Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
MERE MENTION

MERE MENTION
Eight men were killed and fifteen in
jured by the collapse of q railroad
bridge on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road near Huntington, w. Va, We'd
nesday, which precipitated train into
the Guyandotte river. The bridge was
under going repairs and the false work
used was insufficient to sustain the
weight of q freight train. The council
of the empire Of Russia last Wednes-
day adopted a law abolishing the last
vestiges of serfdom in Russia. The pro-
cess Of freedom for the Russian serfs
has been underway for more than a
half century. ..... "A union army veter-
an died at Pottsville, Pa, last week and
left an estate Of several hundred thous-
and dollars, which he bequeathed for
the establishment Of q home for indi-
gent women. In the cellar of q theatre
which he owned, was found an iron
box containing $4,000 in gold coin
and bills. He drew a pension from
the government. ....... The mayor OF
st. Paul, Mimi, has appointed two
women to the police force Of that city.
Their special duty will be to look after
dance halls frequented by working girls
$50. During the year 1912 there were
237 homicides in Chicago, Of which cor
murders. The 1910 statistics from Lon
don, the last available, show that in
that city there were 33 murders. :. On
New Years day, near Utica, N. Y, sew
en- boys were drowned by breaking
through thin Ice. Four Of the boys be-
longed to one family. Eight miners
were rescued from a coal mine at Tama-
qua, Pa, late Wednesday night after
having been imprisoned since early the
previous day by an explosion OF fire
damp. One life was lost. The mines
Of Alaska last year produced minerals
to the value Of $21,850,000, of which
SIG, $780, 900 was gold. Since 1880 Alaska
mines have produced $22s,000, 900. 49,.
General Mills, chief Of the division Of
military affairs, the strength of the or
ganized militia Of the United States at
the time Of the last inspection was
8, ,142 officers and 112,710 enlisted men.
...... William Sulzer was inaugurated
governor Of New York on January 1st,
and broke all precedents by walking to
the capitol and did away with the usu-
al military features Of such occasions.
The new governor pledged 'an honest,
efficient, economic and business-like
administration" According to fig
ures compiled by the Insurance Press,
the fire loss in the United States dur
ing 1912 totaled $207,543,900. The big
gest single loss was at Houston, Tex,
February 81, when the total was $4,-
100000. The next biggest loss was the
Equitable building in New York on
January 9, when the loss was $3,000,-
600. The death toll among Glouces-
ter, Mass, fishermen during 1912, was
45. The series Of fishing disasters left
thirteen widows and seventeen orphans,
Two carloads Of prunes, done up
in packages within the weight limit,
were shipped through the San Jose.
Cal, postoffice on January 1st, by par
cells post. -. Almost $19,000,000 was
spent in the anti-tuberculosis crusade
throughout the United States during
1912. New York lead in the amount Of
money spent with S5,362,316. :. A truck
gardener near Syracuse, N. Y, reports
that from eighteen acres last year he
harvested an average Of AIT bushels OF
potatoes per acre. According 10 q
preliminary estimate issued by the di-
rector of the Philadelphia mint on jan
uary 1, the gold production Of the world
during 1912 will total $465, 100000, Of
which the United States alone produc-
ed $91,685, 1853. California produced $19,-
9SS, ,486. 1. :. More than 5000 taxicab
drivers went on strike In London last
week. The business is not profitable In
the English capital. -. .Gaetan Valen-
Gin, disappointed in love, committed
suicide at Epernay, France, on New
Years day by stabbing himself and
then exploding dynamite cartridge In
his mouth. .Senor BalZera, Of the
Spanish Telegraph department, has
perfected a telegraphing machine cap.
able Of sending and receiving 1,S20
words a minute. -. The British gov
ernment has placed an order with q
Mexican oil company for $1,000, 600 bar
rels Of oil, to be used as fuel for war
vessels. To transport the oil a fleet OF
twenty-nine tank steamers Is to be
put in service. In joint session on
Thursday, the New Hampshire legisla-
ture elected Samuel D. Felker, Demo-
crat, as governor. The election was Sc
cured by a combination Of Democrats
and Progressive Republicans. ..... AT
Winsted, Conn.,, on December 81, NIL
serly woman died, leaving q statement
that her estate would total $685. 900.
Last week package was found hidden
away that contained $4,000. The money
was wrapped In old newspapers and
escaped the searchers for several days.
All Of the money has been found ex-
cept seven cents. AT Buffalo, N. Y,
Thursday, a man put his arm on a
trolly car track and had the arm sever
ed. He said that he had been command
ed by God to do it, and did 1t Of his own
free will. . .Carsamus Paige, news
boy" 105 years old, died at Joliet, Ill,
January g.. Henry c. Edey. a wealthy
Wall street broker, retired, shot his
wife to death and committed suicide at
their home at Great South Bay, N. Y,
January 2..... The weather Is so mild
in the vicinity Of Montreal, Canada,
that the trees are budding, and the st.
Lawrence river Is absolutely free OF
ice, for the first time on record at this
date. ...... The people Of Sweden are
raising 100000 by popular subscription
for the purpose Of buying a feet of
aeroplanes for army use. Senator
Jeff Davis, Of Arkansas, died suddenly
in Little Rock last Thursday. james
R. Keene, prominent for many years In
financial and racing circles died in New
York last Thursday. :. .Stenographers
all over the world on last Friday cele-
brated the one hundredth anniversary
Of the birth of Isaac Pitman, the inven-
tor of the general system on which all
modern short hand writing is based.
The Italian government has placed or
ders in the United States for 100000
tons of coal.