Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-08
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered From All
Around tho World.

NEWS wv Eos
Items of Interest Gathered From All
Around tho World.
The Spanish government last week
issued a loan of $150,OO0,OO0 at 41-2
per cent.
Concord, N. H., celebrated its 15Oth
anniversary yesterday with a big
home coming celebration.
The Amsterdam Telegraph says that
according to German casualty lists,
Prussian losses alone have reached a
total Of 1,3SS,OO0.
During the week ending last Fri
day, Pennsylvania coal dealers ship
ped $4,000 tons Of coal to Cuba and
South American ports.
Dewitt Clinton Blair. New York
banker, aged S3 years, died Thursday
Last Christmas he made presents to
his two sons Of 100000 each.
The Woman's Medical college Of
Philadelphia, proposes to send thirty
women doctors to Europe for service
in the war hospitals Of the various
countries.
Great Britain has announced Its
willingness to permit expectation OF
sugar beet seed from Germany to the
United States under certain condi-
tions.
The French minister Of finance has
introduced a bill in the chamber OF
deputies, asking for appropriations OF
81, 200, 100000 for the third quarter Of
the present year.
Among the graduates Of the Jeffer-
son Medical college. Philadelphia, this
year, is James Keith Of Ephrata, Pa,
who for more than a year has been
kept on his bed with his back broken.
The William Cramp Shipbuilding
company Of Philadelphia, last week
placed orders for $4,000 tons Of ship
steel to be used in building eight
steamships recently contracted for.
Twenty-four young women Of Wal
nut Grove, an, under the leadership
of Miss Vera Snyder, have formed q
cadet corps, with the idea Of later be-
ing admitted as part Of the Kansas
National Guard.
Attorney General Gregory has an
nounced that the government will ap-
peal to the higher court from the de-
cision Of the Federal district court OF
New Jersey in the case against the
United States Steel corporation.
Countess Tarnovsky, convicted at
Milan, Italy, in 1910, after a trial
lasting nearly 100 days. Of completely
in the murder Of her husband, and
sentenced to eight years in prison,
has been pardoned.
General Victoriano Huerta, deposed
dictator Of Mexico, blandly asserts that
while he Is very neutral" Mexico
needs strong man with big stick
in one hand and rope in the other.
He broadly hints that he Is the man
who can pacify Mexico.
Sir Edgar Speyer, q. London banker,
and English baronet Of German birth,
has arrived in New York, where he
will reside until the end Of the war.
Mr.. Speyer left London because Of
multiplying charges Of disloyalty to the
English crown.
The American ship Neches, with a
cargo Of 5000 bales Of cotton for Meth
erlands, has been released by the
British government. The greater part
Of the general cargo Of the Lapland,
seized April 10, has also been releas-
ed.
The British, German and French
embassies at Washington, have assur-
ed the state department that they will
give safe conduct to DR.. Bernhard
Dernburg, former colonial secretary Of
Germany, when he leaves the United
States.
In the diving necessary to do the
underwater work in connection with
raising the submarine F-4, off Honolu-
lu, thirteen descents were made and
everyone Of them made a record for
depth. The maximum depth was 3O6
feet. The best previous record Of
dives was 274 feet.
The Federal commission or indus
trial relations, has issued a statement
in which it estimates that sickness
costs the wage earners Of the United
States $3.50, 900, 900, in lost time and ex-
penses during illness. The greater
part Of this loss is said to fall upon
the low-paid workers.
Newspapers Of Lisbon print a story
to the effect that the Portuguese
steamship Damarara, from Lisbon to
Liverpool, few days ago fired at the
periscope Of submarine following
her and a few minutes later the sea
was covered with large quantities Of
oil.
Earl Hacker, a guard at the new
du Pont Powder company's plant at
City Point, Va, was shot to death
Friday by Joseph C. Taylor. who made
his escape. The killing followed
quarrel after Hacker had warned Tay-
lor to stop target practice with a pis-
tol near the powder plant.