Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-22

New York, February 20: "Ty-
phoid Mary" whose real name is
withheld at the request Of the New
York health authorities, is free wo-
man again today. after having been
confined in city hospitals off and on
for three years, because physicians
said that she was a living receptacle
for typhoid germs and menace to
public health. She Is a cook and Is
considered particularly dangerous In
that capacity as likely to transmit
disease, but with the understanding
that she Is to cook no more, Health
Commissioner Lederle announced to-
day that the department had decided
to release her. The case is unique In
medical circles. After repeated cases
of typhoid were discovered in families
for whom the woman cooked, the au-
thorities made an investigation which
resulted in her detention on the theo-
~ that she was a walking reservoir
for typhoid germs, harmless to her
self, but easily communicated to
others.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has just issued figures relating
to railroad accidents, due to coupling
and uncoupling cars, showing the
beneficial results of the operation of
the safety appliance law. The figures
show that in 1898 the number Of men
employed in coupling and uncoupling
cars in the United States was $40 for
each man killed in the service, while
in 1908, the number employed for
each man killed was 9S2, an increase
In the factor Of safety amounting to
1876 per cent. The number en-
ployed for each man injured in the
coupling Of cars in 1898 was thirteen,
while in 1908 the number was sixty
two, an increase in the factor of safety
so far as injuries are concerned, OF
1852 per cent. The number killed
for each thousand employed in 1898
was three, and but one in 1908, show
ing a decrease in the hazard Of rail-
road employment amounting to 66.67
per cent. The number injured for
each thousand employed in the SER
vice in 1893 was seventy-seven; In
1908 1t was sixteen, a decrease in this
hazard amounting to 1922 per cent.
The department has issued tables on
railroad accidents from all causes and
in this report shows that while deaths
and injuries to trainmen In all acci-
dents, other than coupling, have
steadily increased, the deaths and in
juries to trainmen from coupling ac-
cidents have progressively decreased.
Washington, February 20: Her
imperial highness, the American wo-
man, is wearing more and more silk
every year and more than ever Is she
wearing American made silk In pref
erence to the manufacturers Of foreign
lands. Certainly the foils of Uncle
Sans domain can successfully COM
pete with their sisters Of other nations
in the matter Of being the best silken
clad women on earth, for during last
year it is estimated by the United
States government officials the value
of silk used by the country was ap-
proximately s165,O00,o00. OF this
enormous sum $132,000,000 repre-
sents the value of home-manufactured
silk used in the United States, the bal
ance, $33,000,000. being the value of
silk imported into the country during
the year. manufactured silk i'm
ports made their highest record in the
history Of the nation In 1909, their to-
tai value having been $75,500, 900,
against $73,000,000 in 1907, the
previous high value record, while the
quantity imported in 1909 exceeded
that Of 1907 by over 40 per cent. Re-
markable has been the growth of the
American silk industry. Raw silk
imported in 1870 amounted to 73S,3S1
pounds. The figures for 1909 were
$4,000, 900 pounds. Measured by value, |
the growth has been from $4,000,000 |
in 1870 to $75,000,000 in 1909. In
the same period the average price a
pound Of raw silk decreased from |
$5.25 to $3.50, or 81 per cent. The
rapid growth Of importations Of raw
silk is in marked contrast with the al |
most stationary importations Of silk |
manufactured. In the period from
1870 to 1909 the value Of raw silk i'm |
portations increased $70,000,000, or
more than 16-fold, while the manu- |
featured silk importations increased
only s5,600,00O, or but 21 per cent.
In an address before an immense
audience Of young women at the |
George Washington Memorial meeting |
in Washington, last Friday afternoon,
President Taft told them it was fool
ish for women to want to vote in the |
District Of Columbia. The meeting was
held to emphasize the project for build |
ing an immense memorial hall named
after the first president, and Senators |
Lodge and Burton and Justice Harlan |
of the supreme court also made ad-
dresses. Tine president endorsed the
project and ventured to say that if pri- |
vate generosity would not be sufficient
for it's building, congress might be
tried, but the president seemed to be |
specially hopeful when he mentioned
congress. He did remark, however, |
that If hall was built, he hoped it |
would be large enough to hold the in
augural ball and strong enough to
withstand the blizzard which was like |
ly to go with it, having reference to
the storm Of March 4, last. When the
president referred to the suffragettes a
litter went over the audience. He said
in reference to them: Il know, there
are some who live in this city and
think that in some way or other 1t has
a local quality, that they being free
born American citizens, ought to have
an opportunity to vote. l don't sym
pathize with that feeling at all If
they want to vote, they ought to move
over to Maryland or Cincinnati or to
some other good place. They ought
to understand that by living in Wash
ington they are enjoying a privilege
which Is furnished to them at the ex-
pense of the entire nation and that
they are living in the capital city which
is under the care, control and the
direction of all the people of the Unit
ed states, through their representatives
in the house, and that subservient
body, the senate of the United States.