Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-20
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ence. :. 1t Is reported in New York
that E. H. Hartman has an option on
the Vanderbilt holdings Of the New
York Central railroad. If he takes
advantage Of the option it will cost
him $4,000, 900. .... .Thos. A. Edison
has just perfected a machine for
breaking large boulders into sizes
suitable for the ordinary rock crusher.
Secretary Of the Treasury Nc
Veagh Is contemplating the redemp-
ton of all paper money now in circu-
lation and issuing in its stead, money
with the same portrait on all bills Of
the same denomination and Of uni
form color, so as to make each denom-
ination distinctive. He is also con-
sidering the idea Of reducing the size
of the bills about one-fourth. The
taxable property gain in Georgia for
the year 1909 over 1908, is in excess
of $18,000,000... Seven men and
three women were seriously hurt and
property to the value Of 100000 was
destroyed at Cleveland, o. Monday,
by an explosion Of natural gas. .--..
Macon Broome, son Of State Senator
Broome Of Quincy. Fla, Is under ar
rest in New York, on charges Of for
gerry committed in Atlanta, Ga. .....
Yale university Is preparing to build
a great stadium at New Haven, Conn.,,
1t is to cost 100000 and will be used
for all kinds Of games. 1t will seat
so, 900 people. AT the twenty-third
annual convention Of the National
Fraternal congress, in session in Bos-
ton this week, the president announc-
ed that the fraternal insurance In
force in the United States today totals
IS, 600, 900, 900. .... Emily Jones, a
New York cook, Is suing her former
employer, glove manufacturer, for
100000 damages, in that he was the
cause of her losing her eyesight, and
thereby lessening her chances Of ma
trimony. e. H. Rice and his Sis
|ter-in-law, Mrs. A. Smith, fought a
pistol duel on the streets Of Orange,
Tex, Monday. Rice is in hospital
with three bullet wounds in his body.
Mrs. Smith is in jail. The duel was
the result Of domestic troubles. .....
August Sporen, Is years old, was
drowned in the Niagara Falls whirl-
pool on Monday. With party of
friends he was bathing above the
rapids and got too far out to get back.
.. The comptroller Of the curren-
cy at Washington has sent out orders
to bank examiners to make lists OF
the stockholders in all national banks.
The information is wanted for the
use of the monetary commission ap-
pointed by congress. AT many
places throughout the middle west,
Monday was the hottest day in years.
Numerous towns and cities report a
temperature Of 100 and over. AT
Pittsburg, Pa, on Monday, a marriage
license was issued to Mrs. Evelina
Hall, aged 81, to Robert B. Wright,
aged 81 years. Mrs. Halls son, aged
62, made affidavit that his mother was
Of legal age" -. Philadelphia sur
geons on Monday performed an oper-
alton on q man who complained Of
mysterious pains that kept him from
sleeping" and removed three small
frogs from his stomach. .... Two in
dictments have been returned by the
grand jury of New York against DON
aid L. Persch, the young note broker,
who Is charged with disposing Of COL
lateral which did not belong to him.
He is held under $4,000 bond. 49,.
At Camp Perry, o., on Monday, j. H.
Hingle, of the United States marine
corps, broke the worlds record with
a rifle at 500, 900 and 1000 yards,
lv,,a hi oh 70 OF
and scoring los points, which was all
that could be scored. The best previ-
Gus record was 104 points, Two
Chicago school boys on Tuesday COM
pleted a trip around the world in for
ty-one days. This is the best round
the-world record to date. ..... BY
concessions being made by both sides
the strike Of hat makers in New York
and New England has been brought
to an end after seven months. About
20, 900 hat makers will be given work.
49,. The New York police have Sc
cured clues which lead them to be-
lieve that the death Of Bow Kun, the
Chinese woman whose dead body was
found Sunday, is due to a secret war
between the Chinese tongs Of that city.
800. .Madar Dhingo, an East Indian
student, who on July l, assassinated
Sir Curzon Wyllie and DR.. Lallaca,
during a public reception in London,
was hanged Tuesday for the crime. :.
Glasgow, Scotland, was visited by a.
s1,250,000 fire on Tuesday. Much Of
the business portion Of the city was
destroyed. Will c. Bruce was ar
rested at Montgomery, Ala, Saturday
night on a charge of being drunk. He
afterwards confessed to the police that
he was wanted in Nashville, Tenn,
for murder committed in 1898 and
admitted his guilt. The legisla-
ture of Alabama has formally given
its approval to the proposed amend
ment Of the constitution of the United
States providing for income taxation.
80. .Elvira Todd, young woman, %
years Of age, probably fatally shot D.
r. Watson, cashier Of the Georgia rail-
road freight office at Augusta, Ga.
Wednesday afternoon. The woman said
that she loved Watson and that he
had thrown her over, as she believed,
for another woman. She was placed
in jail. .... The first bale Of 1909
cotton sold at Montgomery, Ala,
"Wednesday, brought 80 cents pound
to its owner. Major j. F. Man
son president of the Central of Geor-
gia railroad is being sued for divorce
by his wife, who charges cruelty, in
fidelity, etc. -. Mrs. Augusta Cri-
santi, an Italian woman of New York,
stabbed her husband to death We'd
nesday, after he had picked her up in
an attempt to throw her from a
fourth story window. Jealousy was
the cause of the tragedy. -. "A Geor-
gia insurance company has applied
for a charter in that state, and an
nounces that it will only insure total
abstainers. .... The postoffice depart
ment will issue 100000 2-cent
stamps in commemoration of the
Hudson Fulton celebration which is to
be held in New York September 25 to
October 5. The railroads enter
ing Chicago have announced plans for
the erection of a new union station in
that city to cost $4,000, 900. The
coal production Of the United States
for the year 1908 was 415,S42,69S
short tons, having a value Of $780,
314,117. The 1907 production was
4SO, O,363,424 short tons having a value
of 614,79S,89S.. American finan-
ciers are to receive an allotment Of
one fourth Of the $30.000000 railway
bonds to be issued by the Chinese gov
ernment in behalf of the Hankow
SEE -Chuen railway. The other three
fourths going to British, German and
French bankers. This Is the first time