Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-12
MERE. MENTION.

In a head-on collision on the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad at Klein
arts, Tenn, Tuesday, an engineer and
two firemen were killed. 49,. More
than 5000 Filipinos of the island Of
Panay, are homeless as the result OF
the destruction Of their homes by
hurricane and food on Sunday
The prosecution in the case Of Nine.
Sternheil, held at Paris, has so far
failed to make a very strong case
against the woman on the charge OF
murder, and 1t is believed the accused
will be acquitted. -. Robt. Simpson, a
young man, died at Somerville, n. j.,
Monday, while in a hypnotic state,
having been hypnotized by pro-
fessional, who was unable to restore
his victim to consciousness. The hyp-
notist was arrested on a charge OF
manslaughter. ..... King Edward,
VII, Of England, celebrated his 6Sth
dowager empress Of China, Tzu Hsi,
who died a year ago, was buried In
the Eastern Tombs on Tuesday. The
body was carried from Pekin, 80
miles, through unbroken lines Of SOL
diers. .... 1t is stated in Cincinnati,
o., that the defalcation Of Chas. l..
Warriner, ex-treasurer Of the Big
Four railroad, may reach as much
as $2,000,000. Warmer claims that
he is the victim Of blackmail. $50.
Hunt Tllford Dickinson, a 10-year-
old Georgia boy, Is the heir Of a for
tune Of $4,000,000, left by an uncle,
a former vice president Of Standard
Oil, according to a New York dis
patch. %. An automobile driver in
Atlanta, Ca, Tuesday, drove a car
200 miles in 1877 minutes, breaking
the best previous record for the dis
tance by 81 minutes. 80. Eight men
were burned to death In a Brooklyn,
N. Y, comb factory Monday, being
unable to escape the flames on ac-
count Of iron barred windows
A Glasgow, Scotland, firm Of betting
manufacturers, has purchased a
site and will erect belt factory In
New Jersey, in order to meet Ameri-
can competition. 80. The $2,000,000
criminal court building Of New
York, completed couple Of years
ago, has been condemned, 1t being con-
sidered unsafe on account Of being
weakened by the subway. Gov
ernor Glasscock Of West Virginia, has
ordered the mastering out Of the
militia company at Gassoway, for its
failure last week, to report for duty
when ordered out to protect
the lives Of two negroes suspected OF
criminal assault. ....... The German
government has unearthed a sys-
tenn of grating at it's Kiel naval
yards by which 1t has lost several
millions of dollars in materials by the
stealings Of petty officers. -. .1gnate
Novekow, a laborer, shot Mrs. F. A..
Schultz and her daughter, to death
at San Francisco, Monday. and then
committed suicide. The shooting
took place in the presence Of thous-
sands of people and the cause Is un-
known. =. The governments crop
report, issued Monday, indicated q
corn production Of 2,767,316, 900
bushels, an increase Of about 100. .0Oo,-
900 over last year. Harry Seek
ett, aged 23 years, Is held by the po-
lice of Brooklyn, N. Y, on the charge
of stealing and disposing Of 1877
horses on as many different occa-
sions. 800. During the year ending
October Is, eighty-four persons have
lost their lives in climbing the Alps
mountains in Switzerland. Jas
s.. Chatham, cashier Of the Long Is
land railway, has disappeared. His
shortage Is $4,000. up to Wednes-
day night the bodies of seven miners
naQ D66H 1IOHi q SSe-A
mine at Nanticoke, Pa, and search
was continued for five still missing.
.-.. The property Of ]. A. Frest-
wood of Covington county, Ala, Is to
be sold under order Of the Federal
court, because Of the fact that Prest-
wood had failed to deliver lot Of
cotton that he had sold to buyers for
future delivery. -. Fire this week
has done $1,500,000 damage to the
great bowlder gold mines near Perth,
West Australia. -. Fifteen persons
were killed and twenty injured at
Lake View, B. c., Wednesday, by the
collision of a runaway freight train
with a trolley car. Mrs. Chas.
Conover, aged %, of Evansville, Ind,
has eloped with her father-in-law,
VIM. Conover, aged AZ years. ......
Chas. F. Richardson, former cashier
Of the defunct Cosmopolitan National
bank Of Pittsburg, Pa, has been
sentenced to serve five years in the
Leavenworth, Kan, prison for falst-
flying his accounts. 49,. Miss Annie
Pelley, a dry goods clerk, was GRIM
inally assaulted and murdered In
Cairo, ILL.,, Monday night. Four ne
groes, one a woman, are held by the
police, on Suspicion "A New
York capitalist has been awarded a
Judgment for $4,000 by the Fed
eral court at Kansas City, Mo-,
against st. Clair county, Mo-, for
bonds issued in behalf Of a railroad
that was never built.