Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-17
MERE.MENIION

wall OF the Bronx county, y. l., couI .
house, Wednesday nlgnt, damaging
the building considerably. 1t IS De-
IIeved the bomb was intended to XIII
Judge GIODS, VINO nau presided recent
~ III number OF cases or foreigners
charged with white slavery. Inc
Juuge escaped INJURY. 80. line steam
snip Ihelma Salled from Philadelphia
on THURSDAY tor Rotterdam with 100
tons OF foodstuffs, valued at SIU+, 40
Phllaaelphias first contribution for
the renet OF the Belgians. The
exports at the leading American portS
Tor the week enulng November I, to-
tailed S36,645,7 ,761, and the imports to-
tailed $26, 6,515,S12. ..... The Baldwin
Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, has
orders for thirty locomotives and 2vU
machine tools from Russia. The order
totals $1,000, 900. ON November l.,
according to reports from forty-seVen
warehouses, there were 2,3SS,OOO,OOO
cases OF eggs in storage in the United
States. Thousands of cases OF eggs
are being exported to England. .....
ITO clear his SOUL" so he said, John
Wood has confessed to the district at
torney at Poughkeepsie, y. Y, that
he with three others during the CHRIST
mas holidays of 1912, killed George
Vosberg, a farmer and his wife, near
Pine Plains, robbed them of $500, and
set fire to the house. The other three
men implicated in the confession or
Wood have been arrested. go. For the
first nine months of the year, ending
September 80, imports into the United
States exceeded the imports for the
same period of 1913, by SS3,OOO,OOO,
while customs receipts fell off $4,000,
600 for the same period. The total
imports for September were $14O,OS9,-
900, a decrease of S3,000,OOO for the
same month in 1918. Walter b.
Riggs, wanted in Philadelphia, for
conspiracy to defraud and misuse OF
the mails, in connection with the
Storey cotton company Swlndle, sur
rendered to postottice inspectors In
Philadelphia, Thursday, after being
fugitive for nine years. Riggs says he
had no connection with the swlndle.
The National Grange, in session
at Wilmington, Del, has passed reso-
lutions protesting against the opening
of the Panama-Pacific exposition on
Sundays. Chicago tenement in
spector has found one city block on
which 1886 people live, making up
90. families. In the block were only
eight bath tubs. an average or one 10
each 200 persons. ..... Secretary OF
State Bryan has issued statement
lndl AIIlSllCdH lLOOPS "AAA w "@N@-
drawn from Vera Cruz, Mexico, on
November 23. ..... The Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia and Reading rail
road companies have given notice OF
a general advance in railroad fares
over their lines, effective December 10.
.Twenty-one alleged night rid
ers are under arrest in Love county
Okla. They are charged with con-
spiracy and threats to destroy proper
ty in an effort to force the price OF
cotton to 10 cents. .Brlgadler Cen
eral Hugh L. Scott is to be the next
chief of staff of the United States
army Since 1850 the population
of the United States has quadrupled'
and the commerce of the country has
increased from 1918, 100000 to S4'-
259,OOO,OOO. The value of farm prop
erty increased from $4,000,0OO,OOO In
1850, to $41,O00,000,000 in 1910, and
manufactures from S1,OOO,OOO,OOo TO
over $4,000, 100000 for the same Pc
riod 80. The Georgia supreme court
on Saturday, refused to set aside the
verdict by which Leo H. Frank was
convicted in Atlanta, on Aug. 20, 1Sio'
for the murder Of Mary Phagan. Inc
case will be carried to the United
States supreme court. "A human
skull was taken in tishermans net
at Orracoke Sound, near Beaufort
N c., last week. The naval COL
lier Jason sailed from New YORK,
Tuesday, with more than l,2OO tons OF
Christmas gifts from American peo-
pie for Belgian sufferers. .....: Ihree
negro fishermen were drowned near
Wilmington, n. c., Saturday. John
Evans, a negro, was taken from the
st. Petersburg, Fla, prison FRIDAY
and lynched. The negro was suspect
ed of having shot and killed +. r.
Sherman of Camden, n. j., and or nav
ing attacked Sherman's wife. "A
Lehigh Valley train, running between
New York and Buffalo, was wrecked
last week. Several persons were more
or less seriously injured. The gov
ernment Of Sweden proposes to oullu
two battleships at an early date. 80.
The fifth anniversary Of the death OF
259 miners of Cherryville, Ill, who
were entombed at that place, was OBJ
served Friday. The ceremonies in
cluded a memorial parade headed py
a funeral band, and addressed by Ia
Dor leaders. Joseph SkuSlh, VI
Duluth, Mimi, was rescued Saturday,
after being entombed in mine near
that place five days. He was greatly
exhausted when taken from the smart,
but will recover. The thlrd lrlal
of Robert Owen, on the charge oi
kidnapping Rev. Otis l.. Spurgeon'
was begun in Denver, Col, Saturday.
Spurgeon was formerly a lecturer OF
the Knights of Luther, an anti-Catho-
lie organization. Mrs. Fannie Nor
rison, of Silver Creek township, Burke
county, y. c., died last week at the
age of l01 years. Z months ana IL
days. She was the daughter OF Peter
Apley, a Revolutionary veteran.
The American Road congress ended
it's sessions in Atlanta, Friday. Inc
time and place of next years meeting
will be decided later. .Represen-
tative Samuel R. Sells of the First
Tennessee congressional district, has
filed suit against E. NJ. Slack, editor OF
the Johnson City Staff, asking S25,OOO
damages. The action resulted from a
published article in the Staff regard
ing the prediction statement OF eN-
penses filed by Representative sens:
Deputy u. S. marshals arrested
three miners at Hartford, Ark. FRIDAY
harging the men with conspiracy 10
violate the Federal courts orders In
connection with riots at Arkansas
mines last July. ....... Major James
Geddes. for more than so years identi-
fled with the Louisville & NashVille
railroad, and who assisted in making
the original survey Of that railroad
died in Nashville, Tenn, last week
aged Sc wears. .... Martial law in
force in Butte, Mont, since Sept II.
on account Of mining troubles, mas
heen raised, and soldiers of the Ma
tional Guard have been withdrawn.
A stockman of Weiser. Idaho, who has
a contract with the French govern,
ment for 5000 cavalry horses, opened
headquarters at Baker, Oregon, FIJI
day. Under the contract the horses
must be shipped Nov. p. He boughl
200 horses Friday. averaging Sl19
per head for them. Former l.. >.
Senator VIM. Lorimer of Illinois: last
week pleaded mot guilty to charge
of wrecking the La Sale Street IruSt
& Savings Bank of Chicago. ..... w.
w. Marquis, formerly an official OF the
Florida Fruit Land company. was IN
dicted by a Federal jury at Kansas
CITY. Kan. last week on charge {,
conspiracy to conduct lottery ah1
use the mails to defraud. II is alleSeo
that Marquis. who is named JolnSlE
with several other men. not yet appre-
hended planned the lottery in conneT
ton with the distribution OF tI0rida
lands. Francis G. Newlands, Dem
ocrat, was reelected United states
senator from Nevada, in the recently
r,o,or,1 Oyar Samuel Platt Re