Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-02
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Three masked men held up the
| cashier Of the bank Of Avant, Okla,
Friday, and secured $1,000. Re-
| ceivers were appointed on Saturday
| for William Barton, the twelfth coal
| operator whose property has gone in
to receivership In Uniontown coun-
ty, Pa, since the closing Of the First
National bank Of Uniontown, a $780,
600 institution. The assets Of the
twelve operators total more than
8 5000, 900, while their Liabilities are
only $4,000. ooo.:.....More than
| $4,000 bales Of cotton were shipped
| from Savannah, Ca, to foreign ports
last Saturday. 80. The Vermont leg
~islature last Friday, passed a resolu-
ton commencing Mrs. Bette Van
| Metre Of Berryville. Va. fpr her care
Of Lieut. Bedell Of Westfeld, VT, after
he was injured during the civil war.
...... Floods and storms in Arizona
on Saturday. did more than 100000
damage in the Salt river valley. AMI
mails in a menagerie In Phoenix,
valued at 10000. were drowned.
An explosion which occurred on the
flagship San Diego, January 81,
claimed its ninth victim Saturday, by
the death Of Ralph B. Glidden, q
fireman. Four other sailors remain
in a serious condition as a result Of
the accident. 49,. John P. Edder and
his two sons, all farmers, were shot
while seated at breakfast in their
home near Andalusia, Ala, Saturday.
The sons will die and the father Is
seriously wounded. A shot gun was
used, the gun being discharged
through a window. An old feud Is
believed to have been the cause.
The first shipment Of cotton from
NE1ltl1 AL k1 tarnnpl loft Mnht1a
on Saturday. There were 5000 bales.
......A monster black bear was
killed near Luray, Va, Saturday. The
bear was placed on exhibition and
people walked many miles to see 1t.
...... Between $4,000 and $4,000
worth Of diamonds were secured by
-four men who drove up to a New
York pawnshop in an automobile,
Saturday, held up three clerks, threw
the Jewels in a suit case and made
their escape. ...Sam Merrick, u
negro, died in Wilmington, N. c., a
few days ago, leaving $4,000 In cash
and several pieces Of real property.
The negro lived alone and so Tar
as Is known had no relatives. Since
his death the clerk of court of New
Hanover has received no less than
sixty letters from people claiming to
be near relatives of h dead negro.
..... Miss Nora McAdoo, daughter
Of Secretary McAdoo, sailed for
France last week, where she will en-
gage in Red Cross work.. Herman
Aurebach, a prominent real estate OPP
orator Of New York, on Sunday shot
and killed his wife and two daughters.
and then committed suicide, after leav-
ing a note under his sons door inform
ing him Of the tragedy. The shooting
was done with a repeating rifle to
which was attached a silencer appara-
tus. Worry over financial reverses Is
supposed to have been the cause OF the
act. Nv. B. M. Brown, congressman
elect from the twenty-fourth Pennsyl-
vania district, died suddenly In New
York, Sunday. Rear Admiral Mon
tagu Of the British navy, died in Lon
don. Sunday, aged "a years. THE
Atlantic Coast Lines New York and
at Callahan. Fla, Saturday. Five pas
sengers were slightly injured. .Ad-
vices received at Toronto, are to the
effect that $4,000 Canadian troops
have been sent from the training camp
In England, t. The front In France.
War prices for wheat for May delivery
reached $1.523 a bushel, Saturday, in
Chicago. ......I In a fight on the 18th
floor Of the Adams Express building
in New York, Saturday, Jos. F. Nc
Laughlin stabbed VIM. B. Irvine to
death with a pocket knife. TWEEN
ty-seven men were sentenced In the
Federal court in st. Louis. Mo-, Satur-
day, to serve terms of 80 days to three
and a half years, and pay fines o.
$4,000 to $1,000 each, for violation Of
the Federal tax laws in relation to the
manufacture and sale Of oleomarga-
rine. Mrs. Ann Miller died at
Bedford, N. Y, Saturday, aged 100
years. For the past 70 years she had
been a strict vegetarian. .....Gen.
George B. Milman Of the British army,
and for 80 years keeper Of the Tower
Of London, is dead. The British
government has placed an order for
5000 tons Of steel bullets with a Bir-
mingham, Ala, steel company.