Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-30
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New YORK harDOr In June lSOf, Will
the result that 1000 eXcursionists lost
their lives, has been sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment The United
States government took the matter
I'D and prosecuted Van Schaick on the
charge of criminal negligence in fail
ing to have fire drills on his boat reg
ularly and in not having life preserv-
ers that were fit for service. The
Jury disagreed as to the life preserv-
ers but based their verdict on the
fire drills count of the indictment.
Grady Miller, the 16-year-old son
of DR.. R. L. Miller, Of Florala, Ala.'
was killed there last Thursday night
in a fight with a negro porter OF
Lakeview hotel. There are no satls-
factory particulars of the tragedy, as
nobody saw il. Shots were heard
outside the hotel and investigation
resulted in the finding Of Miller dead
and the negro in dying condltlon.
The negro lived long enough TO say
that he and Miller had fought pis-
tol duel, and that Miller was stu
dent at Wofford college, Spartanburg'
until a few weeks ago; but went home
because his parents were not able to
support him in school.
1t has come to be generally rec
ognized as a fact that the alcohol
habit is one of the main factors in
determining the length of life, says
Pearson's Magazine. Figures FUR
nished by insurance companies in
England show that the average life
of the total abstainer Is nine years
longer than that of the drinker, and
one Of our own concerns in the same
line of business, the Equitable, has
published a statement to the erect
that the death rate among 'moder-
ate" consumers Of liquor is % per
cent higher than among teetotalers.
Some of the companies on both sides
of the water, indeed, put abstainers
in a separate class among policy
holders, making them a special allow
ance of per cent or more on pre-
miums.
Boston Globe: But a few years
ago, as It sometimes seems, the war
ships of the Oregon class Of the navy
of the United States were hailed as
the most powerfully armed and ar
mored battle ships afioat. Among
them were the Massachusetts, and
the Indiana, sister vessels Of the Ore
hn nnSt
pass from the first to the second line
of defenders, and hereafter do duty
in home waters, having been super
seded by the more up-to-date type
of battle ship. This news will be re-
ceived by the American people with
sentimental regret, as they recall the
prowess of this magnificent vessel un-
der her splendid commander, Capt
Clarke, in the war of 1898 with Spain
The wonderful voyage of this battle
ship from the Pacific coast to Cuba,
and when the brilliant part which she
played in. the chase of the Spanish
squadron on its flight from Santiago
harbor, are imperishable parts of the
most glorious record of the American
navy.
Mrs. Clara Hay widow of John
Hay, has received a memorial ad-
dress, signed by 1858 Jews in Amer
lea and Great Britain, commencing
the services Of the late secretary of
state in behalf of the Hebrew people,
says the Boston Transcript. The ad-
dress in part says: "In the pressure
and stress of this busy age even the
greatest benefactors Of mankind are
forgotten, but Israel, who has suffer-
ed through the long centuries, never
fails to remember deeds of kindness
and righteousness wrought in her be-
half. Therefore the Kaddish prayer,
which sixty rabbis recited in Cleve-
land in honor Of the memory Of John
Hay on July 8, 1905, while his NOR
tai remains were being borne to their
last resting-place, will be permanently
adopted by the synagogues, both in
this country and beyond the seas, as
a part of our divine service on our
days of judgment and atonement,
when according to the teachings OF
our faith, the books of accounts
are open before the Lord"
THE Canadian Pacific Short Line
is to be subjected to a big transpor-
tation test by the government. In
consequence of the new alliance with
Japan, in which both nations pledge
themselves to support each other in
case of an attack, even though 1t be
single handed, the British govern
ment has decided to discover in just
how little time it could send con-
siderable body of men from the shores
of Great Britain to Queen Charlotte
Island, which lies to the north of
Vancouver. Up to the present the
plan has been closely guarded in the
admiralty. The scheme is to call
upon the Canadian Pacific railway to
transport 10000 marines and sailors
with boats and all equipment from
New England to Vancouver and then
by coasting vessels to Queen Char
lotte Island This will involve the
chartering of extra vessels and run
ming twenty trains, each loaded with
500 men and camp equipment across
the continent. The experiment will
take place in about two months. AS
the terminus Of the Grand Trunk Pa
cific will be on the coast somewhere
inside the Charlotte group of islands
the assumped strategic value Is of
great Importance to Great Britain.
Norman Hapgood, editor of Col
lier's Weekly, has been acquitted OF
the charge of criminal libel brought
against him by City Magistrate Deuel.,
because of the publication in Golfers
Weekly of paragraphs commenting
upon Deuel's connection with Town
Topics, a very dirty publication of
New York 1t developed at the trial
that Town Topics was published prin-
cipally for the purpose of blackmail-
ing rich people in New York and
throughout the country. The editors
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