Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-30
MERE-MENTION.

King Nicholas of Montenegro, is
preparing to abdicate his throne. ....
There were SIP fewer babies born In
France in 1913 than were born In
1912. The population of France in
creased only 41,90l during 1913. Ihere
were 29S,760 marriages during last
year, a decrease of 1853 as compar-
ed with 1912. The island OF sum-
atra, of the Malay archipelago, was
badly shaken up by an earthquake,
Friday. Many lives were lost and the
property damage was great. The
steamship Imperator sailed from New
York for Hamburg, Saturday, car
rying $3.50 passengers. Secretary
Of the Navy Daniels plans for the
fleet of twenty naval vessels which
will pass through the canal in March,
enroute to the Panama-Pacific expo
sitiCS, to remain on the west coast
for some time as warning TO ia
pan. The house Of representa-
tives has turned down request from
Secretary Bryan for another assistant
secretary at a salary of $4,5OO year.
The Pennsylvania railroad will
soon place orders for 1888 tons of
steel rails. The rails will cost $3,-
SOC, 900. The creditors of the H.
B. Clafiin company of New York,
which failed last week, with liabili-
ties of S30,O00,000, will try to recog-
nize the company and keep the COM
pany going. "A British squadron
is visiting at Kiel, Germany, for the
first time in nine years. Emperor
William visited the fleet on Friday,
and for an hour and a half, was in
supreme command, as he is a fleet ad-
miral of the British navy. .Senor
P. Ezequiel Rojas, Venezuelan min
ister to the United States, died sud
denly in an Atlantic City, n. j. hotel
on Saturday, Of heart failure. "A
government thermometer in st. Louis
on Saturday, registered 1OS degrees.
There have been many presentations on
account of the heat. ). H. j. Collum,
a travelling salesman of Philadelphia,
lost his life in a fire which destroyed
a Greensboro, y. c., hotel on last Sat
urday DR.. Len G.. Broughton Of
London, England, has been recalled
to the pastorate of Tabernacle Bap-
tist church in Atlanta. DR.. Brough-
ton went to England a year or so
ago. .... Three negro highwaymen
shot and killed two clerks Of the
Gilchrist- -Fordney Lumber Co., at
Stevens, Miss, Saturday, and escaped
with the company's weekly payroll OF
50, 200. .... Tom Defoor was shot and
killed at Eljay, Ga, last week, by Os-
car Griggs. Griggs had recently been
acquitted of the murder of Defoor's
son-in-law. While attempting to-
leave the scene Of the shooting, the
murderer was shot and probably IA
tally wounded by Charles Griggs,
another step-son Of Defoor's. .....
Josiah Ewitt, a New Jersey farmer.
has found a turtle on the back OF
which were the initials u. E. cut
there by his grandfather in 1921. He
carved his own initials on the turtles
back and turned it loose again. .....
w. II. H. Young, known throughout
California as the lottery king has
been released from prison on con-
dition that he never engage in the
lottery business again. Young has
been selling lottery tickets more than
thirty years. :. Representative Park
of Georgia, has introduced a bill in
the house, seeking to prevent negroes
from becoming commissioned or nom
commissioned officers in the army or
navy. AT the close of its meet
ing in Rochester y. Y, the Natlonal
Credit Mems Association passed re-
solution urging upon President Will
son and congress, the passage OF the
bill now pending, seeking to simplify
court procedure. -. Australian hel-
ley" the oldest prize fighter in the
game died at Matawan, N. j., "last
week, aged 92 years Kelley won the
heavy weight championship OF Aus
tralia in 1S4S. Congress has re-
fused to appropriate $4,000 to buy
automobiles for Vice President Mar
shall and Speaker Clark. "A Fort
Worth, Texas, man and his wife nave
Just taken the bar examination In
Texas. They will form partner
ship. Raymond Berg, Dover,
y. j., school boy, has been given
gold medal for good attendance. Berg
has not missed day from school IN
twelve years. 80. Luke Thomas or
New York, plead 'ignorantly guilty
to a charge of exceeding the speed
limit in that city last week. He was
fined $25..... Fred Eckel OF Jersey
City. recently arraigned for non-sup-
port, signed a pledge not to play poker
or gamble in any way for the rest OF
his life. Mrs. Sarah Glasgow OF
Galena, H., and her sister, Miss
Emily Major, of London, England,
were reunited last week after sepa-
ration of 60 years. Eighteen thou
sand people are homeless as the result
Of a $12.O0O,000 fire in Salem. Mass,
last week. There are 2O,OOO,OOO
school children in this country and
/, 100000 of them have tuberculosis
declared DR.. Mary Lanham, in re-
cent address. 49,. Emperor William
of Germany, is displeased with Amerl-
can Ambassador Gerard because that
representative refuses to wear uni
form at court functions. Ambassador
Gerard insists on wearing a dress suit.