Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-19
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1e, 1915.
MERE-MENTION

William E. Richards, for many years
a political intimate Of the late Vice
President Sherman, committed suicide
at Utica, N. Y, Saturday. The cause
of the act is unknown. ....... James
Standard and Bee Trout, charged with
the murder Of two guards during riot
ing in Arkansas coal mines last July,
were acquitted at Greenwood. Ark,
last week. The torpedo boat de-
stroyer Gushing, named for Lieut.. Will
liam Gushing, the naval officer who
sunk the Confederate ram Albermarle,
during the Civil war, was launched at
Quincy, Mass, Saturday. .... .Nebras-
ka, western Iowa and the Dakotas felt
the grip Of the first blizzard Of the
winter last Saturday. -. Rear Admir-
al Morris r. S. Mackenzie. retired,
died at Morristown, n. j.. last Week,
aged sc years. The PaXtuent Rod
and Gun club at Meyers Station, Mo,
was raided last week by police and l4S
people were brought to Baltimore on
a special train the police seized. All
the prisoners are charged with gambl-
ing-betting on horse races, etc.,.
Fire in Charlotte, N. c., Saturday night
destroyed the five and ten cent store
of s. H. Kress and Co. The loss Is es-
timated at 100000. ....... George Tor
rance, owner Of the Torrance planta-
ton, one Of the largest in Macon coun-
ty, Ala, was shot and killed early Sat
urday morning by an unknown man.
.... Edward r. Scott Of Raymond,
Wash, has been sentenced to serve six
months Imprisonment for sendlng
threatening letters to Count Won Bern
storff, German ambassador to the Unit
ed States. According to Paris dis
dispatch, Roumanian students In
Swedish universities have been order
ed to report home Immediately TOT
army service. . R. L. Kelly, presldent
of Earlham college, Indiana, was last
week elected president OF the Amerl-
can association Of college presidents.
The Atlantic Coast Line Limited,
a fast train running between jackson,
Vile and Tampa, Fla, was wrecked
Saturday, when the flyer ran into a
cow which was on the track. The fire.
man was killed and several passengers
were more or less seriously injured. =.
The French submarine Saphir, was
sunk by the Turks last week while the
vessel was trying to enter the Darda-
nelles. President Wilson last week
instructed the attorney general to IN
vestigate whether or not there mas
been any violation Of the law In the
rise Of wheat and flour. ... M. L. NOR
Iis, q retired business man, was MUIR
dered near his home in Raleigh, N. C.,
Saturday Two masked men arm
ed with pistols, forced two clerks Of
Jacksonville, Fla, bank into the safe
Of the institution, Saturday, secured
$4,000 in cash and made their escape.
Portions Of France are being in
undated by floods. The river Seine at
Paris is rapidly rising and In some
parts Of the country passenger poat
service has been suspended. .... .Milas
Holtzhouser, an aged farmer, was
burned to death last week when barn
near Salisbury, N. c., in which he was
sleeping, caught fire. One child Is
dead and four others are desperately
i'll Of typhoid fever in the home Of
James Shank, near Mount Crawford,
Va. Lieut.. B. G. Jones, U. >. A.
broke the worlds record for continu-
Gus flying last week, by remaining In
the air eight hours and thirty five
minutes. 49,. Five persons are dead as
the result Of the destruction by fire OF
the private yacht Julia, in Pamlico
Sound, off Beaufort, N. c., last Friday.
Lieut.. General Stoessel, defender
of Port Arthur during the Russo-Ja-
panese war, died last week, following
several months suffering with paraly-
sis. . "A son was born in the White
House at Washington, Sunday. to Mrs.
Francis Bowers Saye, daughter Of
fTSS1ueHl sSheAASo 41SNN~@
son Of Troy, was inaugurated govern
OF of Alabama, today on the balcony
Of the capitol where Jefferson Davis
was inaugurated president Of the Con-
federate states. Mrs. Susan Buckles
died at Edinburg, ILL.,, Sunday, aged 50
years She never rode on train in
her life. ... Through the testimony Of
AL Jennings, former train and bank
robber of Oklahoma, who reformed,
ran for governor and is now district
attorney Of Oklahoma, the charge OF
violation Of the White Slave law
against Dr. J. w. G. Martin, was drop
ped by Federal authorities Of San
Francisco, Cal, last week. The first
anniversary Of the installation OF the
IS day minimum wage by the Ford
Motor company Of Detroit, Mich, has
just passed, and during the twelve
months Of the year the company shar-
ed profits Of s10,000.000 with its $4,000
employees. q. Four persons were burn
ed to death in a fire which destroyed
their home in Philadelphia, Sunday.