Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-02

deciding upon this action the society
adopted a resolution giving as a rea-
son therefor that peculiar circum-
stances attended the tragedy and that
Hasty is a resident and property own
er Of the town in which the shooting
occurred.
The government is about to make
another effort to establish a light
house at Diamond shoals, off Cape
Hatteras, the most dangerous point
along the Atlantic coast. There have
been numerous efforts to light this
place by different expedients, but all
have proved temporary. The latest
plan is to construct lighthouse afloat,
tow 1t to a point on Diamond Shoals
and sink the base to the bottom in
the hope that it will be anchored
into position by the shifting sands.
The lighthouse is to be constructed
by Albert F. Eells, who is backed
by a Boston engineering firm. The
government Is to pay a good price
for the work; but the payment is to
be conditional on the substantial
character Of it. So much will be
paid each year for number Of years,
and II the structure remains in po-
sition for the time agreed upon, then
the balance will be paid.
Washington Star: According to
the officers Of the steamer Harry
Randall, Captain Bailey Reed, mas
ter Of the steamer, made remark
able shot with a rifle Tuesday evening
last. on Smiths. wharf large flock
Of wild geese were rising and they
flew a few hundred yards and set
tied in the water about a hundred
yards ahead Of the steamer and di-
rectly in her course. AS the steamer
neared them they arose the second
time and as they did so Capt. Reed
fired. To the surprise Of every one
three birds fell, two dead and one so
crippled that it could not get away.
The birds were captured by the men
on the steamer, and it was found
that the ball had taken the top Of
one birds head, gone through the
neck Of another and had broken the
wing of the third. The shot is vouch-
ed for by several Of the passengers
who saw it. The birds were served
for dinner at the officers mess aboard
the steamer.
New York, Jan. /: The advent Of
the new year was the occasion last
night Of the usual noisy demonstra-
ton throughout the city Of New York.
The fact that New Years eve fell on
Sunday night did not dampen the ar
dor OF thousands of people who pa
raded the streets blowing great tin
horns, ringing bells Of all descrip-
tions, and finally, with the coming Of
midnight, resorting to all sorts Of
methods for the production Of noise.
The chimes of Old Trinity brought to
lower Broadway and Wall street the
greatest throngs of New Year merry
makers. For years the bells Of this
historic church have been rung as the
signal of new years birth. In the
theatre and restaurant districts Of up
per Broadway the crowds on the
streets, Sunday night concerts and In
the cafes was the largest in years On
the uptown streets many merrymak-
ers in carnival spirit INDUCED in con-
fetti battles. Everywhere there was
spirit of revelry and the New Years
welcome was as noisy as New York
ers know how to make it.
A unique series of combination
national bank bills was printed few
days ago at the bureau Of engraving
and printing, which is being called
jocularly 'the new six-dollar bills"
among the employees of the bureau.
A plate maker by mistake issued to
a printer a plate for one side of
one-dollar bill and plate for one
side of five-dollar bill. The work
went on all right for about an hour
when the girl who assisted the print
er in washing the plates after each
printed called for 81 on one side and
IS on the other, and she gave a
shrek that stopped every press in
the room and sent cold chills running
thought that some accident had hap
pened and some one was hurt. One
hundred sheets of bills had been
printed and these were duly burned,
n q oh nA hxy
affidavits that are now snugly on file
in the archives of the treasury de-
partment.
Despite the improvement in the
relations of France and Germany oc-
casioned by the submission of the
Moroccan controversy to a confer
ence, says a Paris cable of Sunday,
there is a distinct revival of war ru-
mors and q considerable element Of
the people and a number Of journals
are maintainging that war between
France and Germany is inevitable.
Some of these reports are taking an
exaggerated form, but they all tend to
stimulate the public apprehension
The agitation has produced two dis
tinct elements, one holding that
neither Of the governments desire
war, and will make the necessary
concessions to avoid it, and the other
insisted that Germany has latest de-
signs. and that France is surely be-
ing drawn toward a conflict. The
pessimistic element just now is up
permost, and it's sentiment is reflected
in a series of alarmist reports. Much
of the feeling of apprehension is at
tributed TO the precautionary meas
ures Of the minister of war and ma
rine are taking which are not so
much because of expectation of war,
as of a desire to have these services
in a suitable state of preparedness
should the former strained situation
again prevail. Members of the di-
plomatic corps who made inquiries,
found that preparations were going
on systematically. and that consid-
cradle forces were being massed to-
ward the frontier, but that nothing in