Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-14
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DaVlQ fOuntdlI, d CIluICl JdiilloA'
was hanged at Folsom prison in Sac
ramelto, Gel, Friday, for the murder
of a little child in the basement of
the German Lutheran church in that
city, on December s, 1914...... Chas
S. Barrett Of Union City, Ga, was re-
elected president Of the National
Farmers Union at the national o n
vention of the organization which was
held in Lincoln, Neb., last week......
Rabbi Zacharie Rosenfield, an authori-
ty on the Talmudic law, died in st.
Louis, Mo-, last week, aged So years.
...... The New Orleans branch Of the
Atlanta Federal reserve bank, was
opened for business Friday. The
branch institution will serve member
banks in Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama. 49,. Secretary Of the Navy
Josephus Daniels was in Goldsboro,
N. c., Saturday, to participate in the
celebration of the S0th anniversary OF
his mothers birthday. navy
department has announced that the
be laid in the Philadelphia navy yard
on october 4........M Mrs. Elizabeth
Nichols, a wealthy widow Of New
York, was murdered in her home last
Wednesday night and robbed Of more
than $40, 200. .....E. N. Hancock, fol-
more than 80 years editor Of the Sa-
vannah Morning News, was found
dead in bed at his home in Savannah,
Ga, last week. According to a
dispatch of Saturday from a An
tonic, Texas, Gen. Villa a few days
ago executed three prominent men OF
the state Of Chihuahua, Mexico, after
compelling the men to make wills be-
queathing their property to him .....
The Red Lion saloon in Tampa, Fla.
was blown up by dynamite early Sat
urday morning. Property valued al
$685. 600 was destroyed. No lives were
lost. 800. Sir William Van Horne, the
greatest railroad builder in Canada
died in Montreal, Saturday. He began
life as a laborer in the railroad yards
in Joliet, Ill.,. Irving Corbett OF
Wilmington, N. c., saved three men
from drowning at Wrightsville Beach
N. c.. Saturday. Mike Gibbons OF
st. Paul, Mimi, outpointed Packey
Mcfarland Of Chicago, in a prize
fight at Brighton Beach, N. Y, Sat
urday. More than $4,000 people wit
messed the fight which was for a
purse of more than $50, 900. The
old Shelby county courthouse, located
at Memphis, Tenn, n Of the Oldest
landmarks in that section Of the coun-
try, was destroyed by fire Saturday,
The loss is estimated at Sc, 900. .....
A case Of bubonic plague, the suffer-
er being a 15-year-old girl, has been
reported in New Orleans. 49,. Will
liam Sprague, well known as the wal
governor Of Rhode Island and former
United States senator from that state,
died in Paris, Saturday, aged IS years.
...... Secretary Daniels will recon-
mend to congress that the number OF
midshipmen in the naval academy be
increased to capacity. This would
mean an appointment Of practically
300 more midshipmen than will be
enrolled this fall, or about 1,200......
Four persons were killed and three
were injured when a railroad train
struck an automobile near Flint,
Mich, Saturday. Benz. S. Knapp
for 43 years a member Of the Newark,
N. j., police force, has asked to be put
on the pension list. I'M. T. MCGEE,
a young man from Forsyth, Ga, was
killed and Policeman Gibson Of Co
lumbus, Ga, was killed in a street
fight in Columbus Sunday, when the
policeman attempted to arrest MCGEE
on the charge Of robbery. 80. Jack
Bowers, colored, shot and killed his
wife and two members of a sheriffs
posse at Carlisle, Ark. Sunday. The
negro was later shot to death by a
mob. ...... Rev. Stanley SZadinski,
pastor of a Catholic church In Earport,
O., was shot in the back as he stepped
from his home Sunday night. He
knows no reason for the shooting and
his assailant is unknown. Gen. Geo,
A. Forsyth, u. S. A., retired, died at
Rock Port, Mass. Sunday. He took
part in sixteen battles and many small
engagements during the Civil war;.
Charles Tooth Of Boston, established
a new swimming record Sunday, when
he swan "a miles in Is hours and Al
minutes.