Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-26
MERE.MENIION.

George Eichorn, wealthy German,
was murdered in his home in New
Orleans, Tuesday night, supposedly by
burglars, as $4,000 is missing from the
residence. John c. Peters, foot
ball player, injured in a college game a
week ago, died at Sioux Falls, Ia, We'd
nesday, as the result Of his injuries. e.
Six persons were burned to death, and
fourteen injured, four Of them fatally,
in an East New York tenement house
fire Wednesday. Girl shtrtwa1st
makers to the number of more than
York city for better wages and better
hours. Geo. Eli Washburn, wealthy
real estate broker of Wyncote, Pa, has
mysteriously disappeared and 1t is be-
lieved that at the time of his disap-
pearance he had large sum Of money
on his person. :. Miss Maria Stephano,
daughter Of a millionaire Greek cigar
ette manufacturer of Philadelphia, has
been released after being held for ram
som by Turkish brigands in the vicinity
Of Gannani, on the Grecian border. 80.
Wilbur and Orville Wright have or
ganized a company with s1,000,000
capital, for the purpose Of building
aeroplanes and other flying apparatus.
..... Five volcanoes on the island Of
Teneriffe, one Of the Canary group, 300
miles off the northwest coast of Africa,
are in active eruption. -. Five build
ings were damaged to the extent of
$50, 900 at Danville, ILL.,, Tuesday morn
ing, by dynamite explosions, suppos-
edly the work Of black handlers. ......
Philip Mangano, was sentenced to die
in the electric chair by a New York
court on Tuesday, for the murder of
his daughter, school teacher, several
weeks ago. Pierpont Morgan,
the New York banker, is reported to
have recently paid $4,000 for a copy
of a 3O-page pamphlet containing two
short stories by Edgar Allen Poe. ....
Ray Rolston, a negro, charged with
criminal assault, was lynched near Ed
wardsville, Ala, Wednesday. .... The
Chicago marriage license bureau, dur
ing the few days preceding yesterday.
issued 1000 licenses for marriages to
take place on Thanksgiving Day.
During the month of October, 76,60S
immigrant aliens were admitted to the
United States, and 1,616 were debarred.
The French government will erect
million dollar building in Washing
ton, D. c., as home and offices for
its ambassador. "A statistician of
Cornell university is authority for the
statement that there are 10000 more
married men than married women in
the United States, and explains that the
undue proportion Of husbands Is due to
the large number of immigrants in this
country, who left their wives at home.
-. The gold production Of the United
States for the year 1908, according to
figures just issued, totaled 4,574,34O
ounces, valued at s94,56O,0OO. Colorado
produced s22,S71,0O0 of the total. .....
Since the formation Of the Calumet and
Hecla Mining company, its Stockhold-
ers have received $105, $4,000 in divi-
dends. The German naval budget
for the next fiscal year, totals $685.
100000, and of this amount $6O,S75,OOO
is for shipbuilding and ornaments.
The records Of DR.. Cook as to his north
pole expedition, were shipped to the
University of Copenhagen from New
York on Wednesday,. Dr. Cooks re-
port and explanatory notes accompany
ing the original date, contains about
$4,000 words.