Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-31
MERE.MENrloN.

The United States Steel company Is
preparing to spend S13,000,000 In In.
creasing its plants In the vicinity Of
Birmingham, Ala. -, United States
Senator A. ]. McLaurin Of Mississippi,
died suddenly on December 21st Of
heart disease and will probably be
succeeded by Jas. K. Yardaman,, ex-
governor r.-.,...W. II. Trip, livery
man. was shot to death by police
man at Cordele. Ga, on December
23. Tripp had been arrested by the
policeman for disorderly conduct and
later went cunning for the officer, >, !.
Uncle Sans men-of-war, was launch
ed at Camden, N. j., on December 9s.
Her main armament will include ten
12-inch guns. The Utah's displace-
ment will be 21,825 TONS {. The
wealth of Mrs. E. H. Hartman is now
estimated at s220,000,000, which
makes her the richest woman In the
world. >. The National Civic Fed
Grafton will be held In New York on
January II to 10. Its object Is uni
form state laws. President Taft will
make the opening address. 80. The
Norfolk and Southern railway has
completed a trestle five miles long
across Albemarle sound, N. c., at q
cost of S1,000,000.. Sheriff Beard
seized $50 gallons of whisky at CO.
lumbus, Ga, December 21, In a raid
on a grocery store. ......A father,
mother and three children were burn
ed to death at Yonkers, N. Y, De-
cember The funeral ceremo-
niles over the. body of Leopold II, king
Of" the Belgians, vat Brussels, Decent
bert %, wefe marked with violent dis
orders. ". .rS. THE United States Steel
corporation distributed bonus OF
more than $2,000,000 among its en-
ployes Just before the Christmas hoi-
idsSs. ~! Tests Of a. 14-fnch' gun,
the largest yet made, at Indian Head,
Md, are reported as being highly sat
fsfactory. The gun Is 6sa feet IN
length {. Timothy P. Sullivan, popua
lariy known as Little Tim" and the
Tammany leader Of New York,s "East
Side,"' died in that city on Decembet
~. Little Tim" made a specially Of
helping The very poor ahd friendless
among the East SIDES poor: ): :Gol.
iice dfa ST. Petersburg, Russia, was
Blown to atoms BY bomb ON peceih-
ber %; after being entIced ITO re
mote street Of the capital. :. &. Premier
VI of SKofea, was assassinated on THE
Streets Of Seoul December '22, by Yie
Chain yong a Christian, who for
some years was d resident Of the Unit
Sd States. y : q ChasS B.. Warfiner,
treasutea Of the Big -Four
fHiiorad at CINCINNATI, e., pieaded guilty.
PacembsF "a Ind was sentenced to
six years mphs9nmspt at H HaFFd !, t. Il!
bnr.' Warrihef got a%ay" with s643,--
aaa and was betrayed by q woman.
The navy dePartmeht esttmfnates
during the fiscal years
1910 to 1913........ Jean Clemens
daughter Of Samuel Glenn.
ems mark Twain) an invalid, died at
her fathers home at Stormfeld,
Conn.,, in a bath tub December "a, as
the result Of an attack Of epilepsy. -.
have reported new counterfeit Of IS
silver Certificates. The counterfeit
note is Of the 1899 series, with the
check letter D........Five work. |
men We're killed and seventeen injur-
ed :byrrthe explosion of a locomotive
boiler In the shops Of the c., R. /. and
P. railroad at Shawnee, okla, Del |
eember "a. -. Fire did damage to |
tffe extent of $5eOO0 at'7 crystal
River, Fla, december 24..... The
portion of Europe was
,%ept by destructive Storms OH Pc!
,ember 24.St Eleven persons were
irowned in Spain. .?:rIh "a wsuit
against the Reading railway az Nort
Pa.,I in which the plaintiff
lsked damages I'm the sum, of $4,000
'6F the 'killfhg 9f his wife by one I
Is trains running into his aqtom6bife.
he jury returned verdict for the
defendant railroad. 80. Department
stores throughout the country report
he largest volume Of Christmas trade
hat they have had in years. 80. The
salvation Army Of New York city,
furnished $4,000 poor people with
heir Christmas Day dinners. :. AT
Newark, N. J., December "a, Mrs.
Nary ]. Wilhelm was sentenced to
erve twenty years in prison for the