Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-10-18
Scraps and fatts.


tour of Hawaii, where he has been as
a member of the senatorial investiga-
ting committee. Speaking Of what he
has seen, he said: 1.-THE Hawaiians
are a fine people, but they are in hard
lines just at the present time. Their
condition Is the result of the work
Of Boston missionaries. A number
of missionaries have been over there
recently and have given many OF
the natives certificates guaranteed to
admit them to heaven in exchange for
their lands. A number of the more ig-
norant natives have been swindled in
this way. Those who have learned their
mistake are naturally trifle suspicious
of all Americans"
"A special from Newport, Tenn, loca-
ted near the Tennessee-North Carolina
line, to the Charlotte Observer Of Tues
day, says: Information has reached
this point of the death Of several per-
sons in North Carolina, near the state
line, caused by eating boiled cabbage
in which a snake worm was found af-
ter the cabbage had been eaten. 1t is
claimed that the snake worm is to be
found in the best part of the cabbage
crop of this section and that the farm
ers of the vicinity in which the deaths
have occurred, are destroying the crop
altogether since the recent deaths. One
of the snake worms was captured by
John Rollins, well-to-do citizen Of the
infected section, who exhibited 1t IN
Newport yesterday. He states that the
cabbage crop which this year is very
large, is going to waste. The snake
worm is said to be about the size OF a
broom straw. It Is very poisonous Last
year two persons were killed in Cooke
county, Tenn, by eating cabbage which
contained the snake worm.'"
ON the principle that necessity Is
the mother of invention, the coal strike
has developed many substitutes for the
familiar crate fires of the north. ker-
osene and gas stoves have become more
popular than ever before; but the most
novel expedient that has developed Is
what is now known as the "oil brick.
Somebody discovered that a certain
kind of terra Gotta brick that is very
porous would quickly absorb lot OF
oil and that when the oil was ignited
it would burn in hot blaze for an hour
or more. The fact was published in the
papers, and there developed an instan-
taneous demand for the bricks. They
&c oh htrf n
ward the price was increased to 1O
cents. However, as they enabled one TO
have q warm fire for an hour or more at
a cost of only a cent, and the bricks
could be used over and over again, the
increased price made no difference. 1t
looks that although the coal strike Is
settled, the oil brick has come to stay.
It will no doubt continue to figure in
the homes of the poor Of New York and
elsewhere as one of the cheapest room
warmers to be had.
The International Court Of Arbitra-
tion at the Hague, has concluded its
consideration of the controversy be-
tween the United States and Mexico
and handed down its decision in favor
of the United States. The plus fund
was established in the sixteenth centu-
ry for the education of the Indians of
what are now known as Upper and
Lower California. When Mexico be-
came independent of Spain, she en-
gagged to continue to pay the interest
of this fund; but when the United
States acquired Upper California, the
Mexican government claimed that 1t
was no longer obligated to pay the ap-
portionment that had hitherto been go
ing to that locality. The matter be-
came a subject of diplomatic contro-
versy in 1868 and no settlement was
reached until after the issues were pre-
sented to the Hague Court of Arbitra-
ton. Under the decision just handed
down, Mexico is to pay the United
States $1,42O,6S2 in cash, and to continue
to pay s43,O51 per annum perpetually.
The money Is to be disbursed by the
Roman Catholic church Of California.
The daily papers on Thursday MORN
ing brought news Of the settlement of
the coal strike. The settlement is the
result of the developments Of the past
few days and involves concessions on
the part of the operators and the min
ers. On last Monday. representatives OF
the operators, headed by Mr.. ]. P. Nor
gan, had an interview with the presi-
oI1 70 h.
lie. The address set forth the anxiety
of the operators to settle the trouble,
not so much on their own account as
on account Of the general suffering that
is being threatened. In their address
they held that the wages the miners
have been receiving were good and fair.
They claimed, however, that the de-
mands of the miners union are un-
reasonable in a great many respects,
especially in so far as they discrimi-
nate against the right of individuals
who do not belong to the union to work.
They gave it to be distinctly under
stood that they would agree to no set
tlement that did not provide for fair
dealing with non-union miners, and in
sisted that union miners must not re-
fuse to work with non-union miners.
After stating clearly, in their address.
their position to the effect that they
would be willing to abide by the
decision of an investigating COM
mission to be appointed by the presi-
dent and constituted as follows: 1. An
officer in the engineer corps Of either
the military or naval service of the
United States. 2. An expert mining