Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-08-25

signature as required by the laws OF
the District Of Columbia. ...... Three
German merchant vessels were seized
by British warships in India waters
last week. -. The British government
is floating a $75,O00,000 war loan in
London, dated August 29, and repay
able in six months. Albert Fileux,
an aviator, looped the loop at Mineola,
N. Y, Friday, his engine stopped and
he fell 1000 feet. He was badly injur-
ed, but will probably recover. ..... Col
onel Roosevelt has withdrawn his re-
cent endorsement Of Harvey D. Hin
man, Republican, as the nominee OF
the Progressives for the governorship
of New York, and demands that the
Progressives nominate an out and out
Progressive. ...... New York city was
thrown into darkness late Friday af-
ternoon by a furious electrical storm
which swept over the city and country
surrounding .....A wind and electri-
cal storm swept over Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Thursday evening. Six persons are
dead, eighty are in hospitals and the
property damage exceeds $500,000.....
! Orville Wright and an army lieutenant
fell out Of an aeroplane into the Miami
river near Dayton, O., Friday Neither
were seriously injured. Eighty-three
German prisoners are held by the
French army at Clermont Ferrand,
charged with robbing the dead on the
battlefelds. They will be court mar
tailed and II proven guilty will be
| shot. 80. The Bank OF Montreal, Can
ada, has announced gift Of 100000 to
a patriotic fund being raised in Cana
da for war purposes. .... Immigrants
, from foreign countries arriving at
American ports are arriving in smaller
numbers than in many years past.
| When war was declared there were
more than 1000 Americans at Carls-
bad, Germany, the famous watering
place. Many Of them are there yet, un-
able to get away because Of lack Of
funds. -. During the next few weeks
the government will distribute $300O,-
900 among the Indians Of eastern Okla
ma. Nearly 100000 will go to the
Creek Indians. The money is to be paid
to equaliZe land allotments among the
various members Of the tribes. &. The
revised primary election enrolment Of
the city Of Chicago is approximately
$4,000, including 234,352 women. ....
Upon the arrival Of regiment OF
United States marines and a warship
dl SdIl DOHilllSO, the "dITlHB ldCliOHo
have decided to quit fighting, and a
provisional president is to succeed
President Borders. Spencer Wish
art, an automobile driver, was killed
on the race track at Elgin, ILL.,, Sat
urday His mechanician and five
spectators were seriously I'M lred.
Wishart was the son Of New York
millionaire. His bride Of only two
months, saw the fatal accid"h. 80.
The German steamship Brdndcnhurg.
sailed from Philadelphia, saturday.
loaded with contra band of war, most
ly coal. The vessel cleared for Berger,
Norway, but it Is supposed she will pt-
tempt to transfer her cargo to German
warships on the high seas. A num-
Der of British warships are reported
to be on the trail of the Branden-
burg. .... One rider killed, one St
riously injured and six others piled up
in one pile, was the result of an ac-
cident in motorcycle race at Read
ing. Pa, Saturday. .... 1t Is reported
from Vera Cruz that 5000 exFederal
soldiers have started a revolution in
Puehla. Mexico. Eight persons
were drowned at various resorts in
New Jersey. Delaware and Pennsyl-
vania, Sunday. Because French
passengers on the German ship Bluch-
er, from Pernambuco to Rio Janiero,
were maltreated, other passengers
mutinied and In a clash four persons
were killed and several wounded. 800.
The Dutch ship Maryland Of Copen-
hagen, struck mine in the North Sea
Friday, and sunk with all on board.
There were 355,O00 excursionists at
Atlantic City, n. j., Sunday.