Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
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Fifteen men were killed in a tunnel
at Ffshkill Landing, N. Y, Friday, by
a premature explosion of nitro-glycer-
inc. Five others were probably fatally
hurt. 80. Forty eight lives were lost
and ninety-two persons were injured
near Webbwood, Ontario, Friday, when
a Canadian Pacific train was thrown
into the Spanish river by a broken rail.
One car was submerged and another
was destroyed by fire. -. The depart
ment Of justice at Washington is said
to be preparing to prosecute the So
called Beef Trust" on the belief that
the trust is responsible for the hign
price Of meats. The prosecution will
probably be on both criminal and civil
charges. The firms mentioned are
Armour & Co., Swift & Co., and Nor
ris & Co.. Snow fell at Tallahas-
see, Fla, Friday, the first time on rec
ord. .. Bartholomew Daily, an employe
Of the war department, was run down
| and instantly killed by an automobile
in Washington, Friday. A negro
shot two white men to death in Simp-
son county, Miss, Friday, and was shot
to death by mob shortly afterward.
..... Several of tine railroads of the
| north have refused to meet the de-
mands of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, unless they are enabled to
make a proportionate increase in
freight rates. The exports of Amer
ican-made shoes to foreign countries
last year, totaled 6,75O,O00 pairs, the
largest on record. The South Bridge
Savings bank, South Bridge, Mass, was
| closed by the supreme court of that
state, Friday. The bank has deposits
Of S2,36S,799. The treasurer of the
bank John A. Hall, is missing. Six
of the ]. & P. Goats thread mills at
Pawtucket, R. l.. were closed yesterday
on account Of a strike of the 'doffers'
and back boys" Three thousand
hands are affected. 49,. Two women
and a man were murdered in a New
York fiat late Thursday evening. The
victims were gagged with silk hand
kerchiefs and then beaten to death
with a hammer. &. President Taft has
been assured by leaders of the senate
that the special measures which he is
urging, including the postal savings
banks BILL will be passed. 49,. Eight
New York dressmakers have plead
guilty to charges of smuggling millin-
cry into this country and fined sums
aggregating $4,000. .... There were
three failures of New York Stock Ex-
CHdUSe HOUSES ldSlS week. lie
tiles of Roberts, Hall & Criss, who were
suspended Thursday, are given at $3,-
900, 900. The gold production of the
United States last year was $99, 1892, 200.
The silver produced was valued at $685.,
010. 100. "A national farm journal Is
authority for the statement that the
value of all kinds Of live stock in the
United States in January l, 1910, was
s4,SS0, ,06S.000, an increase for the year
of $3.50, 0,000, 900. ...... .Delsa and Clint
Lang, white boys, are in Jail at Deca-
tur, Ala, charged with assaulting a
young white girl. One of the boys con-
fessed the crime. The girls condition
is critical and in the event of her death
a lynching is probable. 49,. Five per-
sons were killed and fifteen injured in
wreck on the Big Four railroad near
Cincinnati, O., Saturday. While round
inc curve, the engine leaped from the
track and whirling great semicircle
plunged through a coach of its own
train. BY a marvellous chance not a
passenger was killed or seriously hurt
the fatalities being confined to the
train crew. The Tyrolese police of
Switzerland, a few days ago arrested a
gang of international thieves and re-
covered 81 900, 900 worth of jewelry that
the gang was going to divide. .......
Count Zeppelin. the German dirigible
balloon inventor, is said to be planning
an airship to carry 800 people as pas