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DEVISE PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE
OF NIGHT RIDERS
STAYEDJ COURT
Supreme Court Finds Error
;in Proceedings And Or
ders New Trial
MIASM
Fl
iii'UOTE FAIR
Tl
ORIGINAL FOUNDER
OFTHEGHAIY
iEIHCOMPETEHT
'Senate Agrees to Maximum
And Minimum Provisions
of The Tariff Bill
COMMISSION IS TO BE
NOVEL INSTITUTION
Mr. Aldrlch Declares It Will
be Entirely Non-partisan
Whlci Causes Doubt
(By Associated Press )
WASHINGTON. July 3. The maxi
mum and mininnim provision of the
tariff bill were adopted by the senate
todav bv a vote or 26 to 18. The final
action tipon this amendment rame at
the close of a day devoted to a lively
discussion Of the proposed retaliatory
measure that brought out a ureal va
riety of views as to the advisability
of enacting such legislation. The pro
visions of, this nieasure will go Into
effect March 31, 1910. and ninety days
must elapse before a. president's pro
clamation applying the maximum
duty of twenty-five per cent ad valor
em In addition to other duties provid
ed In the bill will be operative. The
duty on tea, and coffee as provided
in the amendment originally reported
by the committee was stricken out
with the assent of the finance com
mittee, npon an amendment offered
by Senator Daniel.
The senate also agreed to vote upon
the submission of an Income tax
'mendment to the constitution to the
several states for ratification, this
vote to be taken upon the resolu
tion and all amendments next Mon
day at 1 o'clock. '
Meaning ot Amendment.
Mr. Aldrlrh soon after assembling
proceeded to explain the senate's
substitute, for the original maximum
'''and minimum provision of the bill as
Jt passed. the house. The house pro
vided for a specified Increase of the
rates of duty, on numerous articles
fixed by the bill in case of the feallum
f Nef -country (rem which any given
article should come to grant td the
Import from thft United States the
Same terms given to importations
from the most fav..red nations. The
senate committee on finance present
ed a complete substitute providing
for an increase of twenty-five per
cent over the rates f the Payne-Ald-rtch
bill against countries which by
(Continue! on Pa, four.)
POSSE SHOT DLU MAN BY
IJISTUKE WHILE AFTER
EXCDTJVICT IN BUN DUEL
Tn Fusilade of Shots Eight
IVJen Wore Hurt, the
OU Man Fatally.
J .X CONVICT CAUOMT
' (By Associated Press.)
IONE, Oregon, July 3. Eight men
were shot here today in a battle be
tween a sheriff's possee and T. O.
Earhart, said lo be an ex-convlct. W.
M. Escue, -an aged man of Portland,
was shot by members of a posse by
mistake and Earhart was wounded
in the back after having .--hot six of
his pursuers. None of the victims
with the exception of Escue is seri
ously wounded. Earhart surrendered
to the posse after his ammunition was
exhausted and he was taken to Hepp
ner. The wounded are: William Clark,
hot In shoulder; Joseph E. Beesley.
hot in the fare and legs; E. T. Per
kins, postmaster, shot In foot; John
Johnson, shot in leg; Deputy Sheriff
W. C Casson, shot in back; Charles
Ritchie, shot in leg; W. H. Escue, shot
in body, perhaps fatally, by members
of the posse; T. O. Earhart, shot in
back.
. Earhart quarreled with E. E. Mil
ler, on whom he is alleged to have
drawn a knife. Earhart afterwards,
it is stated, broke into a store and
stole a shot-gun and a quantity of
ammunition. Meanwhile Deputy
Sheriff Casson gathered a pa.se an"
called on Earhart to suVetiiJer. The
"Ply was a shot and then Earhart
started to run. The posse tired sev
eral down shots alter the fleeing man,
who returned the fire.
Earhart took refuge under a ware
house, whence he tired at his pur
suers, hitting several. Escue, who
had been fleeing on the ground near
by. arose, and some of the numbers
of the posse mistook him for Ear
hart and fired at him inflicting Inju
ries, from which he may die.
When Earhart's ammunition, was
xhttuettxl he surrendered.
In Address at Dedication of
Monument to Him at
National Capital
UNION ARMY SINGLE
MINDED PATRIOTS
By Not Attempting to Use
-Their Power. Evoked Won
der of Whole World
(By Associated Press )
WASHINGTON, July 3. Declaring
that unlike the Pretorlan guard of
Home, the men who made up the Un
ion forces during the Civil war were
in favor of free institutions, that they
fought for them, and did not intend
to sacrifice them to anything else.
President today, aa the principal
speaker at the unveiling of a Mem
orial to Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Stephenson, founder of the O. A. It.,
paid a glowing tribute to that organi
zation. Congress having contributed
to the cost of the 'memorial. Presi
dent Tatt said he was present In his
official capacity He remained
throughout the entire exercises, which
lasted over an hour and a half.
All available regular forces In and
about Washington and the District
of Columbia militia turned out and
after the exercises wire over passed
In review before the president and
high officials of the army and J. A. K.
Their Bond of I'nkin.
The president spoke In art as fol
lows:
'I can conceive no bond of union
stronger than that which unites the
men who fought from '61 to 65 in
the Grand Army; and it was to the
credit of the founder of the Grand
Army of the Republic that he saw
the solid basis upon which a struc
ture as that great society could be
erected. ''
You will recollect ' that there were
prophets of e-vtt "wftnhrwipm to the.
fate of the United States -after the
war should cease, after end should
be accomplished, for which the North
was fighting, and It was said that the
aggregation of a million men In arms
threatened our free Institutions. They
re-called the Pretorlan guard of Roma
was an Instrument In furthering the
ambition of those who would sup-
(Contlnued on page four.)
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No Reason Can He Assigned
for Outrage Which Looks
Like Work of .Maniac.
ONE HURT FATALLY
(By Associated press )
WOONSOl'KKT, It I.. July 3- A
dynainile bomb thrown Into the mid
dle of a' crowd surrounding a street
vender tonight. Injured nine people,
one of whom will die. The bomb
thrower was not arrested and the
cause of the throwing of the missile
is a mystery.
Klve liersons were sevrrlv hull:
Alfred l-imnv. aged fourteen
ly disemboweled, will die.
part-
Alexander fiirard. aged
se vin'een.
arm Injured.
Arsene Paul, aged twelve
face.
arms and body rut and briu.-ed
Stanislaus Jurcyk, agen twenty. In
i,,,.,I about the chest and abdomen.
Joseph Pierson. aged four;
Jured by fragments of glass
n, in
lii the
face, arms and nnuy.
All live were, removed to
the h'W-
pital and four others who r.-i.iv.-d
cuts from flying glas ' r " s"" '"
their homes after receiving treatment
All except Lamay are expected to re
rover. Ids death Is expected n
Me was hit in the abdomen by "'--tlon
of Iron pipe which carried awa
portions "f his intestines.
The pohri- have no clew to the nut
rage. The injured men were In a
crowd wbi' h surrounded a street ven
der John HarrLson. of Provid. m e,
who was s. Iling .neck ties. Without
warning the deadly missile was
thrown, apparently from the outer
edge of the crowd. It struck (lose
to Harrison s feet bounded pa.,t him
and exploited with a terrific roar.
Pieces of Iron and grass were hurled
In every direction In the midst "I the
crow, but Harrison escaped uninjured
although the bomb wa-s apparently
aimed at him. He told the police he
had ;no suspicion as to the identity
of the bomb throwers and that he
was not aware that he had any enemy.
National Educational Asso
elation Opens Its Sess
ions at Denver
STARTLING ARE SOME
OF VIEWS ADVANCED
Scientific Education Theme
of The First Days Work
at Auditorium
(By Associated Prees )
DENVER, Colo., July 3. Asserting
that American homes and society are
responsible for circumstances which
make the teacher's life a burden and
In the end result in the influences
which corrupt the morals and pave
the way for s criminal career In chil
dren, I. C. McNeill, superintendent of
schools of Memphis, Tenn., created
a mild sensation today before the na
tion council governing board of the
National Kducation association.
The principal subject before th-'
council meeting which was prelimi
nary to the opening of the associa
tion's convention was care of delin
quents, referred to as "exceptional
children."
Wrong Methods.
The Introductory statement In the
dlHciisslon ot delinquents was made
by James H. Van Sickle, superinten
dent of schools, of Baltimore Md.,
who was followed by Mr. McNeill.
"Some 'teaching is so unscientific
and consequently spiritless that it
would make most any child delin
quent," said Mr. McNeill. "Parents
and teachers often make delinquents
of children by falling to observe the
fundamental things and processes In
cident to growth and development.
They make children hate books by
forcing them to read before an inter
est In reading Is aroused. By rushing
them into arithmetical or grammati
cal analysis before their development
warranto It, they are made to dislike
the subjects. Permanent aversion (to
Uohool la the legitimate result of put
ting children at work on studies they
re not mature enough to apprehend
The method of presentation, however,
often counts for as much as matur
ity.
Swell Hanks .f 1'iiftt.
'Unless the delinquent classes have
the. benefits of the kind of education
which Is adapted to their peeuliai
(Continued on page four.)
IN COLD BLOOD TO GET
Deliberately Kill Fanner,
His Wife and Daughter
and Small Boy.
COUNTRY EXCITED
(By Associated, Press )
ABERDEEN, S. P., July .1 J. D.
Christie, a farmer living near here
hla wife, his daughter Mildred. ig d
eighteen years and a boy name I lto
malne, were murdered today.
Mr. Christie was milking a cow In
his barnyard when the unknown per
son or persons, shot him dead.
The murderers hurried to the nous
and finding Mrs. Christie and her
daughter and the Floymaine boy. "ho
was visiting at the house, they began
Hrlng upon them. The first shots
took effect and the two women end
the boy fell dead.
It Is supposed the men who com
mitted the crime were acquainted to
some extent with the Christie famih
and their habits, for few people knew
that Christine kept large sums of
money in hia house It is believed
he had several thousand dollars In
his home at the time of the murder.
The entire country-side Is wrought
up. Bands of farmers wire immedi
ately organized am7 search for the
murderers was Ixcnn. The farmers
threatened the murderers with lynch
ing if they are caught.
Mr. Christie was one of the most
prosperous farmers in the North-vest
CARRIERS MUST MAKE
NO DISCRIMINATION
WAKHINOTrlN', Julv 3. A ruling
was made today by the interstate
commerce commission that "one car
rier shipping fuel, material, or other
supplies over the lines of another
carrier mus pav the legal tariff rates
applicable to the same commodities
rhipped between the same points by
an Individual. If carriers Insist upon
making r maintaining preferential
rates they may confidently expert
that such action will be accepted as
evidence of the unreasonableness of
higher rate which they may under
take to enforce against other shippers."
EARLY, THE
GETS CHANCE TO PROVE HIS CASE
Is Taken to New York for Treatment Under Leprosy Expert After Long Unwind
ing of Red Tape- -His Faithful Wife Will Go to Him in
a Very Short Time. .
(Special to Bio ritiwn.)
WASHINGTON, ily ,3 John P..
Early the alleged tope, who has been
quarantined In a Csmp since August,
and whose case has attracted wide
spread Interest because of the differ
ence of opinion wtirh noted special
ists have given as to the nature of his
ailment left Washington at l.4a
o'clock tonight, locked In a baggage
car attached to the regular Pennsyl
vania railroad train. He will enter
the Skin and Cancer hospital of New
Vork. for treatment under Dr. L.
Duncan Bnlkeley. -
It Is believed that Early won III his
tight to prevent fibber-culture .Jeer
Ing taken by the authorities before
he left for Now York. The taking of
a culture has be n the chief drawback
to his being released, as the supposed
leper has Insisted that the culture
HUSBAND 1DURIE0; TAKES
POSTWHEflEHEWAS KILLED
Woman Sliows Remarkable
Heroism in Midst of Trag
ic Circumstances.
(By Associated Prens.)
M'lHII.i:. July 3. The body of W.
L. Salmon, bridge keeper for th
Louisville and Nashviille at flayou
Kara. Ala. was hurled here lonay,
there was revealed a storv of the de-
tlon of a woman to a railroad com
pany by taklnn Ho- care of many lives
in her hands tli.'t has senium oeen
equalled.
Karly Thursday night Kainn"n whs
his loft near the bridge win ti
lightning klllid him. and threw hi
hodv Into the w-atcr In front of his
wife and little ' lilld. Mrs. Hamn
tried to save tin- body hut It wept
down jii.-l as -In was ab'-ut to rem h
It Kin- remained at the liridni
ail Thursday int'iit ami the gre.,i,r
part or i-ri'iay aione wnn ner nun
ling that tminK could safely pas
er the strtietine. As It vas not a
stooping point she could not ii t as
sistance until today when she
su'-j
ceded In flagging a train Anolh
watrhman has been sent to lit
bridge
NO CAUSE TO COMIIjIV.
WASHIXrjTOV. July 3 After a
thorough Investigation of the cm-
plaint instituted by the Hattlesburit,
Miss, f'omrner' lal club again -I lh- Al
abama ilrcst Southern railroad siel
other Southern interstate carriers, the
interstate commerce commission an
nounced, in a decision handed n
todav. that it is Unable to find di.--
riminatlon that Is unjust and it ':-n
be removed to any Inwful. cffeifi.--
and cnforce,l.. order."
WASHINGTON, July 3. Forecast:
North Carolina hair Sunday, pre
ceded by showers nea.r the coast,
cooler Monday, fair, moderate north
west to north winds.
IBI
6H0WER&
ALLEGED LEPER AT LAST
was wanted only for the purpose of
protecting the district authorities, in
the event he should bring an action
for damages.
Me has maintained constantly that
he would prefer to continue quaran
tined rather than submit to another
in 1 1 ii re.
Preparations for his treatment at
the Skin and Clincer hospital ulready
have been completed, and ho will Imi
taken there Immediately upon his ar
rival. Mrs. Early will remain and an at
tempt Will be made to sell tho furni
ture of their little household. When
she has completed this, sho will leave
Immediately with her -two children to
Join her husband In New York.
The plans for the removal of Karly
wi re guarded with the utmost secrecy
and despite the fact Hull Early him
self requested thai they be made pllh-
STATE TO BE PLAINTIFF
IN SUIT TO TEST BONDS
Ai t ion Against Kaleigli
Savings Dank to Compel it
to Take Them.
(Special t4i Tlw Cltlwn.)
It Al.ElOII. July 3 --It Is understood
that the test suit to nettle lh" valid
Ity of the tuflO.OOu state bond Issu
act with tl"- 131,0110 proviso thai did
not pass separate day roll lall votes
is to be In the form of a suit ly the
slat,, treasurer gn Irisi the ItalclKh
Savings bank lo compel
tin
hank to
take the honds under the terms or
,e bid accepted by lb" council of
stale. To this lb"- bank will make
answer that It and Its Interests are
ready to take the Ixinds when the
r lotid involving the .proviso Is cleared.
This will be heard tv the Hiiix-rlor
tour! Judge at the July term of Wake
court and the nine will I"- lldvtlllied
on the Kul-reine loiirl calendar no
that there (all lie a sn
dv final sd-
Judlfl' -atlon when the
for the fall I" l ill mi Hi
illl t convene
fo ui th Moii-
lav in August.
The slate sup- rint- ndent of pnbll
Institution a.piov.' three new rural
public school libraries and three hii.-
plemenlary libraries for "raven c
IUII-
tv
TITLED ENGLISHMAN
DIED UNKNOWN
Yt'M A, Ariz., July 3 --Paper i di. i-, p. N Johxon brought suit for dliorce
ow-rcd among the effei Ih of a strati- today, naming as co-respondent. Ilar
g, r found at the Southern I'a' itlc I rv Wollord. Jots.,n followed bis wife
elation yesterday Indicate thai the ., Wolford's apartments last Saturday
l,dv Is that of Sir Arthur farlste- I e K ht. Klihcr Wolford attempted to
phi nv of London n engllsh ba n mi t low er the oung woman Into th- al
if largi states and a scientist of ley, three Moors below, or she Jumped
d tlnnctloti nrul was seriously Injured and Is still
The man arrived In Yuma and,n, the hospital A rop of bed shells,
t-igi.tered at the Southern Pacific ho-j which bad broken, wan found mar
lii as W '". Stepln-ny of Seattle To- the woman Jobson asks for the run-
o a ,
he was found dead In 'he lon -
tor's room of the ntatlon A i
, tier's Jurv
In- amc lo
Ceyslve ISC
r; .Id and
presented a verdbt that
his death from the ex
.f alioholic drink '
not- h to the amount ot j
setcral hundred dollars wire found
on his p, rson and receipts and bank
honks among hla effects show that he j
had 1 1 3.H00 on deposit in
gelcs bank.
Los An- .
MIIST IMTHIOTIf VICTIM.
BIG HTO.N'K GAP. Va , Julv S of her husband that he shot himself
Iiuring a fourth of Jul celebration , n the Snutbernn states,
here tolav Kdward 'ox a farmer, washe tired the shots.
Instanly killed. He was watching a! Mrs. Itlco said she Intended to rim
balloon ascend snd his feet caugh: i mtt suicide, following a nuarrel with
lb the Topes of the parnehnto M-- j her husband. Hire seized the pistol and
was earrted high In the air. and fell, 'in the struggle that followed for pos
receivlng fatal Injuries. session of the revolver she shot him.
llc. that he had nothing to conceal
and that he desired all the publicity
possible, those who were helping him
declined alwolulely to give any Indi
cation of their pluns.
"If they delay me Inter than to
morrow morning, however, I shall
throw the furniture and everything
else out Into the street and lake my
mother and bablus and trunks ami
go." said Mrs. Early.
"I'll lock the doors of this hateful
Dlare and throw the key at them.
Capl. Heaver took Mr. Early to the
station In his own buggy. He dreaded
going' 'tot " ' ambulance and so the
captain made this arrangement. - .
-('tn -order id. get mrmtmAm lo He-
part we flnallyT lid 'to sign the agree
meat that the health departme.nl
should lie permitted to lake cultures
whenever It wished In the future
mild Mrs. Early.
ITALIANS ASK GOVERNOR
SANDERS FOR PROTECTION
Murder of Young Plantern
Incenses Populace. Against
Foreign Race.
NEW OHMCANK .July S An ap
peal to Governor Handera for the pro
tection of Italian rltlwns "f Bosali r
parish whs made today by acting con
sul I'appltil at N'W Orleans.
This action followed Information
from llossler that all Italians had been
ordered to leave that section feel
ing agiilimt the Itallun residents Is
said to run hluli as the result r the
murder of Wlinberk Honey, jr., a
young planter ,by Italians near lien,
ton. Im Thursday. Ken lal terror
stricken Italians have alr-ady left the
r fmti!iinity.
Threats of lynchlngs were freely
expressed against Italians arrested for
alleged complicity In Honey's murder
A mass meeting of iltla ns pledge I
ItKelf to do cvcm thing possible against
mob action There In in Jail here
John Cubo, his wife, daughter and
son. another Italian named Plnro. It
was generally understood that lioficy
snd lh,. iluughli r of I'ub-i were soon
to have been miiri i il lb was killed
ill I'llloiV store.
ASKS DIVORCE FROM
WIFE WHO JUMPED
ATLANTA, July i Just one week
from the time of his discovery of his
v-ung wife lii the room of his friend.
Hoily or the iwo cniiurcn his win- is
or-'his flint cousin and all are prominent
ii, 'llrnt family" lety
TRIED TO SHIELD
WIFE WHO SHOT HIM
CINCINNATI. July 3. Mrs. Mary
lllee, whose husband, John Klce, n
janitor, died at the city hospital last
Thursday night from the effects of
(wo bullet wounds, told the police to
day thai the ante-mortem statement
REELF00T LAKE
OUTRAGE RECALLED
Judgo Below Erred In Draw
ing Grand Jury And Con
duct of Tho Case
(By Asaoetotea press )
JACKSON, Tenn., July I.Th
rases of the eight night riders, six ot
whom were under the death sentence;
charged with the murder of Captain
Quentin Rankin, at Walnut Log, or
Heelfoot lake, October It, last, were
tevci sell by tho State Buprcmo court
today and remanded for new trials,
The six men who were under death
sentence aru Garrett Johnson, alleged
leader of the Night Riders' organlM
tloii In Obion county; Arthur Cloaf,
Fred Pinion, Hum Applewhite, Tl!
Hiirtmi and Hoy IUnsomv Th other
Iwo, Hud Morris and Mob Huffman,
were convicted of murder In the sco
md degree. The opinion In th case
was delivered by Hpoclal Justice Hen
ry A. Craft, of Memphis, appointed In
the steud of Justice M- M. Nell. ' ;
Itcasons for ItoversM.
In reversing the case, ha assigned
two principal reasons, The first wi
that the grand Jury which found th
Indictments against tho alleged hllht
riders was not -selected in proper
manner. Tho grand jury was selected
out of a panel named by Judgs J. B.
Jones, the trial Judge, where aw th
law provides the panel ( must be
chosen by at least three members of
the "County eourt Th second error
on which the reversal was bassd M
that th state 4HT Bit allow ths.de
fendanls sufficient number f chal
lenges. Th eight Were tried n on
Indictment and trial court upheld th
slate's contention that the eight ds."
fendanls were only entitled to th le
gal number or challenges, twenty-four,
which would apply It one man was
on trial.
When Justice Craft concluded Kit
opinion a storm of applause brok
out In the court room but WSS quick
ly stopped by the marshal and his
deputies. The prisoners will be taken
back lo I'n Ion City and an effort will
be made to secure their release on
ball pending a second trial ot 'their
cases.
A Mrrb'HM Matter.
Thosn most active In the prosecu
tion of the night riders of Heelfoot
1 -ike consider the situation now such
as may again assume s serious phnttt.
That it will be difficult to secure
jury to again hoar th cases Is run
ceded and as yet no decision ha been
reached by thn representatives of ths
state as to their futur plan. As
limiiedlate trial of other pending es
ses of a similar nature, however, Is
not looked for.
T
TO DIG SOME FEW DITCHES
Wale ways ('oniriiissio.!
Will !o on Junket lo Eu
j i c Uncle Hani P.ivh, '
(My AnwKlsled press)
WASHINGTON, July . Tho mem
heiH or the national waterways com
mission created by set of congress st
the last session are planning to In
spect the rivers and canals of Eu
rope, leaving New Vork after the ad
journment of congress and remain
ing abroad until about October 10,
This commission Is composed of
Senators Morton, Oslllnger, Piles,
William Alden Hmllh. Simmons,
Clarke, or Arkansas, und Lorlrner and
Alexander, or New York, Stevens, of!
Minii'-soia, Wmiiti-f, of Pennsylvania.
Kparl'iiian. of I lortda and Moon, of
TelilieM ,-
As s i relary the commission has
chosen Woodbury Pulslfer, clerk of
the lomrnittee on commerce of th
-nail , and Jieo ph II. McOann, as-
sirtant clerk of the committee on
rlwrs and harbors of the house.
While abroad the commission will
examine s veral leading harbors. In
i hiding those of Liverpool and Rot
terdam, but will give especial atten
tion to Inland navigation, giving near
ly all the time to rivers and canals, '
lIVSTKHICAf, IN COURT.
IiBTKOIT. Mich.. July I Rev,
Carahed Koyajiun broke out into hys
terkal ravings today In his trial tn
the recorder's court for shooting and)
killing his nephew, llarotoon Qosta
nian. whom he accused ot breaking
up his home. Her.tatora snd court
officials ducked their heads In alarm.
fearing a repetition of the April
shouting. '