Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-30
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know that the Republicans are saying
that 1 never carried my own pre-
cinct," said Mr.. Bryan to members Of
the National Democratic club, but
the Republicans have not told that
when 1 moved into that precinct
there were ten Republicans to two
Democrats and that now there are
ocrat. This year l am going to carry
my own precinct. 1 am going to car
ry the county of Lincoln and / am
going to carry the state of Nebras-
ka."
London. October 2S: Suffragette
disturbances have driven the govern
ment to the unusual course of tenn
pOrarily closing the strangers and
ladies' galleries in the house of COM
mons. This was announced by the
speaker tonight. During the evening,
while the house was discussing the Ii
censing BILL a sensation was caused
by the display of a placard and sud-
den shrill cries from the ladies' gal
lery, demanding votes for women,
while simultaneously bundle of
hand bills fluttered down from the
strangers gallery at the opposite end
of the chamber, and a man shouted
protests against the injustice to
women" The male offender was un-
tremendously elected, but from the
ladies' galleries sounds were heard
of a desperate struggle. Two suffra-
gettes had chained themselves to the
grills and for a time resisted all eff
forts of removal, crying continuously
in shrill tones their demands for
votes. Finally the suffragettes were
removed, but only after portion Of
the grills were removed with them.
The situation in the east IS not
yet entirely cleared up, but the peril
of war diminishes day by day. The
points of danger were in Turkey and
Servia. Turkey is apparently COM
mitted to a policy of peace, and has
intrusted her interests to the great
powers, relying especially on the
friendship of England. The Servians
were halted on the verge Of decla-
ration of war by the discovery that
they had no ammunition for their
artillery-"a fact" says the Out
look" (which throws light on the ef-
ficiency of the Servian government
in peace, and probably in war" 1t
seems now fairly we'll settled that a
conference of the great powers will
be called at an early date. There Is
apparently a good understanding be-
tween England, Russia and France.
Germany, however, thinks she was
not sufficiently consulted in the prep
aration by those three powers Of a
programme to be submitted to new
conference of the seven powers rep
resented at the congress Of Berlin
in 1873. The Germans are indignant
at being ignored, and the emperor,
by way of showing that Germany
cannot be ignored, may insist on some
modification of the programme
agreed upon by the other three pow
ers.
- Louisville. KY, October 81: In
an endeavor to establish his conten-
ton that all persons connected with
the night-riders' association are re-
sponsible for ravages made by any
member Of the organization, Henry
Bennett today filed a suit for 10000
damages in the United States circuit
court. The plaintiff on February 4th
was set upon and terribly beaten with
clubs and thorned switches by band
of night riders. At the same time
his stemmery and tobacco factory and
other large and valuable buildings
were destroyed by the night riders.
Mr.. Bennett since then has been re-
ceiving letters, threatening that he
would be killed by night riders. In
the suit filed today he is proceeding
not only against the actual persons
who were present at the time Of the
destruction of his property and injury
to himself, but against large num-
ber of other persons, many of whom
are counted among the most promin-
ent and prosperous citizens Of the
western part Of Kentucky, alleging
that they were members of a crimin-
al conspiracy known as the Might
Riders organization" or silent Bri
gade," and that they participated in
the meetings which were held
throughout many counties. The con-
tention of the plaintiff is that all per-
Of nj o
riders organization are bound by the
acts of the several night riders, all
being alike responsible for the con-
duct and actions Of the others, done
in furtherance of the general object
of the conspiracy, which was to force
all independent raisers of and hand
lers of dark tobacco to place their
tobacco in the pool controlled by the
dark tobacco association.
- Tiftonville, Tenn, Oct. 81: Ted"
Burton the self-confessed night rider,
told a remarkable story today of
night depredations near Reel Foot
lake, confessing to the part he play
ed in the outrages which reached a
III the putting " uSdlll
of Capt. Quentin Rankin, an attorney
Of Trenton, Tenn, on the banks of
Reel Foot lake a week ago and i'm
plicating men prominent in this part
of the state. OF the persons who he
declares had a part in the killing of
Capt. Rankin more than half are now
in custody at Camp Memo, the mill
tary base near Samburg. The confess
sion was made at Tiptonville Jail to
Sheriff Haines, Judge Harris owner
of a large tract of land in the Reel
Foot lake region, who has suffered
much at the hands of the raiders, and
Mayor Cleveland Donelson Of Upton
Vile. The confession was made free
ly and voluntarily, and apparently
without a qualm of conscience he glib
ly unfolded his story. While Burton
denies that he was present when Cap
tain Rankin was put TO death, he ad-
mits that it was through information