Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-07
MERE. M ENTION.

III NE" Ol ouuuoy, was
one murder, seven suicides and three
violent deaths. The Philadelphia
mint last year coined 115,000,000 copper
cents, nearly 100000 worth Of scent
pieces. There were also 100000 gold
coins, valued at $s,310,000, and 21,S00,-
900 silver coins. valued at $4,500,000.
The total coinage footed up 149,s51,92l
pieces, valued at s15,670. .46S.s3. .......
Lynchings to the number Of seventy
eight took place in the United States
during 1909, against 100 summary ex-
ecutions in 1908. All but five Of last
years lynchings were In southern
states. A white man was lynched in
Virginia on Christmas day. John
D. Rockefeller. Jr, Is the foreman Of
the New York grand jury for January,
that Is to give special attention to the
white slave" traffic in that city.
Representative Hull of Tennessee, has
introduced a resolution in congress
calling for a thorough investigation Of
the increased cost of living in the
United States. 49,. The thermometer
registered 3S degrees below zero at
Lake Placid, N. Y, Wednesday. .....
Leon Delagrange, an aviator, was kill
ed at Bordeaux, France, Wednesday,
while making a flight in his flying
machine. At the time Of the accident,
he was driving a Wright machine at
a speed Of sixty-five miles an hour.
Ten persons were hurt, three seriously,
at Oakland, KY, Wednesday, in a COL
lision of passenger trains on the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad. 49,. Rich
ard Stanley, king Of the sypsies, aged
II years, died near Boston on Tues
day. y...T Two brothers, aged IS and
so years, respectively, were burned to
death in their home at New Florence,
Pa, Wednesday. 80. John R. Walsh,
the convicted Chicago banker, has
spent $10,0O0.00O in his fight to keep
out Of prison. Census Director Du-
rand states that about 1000 negroes
will be used in taking the census in
southern states. Joseph Vastello,
prisoner in the penitentiary at Mounds
vile, w. Va, confessed Monday that
he was guilty of a murder committed
near Washington, Pa, in 1903, for
which another man was hanged and
third was serving a 20-year sentence
in prison. .... The Delaware Apple
company has been organized at Dover,
Del, with a capital stock Of 100000.
The company proposes to plant $500
acres in apple trees. James N.
Huston, a former treasurer of the.
United States, has been indicted by
the Federal grand jury at Washington,
D. c., on charges of using the United
States mails to defraud. DR. VIM.
A. Monnish, formerly Of Atlanta, Ca,
committed suicide in San Francisco,
Monday. Mrs. Rosa F. Monnish, wife
of the doctor, committed suicide in
Atlanta several months ago. Two
murderers were electrocuted at Sing
Sing prison, n. Y, Monday. .... Two
officers of the Russian army will make
an attempt to reach the south pole by
means of dirigible balloons. .....A s.
year-old child at Kansas City, Mo-,
while playing with loaded rifle Mon
day, placed the muzzle in her mouth.
The trigger of the gun was pulled by
a 3-year-ol sister and the other child
was instantly killed. D. Clarence Car
ney was shot to death at Dresden,
Tenn, Monday, in a pistol duel with
his mother in-law, Mrs. Griffith, 65
years old, who fired five shots. Mrs.
Griffith was slightly wounded. .......
Vernon Plessinger. Is years old, con-
fessed at Greenville, O., Monday, that
he caused the wreck of a Big Four
railroad train at Dawn, O., Saturday
night in the hope that lot of people
would be killed and he would be able
to steal money enough to get to the
seacoast where he could join the navy.