Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-06
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items Of Interest Gathered from All
Around the World.

GENEhal NEWS NOIe
Items Of Interest Gathered from All
Around the World.
BY vote Of IA to II the Wisconsin
senate has defeated a woman suffrage
resolution
An explosion destroyed an illumi-
mating rocket plant near Marseilles.
France, Thursday. About 10 workers
are reported missing.
During the past year the Chicago
courts granted 3,45S divorces. There
were 33,S97 marriages in the city dur
ing the year.
The destruction Of the Austrian sub
marine U-11, in the Adriatic sea, by
a French aviator few days ago, has
been reported from Rome.
John D. Redmond, the leader Of the
Irish Nationalist party Of Great Brit
ain, says there are 120,741 Irishmen
from Ireland in the British army.
Miss Katherine Page, daughter Of
United States Ambassador Page, is to
be married in London in August, to
Charles G. Loring Of Boston.
The agricultural department reports
that the Hessian fly is doing immense
damage to the wheat crop in several
western states.
Major General Go ,thals, builder Of
the Panama canal, Is to retire from
the army and on January 1st, will
enter private business in New York.
William Thomas. wife murderer,
and VIM. B. Stewart, murderer Of the
chief Of police Of Ronceverte, were
hanged at Moundsville, w. Va, Fri
day. Both were negroes.
The bankruptcy business of the Fed
eral district court Of Pennsylvania,
during the year ending June 80, total
ed $S.170,796 in liabilities. against
total assets Of $1,s72,066.
A group of New York bankers, in
Guiding ]. P. Morgan & Co., the City
National bank, and the First National
bank, are negotiating with the
British government for loan of
500, ,OOO,O 900.
The Negro Industrial and Historical
association opened a national exposi-
ton at Richmond, Va, yesterday, to
continue to July 25, to commemorate
the SO years Of negro freedom and to
demonstrate negro progress.
Sigmond H. Weihenmayer, a wealthy
manufacturer Of Hagerstown, Md,
committed suicide Thursday because
Of dependency over the death Of his
17-year-old son, who vas accidentally
shot by a companion about six weeks
ago.
The Studebaker corporation of De-
troit, Mich, has taken out life insur-
ance on the lives of $500 Of its en-
ployes, with a New York company.
The amount involved totals several
million dollars. The insurance Is to
cost the employees nothing.
According to advices received at
Laredo, Texas, July 1st, 800 Carranza
soldiers, their wives and children,
were killed in the wreck Of a military
train near Monte Merelos, Mexico,
on June 20. Too high speed caused the
accident.
There will be no more enthusiastic
supporter Of President Wilson for re-
in the next Democratic
convention than William Jen-
nings Bryan, and there will be no
man whose support after the nomina-
ton will be more necessary than that
of Mr.. Bryan" said Senator Kern of
Indiana, in a Washington interview
last Friday.
General Villa is quoted as having
said: Il am willing to take part In
any movement which will bring about
peace in Mexico However, I state
emphatically. most emphatically, that
will have nothing to do with any
or arrangement in which
Victoriano Huerta takes part. II
thC hCio III IhCAiCo
and my followers will fight until the
last drop Of our blood soaks into the
white sands Of our prairies. Huerta
can never be-"
George Joseph Smith, charged with
the murder Of three wives for their
insurance, has been declared guilty
by London, England, jury, and sem
fenced to be hanged. You will hang
me before you're done. my lord"
was Smiths excited outburst while
Justice Scrutton was summing up the
case. The prisoner followed this with:
You cannot hang me for murder;
I've done no murder. This is a dis
grace to a Christian country
Four fishermen were drowned in the
Atlantic off Ocean City, Md, Thurs
day.