Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-06
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rectors Of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad, were indicted
by the grand jury of the criminal
branch Of the Federal district court in
New York, Monday. They are charged
with conspiracy to monopolize railroad
traffic in the New England states. .....
The Panama canal was blocked by
another slide on Saturday. Col. Goe-
thals said he hoped to have the canal
clear by Wednesday. wv. K. Wander
bilt has donated $113,750 to Columbia
University, New York, to buy a site
for a medical school. After trial
lasting two weeks, Jared Flagg, a
Wall street broker, was convicted in
the Federal court, New York, on
charge Of using the mails to defraud.
.Flagg had sure thing" scheme in
which he promised his dupes SO per
cent annual returns. .,. The remains
Twenty eighth U. S. infantry, who
rode out Of the American lines at
Vera Cruz, Mexico, on May z, and
was never seen again, have been found
and General Funston will send the
charred bones of the soldier to the
United States. Parks was executed
and his body partly cremated......
The body Of General A. r. Chaffee, U.
s. army, who died at Los Angeles,
Cal, Sunday, will be inferred in Ar
lington cemetery, District Of Columbia,
Saturday. ..... The steamship Jason
will leave Brooklyn, N. Y, November
10, loaded with Christmas gifts for
the orphaned children Of Belgium.
More than million articles, including
toys, candies, clothing, shoes, ETC.,
will make up the cargo. 1t Is suggest
ed that the Jason bring a cargo Of
orphans to this country on its return
trip, to be kept here until the war
ends. -. Interstate shipment Of cattle
in several middle western states has
been prohibited by the agricultural
department, on account Of mouth and
foot disease among the cattle that
have been shipped to Chicago. ......
VIM. ]. Hartley and Jas. j. Farmer
were convicted in the United States
court in New York, Monday, on a
charge Of using the mails to defraud
They were two Of a gang OF swindlers
who worked well known book lovers,
selling them rare copies of limited
edition works at very high prices. The
gang is alleged to have cleaned up
$7,500,000 in five years. Since jan
uary 1st, 267 children have been killed
by various kinds Of vehicles on the
streets Of New York. 80. The Georgia
railroad commission has notified the
railroads Of that state that until busi-
ness conditions materially improve
with the railroads, the commission will
be as lenient as possible in the matter
Of ordering improvements, such as
new depots, terminal facilities, etc.
-. Buyers from Norway are negotiat-
ing with Pennsylvania dealers for
$4,000 barrels Of apples. The total
assessment Of railroad property in
New Jersey, is $334,S33, ,007. 80. This
year, Kansas farmers had 100000
acres planted in wheat, and the yield
was approximately 1S6000,000 BUSH
els. 1t Is stated that approximately
100000 acres will be sowed in wheat
this fall and next spring. ......A Kane
county, Illinois, farmer had SO cattle,
800 sheep and 100 hogs killed, Monday,
on account Of being infected with the
foot and mouth disease. :. .Adolph
Langhorst, an ex-lieutenant of the
United States army, died in a Phila-
delphia hospital, Monday from BIZ
chloride Of mercury poisoning, taken
by mistake. .. The Norwegian steam
ship Belridge, arrived at Newport
News, Va, Monday, with the nine
members Of the crew Of the Ameri-
can schooner Charles w. Church,
which foundered at sea on Saturday.
The rescue was made during the prev
alence Of a 45-mile gale, and after the
crew Of the schooner had worked for
six days at the pumps trying to keep
her afoat. ..... Mount Vesuvius Is
again active and repetition of the
disaster Of 1906 is feared. The
100000 Argentine battleship, built
at Camden, n. j., and undergoing trial
off the coast Of Maine, is disabled on
account Of an accident to one of her
turbine engines. The ship has been
taken to Quincy Mass. Minnesota
in Of
butter, and received $34.955,SS5 for it.
..... The White Star liner Olympic.
reached London safely, Tuesday, after
a perilous passage from New York,
dispatches stating that the liner struck
a mine which failed to explode. .....
A five story fertilizer plant in Chicago,
the property Of Armour & Co., was
destroyed by fire, Tuesday. The loss
will approximate $3.50. 0.000... .Presi-
dent Wilson voted at Princeton, N. j.,
Tuesday. John L. Parker, president
dermen and prominent in political
and financial circles in that city, COM
mitted suicide, Friday. Financial
troubles was the cause. go. james H.
Osgood. founder Of the underground
railroad" by which fugitive slaves
were aided in escaping to the north,
died in Chicago, Tuesday, aged 9S
years. ....A Paris dispatch says Drs.
James Scarlet and George Des Jar
dius, Of the American ambulance re-
serve. have discovered a microbe which
causes gangrene in bullet and shrap-
mel wounds. A serum has been dis
covered to offset the disease and is
being injected into patients on the
.... Monroe Drew, editor
Of the kaufman, Texas Herald, this
week, received a notice signed Capt.
No. t." which he was ordered to pub
lish under penalty Of having his Of
flee burned. The notice demanded that
all farmers reduce cotton acreage
wo-thirds under threat Of punish
ment. Several farmers living near
Kaufman have received letters from
alleged white cappers," demanding
that they reduce acreage. .. Earl H.
Reynolds, aged %, was last week.
elected president of the Peoples Trust
and Savings bank Of Chicago. an in
stitution with a capital Of $500. 900.
Jack" Sheridan dean of nm