Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-26
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dent Roosevelt for alleged miscon-
duct in connection with the shooting
up of Brownsville, Tex, by the SOL
diers of the twenty-fifth infantry last
August The decision of the court
martial was reached tonight after four
hours deliberation, and was trans
mitted TO Brig. Gen. McCaskey, COM
manding the department of Texas,
who authorized it's publication. The
arguments heard today closed seven
weeks proceedings and nearly $500
typewriter pages comprise the rec
ord. Mai. Penrose will leave next
week for Washington, where he has
been summoned as a witness before
the senate committe investigating the
Brownsville affair.
Charlotte Chronicle: Just now the
papers are making good deal Of the
downfall of James Parker, the negro
who knocked down CZolgosz at the
time of the shooting of President Nc
Kinley and held him until the police
had secured him. In pleading for
Parker in a police court in Atlantic
City, one of his friends. addressing the
Judge said: Last year Jim was in
hospital in Philadelphia for some mi
nor throat trouble. He recovered and
was discharged, and then came down
here to work in a hotel. One colored
saloon keeper gave a ball and banquet
in Jim's honor. Other saloons found
him a good attraction ans followed the
example. Well, judge, that just SEEM
ed to spoil Jim. He used to be sober
and industrious, but since then he has
been going from bad to worse" 1t
would have been remarkable If he had
not. It Is bad for the average colored
man to make hero Of him, but there
is no surer way to accomplish his ut
ter ruin than to give him ali the Ii
quor he can drink.
- Columbia, March rs: The sixth
annual convention of the lnterna-
tional Guard association was called
to order at 10 o'clock this morning
in the hall of the house of represen-
tatives, Gen. Charles Dick, senator
from Ohio, and president of the as
ISOLATION, presiding. The delegates
were welcomed to the state In brief
address by Governor Martin F. Ansel,
Adjutant General John c. Boyd and
Mayor T. H. Gibbes also made ad-
dresses of welcome. The morning
session was occupied with the read
ing of papers by the various dele
gates, while the afternoon session
was largely taken up by routine mat
ter. Governor Ansel entertained the
delegates tonight at a reception at
the Colonial hotel, at which there
were many distinguished persons.
The convention Is regarded by those
present as one of the most success
full in the history Of the organization
Two sessions will be held to morrow,
with an old-time southern barbecue
in the afternoon.
Winchester, Va, March %: Ac-
cording to a story vouched for by sew
eral prominent men Of Winchester
and Martinsburg, w. Va, a personal
encounter was imminent early Sum-
day morning in the Berkley club, at
Martinsburg, between a number of its
members and Senator B. r. Tillman,
of South Carolina. After lecturing
here on the race question Saturday
Senator Tillman was taken to Mar
tinsburg by Howard Emmart in an
automobile. While waiting for the
train to go Ito Columbus, Ohio, the
Senator was entertained by Mr.. EN-
mart and others at the Berkeley club,
which is composed principally Of Re-
publican business men. During dis
cussion Of national affairs Senator
Tillman is said to have made a re-
mark rejecting upon President Roose-
velt, which many club men took as
an insult, they being staunch admir-
ers Of the president. 1t is stated that
men jumped to their feet and angrily
demanded that the senator's remarks
and harsh criticism Of the president
be withdrawn, but Mr.. Tillman re-
fused to take back q word of what he
had said. The difficulty was finally
smoothed over
Very sensational testimony is be-
ing brought out in st. Petersburg in
the investigations of the doings of the
Reactionary league. Testimony dis
closed the fact that the Reactionary
league of the Russian people has been
in hah of tO a.
move parties that it wanted removed,
at so much a head, the amount to be
paid the assassin vary according to
the prominence Of the person to be
put out of the way. Some of the
prices were as low as 50 and from that
the figures ranged upward to $1,500
if the man to be murdered was very
prominent or very troublesome to the
league officers. A soldier named
Kricks testified to having been paid
$500 to bring about the death Of NJ
Petrunkevitch, and stated that the
money had been given him by M. Yush-
kevitch, a leader of the league. The
soldier also testified that a prominent
uOClOI anu q VI oOSlcll
standing had also connived for the
assassination of a high Russian off,
cial, Professor Hertzenstein. Upon
the information brought out by the
testimony of the soldier, a large num-
ber of arrests will be made among
members of the league.
The disappearance by kidnapping
of Horace Marvin, Jr.. of North Som
ers Point, Del, is still the source OF
much interest throughout the coun-
try. Since the disappearance of the
child two or three weeks ago thou
sands of dollars have been expended
in a vain effort to find some clue tc
his whereabouts. Scores of detective!
and thousands of police Throughout
the United States and Canada are en-
gagged in the search. The child ha!
been reported found in a dozen oil
more different states, in Canada, Eng
land and in Mexico. The officers mos