Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-15
Scraps and fafts.

Scraps and fafts.
President Kruger and a party of
Transvaal officials are at Lorenzo Mar
cues, awaiting transportation to ,Eu-
rope, according to dispatch. This
Is taken as indicating that the Trans
vaal war is about at an end.
A dispatch from Augusta says that
the cotton mills in and near that city
have all been caught short of their
necessary supplies by the present phe-
nomenal advance in prices, and that
most Of them will shut down either un-
til the price Of goods go up or the
price Of cotton falls somewhat. The
Sibley and King. two of the largest
factories, have posted notices that
they will close today, and the Langley
mill will continue on half time. More
than a thousand operatives will be
thrown out of employment.
The famous Messengale-Rice cow
case came up again for trial In Charl-
ton county, Missouri, this week. The
sum originally sued for was $50; but
the accrued costs now reach well along
toward $1,000. At previous hearing
OF this case tefore Bynumville JUS
tice Of the peace, the lawyers had
agreed to submit the case without ar
gument. His honor would not have II,
however. He refused pointblank, to
allow his audience to be thus disap-
pointed, and insisted that the plead
In" should go on according to the usu.
al programme.
- Chambersburg, Pa, dispatch OF
September 10: The refusal Of an offer
Of $40, 900 for q box Of diamonds cap
tured from the Chinese mint at T1en
Tsin by an English soldier on August
10, Is reported in a letter by Henry
Burkholder, who Is on the United
States flagship Brooklyn, to his sister,
Mrs. John Heefner, Of this place. On
Saturday, July IA, Burkholder writes,
a party Of American and English ma
rines looted the mint The American
soldiers obtained a large amount Of
silver bullion which the officers confis-
Gated. An English soldier captured a
box of diamonds, for which Admiral
Seymour offered him $4,000. The SOL
dier refused the offer.
= Money for the relief Of the Calves
ton storm sufferers is being raised In
many towns and cities throughout the
country. UP to Wednesday night, At
lanta, Ga, has raised nearly $1,000;
Mobile, $2,o95; Charlotte, $5S5,55; Mont
gomery, $1,000; New Orleans, $4,000;
st. Louis Commercial club, $4,000;
Standard OIL company, 100000; Colum-
bia. 1920. Governor Sayers said Wed
nesday night that up to that time over
100000 had been received. The local
relief committee, Mayor w. c. Jones,
acting as chairman, has sent out a
statement in which it says that the
people will have to be fed for several
weeks. Nearby cities are furnishing
food and clothing, and distant cities
are requested to only send money.
Checks should be made payable to John
Sealy, chairman Of the finance COM
mittee.
New York Sun: The office building
which the Aetna Real Estate company
purposes to erect on the southeast cor
ner Of Broadway and Thirty-third
street, according to the plans drawn
by Architect Hugh Lamb, will be the
tallest structure Of it's kind in the
world, and will cost with the land,
about 50, 100000. 1t will have an eleva-
tion Of 80 stories and will cover site
100 by 100 feet. Cold air and ice water
will be supplied in every room from a
common refrigerator plant, and water
will be drawn from an artesian we'll.
The work Of construction, it is said,
will commence next May, when exist
ing leases affecting the site expire. The
improvement has been under consid-
Grafton a long time, and has caused
much speculation among real estate
men, as it will be a new venture in an
untried neighborhood.
Says a Washington dispatch Of
Wednesday: The great West Indian
storm, which has been the centre of
meteorological interest for the past II
days, is fast. disappearing into the At
fantic by way Of Cape Breton Island,
the barometer at Sydney tonight read
ing 2902 inches. South to west gales
have resulted from this storm, and to-
day they extend along the entire coast
from New Jersey northward, Boston
reporting a maximum velocity of So
miles an hour from the west, and New
York 64 miles from the west. During
Tuesday night maximum velocity of
80 miles an hour was reported at Buff
falo. But little rain accompanied this
storm after it left the upper lake re-
gion. It has, however. except in the
South, caused a marked moderation in
the high temperatures which have so
long persisted over the eastern portion
of the country.
The weather bureaus summary of
cotton crop conditions as they existed
Wednesday, says: In the eastern part
of the cotton belt the greater part Of
the crop is now open and picking is
progressing rapidly, but has been de-
layed by showers in Florida. Com
plants of rust, shedding and premature
orening continue, and some damage
from rain has resulted to the open sta
pie in Georgia, while the hollis are
small and difficult to pick. No serious
n pi,,ry RI notfop from tho rooopt trop