayers neither have been caught nor
identified Gov. COlduit of Texas
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