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X C Year, In Advance FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH. " ' t Zlmzt Cpy 5 CfcJ vol. xix.-" Plymouth, isr, a, Friday, November e. idosI " . N0.21I - FIGHT ON OUTLAWS! Governor Patterson, of Ten ; ncssce, Doing Fine Work NIGHT HIDING MUST BE ENDED Seventy-Fire Arrests Have Already Been Madia in the Tennessee Out rages. Samburg', Tenn. Special-Additional details of- Tid Burton's confession at Tiptonville indicate that perhaps 300 persons in Obion county are im plicated in raids or as accessories of Night Eiders. Even the oath taken by the Night Riders is known. The authorities believe enough evidence Tias already been obtained to indict four men. There are 75 prisoners in camp. 3arrett Johnson, alleged leader of the Night Riders, is under a double .guard, and no one is allowed to see Jiim." His brother Tom and William Watson are also kept in solitary con finement. "We know absolutely we have two of the' captains in Camp Nemo and "twelve of the other Night Riders," said Colonel Tatom. Since Wednesday night, when Gov ernor Patterson arrived, he has been in charge of examination of witnesses and had general direction of the movements of the troops. The Gov ernor if leading the life of a soldier, sleeping in a tent next" to Colonel Tatom. John I'. Cockran, the man captured after a chase on the lake, has con fessedihat the Night Rider outrages have included tho whipping of wo ,'inen. " Because of a technicality, it may be necessary to abandon the special .term of court convened at Union City on Monday, and allow 30 days to elapse before the inquiry can.be resumed. The statutes of this State . require that any term of court called must be advertised in advance for 80 days. KN Ten wjflepes were before the rari&ifury and, according to the .statement of Attorney-Gtneral Cald well, disclosures were made, of almost as much importance as tile confes sion of Tid Burton. Frank Ferriner confessed last "week and implicated 30 or 12 men now in custody. He gave names., and "went into details. Ferriner is care fully guarded in an isolated tent. Ferriner 's confession come after a . long grueling examination in Colonel Tatom 's tent. Governor Patterson In person questioned the witness. The Governor expressed himself as being pleased with what has been brought out. '"We are getting some mighty strong evidence," he said, "and 1 am confident we will discover the members of this marauding band and convict them." NIGHT RIDER CONFESSES. "Tid" Butrcn Implicates 40 Men of Reel Foot Lake Cotintr. Tiptonville, Tenn., Special. In the presence of Sheriff. . Haines, Judge Harris and Mayor Cleveland Don- aldson, "Tid" ' Burton, . the Night . yjj&ider arrested at Samburg, made a full confession in the Lake County Jail here, and told a . remarkable story of night rider depredation near Reel Foot, Lake, confessing to the part he played in the outrages which reached a culmination in the putting to' death of Capt. Quentin Rankin, an attorney of Trenton, Tenn.,-on the banks of Reel Foot Lake a Aveek ago, and implicating men prominent in this part of the State. Of the persons who he declared had a part in the killing of Capt. Rankin more than half are now in custody at Camp Nemo, the military base near Samburg. The confession was made at tho 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 riders and Mayor Cleveland Donelson, of Tip tonville. The confession was made freely and voluntarily and apparently with out a qualm of conscience he gibly unfolded his story. While Burton denies that he was J present when -Capt. Rankin was put 7 to death, he admits that it was through his influence that the bard consrresated and took the attorney while he was st"ng at the hotel at Walnut Log. Tom and Garrett Johnson.-iursr-- rest, ar-d V. Wm.Jxcr bond in t'onneeti raid, wc '.S v id '-. r Vrht rider band was when he aided in the burning of a fish wharf at Samburg. Several weeks later he was one of several that crossed the county line from the Reel Foot Lake region into the adjoining county of Lake and whipped Justice of the Peace Winn, an aged man. Coming to the killing of Capt. Ran-' kin Burton declared that on the night before the lynching he went to Wal nut Log and there met James F. Carpenter, an attorney, of ' Union City, at whose solicitation Rankin and Judge R. Z. Taylor, associated in the West Tennessee Company, owners of the land on which the lake is situated, came to the lake. It was stated that the visit of the two attorneys was to discuss a timber deal with Carpenter. After this con versation Burton says he communi cated with night rider leaders and told of the intended visit of the rep resentatives of the land company. On the following night he saw the two attorneys at supper at the Wal nut Log, but he declared he left Wal nut Log earlv in the night and went on the lake to fish. He says that ho was fishing when he heard the snots, which ended the life of Capt. Ran kin, but he did not return to the shore for some time. In the confession Burton gave the names of no fewer than forty alleged members of the night riders. One More Prisoner Confesses, Im plicating a Dozen Other. Camp Nemo, Reel Foot Lake, Tenn. Special. Within one week from the time the soldiers of Tennesse under personal direction of Gov. M. R. Patterson spread their tents in the heart of the night rider region, evi dence of the most damaging nature against the murderers of Capt Quen tin Rankin has been, unearthed. Frank Ferriner confessed and im plicated ten or twelve men now in custody, He gave names and went into details. Ferriner is carefully guarded in an isolated tent. Ferri ner 's confession camo after a long grilling examination in Solonel Ta tom 's tent.- Governor Patterson in person questioned the witness. The Governor expressed himself as highly pleased with what has been brought out. " Besides Ferriner, four other men arc' guarded in separate tents. They are Tom Johnson, of Hornbreak, al leged to begone of the night- rider captains; his cousin, Garrett John son, of Spout Springs; also alleged to be a captain of the band; Will Watson, captured last week, who is under indictment in Lake county for whipping old man Winn, and Fred Pinion and a man named Thorn. A score of additional prisoners were brought in. Most of them are want ed as witnesses, but three who were apprehended are regarded as import ant prisoners. They are Fred Pinion, J. A. Johnson and R. L. Knight. On the arrival at camp of Maj. R. E. Martin and his detachment, bringing eight or ten prisoners, Governor Pat terson conducted a court of inquiry in his tent, examining singly those brought in, ' The total number of arrests is 85, and of tins number it is alleged that half belong to the nigh triders'. band. AGAINST NIGHT RIDERS. Suit fer $100,000 Damages in an Endeavor to Establish the Content tion That all Persons Connected With tho Night Riders' Associa tion are Responsible for Ravages Made by. Any Member. -Louisville, Ky., Special. In an cn deaver to establish his contention that all persons connected with tho night riders' association are respon sible for ravages made by any mem ber of the organization, Henry Ben nett filed a suit for $100,000 damages in the United States Circuit court. The plaintiff on February 4 was set upon and terribly beaten with clubs and thorned switches by a 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 he is proceeding not only against the actual persons who were present at the time of the destruction of his property and in jury to himself, but against a large number of other persons, many of whom are counted among the most prominent and prosperous citizens of the Western part of Kentucky, al leging that they were members of a criminal conspiracy known as the "Night Riders' Organization," or "Silent Bris-ade ." and that thev par- ti icinated in the meetings which were ield throughout many counties. Tli nnntun'inn ri P flm nl a ! ni ! ft 15 ' that all persons who. are members of the night riders' organization are bound bv the acts of the several niaht riders, oil being alike, respon sible for the conduct and actions of the others, done in furtherance of the general object of the conspiracy which was to force all independent raisers and handlers of dark tobacco to place their tobacco in the pool controlled" by the Dark Tobacco Association. THE CHAIN COMPLETE. Governor Patterson Says He Knows Who Fired the Shot and Who Put the Rope Around Captain Rankin's Neck Confessions of Other Night Rider's Tally With Burton's Three More Prisoners Brought in. Camp Nemo, Reel Foot Lake, Tenn., Special. "We know who fired the shot and who put the rope around Rankin's neck," said Governor Pat terson in a statement Friday after noon, just before his departure for Union City, where a special grand jury is investigating the night-rider depredations in this section which culminated recently in the murder of Captain Quentin Rankin. The Gov ernor said: "The proof which has thus far de veloped is positive as to the guilt of some of the men under arrest and im plicates many others. This will all be presented to the court at the pro per time and a long step has been taken to discover and suppress law lessness in this region. Conditions have been extremely bad, the night riders going from one lawless act to another until the culmination came with the murder of Captain Rankin and the attempted murder of Colonel Taylor. We know who fired the shot and who put the rope around Ran kin's neck. The number of men ac tually at the killing was probably not more than ten, while some stood guard and others held the horses. The whole number engaged in the under taking did rot exceed thirty-five. The inquiry will be further prosecut ed and the State will have ample evi dence to convict." The confessions of Ferringer, Hogg and Morris substantiate, it is said, that of Tid Burton. They will be taken to Memphis for safe keeping. Thre more prisoners were brought in Fridav. Prank .of Hallowe'en Cclebrators Causes Costly Fire in Texas Town. Bolton, Texas, Special. Fire start ed by Hallowe'en roisterers Satur day night destroyed the Belton com press and 10,000 bales of cotton. The damage is $250,000, covered by in surance. Twenty residences Mere damaged by fire and water, and 170 loaded freight cars burned. Receivers For Southern Life and Ac cident Company. Norfolk, Va., Special. Upon suit filed in the United States Circuit Court here by Charles L. Hilgartner, R. E. Hilgartner and Addition E. Mullikin, citizens of Maryland, for the appointment of receivers, in Vir ginia, for the. Southern Life and Acci dent Insurance Corrpany, Judge Wad dill cited the defendant company to appear here November IGth and show cause why a receiver should not be named. "Vets" May Sell "Near Beer." Atlanta. Special. The privilege granted by the State to Confederate veterans to be dealers in any articles not prohibited, and to be exempt from the payment of any license was held by the State Court of Appeals in a decision handed down last week, to include dealing in non-intoxicating "near beer." Under this ruling Georgia municipalities will be pre vented from keemni out "near beer" by means pf a prohibition license. Japanese Troops Withdrawn From Korea, Seoul, Special. The thirteenth di vision of the Japanese army after having been on duty here since the outbreak of hostilities with the Koreans is embarking for Japan. This action is taken as significant of the termination of the trouble, al though a number of irreconcilabies continue to create disturbances in various parts of the- country. Kentucky Feudists Clash Fatally. Lexington, Ky., Special. Word reached here of a clash on Standing Rock creek in Wolfe county between the Hall and Ashley feud factions in which two of the Hall boys were shot, one fatally, the other seriously. One of tho Ashleys was fatally stab bed. Two of the combatants were arrested. The Halls were armed with knives and the Ashleys with pistols. . The Washington Post aver3 that: Some men are convJn-ced that the world is growing better ev'ery time they see how much, good others are dolus. RAMPANT RUSSIANS Object to Abiding By Decision of the Powers OFFICIAL POSITION DIFFERENT Parliamentary L,eaders Say that the Idea of an International Congress Will Be Abandoned Foreign Of fice Says Negotiations Are in Progress. St. Petersburg, By Cable. Interest in the Balkan situation is centered in the positive statement of several parliamentary leaders that Russia has determined to drop the idea of the proposed international congress and will refuse to recognize the an nexation by Austro-Hungary of Bos nia and Herzegovina. This information, although pur porting to be from official sources is not entirely exact. Russia has. finally committed herself to the principle that the question of the annexation of the provinces may be discussed in a conference of the powers, and Austria will permit the status cf Herzegovina to be included in the programme, but only on condition that the delegates will refrain from questioning her action, and content themselves with registering the abro gation of the article referring to this matter in they Berlin treaty. The Foreigm Office states that thfc negotiations between Russia, Austria Hungary and other powers on this question are still in progress and con siders that an acceptable formula for submission to the congress may ultimately be found. It is difficulty, however, to foresee how a satisfactory agreement may be reached without one side, or the other withdrawing its contention. Great Religious Parade. Boston, Special. What was prob ably the greatest parade of a reli gious character in the history of New England brought -to a close Sunday the centennary celebration of the founding of the Roman Catholic Dio cese of Boston which was begun on Wednesday last. It is estimated that fully 40,000 men representing the Holy Name Societies of the Roman Catholic churches in the five counties which constitute the Diocese, with over 150 priests, participated, march ing to the music of 100 bands. Thous ands of spectators filled every point of vantage along the line of march. Passing before the arch-Episcopal residence on Bay State road, the parade was reviewed by Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop William H. O'Connell, together with a number of visiting prelates, from a reviewing stand. The day was begun with a solemn pontifical mass at the Cathe dral of the Holy Cross, with Arch bishop O'Connell as celebrant, and Cardinal Gibbons occupying the pon tifieial throne within the sanctuary. At night in the same edifice a te deum service was held, s Fire Destrtjs a Florida Phosphate Plant. Mulberry, Fla., Special. Fire de stroyed a large portion of the Mul berry plant of the Prairie Pebble Phosphate Company. The fire was dis covered at 8:30 a. m. and the em ployes of the company battled with the fire for several hours before the flames could be extinguished. The en tire drying plant, dry bin and general offices of the company, together with a boarding house, hotel and two pri vate residences were burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at $100, 000. Tragedy in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Special. W. B. Sullivan, whose home is in Dallas, Tex., was shot and perhaps fatally injured on the south side, and A. J. Cooler is under arrest charged with the crime. Sullivan is not in condi tion to talk and Cooley ref rises to dis cuss the affair, so that it is not hnowu how the shooting occurred. Virginia Farmer Shot to Death. Roanoke, Va., Special. Edward Gorman, a young farmer, was shot to death in his yard in this county Saturday night, Sydney Britts, an other young farmer who lives near the Gorman place, is missing and it is alleged that he killed Gorman. It is said that s, brother of Britts brought the latter to Roanoke after the shoot ing and that Sydney Butts bo:.i.Vl a train here for unknown parts. The . ' ' ' FOR THANKSGIVING DAY The President Points Out the Steady Growth and General Prosperity of the Nation and Urges Upon Ameri cans That They Return Thanks to the Almighty For the Existing Con ditions. Washington, Special. The Presi dent has issued the annual Thanks giving proclamation, in which he pointed out the steady growth of the nation in strength, worldly power, wealth and population, and that our average of individual comfort and well being is higher than that of any other country in the world. For this, he declares, Americans owe it to the Almighty to show equal progress in moral and spiritual things. The proclamation follows: By the President of the United States of America, Proclamation. "Once again the season is at hand when, according to the ancient cus tom of our people, it becomes the duty of the President to appoint a day of prayer and of thanksgiving to God. ' "Year by year this nation grows in strength and worldly power. During the century and a quarter that has elapsed since our entry into the circle of independent peoples, we have grown and prospered in material things to a degree never known be fore, and not now known in any other country. The thirteen Colonies which straggled along the seacoast of the Atlantic and were hemmed in by a few miles west of tidewater by the Indian-haunted wilderness, have been transformed into the mightiest republic which the world has ever seen. Its domains stretch across the continent from one to the other of the two greatest oceans, and it exer cises dominion alike in the Arctic and tropic realms. The growth in wealth and population has surpassed even the growth in territory. Nowhere else in the world is the average of individual comfort and material well being as high as in our. fortunate land. "For the very reason that in ma terial well being we have thus abounded, we owe it to the Almighty to show equal progress in moral and spiritual things. With a nation, as with the individuals who make up a nation, material well being is an in dispensable foundation. But the foundation avails nothing by itself. That life is wasted and worse 'than wasted, which, is spent in piling, heap upon heap, those things which minister merely to the pleasure of the body and to the power that rests only on wealth. Upon material well being as a foundation must be raised the structure of the lofty life of the spirit, if this nationa is properly to fulfill its great mission and to ac complish all that we so ardently hope and desire. The things of the body are good; the things of the intellect better; but best of all are the things of the soul; for in the nation it is character that counts. Let us there fore as a people set our faces reso lutely against evil, and with broad charity, with kindliness and good will toward all men, but with un flinching determination to smite down wrong, strive with all the strength that is given us for righteousness in public and private life. "Now, therefore, I, .Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do set apart Thursday, the 26th day of November, next as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, and on that day I recommend that the people shall cease from their daily work, and, in their homes or in their churches, meet devoutly to thank the Almighty - for the many and great blessings they have received in the past, and to pray that they may be given strength so to order their lives as to deserve a continuation of these blessings in the future. 4,ln witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the City of Washington, this thirty-fist day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ripht, and of the in dependence of the United States the one hundred and thirtv-thrid. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT, "By the President: "ALVEY A. ADEE, "Acting Secretary of State.' Swallowed Up by the Sea. Noifolk, Va.. Special. Captain J. A. Godwin, of the tug Prudence, upon his nirivfl here from Baltimore,' re ported having made an unsuccessful effoit off low Point in Chesapeake Bay Saturday night to rescue an un known man who was evidently lashed to the top of the masthead of a small vessel. Crptnin Goodwin putting a rope around hi bodv jumped over board nnd Fivcrn to the mmi who -appeared crazed. He was unable to movn him, another rope was tied about the TV art. Tn tW br 1 weather and dark the rone v. as lost Jind tV-' IBE NEWS l i w I -in Items of Interest Gathered Wire and jb!e . I GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO Live Items Covering Events cf I or Less Interest at ' Homa Abroad. TIT1-A m xduonai ivnairs. CoL George W. Goethals was eef pletely exonerated after an invef! gation of charges of favoritism Panama canal contracts. i' 1 Fourteen-inch guns, it is said, xvl be used on future battleships sal resul tof the Newport conference.! The Congressional committee iavti tigating the pulp wood- supply e? amined several large lumber per tors in Minnesota. ' I Foreim Affairs. Bulgaria has agreed to the prii ciple of compensation for Turkey tni Austra has adopted a concilaforl policy. J All records for target practice werj DroKen Dy the cruiser and gu squadron at Manila. Cardinal Salvador Cassanast v! Pages, of Spain, is dead. Prince Henry of Prussia took s trip in the Zeppelin airship wit thef Count. I The Emperor of Janan reolied fi the President's thanks for the recep tion of the battleship fleet Miscellaneous. William Montcromerv. former easTw ier of the Allegheny National Bauk, J was again convicted in Pittsburg. f At Russcdlvillefi Ala., James Thcrs, j a farmer, while attempting to run &. mule out of a yard pieketl up i4 small stone and threw it at the sni- ! mal. He missed the mule and bit his two-year-old son, killing hisa stantly. At Montgomery, Ala., Dr. Shirley Bragg, State jail inspector, and a. nephew of Gen. Brasra- shot and kill ed himself. It is not Icnowri if tb shooting was accidental. He was 55 years ohl. W. W. Hunter, a well known eivir engineer, is in Auirusta. running fkxxT and water levels, having been employ ed by the city council flood coronas-. sion, appointed to devise ways and , means of protecting the city in fu ture from a recurrence of the recent disaster. Temporary insanitv will ha the de fense of Captain Peter C Hains, Jr, U. K. A., who killed William E. An nis at the Bayside Yacht Club land ing in Aujrust. The baseball season iust closedL broke the record for death amT cari ous injuries. There were fully 25ff persons seriously injured while play ing the game, besides serecnteea deaths that are known to bave been directly caused by accidents on thej held. Pittsburg had the largest amount of deaths of the bijr eitiesL Its records show six persons to h.ive been killed. While sitting in a rear room of! her home at Pooler, ten miles fromt Savannah, Mrs. W. E. TorTence, wife of an engineer, was fired upon- ant instantly killed by Solomon. Rueyr negro boy. The boy was arrestetL. The special grand jury to investi gate the Reel Foot Lake Night Rider- outrage was chosen ra Tennessee. A receiver has been appointed for the Battle Creek Breakfast Food: Company, manufacturers of Eg- See. Testimony in the suit of Hug Crabbe, former manager of the Leiter estate, showed that Lady Curzon was: pursued to the grave by poverty aai. that Joe Leiter lost $9,000,000 bis famous attempt to corner wbt Edward English, , a wealthy resi dent of Mount Vernor, Wash., was kidnapped and held for $5,000 raa som, but managed to get away. "Tid" Burton in court confessed his share in the Reel Foot Lake Night Rider crime and implicated 45 other men. The first man convicted of white slave" traffic at Chicago was senten ced to two years in the penitentiary and a fine of $? 500. One hundred summer cottages at Salisbury Beach, Mass., were burned, and arson is suspected. Daniel J. Hennessy, an enliste! man in the navy, killed his wife va4 himself in Norfolk. : A Western syndicate has laid rfaTia to the heart of the bnsiness seeiioa of Aurora, 111., valued at $2,5Mr0ML T. G. Jones was mysteriously shot down at his gate at Holland, &aii y incr, declared he was tilled ' for Urn truth." Judge a J. Campbefl wm sn-rplt-y- ' c. errs? i r c'lar" M' 4
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