Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-10
Straps and faet5.

The United States supreme court
commenced a hearing of the income
tax cases last Monday with a full
bench. Argument was concluded on
yesterday, and the decision of the
court will probably be rendered with
out delay.
w. H. Harvey, the author of Coins
Financial School has struck it rich. A
few years ago he was poor journalist
editing an obscure weekly in Chicago.
When his book appeared, it proved to
be just the right thing at the right
time. More copies of it have been
sold than of any other book that has
appeared within the past 10 years, and
his income from the sales of the book
alone, range from $3.50 to $1,000 a day.
Miss Winnie Davis has, through
her mother, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, sjgni-
fed her acceptance of the Invitation OF
the Lee Camp, of Richmond, to be their
special guest ron the trip from there to
Houston, Tex, where the camp goes to
attend the United Confederates' reun-
ion on the 22d. She will travel in one
of the elegant officers cars of the South
,ern Railway, which has been placed at
the disposal of the local committee Of
arrangements.
Little Japan has been forced to
yield to the demands of superior force,
and has agreed to reliuquish her claim
to the Liao-Tung Peninsula, according
to the wishes of Russia. Under this
arrangement, however, China will have
to pay an indemnity of $50, 100000
additional to that already agreed upon.
Russia is now trying to get Germany
and France to guarantee the payment
of this indemnity. 1t will be remem.
bered that this revision in the original
treaty was brought about by the in
tervention of Russia, Germany and
France.
The inhabitants of Monterey, Mex
leo, have been enjoying the sport OF
witnessing fights between lion and a
bull. There were two contests. The
first occurred about two weeks ago.
Both animals fought viciously, but the
lion cot the worst of it. The king of
beasts was given a short spell for re-
pairs, and last Sunday he was put in
the ring with another bull. This time
the lion was not disposed to fight
much. His first experience was quite
enough. He tried to avoid the bull.
The bull, however, attacked him Wig
orously and kept him on the run. He
would only stand and snap at the bull
when be was unable to get out of the
way. At last the bull got the better
of him and killed him. The sport
throughout was of most brutal nature,
participated in by brutal people.
The States of Virginia and West
Virginia have been in high state OF
excitement for the past 10 days on &C
count of threatened trouble with strik-
ing coal miners. The mines at Po-
cahontas and other mines on the line
between the two States went out on a
strike recently for higher wages. The
mine owners gave an iniimation OF
their intention to import other labor
ers. The miners grew ugly and threat
ened violence. The mine owners call
ed for the assistance of the governors
of the two States. Several militia COM
panies were promptly sent to the scene
of the threatened trouble, and all the
militia in both States was ordered to
be held in readiness to march at
moments notice. AS yet there have
been no violent outbreaks, but the
trouble is not thought to be over yet
by any means.
William Deemer, a hero OF the
Mexican war, who saved the lives OF
thousands of American soldiers, is
earning a scanty living by washing
windows and polishing doorknobs in
South Bethlehem, Penn. ut was at
Chapultepec. Over 10000 Ameri-
cans" says the Philadelphia Record,
"were quarted in and about a large
building Walking through the woods
one day Deemer discovered a heavy
fuse charged with powder. He cut
section yard long out Of it to prevent
it's carrying fire, and then quietly fol-
lowed up the line. Presently he dis
covered up in high tree the red OF
Mexican uniform. The foreign SOL
dier saw Deemer at the same time, but
the latter drew bead quickly and
fired. The Mexican came tumbling
down from the tree corpse. The
farther end of the fuse was at the bot
tom of the tree upon which the Mexi-
can sat. Then Deemer followed the
fuse back to the cellar of the building,
where the Mexicans had imbedded
10000 pounds of powder, to which the
fuse was attached. He at once in
formed his captain, and the same day
General Winfield Scott sent for Deem
er, thanked him personally, gave him
90 days furlough, s65 in gold and fur
nished q bodyguard of 10 men, who ac-
companied Deemer upon visit to the
city of Mexico. The hero is now 73
years old and gets pension of Sl2 a
month"
Allen w. Thurman, the free trade
apostle of the Ohio Democracy and
son of Allen G. Thurman, the old
Roman, was interviewed last Monday