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THRKF, MEMRKH8 OF IIIS CABI
NKTH COME OUT STRONG
FOR BRYAN.
(Jovrruor Francis, JihImoo
?ml HtUry A. Herbert
at Carnegie Hall.
Mew York, Oct. 20.?Three mem
of President Cleveland's Cabi
by presence and speech at a big
Democratic gathering here tonight,
eoaght to demonstrate beyond per
adeeature of a doubt that the De
aaoaracy of Tilden and Cleveland Is
working to secure the election of
William J. Bryan to the Presidency.
The occasion wae a mass meeting
the auspices of the Bryan and
Business Men's Aseoclatlon at
e Hall, and seated on the plat
were former Oov. David R.
of Missouri. Secretary of the
1 ajetloc under Prealdent Cleveland;
Harmon, of Ohio, former At*
telfWy Oeneral. and Hilary A. Her?
be**, of Alabama. Cleveland's Secre
tafy ?f the Navy Word waa received
Richard Olaey. of Maasachu
who held the portfolio of Secre
tagf af SUte. that he would be una
blt to attend because of a previous
engagement
Carnegie Hall contained a notable
blags of Democrats, some of
have not shared la the party's
since the Cleveland adminis?
trates, and the Bryan leaders and
?there on the platform expressed their
daBght at the presence of these men.
Tkey whetted the fine edge of political
memory by recalling the campaign
dajaj af lit* and ltoo. when many
of prominence In this
hall made It known that they
earn* to the parting of the ways.
Taking as a theme the present oam
tenaee from a business stand?
point, the cahmbertalns of Mr. Cleve
laad'e admlnlatration. In speeches of
forensic force, brought tinging cheers
frag* the auditors that closely packed
the hall, with declarations that Mr.
Bryan's election would mean business
j stability and an uplift to Industrial
well-being.
Mayor George B. McClellan pre?
sided and read a letter from the ven?
erable John Blgelow. author and
statesman, a friend of Abraham Lin?
coln and Samuel j. Tilden, urging the
eleation of Mr. Bryan. The Mayor
^ weaj Introduced by Nathan Straus,
president of the Bryan and Kern
Business Men's Association, and d<*
etswed that the present Administra?
tion was responsible for the panic. He
tad* elicited an outburst of applause
wtta tue reading of Mr. Blgelow'a let
ear,
farmer Attorney Oeneral Harmon,
now Democratic candidate for Clov
l ernar in Ohio, got a rousing welcome
\a* th* first speaker of the evening.
r **>? names of Bryan and Cleveland
? ware loadly cheered.
ikr Herbert followed with an at
*ank''*n the policy of the Republican
patty for not making public Its cam
nalaXw^outrlbutlons until after elec
Otm Mr. Herbert declared that all
bra* Aasaricans would vote for Bryan
sad Kara.
'The Democratic party la a united
?nity.** continued the former Secre?
tary, "and today la a* atrong and
compact a Aahtlng organisation as
?aider Tilden. We will win a victory
this year.'*
Mt. Herbert said that while he hid
not supported Mr Bryan in his early
cempeigns he had since become bet
acqualnted with him and he believed
that Bryaa's election meant a restor?
ation of good times uder the adminis?
tration of trae Democracy. The speak?
er aaeertsd that the Ulk of panic In
the event of Bryan's election came
from those who had caused the pres?
ent paatc.
Former Governor Francis, of Mis?
souri, who spoke nest, waa given a tu?
multuous reception.
MOSNKTTS REASONS.
Attorney (?corral to I'tsli
Dwitocret*.
gait Lake City. Oct. 11.?Frank ?.
Monastt. former attorney general of
Ohio addressing Utah Democrats, last
night, said
?The reason I left the Hepubllcan
party and advocate the election ->f
Bryan, is due to the fact that Walls
f wss prosecuting the Stsndard Oil
trust In Ohio, and with every reason
to expect a succe*wful Issue, the re
publican campaign fund of Ohio wan
?welted by contribution* from the
Standard Oil Company, and In return
that company was ellowed to nam??
the personnel of the supreme cou-t
of Ohio; whereupon all the Stand?
ard Oil caaes were promptly dleml*s
Thsn.' continued Mr. MonnMt. "I
became a Democrat/'
A JrwrtrVe K?p*rlea*rc.
C. R Kluger. The Jeweler.
?C. R Kluger. The Jeweler Ifffj
write. "I waa so weak from kldm-y
trouble that I could hardly walk ?
hundred feet Four bottles of Foley s
Kidney Remedy cleared my
Ion. cured my backache and the lrr?f
ulsrltles disappeared and I can now
attend to my business ev-ry day. ?na
recommend Foley's Kidney Remedyf*
all *aaTerera. as it curod me ?*?**??
dectora and other remedlee had faliea.
W. W. fnbirt
NIGHT RIDERS LYNCH LAWYERS
TFNNK8SKE PROFOUNDLY STIH
llaiid of Highly Masked Men Take
Two Prominent Attorney* of Tren
iun, Tennessee, anil Hung one,
Riddling HI* Body ultli H?llet?,
while Nothing I lot* Been Seen ot
Heard of the other.
Union City, Tenn, October 20.?Col.
R. Z. Taylor, aged 60 years, and Capt.
Quinten Rankln, both prominent at?
torneys of Trenton, Tenn., were taken
from Ward's Hotel at Walnut Log,
Tenn., fifteen miles from here, lust
night by maaked night riders and
murdered. Capt. Rankln's body was
found this morning riddled with bul?
lets and hanging from a tree one mile
from the hotel.
Efforts to locate the body of Col.
Taylor have been futile thus far. but
it Is believed that he was also killed.
Sheriff Eaatwood and a posse of arm?
ed men left Union City this morning
for the scene of the murder. If they
meet any of the night riders it is ex?
pected that a pitched battle will be
fought. Sheriff Haynes, of Lake
County, is also on the way to the
scene with a posse from Tlptonville.
The trouble which resulted In the
death of Capt. Rankln and the prob?
able murder of Col Taylor was
reused by the passage of an Act by
the Legislature regulating fishing in
Reel Foot Lake, a short distance
from Walnut Log.
A night rider disturbance over the
same matter occurred over a year ago.
Ever since then Col. Taylor and Capt.
Rankln have been in constant re?
ceipt of throating letters, to which
they paid little heed.
Mr. Ward, the manager of the Ward
Hotel, at Walnut Log. telep... -d Sid
Waddell, a stockholder in e West
Tennessee Land Company, stating
that about 25 masked nightrlders
came to his hotel at midnight last
night
According to this report the night
riders lined up outside the ho\el, pul?
led out their revolvers and called Col.
Taylor and Capt. Rankln. The two
men did not suspect trouble and came
down immediately. As the attorneys
passed into the front yard of the hotel
the night riders covered them with
revolvers. Before Capt. Rankln and
Col. Taylor had an opportunity to re?
tire they were surrounded and aelaed.
They were r ? on horses behind night
riders and carefully guarded.
The night riders then quietly took
up their march fror, the hotel, turn?
ing down the road toward Reeel Foot
Lake. Proceeding to the edge of Reel
Foot Lake the night riders pulled out
a rope and placed the noose about
Capt. Rankln's neck.
Capt. Rankln was strung up from
a Umb on the bank of the, lake for the
Ashing privileges of which he had con?
tended with the night riders. The
masked men then itepped back and
opened flro on the swinging body,
riddling it with bullets. Leaving the
corpse of Capt. Rankln hanging on
the bank of Reel Foot Lake, the night
riders took Col. Taylor to another
spot. Search near Capt. Rankln's
body has failed to reveal a trace of
the murderers. While it is believed
that Col. Taylor was murdered the
theory has been advanced that per?
haps Col. Taylor was spared in order
that the demands of the masked men
might be granted.
g10,000 Reward Offered.
Memphis, Tenn.. October 20.?Gov?
ernor Patterson today offered a re?
ward of 110.000 for the arrest of the
person or persons guilty of the mur?
der of Judge Taylor and Capt. Ran?
kln at Reel Foot Lake. Governor
Patterson was at Covington when news
of the murder was received and Im?
mediately cancelled his engagements
to speak there today.
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weak and exhausted that they are only
half alive. Foley's Kidney Remedy
makes \healthy kldnoys, restores loFt
vitality, and weak, delicate people
are restored to health. Refuse any
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PRLlf ART HFLD IN RICH LAND.
?h?hn T. Gallon Nominated Probate
Judge Over If AV. llaakell.
Columbia. Oct. 20.?In the special
ttHaarf tit ell On today for Probate
Ju,la*. the vote so far reported gives
J?hn T. Oaston a majority of 111
"v?r LbwIh W. Haskell. with six box*s
ret to be heard from. The remaining
b?get cannot change the resut. and
the ? loction of fleet 0? Is conceded by
ntenattjt friends.
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your health by teking any but the
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In selecting our line for this season we have
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our
BflrS AND MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS
Unusual Values.
Men's Suits
Overcoats
Boy's Silts and Overcoats
$10 to $30.
$8 to $25.
$2 to $8.50
Walk-Over Shoes.
No Name Hats
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ESCAPES FROM MURDERERS.
COL. K. ZACHAIXY TAYLOR GETS
SAFE AWAY.
Hin Partner Shot to Death?CoHonel
Telia of II!? Terrible Experience
'and the Killing of Capt Munkln.
Tlptonvllle, Tenn., Oct. 21.^-Un
harmed, save for numerous scratches
received In a 30-hour trip through un
fumillar woods, the fatigue Incident
to the trip without food and the men?
tal strain, Col. R. Zachary Tay?
lor reached here today, after a mi?
raculous escape from night riders at
Keel Foot lake, who murdered his
partner, Capt Queptin Rankln. night
before last.
His own story of his experience was
told by him today as follows:
"Monday night last Capt. Rankln
and I went to Reel Foot lake In re?
sponse to a letter from a Mr. Carpen?
ter of Union City, who wanted to
lease some timber lands. On our ar?
rival at the lake we went to the Log
house, or Ward hotel, and early after
supper retired. Some time during the
night we were aroused by some one
knocking at our door, and on opening
the door a mob of masked men was
found standing in the hall. We were
ordered to. dress and, as the leader of
the mob said, he wanted to talk to us,
we put on our clothes and accompa?
nied the men to the back of the lake,
some distance from the hotel.
"The leader of the mob talked with
us, telling us we were associating too
much with Judge Harris and were
taking entirely too much Interest in
the lake. He said that the. course of
Harris and the West Tennessee Land
company in prohibiting free fishing
was causing the starvation of women
nnd children, and that something had
to be done.
"I never dreamed that the mob in?
tended us any harm, but Just then
the mob threw a rope around Capt.
Rnnkln's nock and swung him to u
limb. He protested and said: 'Gen?
tlemen, do not kill me,' and the reply
of the mob was a volley of f>0 shots.
"This was the first evidence of any
Intention to harm us and when the
firing began. I Jumped Into a bayou,
and made for a sunken log. Behind
this I hid nnd the mob fired several
hundred shots Into the log. They evi?
dently believed I was dead for I heard
one of them say: 'He's dead, let him
ro/ and with that he rode away.
"I remained In the water until after
the mob was out of hearing and went
to an Island In the lake, where I re
mnlned all day Thursday. At night I
startet! out and walked all night, com?
ing up to a house at 6 o'clock this
morning."
Will Prevent Lawlessness.
Union City, Tenn., Oct. 21.?Gov.
Patterson, who arrived here last
night, began early today to direct op?
erations towards apprehension of
those concerned in the murder of
Capt. Rankln at Reel Foot lake. One
hundred and fifty militiamen, under
command of Col. W. C. Tatom, ar?
rived today and were distributed
throughout the district. Posses start?
ed from this city to search for Col.
Taylor.
Gov. Patterson gave out the follow
in statement today before it was
learned that Col. Taylor had not been
killed:
"I have offered the largest reward
the law will permit for the arrest and
conviction of the assailants and have
ordered out troops. I have believed
that the mllitry should be the last
resort of a State governed by law,
but the time has now come when it Is
my duty as governor fo use all the
power at my command to restore or?
der in the region where assassina?
tions have occurred and to assist the
courts in the apprehension and pun?
ishment of the perpetrators. It must
be taken by all as a purpose deliber?
ately formed and I hope no man or
body of men anywhere in the State
will fail to understand it. We have
had enough of lawless acts, of threats,
intimidation and other methods of
terrorizing citizens and communities.
This should be stopped and must be
stopped, or the consequences will have
to be accepted. For the present I
have abandoned the campaign for the
governorship, believing the upholding
of law and order in our State is of
more Importance that political dis?
cussions."
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BIG DITCH EXPENSIVE. aggregates $27,000,000, $1,500,000 of
????? which was for the commission's use
Panama Canal Commission Wants The 1910 estimates make provisions
$35,000,000 for the Work In 1910. for about seven months' work on the
-? three locks at Gatun. The work on*
Washington, Oct. 20.?Congress will the great spillway there is to begin!
be asked to make an appropriation of the coming December.
$35,000.000 for carrying on the work I _
on the Isthmian Canal during the fis- At Winthrop College 1,162 girls
cal year 1910 if the estimates prepar- J have applied for admission to the
ed by the commission are aprpoved , classes, many of whom were refused!
by the wer department. because of inability to accommodate
The current year's appropriation them.
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Tract of 568 acres, 200 acres cleared, in Spiing Hill Section
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Smithville, and school and church, 4^ miles from Retnbert
Btation on N. W. R. R.; 50 acres in fine long leaf pine tim?
ber, 300 acres in scattering pine and branch timber; tract
well drained, in good healthy neighborhood, rents for 16?
bales cotton; has good 6100m dwelling, ceiled and plaster?
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smoke house and other outbuildings; 4
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