Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-24
TUESDAY, DECEMBER a., 1907.
MERE-MENTION.

A Seaboard Air Line train Of thirty
cars went through a trestle near
Wadesboro, n. c., Saturday morning.
There were no fatalities. One per-
son was killed and five were injured
in a collision between passenger train
and freight just out of Atlanta. Ca,
Saturday afternoon. Up to Satur-
day there had been $40 bodies taken
from the coal mines at Monongah, w.
Va, where the explosion. occurred on
December 9Th. =. For the first time
in the history Of Colorado jury COM
posed of twelve women sat on case,
Friday. The suit involved the question
whether q garment sold by local
dealer fit the woman who purchased 1t.
The jury decided for the merchant. ....
The New York Chamber of Commerce
estimates that the dividends to be paid
out during January to be $1S5,OOO,O 600.
Interest payments, 1t is estimated, VIII
amount to 500, 700, 900. Gresham En-
mis-, resident manager of an insurance
company, at New Orleans, has disap-
peared, leaving a shortage in his ac-
counts Of about $1,000. ...J. w. Hell
bricks, q revenue officer was ambush
ed and shot to death in a raid on the
famous blockade distilleries Of Smith
town, n. c., early Friday morning. ....
President Roosevelt last week ordered
the United States soldiers on duty at
Goldfield, Neb., back to their posts. -.
Plans are under way to put the Knick-
eerbocker Trust company Of New York,
which failed a few weeks ago, on its
feet again. The S0-cent gas law
of New York, has been declared un-
constitutional by the United States cir
cult court. The bank Of Menden-
hall, Miss, closed its doors Friday, not
being able to realize on its securities.
Ia 14-year- r-old New York boy stole
$4,000 worth of diamonds and pearls
from an express wagon last week and
sold $4,000 necklace for quarter. -.
The mineral products of Utah for the
eleven months ending November 80,
amounted to $51 1,63S,S97. "A German
inventor has discovered a process by
which five gallons Of water can be
frozen solid in sixty seconds at a very
small cost. The treasury depart
ment has announced the appearance
of a new counterfeit of the $40 "buffa-
To-" note. .....A woman terrorist was
hanged at Moscow, Russia last Friday
On the scaffold she said to her execu-
TONERS, I'VE will soon stop your hang
ings" President Roosevelt has is
sued q proclamation setting aside one
million acres of land in Arkansas as
forest reserve. ...A band Of eight
or ten masked men raided a ranch near
Sheridan, Wyo., few days ago and
slaughtered $50 head of sheep. -. Cap
tain E. Il. Greene. veteran Of the
Confederate navy will pilot the Allan
tic battleship fleet through the Straits
of Magellan. The New York to Par
Is automobile race is scheduled to begin
at New York on February 15. 1t is eX-
pected that there will be a large num-
ber of starters. Because OF the dis
appearance of Cashier Noelck, the pri-
vate bank of August Saehn & Co., OF
Chicago closed its doors Friday. Mr..
Saehn paid all depositors with his per-
sonal checks. Howard Hoff, head
clerk of Newkirk & Co., iron dealers
OF Philadelphia, is under arrest on
charge of embeZzling $1,000 from his
employers Twelve Mexican min
ers were massacred by Yaqui Indians
one day last week. Business failures
throughout the United States for the
week ending December 10, numbered
29S, against 227 for the same week last
year. 49,. The Chinese government has
given permits for the establishment OF
a telegraph line and mail service to
Lhassa, the capital of Tibet, known
rs the hermit kingdom. Mayor
Guthrie Of Pittsburg, Pa. advocates the
issuing of $3,000000 of bonds to be
used for public Improvements this Win
ter in order to give the thousands of
unemployed some work to do. Be
tween 200 and $50 men were killed In
a coal mine explosion at Jacobs Creek,
Pa, Thursday morning. This is the
fourth serious mining disaster In the
United States during December.
George G.. Lemon, the "Klondike King"
arrived in New York from London last
week, having 500 $1,000 bills in his
possession. "A supposed mad dog Gre
ated q panic on Broadway, New York.
Thursday. The animal was finally
killed by a policemen. The Neal
Bank Of Atlanta, Ca, has failed. .....
The State National bank of New Or
leans is under suspicion and will prob
ably close its doors. ..... w. 7. Smith,
the wealthiest and most philanthropic
citizen of Birmingham, Ala, died Sun
day.. 80. The American torpedo flo
tilla, making it's way around the Horn
to the Pacific, left Rio Janeiro yester-