Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-08-04
MERE MENTION

MERE-MENTIoN
Secretary of State VIM. ]. Bryan
and his family are spending some time
at his summer home in Asheville. n.
c.. Nathaniel Parker an aged white
man of Nash county, n. c., hanged
himself Friday, with one Of his sus-
penders. :. Brazil is facing a serious
financial situation as the result Of the
outbreak of war in Europe. Just at
this time Brazil is trying to float a
large loan to finance her coffee hold
ings, and the war tightening the mon
ey markets, will probably make Bra
zil turn her coffee holdings on the
markets of the world. j. P. Nor
gan issued a statement at New York,
Saturday. in which he said that while
it would be idle to say that America
would not be hurt by the European
war, actual properties represented by
American securities, will not suffer
greatly. Capt. Hulft Of the Ger
man steamer Honenfeldt, which Is now
at Savannah, Ga, has received orders
to remain at that port indefinitely be-
cause of the trouble in Europe.
Rev. Jesse Bowman Young, minister,
editor and military authority, died In
Chicago last week, aged 20 years. ...
James and Andrew Williams, farmers,
living near Guthrie. Okla, have been
arrested on a charge Of peonage. 1t
is alleged that the men shipped thir-
ty-five negro boys from Charleston, S.
c., to their farm in Oklahoma, where
they have been held in slavery. 80"
Two thousand acres Of valuable tim
ber were destroyed by forest fire IN
the vicinity of Missoula Mo-, Sunday
of last week. :. Fire destroyed part
Of the government military station at
West Point. y. Y, last week. The loss
was $50, 0,000.... Rusteen Bey, the
Turkish ambassador to the United
States, said, Saturday, that he belieV-
ed Turkey would soon become involv-
ed in the war with Servia. Il. ID.
Grant, an aged storekeeper, was MUIR
dered in his store at Blandtown. near
Atlanta, Ga, early Friday morning
The old man was beaten to death with
an iron bar. Robbery is supposed to
have been the object Of the crime. -.
James and Barlow Cantrell, white
aged 26 and q years of age, were
hanged at Gainesville, Ga, Friday for
the murder of Arthur Hawkins, on
May 20, 1913. The widow OF Hawkins
is serving a life term for the same
fatuated with Jas. Cantrell, and she
and the latter induced the younger
Cantrell to do the actual killing, which
was done with a shot gun, loaded
with slugs by the woman. ..."J Jean
Leon Jaures, Socialist leader Of the
French chamber Of deputies, was as.
sassinated in Paris, Friday. "A forest
fire swept over a large portion OF
Siskyyou county, Cal, during four
days of last week. .... Mrs. Bessie
| ]. Wakefield was convicted at New
Haven, Conn.,, last Thursday, of sec
ond degree murder, and sentenced to
| life Imprisonment. She murdered heI
husband On her first trial, she was
convicted and sentenced to be hanged
Jas. Plew has already been hanged
| for the killing Of the woman's hus-
band -. The Aero club Of America
estimates that in the event or gen
eral war, the different armies OF
Europe will have not less than 1,26(
aeroplanes for immediate use in war
besides quite a number Of dirigiblt
balloons. Capt William FitZhugf
Fitzgerald, aide to General Stonewal
Jackson. died at Marrenton, w. Va.
Friday, aged S3 years.. Rose Selz
aged six years, was killed by an au.
tomobile while crossing a street III
Atlanta, Ga, Friday. In the even,
of a general European war, many OF
| the coal miners of Pennsylvania would
be badly crippled because OF the largt
number of foreign laborers, who woulc
be called to their home-lands for wal
service. One district of Pennsylvania
would lose from $4,000 to 10000
miners. -. Consular reports recelV'
ed from Canton, China, report the
30 n N
erty loss of $4,000,0O0 in the 29 dis
tricts of the province of Kwarg-turg
China, More than 100000 people are
in want because of crop failures. -.
Two Moons, one of the leading In.
dian chiefs, who participated in the
Custer massacre. called on president
Wilson, at the White House, Friday
Prince Oscar, fifth son OF EN-
peror William of Germany, was mar
ried Friday night, to the Countess
Ina BassewitZ. .... The inhabitants OF
| the Samoan islands are now in direct
communication with the outside world
| by wireless telegraphy. Heretofore
they only received outside informa-
ton by steamship once month. -"
Hundreds of persons visited the Bank
of England, Friday and Saturday, In
order to have paper money changed
for gold. .... The sailing schedules
of practically all foreign vessels In
American ports to European ports
have been indefinitely postponed be-
cause of the threatened European
war. 80. Crockett Williams, negro
was lynched at Eufola, Okla, early
Saturday morning, for killing John
son King, an Indian. .... Two rob-
bers broke into the home of VIM
Newhouse. an aged farmer. four miles
| from Indianapolis, Ind, Friday night
| in an effort to steal $4,000 reported
To be in the house. Newhouse shot
the two burglars to death, but was
so badly beaten that he died from his
wounds. An unsuccessful attempt
| was made to wreck the Bankers
| Express" crack train on the New
| Haven road, at Woodmont. Conn.
| Friday. The battleships of the
nations of the world will be permit
| ted to pass through the Panama ca.
nal. provided they do not use the
canal as Il refuge in case of war. ....
The International Socialists congress
representing 12,500.000 workers. may
call an international strike of the
mining and transportation industries
in case Of an all European war. The
congress is to meet in Paris on Au-
gust g.. Since January 1st, S123,.
| NOD,VbU III Solu, bttll SiilppNu ilpli
the United States to European bank.
ers During five days of last week
the shipments tOtaled $45, ,435, ,000...
Bendetto RandaZZo. a New York Itali'
an. convicted of Kidnapping 5-year.
| old child. has been sentenced tC
Sing Sing for a term of % to 81
years. ....A Waterfront fire at Sc
attic. Wash, Friday. destroyed prop
erty valued at $500, 1000. ......A Mas
sachusetts shoe factory has an in
quiry as to whether it can furnish
several hundred pairs of shoes to the
French army within twenty days. ant
if SO. to quote a price. .Secretar!
McAdoo has announced the treasury
has available $34,O00.000 to deposi
in national banks to help move the
crops. .... The treasury department
on Saturday, shipped $30,OO0,O00 il
gold from Philadelphia to New Yorl
by parcel post. The postage accoun
was $1.200.12. 1t took three cars t
haul the load and hundreds of police
men guarded the shipments from thu
railroad to the ub-treasury. i
is expected that Attorney General Nc
| Reynolds will be appointed to the va
cant supreme court justiceship. ....
1t is reported from Chicago that more
| than 50.000.000 bushels of wheat sole
to European purchasers, lie at the
seaboard awaiting ships to take i