Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-10-16
W'ausiae Gathsriags.

aJ- The electric motor business is in
creasing s15O,00O,0O0 a year in the
United States.
A It Is said that in the forty years Of
his business life in Chicago, Secretary
Gage took only ninety days Of vaca-
ton.
"a Charles w. Stack, regent Of the
University Of California, has declined
to run for mayor Of San Francisco be-
cause he is too poor.
8S' An electric generating plant al
most as large as the great Niagara
Falls plant will soon be in operation at
the falls of Glomen, Norway.
SJ A French entomologist has found
several species Of insects that are edi-
BILE and is trying to break down the
prejudice against them as articles Of
diet.
3S' The navy department has announ-
ced that the gunboat Concord has been
attached to the North Pacific station.
She returned from that ddty several
days ago.
IA Rear Admiral Mortimer L. john
son took command of Charlestown navy
yard on Thursday in place Of Rear Ad-
miral William T. Sampson, relieved on
account Of i'll health.
tn At the wedding in Boston Of the
Rev. James A. Farley, of Nutley, N.
j., the officiating clergyman, the best
man and the chief usher were all
brothers Of the bridegroom.
IA Louis Hoyt Holmes, of Springfield.
Mo-, has refused to change his name
for a bequest of $4,000. He says he
was born a Holmes and no amount Of
money can make him anything else.
3T The Savannah (Ga.,) city council
has unanimously voted to extend an
invitation to President and Mrs. Roose-
welt, and members of the cabinet to
visit Savannah at the presidents pleas
ure.
4g General Nelson A. Miles employs
his leisure time in the reading Of Il
great deal of the best English verse.
He has good memory and quotes
poetry, as he says, "at too great
length"
"a Electric industries have bounded
forward at the rate Of SO per cent. ad-
vance annually for 54 years until to-
day $4,000 persons in this country earn
living in the various lines of elecrri-
cal business.
31r The Bank of England has an
nounced the issue of 100000 of local
loan stock at a minimum price Of 80,
with interest at per cent. redeema-
BILE in 1902. Tenders for the loan close
on October 9.
a The Nicaraguan presidential elec-
ton will occur next month. Numerous
clubs are being formed throughout the
country to promote the election Of Gen.
Zelaya for third term. No other can
didate is yet talked Of.
a. Belfast has in recent years become
one Of the strongest centers Of Chris
tian Endeavor work in the United
Kingdom. Ten years ago there was
but one society in all Ireland. Today
Belfast has more than 70.
3@ Charles M. Kurtz, who has been
appointed assistant chief Of the depart
ment of fine arts at the st. Louis ex-
position, served in that capacity in or
ganizing the art exhibition for the Co.
lumbian exposition in Chicago.
Sy Eighteen hundred and seventy
four Sunday schools were organized in
destitute places by the American Sun
day School union last year. Besides
these, 594 were organized and 9,123
schools were visited or otherwise aided.
a The Dawes commission is in ses-
sion at Vinita, I. T., enrolling Cherokee
citizens. After remaining there one
month the commission will go to Table
quah, where fullblood Cherokees will
be enrolled. The total enrolment to
date Is 1886.
sT Agricultural Commissioner Johns,
of Texas, says that in his opinion the
Texas cotton crop this year will fall
short at least 100000 bales from the
crop Of last season. 1t is estimated
that the crop this year will not exceed
2,335, 900 bales.
sJThe biography Of himself contri-
buted by Governor Mclean, of Connec-
ticut to who's Who In America" is
said to be the shortest in the book.
It reads: Mclean, George P, gov
ernor Connecticut, 19O1-3; Republican;
address, Hartford, Conn.,"
S| The injunction against the use Of
free text books in the public schools
has been dismissed at Cleveland, Judge
Strimple ruling that the petition was
Ill grounded and without sufficient
backing to lead the court to continue
the temporary restraining order.
3J' George P. McGrady, a Chicago
man, nothing daunted by the perpetual
motion "discoverer's" fate, says he has
invented a device for producing per-
petual light. His scheme Is briefly a
combination Of chemicals in a vacuum.
He has not elucidated it further.
5D' Captain Samuel Donelson, of Ten
nessee, who was doorkeeper Of the
house of REPRESENTATIVES in the Forty
ninth congress, has presented to the
navy department a bust Of his grand
father, John Branch, who was secreta-
ry of the navy under Andrew jack
son.
S8' DR.. Charles Smith, a physician of
Philadelphia, contends that he was
born in Cairo, ILL.,, in ITS, 126 years
ago. He says that he can produce in
disputable proofs that he was more