Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-01

insured. Mrs. Carouna b. Martin was
her mother and Mrs. Snead and Miss
Wardlaw were her aunts.
"The cigarette is more harmful
than whisky and any young man OF
this university who expects to make
the track or football team had better
cut them cut now," said Joseph II.
Thompson, coach Of the football ana
track teams of the University Of Pitts
burg, the other day in inaugurating
crusade to stamp out the cigar7tte
among the student body. mo student
who has the welfare Of the teams ana
the university at heart will put temp
tation in the way Of others by induig-
ing in the tobacco habit" he continu-
ed. This declaration was made oel"re
the assembled students called 10 ols-
cuss plans whereby the young men
could give greater support and en-
couragement to the athletic teams OF
the university. Chancellor 5. b. NC
Cormick, and the faculty were present
and Immediately rallied to Coach
Thompson's support. Cigarette
smoking is one Of the most dangerous
habits there is today" he said. i
have not much to say against cigars,
for they are not as harmful as cigar
cites. But tobacco in any form is bad
for athletes"
New York, January 20: The lat
est bulletin from the Columbia uni
yersity astronomers on the subject OF
comet "A-1s10" calls attention to
the splitting Of its tail, which was first
reported in dispatches from the west
yesterday. The announcement says:
1.-THE splitting in the tails of comets
has been noticed before, but the causes
of the phenomenon are not definitely
known. It may be due to electrical
disturbances. The discovery OF sool-
um in the composition Of a comet Is
very unusual and the presence OF So
dunn may account for the unusual
brilliance Of the present visitor. Usu-
ally comets are composed Of hydro
carbons. What the present comet is,
what is its orbit and how great Is It's
velocity, can not yet be known. It's
visit was altogether unexpected. Pro-
fessor A. e. Douglas, observer at the
University of Arizona, reports that
Wednesday night the second tail was
noted branching off due south, with
the other pointing straight upward.
Professor Douglas estimated the
length of the double tail at 26 degrees,
the longest since the comet Of 1882.
Cherry, ILL.,, January 80: The little
mining town of Cherry is steeling it
self to undergo the ordeal OF exhuma-
ton that Is expected this week, follow
ing the promised unsealing tomorrow
or Tuesday of the st. Paul mine In
which the bodies Of more than zoo coal
miners have been entombed since No
vember 13, when fire caused the death
of some $50 men. A snow storm Is
blowing and the oxysen-helmetted men
have not arrived from the University
of Illinois, so the prospects tonight are
that the lid which has kept the mine
closed for two months will not be pried
off the shaft mouth before Tuesday.
AS 1t Is not certain that the fire In the
mine Is extinguished, nothing definite
toward the recovery of the bodies will
be planned until experts protected with
oxygen helmets have explored the
shaft. The condition Of the bodies Is
causing much concern, as are the en-
gineering problems attendant on un-
Gaping. the mine. 1t has been sug-
gested that much gruesomeness could
be avoided by destroying the corpses In
the mine galleries with chemicals.
This proposal, unoflcially made, has
met with bitter opposition from the
widows, mothers and children OF the
dead miners. They plead to be allowed
to look once more on the form Of be-
loved relative, to give that body a
Christian burial and to recover some
personal token. Tentative arrange
ments are in progress for burials. Men
have been engaged to dig a row OF
graves nearly quarter Of mile long.
Am interesting South American
character, type Of civilization that
has largely disappeared, died at Lima,
Peru, on Monday Of last week in the
person Of Gen. Miguel Iglesias, says
the Buffalo Express. He lived on an
estate Of 2,4OO square miles, which
had been in his family since 1874, or
within 40 years Of the date Of the con-
quest Of Peru by Pizarro. There were
20, 900 head of cattle on this estate
and a population Of about 1000 per-
sons, over whom Iglesias ruled, an alb
solute lord. He made and enforced
their laws, provided for their education
and moral welfare, and never had a
rebellion. Drunkenness on any day
but Easter Sunday was punishable by
fine of SIS. A wife-beater was punish
ed by a 50 fine. The fines collected
largely supported the schools. 1t was
the life Of the feudal lords Of Middle
Ages brought down into the twenti-
eth century. Gen. Iglesias took
prominent part in the government OF
the country, particularly at the time
of the war with Chilli. He was secre-
tary of the treasury and Of war when
hostilities began. He conducted the
defence of Lima in so determined a
manner as to win high commentator.
After the surrender he made his es-
cape and Immediately began efforts
to secure peace at any price. 1t was
through him mainly that treaty n
nally was concluded with the victor
ious Chilians. He was elected proVi-
sional president of the country, but his
rule was disputed by Gen. Andres Ca
ceres, who headed the party which
wished to continue the war. A civil
conflict between Iglesias and Caceres
resulted, in which Iglesias was defeat
ed. He retired for time to Europe,
but later returned to his estate, which
he rarely left thereafter, even to at
tend the sessions of the congress, OF
which he was a member. He was 81
years old when he died.