Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-12
MERE-MENTION.

| of agriculture estimates that the
1914 crop of wheat will total 900,-
O00O bushels, the largest on rec
ord, and 137,000,000 greater than
last years crop. ...... Mrs. Fannie
Eiserbaum and Robbie Ershasky were
shot to death on the latters' doorstep,
in Philadelphia, Monday night, by one
Thomas Burns. The cause of the
shooting is unexplained. Light
ming fired an oil tank containing
1000 barrels of oil at Marcus Hook,
Pa, Monday evening, causing a loss
Of 500, 900. .... The volcanic erup-
| tion of Mount Lassen, in Southern
California, is caused by water from
melting SHOWS, draining into tissue
on the mountain, and this turned into
| steam has caused geyser OF water
and steam to shoot out Of the noun
tain to height Of 700 feet. .....
Counsel for Harry X. Thaw have
moved before the United States su-
| preme court for bail for their client,
pending a hearing Of his case by that
tribunal. ..... John Zeff, a special
policeman, is under arrest in Phila-
phia, charged with having shot Edw.
/ c. Dillon, whom he found calling on
Mrs. Zeff, from whom he had been
| separated for year. The inter-
national congress Of Chambers Of
Commerce and international associa-
tions opened in Paris on Monday,
with more than 1000 delegates repre-
senting 81 nations. ..... Newman
| Erp, president Of the Minneapolis and
st. Louis railroad and one Of the most
prominent railroad men Of the United
States, is quoted in London interview
to the effect that he thinks govern
ment ownership Of railroads is in
evitable and the sooner 1t comes the
better Ii will be-. .NeStor Wilmart,
formerly a prominent Belgian bank
er, is on trial at Brussels, charged
with swindling the public out of about
100000 by the over-issue Of stock
in Belgian railway. 80. London and
| Berlin are now linked by wireless tele-
phone, distance Of 600 miles. see.
The management Of the Suez canal
is being criticised by the stockhold-
ers Of the company because the an
nual dividend Of 33 per cent was not
larger. go. The Alliance, a Panama
railroad steamer Of 1000 tons, passed
through the Gatun locks, Monday. The
Alliance was the first ocean-going
ship to pass through the locks.
The total taxable wealth Of st. Louis,
Mo-, is placed at $4,000, ,000,390, an
increase of $12,000,000 in the last
fiscal year. Congressman Britten
Of Illinois, has introduced a bill in
congress, providing punishment by
fine and Imprisonment for cabinet and
other high officials Of the government
who lecture for pay. The bill Is .
aimed at Secretary Bryan. An
aviator tried to elope from Berlin.
Germany, with a 17-year-old girl,
Tuesday, but was arrested at the re-
quest of the girls father just as they
were about to leave the ground. .....
1t Is estimated that between 100 and
125 fishermen lost their lives off the
north coast Of New Brunswick, during
a gale that swept the coast last Fri
day. -. .Indias 1914 wheat crop
totaled 313, $4,000 bushels, IA per
cent less than last year. .... The CO.
lombian congress has ratified the
treaty with the United States, which
ends the standing dispute be-
tween the two countries. Scot
land Yard detectives working on the
suffragette arson cases in London.
have found documentary evidence
which proves that the arson squad Is
well paid and thoroughly organized
branch Of the suffragette campaign
..... Many deaths and prostrations
| from the terrific heat Is being report
ed from cities of the middle west. -.
The condition of Adlai E. Stevenson,
ex-vice president, now in a Chicago
| hospital, is such that his death Is but
a question of a few hours. The
| whole Of Italy is in the throes of
great strike Of all kinds of workers
There have been many riots and sew
eral clashes with the police and SOL
diers during the past few days. Ameri-
can and English visitors to Italian re-
sorts are getting out as rapidly as
possible. .... Daniel E. Merritt of
| Port Chester n. Y, has beuueathed
his fortune of 100000 to that viii
lage to be used in the establishment
of public cemetery. Madame
Schumann-Heink, the well. known
opera singer, has been granted a di-
vorce by a Chicago court from VIM.
Rapp, Jr., after sensational trial
that lasted about two weeks. The
trying out" process Of the three
yachts, defiance, Resolute and Vani-
tie, to decide which will defend the
American cup against the Shamrock
VI, Is under way off Sandy Hook, n.
Y...... The lower house of the Dan
ish parliament has passed a bill pro-
viding for a woman suffrage amend
ment to the constitution The bill
passed by vote Of 102 to 6. More
than 500 delegates from 25 countries,
are attending the international con-
vention of the Young Woman's Chris
tian association at Stockholm, SWed-
en-. .... Immigrants to the number of
1,03S.956 arrived in the United States
during the ten months ending April
30.... Chicago Methodists are ar
ranging to build sky-scraper church
in the business section of the city.
The edifice will cost $1,000, 900. ...
4 N nj 1ar n Of re
Of age, has been sentenced to prison
from Pittsburgh, Pa. for robbing a
jewelry store. The woman has al
ready spent 26 years of her life in
prison. Sc. The rivers and harbors
appropriation bill, popularity known as
the pork barrel" bill, as it now
stands in the senate, carries appro-
priations aggregating $53,O0O,OOO or
just about $1O,0O0,O00 more than
when it left the house. The Republi-
can senator's will make a determined
fight on the bill. .... Large quanti-
ties of gold are now being shipped
from New York to European banks,
mostly to Paris. The police board
of Atlanta, Ga, has revoked the IL
cense of Detective w. d. McWorth,
one Of the men employed by w. ].
Burns in his investigation Of the
ank-Phagan murder case. ........
were seriously injured in an East
Side, New York, tenement house fire
early Wednesday morning. &. . Toni
limo Watanabe, a Japanese, who on
March 90, killed DR.. Edward NJ.
Stryker, an American surgeon, was
hanged at Suel, Korea, Wednesday.
..... The Oconee cotton mills at
Dublin, Ga, were destroyed by fire
Wednesday morning, with a loss of
$201,000; insurance $4,000. The
civil marriage c. Kermit Roosevelt
and Miss Belle Willard was perform
ed at the office and residence OF the
chief of police of Madrid, Spain, We'd
nesday. .... The Pierce Oil company
has been denied the right to do busi-
ness in Texas, by the supreme court
of that state. :. The recent primary
elections for United States senator,
congressman and state officers IL
Pennsylvania, has proved so eXpensiy,
that much complaint is heard on ac-
count of the change from the conven-
ton plan of making nominations. Pri-
mary expenses in Philadelphia county
tOtaled $l65. President Will
son will make a number OF campaign
speeches in Pennsylvania before the