Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-07

long been interested in the mining
business, expresses the opinion that
the gold discoveries in the Klondike
will prove the greatest in the worlds
history. He does not think the cli-
mate of Alaska is so bad as it has been
painted, and is of the opinion that the
rich finds in that territory will cause
prospectors in all parts of the country
to begin hunting for gold. Mines IN
California which were deserted years
ago are being re-worked, end success
fully, with improved modern appara-
tus, electrical and other kinds, Judge
Hilborn says, end he predicts that by
1900 more gold will be mined in Cali
fornia than was taken out in the gold
en- days when the state became famous.
Judge Hilborn, who is a Republican,
adds the opinion that the production
of gold for the next few years will be
so great as to cause its demonetiza-
ton.
Captain Shoemaker, chief of the
revenue cutter service at Washington,
has granted the request of P. B. Weare,
of Chicago, president of the North
American and Transportation compa-
ny, to assign cutter to accompany
the steamer Portland, laden with gold
dust from the Klondike, out of Behring
sea. Mr.. Weare cleared trouble" to
quote his telegram, and the treasury
department learned that there was
likelihood that the vessel would be
attacked by freebooters, with the in
tention of securing the gold, estimated
at S52,OOO,000 The department learn
ed from Mr.. Weare that the Portland
would leave St. Michael between Sep
tember 80 and October 10, and Captain
Shoemaker Immediately telegraphed
orders to Captain Hooper, command.
ing the Behring sea patrol, to detail the
cutter Bear for the duty, or, if the
Bear should not be available, to send
the cutter Rush. The orders were
sent to Seattle, and will leave there on
the steamer Cleveland, due to sail
August 5. Captain Hooper is at Un-
alaska.
- The steamer Belgrie, from Hong
Kong via Honolulu, brings advices
from Kobe to the effect that serious
riot occurred there on July II between
a number of sailors from the ships
Yorktown and Boston, and a mob Of
japanese coolies, says San Francisco
dispatch of Tuesday. The occasion
was ball game between a team from
the two warships and the European
nine Of Kobe. The row commenced
when coolie, having stolen a flask of
whisky from a bluejacket, was caught
and chastised by the latter. The local
police attempted 10 arrest the sailor;
but his shipmates refused t. give him
up and marched in body to restau.
rant, where they made stand and
defed the natives. An immense crowd
assembled and the attitude of the cool
les was decidedly menacing; but the
police made no effort to disperse the
mob, and the bluejackets determined
to fight their way through the mob to
the water front. Stones and other
missiles were exchanged, and when a
reinforcement came ashore some hours
later, the police dispersed the coolies,
and the sailors boarded their respect
i've ships without further molestation.
1t is believed, however, that more will
be heard of the incident in the near
future.
- DR.. D. n. Fraser, of New York, is
tired of reading what the field officers
h., Lott haf
the states. He wants the private SOL
dier to do some of the magazine writ.
ing. In this expressed preference DIR.
Fraser speaks for large element Of
the American reading public. 81 have
just finished reading one of General
Horace Porter's articles on Campaign
ing With Grant," says the New York
physician, "and while 1 found much
in it that was interesting and new, yet
there is something unsatisfying to me
in all of the literature on both sides.
They only touch the high places.
What crave to know about the war
is what the private soldier alone can
tell me. Generals only saw what the
world regards as its great and impor-
tant features. Historians view the
events that marked its progress
with a field glass that sweeps too broad
a space to be taken in single glance.
I want some of the brave fellows who
were in the trenches, expecting every
second to have their lives shot out, to
tell me some of the little incidents
that attended their experience. l
want to know from them how they
prepared their stout hearts for battle
when they learned from the move
ments of their officers that conflict
was near, how they felt and demeaned
themselves when the sky above them
was ablaze with shells and the ground
beneath their feet was trembling with
the roar and tumult Of battle"
-Gastonia Gazette: About three
weeks ago The Piedmont Headlight,
of Spartanburg, published an extreme
ly weird story purporting to come from
Adrian, Ga. 1t illustrates to what
sorry things some men will resort for
senSation's sake. The article was sent