Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-27
Snaps and fatt5.

single MauSer Dullet Wouuueo Hinn III
four places. The bullet penetrated the
rim of his hat, and grazing bis face,
entered his right breast, then, coming
out several inches below the spot it
entered, it lodge in his right hand.
The soldier was lying fiat at the time
he was shot, which explains the un-
usual course of the bullet.
Lincoln Journal: ]. S. Murphy,
who claimed to have been wounded at
Santiago and to have had furlough,
proves to be slick one. 1t ttranspires
that he has never been to Cuba is not
a member of the Fifth cavalry; was
not wounded at all, but is simply
deserter from the Fifth artillery which
is in camp at Ybor City, Fla. The
tale he told about Ed. Seapoch and
Ainsley Yoder having been killed at
Santiago, is like every other tale ne
told. a lie out of the whole cloth.
Both these men are in the First North
Carolina, and at Jacksonville. Muir
phy has not yet been captured; but
tthey are after him."
Buffalo Inquirer: The impudent
and unreliable war correspondent,
Sylvester Scovel, of the New York
World, is in trouble again. 1t isn't
so long ago since the government
issued an order forbidding Scovel from
going on United States vessels. This
was because he slowed himself away
on a boat going on secret mission.
When the ceremony of raising the
Stars and Stripes over Santiago was
in progress, Scovel insisted on going
to the roof of the building where the
flag was to be unfurled. The guard
refused to allow this. Then, it is said
by The Herald, Scovel had an alterca-
tion with General Shafter and slapped
the burly generals face. shafter
could order Scovel shot if he so de-
sired. No power on earth except the
president of the United States could
STAY the execution. 1t is not likely
that General Shafter will take such
extreme measures. The game isn't
worth the candle. But the general
would be doing a good thing if he had
this pestiferous Scovel publicly spank
ed and drummed out of camp. He
is a nuisance and a taking nuisance,
at that.
George Osgood Lord, of New
York, on last Saturday, brought suit
in the supreme court against the Com
pania Transatlantic Espanola, J. &C.
bellos. agent, who, in behalf of the
Spanish line, made the bid for trans
porting 5000 defeated Dons from San
tiago to Spain at $55 for officers and
500 for enlisted men. The suit is to
annul the contract the quartermaster's
department made with the enemys
steamship line. The ground for the
suit is that the contract is against pub
lie policy, and gives aid and comfort
to an enemy of the United States.
Technically Mr.. Lord sues for 100000
damages but the real object is to Sc
cure the annulment of the contract.
Since the contract was made, it devel-
OPS that the Spanish company had a
large number of transports bottled up
in Mexican ports, on account OF the
war. and now the Dons will be able to
get their boats home without molesta-
ton. AS matter of fact, the Spanish
company could have we'll afforded to
have transferred the Spanish soldiers
gratuitously and made money by the
operation.
- The war revenue act is apparently
exceeding the most sanguine expecta'
tions of it's trainers. The latter anti
cipated that it would produce about
$50, 100000 additional revenue per
annum, but returns for the first half OF
JULY indicate that the increased reve-
nue. will amount to over 5000 600, 900
per annum. For the period mentioned
the government revenue has averaged
$1,S5O,0OO per business day, and,
at the same rate, the revenue for the
entire year would reach S56O,O0O,OOO.
Nor is there any reason why receipts
should fall off, tor some of the taxes
imposed by the war revenue law can
be collected only after lapse of a Ger
tain number Of weeks or months. All
this is highly gratifying. 1t means,
for one thing, that unless the war With
Spain is unexpectedly prolonged, con-
gress will not be called upon to vote
another war loan, of which only $780,
100000 has been negotiated, will prob
BILE prove ample. For another thing
it means that as soon as the present
struggle is ended some of the more
onerous and unnecessary of the war
taxes can be reduced or repealed. In
any event, there is no likelihood that
trade and industry will be burdened
with fresh war taxation.
Washington dispatch of Sunday
reviews the war situation as follows
With the week just closed, the United
States saw the end of the third month
of the war with Spain, and the respon-
sible officials, from the president down
to the lowest employe who has had
anything to do with shaping the course
of events, feel nothing but satisfaction
at the progress made. With scant
material at hand an army of a quar-
ter of a million of men has been mobil-
lied, armed, equipped and much of it
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