Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-15
Scraps and faets.


lima, was present and demanded that
the men be turned over to South
Carolina authorities. Lieut.. Gov.
Winston refused the demand. One
of the men was also recently identi-
fed by a detective as being connected
with the robbing Of the safe of the
McAden mills at McAdenville, n. c.
The New York Life Insurance
company has been undergoing
searching investigation at the hands
of an executive investigating COM
mittee during some days past and the
developments are no less startling
than In the case Of the Equitable.
On last Tuesday 1t came out that
about a year ago the company sold
]. P. Morgan & Co. 100000 worth
of bonds one day and bought them
back two days later, and 1t was made
clear that the object Of the transac-
ton was to have its assets In q
different shape at the time of making
its report to the superintendent OF
insurance. 1t was distinct violation
of law. Other shady transactions OF
a much more pronounced nature are
being developed.
MIR. and Mrs. David Mckay, with
their wagon and horses were blown
out of existence near Clarksourg'
West Virginia, last Wednesday morn
ing by the explosion of some nitro
glycerine they were Transporting TO
shoot q we'll In the Salem oil helo'
The custom of hauling nitro-glycer-
Inc in cans by the wagon load In oil
and gas districts has been the cause
of dozens of horrible accidents. The
deadly explosive is carried usually In
a light spring wagon with double
springs and gentle horses. but slignt
lars are sufficient to detonate the
sensitive stuff. When an oil we'll
stops flowing, shooting Is usually
necessary. A can Of nitro-glycerine
is lowered into the bore of the well
and an iron bar dropped down after
II to set off the charge. Sometimes
the whole piping and tons OF rock
and earth are hurled far into the
air by the shock beneath the sur
face. Since a single can Is so ell
fectiye, the result of the explosion
OF a wagon load may be imagined.
The president has received from
Minister Griscom, at Toxic, a re-
sumo OF the Japanese situation as II
appeared on September IL. The
minister's statement is as follows:
The violence to a few foreigners and
the attacks on Christian churches re-
ported in my previous kilograms
should not be considered to indicate
any general anti-foreign or anti
Christian feeling. The former was
quite incidental and the latter due
to sporadic antagonism to the Rus
sian church and some native Chris
tians. The members offered to spare
one American church If the minister
could show an American flag; un-
fortunately he could not. Newspa-
pers have during many months raised
popular expectation so high that In
tense dissatisfaction with the terms
of peace resulted. Sentiment among
army, navy and nobility. however
is continued to be more conservative.
Six newspapers have been suspended.
Martial law probably will continue
for some time. thus ensuring quiet.
Meanwhile the legation guard OF
IL soldiers will continue"
THE Japanese battleship Mikasa,
went down in the harbor of Sasebo
last Sunday, and carried with her 5s9
men, including nearly all who were
on board at the time. 1t was shortly
after midnight. The ship caught fire
in some manner not explained, and
after an hour the aft magazine ex-
ploded, tearing a great hole In the
side Of the ship which sank almost
Immediately. The Mikasa was Ad-
miral Togo's flag ship and was the
best ship in the Japanese navy. She
was built in England, and launched
in 1902. She was 400 feet long, car
ried 935 officers and men and had
a speed OF Is knots an hour. She
was heavily armored and carried
four 12-inch guns, IA 6-inch guns, 20
l2-pounders and number Of small
rapid fire guns. In the battle OF the
Sea of Japan she went closest to the
enemy and lost 63 men killed and
wounded. She also lost some 20
men in killed and wounded in the
great battle off Port Arthur in 1904.
Admiral Togo was not on board
when the vessel went down. The
vessel sank in shallow water and
will probably be raised.
The final estimate Of the pro-
duction Of precious metals in the
United States in 1904, made public
on September by the director of
the mint, gives an increased output
of gold over the calendar year OF
S7,1Sl,50O and of silver 3,4S6,O0O fine
ounces. The total production Of gold
last year is placed at 3,9O4,9S6 fine
ounces, valued at $SO,723.2 200, and
the silver output is estimated at
57,7S6,1OO fine ounces. of CONNER
cial value of $33,5l5,93S and of
coinage value of $114,239,13S. The
largest gain in gold production was
in California, which yielded about
$4,000 900 more than in the previous
year, and a larger amount than in
any year since the SOS. The gain
came chiefly from dredge operations
and a further gain is expected during
the current year and for some years
to come. The California state mining
bureau estimates the possible output
of the dredges at $7,O00,0OO per year
for thirty years. Colorado shows an
increase of nearly s2,OO0.OOO in gold
and 1900, 900 ounces of silver, Alaska
a gain Of 500. 900 gold. Montana a
gain of 100000, Utah a gain of
1900, 900 and Idaho a gain of l,3OO,-
600 ounces Of silver. Forty eight
per cent of the silver was produced
from lead ores, twenty-six from
copper ores and the remainder large
ly from ores which also carried
gold. The largest producer of gold
was Colorado and the largest pro-