Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-20
Scraps aud faets.

ing dispatch to Secretary Of State John
Hay: 1.-THE fair, firm and statesman
like stand taken by you In protecting
the commercial interests OF our coun-
try in the demands for the uphoiding
of the open door policy In China meets
with our hearty approval and endorse
ment, as we fully realize our cotton
manufacturing interests would seri-
ously suffer should less determined
policy be pursued" Secretary Hay re-
plied as follows: II beg to acknowl-
edge receipt Of your telegram OF yes
terday's date. I am gratified to know
that the attitude Of the administration
Of Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt
in relation to the interests Of our mer-
chants and manufacturers In CHINA
meets with your approval and endorse
ments."
Already the campaign for announcer
new eight hour bill has been begun py
the American Federation Of Labor,
saws a Washington dispatch. An emil
nent lawyer has been engaged to draw
a new measure, one that will be con-
stitutional If possible. 1t Is the inten-
ton of the labor leaders to have this
bill pass muster with the committee
on education and labor of the SENATE
the senate itself and even the presi-
dent. And further the president Is 10
be urged through all the pressure that
can be brought to bear upon MIN 10
endorse this proposed act in his next
annual message. At the same time
the National Association Of Manufac-
turers have begun active preparations
to beat not only this bill, but also the
anti-conspriacy bill, which would legal
lie a picket around any manufactur-
ing plant. Advices received from every
section of the country indicate tnat
the labor organizations and the manu-
facturers are working with might and
main to increase their strength to the
maximum in preparation for the COM
ing struggle, which it is conceded on
all sides, will be fight to finish.
Goldsboro, N. c., Angus: The he
roine of this story IL the little 12-year-
old daughter Of Mr. w. H. Sasser' OF
Buck Swamp township. She did not
enter the arena as did Ursus, In "Quo
vadis," to save the life Of the beauti-
full Lygia, killing a ferocious bull, out
she entered the cow lot to drive
young bull out into the lane. AS soon
as the animal saw the girl he made q
rush at her with his head down. AS
quick as thought she jumped to one
side and let the beast pass on. When
he found that the girl was unin1ured
the animal made another and more
desperate head-long rush on the girl.
who again leaped to one side and seiz-
ed a pitchfolk and plunged it into the
side Of the animal as it passed. The
maddened brute paved the earth for a
few seconds and fell dead at her feet,
the prongs Of the instrument having
struck the animal in vital part. The
young girls father was a witness to
the occurrence and was running to the
COW lot to save his daughters life when
she laid the enraged brute g. corpse at
her feet. The young lady Is now the
heroine of the neighborhood. The
desperate encounter took place last
Sunday afternoon and has given the
people Of the neighborhood something
to talk about ever since.
Houston, Texas, special Of May 10,
to the Washington Post: Details OF
most unusual tragedy at Fagan, West
Texas, have just reached this city. A
silk hat worn by Philip Buntz, young
man whose home was in Brooklyn, was
responsible for his death. The hat
was shot full Of holes and used as a
football by a gathering Of cowboys,
who were incensed at such headgear
in their midst. Buntz was Bible
agent, and had been over considera-
BILE portion Of Texas selling Bibles and
canvassing The latter part Of last
week he landed at Fagan, and put up
at the only public house, a combina-
ton tavern and bar. His dress was
conspicuous, and evidently gave Of
tense to the frequenters Of the place.
He wore longtailed coat, patent
leather shoes, and tall silk hat. Fa-
gan Is q rendezvous for cowboys for
miles around and last Saturday night,
when the tragedy was enacted, the
place was full Of them. The stranger
all day and in the evening the taunts
were resented. Suddenly, as II pre-
arranged, the gang discharged half a
dozen shots at the hat, several bullets
piercing it. AS it fell, riddled, to the
sidewalk in front Of the tavern, 1t was
used for a football. Buntz attempted
to escape, but when surrounded began
fighting. There were shouts Of hang
the tenderfoot!" A general fight fol-
lowed, in which many shots were fired
and missiles hurled. Buntz was shot
through the body and hit on the head
with a bottle. The crowd shortly dis
persed, and the wounded man was car
ried into the tavern, where he died
during the night.
Manila cable of Saturday: Capt
Clough Overton, Of the 18th cavalry,
and Private Harry Noyes were killed,
and Private Hartlow was wounded
yesterday in a bolo rush at Sucatlan,
leland of Mindanao. No details Of the
fighting have been received beyond a
brief telegram reporting the deaths.
II is stated that six Of the enemy were
killed. It is thought that the natives
approached Capt. Overton's command,
pretending friendship, and then at
-tacking the Americans. About three
hundred insurgents, armed with bolos