Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-13


ever on the alert to detect the mis-.
takes of dictators as we'll as to avoid
errors herself. If she is engaged in
legal work she must have a pretty
fair knowlege of the law, and the same
rule applies to commercial and other
kinds of work.
Quite GOODNESS in springing up
between Spain and the republic oi
Mexico. It is because of Cuba. II
seems that for sometime past, Span.
iards in Mexico have been raising con.
tributions for the benefit of the home
government, and Mexicans have been
raising contributions in behalf of Cuba.
The Spanish minister has requested
the Mexican government, to put q
stop to the Cuban contributions. The
Cuban sympathizers claim that they
have as much right 60 mix in the af.
fair as the Spaniards, and the reply Of
the government to the Spanish minis
ter is being awaited with intense inter
est. It is possible that the situation
might develop into considerable i'm
portance.
There has been SO many lies told
in the newspapers about Consul Gene
raj Lee in Havana, that it is impossi.
BILE to tell what to believe and what
not. A few days ago, it was reported
that Secretary Sherman had cabled
General Lee that President Mckinley
desired him to remain in Havana as a
personal favor, and promising that he
should be supported in anything he
might ask for to the full strength OF
the military and naval powers of the
United States. This looked improba.
BILE, and an Associated Press dispatch
says it is untrue. The correspondent
asserts, on the alleged authority OF
General Lee, that that official did not
20 to Havana voluntarily, but that he
was sent there. He did not stay there
because he desired but because be
felt it his duty to obey the orders OF
the Democratic administration, and
that although be had not been reques-
ted to remain, he would not have re-
mained even if requested to do so as a
"personal" favor.
- The advance agent of a theatrical
troupe calling itself the "Tornado''
company, got himself into trouble out
in St. Louis last Wednesday, as the
result of a rather TOO brash idea at
advertising. He placarded the resi-
dence portion of the city with posters
containing cut Of the black flag used
by the weather bureau as storm sig-
nal and had printed underneath the
words, "Bulletin-warning-Tornado
coming" There was black cloud
during the day and the police and
other official stations were rang up by
hundreds of people wanting to know
whether or not it was true that there
WAS to be a storm. Hundreds of
heads of houses took refuge with their
families in cyclone cellars. The police
finally learned that the cards were
only the advertisement of a theatrical
troupe, and when the people were so
advised, they became so indignant that
the agent found it desirable to skip
out of town. Notwithstanding all
this, the theatrical people got a good
house.
The New York World, of Wednes.
day, says: Dispatches from Wash
ington predicting that congress, at its
special session, will at once increase
the revenue by adding from 10 to .35
per cent. to the schedules of the Viii,
son bill, have created small panic
among importers and an almost un-
precedented rush TO get bonded goods
out of the warehouses before the
threatened increase takes place. The
proposed summary action of congress
has taken merchants completely by
surprise. While they were prepared
for special session to pass new tar
iff bill they expected that the new bill
would occupy the attention of con.
for at least six months, which would
give ample time to withdraw the $19,.
500 900 of goods which were in bond
on January 80. 1t never occurred to
them that congress might adopt TEN.
porary measure for increasing the rev.
enues, and the possibility of such q
thing with only about ten days to get
their goods out OF bond at the present
rate of duty, caused genuine sensa'
ton. 1t is underatood that Butterfeld
& Co., and other importers of dress
goods are among the heaviest with.
drawers.
"A special of Monday, from Chipe,
wa Falls, Wisconsin, says: "a snow
storm and belated passenger train
were two circumstances that probably
prevented an encounter between 8
gang of bandits and hundred or more
armed deputies last night. A few
days ago the officials of the Omaha
road received information that an
attempt would be made to hold uI
the Duluth limited. The place select
ed for the attempt is a lonely spot ir
the forest, about three miles north o
Hawthorne. Had the Duluth trair
not been delayed six hours in snow
drift, the bandits, would have received
a warm reception. The baggage anc
mail cars were filled with deputies
armed to the teeth. 1t was the in
ention of the robbers to flag the train