Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-08
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Exchange in declining to consult coun-
sci as to the advisability of bringing
suits for libel against himself and
President Jordan of the Southern
Cotton Growers association, for their
recent action in asking the postoftice
department for q fraud order against
the exchange. 1T is losing game II
they think they can bluff me out by
threatening libel proceedings. An at
tempt is being made to cloud the is
sue by asserting that am after the
New York Cotton Exchange as a oody.
l am after the governing body, the
steering committee, composed of about
fifteen men, who are responsible Tor
existing conditions. There are many
honest men in the exchange
Richmond Va, January 6: De-
tectiye A. H. Baldwin, of the Baldwin
detective agency, left Richmond to-
night for Huntington, w. Va' to
bring to Virginia for trial, Percy Mar
tin, the young white man who has
made full confession of participation
in the Seaboard Air Line train rob-
berry at Lacrosse, Va, about 80 miles
below Richmond, on the night of De-
cember 30th. He has expressed a will
lingness to come without requisition
papers. He insists that Powley, now
in jail at Boydton, Va, was the BAN
dit who went through the Pullman
car and took possession of the pas
sengers' yaluables, he being Powleys
pal, who shared in the booty after the
holdup had been successfully accom-
plished. Part Of his proportion OF the
plunder Is a diamond ring, which, he
SAYS, was taken from F. X. Bull,
Racine, Wis, millionaire, who was on
his way at the time of the robbery to
Camden, s. G.
Secretary Hitchcock Of the inte-
rior and Secretary Wilson of agricul-
ture were placed on the rack for sew
eral hours recently on a question OF
the withdrawal Of 100000 acres OF
Indian lands for a forest reserve in the
territory. The congressional commit
tee desired to learn what reason ana
authority there was for the withdrawal
and Secretary Hitchcock stated that
he had issued the order at the request
of Secretary Wilson and the latter ad-
mitted that he had acted on the advice
OF a forest expert. 1t was intinated
in the committee meeting that the
withdrawal OF the land from allotment
would make il a part or the public
domain and that a railroad company
whose line passed through the terri
tory, would thereby be able to claim
every alternate section. Secretary
Hitchcock admitted that he had no
authority for setting aside the land In
question and that upon full investi-
CATION, the order would be rescinded.
- Berlin, January 5: An inquiry
commenced today into the charges
of gross cruelty practiced by army
officers in German Southwest Africa
toward the natives. Several officers
in the Cameroons in charge of de-
tachments are named and it is alleged
that a first lieutenant at the head OF
an expedition against the Cohohos
tribe, which refused to submit, had
the natives to the number of 7S kill
ed and their bodies put into baskets
and thrown into the river. Another
captain is accused of blowing three
natives, who were accused of theft,
from the mouths Of cannons. An Of
ficial named Schmidt is charged with
beating the natives with sticks until
they were MANNED for life and other
atrocities of grave nature are al
legged and will be inquired into. The
principal witnesses against the oft1-
GERS implicated are missionaries from
the Cameroons. Herr Derenburg
the colonial director started that
there will be a full investigation into
the charges and punishment Of the
officials convicted Of the charges.
The 9Th and 10th cavalry and the
25th infantry, including all the negro
soldiers in the regular army in this
country, says a Washington dispatch,
have been ordered to prepare for SER
vice in the Philippines and will sail
at different times between March 5
and June of this year. The only 9TH
er regiment composed of negroes, the
oath infantry, is now doing service In
the Philippines. Other troops ordered
to the Philippines are the 9Th cavalry,
the 18th, 26, 29 and 80 infantry. The
troops which will be relieved by the
sending of these new regiments will be
the 4th, 7th and Sth cavalry, and the
9Th, 18th, 18th, 10th and 10th infan-
try. 1t was stated by Major General
Bell, chief Of staff, that the negro reg
iments are being sent to the Philip
pines because it is their turn to go
and not because Of any desire to get
them out of the United States at this
time. The negro troops are to sail for
the Philippines before most Of the
white organizations, the last Of which
will not leave this country until early
in January, 1908.
- San Antonio, Texas, January 4:
1t is stated on good authority that the
investigation conducted by Assistant
Attorney General Purdy here and at
Brownsville, has revealed a clew that
will lead to the arrest and probable
conviction of every negro soldier who
participated in the raid on Browns
vile. Lem Reeves, a negro soldier,
revealed the names of the two men
missing from his company at the time
the sound of arms was given at Fort
Brown Immediately after the outbreak.
Reeves testimony was of a very dam
aging nature to Major Penrose and
Captain Macklin, and he will be held
as a witness in the courtmartial of
these officers, to be held in Zebra"
Great regret is expressed that the
thirteen negroes originally arrested are
now at liberty. They are no longer
emenable to trial by military author
tiles and their capture by the state
authorities would cost hundreds