Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-22
FRIDAY, AUGUST az, 1913.
MERE.M ENTIoN.

Theodore P. Shonts. the New York
traction magnate, had q narrow es-
cape from being run over by a rail-
way train in France, Monday. Slight
ly cut by car wheel. he was. rescued
by bystander. ...... Ernest Arch
deacon, the foremost patron Of avia-
ton in france. says that before long
II Will be possible. to travel to. the
moo n in ~ hours, using radium as q
motor power. The cupola Of a
seminary building at Gettysburg, said
10 have been used by Gen. Lee as an
observatory during the battle, was de-
stroyea py rire monday, following o
stroke (ors5 lightning. -. .Thos. w.
Mcr arland. ex-chier Of police OF
Thorold, Canada, Is under arrest In
Philadelphia, charged, with embezr
zehng $5,UO0 from his home town.
..... .Advices received by way OF
the Steamer State of California, was
wrecked on an uncharted rock In
CamDier bay, sunday morning, and
with all on board, thirty-two passen-
gers. sank In three minutes. ..... The
knickerbocker Press Of Albany, N. T.,
Is leading the fight for Governor Sui
ger in the state. Scores OF the smaller
papers throughout the state are with
the governor. $50. Frederick Bras
seau, aged "a years, has returned to
his parents at Sissonville, N. z, after
escaping from band Of gipsies, who
Kidnapped him seventeen years ago.
Brosseau had considerable trouble to
locate his people, but finally did so
through the police Of Montreal, Can.
.... More than 150 Chinese fish,
ermen lost their lives by drowning
Monday, when q typhoon swept the
Chinese coast. The wind attained
velocity of $50 miles an hour. .......
A world convention of deaf and dumb
people Is assembled at Ghent, Belgi-
um .... Pat Grove, famous as the
kidnapper of the Cudahy boy several
years ago, is confined In an insane
asylui.. t..s,,... s-.a. -. .Auylces
from Chicago are to the effect that
Uncle Joe Cannon and ex-Congress-
man w. b. Mckinley, will be candi-
dates for the, Republican nomination
for congress again next year. ,.-.
Showers have been falling throughout
Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri during
the past few days and prospects are
brighter 80. Farmers In western
Canada estimate the damage done by
recent storms to wheat crops at $10,-
100000. Many crops, ranging from
200 to 600 acres, are total loss. ....
A carload Of dynamite ran down hill
from the powder works at Sante Fe,
/ Mexico, jumped the track and struck a
| trolley pole, and then exploded. killing
nearly 100 persons in the suburb OF
| Tacubaya. 49,. Four persons were kill
ed by lightning at Dexter, Mo-, Tues
i day. The twentieth Universal Peace
| conference convened at The Hague,
| Wednesday, with 1000 delegates In at
tendance. -. "A government boat was
capsized during a wind storm, In the
| Mississippi river near KeoSuk, Ia,
| Tuesday evening, drowning seven per-
/ sons. -. Since 1900 q Norwegian tree
planting society has had planted 26,-
606,000 trees, In an effort to rehabili-
tate the dwindling forests Of Norway.
49,. "A young woman was electrocut-
ed at Edgemoor, Long Island, Tuesday,
when her wet bathing suit touched
third rail Of an electric line, causing
short circuit :. .Chas. c. Daniels, a
brother Of Josephus Daniels, has been
i appointed an assistant United States
district attorney, with offices at Raj
4 eigh, N. Co.. Jack Rose, gambler and
Il principal witness In the Rosenthal
murder trial in New York, has offered to
deliver a lecture in South Norwalk,
Il Conn, church on the subject Of Life
in the Underworld" for the benefit Of
Il the church funds. -. The annual gov
ernors' congress will convene at Color
4 ado Springs, Col, August 26,......An
4 epidemic OF typhoid fever has broken
out at Wagner, Okla, there being If
i ty cases there..... An English statis-
Il tician is authority for the statement
/ that European Investors hold $5,000,-
/ 100000 worth OF American stocks,
bonds and other securities. ilst