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Show oo Whisky Steamer Is Taken by Government NEW YORK. Feb. 4. The Black Star steamship Yarmouth which sailed for Havana last month with a S4.S00,-, S4.S00,-, 000 cargo of whisky only to put back I for repairs, was seized by the govern-! govern-! monl. Federal prohibition inspector Shevlin formerly notified the captain i that he would begin unloading tho j liquor for storage in bonded warehouses. ware-houses. Counsel for the owners, a corporation corpora-tion composed of negroes, announced they would apply to the federal court for an injunction restraining Shevlin from interfering with tho ship or its cargo. A guard of 15 prohibition agents has been on board since workmen work-men recently were discovered trying to make off from the vessel in a sniall boat with fifty six bottles of whisky. an |