Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-18
Scraps and Gaets.


der of their comrades. There have
been numerous stories of threats to
dynamite the militia and to burn
property, ETC., and two or three smart
detectives have reported that they
have gotten information of the storing
of large quantities Of explosives. But
investigations of these reports and
stories have invariably developed that
they are without foundation.
Washington correspondence Louis.
Vile Post The first whisky bearing
the new government stamp showing
the age of the contents of the bottle
has Just been received here. Hereto
fore unless man purchased the Cana
dian article he has had to depend on
the word of his barkeeper for the age
of the liquor. 1t has been said that
an occasional barkeeper, during the
rush consequent upon hot summers
day, became forgetful, and unthink-
ingly added several or more years to
the age of his whisky. This is now
rendered impossible because of the
government stamp. When such q
stamp states the contents of the bot
tie are ten years old the purchaser can
gamble on the truth of the statement.
The steamer Excelsior arrived at
San Francisco, last Wednesday, from
St. Michaels, Alaska, with some 63
miners returning from the Klondike.
The miners brought back with them
gold to the amount of about $780,.
600. They report that there are now
about 1000 people at Dawson City
and more are swarming in every day.
They also say that the Klondike re-
gion is richer in gold even than was at
first supposed; but that supplies are
already scarce in Dawson City, and
there is danger of suffering, if not Of
actual starvation. Some of the. re-
turning miners had but little, if any,
gold; but came back only because
they were afraid to risk the trials Of
the coming winter.
- The yellow fever situation down
in Mississippi and Louisiana is
growing more alarming daily. A
large number of new cases have been
reported in New Orleans, and, on
Wednesday, the fever broke out in
Jackson, Miss. This created great ex-
citement in surrounding towns, and
Yazoo City, Miss, Immediately issued
orders for the enforcement of "shot-
gun" quarantine. Men armed to the
teeth have been stationed along the
various roads leading into the town,
and with instructions to let nobody
pass. The fears of the people have
been excited to an extraordinary de-
gree, and most of the towns and cities
in the danger belt, are in state bor-
dering on panic.
Anderson Peoples Advocate
That deficit in the U. S. treasury that
we beard so much about last year is
still here. The Republicans almost
had spasms over that deficit last year,
and said that it was dangerous, as it
was the cause of the gold leaving the
country, and led to raids upon that
precious gold reserve and caused the
issue of bonds. They promised to
remedy all this. They said the Will
SON. German bill was the cause of it
all and they proposed to put more rev.
enue in the treasury by putting on
higher tariff. They have had the
Dingley high tariff that was to work
such wonderful transformation in
the revenues in operation for about
two months and as revenue producer
it is an egregious failure. The daily
expenditures of the 'vernment are
twice as much as its daily receipts.
- The statistics of the loss of human
life and cattle by wild animals and
yenomous snakes in th> Central Prov
inces of India have be issued. AL
though the totals show some decrease
from those of last year, the number Of
deaths is appalling. Snakes killed j.
1873 persons last year, and wild ami
mails 291. The number of cattle
slaughtered was 1851. The man eat
ing propensities of the Tiger seem to be
on the increase, although 1923 of them
were killed during the twelve months.
Each mun-eating tiger seems to be
able to dispose OF considerable num-
Der of human beings 10 the course Of
year. 1t is reported that the killing
of one man-eating tigress brought
down the number of persons killed in
the district from 22to3 Wolves, also,
have become so destructive that spe.
cial reward has been offered for their
skins.
- The battleship Texas has been or.
dered to sail from Hampton Roads for
the New York navy yards, to be dock
ed on the 25th inst. Acting Secretary
Roosevelt has ordered that on the way
north the big 12-inch rifles in both tur-
rets be fired across the deck Of the
ship. This never has been done, and
Mr.. Roosevelt regards it as expedient
to settle at once all doubt that may ex
ist as to the ability of the ship to re-
sist this severe strain, which is one
that may be imposed in battle. The
turrets are arranged diagonally, with
the purpose of enabling all of the guns
to be fired either fore an aft or across
the decks. The fore and aft fire has
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