Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-31
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1909.

murder of her husband in February
last. -. Eight persons were burned
to death at Hillsville, Pa, December
"a, as the result Of an oil lamp ex-
plosion. -. "A New York dispatch
Says that $4,000 employees Of rail-
ways east Of the Mississippi will to-
morrow lay formal demands. before
the railroads for increases Of wages
ranging from IL to 53 per cent. The de.
crease the operating expenses Of the
Erie railroad about S10,o00.000 per year,
and others in proportion. ...... The
public benefactions during the year
1909 total $141,250,000. The three
largest givers were John 8. Kennedy,
$26, $4,000; John d. Rockefeller.
$12,852,000, and Andrew Carnegie,
$6,056,511. Over one-third OF the
years total is for educational pur-
In the United States for seventeen
years amounts to $1,000, 150, ,000.....
Eight men were killed and 400 others
had narrow escapes by an explosion
Of gas In mine "A" at Herrin; ILL.,,
December 90. Miners carrying open
lamps is believed to have caused the
explosion. "A life saving crew
rescued twenty-five persons from the
stranded steamer Thurman at Toms
River, N. j., Sunday last The
tailed s2Os,5s2,sss, and the deficit for
1909 Is $17,479,770. The postal ser
vice gives employment to $4,000 peo-
pie, >, Admiral Dewey celebrated
his 72d birthday at his home In Wash
ingtop, December 26th.-. DIR. Wu
Ting-fang, retiring Chinese ambassa-
dor to the United States, made an ad-
dress at Chinese Presbyterian mis-
sion In New York last Sunday, and
said to his Chinese audience: Chris
tianity teaches you to be good citizens,
to be moral men, and to love God and
your neighbors. II you observe the
tenets Of Christianity you will become
good citizens and you will be welcom=
cd wherever you go. When man
reverences God and loves his neighbor
he cannot but be good Citizen.
Frederick Remington, the celebrated
painter, sculptor and writer Of life on
the western frontier. died at his home
at Ridgefeld. Conn., December ae.
49,. The Yomuiri Shinbun, q lead
ing journal of Pekin, has served mo-
tice upon the world that Marquis Kat
sura, successor to the late Prince Ito,
will bear watching, as the Affairs Of
Japan nave been transferred from the
peace party to the military par
w., .Wm. r. Hearst Of New York,
10 at the head Of q movement to or
ganize New Peoples Party, and II Is
said to be Mr.. Hsarst's purpose to
nominate Theodore Roosevelt for the
presidency In 1919. Dr. Lewis
Krautter. Jr., assistant professor Of
vania and ]. w. MacFarlane, son of
the professor of botany In the sane
institution, were frozen to death on
the coast of New Jersey on Sunday
night, -. The affldavits Of Captain
Loose In regard to DR.. Cooks claim
Of the discovery Of the north pole,
have been submitted to the Copenha-
gen commission. >. Nearly 1,090,r
600 new farms have been created In Z
the United States during the past ten
years. The value Of the farms and
farm buildings Of the country is esti-
mated at $4,000. 00o, 900, - The fa- !,
York has been sold for $3,000,000 and
VIII be demolished and the site will
be occupied by an office building. y,
The body of Q middle-aged man was
found in q sealed box car at New York
on Tuesday. hanging to q rafter. The
car had just come through from CHI
cago, and 1t is supposed the man hang
ed himself in the latter city. .... The
Ohio river is blocked with floating Ice
and dozens OF bridges spanning the
stream are In danger Of demolition.
All river traffic has been stopped. 80
Colonel James Gordon Of Okalona, has
been named by Governor Noel Of Mis-
sissippi, to succeed the late A. j. Mo.
Laurin In the United States senate.
Following the assassination Of Pred-
dent Lincoln. O reward Of $4,000 was
offered for the arrest Of Colonel Cor
don, dead or alive, on the theory that
he was in the conspiracy with John
Wilkes Booth. A