Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-31
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items of Interest Gathered from All
Around the World.

Around the World.
Fourteen persons lost their lives In
a tropical hurricane lear Cape Sar
Antonio, Cuba, Thursday.
A dispatch from Newport, Wales
scys that $4,000 South Wales Goa
miners are on a strike.
John D. Long, former secretary Of
tho navy, died at his home at Hing
ham, Mass, Saturday.
According to a carefully checked list
Of dead and missing, 275 persons lost
their lives in the storm which swept
over Texas two weeks ago.
The annual convention Of the Ameri-
can Bankers association will be held al
Seattle, Wash, during the week begin
ming September 6.
After many years Of effort, the
Pennsylvania railroad Is at last to Sc
cure entrance INTO Detroit, Mich, and
will expend $780, 600, 900 on terminal:
in that city.
Three Danish ships were last week
transferred to the American flag al
Copenhagen. The American Transact
lantic company is the new owner OF
the ships.
Martin G. Brumbough, governor OF
Pennsylvania, in an interview at Den
yer, Col, last week, gave it as his
opinion that his state will give equal
suffrage to women in the fall elections
Thirty nine of the leading college
newspapers Of the United States and
Canada, through their association
have agreed to ban all liquor edver-
tisements from th.ir columns.
Rt. Rev. Patrick r. Hebron, a bishop
of the Catholic church. was probably
fatally shot by an insane priest al
Winona, Mimi, Friday, as the bishop
was celebrating mass in Il private
chapel.
Mrs. John ]. Pershing, wife Of
Brig. Gen. Pershing of the U. S. army
together with three daughters, lost
their lives in a fire which destroyed
their apartments ct tho Preside, Sar
Francisco, CAL, Friday.
During the week Of August Is to 25
German submarines sank a total OF
twenty-five British vessels, nineteen
of them being merchant vessels with
a total tonnage Of 10000 tons.
John GRADER, a husky farmer, car
ried away by enthusiasm following ar
address by w. ]. Bryan at Murdoch
Kan, Thursday, embraced Mr.. Bryan
and gave him a resounding kiss. Mr.
Bryan blushed like a school girl.
Two women were killed and three
other persons seriously injured neal
Camden, N. j., Thursday, when the
automobile in which they were riding
turned over. "A bursted tire is said to
have caused the fatal accident.
More than 1000 American-made
motorcycles are in use by the armies
of the Allies in Europe, according to q
Philadelphia authority. The American
machines are said to stand up better
than the European machines.
The last of ten submarines built fol
the British navy at the Fore River
shipyards, Quincy, Mass, was launched
Friday. None Of the ten undersea
boats can be delivered to England while
the war continues.
The arrival Of 100000 bags Of beet
sugar from western refners in Phila-
delphia Friday, knocked 80 cents pei
hundred off the wholesale price. Heavy
shipments from the west are expected
to still further reduce the price.
Beginning September 8 there will be
under direction Of the Holy Synod
three days Of fasting throughout the
Russian empire in celebration Of Dus-
sian liberation from the Invader Tam
erlane, the Mongol leader, who invaded
Russia in 1895.
Charles Mechce, representing Mil;
waukee, Wis, Germans, has addressed
a letter to Col. Roosevelt, offering him
$3.50 with which to pay his expenses to
join the Allies in France, and promis-
ing the colonel the time Of his life"
If he will go to fight against the kaiser.
Frank Greeks, a convict, was hanged
at Folsom, Cal, Friday for the MUIR
der of two MOI in an attempted prison
break last October. Creek was origin
ally SEM to prison under sentence OF
death, which was committed to life i'm
prisonment.
Thomas M. Ballet, dean Of the
School Of Pedagogy Of New York
University, who addressed the con-
gress on vocational education and
practical arts, at the convention Of the
National Educational association al
Oakland, Cal, Thursday, said that the
present-day college term means four
years Of loafing. College students, he
said, lack definite aim, and without
this the mere prolongation Of general
education was a waste of time.