Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-20
MERE MENTION

The president Of the newly organiz-
ed Federal baseball league, Is reported
to have made an offer to Ty Cobb of
$4,000 a year for period Of five
years. .....F. M. Jones Of Clinton, N.
Y, recently paid $4,000 for thor
oughbrsd young bull Of the Holstein-
Fresian breed. .. The suicide Of the
chief of the meteorological observa-
tory at Kagoshima, Japan, Is announc-
ed, he having committed hari-kar1 be-
cause he failed to warn the people Of
the danger Of the eruption Of the vol
.cano Sakura- Jima, which did such
damage and cost so many lives at ka-
goshima last week. "A graduate stu
dent Of Cornell university, Ithaca, N.
Y, announces that he Is able to in
crease the flow of goats milk to dou-
bic the usual quantity and five times
richer in cream, by the injection Of a
recently discovered serum, under the
skin Of the goat. 1t Is reported
from Japan that $4,000 people were
buried alive in the city Of Sakura last
week by the eruption Of the volcano
Sakura -Jima. :. Present plans are for
the official OPENING Of the Panama Ca
nal in January, 1915, with Colonel
Coethals to be the first governor of
the canal zone with plenary powers.
.Yeggmen blew open a safe at
Osceola, Ala, Friday morning and got
away in an automobile with $3.50. ......
It is stated from Chihuahua, Mexico,
that Gen. Villa and General Caranza
are preparing to unite their rebel ar
mics and with force Of $4,000 men
march on the City Of Mexico. 80. AT
San Francisco, Friday, 600 cases Of
eggs were received from China, under
the new tariff law, which admits egg
free Of duty. 1t is estimated that 30,-
900 cases will be received from China
during the year. DR.. Carl Jacob
son, a rich brewer Of Copenhagen, left
his estate Of $40,000,000 to art pur-
poses. Six children were burned to
death in the destruction Of residence
at Cobononk, Ontario, Saturday. The
mother Of the children escaped by
jumping from a window. "A wealthy
a gift of $4,000 to establish a hospital
in Liberia, Africa. .... Fire destroyed
the docks of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad, steamship, three schooners
and five barges loaded with lumber at
Jacksonville, Fla, Saturday afternoon.
...... A cablegram received at Ham
burg, Germany from Punta Arena,
Chile, brings information to the effect
that the German steamer Acilia re-
Gently sunk off Terra Del Fuego, car
rying down with her fifty passengers
and a crew Of forty-eight members. :.
Jack Rose, who became famous in
connection with the trial Of Lieutenant
Becker Of the New York police force
for the murder Of Herman Rosenthal,
in July 1912, has begun work as an
evangelist. Gunmen Of New York say
they will yet kill Rose for his part in
the Becker trial. The National Re-
form association in its fight against
the Mormon church, proposes to pros
ecute Mormons under the Mann white
slave law. In recognition Of his
work in improving health conditions
in the canal zone Colonel VIM. c. Cor
gas has been recommended by the gee
retary Of war for the position Of sur
geon general Of the United States
army. During the last three months
Of 1918, the common pleas court Of
Cayoga county, Ohio, granted nearly
600 divorces, and during the same pc
riod nearly 500 new divorce cases were
filed Commercial ice will be cut
in Fresno county, Cal, this year for
the first time In the history Of the
county. ........A New York financial
writer says that American investors