Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-13
MERE M ENTION.

George Howard, private detectlVe,
plead guilty to a charge Of attempted
extcrtion in Pittsburg, Pa, Tuesday,
and was sentenced to six years in pris-
on. .. Thomas Hardy, famous as the
author Of Far from the Madding
Crowd" now in his 74th year, was
married in London, Tuesday. Maxi
mo Castillo, the Mexican bandit, charg-
ed with responsibility for the Cumbre
tunnell disaster Of last week, in which
forty or more lives were lost, has been
captured with most Of his band of out
laws. Louis Bundy, aged Is years,
has been sentenced to death at Los
Angeles, Cal, for the murder Of mes
senger boy on December 19, who he
killed and robbed of $40 to buy a Christ
mas present for his sweetheart. The
Mexican gunboat Zaragosa passed up
the Mississippi river toward New Or
leas, Tuesday night. The purpose of
the visit has not been announced. ....
Distinct earthquake shocks were felt
throughout New York, Pennsylvania
and the New England states Tuesday
afternoon. Slight damage was report
ed at a number Of places. ...... King
George Of England, on Tuesday, open
for Ireland promises to be the most
prominent question TO consideration,
and it is predicted that the Liberal par
ty will be successful after it's thirty
years struggle to give self govern
ment to Ireland. 80. Herman Zastrow,
we'll known Chicago dancing master,
is in a critical condition in a Milwau-
kee hospital from a bullet wound, hav-
ing been shot while trying to burglar
ize a residence. Mrs. Elma thinner
man, 80 years old, committed suicide in
Kansas City, Mo-, Tuesday, by jump
ing from the roof Of 16-story build
ing. Her father and mother were sui
cides. .... General ]. S. Coxey, lead
Washington in 1894, has announced
himself a candidate for governor in
Ohio. -. Investigation of the alleged
dealings Of Jack Johnson, the negro
pugilist and Federal court officials in
Chicago, has been ended without
bringing out anything Of importance.
..... In a collision between mono
plane and a biplane at Johannisthal,
Germany, Tuesday, one aviator was
killed and two more or less injured. 80.
A riotous mob attacked the Japanese
house Of parliament Tuesday, as pro-
test against the cabinet for it's attitude
in connection with graft charges
against certain naval officers. -. Lieut..
H B. Frost, an army aviator, was kill
ed at San Diego, CAL, Friday, by fall
of about 500 feet Since 1908 aviation
fatalities are approximately 435, twelve
having been killed during the present
year. -. Hans Schmidt, the Cath
olic priest, murderer Of Anna Aumul-
Ter in New York several months ago,
has been convicted and sentenced to
die in the electric chair during the
week beginning March 2...-.. Mrs.
Minnie Bond is suing United States
Senator Gore at Oklahoma City, Okla,
for $4,000 damages for slander.
Henry Vallmer, Democrat, has been
elected to congress from the Second
Iowa district. go. Six hundred men,
women and children-150 families
were driven to the streets by five
story factory building fire in New
York, Wednesday morning. .... Five
lives were lost Tuesday night, by the
burning of the Mississippi river packat
Gem, near Halmville, 40 miles from
New Orleans. .... C. F. Armstrong of
Hazlehurst, Ga, committed suicide
Monday, because of an alleged short
age with the Farmers state bank. His
son. w. o. Armstrong. is under ar
rest charged with misappropriating
$4,000 belonging to the bank at
Rentz. Senator Bacon Of Ga, is
quite sick in Washington. 80. Stock
exchanges throughout the country
were closed yesterday on account Of
the birthday anniversary Of Abraham
Lincoln -. Mrs. John Doe Of Charles
ton, w. Va, on Wednesday gave birth
to a perfectly formed, healthy baby,
weighing 20 ounces. John Han
ley. aged 20, known to the New York
police as 1.-The Ghost of the Past" was
arrested Tuesday for pocket picking
Hanley said he had been picking pock-
cts for forty-five years except when in
prison for plying his trade.