Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-11
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1910.

preparing to spend $100.100,000 on an
underground railway system. :. Pres
ident Finley, Of the Southern railway,
says that his company will soon inau-
gurate a more active campaign to Sc
cure settlers and industries for the
states covered by the Southern system.
:. :. Officials Of the United States geo.
logical survey. estimate tnat the daily
fire loss in tine United States ID ap-
proximately $1,500,000, and that the
average loss Of life as the result Of fires
Is 1,44S. The fire loss In this country
Is eight times as much per capita as In
any country In Europe. 80. John VIII
liams and George Reynolds, negroes,
were hanged at Kansas City, Mo-,
Tuesday, for criminal assault commit
ted December %. "A Paris dispatch
of Tuesday is to the effect that the riv-
er Seine Is again rising. Many Of the
districts outside Of Paris, are inun-
dated almost as deeply as at the height
of the food ten days ago. The
volcano Poas, Costa Rica, Is now In
active eruption. Rocks Weighing zoo
pounds have been hurled from the era
ter a distance Of two miles,. The
coroner's jury which for sometime past
has been investigating the death OF
Col. Thos. Swope, q millionaire, MS
rendered verdict that Mr.. Swope
came to his death !. from strychnine
poisoning administered by DR.. D. G.
Hyde, a nephew by marriage, and an
heir of Col. Swope. Several members
Of the Swope household died few
months ago victim Of typhoid fever
germs administered with murderous
intent. Clark Howell, Jr.. editor Of
the Atlanta Constitution, Is dangerous
ly sick, following an operation on We'd
nesday for appendicitis. The heads
Of the various Chicago packing houses
have given out an intimation that they
will shortly again make q raise In the
price Of dressed meats. 49, Six men
were killed In a coal mine explosion at
Stearns, KY, Wednesday. 80. The
General Cotton Securities company,
with $10,000,000 capital. has been in
corporated under the laws OF Della
president and Daniel ]. Sully as vice
president. The company proposes to
erect and operate ginneries, COM
presses and warehouses In all Of the
southern states. Abdul Hamid, de-
posed sultan Of Turkey, attempted to
commit suicide at his palace at SAL
onika, Asiatic Turkey on Tuesday, by
hanging. He was cut down In time to
save his life. One person was
killed anu uVe p6tsOub ihIdiiy anu
twenty others seriously hurt In q rail-
road accident at Union, No., Wednes-
day. The engine jumped the track on
twenty foot embankment. -. The
National Editorial association IL In
session at New Orleans. The body will
leave tomorrow for a trip to Panama.
The Federal pension appropri-
alton bill as reported to congress yes
terday carries s155,s74,000. This is
81, ,000, 900 less than last years appro-
priation. -. Mrs. Russell Sage, dur:
| Ing trip through the south this week.
has donated about 100000 to tuber-
culosis hospitals and orphan homes In
Louisiana and Texas. George N.
Schaefer was hanged at Allentown,
Pa, yesterday for the murder Of q
Philadelphia jewelry peddler. The
execution was performed by James
Van Hise and this made his eighty
ninth hanging. Two prisoners es-
capped from the Chatham county jail,
at Savannah, Ca, Wednesday night by
removing the mortar from between
the bricks with wires and reaching the
ground by means of a ladder made Of
blankets.