Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-28
MERE.M ENTIoN

The Chilean steamer Maximiano
Errazuris struck reef and sank OH
the Chilean coast Tuesday. FIFTY
persons were drowned. Jean Cha-
gas has resigned the premiership OF
Portugual, on account of wounds re-
ceived several days ago when he was
shot by a Portuguese senator. -. The
United States submarine F-4, which
was sunk off Honolulu several weeks
ago. is being brought to the SURFACE.
The vessel is now about seventy feet
under water. The twentleln an
nual convention Of the National ASso-
citation of Manufacturers was held at
the Waldorf-AStoria hotel IN New
York this week. -. Rev. Dr. y. W.
Holcomb Brougher of Los Angeles,
Cal, i'm an address before the Northern
Baptist convention Tuesday night'
said that every Baptist should give
one-tenth of his income to the church.
The Louisiana state senate on
Tuesday by a vote Of 81 to 4, adopted
a resolution asking Governor Slaton
of the state of Georgia to commute the
death sentence of Leo NJ. Frank to
life Imprisonment. The Michigan leg
islature on the same day passed res
olution asking the governor OF Geor-
gia to commute the sentence. 49,.
The 47th biennial convention OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
of Ohio, in session in Cleveland, o.,
this week unanimously passed reso-
luton endorsing state and natlonal
prohibition. .Gustavus Millhiser,
one of the wealthiest men Of Virginia,
died suddenly at his home In Rich
mond. Tuesday, aged 65 years. -.
Capt. John c. Clark, the Oldest living
circus clown. is dying at his home at
Long Branch, n. ]. He is SO years OF
age. .Kiffin Rockwell of Atlanta,
Ga, who at the beginning of the war
in Europe enlisted in the French for
eign legion has been wounded in the
thigh according to information sent to
relatives in Atlanta by Paul Rockwell,
his brother, who is also serving in the
French army The Holland-Amer-
lean line steamer Byndam, was ram
med Ivy the Norwegian steamer JOS
eph j. Cuneo off Nantucket shoals
lightship, y. Y, Tuesday. Most OF the
cargo of the Ryndam, valued at S1,-
900, 900, was destroyed by water. Her
passengers and crew were rescued ana
brought into New York harbor We'd
nesday night by the battleship South
Carolina. The Cuneo was not badly
from Morocco. Raisuli, the famous
Moorish bandit and pretender to the
throne of Morocco, is conducting an
agitation among the natives in north
ern Morocco. 1t is said that his ac-
tions have been inspired by the Ger
mans. RaiSuli is the bandit who held
an American citizen named Pardlca- =
ris for ransom several years ago, but
who released the American when he
ff.l1 from
former President Roosevelt: "Perdi-
caris alive or Raisuli dead" The
Turkish ambassador to Italy is still in
Rome Frederick d. Underwood.
president of the Erie railroad and the
Delaware and Hudson railroad, mas
been indicted by an Ohio jury on the
charge of violating the interstate
commerce laws. Good roads day
was observed in Pennsylvania We'd
nesday in accordance with a procla-
nation of the governor. 1t is estimat-
ed that more than 100000 men spent
the day working upon the roads. ...
The 9Th biennial convention of the
Lutheran church in the United States,
was held in Akron, o., this week. :.
Mrs. Styvesant Fish, leader of New
York'S social set, died at Glenn Cliff,
y. Y, Wednesday. She was 60 years
Of age. The dupont Powder COM
pany on Wednesday declared the larg-
est quarterly dividend in its history.
The dividend was = per cent regular,
2 per cent special, cash, and per cent
preferred stock in the Atlas Powder
company. =. AT the annual conclaVe
of the IS Communicates of Knight
Templars of Pennsylvania, held in
Philadelphia this week, resolutions
were adopted barring from member
ship in the order all persons directly
or indirectly connected with the man.
ufacture or sale of liquors. Rather
than see her mother, Mrs. Phoebe
Kreiber, aged 63, suffer after the doc
tors had told her she could not get
well. her daughter Miss Bertha krei-
ber, aged AZ, administered chloro-
form, causing the death of her moth
er, and then attempted suicide in a
Philadelphia hospital Wednesday,.
The Georgia prison commission Will
begin hearings on the question of rec
ommending the Communication of the
sentence of Leo NJ. Frank to life inn
prisonment, on Monday