Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-01
MERE.MENTION.

Chinese pirates who had attacked a
| British steamship station at Hong
Kong, China, last Monday. -. William
j. Fisher, clerk for the Isthmian canal
commission, with headquarters in
| Washington. is on trial in that city
charged with the killing Of William L.
Altderfor, a fashionable society man.
| ..... Secretary Of Labor Wilson and
Clifford Pinchot Of forestry fame, con-
cluded a ten days speaking tour at
HaZleton, Pa, last Tuesday. 80. HUI
name Officer Mutters at San Diego.
Cal, on Tuesday sent formal appeal
to the government to make the big
wireless station at Point Iona, Cal,
[ stop killing pelicans. He claims that
| the powerful radio waves are killing
the birds. -. Texas Is besieged by a
big flood as the result Of three days
heavy rain. Thomas Mcintyre, aged
IL, Of Dallas, was the first victim OF
| the spring freshet. -. Senator Fall OF
the senate foreign relations commit
tee, is asking senators to request the
| state department to give the commit
tee more light on the Mexican situa-
| ton. He claims the state department
| Is not telling the committee all Ii
knows. The Bath hotel. one Of the
finest hotels on the coast, located at
Felixton, England, was destroyed by
suffragettes, Tuesday. The loss Is es-
timated at $150,000. Civil suits for
the collection Of $272,S43 from the
| Western Fuel company will be filed by
the United States government at san
Francisco, in the next few days. The
suits are for alleged drawbacks In
| customs duties. ...... Representative
Walker of Georgia, paid tribute to the
| memory Of Randolph Summerlin, OF
Georgia, who was killed at Vera Cruz,
| in congress- last Monday. Summerlin
leaves five brothers, each Of whom has
offered to take the dead mans place In
the navy. .... The Stars and Stripes
were formally raised over the head
quarters OF Rear Admiral Frank F.
| Fletcher, in Vera Cruz, on Monday. .
| w. c. Walter an itinerant peddler,
| was found guilty Of KIDNAPPING five
year old Robert Dunbar, by an Opelou
sas, La, jury last Monday. He was
sentenced to life imprisonment. The
case has attracted widespread atten-
| ton. Thomas ]. Jones' Federal
Judge Of the middle Alabama district,
and former governor OF that state.
| died in Montgomery, Tuesday after
| noon, aged So years. ...... An uncon-
| firmed report received at Vera Cruz.
Tuesday, says that seven Americans
who have been held prisoners at Cor.
doba have been taken from the jail
and put to death. "A woman foot
pad who held up two men in Los An
geles, Cal, recently, took watch and
S240 from one man and kiss from
| the other. She gave the first man for
| ty cents of his money back, saying she
did not wish to leave him broke. 80.
| Robert ]. Kerr, a lawyer Of Chicago
and Mexico City, has been named as
civil governor of Vera Cruz, which Is
now under martial law. ...... Freddie
Welsh lightweight champion OF Eng
| land, defeated Leach Cross of New
York, in a 2O-round bout in Los An
geles, Tuesday night. 49,: "A Mexican
newspaper, FL Impartial, printed a
story recently, saying that the COM
| bined forces Of Genera, Velasco, fed
eral, and Gen. Villa, constitutionalist,
had captured the city Of Ell Paso, Tex
as, and that the United States had
ceded half Of the city back to Mexico.
-. An unknown steamer was report
ed ashore off Iron Inlet on the North
Carolina coast, Tuesday night. TWO
| life saving crews were sent to the
steamers assistance. Because he
| could not agree with his wife as to
what color to paint the kitchen walls,
Fred Parker Of Cold Springs, N: Y,
left his home. His wife Is now looking
legged man dived into Indian Lake at
Cold Springs, N. Y, recently and saw
ed two people from drowning. De-
tectives captured twenty slot ma
chimes in Highland Falls, N. Y, this
week. West Point cadets had been
playing the slots. Sheriff w. G..
Donehoo Of Rome, Ga, Monday night
shot G. w. Smith, one OF his deputies.
Both men are candidates for the office
Of sheriff. Donehoo has withdrawn
from the race. Smiths condition Is
miners were entombed by q gas explo-
sion in a coal mine at Eccles, w. Va.
Monday. 80. Finding that he needed
certain British owned piers, yards and
buildings, at Vera Cruz, Mexico, and
being unable to make satisfactory
terms for rental Of the property In or
der to facilitate business, Rear-Ad-
miral Fletcher simply took charge OF
the property Monday under martial
law. Ten thousand members Of the
New York national guard have been
inoculated against typhoid fever. 49,.
Fire destroyed two big Baltimore fer
tilizer factories Sunday night The to-
tai loss was $1,350,000. The British
troops are being held in readiness for
active service in Ulster, Ireland, be-
cause the Ulsterites recently secretly
landed 10000 rifles ard large quanti-
ties Of ammunition from Germany.
General Felix Diaz former presiden-
tial candidate in Mexico, is to be a
guest in Atlanta, during the Shriners'
convention, -. Three cases OF small
pox were discovered among the refu-
gees from Mexico, on board the bat
tleship Connecticut, at Galveston,
Texas, Monday. The Russian tank
steamer Komta, blew up off the coast
of Algiers, Monday, and fifteen Of the
crew Of thirty, lost their lives. The
5000 Mexican federal prisoners held by
the United States at Fort Bliss, Tex,
are to be moved to Fort Wingate, N.
NJ, for greater safety, 1t was feared
that efforts would be made to start
trouble in an effort to escape across
the border. ."Ar' Jennings. the ex-
outlaw, has made an offer to raise a
for service In Mexico. 49,. The Japan
ese government has decided to make
an extensive exhibit at the Panama
Pacific exposition at San Francisco
next year. r.....,.A commission Of New
York physicians, after examinations Of
Michael P. Mahoney the would-be as
sassin Of Mayor Mitchell, says the man
is a lunatic. 80. Burton W. Gibson, a
New York attorney, twice tried for the
In 1912, was convicted Monday on
charges Of grand larceny and forgery
-. The Kentucky supreme court has
refused new trial to D. f. Heaton
convicted for completely in the murder
Of Sheriff Callahan Of Breathitt coun-
ty and sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The evidence against Heaton was Sc
cured by a daughter Of Callahan. The
pastors Of scores Of Philadelphia
churches have decided to extend a
joint invitation to Rev. Billy Sunday to
conduct a series Of evangelistic meet
ings in that city during January and
February Of next year. ..... Hearings
on the Panama tolls repeal bill came
to an end Monday night. The su
preme court Of the United States has
handed down a decision upholding the
Nebraska law making saloon keepers
liable for damages resulting from the
sale of liquor. ..... DIR. C. c. Meredith,
proprietor Of private hospital near
Pittsburg, Pa, on Monday pleaded
guilty to the charge Of malpractice
and was sentenced to serve five years
in the state penitentiary. .... John B.
Rhodes. a real estate dealer of Mem
phis, Tenn, committed suicide We'd
nesday, after he had been refused a
discharge from a murder jury on
which he had been drawn. The to-
tai amount subscribed to the twelve
proDoced reserve hanks IN IN April 90