Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-10
MERE ENTION

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placed on the so-called tuberculosis
cure brought to this country in 1913,
by DR.. Frederick Friedman of Ber-
lin, by the United States government
-. Three million eggs were shipped
from Boston to London, last week
The shipment is the largest ever made
from Boston. =. Capt. L. E. Goodier
of the u. S. aviation corps, was killed
by a fall from an aeroplane, Friday
He was a native of Atlanta, Ga.
The Panama canal is again open to
traffic, the landslide north of Gold
Hill, having been cleared. E. Mrs. n
r. Whitehouse and Mrs. Ogden Mills
Reed of New York, have opened a
suffrage shop in that city on Fifth
avenue. Suffrage literature and dec
orations will be offered for sale.
Six men were burned to death in a
fire which swept through a four-story
lodging house at 352 Eighth avenue
New York, Friday. Fifty men were
sleeping in the structure and many
thrilling reScues were made. Fed
eral Judge Mayer in New York, or
Saturday, signed an order permitting
the sale at nine cents a pound of SO,'
900 bales of cotton owned by the sus'
pended firm of S. H. Pell & Co. The
decision left the New York Cotton Ex-
date Of re-opening.. Fire origi-
mating from a cigar stub thrown in
some hay, caused a s125,000 fire in
the Kansas City stock yards Satur-
day. Thirty acres Of cattle pens were
destroyed. ...-T Two distinct earth
quake shocks, fifteen seconds apart
were felt in the town of Fair View
Cal, Saturday. The international
health commission, organized by the
Rockefeller Foundation, has opened
laboratories on the isthmus of Pan
anna for systematic campaign
against hookworm.. -. Prof. August
Weismann, most famous OF German
biologists, died at Freiberg, Germany
Friday. He was 81 years old. -. The
United States battleshlp Texas was
presented with two silver services al
Galveston. Tex, Saturday. The funds
for the purchase of one set were raised
by the school children of Texas, and
the other by citizens of the state.
Fire in Springfield, MO, Saturday, re-
suited in fire loss of 1855, ,OOO.. -.
The steamer Jan Block, laden with
food purchased by the American Re-
lief committee, for the Belgians, left
London for Rotterdam, Holland. Sat-
urday afternoon. Atlanta women
Saturday. took definite steps toward q
memorial for the late Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, to be known as THE Ellen
Wilson fund for the Christian educa-
tion of Mountain Youths" nation
al appeal for funds will be made.
Ten persons were injured, $50 made
homeless and II buildings were de-
stroyed in a fire that swept out
part of West Brownsville, Pa, Satur-
day. The loss in property is estimat-
ed at $3.50, 900. .... One woman was
killed and another badly hurt Wher
an automobile at the county fair hello
at Troy, Ala, last week, left the track
and crashed through a fence into
crowd of spectators. uncle Joe
Cannon received 1872 kilograms at his
residence in Danville, ILL.,, up to Sat
urday, congratulating him upon his
election to congress. The kilograms
continue to pour in. R. 5. Rlchard'
son, the richest farmer in Wilkes
county, Ca, is being sued for $4,000
as the result of alleged breach ol
promise, by Miss Sue G. Ingraham,
trained nurse of Atlanta. Woman
suffrage won in the general election
in Montana, Tuesday, by majority
of about 1000. ........A cruclflX hanS'
ing on his breast, suspended on
chain around his neck, saved the Ire
of Stephen Vatcheck, who attempted
to commit suicide in a Lieperville
Pa. boarding house, Saturday. The
bullet struck the cross, glanced on
and entered his body above the heart
.Congressman-ele j. G. Cannon
has brought suit against the Danville
Ill, Press Democrat for $4,000 dam
ages, the suit growing out of an ar
ticle derogatory to Uncle Joe, whlcf
the newspaper published. .... -
Reading, Pa, firm, Saturday received
an order for 900, 900 hospital shirt:
for the British army. The contract /!
for S35O,000 More than 100000
Yards Of muslin will be necessary u
fill the order. 80. The Southern Med
ical association is in session at Rich
mond, Va, this week. The Ger
man sailing ship Meipomone, whict
sailed from Tocopilla, Chile, July 8
with nitrates, was towed into Queens
town last Thursday by British cruls
err The captain and crew said the!
did not know that war was in prog
ress. President Wilson has &C
cepted the resignation of Geo. r. Rob
erts, as director of the mint, to tak'
effect November l5...... Major Gen
eral Robt. c.. Kekewich, retired. whC
defended Kimberly for 126 days
against the Boer armies, committed
suicide in London last week. Nervous
breakdown is assigned as the cause
Mrs Florence MCGOWAN wa
convicted of murder at Pensacola
Fla, last Thursday. Her plea was tn
unwritten law She is the first woman
to be convicted of murder in Pensa
cola. Col. VIM. j. Hartley an'
]. ]. Farmer, convicted in the Fedora
court in New York. last week, on
charge of fraudulent use of the mails
have been sentenced to ten years eaci
N Atlanta
Not less than 100000 acres o
mountain forests in Pennsylvania
have been swept by fires during tn
past forty days. The only S0clai
ist elected to congress in last Tues
days elections, was Mr.. Meyer Lon
don. who will succeed Henry NJ. Gold
fogle. Democrat. from the East Sid
district of New York city. Pres
ident Wilson on Friday, issued proc
lamation declaring the neutrality o
the United States as to Turkey in tn
European war. ...The North Ger
man LLOYD steamship KrOnprinZeSsin
after a stay of several weeks at Port
land. Me, has been interned at Bos
ton. Mass. until the end Of the wal
Max Kobre. head of privat
bank of New York city, has been pu
under a $4,000 bail bond, pendini
charges OF mismanagement and for
gerry. .Chas. :. Whitman. Repub
lican, governor elect of New YORK
has served notice on all state EN-
ployes that when he takes office, al
incompetent office-holders will b
promptly removed. His order is sup
posed to apply principally to Demo
crats. The full crew" law re
Gently passed by the Missouri legisla
ture. seeking to require railroads t
employ so many men for each train o