Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-10-09
Scraps and faets.

clean and the little scavengers have
nothing to live on.
- Twenty of the thirty wire nail
manufacturers of the United States
are making an effort to consolidate
into one big corporation with head
quarters at Chicago. The plan of the
combination is not in the form of d
trust but in the form of company,
and the combined capital will amount
to something like $5O,OOO,O0o. The
mills which are likely to be included,
are located in Illinois, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Mis-
souri,.
- The old controversy between the
United States and Great Britain about
the protection of seals in the Behring
sea, is still on between the diplomatic
representatives of the two countries
lin Washington and London. The
main question now to the fore is
contention on the part of the United
States that Russia and Japan shall be
admitted as parties to the controversy.
The understanding is that The interests
and prejudices of these two countries
are identical with those of the United
States. Great Britain, however, holds
that Russia and Japan are not sufti-
ciently interested to warrant their be-
ing brought into the controversy with
full voices, and so, at present, the
matter seems to be tied up.
- The condition Of the pope contin-
ues grave, says a Rome cable of the
I'd instant. He seems to be growing
rapidly weaker, and often sinks into
fainting spells, from which it is difficult
to arouse him. For the past two years
the pope's health has been far from
good. AT times he has shown signs Of
weakness, but he has rallied under the
great efforts of the Vatican physicians.
The doctors have insisted on the pope,
who is 81 years old, leaving the bulk
of his work to be done by secretaries ;
but this advice he has disregarded, be.
lieving that hard work, careful diet,
and as much exercise as he could
stand, were as beneficial as rest. The
pope's death in the near future is now
REGARDED as so near probability that
the cardinals are already discussing
his successor. Cardinal Satolli, who
was a former delegate from the pope
to the Catholic church in the United
States, is being named as his possible
successor.
- There are all kinds Of fakirs and
fake stories going the rounds. Maybe
the man here mentioned is fakir and
the story fake but all the same it is
interesting. Sometime back, it was
stated in the newspapers that DR.. Ste
phens H. Emmons, of Washington, had
discovered the means whereby he could
manufacture gold out of silver. He
claimed that in certain particulars the
two metals were exactly the same, and
that he had solved the problem where
by he could convert silver into gold at
about half the cost of the latter metal.
Nothing has been heard of the matter
for a month or two, until last week,
when a Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Inter Ocean quoted DIR.
Emmons as saying that since August
l3, the director of the mint has pur-
chased from him, at mint prices, $4,000
worth of gold that he had made out
of silver. The doctor also went on to
say that he has his arrangements in
good shape now, and before many
more weeks, he will be in position to
turn into the treasury $4,000 ounce OF
gold month.
- There is campaign on in New
York city, which is second in impor-
tance only to that which precedes a
national election. 1t is for the mayor
alty of Greater New York. Up to this
time there are four candidates in the
field carrying the standards of four
different parties. They are Robert A.
Van.Wyck, nominated by the Tamma-
ny Democracy; Seth Low, nominated
by the Citizens Union General B. F.
Tracy, nominated by the straight Re,
publicans and Henry George, nomi-
mated by the United Democracy. All
of the candidates, of course, expect to
win but who will get there is problem
atical. The most interesting person
ality in the race, however, is Henry
George. He is running on the straight
Democratic platform, free coinage Of
silver and all. This is against him
with a vast element of New York's
voters. As an independent candidate
for mayor, some years ago, he polled
6S, 900 votes, and it is believed that he
was really elected, but was counted
out. He is universally recognized as
a brainy statesman of the highest
principles and thoroughly honest. He
has very strong following among the
laboring classes, and in view Of the
fact that the vote of the city promises
to be very much cut up among the
other candidates, there seems to be
possibility of his election.
A New Orleans correspondent of
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat tells
how the yellow fever got into New
Orleans. New Orleans, he says, has
one of the most expensive and effect
i've quarantine systems in the world.
By careful surveillance, frequent fumi-