Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-31
Scraps and fatts.

leans last Friday. The ngnt mousse
tender Magnolia, on which the presi-
dents party was being conveyed to the
cruiser West Virginia, ran into colli-
sion with the fruit steamer Esporta,
and both vessels had to hurry to land
to keep from sinking. The Ivy, Sis
ter ship of the Magnolia, came to the
relief Of the presidential party, took II
aboard and transferred it to the West
Virginia. The collision was the result
Of confusion Of signals.
An employe of the government at
the Norfolk, Va, navy yard, has lost
his Job because Of local prejudice
against the uniform Of the United
States navy. 1t appears that this en-
ploye had agreed to rent rooms In MS
house to a petty officer OF the navy.
Afterward he backed out Of the ar
rangement on the ground that the off1-
Ger would have to come to his house
In uniform and as there was much
prejudice against the uniform OF the
navy in the town, he would lose his
social standing. Secretary OF the
Navy Boneparte ruled that a man VINO
did not have more regard for the uni
form of the navy than this house own
er, had no business in the employ OF
the government and ruled his dismis-
sal forthwith.
Recent events according to Ber-
lin dispatch, apparently have turned
the thoughts of Emperor William to-
ward the probability Of Germany soon
becoming involved in war. HIS
speeches at Dresden and in Berlin con-
tanned pointed references to the PROB
ability Of war and the necessity OF be-
ing ready for It. Addressing the OFF,
GERS of a Saxon Grenadier regiment
at Dresden the emperor said: I'VE live
in a time when every young German
capable of bearing arms must be ready
to give himself to the Fatherland,
After unveiling the statue OF Field
Marshal Won Moltke his majesty ad-
dressed the highest army officers who
were assembled around him at din
ner at the Schloss, saying: How
matters stand with us in the world,
you have seen. Therefore keep your
powder dry and your swords whetted.
The cruiser West Virginia in which
President Roosevelt is now en- route to
Washington from New Orleans Is the
flagship Of the North Atlantic fleet
and Is perhaps one Of the finest war
ships now In commission. The West
Virginia makes % knots per hour, and
her machinery is Of $4,000 horse power.
She has a displacement of $4,000 tons
and is 500 feet long and is sixty-nine
feet in breadth. The great size Of this
cruiser will be seen when it is consid-
cred that the largest battleship now In
commission in our navy is only SSs
feet long, with displacement Of about
10000 tons. 1t requires forty-one OFF,
GERS to man this cruiser properly and
she carries a crew Of 1877 sailors. She
was picked for the use of the presi-
dent not only because she Is consid-
cred the finest Of all hattleships or
cruisers, but also because she can cas-
lily withstand the toughest Of seas.
Topeka, kansas, October 26: The
quality Of whisky sold in Kansas
through the joints and by travelling
boot leggers was revealed Monday at
Fredonia when, under the order Of Gov.
Hoch, 51S cases Of beer and 5000 bot
ties Of whisky were publicly destroyed
in the court house square while
band played temperance melodies. The
contents of the bottles were poured In
to the sewers and yesterday the peo-
pie Of Neodesha, a few miles below,
complained of the contamination OF
the water by this liquor which poured
down Fall River and into Neodesha's
service pipes. When the thousands OF
bottles were broken a carload Of them
were thrown in heap in the court
house yard. What beer and whisky
remained in the fragments Of bottles
trickled through the grass across the
court house yard, making path sew
eral feet wide. Last night, this path
was marked by dead grass, which had
been green the day before. A dispatch
from Fredonia says the grass is dry
enough to burn. This furnishes strik-
ing testimony o. the quality of liquor
now being sold in Kansas.
The New Orleans Picayune has be-
gun a canvass Of southern Democratic
members on President Roosevelt's plan
to give the interstate commerce COM
mission authority to fix maximum rail-
road freight rates and In response to
telegraphic inquiries a number of sem
ators and representatives have express
ed their views on the subject. So far
every member OF congress heard from
has declared in favor Of the legislation
demanded by the president. Congress
man John Sharp Williams of Missis-
sippi, Democratic leader of the house,
says: Mr.. Roosevelt Is doing a good
and a brave thing in maintaining his
uncompromising attitude upon this
question. Since Andrew Jackson took
up the cudgels against the national
bank, entrenched and fortified In COM
merce, In finance and In politics no
president has done any better than
Mr.. Roosevelt has done when he took
up the cudgels in this behalf by boldly
advocating in his message the remedy
already proposed by the Democracy.
1t is going to be a desperate fight.
and many plausible pretexts will be
given to any national legislator who
desires to desert the cause of the peo-
pie and of justice in order to maintain
the present power of favoritism vested
In railroad managers, Nothing has so
much contributed to the birth and up
building Of trusts as this very power Of
favoritism." Among the other con-
gressmen who expressed themselves In
favor of railroad rate legislation are
Senator C. A. Culberson of Texas, and
Representatives j, T. Watkins and s.
NJ. Robertson of Louisiana.
- Secretary Hesters weekly cotton
statement issued last Friday showed
for the twenty-seven days Of October
a decrease under last year of 37S,000