Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-10-11
ae'ausiae Gatherin9s.

H8 The steamers City OF Seattle and
Cottage City have arrived at Seattle
with $500, 900 in Klondike gold.
s8- Drunken non.union coal miners
are terrorizing the community in the
coal regions of Sebastian county, Ark.
n8 Two hundred Detroit journey
men tailors are on strike for a 10 per
cent. increase in the price paid on gar.
ments.
a6T The United States collier Alex
ander, from Norfolk to Manila, with a
full cargo of coal, has arrived at Port
Said.
rdS The cucumber crop of Michigan
has been destroyed by foreign red
bug. The loss will amount to over
100000.
pd. The bell in Independence Hall,
Philadelphia, was rung II times upon
receipt of the news of Admiral Dew
ey's arrival.
p6 An Irish philosopher says it's a
great blessing that night comes on late
in the day when one is too tired to
work any longer.
SS Peter Pearson, of Perry Okla,
has invented system of wireless tele-
graphy which has been operated sue
cessfully at 60 miles.
s8 The savings of the enlisted men
in the British army amount to S2,OOO,-
600 annually, all of which is on de-
posit with the government.
p6- In order to avoid litigation, Mil
lionaire Sylvester j. Curtis, of New
York city, divided mis- estate among
his family on his death bed.
p8- The German Lutheran Confer
ence at st. Louis has adopted resolu-
tions declaring that life insurance is a
violation of the ten commandments.
p4r Since the foundation of the Le-
gal Aid association of New York co.
600 people victimized by their fellows
have secured justice through its ef-
forts.
p6 The volunteer regiments. now
being raised for service in the Philip
pines are not supplied with chaplains,
congress having made no approprla-
ton.
s4 An Alabama newspaper says
that one-half of the pardons issued in
that state are based on the plea that
the convict is suffering from consump-
ton.
Ba- The New Jersey court of chan
Gerry has decided that nonresident
defendant in a divorce suit need pay
no alimony if he keeps away from the
state.
p@ Wisconsin boasts OF a state
board of immigration, engaged in the
laudable work of inducing people to
move from one part of the state to the
other.
p6r In Japan vaccination is compul-
sorry, and the government makes its
own lymph and issues it free of charge.
RevaccinatioE at stated periods is also
enforced rigidly. Only calf lymph is
used.
p6S@ Ore of the masterpieces of musl-
cal clocks has just been completed for
the emperor of China, in whose palace,
besides pointing out the current time,
it will play selections with fully
automatic orchestra.
aS- A Berlin journalist has unearthed
a document showing that brandy was
first publicly served in Berlin exactly
800 years ago, in consequence of a
pestilence which had diminished the
of the city from $4,000 to
5000.
sar In the old university town of
Upsala, Sweden, special institution
has been opened for educating young
women in household help, lessons be-
ing given in cooking and other domes-
tic duties, as we'll as nursing and sani-
tary science.
s6 DR.. Lehwess, of the Automobile
club, of London, proposes to make a
trip from that city to Pekin in a spe-
cially constructed automobile in the
early part of next year. The distance
is 5000 miles, and the time required is
estimated at about three months.
s9@ An attempt to hold in Trafal-
gar square, London, demonstration
in opposition to war with the Beers,
resulted in failure and confusion. The
speakers were pelted with decayed ap-
piles and eggs, and the police were
finally compelled to clear the square.
p4- The most singular vessel in the
world is the Polyphemus, of the Brit
ish navy. 1t is simply long steel
tube, deeply buried in the water, the
deck rising only four feet above the
sea. 1t carries neither masts nor sails,
and is used as a ram and a torpedo
boat.
pd The German Navy Gazette her
aids the strange fact that Vice Admiral
Won Diedrichs, the former commander
of the Asiatic squadron, the man who
caused Dewey so much trouble in
Manila bay, has been ordered to report
to the general staff of the army for
study.
a6 A well-preserved Roman camp
has been discovered on the right bank
of the Narenta, in Herzegovina. A
section $50 feet long by 27O feet wide
has been traced. Part of the walls,
gates and towers are still stand
ing, and many utensils and weapons
have been dug up. 1t is believed that
the camp was erected in the time of
Nero.
aar Hans Lawther, wealthy citizen