Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-03


large at the United States military
academy at West Point. Titus was the
first man to scale the wall at Pekin to
relieve the beseiged members Of the
legations. Immediately after the an
nouncement of the appointment, Adju-
tant General Corbin cabled to General
Macarthur, at Manila, to at once send
young Titus home in order that he may
take the required examination prepar-
atory to entering the military acad-
emy.
The crop Of oranges in California
this season is so enormous that the
railroad facilities are insufficient to
move the crop to market, and it is re-
ported that millions Of dollars worth
OF the fruit are rotting in the packing
houses and on the ground Of the
groves. The figures given out are
amazing. 1t is said that orange cul-
ture has raised the value Of land in
Southern California $90,OOO,OOO in II
years. 1t is estimated that there are
now ripening in California 21.j09 car
loads of the fruit, and at current prices
these are worth nearly $7,00O,OOO.
Says a Vienna dispatch: Some OF
the newspapers here say they have
learned from an official source that ia
pan has sounded Great Britain and
Germany as to whether they in any
circumstances would join with Japan
in declaring that any attempt Of Rus
sia to annex or otherwise appropriate
part of China would be regarded by
all three powers as casus belli. 1t is
impossible to determine what amount
OF truth, if any, there is in this state
ment, but it is not assumed, even II it
is true, that Great Britain and Ger
many will acquiesce.
The government is paying over
$1,000 a day for cable tolls on messages
between Washington and the Philip
pines. This did not include the mes
sages Of the state or navy department
or private messages sent and received
by the president. The subject of a Pa
cific cable, owned and operated by the
United States, is sure to be revived in
congress. The opposition of the prl-
vate companies to having the govern
ment go into the business is in part
responsible for the delay. No better
commentary on present conditions is
needed than the statement that Fun
ston's expedition and AguinaldO's cap
ture was known by the newspapers of
the United States long before the gov
ernment had the slightest information
of either story.
Mrs. Lew Wallace, in an article on
Jerusalem as We See 1t Today" says:
There, is a common lament that the
shrines dear alike to Jew and Christ
ian, are in keeping with the Moham-
medan. For a thousand years they
have been guarded with much rever-
ence and decorum by armed officials
tolerant Of every religion. Were Pal
estine in keeping Of American Protest
ants, debasing our sanctuaries into
eating houses and concert rooms, fear
Gethsemane would become park for
picnics and the Holy Sepulchre, the
shrine of ShrineS, be made hall for
socials. Twenty rival sects worship
there in peace and safety. Were the
Turkish guard withdrawn there would
be fighting there with paving stones
and consecrated candlestickS. The
house that is now a house of prayer
might be made den Of crooks. Per-
haps it's better as it is"
Judge r. A. Greer, member of
the Texas legislature, returned to Aus
tin last Saturday from visit to the
new oil district, says a dispatch. He
says that test has just been made of
the flow Of the great Lucas oil gusher,
and the result exceeded the most SAN
guine expectations of the owners of the
we'll. The flow was turned into an oil
tank, which had q capacity Of $4,000
barrels. This tank was filled in II
hours, lacking u minutes. At this rate
the flow Of the we'll per day Of "a hours
is 10000 barrels. This is about 10000
barrels greater than any other we'll in
the world, including the greatest pro-
ducer ever struck in the oil district of
Russia. At the price of 40 cents a
barrel the Lucas we'll will bring to
Guffey and Galley, the owners, a reve-
nue. Of $2S,OOO per day. If the we'll holds
out for one year at the present rate,
the revenue which it would bring to it's
owners will reach the fabulous sum Of
$10,220,000. Judge Greer says there are
eight wells within the immediate vicin-
ity of the Lucas we'll, which will be
brought in within the next ten days.
The far eastern situation contin-
ues an enigma to all European obServ-
ers, says London dispatch Of Sun
day. Russia's apparent withdrawal or
modification Of her demands quite fails
to restore confidence in an amicable
settlement of the problems. 1t is point
ed out with melancholy truth by one
English writer that trifling with the
Anglo Russian incident at the Tien-
Tsin railway siding, will probably cost
Great Britain G2O,O00,00O in hard cash.
1t was the news of this incident and
the possibility Of a conflict between
Russia and Great Britain, it is now
learned, which caused General Botha' S
rejection of General Kitchener's peace
terms. Attention is directed more to
Corea than to China at the present mo-
ment, the belief being general that the
crisis between Russia and Japan is
really grave. There is ample informa-
ton that Japan is making active prep
arations for war. 1t may be taken for
granted that Great Britain is fully
aware of all that Japan is doing and