Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-28
TUESDAY, APRIL as, 1914.
MERE.MENTICN.

government OHlceTS u NeWaih, 4N' -
on the charge Of writing threatening
letters to President Wilson. The ar
rest was made as L'ecaution. .....A
navy department bulletin issued FRI
day, said that up to that date the
number of dead Mexicans at Vera
Cruz was 126 killed, and the number
of wounded totaled 1876. Figures
prepared by the war department give
the strength Of the forces under Pres.
ident Huerta as $4,000, scattered to all
parts Of the republic. The strength or
the rebels Is estimated at 47,OOO.....
Twenty-six shipwrecked men were
landed at Philadelphia, Friday. from
dismantled French fishing barkentine,
disabled off the Newfoundland coast
on April 10. The men drifted on the
wreck for four days before being res
cued by the British ship Minnesota,
from London. Hans. Schmidt, the
ex- Catholic priest, convicted in New
York several weeks ago on the charge
of numbering Anna Aumuller and dis
membering her body, and now await
ing execution at Sing Sing, has sent
an alleged confession to District At
torney Whitman, claiming that he did
not kill the girl, but that she died as
the result of an illegal operation, that
he dismembered the body, and that he
feigned insanity in the hope Of escap-
ing the death penalty. 80. The March
statement Of condition OF KansaS
banks shows deposits in national,
state and private banks Of S191, ,434 ,626.
....... Corporation Counsel Frank L.
Polk, who received the bullet In his
jaw that was fired by the would-be
assassin Of Mayor Mitchell in New
York about ten days ago, has recover
ed sufficiently to leave the hospital.
The Turkish government has recently
negotiated a loan OF f500,0OO,00O
francs in France. An Oil company
with capital stock Of 91,260,O0O, has
been organized in Russia to control
canoes Vesuvius and Aetna are again
threatening eruptions, and disasters
similar to those of 1906 are feared by
the residents Of southern Italy.
Robert II, Terrell, q negro. has been
appointed and confirmed as judge OF
the municipal court Of Washington.
d. Co.. Rev. Billy Sunday was Civ
en- purse Of $22,39S at the close of
his evangeistic meeting at Scranton,
1t is rumored in New York
that the Adams Express company, one
Of the oldest concerns In the carrying
business, will probably liquidate and
go out of business. The lack Of bus
mess on account Of the parcels post, Is
assigned as a cause. Town and VII
lage elections In Illinois last week, put
$50 saloons out Of business. Women
voters are responsible for some OF
this gain for the prOhibitionists. 49,.
Senator Tillman has gotten favor
able report on his resolution calling
for an investigation Of coal freight
rates to southern ports. The senator
charges discrimination in favor OF
northern ports. -. Greek shoe shin
ers of Cincinnati, are enthusiastic over
the prospects of war with Mexico.
Many Of the Greeks will enlist II vol
unteers are called for. King AL
fonso of Spain, has expressed his will
lingness to act as arbitrator betw zen
the United States and Mexico. .....
Rev. Poindexter s. Henson, Tor ls
years pastor Of the First Baptist
church Of Chicago, and a lecturer with
a national reputation, died in Chicago.
Friday, aged 83 years. ...... Burglars
last Saturday dynamited the bank at
| Casas, Ark, and escaped with $1,500.
Fifteen charges Of nitro glycerine
were used. Hugh T. Talbert, chair
man Of the state Progressive party.
was nominated as the Progressive can
didate for governor Of Indiana, on FRI
day. 80. Capt. George Savage, age 64.
port agent Of the Ocean Steamship
company at Savannah, Ca, for many
years. committed suicide at that place
last Friday, by shooting himself with
revolver. James p. Armstrong,
cashier of the Irish American bank Of
Augusta, Ga, which institution has
gone into the hands Of state bank ex-
aminers, has been indicted on charge
Of felony. 49,. H G. Green, a switch
man for the Tampa Northern railroad.
with headquarters at Tampa, Fla.
shot at his wife and then committed
suicide last Friday. The man was
crazed by drink. "A sharp earth
quake was felt at Reno, Nevada, early
last Friday. The quake, which lasted
about eight seconds, did little damage.
Women Of Cincinnati universi-
ty, under the leadership Of Misses Ed
ma Martin and Helen Wright, have
started a movement to form corps OF
nurses to volunteer their services to
the United States government. ......
All Of the wooden passenger coaches
on the main line Of the Southern Paci-
fc, between New Orleans and San
Francisco, are to be discarded and re-
placed by steel cars In the near fu-
ture. -. Rachel Nassi, aged "a.
Spanish Jewess, who had been previ-
ously banished from Spain, was de-
ported from New York last week. II
Ii is necessary to call out the Georgia
militia, the troops will mobilize at Ma
con, 5000 strong. -. "A band Of arm
ed Mexicans started from Pegunia,
Ariz, last Saturday and marched to.
the border, robbing and firing ON
Americans as they went. Leo Frank.
convicted Of the murder Of Mary Pha-.
gan, the Atlanta factory girl, has is
sued a card to the Atlanta public ask
| ing for q new trial Among other
| things, Frank says: Il am asking for
that which the people Of Atlanta
would not refuse to dirty mongrel.
Mike Donovan, famous boxer;
who has been an instructor at the New
York Athletic club for thirty years
past, will retire on half pay after
Sept. 1..... Friends Of George w. St.
Clair, who died recently and who was
| one Of the most expert Jockeys or
America, have compiled with his re-
quest that his body be cremated and
his ashes scattered over the Lexing-
ton, KY, driving track. 80. Last Sat-
urday was good roads day in Oregon
More than $4,000 men, including Gov.
West and others prominent in the al
fairs of state, spent the day in work.
| ing the roads. Col. James II. Young.
a negro Of Raleigh, N. c., who held a.
commission as colonel Of negro volun-
war, has wired President Wilson Of
fering to raise a regiment Of negro
troops for service in the invasion OF
Mexico. Because he was starving,
Wilkesbarre. Pa, man extracted the
gold filings from his teeth and ped
died them on the street in order to
obtain money to buy food. IA burg
lar entered the home Of Policeman
Ascher Of Kent, N. Y. while the po-
liceman slept, last Friday night, and
stole his revolver billy, badge. hand
cuffs watch and $19. The combin-
ed strength Of three policemen was
necessary to break Michael Kreemers
grip on a tree in Passaic N. j., last
week. The man was suffering from
temporary paralysis. due to alcohol.
..... There is a lone Mexican student
at the University Of New Orleans. One
day last week the students at the in
stitution called the Mexican out and
told him to salute the flag or leave
the school. He saluted. -. After beg
ging a burglar who had entered her
home last Friday, not to kill her. Miss
Anna Dencher, of Far Rockaway, N.
Y, became enraged when she saw the
thief taking her new, green sport coat.
The lady jumped from her bed and
attacked him and saved the coat. 49,.
Michael Schliesser is suing a New
York moving picture concern for $3.50