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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-16
VAGARIES Of FORTUNE.
Klondike Millionaire Returns to Pick and
Shovel.

Klondike Millionaire Returns to Pick and
Shovel.
Alexander Mcdonald, king of the
Klondike, has failed, says San Fran
cisco dispatch of August II. His
liabilities are estimated at $4,000, 900.
His assets are of uncertain value.
After knowing for two years what il
is to be millionaire many times over
he has shouldered his pick, and with.
out complaining, has started again as
poor miner, leaving his wife in
Dawson with a score of creditors fol-
whose benefit all his interests, both
mining and trading, have been as
signed.
In his formal declaration of insol'
vency filed at Dawson July 29th, Nc
Donald states his liabilities to be ap'
proximately $6,OO0,OO0, while there is
no way of fully computing his assets,
as his investments are of largely pro-
blematic value. AS they have to be
sacrificed, Mcdonald himself says
there will not be enough to 60 around,
although he believes their ultimate
value will prove $2O,O00,000 at least.
He is not at all disheartened at his
change of fortune. Indeed he appears
relieved.
"It's too much worry" he declares,
"to be millionaire"
Mcdonald was one of the first, as
we'll as one of the most fortunate, OF
the Knondike pioneers.
His bride, an English girl, almost 20
years his junior, looks at the situation
with philosophical fortitude. She says
she is quite satisfied so long as he
keeps his health and courage.
When Mcdonald married Margaret
Chisholm, in London, February 9Th,
1899, his wealth was variously esti'
mated from $1O,0OO,OO0 to FIVE times
that sum. Mcdonald passed through
Tacoma last October en- route from
Dawson City to London, and it was
stated then in various dispatches that
he carried with him for expense money
fully 100000, 1t was also related
by the press that four years ago he
passed through Tacoma practically
peniless, headed for the Klondike, with
the avowed purpose of "pulling out
his stake"
When McDodald went 10 England a
few months ago to organize syndicate
to control the transportation and pro-
vision business of the far north, he
left his business in the hands of incom'
petent agents. On his return creditors
made demands which he could not
meet. Before going to the Klondike
Mcdonald prospected in Colorado.
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don, alone and without notice, unless

don, alone and without notice, unless
carried away by force or cunning, the
victim Of some motive and of some per-
sons as to whose identity We can only
guessf"
"As to going alone, said Borofsky,
"others may easily have escorted him
to the frontier and handed him over to
a second batch Of escorters. It is suf1-
cient that this man was the count.
Everything points to it. The rest we
shall learn when your friend shall have
found out for Us his whereabouts.
As a matter Of fact Percy had scarce
II been week away when one evening,
to our intense excitement, we received
a telegram laconically worded as fol-
lows:
think I've got him. Will wire again pres
emily. PERCY
tn RE CONTINUED,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-16
LINE SWERVED BY A GRAVE.

Missouri Woman Persuaded a Bluff Engt-
neer to "Move His Road Over"
From the Philadelphia Call.
The engineer who lays out a rail.
road dislikes to move stake when 1t
has once been driven.
Once, when the present chief en-
pineer of a western railroad was 10.
eating line in Missouri, he was asked
to change the stakes and refused. Af'
ter the stakes had been set, a young,
unshaven man appeared and asked
that the road be "moved over Bit"
"The road cannot be changed, "
promptly returned the engineer; "this
is the best place for it,"
The man went into house, got a
rifle, came out, and pulled up the
stakes. The indignant engineer started
toward him; but was intercepted by
an elderly woman.
"Can't you move your road over a
little piece, mister?" she asked.
81 don't see why I should" respon.
ded the engineer. "My business is to
locate the line, and you can call on
the company for damages. What
does that young blackguard mean by
sitting there on stump with gun p
he angrily demanded.
"That's Nip, he amt no blackguard
That's Nip, my son."
"Well, I'll nip him if he gets funny
Oh, no, you won't. l amt afraid o
that" said the woman. "What come
over me when l seen you starting fol
Nip was that p'r'aps you had moth
er, and how bad she'd feel to have you
come home that way"
"What way?"
"Well, if you persist in driving then
stakes there you'll 60 home dead"
"Look here, do you think I'm to be
bluffed by that rutfian ?"
"Nip amt no rufiian," said the wo
man. "You see, we've always lived
here-Nip was born here-and wher
the guerrillas came an called out paw
an shot him, we buried him where he
fell, an we've always kept it as
reservation, an Nip, he's determined
you sha'n't disturb it, that's ALL"
"Then you don't object to the rail
road ?"
"Lord O. mercy, no! We want th'
road; but we don't want you to disturb
paws grave"
"Come," said the engineer, "let's g
and see Nip"
"When they came up to the stuml
the big engineer held out his hand
Nip took it but kept his eye on th'
stranger.
"Here it is," said the woman, touch
ing low stone lightly with his foot.
II see," said the engineer. awe
can miss that easy enough"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-16
CHAPTER VII.
THE COUNT REPORTED FOUND.


1t is impossible, suppose, to witness
the enthusiastic confidence of another
in the correctness of his own reading OF
a mystery without. in some measure,
becoming infected. Ibid not agree with
my young detective. could not per-
suade myself that my dear father,
whom loved and respected with all my
heart, could possibly be in London and
enjoying. as was obviously the case, at
least certain degree of liberty, with
out using that liberty to write or wire
to his wife in order to relieve the anx-
iety from which he must know che
would be suffering 1t would not be like
father Why should he do it2
because. said Borofsky, in effect,
.'he hasn't. He has written, and the let
ter has miscarried or has been inter
cepted. "
"By whom2" l asked.
Borofsky shrugged his shoulders.
"If we knew that. he said. "there
would no longer be any mystery. II
may have simply miscarried. The chap,
ter of accidents is long one in Russia,
as you know. and must always be reck,
oned with.
"But we can't get over the fact that
Percy saw this man in London and said
that, though he looked like father, be
was dressed $3.50 funnily, and in fact
to put it quite plainly-that he look
ed downright bounder, which my dear
father could never possibly dol"
"Disguises do wonders' said Borof-
sky, struggling his shoulders
"But why should he be disguisedf ?
persisted.
"Why has he gone away2 Why has
all this happened, and howa Tell me
that. and I'll tell you the restl' laughed
Borofsky Enough that we have a
good scent here. and, besides, another
old trail that may one day be taken up
again at Erinofka.
All this certainly deeply interested If
it did net actually convince me that
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ment shows that by October 22d there
will be at Manila, or on the way to
the Philippines, $4,000 men. They
will reach the islands before the be-
ginning of the dry season. The troops
to be sent from this country are 10
regiments of volunteers, amounting to
13, 900 men; recruits for skeleton reg
iments organized in the Philippines,
1000; recruits for regulars, $500 !;
eight troops Third cavalry, s65; ma
rines, 400.
Beginning tomorrow and up to Oc-
tober %, there will sail from the Pa
ci6c coast II transports, with a carry
ing capacity of 693 officers and 1880
men, which will include nearly all the
organizations above named.
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ANOTHER ALGER CRIME.-An o

ANOTHER ALGER CRIME.-An old
story comes from Atlanta by way OF
Chicago. 1t is to the effect that May
or Woodward, of Atlanta, also is try
ing to lay his burden upon the shoul,
ders of ex-Secretary Alger. "For %
years." said the Atlanta mayor, &C,
cording to this story, ~ did not let a
drop pass my lips" But when the
president and party visited Atlanta,
the mayor was compelled to sit at the
banquet table with the city's guests.
"Seated at the big round table," he
says, "with Secretary Ager on one
side and General Shafter sitting in
front of me, my enthusiasm got the
better of my discretion. And the up
shot was, the mayor got drunk.-Sa-
vannah Morning News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-16
EX-SLAVE PENSION HUMBUG.
The Postof1ce Department Running Down
the Frauds

The Postof1ce Department Running Down
| the Frauds
Washington Correspondence OF The News
| and Courier.
At last the postofice department
has decided to put stop to the sys-
tematic robbery of ignorant colored
people by gang of schemers, who
claim they can secure pensions for all
former slaves. The plan is to exact
from every colored person, who was
formerly slave, the sum of 25 cents,
as "registration fee." The promise
is given that the money thus collected
will be used to promote the passage
of a pension bill which will give every
ex-slave several hundred dollars when
the bill passes.
There are at least three of these asso-
Citations doing business among the col.
ored people all over the country, and
in spite of the fact that the ignorant
colored people have been warned
against these swindlers, the poor de-
luded creatures persist in giving up
their hard earned quarters under the
impressive eloquence of the promoters
of the swindle and their confederates.
The Ex.Slave Mutual Benefit and
Pension association, with headquarters
at Nashville, Tennessee, was exposed
in these dispatches several months ago,
upon information furnished by Unit.
ed States senator, who was appealed
to by some of his celored constituents
for information as to the possibility of
the passage of such law.
At that time the attention of the
postffice department was drawn to the
subject, and since then careful in
vestigation of the scheme has been in
progress by postoffice inspectors.
Acting Assistant Attorney General
Barrett has made thorough investi-
CATION of one of these organizations,
which is managed by Isaac L. Walton,
of Madison, Ark, and as result the
postofice department today issued an
order forbidding the delivery of all
mail addressed to Walton, to the Ex-
Slave Petitioners Assembly and to the
Ex-Slave Assembly, on the ground
that they are operating through the
mails scheme devised for obtaining
money under false and fraudulent pre-
tences.
The object of the Ex-Slave Peti-
TONERS Assembly is stated in its cir
culars to be to petition congress to
pass law granting pensions to former
slaves. Persons who desire to become
members of this organization are re-
quired to make a first remittance of
25 cents, and it appears from the in
formation obtained by the postal au-
thorities that 1881 former slaves
have remitted that amount to Walton.
In addition to contributing fees to the
assembly for an alleged newspaper,
published by Walton, called "The Ex-
Slave Assembly," which is the organ
of the organization, and for which he
charged 81 per year.
This Arkansas organization is only
one of three or more similar concerns,
with headquarters at various places
throughout the southern states, and it
is the intention of the officials of the
postofice department to investigate all
the others. If it can be shown, as
clearly as it was in Walton's case, that
the business is fraudulent the mail of
all of them will be stopped. -.
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THE STALEST BREAD.

Baked In August, A. ID. 10, the Germs
Dyspepsia Are Probably All Out Of 1t.
From the London Daily Mail.
Sufferers from indigestion are ad
vised to eat stale bread, the staler the
better, they are told. There is in the
museum at Naples some bread which
ought to be stale 'uough for anybody
1t was baked one day in August, Is
A. D., in one of the curious ovens still
to be seen at Pompeii. More than Il
centuries, therefore, have elapsed since
it was drawn "all hot" and indigesta
BILE from the oven. So it may claim te
be the oldest bread in the world. You
may see it in a glass case on the upper
floor of the museum. There are sew
eral loaves of it, one still bearing the
impress of the bakers name.
In shape and size they resemble the
small cottage loaves of England ; but
not in appearance, for they are as
black as charcoal, which, in fact, they
closely resembled. This was lot theil
original color; but they have become
carbonized, and if eaten would proba.
bly remind one of charcoal biscuits
When new they may have weighed
about a couple of pounds each, and
were most likely raised with leaven
as is most of the bread in Oriental
countries at the present time.
The popular idea that Pompeii was
destroyed by lava is a fallacious one
If lava stream had descended upon
the city the bread and everything in
the place would have been utterly de.
stroyed. Pompeii was really buried
under ashes and fine cinders, called by
the Italians lapilli. On that dreadful
day in August, when the great erup
ton of Vesuvius took place, showers
of fine ashes fell upon the doomed
city, then showers of lapilli, ther
more ashes, and more lapilli, unit
Pompeii was covered over to a depth
of Is and even 20 feet.
Other combdstibles besides the breao
were preserved, and may now be seer
in the same room in the museum
There are various kinds of grain
fruit, vegetables and even pieces o
meat. Most interesting is dish o
walnuts, some cracked ready for eating
others whole. Though carbonized
| like all the other eatables, they have
preserved their characteristic wrinkle!
and lines.
There are figs, too, and pears, th'
former rather shriveled, as one woult
expect after all these years, the latte
certainly no longer 'juicy." But per
haps the most interesting relic in tn
room is a honeycomb, every cell o
which can be distinctly made out. l
is so well-preserved that it is hard t
realize that the comb is no longer wa!
nor the honey honey.
A piece of comb seems to have bee'
cut out, and one can imagine som'
young Pompeiian having helped him
self to it and sitting down to eat it
when he had to jump up and fly TO
bis life. One cannot help wondering
what became of the piece-whether tn
Young fellow took it with him and ate
lit as he ran, or whether he left it Of
bis plate, intending to return for
when the eruption was over.
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MAKE Your OWN PERFUME.-You
can easily make a delicious violet per-
fume for yourself by putting half an
ounce of orris root, broken into small
pieces, in a bottle with two ounces OF
alcohol. Add to this bunch OF new
ly picked violets, cork the bottle tight
ly and shake well. After it has been
standing four or five days, few
drops on the handkerchief will leave
the scent of fresh violets. Appropos
of perfume is the laundering of fine
linen and silk handkerchiefs. TO OBJ
tain the best results, wash them in salt
and water and iron while damp, under
a thin cloth, wet with perfume.
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He moved q mile of road. From
that day forward until the road was
finished, and long after, the widows
home was the stopping place for the
engineer.
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A PHILIPPINE ARMY.-AWashing-
ton dispatch of Monday says: A
statement prepared at the war depart
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THE MYSTERY OF
COUNT LANDR|N0F
By FRED WHISHAW.

copyrlght. 1899 by the American Press Association
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-04
SSH SAID MIR. BARRIE.

Sir Thomas Upton and his party ola not come up
10 the city last night The Fifth Avenue Hotel
which IS looked upon rs the headquarters OF the
English yachting delegation, showed no abnormal
activity. David Barrie Sir Thomas Lpton's repre-
sentative was I'm the hotel In the evening. and
I'm response 20 an inquiry as to how he considered
the days SAL had resulted he said:
we think We made good showing
'Do you think the Shamrock proved herself bet
fer boat than the Columbia" was asked.
SSH said Mr. Barrie
What do you think Of the relative merits Of the
yachts as proved by the days race was asked.
SSH" said Mr.. Barrie
81 will say this however" said Mr.. Barrie. Sir
Thomas IS much pleased with the days work.
He f. highly satisfied with the treatment he received
and has nothing but praise for the way he was
treated by the committee and the excursion boats.
lie received fair and just treatment every" here
ana an he wants IS hat the best boat wins
bnrIrg that mis- boat IS the best. The race to-day
he r~erefs was not conclusive. Any one can deduct
What they wish from the race A. II stands The
conditions are as clear 10 you as 10 any one else
7 here is nothing more 10 say $500 49,,
There many people arothl the H1iri, uHt
there was little yacht talk. and only desultory
interest seemed 20 be taken In the race.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-04

caterer Of the passengers was heard W So
How do you pronounce the name OF this oos,'
"Per-see-us" another replied. placing strons
accent the second syllable.
NO. It isn't" said another. MS Persue-us. am
1t means 10 follow. and that s what we are doihk'
Just then the captain put his head out AT INC
door Of the pilot house and said: ~ some OF 20,
viii sit on the other side Of the boat instead ~,
all on one side both paddle wheels Will Work arc
We get down there"
Some OF the people wen: over 10 the other sine
and the boat arrived. I'ere i 20 be ne"
caterer tomorrow. or else the same one VIII -
hit with something hard .gh 70 knock MN
sensible. and there will be better boat for SEEING
the race than the lfrscus and mo- better hosts ths
~ officers and the mbers OK the Riverside fach'
Among those on board were the commodore Of
tie club. Gtoig' q. Tyson. toe members or the
committee IN charge ~ the beat. Edwin blnhey'
{. /. Pierce and Frank BOVINE Jones, eH-'omno-
dore Charles +. D.cfenfhaler. Rear commodore
{. T. Pierce Miss Alice Rogers Vice Commodore
frederick Gerken. Walter Luke. jr Mr.. and Mr.
FREDERICK Beltz, II. T. D0rcmus L. r. hlhergcr,
J.. C. hart, +. burton Hart. jr.. . j. Bradisn. nj.
and Mrs Guy u. Peck. NIX Wessniorch. w. -.
outwattr. Charles Simons George T.. Garland,
u T. Marshall. Jacob Noornis. John Noorhis j.
M,Wiliams George r.. Nichols. Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred P,ats. Miss "Opens. Mss Marshall. Miss y.
Squier. T.. : Wheeler Miss Murphy. j. H. Down
INK John h Mckee. T.. VI Mcclellan. Milton
Dercmus. John Dor"mus. Mr. and Nh. vs.. j Tay-
Tor. : 4 Taylor the Misses Taylor. G.. II. Merritt
ers. Mr. and Mr.. Cuzzens. Abncr Morse. A i.
Prescott Edward Prescott. Or Douglas Or.
Eng ehardt. George T. Garland Dr. ! 4. White.
J W. Grant. J.. @. Even. Miss Ethel Gilbert. X X
My Wallace Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Crossey
ana Mr.. and Mrs H. r. ShriNer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-04
WATCHING THE FLEET GO OUT.
THE BATTERY AND OTHER VANTAGE
POINTS REVEALED SOME FINE
MARINE PICTURES

The Bay and rivers near the Battery presented an
animated and beautiful scene yesterday morning
The water was crowded with every description OF
harhor craft and nearly every one OF them was
decorated with flags and bunting. Excursion
boats lowered around the piers waiting for their
turn 20 take on passengers. yachts lay on and on
waiting for their owners and guests and swarmS
OF small boats darted hither and thither. By and
by a fleet Of tho New-York Yacht club boats.
which had taken their passengers AZ tho
Twenty-sixth-st. pier. East River, came sailing
gracefully down and ms IT rounded the Battery and
spread out over the Bay there WAS din Of whistles
and much dipping OF enslgns. Then came n hotlllh
81 steamers which had been especially chartered
FOR the occasion by clubs and private parties.
among them being the Republic. tho New-fork
Yacht Clubs steamer for the day, and es shs
passed down tho 7th Regiment Band, which was on
board kept mp almost continuous serenade to
crowds on tho piers and In passing vessels
Sightseers we're numerous at the Battery. hut
they did not patronze the excursion boats Literally.
In fact nearly all Of the public excursion steamers
went avav with remarkably light loads.
The shipping and steamboat men along inc river
front were generally IN state or excitement over
tha race hut n was noticed that eagerness 10 bet
much either one way the other WAS lacking. IN
ment and prediction as 10 the race ana Us resultsf
but the betting was principally confined TO smah
~ course none Of the old water front sea dogs
would actually admit that they thought Tho sham-
rocL would win but their talk OF the two racers
,vas nunctiated with many ''ifs' and butts ana
there was much shaking Of wise old heads over
possibilities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-04

.,,, Nth party IN which were ner orolners
M ord Edwin. was tho centre OF muoh ln'e'-
Frank o a"S The psSy spent most OF the
es'eu ~ INNER deck. and showed much interest
.', ,ho yachts Both Frank ana Eo"'h "ou'U "'''
.ob,inr caps and carried nnocua''' ,,,. -,
!" ,ooE lust like two huge hutterhles' saiu
lHeY ~.,. os the first good view OF the chal-
one % W." ,no defender was obtained. Many ad-
49,, comments wcre made as the mah"uNreS vi
.,.s wore Glossy watched, ooth Win anu
-,.hou, tho glass The way IN Which ,heS i"u'ueu
VIM o.,,onoo, was especially admired. while the
w, ~" - the Columbia called out loud applause anu
49,. bord rlavcd THE S,ar epangled h'"no' anu
.l,,,,,,bio the Gem Of the Ocean
- n number Of foreigners on the Gay
- md they made their applause heard wh'n
49, shamrock forged 70 the front ana one S,istn
sas went far as to atteIpt &c noise which
WIN p's D,ain n sharply rebuke the enort ms ne
yea ,ci q, would get the vessel into trouoe'
SOME or THE GUESTS.
-..,o, Committee Of the club in charge OF
49, o-rangements for the international races -
'"' - ~ commodore Frederick r Adams; Gen
, THOMAS T. Watson. feet captain OF inc cruz
= Washington. Jose NJ Cchallos ana LOUIS
- -, an Of whom were on board save MI
,.,,s ,cho was on the Ponce. his own VesSe''
I'D the Cav Head the majority OF the
MIXERS NJ the cub. with large parties OF l,Ie"DS'
- one marty were Miss Helen NJ Goula iI"""
odd Edwin Gould llr. ana ME- d. /
,,,.s stevenson. Miss Daisy de +. EDWARDS ana
Me- Anna pancn Among the others on board
nero Mr. and Mrs. william T. Pearl eX-Oon'"I II,
80 r,av,d Ranks William Mcclure. Major l. i.
1,.>,,,,,v Mr. and Mrs Barlow S. Weeks. ColoneI
Tnl.am NJ Grosvenor. the Rev Dr. b' nose.
p.-Lar " T. Roe. Nice-Commodore' o. NJ
am ,,rtck n Man. H. X Smith. H r Mum \.
wooster F F Amss vi, LSuis ITw RSbd hqul g +.
sfhuycr NJ sawyer F G. S~HR- Z Tonksinss.
G@lonei 4 f. Wray T. BuT I3fS w - wilson Mln
w. is r IIcNctt Ernest staples Mr, anu ~ W a.
St.--i1s schuver Miss Andrews, H. A. HaVeh C ~
,.T " Kcarney G. ". Copeland w H. Noi-
wine and others , che >so,ronolitan Quartet
Iamhert~ band ana TIC
furnished music. D., 49, .,,o -eturn trin. This
sr a fine day and the only resiet ~, is
NJ ,r.re was no race. The Yachts seen seem 1900 10 "a
@ he'd and tho result vii prqnaoT n %sp Sas
.t s-~erior handling Of the sans inns "a &C
, fukv day. and We We're top lar ~o.SS,i,.o
.,~, arv accurate judgment or then dd I'inA
t1ri,. In This matter. Let us nope TOT bo'N wiz"
rsxf time 800 Aor oossengere at the
, - ne i~aria pie~ until 40 o'clock, having mace nauo
e,.' 1Syr,.3o,- landings She will carry the A'l""-
, club % The other races