Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-28

landlords having refused to grant
leases to the peasants, the latter have
retaliated by setting fire to stacks of
wheat, hay and straw belonging to the
landlords. They have also appropriat-
ed the lands and expelled the author
tiles. There was an encounter be-
tween troops and revoiutienists Tues
day night near Baku in the Trans Cau-
casia- Troops were fired upon with
revolvers and they returned. the fire
with rifles, the shooting lasted half an
hour. The inhabitants are in a panic
fearing another racial uprising. An
unsuccessful attempt was made Tues
day to blow up the police reserve bar
racks at Helsingfors. A number OF
persons were more or less injured.
- Jackson, Miss, Sept. 25: In my
opinion the only solution of the race
question" said Governor Vardaman,
in discussing the Atlanta riots, "is the
repeal of the 18th amendment and
modification of the 18th. The civiliza-
ton of the white man cannot be suited
to the low-browed, veneered, semi-sav-
age negro. When you undertake 1t you
demoralize the white man and spoil the
negro. The civilization Of the negro
lasts just so long as he is under the
control of the white man, who incul-
Gates it. When left to himself he as
naturally drifts back to the barbarism
of the jungle. The crime of criminal
assault is a brutal manifestation or the
negro's aspiration for social equality.
To suppress that aspiration 1t Is there
fore necessary to separate the races in
the schools, in politics, on railroads
and street cars and in church and in
dustrial pursuits as much as possible"
Paul o. Stensland, the defaulting
president of the Milwaukee Avenue
State bank of Chicago, reached New
York on Tuesday night from Tangier,
Morocco, and was locked up at police
headquarters. On Wednesday morning
he was lined up with score of alleged
piokpockets and other criminals, for
examination. He was measured in ac-
cordance with the Bertillion system,
and his photograph was taken for the
rogue's gallery Waiving extradition
rights Stensland left for Chicago In
charge of detectives in the afternoon.
On his arrival in Chicago he was spot
ted at the station by a crowd of Poles
and Scandinavians, who made dem
onstration, shouting epithets OF the
most scathing nature at the prisoner.
Fearing an attempt at violence, a de-
tective picked Stensland up bodily and
tossed him into a cab. The prisoners
face was ashy pale and he gave evil
dence OF deepest fear. Stensland on
a plea of guilty was sent to the
Joliet penitentiary on an indeterminate
sentence, the maximum of which is ten
years.
= Gastonia, September 25: Engineer
Derrett of a Southern railway wreck
ing train, was instantly killed at Kings
Mountain at o'clock this morning,
being crushed to death under his own
engine. The accident resulted from a
collision between the wrecking train
and northbound freight No. "a, Engi- |
neer Austell in charge. The wrecking
train had taken the siding at the Cora
mill to allow No. "A to pass. The en-
gine, however, did not clear the post
and was struck by the engine Of No.
"A. Engineer Derrett leaped from his
engine when the crash came but was
unable to get out of the way and was
pinned beneath ii as he fell. No one
else was injured. The engines of both
trains were badly damaged. Wreck |
ing trains were sent to the scene from
Spencer and the track was cleared at
2.3O o'clock this afternoon, traffic on
the main line having been blocked for
ten hours. The wrecking train was in
charge of Engineer Derrett and Con-
ductor London, while No. "A was in
charge of Engineer Austell and Con-
ductor Milton Clapp. The dead en-
gineer's body was taken to Greenville.
- Charlotte, N. c., September 25: ].
j. Hatch, a member of the freshman
class at the University of North Car
olina, shot and perhaps fatally wound
ed Bernard O'Neill, a sophomore of
Wilmington, on the campus this even
ing. O'Neill received a bullet in his
right groin, and was carried to the col
lege infirmary, where he is in Sc
rious condition. Hatch, following the
shooting, fled to his room and held off
would-be captors with his pistol. FL
nally he admitted a newspaper cores
pondent to whom he gave his version
of the tragedy, and then, after a talk
with President Venable, surrendered
to the civil authorities Hatch, who Is
a youth of seventeen, stated that while
crossing the campus in a patch of
woods, in semi darkness, a crowd of
students caught hold of him, and he
fired. He betrayed no nervousness
over the affair. O'Neilrs companions
say they were strolling along the cam
pus with no thought of Hatch until
they came upon him. He drew his gun
and then they caught hold of him in
self defense. Both young men are So
cially prominent in their respective
towns.
The police authorities of Augusta,
on Tuesday discovered a secret organ
ization of Ku Klux in the city and
broke it up. Detectives found in To-
cal job printing office literature pri-
vately printed for the organization and
on further investigation, found that
a local tailoring establishment of high
reputation had made gowns and other
regalia for the band. The literature
and gowns were confiscated, the for
mer being destroyed. A number of the
young men connected with the organi-
zation were arrested and placed under
peace bonds. 1t was the purpose of the
Ku Klux to make their first visitation
on w. ]. White, negro preacher who
was also editor of the Georgia Baptist.
White had several times brought about
incipient clashes and riots between the
races on account of articles in his paper.
and a few years ago was saved from
injury and his Office from destruction by
q noh which had surrounded il with the