Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-07
Straps and fatts.

In a speech last Wednesday, Coioniai
Secretary Lyttleton declared that cot
ton production had trebled within
the limits Of the British empire since
1902. He expressed a hope that the
Lancashire spinners would give more
liberal assistance to the efforts OF the
government In the matter. 3.
During the hunting trip In Colora-
do. President Roosevelt will keep In
constant touch with Secretary Loeb
and the official staff at Glenwood py
wireless telegraph under military su-
pervision. Two expert signal service
corps telegraph operatives have Deen
detailed to accompany the president
into the wilderness to handle mes
sages. An automobile will convey the
field outfit as far as the roads permit
after which the machinery Will De
hacked on the backs Of horses. 1t Is
expected that the party will arrive al
Glenwood Springs April Is, then go to
Newcastle, IL miles west, from which
point the party will make excursions
into the country, which is exceeding
Iv mountainous and filled with bear.
According to q London correspon-
dent, the car contemplated fleeing
from Russia after Red Sunday" This
information, according to the cores
pondent, Is based on letter to an
English friend from one Of the princi-
pal secretaries Of the Russian foreign
ministry. The only way In which the
car was persuaded to stay was
chapter in the old royal coronation
oath to the effect that a monarch de-
serting the country In her hour or
trouble forfeits his titular headship OF
the orthodox church, and without this
leadership he can never again be czar
The grand dukes who brought this be-
fore the czar's notice have interpreted
making terms with the Japanese as
tantamount to desertion on his ma
jesty's part.
Lincoln, Nebraska, April 4: For
five hours this afternoon the disap-
pearance Of the nti-cigarette bill de-
layed the closing Of the present session
of the Nebraska legislature. The bill
absolutely prohibits the sale Of cigar
cites or cigarette paper In the state,
and was bitterly fought by a lobby OF
the American Tobacco company. 1t
passed both houses, however, and
lacked only the signatures of the pre-
siding officers before being sent to
the governor. A newspaper mans ca
sual inquiry disclosed that the bill
had disappeared. The house records
showed that 1t had been sent to the
senate, but the latters records did
not show its receipt. Friends OF the
bill organized q searching party and
II was finally found in a pigeonhole un-
der some discarded documents. 1t Is
charged the attempt was deliberately
made to lose or steal it and thus de-
feat its becoming a law.
New York, April 5: Chief Engineer
John F. Wallace Of the Panama canal
commission first learned Of his ap-
pointment on the new commission up
on his arrival here today on the
steamer Finance from Colon. Speak
ing Of the difficulties Of building the
canal, Mr.. Wallace said: 1T Is sur
prising what impressions prevail in
this country about the canal. The
control Of the Chagres river for In
stance has been much misunderstood.
The cost of this work will be only b
Der cent Of the total cost of building
the canal. The difference in tide be-
TWEEN the Pacific and Caribbean can be
controlled by tide locks, although this
is not necessary with sea level ca
nal. The tide in the Pacific rises 10
feet higher and falls 10 feet lower than
It does in the Caribbean. The canal,
however, will be Al miles long and will
take up this difference. We do not
place locks at Sandy Hook to control
tide in the Hudson and that river Is
always navigable. So will the canal
be navigable at all times"
From American Medicine: The
wonderful endurance Of the Japanese
native can only be realized by the trav-
eler In Japan. He is short, stocky and
blessed with muscles big enough for
a much taller man, and he Is conse-
quently able to do more work than
European of equal weight. The rural
letter carriers think nothing Of dis
tances for which we demand horses,
and in exceptional cases the rickishaw
man has been known to trot 40 miles
In a day, dragging his passenger. The
daily drills Of the soldiers include ath-
letic exercises too severe for the aver
age European soldier, such as running
up and down long flights Of stairs. 1t
Is not surprising, then, that their
troops should cover long distances,
and the reports of four successive days
Of 35, 25, 80 and Is miles of marching
are perfectly credible. They are re-
ported to have marched forty-eight
hours without food and with little rest,
and then to have fought we'll, though
captured men have dropped to sleep
instantly. Americans opened up this
land to Western civilization, and in
placing modern weapons in the hands
Of 50,000,000 of such bodies, guided
by such brains, we have supplied new
problems for the welt politik Of the
future to solve.
New York. April 6: Out Of the so
members Of the board Of directors Of
the Equitable Life Assurance society
SS assembled in the company's board
room this afternoon and after an. hour
and 80 minutes of discussion, in the
course Of which 1t Is understood the
whole Equitable controversy was gone
over, announcement was made that
those present unanimously had decid-
ed to adopt the two years mutuali-