Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-10
MERE.MENTloN.


Hon. William West Of Valdosta, Ga
appointed to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Of Senator Bacon, was sworn
in as United States senator on Fri
day. Two highwaymen held up the
paymaster Of st. Louis, Mo-, shoe
factory Friday. and got away with
$4,000. Clifford w. Hartridge
counsel for Harry Thaw in his first
trial for the killing Of Stanford White
has been disbarred from the practice
of law by the New York supreme
court. The court found that Hart
ridge had squandered $4,000 in in
ducing witnesses against Thaw to
leave the state. The northern por-
tions OF Georgia and Alabama were
slightly shaken by an earthquake last
Thursday afternoon. Three negroes,
convicted Of a murder In Jefferson
county, Ca, are to be hanged In the
Fulton county Jail. Atlanta, on March
27... Rio de Janeiro and several
other cities of Brazil are under martial
law because Of race troubles. Several
revolutions are said to be brewing. :.
A case of bubonic plague is reported
from Havana The victim Is a Span
lard The Southern railroad will
spend $1,500,000 in new shops, yards,
and equipment - in Birmingham, Ala.
"A negro, found guilty Of assault
ing a 14-year- old white girl, has been
sentenced to prison for 20 years by a
Judge at Hartford, Conn. The in
ternal revenue collected by the treas
ury department from July 81, 1913. to
January 81, 1914. totaled $191, 1929.
.... General Weyler, of Cuban fame.
has resigned his post as captain gener-
al of Catalonia, Spain, because his
dignity" was injured. Accord
ing to a census bulletin, just issued,
there were ,735,658,245 telephone
calls In the United States In 1912. In
that year there were 20,24S,326 miles
of telephone wire in use, and 729,-
592 telephones. 4. .. The New York po-
lice have been having trouble the past
week with members Of the Industrial
Workers Of the World. The l. w. WIS.
have been raiding churches and using
them for sleeping apartments. Arrest
ing the leaders and threatening i'm
prisonment for the followers has had
the desired effect. -. Seventeen sail
ors Of the steamer Charlemagne Tow
er, Jr, which went down on the New
Jersey coast on Friday, were landed at
Newport News, Va, Saturday. When
rescued the men were half frozen in a
sinking ship. The deposits OF the
Guaranty Trust company of New York
on March 2, totaled $203,922, ,452.40. =.
Leo M. Frank. convicted of the murder
of Mary Phagan, in Atlanta. Ga, has
been re-sentenced to hang on April
18th. Further appeals will be made.
Candidates for thirty-two Unit
ed States senatorships will be voted
for directly by the people this year
under the new law. Governors will be
elected in thirty one states. Tine
New York police have unearthed
gang of railroad thieves who have
stolen $250,000 worth Of goods from
the New York Central during the
last eight years. Two of the gang
have been arrested. 80. Theodore
Lacy, recently convicted OF embezzl.
ing $4,000 from the Alabama convict
department, has been sentenced to
serve ten years in prison. The per
capita wealth Of Kansas on January
1st, was $1,743 for every man, woman
and child in the state. There are ner-
ly $4,000 motor cars in the state. one
for every 48 persons. The CHIEF OF
police of st. Petersburg, Russia, was
shot to death Saturday by subordi-
nate. The motive for the crime was
said to be vengeance. 49,. "A solemn
funeral banquet, part or Which Will
be 10000 oxen butchered for the
occasion, is to take place in the
near future in memory Of the late
King Menelik Of Abyssinia. 49,. The
Retail Liquor Dealers association Of
PENNSYLVANIA, has pledged it's $4,000
votes to support United States Sena-
tor Penrose for reelection in the May
primaries. go. In a personal letter to
Emperor William Of Germany, the
czar Of Russia, denies that Russia Is
preparing for war with Germany.