Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-29
MERE MENTION

Two burglars entered the home Of
w. M. Alexander, a retired million
aire, at Los Angeles, Cal, Tuesday
night, and being discovered shot him
to death, and wounded his son. Two
daughters came to the rescue OF the
father and brother and so badly beat
the intruders on the head with silver
backed hair brushes, that both were
captured when they sought help from
a physician to dress their Wounds.
Governor Cruce Of Oklahoma, gave
pardons to 81 convicts as Christmas
gifts. -. The London stock exchange
Is to open for trading on January 4th
"A new military biplane Is be-
ing tested in Switzerland. The plans
Of the new machine have spread or
~ feet, and are equipped with three
independent motors Of 100 horsepow-
er each, and is claimed to be capable
of carrying q load Of ton and half
and maintain q speed Of 80 miles an
hour. In a recent test, carrying a
load Of 1000 pounds, the machine at
tanned an altitude Of 1000 feet In
thirty minutes. -. BY injunction. the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the
Wells Fargo Express company are for
hidden to haul liquor shipments into
West Virginia from other states, under
the Webb-Kenyon Federal law, and
the Yost statewide prohibition law.
The attorney general Of New
York. after an investigation, alleges
that fifteen firms control the prices ess
Of butter and eggs throughout the
United States. VIM. S. West, who
served in the United States senate
from March 2 to November, 1914, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
Of Senator Bacon, died at his home at
valdorsta. Ga, early last Tuesday
morning. Oscar w. Underwood
predicts that when the proposed
amendment to the Federal constitu-
ton, providing for woman suffrage.
comes to q vote in the house, the
amendment will be defeated. .... the
Merriam Crime commission or Chlca. I.
60, declares that gambling trust
in that city makes a net profit OF $l,..
Chicago $4,000 a week. "A student
of Columbia University, New York, got
S25 for eight ounces Of his blood at
hospital, the blood being transposed
to a patient. He used the money to
buy Christmas present for his sweet
heart. Everyone Of the 10000
bales of cotton loaded on board the
steamship City of Macon, at New York,
last Friday, for shipment to Bremen,
Germany, was first photographed by
use of the X-ray In order to show that
there was no contrabrand contained
in the bales Of cotton. 80. Hon. VIM.
]. Bryan has bought 10-acre tract OF
land near Asheville, n. c., and Will
build summer home there. A
Federal court at Los Angeles. Cal, has
refused to issue an injunction against
the statewide prohibition law Of Ari-
zona, and the law will become effective
next Friday. 800. John Muir, an
Englishman, we'll known throughout
the United States and England, as
naturalist. died at Los Angeles,
Cal, Thursday aged IS years. 800.
The Ford Motor company Of Chicago,
this year made a profit of 200 per cent
on a capitalization Of 100000.
At a Christmas tree celebration at
Ellis Island. New York. Christmas
trians, English, Russian. French,
Belgians and Italians all participated
and the best of good feelings pre-
vailed go. The steamship Ryndam
arrived at New York, Thursday from
Rotterdam. A part Of her cargo in
Guided 10000 Hartz mountain ca
naries. District Attorney Whit
man of New York, declares that with
in a week he will have arrested ev-
cry man, high and low, guilty Of the
murder Of Barnet Baff. the poultry
man, who was shot to death by gun
men on November "a. He also says
that $4,000 was raised to pay the
gunner for the killing and for other
details. ..... The imperial diet OF ia
pan on Friday, refused to approve
army expansion measures proposed Dy
the government and was summarily
dissolved by the mikado. "A
Petrogard dispatch says that there
are l.l40 officers and 131,700 men OF
the German army. and 3.166 officers
and 221,400 men Of the Austrian ar
my held as prisoners by the Russians.
Chicago charity societies provided
nearly 100000 dinners for the poor
of the city on Christmas day.
The steamship Pathfinder left Gal
weston, Texas. Friday, for Germany
with a cargo Of $3.50 bales of cotton
on board In 1892, Alaska i'm
ported it's first herd of III raindeer
from Siberia. Now there are 47.266
raindear in the country. The reindeer
have superseded dogs as means OF
transportation. ... Pittsburgh, Pa,
manufacturers have orders for $4.-
OO0, 900 worth of barbed wire for
European countries. The orders now
in hand will give employment to 1000
men who have been idle for nine
months. -. During the last twelve
months there have been a total of
! 100000 food animals sold at the
Union Stock yards. Chicago. for hu-
man consumption, with a total value
" s4O9 134. 600. .... The United States
supreme court has given Leo Nj
Frank stay OF execution until it can
pass upon certain alleged Federal
| issues that have been raised.