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f [GUT ON OUTLAWS .Goverrtbr Patterson, of Ten nessee, ' Doing Fine Work MIGHT mm MUST BE ENDED Seventy-Five Arrests HSve Already i Been IIz?s in tie 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 Riders. Even the oath taken ny the Night Riders is known. The authorities believe enough evidence has already been obtained to indict four men. There are 75 prisoners'" in camp. ?Garrett Johnson, alleged leader of the Night Riders, is under a double guard, and no one is allowed to see lim. His brother Tom and William Watson are also kept in solitary con finement. 1 'We know absolutely we have two -of the captains in Camp Nemo and twelve of the other,Night Riders," ?aid Colonel Tatom. Since Wednesday night, when Gov ernor Patterson arrived, he has been in charge of examination of witnesses and had gAeraL direction of the movements* of the troops. The Gov ernor is leading thc life of a soldier, sleeping in a tent next to Colonel Tatom. John F. Cockran, the man captured after a chase on the lake, lias con fessed that the Night Rider outrages have included th? whipping of. wo men. Because of a technicality, it may he necessary to abaddon 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 Tequire that any term of court called must bc advertised in advance for 30 days. Ten witnesses were before the grand jury and. according to the statement of Attorney-General Cald well, disclosures were made of almost as much importance as the confes sion of Tid Burton. Frank Ferriner confessed last week and implicated ]0 or ]2 men now in custody. He gave names and went into details. Ferriner is care fully guarded in an isolated tent. Ferriner's. confession came after a long grueling examination in Colonel Tatom's tent. Governor Patterson in person questioned the witness. The . Governor expressed himself as bein?; pleased "with what has been brought out. "We are getting some mighty strong evidence," he said, "ami 1 am men con 1 ?,T Tiptonville, Tenn.. Special.-JU w.~ presence of Sheriff Haines, Judge Harris and Mayor Cleveland Don aldson, "Tid" Burton, the Night Rider arrested at Samburg, made a full confession in the Lake County Jail here, and told a remarkable story of night rider depreda tionjs 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 week 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 Saniburg. The confession was made at the 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 marte freely and voluntarily and apparently with out a qualm of conscience he gibly unfolded his story. While Burton denies that he was present when Capt. Rankin was put to death, he. admits that it was* through his influence that the band congregated and took the attorney while he was st?*ing at the hotel at Walnut Leg. According to Burton's confession Tom and. Garrett Johnson, under ar rest, and Wm. Watson, under bond in crr.nection with another raid, were the leaders cf the band. Burton declares that tho first part he plaved as a member of the nieht 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 Wiun, an aged man. Coming to the killing of Capt. Ran kin Burton declared that on-the ni?ht before the lynching he went to Wal nut Log and there met Jamen F. Carpenter, an attorney of Union Citv. at whose solicitation Rankin and Judge R. Z. Taylor, associated in the West Tennessee Company, owners of thc 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 early in the night and went on the lake to fish. He says that^ he was fishing when he heard the shots, 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 nigh 1 riders. One Moro Prisoner Confesses, Im plicating z Dozen Others. Carrp Nemo, Keel 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 came 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 are guarded in separate tenjs. They are Tom Johnson, of Hornbreak. al leged to be one of the night rider captains; his cousin, Garrett John son, of Spout Springs; also alleged to be a -captain of thc band; Will Watson, captured last week, who is under indictment in Lako county :or 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 arc Fred Pinion, ?J. A. Johnson "and R. L. Knight. Ou the arrival at camp of Maj. R. E Martin and his detachment, bringing eight or ten prisoners, Governor Pat terson conducted a eourt of inquiry in his tent, examining singly those brought in. The total number of arrests is S5, and of this number it is alleged that half belong to the nigh triders' band. AGAINST NIGHT RIDERS. Suit for $100,000 Damages in an Endeavor to Establish the Conten tion That all Persons Connected With the Night Riders' Associa tion are Responsible for Ravages Made hy Any Member. Louisville, Ky., Special.-In an cn deaver to establish his contention that all persons connected with the night* riders' association are respon sible for ravages made by any mern ber of the organization, Henry Ben nett hied a snit for $100,000 damages in the United States Circuit court: The plaintiff on February 4 was set ?pon and terribly beaten^with clubs and thorned switches by a band of night riders. At the same time his stemmery and tobacco factory and ~-*W^ larjre and. yahvablc buildings JU1? .X. _ number of other persons, immy ox 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 Brigade," and that they par ticipated in the meetings which were held throughout many counties. The contention of the plaintiff is that all persons who are members of the night riders' organization are bound by the acts of the several night riders, all being alike respon sible for the conduct and actions of the others, done in furtherance of the general object of thc conspiracy which was to force all independent raisers and handlers of dark tobacco to place their tobacco in the pool controlled by thc Dark Tobacco Asso ciation. THE CHAIN COMPLETE. Governor Patterson Says He Knows Who Fired the Shot and Who Put the Ropo 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.-"Wc 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 recentlv in thc murder of Captain Quentin Rankin. .Thc Gov ernor said: "The proof which has thus far de veloped is".positive as io 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, thc night riders gomg from one lawless act to another until the culmination came with the murder of Captain Rankin and the attempted murder of Cqlonel Taylor. Wc know who fired Hie shot and who put the rope around Ran kin's neck. The number of men ac tually at thc killing was probably not more than ten, while some stood gnard and others held tlie horses. The whole number engaged in the under taking did not exceed thirty-five. The inquiry will be further prosecut ed and the State will have ample evi dence to convict." The confessions of Ferringer, Hog? 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 Fri dav. tl HEWS IN BRIEF Items of interest Gathered By Wire "and Cable CLEANIK6S FROM 'DAY TO D?Y Live Items Covering Events cf More cr Less Interest at Home and Abroad. National Affairs. Col. George W. Goethals was com pletely exonerated after an investi gation of charges of favoritism in Panama canal contracts. Fourteen-ineh guns,.it is said, will be used on future battleships as a resul tof the Newport conference. The Congressional committee inves tigating the pulp wood supply ex amined several large lumber opera tors in Minnesota. Foreign Affairs. Bulgaria has agreed to the prin ciple ot' compensation for Turkey and Austra has adopted a concilatory policy. All records for target practice were broken by the cruiser and gunboat squadron at Manila. Cardinal Salvador Cassanas y Pages, of Spain, is dead. Prince Henry of Prussia took a trip in the Zeppelin airship with the ^Count.. The Emperor of Japan replied to the President's thanks for the recep tion of the battleship fleet. Miscellaneous. "William Montgomery, former cash ier of the Allegheny National Bank, was again convicted in Pittsburg. At Russellvilleli Ala., James Thorn, a farmer, while attempting to rua a mule out of a yard picked up a small stone and threw it at the ani mal. He missed the mule and hit his two-year-old son, killing him in stantly. At Montgomei-y, Ala., Dr. Shirley Bragg, State jail inspector, and a nephew of Gen. Bragg, shot and kill ed himself. It is not known if the shooting was accidental. He was 55 years old. W. W. Hunter, a well known civil engineer, is in Augusta, running flood and water levels, having been employ ed by the city council flood commis sun, appointed to devise ways and means of protecting the city in fu ture from a recurrence of the recent disaster. Temporary insanity will be the de fense of Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., TJ. S. A., who killed William E. An nis st the Bayside Yacht Club land ing in August. The baseball season . just closed broke the record for death and seri ous injuries. There were fully 250 persons seriously injured while play ing the game, besides seveenteen deaths that arc known to have been 10--mi thc instantly killed by Solomon Kiley,? a negro boy. The boy was arrested. The special grand jury to investi gate the Reel Foot Lake Night Rider outrage was chosen in Tennessee. A receiver has been appointed for the Battle Creek Breakfast Food Company, manufacturers of Egg-O See. Testimony in the suit of Hugh Crabbe, former manager of the Leiter estate, showed that Lady Curzon was pursued to the grave by poverty and that Joe ' Leiter lost $9,000,000 in his famous attempt to corner wheat. Edward English, a wealthy resi dent of Mount Vernor, Wash., was kidnapped and held for $5,000 ran som, but managed to get away. "Tid" Burton in court confessed his share in the Reel Foot Lake Night Rider crime and implicated 40 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 $2,500. One hundred summer cottages at Salisbury Beach, Mass., were burned, and arson is suspected. Daniel J. Hennessv, an enlisted re man in the navy, killed his wife an 0j himself in Norfolk. . fll A Western syndicate has laid cia: to the heart of the business sectil of Aurora, 111., valued at $2,500,0- ^fe T. G. Jones was mysteriously sf ln down at his gate at Holland, and f- hs ing, declared he was killed "forie ||j truth." Judge C. J. Campbell was acit- ne ted of the contempt, charge by Jge D? McDowell in the United States ?rt cr at Lynchburg. Georgia State Fair. Macon, Ga., Special.-A Sta Fair was opened here under the rPi^es "? of the Georgia State Agr'ltural ?* Society, aud $15,000 in prize.rill bc ^ distributed among the exhibTS- A pjj special prize of $1,000 has ?en of- gu fercd for the best and mosPmplete st? county agricultural displayed bas provoked much rivalry arno the dif ferent county organizatior JU1 ve "Vets" May Sell "Ne.'Beer." ? Nc Atlanta, Special.-Th privilege granted by the State tomfederate veterans to be dealers in1."/ articles not prohibited, and to* exempt from the payment of ?rcense was Pa held by thc Slate Cou^ Appeals r in a decision handed d<i IM* week, -Fel to include dealing in n^t^'cating tll( "near beer." Undcr^s rilltug Gconiia municipalities1'! '}" Prc" " vented from keepi: 0"t "near Wa beer" by means ot' prohibition tai ucease. lie THE OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS Charlotte -?otton Mills Resume Oper ations. Charlotte*,. N. C., Special.-The Con tinental Mills, after several months ' shutdown, have just started up; the Fidelity Mills are agam in opera tion; the Atherton are also on full time. Not; a cotton mill in the city will be idle. There is: a general tendency to wards the^manufacture of the higher grades of : yarns and the higher num bers according to a-well posted mill trian who was discussing the question Years ago, there was little market forfany but the coarse yarn, say 20's, but' now the average of the demand has risen piteen to twenty numbers, so that th^ present average may be said to be close to number 40's. This means thai the average grade of ?oods being manufactured is finer than it was when the cotton mill in dustry was^jjjst beginning to be a leadingr-xndustry in the South. The 3ntire jrend of the textile trade now is^towirds the higher numbers and the fine^ grades of cloth. " : China Ready With a Welconme For Second Squadron. Battleship Fleet. Amoy, Cable.-When the Chin ese gpyemnient selected Amoy as the port- td reciive the second squadron of the American battleship fleet, it made a wis$ choice. The broad wcll prbtected lufbor, the climate (from October to .^prii) Unsurpassed and the scenic ^auty of the surround ing counfryjll nuite in justifying the selection, j ,The secoad squadron consists of the b?ttleshjps Louisana, Virginia, Ohio, Missoiri, Wisconsin, Illinois Kentucky^ aid Kersargc, under com mand of R?r Admiral William H.. Emory. The Chin?e: government has set aside the sun;of 400,000 Taels (U. S. sold $2SO.00?) to meet the expenses of entertainijg the. battleship squard ron during is visit. The committee in charge ol the arrangements has stated that the Peking govenment has signified its willingness to make additional apropriatiou should the original appnpriation prove inade quate. j Ootl^i Crop Short. New Orlean, La., Special.-The Picayune says n its crop report : Ma terial jjrogres*.was made during the last week in atheriug the last rem nants of an ' aparently short crop of cotton throughut Louisiana and thc Southern half ii Mississippi. Most of the reports from these ..sections concede that frf estimates were too high, and that sudden deterioration resulted from, t? ravages of the boll --Cl . Ti* TA/vtril -'i/1/lin coitions of Louisana, nu tne cootcr wc??.. is entirely fairable for the matured cane crop. Te cane is being rapidly harvested an transported to the sugar houses' Grinding has already begun in son of the houses, but the great majory will not begin before the next sixor seven days. Major Grimm, of/Raleigh. N. C., State jomnpsioner of agriculture, estimaes tb cotton crop in North Carolha toie sixteen per cent short of lait yea's crop. No State, re port*! a cjop equal to last year's excett Tex?. Cottta Mills Start Up. jUgusta,|Ga., Special.-Nine of the eken cottjii mills located here start et'operatiais for the first time since tfc freshet'of August 26. The canal ipairs ari practically complete and Jere is ai full head of water . The eekly ply roll of these manufac >ries is ?5,000. j Prosperity Note. New York. Special.-As a sign of fuming) prosperity, the Union Bank '. Brooklyn, formerly the Mechanics' id Traders' has just paid its sec id referred disbursement of 15 per nt to depositors, this dividend bc g anticipated six week- ago Thc mk ha's heeu *ble to realize from > reso?rces ubre than was expect 1. Sipce the resumption of busi es, hundreds of new accounts have en opened and deposits have in eased $500,000. Boy Bolls Stepfather in Duel. Covington, La., Special.-Follow g a quarrel here between John akely, about 40 years old, and his ipson, James Erwin, a mere youth, th secured weapons and fought a :ched. battle. The hov used a shot n with such deadly effect that his ipfather fell mortally wounded and ?d shortly afterwards. Young Er n was acquitted by a coroner's 7 i Georgia Dealers Exempt From "Near Beer" Tax. Ailanta, Ga., Special.-Confederate terans may- be forced after all ti y a tax for the privilege of selling lear beer" in Georgia towns. A v days ago it was announced ilia! ; veterans would escape the mnnei 1 licenses, but Attorney Genera irt announced that the State beens c could not bc remitted. The Stat ense is $200. AMPANT RUSSIANS Object to Abiding By Decision of the Powers OFFICIAL POSITION DIFFERENT Parliamentary Leaders Szj 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 ?ios nia and Herzegovina. This information, although pur porting to be from official sources is not entirely exact. Russia lias finally committed herself to the principle that the Question of thc annexation of the provinces may be discussed in a conference of the powers, and Austria will permit the status of 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 the Berlin treaty. The Foreign Office states that the negotiations between Russia, Austria Hungary and other powers on this question ar*e still in progress and con sidere 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 (he 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 ivhich constitute the Diocese, with )ver 150 priests, participated, march ing to the music of 100 bands. Thous mds of spectators fdled every point )f vantage along the line of march. Passing before the arch-Episcopal residence on Bay State road, the >arade was reviewed by Cardinal ?ribbons- and Archbishop William H. )'Connell, together with a number of dsiting prelates, from a reviewing jtand. The day was begun with a iolemn pontifical mass at the Cat he Mulberry; Fla., Special.-Fire de troyed a large portion of the M?l lerry plant of the Prairie Pebble ?hosphate Company. The fire was dis oyered ar 8:30 a. m. and the em doves of the company battled \vilh he fire for several hours before the ames could be extinguished. The en ire drying plant, dry bin and* general fiices of the company, together with boarding house, hotel and two pil ate residences were burned to the round. The loss is estimated at $100, 00. Tragedy in Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-W. B iullivan, whose home is in Dallas,j 'ex., was shot and perhaps fatally injured ou the south side, and A. J. tooley is under arrest, charged with he crime. Sullivan is not in cbndi ion to mik and Cooley refuses to dis uss thc affair, so that it is not known ow the ?hooting occurred. Virginia Farmer Shot to Death. Roanoke, Va., Special.-Edward forman, a young farmer, was shot D death in his yard in this county aturday night, Sydney Britts, an ther young farmer who lives near ie Gorman place, is missing and it is Hoged that he killed Gormau. It is nd that a brother of Britts brought ie latter to Roanoke after the shoot ig and that Sydney Britts boarded train here for unknown parts. The vo men had been enemies. rpanese Troops Withdrawn From I Korea. Seoul. Special.-The thirteenth di sion of the Japanese army after iving been on duly here since the itbreak of hostilities with the oreans is embarking for Japan, us action is taken as significant of c termination of the trouble, al ongli a number-of irreconcilables ntinue to create disturbances in rious parts of thc country. Kentucky Fendists Clash Fatally. Lexington, Ky., Special.-Word nched here of a clash on Standing ?ck creek in Wolfe county between Hall and Ashley feud factions in licli (wo of tho Hall boys were if, one fatally, thc other seriously, ic of Hie Ashleys was fatally stab il. Two of the combatants were c.stcd. 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