Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-04

flight last night his wife has beeniros
trated. She left here this afternSn To-
her home at Rock Hill. A few dds al
ter their marriage Franklin botpwet
$4,000 from his wife on the prepxt o
investing it in a Kentucky towt Sh
mas never been able to secure u &C
counting for the money.
MERE-MENTloN.
Spencer Trask, a leading wa stree
banker, and two Pullman carporter
were instantly killed at Cornin< N. Y.
Friday morning by freight tim run
ming into the rear Of the pssenge
train. Henry Farman, thl Frencl
aviator, on Friday, flew his nachin'
from Chartres to Orleans, 1ance,
distance of forty-two milesi In fift.
minutes. "A Rock Island tain wa
wrecked near Trenton, MOI Friday
All the cars and the locomdve wer,
overturned. Twenty personswere re
ported killed. -. Earl D. WBon, tn,
naval academy cadet, who hal his necl
broken In a football game d Octobe
16 last, Is reported to be- approving
-. William Travers Jeron for eigh
years district attorney oflNew Yorl
city, retired from office on I'M. l. Dur.
Ing his incumbency Jerole handled
many Of the most notaR cases O.
New York's criminal histF and wal
successful in prosecuting fafters ant
gambling den proprietorI. .... .Aurie
Lee, granddaughter of fneral Rob,
ert e. Lee, was married London OF
Thursday to Frederick VILLAIN Lloyd
.,... The new Manhattal bridge. con.
Meeting New York and fooklyn, wa!
thrown open to vehicle hff1c on Fri.
day. This Is the fourthpridge acros.
the east river. .Mf Roberta B
de Janon, the granddaughter Of Robert
Buist, the millionaire sedman Of Phil.
adelphia, on Wednesday eloped witt
Ferdinand Cohen, hot waiter, who
Is said to have three ives. Miss dt
Janon was the sole het Of Mr.. Buist
who is said to be with $10,000,000
Mr.. Buist says she shtl get nothing
..... The investigation that the city
council Of Atlanta, Ga Us making into
conditions of the city sickade is show
ing up conditions Of tth and cruelty
that are hardly belieible In a civil
lied community. Sferal criminal
prosecutions will resu. 80. .Chas. w
Morse, the convictedbanker Of New
York, left that city Suday for Atlanta
Ga, where he will spen the next fifteen
years Of his life in II Federal prison
Morse was convictedof violating the
national banking Law. ..... William J.
Gaynor was inaugured mayor Of New
York city on New Yers Day. /. Fiji
ty distilleries were psed In the state
Of Tennessee, SatuIay night, by the
operation of the stai prohibition laws
It is estimated that be distilleries have
liquor enough on hal to continue ship
ping out Of the statfor five years.. /. /.
James w. Field, iittsburg, Pa, iron
master. deceased, his will recently
probated, disposed / an estate Of $15,-
100000, but not iollar Of 1t goes to
charity. .....A Washington dispatch
states that Arizo1 and New Mexico
will probably be Jade states by this
session of congrs. President Taft
Is urging tiIe-pasRge or the sfatehoUd
bills. ...... .Griffin Ga, has raised its
near-beer tax tol$5,000 a year and
thereby put sevd near-beer saloons
out Of business. President Taft
has set $100,000,0b as the amount To
be Topped off Of pvernment expendi-
lures during the EXT fiscal year. -.
Secret service md Of London are in
vestigating the ofrations Of an inter-
national marriag{bureau of that city
The business ofthe agency was the
promotion of marriages between broken
down noblemen Yth long titles and the
daughters Of wdlthy Americans and
Ero1tohy,oAo H., - a.
side issue to thetame. -. During the
year 1909, 2,303p0 barrels of cotton
seed oil were SD on the New York
Produce Exchanb.T. During the first
six months Of te current fiscal year.
United States cBtoms increased $780,
743,720 and inteaal revenue. s8,412.000,
as compared With the same period OF
last year. -. Ihring the big coastwise
storm Of last Yeek, there were sixty
lives and twele boats lost In New
watts. The counting OF
the coin and ecurities IN the United
States treasur made necessary by a
change Of tresurers, has been COM
pleted and ysterday Treasurer Nc
Clung gave s-Treasurer Treat a re-
ceipt for $1J59OO1, 1851 2-3. Not a
cent was fond to be missing. The
count include 156,521,317 silver dollars.
...... The Niwi Jersey and New York
Telephone con<any has been incorpor-
ated under theRws Of New Jersey with
a capital stocHof $50,000, 900. -. OFF,
sers Of the Am irican Federation Of La
Dor have issuS call on its 1,540, 900
members to sbscribe to a fund with
which to wag a fight on the United
states Steel operation. The GUS
toms tobacco jarehouse at Alexandria,
Egypt, togethS with its contents, were
damaged by re on Saturday to the
extent Of $1,5b,0 900. "A movement
ls under way % erect 5S0-foot peace
monument onStaten Island, New York
harbor. The Proposed monument is to
be surmounte by a bronze figure Of
an indian, ID feet high, is to cost
s65O,OOO and he top of it will be $50
feet above sd level. Snow fell at
Fresno. Cal, Saturday, for the first
time In slxteA years. William Dob
son. cashier dan express company, has
confessed to be Ontario, Canada, po-
lice, that he WIS a party to $4,000 ex-
press Office hld-up by two bandits at
Niagara Falls Ont, In November last.
Dobson's arret followed his purchases
of costly fursfor his sweetheart. .....
Thos. Wasgotr Of Fort Worth. Tex.
gave to each ( his three children as
Christmas git, 100000 acres OF land.
10000 head o cattle and 1000 horses,
valued at 100000. -. President Taft
during the NV Years Day reception
1t the White House, shook hands with
1915 persons The platform Of a
railroad statin at Montreal, Canada,
was blown VI Saturday by the explo-
sion of escaphg gas under the station,
twenty or mre persons were injured,
The most ofthem having their legs
TIL total recorded tonnage
If bituminou coal produced in the
United State during 1909 was slight
y more than360, 100000 tons. .... The
:otal numbe of bushels Of the six
eading cereas, corn, wheat, oats, bar
ey, rye and buckwheat in the United
States for th year 1909, according to
3radstreet's tatistical review, was A.
'36,S79,0O0 bshels, valued at $2,921,-
10000. The etotal value of agricultur-
Il products vas $S,76O, ,000,0 900. Of which
lay was vsued at s6S9,345,0OO and
cotton at S67 00O 900