Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-13
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1s, 1914
MERE MENTION

Hog cholera virus, manufactured at
the Union stock yards in Chicago, has
been found infected with germs or
foot and mouth disease, and two plants
making the remedy were closed Tues
day All the virus on hand, valued al
$4,000, was condemned. -. Robert j:
Burdette the famous humorist and
preacher is at the point OF death at MS
home in Pasadena, Cal. He is 40 years
old. -. .Despondent because ne coulo
not secure work, H. S. Freeman or Sa-
vannah, Ca, committed suicide Tues
day, by severing an artery In MS
wrist Women delegates from all
southern states are attending the nrsl
annual Southern States Womans sur
frage convention. which is In session
in Chattanooga, Tenn, this week. .....
Fire in Farmville, \. c., this week de-
stroyed several tobacco warehouses.
The loss is about $15O,OOO. .Three
cases of foot and mouth disease have
been reported to the department OF
agriculture from Kentucky. Bids
were opened at Washington this week
for six torpedo boat destroyers. The
vessels are to be the largest of their
class ever designed for the United
States navy. They will carry addition
al torpedo tubes and anti-balloon guns.
... The Swedish steamer Ate was
blown up by a mine in the North sea-
this week. -. Because it contained no
enacting clause, the state court or ap-
peals on Tuesday, declared unconst-
tutional, the law passed at the last ses-
sion of the Kentucky legislature Inn
iting railroad fares within the state 10
21-2 cents per mile. ....... frederick
LleWllyn GoSS, inventor or the print
ing press which bears his name, died
in Chicago, Tuesday. He was born IN
Wales in 1S47. The Valley Bank OF
Phoenix, the largest financial instltu-
tion in Arizona, failed this week. Inc a5
bank had deposits aggregating S2,-
900 600 Fremont Sloan, one OF
the most famous of American jockeys
in the days when racing was at It's
height, died in the Cook county, Ill.,
hospital this week. go. Louis trlar,
negro barricaded himself in a cabin at
Victoria, Texas, Tuesday and kept a
posse of officers and citizens at pay
several hours. He finally killed hlmselI
The negro had killed two negroes anu
seriously wounded a negro and Whlte
nam. Fifty delegates to the con-
yention Of the association OF state uni
versity presidents, in session in wash
ington, were received by President
Wilson, Tuesday. Two officials and
two former officials Of the defunct
First National Bank of Pensacola, Fla.
have been indicted charged with mis-
applying the funds Of the association.
The Fore River Shipbuilding Co.,
of Quincy, Mass, has received an or
der for twenty submarine ooats' rne Inc
contract price is $l0,00O,OOO. line
United States torpedo boat destroyer
Paulding which went ashore at Lynn
haven inlet, Va, two weeks ago, mas
been successfully floated. Houston,
Texas officially became deep water
port Tuesday, when President Wilson
by pressing a button at the White
House, fired the signal In Washlng-
ton announcing that the Hudson ship
channel was reality. The new wafer
way cost millions Of dollars. j. w:
Mills Of Nashville, Tenn, committed
suicide in a hotel at Rockingham, n
c., Tuesday, by slashing his throat
with a razor. The man was without
home or friends. .. William A. Lind
say, conductor and John Reynolds,
motorman, both of Marietta, Ga, are
dead as the result Of a revolver battle
in which they engaged in the car oarns
at Marietta, Tuesday, following an ar
gument over the European war. "A
bushel and a half Of money was COL
lected by the Red Cross for the bene-
fit of European war sufferers between
the halves Of the Harvard Princeton
football game at Cambridge, Mass,
Saturday. The count which was com
pleted Tuesday, showed total Of So
S33: including one $50 bill and 2,5S0
pennies. ;. "A ship sailed from Hough-
ton, Mich, for Buffalo, n. Y, Monday,
with a cargo Of 100000 POUNDS OF
copper, valued at $990,00O. ..... .DaVlo
Lamar, the Wolf Of Wall Street. who
figured in the congressional lnvestlga-
tions a year ago, is held in the Tomos
N. Y, under $4,000 bail bond, on in
dictments charging him with imper-
sonating congressman in telephonlng
J. P Morgan G. Co., and others. "A
steel company at Demmler, Pa, mas
closed a contract with one or the Eu-
ropean belligerent powers for 2o,OOO
3-inch, 10000 6-inch and 5000 S-lnch
shells for field and siege guns. the
order will insure work for several nun
dred men for several months. ...... "A
New York dealer was fined $500 this
week, because he had 5000 bad eggs
in his possession. ..... Henry Seigel,
bankrupt merchant and banker, Is on
trial at Genesco, n. Y, charged with
criminal acts in connection with the
conduct of the Siegel stores ana banks
in New York and elsewhere that iaiI-
ed last spring with liabilities of about
$50. 600, 900. Government inspectors
condemned sixty hogs in New YORK
stock yards Monday, on account OF
being infected with the foot and mouth
disease. New Jersey, Delaware anu
Rhode Island have been added to the
list Of quarantined states on account
of the disease. 49,. Another revolution
in China is reported to be imminent: &.
Emperor Yoshihito Of Japan, has DO
mated $4,000 for the establishment OF
an international hospital in Japan. Inc
hospital is to be under the control Oh
the Episcopal church and is to cost
$500 600 New York's contributors
to the relief of war sufferers in Eu-
rope, now total $1,250.000; not includ-
ing the contribution Of supplies from