Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-26
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SSA 49,
ecutive officer OF the cruiser Balti-
more at the battle Of Manila Bay,
died in Washington, Tuesday. .....A
bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Ferguson
Of Texas, makes betting on elections
punishable by fines Of from 500 to
81, 900 in addition to Jail sentences.
Ira Bloodworth, aged Is years,
was shot and killed by Tuss Nixon
at Gordon, Ca, Tuesday night. A love
affair Is said to have been the cause
of the shooting. Madame Sarah
Bernhard, the famous actress, whose
leg was amputated in a Paris hospital
this week, is getting along nicely and
will very likely survive the operation.
Madame Bernhard Is more than 70
years of age..... Carter H. Harrison,
now completing his fifth term as
mayor Of Chicago has been defeated
tor denomination by the Democrats
by Robert M. Sweitzer, clerk Of Cook
county, Ill. Women's votes were re-
sponsible for the defeat of Mayor
Harrison for the nomination although
he is a suffragist. .... The United
States supreme court handed down a
decision this week to the effect that
any state has a right to censor moving
picture films. -. According to tests
and figures made public by the dairy
department Of the Ohio state univer-
sity this week, Murine Cowan, a s.
year-old Guernsey COW, during last
year produced twelve tons Of milk
which is a new worlds record. ....
Davilmar Theodore, who has been
president Of Hayti for several weeks
past, has abdicated and taken refuge
on a Dutch steamer in the harbor of
Port au Prince. The United States
proposes to send a commission to
Hayti in an effort to put the republics
finances in condition to satisfy for
eign creditors and to restore order.
-. Col. L. R. Mckee, for more than
fifty years connected with the press
of Alabama died in Montgomery, Ala,
Tuesday. aged 75 years. ia ser
ious mutiny occurred among the Fifth
Light Infantry of British troops at
Singapore last week, the trouble being
precipitated by a dissatisfaction a
mong the troops concerning promo
tons. A portion of the regiment re-
fused to obey orders and in the fight
which followed, eight officers and
seventeen men were killed. 49,. Mrs.
w. F. Cockrell of Delry, Va, jumped
into the elevator shaft at the top of
the Washington Monument in Wash
ington. D. c., Tuesday and fell to the
bottom, 500 feet below. She left a
note to her husband saying she was
sure she could not from an
Illness. ..... Will Reed, a negro, &C
cused Of criminal assault upon q white
woman, was lynched by a mob near
Forest City, Fla, Wednesday,. . Six
prominent citizens Of Leesburg, Ca,
arrested for completely in the murder
Of A. D. Oliver, a banker Of Leesburg,
have been released after a preliminary
hearing. The Frankfurter Eel
tung, one Of the highest newspaper
authorities Of Germany, estimates
prisoners. . Prince Leopold, eldest
son Of King Albert of Belgium, has
joined the Belgian troops at the front.
He is fourteen years old. Col. Car
los Consha, who has conducted a rev.
olution in Guayaquill for the past f1f-
teen months, was captured this week.
..... Mark Hall, aged 20 years, a
pitcher for the Detroit, Mich, Ameri-
can league baseball team, died at his
home in Joplin, Mo-, Wednesday,. . .
Thirty-six master plumbers who have
been on trial at Des Moines, Ia, since
February 10, on charges Of violating
the Sherman antitrust law, were con-
victed in Federal court Wednesday,. =.
One of the largest and newest Of the
heavy German guns which was being
used in the bombardment e Thanh
in Alsace, exploded Wednesday, killing
one officer end five men...... Admit
raj Howard of the United States navy,
has recommended to the navy depart
ment that five of the officers Of the
cruiser San Diego, aboard which an
explosion occurred recently, be court
martialed. Several Of the members
Of the crew were killed as the result
of the explosion. -. England has an
nounced officially that she lost three
of her aviators in the recent raid on
northern Belgium. ......A dispatch
from Montivideo reports that a British
cruiser has captured the German
steamer Gotha. laden with provisions
for the German auxiliary cruiser
KronprintZ Wilhelm.