Night Riders Threaten Reelfoot Lake Region Amid Militia Deployment
Two Tennessee militia companies slept armed in Memphis as martial law loomed in Reelfoot Lake territory. Night riders detained crossing the Mississippi border. Gov Patterson pledged $10,000 reward with local backing to capture Rankin murderers and assault on Col Taylor. Union City braced as guards, posses, and officers hunted suspects, while Governor’s absence from events sparked fears of further unrest.
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New York Times
Memphis
Redfoot Lake
Patterson
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Osceola
Ark
Arkansas
Hatchie Coon
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Tenn
Trenton
Quentin Rankin
Reelfoot Lake District
R. Z. Taylor
Kentucky
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Reelfoot Lake
Rankin
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Taylor
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Cochran
Samburg
Col. Taylor
Tiptonville
Capt. Rankin
Caldwell
W. S. Swiggert
Haines
Lake County
Col. Tatum
Tid Burton
Ohion County
Burton
Clas
Reekfoot Lake
Mississippi Governor backs conference to curb night riders
Special despatch from Jackson reports Governor E F Noel supports a conference among Missouri Mississippi Alabama Kentucky and Arkansas to discuss stamping out night riders. He recalls urging local authorities to meet criminals with full authority and notes militia could be used if needed. Four men were arrested for anonymous threats. one convicted.
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NEW York Times
Jackson
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Patterson
Missouri
Mississippi
Alabama
Kentucky
Arkansas
E. F. Noel
Col Taylor Reaches Home After Night Rider Fear
Col R Z Taylor returned to his Trenton Tennessee home with his wife, amid joyous crowds. A night watch was set for protection. He previously claimed no band of fifty masked men dragged him from a hotel bed, but authorities may press past offenders with alibi proof.
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New York Times
Trenton
Tenn
R. Z. Taylor
Col. Taylor
Rankin
Labor views by Gompers defend boycott and rights
McClure's interviews AFL president Samuel Gompers outlines demands of organized labor. He calls for greater freedom and share of machinery output, shorter hours, better conditions, and a right to work for whom you please. He condemns injunctions as biased and insists unions must be legally recognized to bargain collectively.
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Samue Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Labo
George Kibb Turner
United States
Congress
America
Gompers
Republica
Federation of Labor
Deputies Rush To Aid Tennessee In Night Rider Hunt
Hickman Ky October 22 Gov Willson requests aid to capture the Reelfoot Lake night riders. Deputies and special officers pressed into service to guard the area. Troops in nearby Tennessee counties may push a stampede toward the border.
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New York Times
Hickman
Willson
Tennessee
Reelfoot Lake
Ginnery burned in Queer Fire near Evergreen
The large cotton ginnery owned by B. R. Smith, located five miles east of Evergreen, was wiped out by a blaze yesterday. Twenty seven bales of cotton were burned and investigators indicate possible arson.
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Evergreen
Ala
B. R. Smith
Lord Northcliffe to Dine with Pilgrims at Delmonico's
Lord Northcliffe head of the Parms worth firm in London hosts the Pilgrims of New York for a Delmonico's dinner on Thursday Nov 5. He travels in Canada with Lady Northcliffe and his mother Mrs Harmsworth.
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Parmsworth
London
England
Daily Mail
Evening News
Globe, Observer
Pilgrims of
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Delmonico’s
Canada
Lady Northcliffe
Harmsworth
Secretary Straus's Voice Fails in Chicago Speech
Secretary Oscar S. Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor could not speak in Chicago due to a voice failure. The event was scheduled for tonight, and the absence leaves a gap in the program.
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Straus
Chicago
Oscar S. Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ripley calm on rail politics and business outlook
President F. E. Ripley told stockholders at the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe annual meeting in Topeka that railroads expect little impact from the upcoming national election. He noted Santa Fe’s business improving, with west traffic steady and east volumes down, while overall conditions recover after the recent panic.
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Topeka
Kan
FE. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé
Santa Fé
New York Bar Chief Fears Money Plank Threat
Edmund Wetmore, president of the New York Bar Association, warned yesterday that the plank in the Democratic National platform proposing an emergency currency endangers the monetary system. He called the proposal a direct threat to financial stability and urged careful consideration by lawmakers.
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Edmund Wetmore
New York Bar Association
Fragmentary political speech on greenbacks and platform
A transcription fragment shows Mr Wetmore discussing monetary standards and the greenback issue while Mr Bryan defends the platform. The passage hints at internal debate over a plank and broader Committee stance, but the text is broken and incomplete.
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Bryan
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