The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-04-26
M|L|TANTS
SUFFRAGE HERE?
Mrs. Pankhurst's Followers
Even Create Disturbance
In Royal Palace.

n announcing the subscriptions:

in announcing the subscriptions:
Money talks, and the members of
the cabinet know it, What we have
raised tonight would buy a lot of
matches and parafFin."
At the same meeting Mrs. Drum
mond read the report of the physician
who examined Miss Emerson immedi-
ately after her release from Jail. 1t
said i'm part:
81 find the mucous membrane of the
throat entirely gone and the throat
very badly bruised; also the mouth
and gums are in very bad condition
Miss Emerson is suffering from Sc
we're nervous prostTatbon."
Miss Emerson's condition was at
tributed to forced feeding while she
was In Jail. The reading of the re-
port created the greatest indignation
at the meeting
Another sensation was created at
the meeting when former member
of parliament urged the formation OF
q militant league of men to emulate
the women in destroying property.
Activities Continued.
Following Miss Emerson's release,
the suffragists continued their demon
stration with what seemed increased
violence. An empty passenger car on
a train proceeding from Waterloo to
Kingston n-Thames was entirely de-
stroyed by fire. The other cars on the
train were filled with passengers, who
We're greatly alarmed and indignant at
the danger to which they were ex-
posed. Among the debris a canister
such as was used by the women In a
recent bomb outrage was found. Just
before the train reached Kingston a
loud explosion occurred.
One evening workman passing
through an empty car attached to
train carrying passengers discovered
a bomb to which was attached a light
ed fuse. All but an inch of the fuse
was burned He extinguished it. The
bomb consisted of canister inclosed
in box I'm which were sixteen loaded
gun cartridges, pieces of jagged steel,
bullets and scraps of lead. On the box
was painted: More to Come. Votes
For Women. Give Us the Vote"
The suffragettes declare that they
are not responsible for an anonymous
letter received by Sir Charles Mon
tague Lush. the judge who sentenced
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst to three
years Imprisonment. The letter threat
ened him with death.
The secretary Of the Women's Social
and Political union said:
Human life is sacred to us as much
so now as before the sentence on Mrs.
Pankhurst."
Clergymen Interested.
Militancy recently has been receiving
attention from the pulpits Of England.
Among the ministers who discussed
the question Is DR. Leonard G. Brough-
ton, pastor of Christ church, Westmin-
ster Bridge road, formerly of Atlanta.
Ga. In one of his sermons he said:
"a small bunch Of rampant anarch-
lists who ought to be in prison or In
the lunatic asylum are bringing dis
grace on their sex and hindering their
noble cause-a cause which soon would
be victorious IL 1t were not for the
methods of anarchy used by these wo-
men with the idea Of forcing It."
About that time three uninhabited
houses were set on fire. One was
at Mendon. another at Potter's bar
and the third at Hemei, Hampstead.
Oil cans and suffragette literature were
found In the vicinity of the houses
A campaign against the 'tndignities'
to women, contained In the Anglican
marriage service. vas begun bz the
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