Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-21
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

Mrs Carl Williams of Germantown,
Pa, recently lost $4,000 worth of
bonds from her stocking, where she
had placed them for safe keeping.
| The price of fresh beef has risen
steadily in New York Turing the last
| few weeks, until now 1t is nearly up
to the price ruling during the civil
war. so cents a pound. .Chas.
b. Pitt, press agent for Charles Beck
er. the New York policeman, twice
convicted on the charge of numbering
Herman Rosenthal. is in Albany, y.
Y, and is said to be trying to make
terms with District Attorney Whit
man in order to save Becker from the
electric chair, in return for which
Becker will make disclosures impli-
named Holborrow left London, last
Friday. in a small sail boat, built by
himself from old pieces of wood, in
an attempt to reach the Unitel States.
..... During the ISL days ending
May 81, the total receipts of the city
of New York, from all sources, was
$314,665, 1885. Expenditures for the
same period for all purposes totaled
$243, $685. ,637.47, leaving a cash bal
ance of 900 to the credit Of
the city. 80. There are but few wo-
men registering to vote in the Kansas
primary elections to be held on Au-
OF 4 no la
to give their ages. .... Mrs. Mary
Mitchell of western Nebraska, has
decided her farm, valued at $4,000 to
the government, giving as a reason
that she has got religion" and eX-
planning that she got the title to the
100 acres by methods that have since
been questioned. This is the first
time the government conscience
fund" has been increased by deed of
a farm 80. Telling her lawyer that
she had kissed and made up" Mrs
Laura Kiss of Trenton, n. j., has
withdrawn a suit for divorce from her
husband, Stephen Kiss. 80. The old
cruiser Brooklyn, which became ia
nous in the shAmerican was
at Santiago, by looping the loop
and out of commission at Philadelphia
1907, is to be sent to Boston, to be
used as a receiving ship for the navy.
.....T The militant suffragettes con-
tinue to explode bombs at various
places throughout England. Among
. hn To- ott rnt tn
destroy Roslin Chapel, near Edin-
burg. The chapel was founded in
1916. Railway union officials,
representing 5000 employees Of 9S
railroads, west of Chicago, have re-
fused to consider arbitration and
served notice on the railroads that
$1,000 engineers and firemen will go
on a strike unless their demands for
higher wages are granted. The
affairs OF the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad are to be con-
sidered by a Federal grand jury in
Rhode Island. .... .Reinhold Boehm,
Il South African aviator. recently re-
manned in the air continuously for
distance of 1850 miles, the longest
nonstop flight ever accomplished.
The remnant of "Kellys army"
three in number, which left Sacra-
mento, Cal, on April 2, arrived in
Philadelphia, Tuesday. zee. The an
nual celebration Of the fall Of the
Bastile was held in Paris, France,
Tuesday. Manoeuvers by twenty
military aeroplanes and 10000 troops.
were parts Of the programme and
was witnessed by 100000 people. 80.
Capt Sam Hughes, who attained some
notOriety as a gun-runner to Cuba,
,..,l.
war. died in Philadelphia, Monday
night. 80. Meat receipts at Kansas
City, Mo-, Tuesday were 1872 carloads.
totaling about 100000 bushels. go.
Between $20,000,000 and $25,000,000
is the estimated annual revenue from
the advertising billbOards in the
United States. The commissioner
of prohibition of West Virginia. has
taken out an injunction against the
Adams Express company to stop the
shipment of liquor into that state.