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SEPTEMBER 24, .2902* .r!Ivf*X\AgatR-at-a^eoplG Who Make One Fourth of tho Conpty’'• Population.sMILITA^FAB-E TO EE KEPT TEEBECitizens Asked to Stay Home Niglus--Chicago's Tax SkullduggeryState Nev.s Notes.Spring field. Ills . Sept. 24.—Adjutant General Smith, wno lu\lt; been in Kldorado the past few days investigating the race situiHiun there. reported yesterday to Governor Yates. I*le says thal the negroes number about 14 per cent at the population of Saline county. Those in and around Kldorado appear to be very •peaceable and progressive. though there are some bad ebar--sieters.-- of course. Some fifty ,negro families have'left Kldorado and vlu--einit\ ,-owing to race troubles, most of. them being residents\of the town, though a few are ownersvof improved Tti 1*1 us. 12uite a nu inher-oijjK*groes stillreniiiin. however. How the trouble originated he has been unable? to findoufr ' IWould lv^ep thti Soldiers riiere.lie recommends Retention of .entire Co in jmny K, Fourth infantry, I. ?C. G., .of Mattoon. Captain Htidy commanding, for the present. This has doubled_the number of detachments of the Mt.Vernon company, which it supercedes. The troops were encamped in tbnts when General Snrith arrived, but he secured a warehouse as barracks. The negro industrial school will not be re-0pein'd~aTftl“1s“iT0w^~l c? rse d—t Q-a—wh i t e man for its former use as a farmhouse. Conflicts between the troops and white citizens are, almost of nightly occurrence. Th.e whites- attacked the warehouse4 Sunday night jand •the troops in returning the fire killed a-valuable mule.#Curfc\v file* At Kldorado.Kldorado, Ills., Sept. 24.—The situation in the nice war here is so critical thnt a request 1ms been made by the*, commander of the Irbops that allcitixeiiiv-JTingiii* In their homes after dark imtil the acute stage of the trouble is past. Tim order to the troops to shoot to kill, which was issued priorto the departure of Captain Satter-1s—srl! I In force. The mil ft infield;since the two attacks on the Kean home have become, more vigilant.Rumor of Another Attmck.Humors are current that another at-tacVis planned and that a desperatete 11—I ar^nm d (the—1 wwl ess-. element to drive the Bean family out of town. IL-has been openly stated that the presence of the colored race In Kldorado must cease with the departure W~Benti and his family.• It# ft VY WJ9
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Sterling Evening Gazette
Sterling, Illinois, US
Wed, Sep 24, 1902
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