Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-03
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Bishop Charles w. Smith of St
Louis, died in Washington, Saturday
of heart failure. Three Germans
were arrested in a house in Halifax,
Canada. Saturday. where the police
say. they were operating a wireless
apparatus. ... Two men were killed
and several were injured in a coal
mine explosion near Birmingham,
Ala, Saturday morning. -Four
thousand bales of cotton in ware
house at Moultrie, Ga, were consum-
ed by flames, Saturday. ...... Luther
Sims and Henry Swanson, negroes,
were hanged at Dadeville, Ala, Fri
day, for the murder of j. F. Turner,
a prominent white man. Ed
Spencer and Jack Porter Of Hot
Springs, Ark. were convicted at Hot
Springs, last week. of using the malls
to defraud, and were sentenced TO
seven years Imprisonment each.
Rola Wells, a former mayor Of st
Louis, and present treasurer OF the
Democratic national committee, has
been chosen governor Of the Federal
reserve bank of st. Louis, No. 4."...
President Wilson on last Friday, en-
tertained Jerome K. Jerome, the Eng
lish humorist and author, at the
White House. Because he fell
in love with beautiful girl on the
movie SCREEN" though he had never
seen the original, G. V. Williams
age 10, drank carbolic acid in mis-
home in Atlanta, last week, and died
in a few minutes. .....A An Oklahoma
City packing concern has received
an order for 100000 pounds OF
canned meat from one of the nations
now engaged in war. .... The town
of Davisborough, Ca, was visited by
a $4,000 fire, Sunday, including l.
$50 bales of cotton. United States
Senator Pittman had a free-for-all
fight at Reno, New, Friday, with a
number of politicians. The senator
was finally knocked down and the
scrap ended .....A trio of automo-
bile thieves stole a $4,000 machine in
Philadelphia, Friday, from under the
nose of the owner and a policeman.
The owner had gotten out of the car
to ask directions from the officer. One
of the thieves was captured. 1t
is estimated that there are 22,OOO
dressmakers and $500 milliners idle
in London, as result Of the economy
wave incident to the war. The
British hospital ship Rohilla Of Glas-
Cow, went on the rocks on the York
shire coast. Friday, broke in two and
100 persons are reported drowned.
One hundred and seventy-five
cases of toys and clothing is Phila-
delphias contribution to the cargo
of the Christmas ship" that is soon
to sail from Brooklyn, n. Y, for the
benefit of the children of the warning
European nations. George L.
Morye, Jr., of San Francisco, has as
sumed his office as United States am
bassador to Russia at Petrograd."
President Zamor of Haiti, has been
obliged to flee from Port au Prince,
and seek refuge on a Dutch vessel.
The United States battleship Kansas
and the transport Hancock, are on the
way to Haiti with a regiment of
marines to look after
and foreign interests.
Thos. ]. Mccormick, warden of Sing
Sing prison, New York, has been re-
moved from office because of showing
favors to a prisoner, David A. Sulll-
van, bank wrecker. Mccormick
used Sullivan as his private chauffeur.
General CarranZa, provisional
president of Mexico, has proposed to
the convention at Aguas Calientes,
that he will resign his office and even
leave the country, provided General
Zappala and Villa will retire to pri-
vate life ..... The United States mer-
chairman, John d. Rockefeller, oil
laden, recently held up by Great Brit
ain, has reached Copenhagen. .....
Between this date and June 80, of
next year, the eastern railroads OF the
United States will have to raise $780,
900, 900 to take care of maturing obli-
cations of various kinds. ...." The list
price of granulated sugar in Philadel-
phia and New York, Friday, was $40
to $50. England has acquired a
stock of 100000 tons of raw sugar,
enough to supply her needs for some
time to come. The names OF hVe
men have been given to barkeepers OF
Atlantic City, y. j., by the police,
with instructions not to sell the par
ties named intoxicating liquors under
penalty of forfeiting their licenses on
the second offense. The list is called
the Jag list. "...... President Wilson
is said to be seriously considering the
idea of closing all the coal mines in
Colorado on account of the long strike
that has been in progress there.
The people of Nova Scotia have start
ed shipload of supplies to the Bel
gians. The cargo is valued at ST.
900, 900 and includes As carloads or
clothing and l52 carloads of food sup
plies, all contributed by the Nova
Scotians.. . There are l,19l,9S9
enrolled voters who can vote in the
elections in Pennsylvania today if
they so desire. Fifty Texas coun-
ties will today, vote on the question
of reducing the cotton acreage in that
state. e.. The National American
Woman Suffrage association will meet
at Nashville, November II to II.
More than 500 of the delegates. rep
resenting 43 states, have promised to
wear cotton suits, coats and dresses.
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