Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-21
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in charge of the work, is expected to
bring Secretary of War Wright from
the isthmus next month. Colonel
Goethals contemplates trip to this
country in September for the purpose
Of comforting with Secretary Wright
on canal zone matters. One of the
subjects Of discussion will be the es-
Inmates for the next year, to be sub
mitted to congress at the coming ses-
sion. While here Colonel Goethals
will make a trip to Oyster Bay to dis
cuss the situation with the president.
Atlanta, August 10: Late today
the police reserves were called to the
Terminal Station to quell riot which
broke out among two companies of
United States regulars en- route from
Fort Slocum to the Pacific coast
When the local police were unable to
curb the soldiers a call was made
upon Fort Mcpherson for troops and
Captain Bankhead with a company OF
regulars responded hurriedly. The
trouble started when a number OF
soldiers broke out of their cars and
began annoying the passengers enter
ing the trains. officer Hill, OF the
local police, knocked two of the men
down and the trouble became gener-
al. During the fight a soldier named
Frank Smith, was seriously stabbed
and is now in a local hospital. Joseph
w. Bleak, another soldier is under
arrest. The officers had the men un-
der control at six thirty and under
guard in their cars. Further trouble
is not expected.
Houston Post: The New York
American has discovered mare
nest of huge proportions and it un-
dertakes to discredit Mr.. Bryan there
by. Somebody told The American
that the national committee had on
hand some 100000 left over from
the campaign of 1904 and the creduI-
ity of that journal was sufficient 10
take it in and use the statement as
the foundation of an attack upon the
Democratic candidate. But there was
not a word of truth in the statement
and all the fabric of misrepresenta-
ton and abuse erected thereon falls
to the ground. There was not a cent
left in the Democratic treasury from
the campaign of 1904. The truth is
that the national committee never had
sufficient funds with which to con-
oOoinct we'll
supplied an organization as that over
which Cortelyou presided. The IDEA
of The American in broaching this
monumental fake was to convict Mr.
BRYAN of insincerity, 1t desired TO
show that Mr.. Bryan's earnestness in
appealing for a peoples campaign
fund was assumed rather than real,
because the large sum remaining
from the Parker campaign was sub
scribed largely by corporations.
Washington, August 10: The
round-the-world cruise Of the Allan
tic fleet began from Hampton Roads
on December 16, 1907, and the opn-
ion of the naval authorities is that
the cruise will have lasted year
when the fleet bellows forth reply to
the welcome that will be tender
ed by the shipping and forts in
New York harbor. On August g.
Auckland received the naval visitors
and on August Is the fleet started
for Sydney, where the ships are scned-
uled to cast anchor tomorrow. Seven
days have been allotted for the eX-
change of courtesies at Sydney and
the fleet will then pass on to Mel
bourne, where it probably will re-
main from August 29 to September
5. A few days later will see the fleet
in Albany, on the west coast of Aus
tralia, where it will remain until
September II. Then will come the
long jump to the Philippines, where
the battle-ship fleet is expected to ar
rive on October l, remain ten days,
and proceed in two squadronS. The
second squadron will reach Annoy on
October 29, and remain until Novem-
Der 4, when it will begin its three days
cruise to Manila. The first squadron
will go direct to Manila, arriving there
on October 81. The remainder of the
itinerary, via the Suez canal, back to
Hampton Roads has not been agreed
on by the department.
A mob in Springfield, H., on Au-
gust IA, infuriated because the police
force had spirited away from the city
Jail a negro who had assaulted a wo-
man, let out its wrath on the city.
Mr.. Loper, a restaurant keeper, who
as a deputy sheriff helped to trans
port the negro to a place of safety,
in his automobile. had his automo-
bile destroyed and burned, and his
place of business completely wreck
ed by the mob. Then the mob, with
arms stolen from a pawn shop,
marched the streets till a. m, chas-
ing and beating all negroes found,
and finally lynched one negro. Mr..
Eugene w Chain, Prohibition candi-
date for president, was struck with
brick, while rescuing a negro who
was being beaten by the crowd. Pan
demonium reigned for hours and the
negroes sought every means Of getting
out of town. Besides the negro lynch
ed, two white men and one negro were
killed, and several scores of both were
injured Twenty or thirty houses oc-
cupied by negroes were burned. The
police and militia were at first help
less before the infuriated mob, and
large re-enforcements of soldiers
from neighboring cities were neces-
sary before order was restored. 1t is
reported that w. II. BOwe, assistant
county treasurer, was caught and shot
by the negroes. On the nights of
August 10 and 16. the mobs continued
to burn property until 100000 worth
had been destroyed and many negroes
injured One negro was shot and
hanged on the night Of the fifteenth.
Four thousand troops are now pres
ent, and it is impossible to tell yet
whether the race war is ended