Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
MERE ENTION

Negotiations were closed at Sharon,
Pa, Tuesday, by a manufacturing
company for 100000 pairs Of woolen
socks for the use of the French army.
..... Work was ordered resumed and
contracts let in Charlotte, N. c., Tues
day for approximately 100000 In new
buildings. some Of them held up at
the outbreak Of the European war.
1900. Three short, sharp earthquakes
were felt along the Isthmus Of Pana-
ma this week. ..... An item Of $252,54O
has been placed in the national agri-
cultural bill for the purpose Of buying
seed to be distributed among congress
sional constituents. -. Shipment Of
cattle and hogs from the Chicago
Stock Yards was halted Tuesday,
after discovering foot and mouth dis
ease in car lot shipments to Phila-
delphia Nv. T. Jerome has been
dismissed as deputy attorney gener-
al Of New York to assist In the pros
ecution of Harry K. Thaw, on the
ground that the state does not feel
justified in continuing the expense Of
special counsel. .... Reports by way
Of Copenhagen from Russia, say that
thirty persons were killed In the re-
cent bombardment Of Kielce. Poland,
bv Austrian air craft. 80. The senate
tion Of Henry Clay Hall Of Colorado,
to succeed himself as q member Of the
interstate commerce commission over
vigorous opposition from senators
who criticised the commissions recent
action in granting increased rates to
railroads. 80. John Young, former au-
ditor of the Farmers Deposit Nation
al bank Of Pittsburgh, Pa. died in the
Pennsylvania state penitentiary on
Tuesday Of tuberculosis. Young was
convicted of completely in the embez-
zelment Of $1,050,000 from the institu-
ton in 1908. Col. Theodore Roose-
welt delivered a lecture in New York,
Tuesday night, the proceeds Of the
house being contributed for the bene-
fit Of New York's unemployed. ........
for the statement that PIP German
papers have suspended publication as
the result of the war. At least half
that many publications have suspend
ed publication In England. 49,. Gen.
Noriel, the famous Philippine leader,
and two associates, were hanged In
Manila, Tuesday morning. They had
been convicted Of Staying a political
enemy. go. Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent Of the American Federation OF
Labor, celebrated his 65th birthday in
Washington, Wednesday. DR.. j.
K. Bodine, for many years dean Of the
medical department of the Universi-
ty of Louisville, died there this week,
aged "a years. 80. Jacob Levin, a
popular Atlanta, Ga, man, this week
received a check for ST in payment
for a game chicken which was stolen
from him when he lived In Columbia,
S. c., forty years ago. He does not
L., ~ Of 10
check -. E. The Indiana legislature has
passed a measure to regulate lobbying.
The bill will require all lobbyists to
work in the open. .... Deputy Sheriff
George McNeill was shot and killed at
Mobile, Ala, "wednesday, by James
Fowler, whom he had attempted to
take into custody. The American
Hawaiian line freight steamship Wash
ingtonian, was sunk in collision with
the five masted schooner Elizabeth
Palmer, off Fenwick shoals lighthouse,
N. Y, early Tuesday morning. The
accident was due to fog and the
schooner was badly injured by the
collision. One life was lost. The
Washingtonian and her cargo were
valued at $500, 900. The Philadelphia
police closed 80 moving pictures thea
tres in that city, Tuesday, because. Of
failure to pay the license tax Of $100
each for 1915. The Ernst Tosetti
Brewing company Of Chicago. has been
forced into involuntary bankruptcy.
The brewers blaim their troubles to
dry sentiment, votes for women and
the war tax on beer. w. L. Petr1-
kin of Denver, Col, is reported to have
bought $4,000 bags Of sugar beet seed
in Germany for export to the United
States, paying therefor $635,O00 In
gold.