Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-09
TUESDAY, JUNE g, 1914.

the United States for the eleven months
ending June lst. totaled $26S, S,000,0 900.
This is only s2,OOO,0OO less than the
estimated total receipts for year un-
der the Democratic tariff. "A disas-
trOuS storm swept over weSter and
southern Japan last week. Hundreds Of
people are reported drowned. A hum
dred houses were destroyed at Nagasa-
ki. Railroads entering Minneapolis,
Minn., have begun systematic fight
agains the pernicious activities Of
damage suit lawyers. The railroads al
lege there are 34l nonresident cases
on file in the Minneapolis courts, four
firms Of lawyers having 209 Of these
cases The total amount sued for is
S6.35S,522 and the cases are from fif-
teen states and Canada. The Earl
Of Lucan died in London Saturday,
aged "a. He was aide de- camp to his
father, third earl of the line. who COM
manded the British cavalry durine the
Crimean war. 80. The official inquiry
as to the cause of the Empress Of Ire
land disaster will be begun on June l6.
The army Of Ulster volunteers was
strengthened Saturday, by the addition
Of 5000 Mauser rifles as the result Of q
daring gun-running feat by an Irish
yachtsman. Senator HOke Smith, of
Georgia, has been appointed a member
of the senate rules committee to sue
ceed the late Senator A. .. Bacon. 80.
Mrs. Luella West is sueing Governor
Geo. II. Hodges OF Kansas, for $2.3l5
damages, charging assault and battery.
The complaint charges that the gov
ernor struck the plaintiff in scuffle
over certain parole papers In the gov
ernors office on April S.........A New
York grand jury has returned true
bill against Carl Dresser, witness for
the four gunmen who were recently
electrocuted for the murder Of Rosen-
thai. the gambler. Dresser Is charged
with perjury. ....."l pray God ii may
not be necessary for our boys at Vera
Cruz to use any more force" declared
President Wilson before an audience of
more than 5000 people at Annapolis,
Md, last Saturday. The president was
addressing the graduating class Of the
naval academy. -. The earl of Stuart.
representative Of the royal Stuarts Of
England is dead. He left no sons. The
title descends to cousin, Andrew
John Stewart. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt was the guest of honor at a :
luncheon given by Gabriel Hanotaux.
former minister Of 'oreign affairs Of
France, last week. Numbers Of noted
Frenchmen and the American ambas-
sador attended. The California army
Of unemployed" 81 strong. marching
to Washington, fell into the hands Of
Fort Wayne, Ind, policemen last Sat-
urday, just after 1t had disembarked
from a Lake Shore train. The army"
spent the night in Jail and was instruct
ed to keep going" next morning. 1t
went. ....... .Lucien c. Wheeler, one Of
the government secret service men at
tached to the White House guard for
the past six years, has resigned. He
plans to enter private business in CHR
cago. o....... ..One Of President Wilson's
chauffeurs was fined SO for exceeding
the speed limit, in Washington. Satur-
day. -. The body Of Bernard Glomset.
a coal passer on board the cruiser Sa-
lem, who was killed by bomb eXplo-
sion at Puerto Mexico, last Tuesday,
has been shipped to the United States.
........ Seven persons were killed and
many were injured by tornado, which
swept north western Iowa, Friday
night. The property loss will amount
to many thousands Of dollars .......
Madame Sarah Bernhard Is to make
another farewell tour Of the world. The
tour is to extend over a period Of 26
months, fifteen weeks Of which will be
spent in the United States. Nine.
Sarah, who is 70 years old, has already
made several farewell tours. ..... The
impeachment charges against Judge
opcCI VI hdCOIl, I'd, VIII DC
disposed Of during the present session
Of congress-, according to Representa-
tive Webb, chairman of the judiciary
committee. The supreme court Of
New Jersey. has affirmed the conviction
Of Patrick Quinlan. leader Of the In
dustrial Workers Of the World, who a
year ago, was sentenced to seven years
Imprisonment and to pay fine Of $500.
on being convicted Of advocating hos
tilities during a silk mill strike at Pat
erson, n. J...... Three persons were
killed near Freehold. n. j., Saturday,
when an automobile was struck by a
freight train on a grade crossing.
John Edmond Schuyler has served
seven years Of a life sentence in the
New Jersey state prison for a murder
committed by another man, according
to a confession just made by the real
murderer. :. Railroads entering Chi
cago. have plans under way for the
construction of a terminal station to
cost $65. 600, 000.. Snow fell at
Boise, Idaho, Saturday, the first June
snow in fifty years. 49,. A Holstein
bull calf, four months old, was sold in
Chicago. Saturday, for $4,000. The
banking house of Chaplin, Milne,
Greenfell & Co., one of London's old
st financial institutions, has suspended
with liabilities of $7,532,140. Invest
ments in Canadian railroad properties
Is given as the cause.