» a ‘THE NIGHT RIDERS © “ME SENTENGED Six to Be Hanged and Two Get 20 +, Years-"Each. . THE EVIDENCE WAS COMPETENT. Silence in Court as the Judge Pro. _nounces the Death Sentence Bix Times in BSucession—Declares the Case Has Bristled With Prejury— Appeal to Higher Court. 4 Union City, Tenn. (Special).— Without a tremor six men of Reel Foot Lake heard judgment passed condemning them to pay with their lives the penalty for the part they were convicted of having in putting to death Capt. Quentin Ranken at Walnut Log, the deed of a band of so-called Night Riders of which six men were declared to have beén the leaders. Whatever may have been their emotion, they faced the court to receive sentence with the same stoic expression as has been their marked characteristic during the trial. When ‘court convened, shortly aY- ter noon, the room was crowded with people from the lake. With small ceremony, as anticipated, the motion of the defense asking a new trial was overruled by Judge Jones. Then, amid a death-like quiet, the six men —Qarrett Johnson, Sam Applewhite, Tid Burton, Bob Ransom, Arthur | Cloar and Fred Pinlon—convicted of murder in the first degree, each in his turn faced Judge Jones to hear the mandate of the court and Fri- day, February 19, set as the day of their execution. As they turned to return to their places in the prisoners’ dock a faint, half-hearted smile played on the] faces of Pinion and Jaojnson, but] beyond this they could not have] shown less emotion were they men of stone. The proceedings ended, the court room was quickly emptied, and, through the crowds of their kins- men and friends, the men were led back to jail to await the carrying out of the court's decree, should a higher court not intervene. An appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court, where the legal strife | will be just as vigorous as in the] trial just ended. The others of the | men—Bud Morris and Bob Huffman | —found guilty of murder in the second degree, received the sentence named by the jury—20 years in the penitentiary. In passing sentence Judge Jones declared that he could see no mitiga- | ting circumstances as mentioned by the jury in the return of the verdiet | and considered it but a compromise to some members of the jury who | hesitated to pass the sentdhce of death. Th 8 he felt that the re-| sponsibility had been placed on him, | a duty which he would not shirk, and to each he declared the sentence | of the court would be that ‘You hang by the neck until you are dead, and may God Almighty have mercy on your souls.” Union City, Tenn. (Special).— With a verdict of guilty in varying degrees, the jury in the Night Rider trials reported at 8.45 P. M. The 12 men found Garrett Johnson, Tid Burton, Boy Ransom, Fred Pinion, Arthur. Cloar and Sam Applewhite | guilty of murder in the first degree | with mitigating circumstances, and Bud Merris and Bob Huffman, the | other defendants, guilty of murder in the second degree, and fixed their | punishment at 20 years in the peni- | tentiary. The punishment of the six first-named defendants was left to the court and may be death or life imprisonment. ‘ i The jury had been out since 2] P..M.; but, because of the iliness of Juror Rosson, had not been able to consult until 6 P. M. There was a difference of opinion among the | Jurors as to the degree of guilt of | the defendants, but an agreement | wag reached quickly. .. | Court was convened at § P. M., | and the jury sent word that it would | be able to report shortly. The room | was crowded, as it was durl the argument. Fhe minutes p Land at 8.45 P. M. the bailiff called for | the county physician. Juror Rosson | attention. 23 It was half an hour before Ros- son was revived, the jury filed in and six deputies were summoned 10 carry in the bed upon which the sick juror reclined. The foréemap an- pounced the verdict, the defense call- ed for a poll, which was made and the judge dismissed the jurors, The defendants took the verdict with calmness, ag they had been ex- pecting it since the closing of the arguments. Attorney Plerce turned to them when it was announced and sald: “We will tear this case to pieces in the Supreme Court.” The State expeced a verdict of first degree murder in all eight cases, and was visibly disappointed. Bob Huffman, one of thie men to escape with 20 years, is the man Who, ac- cording to the confession of Frink Fehringer, fired the shot which kill- ; in Ranken as he was being i ed. draws up with the rope. | King Manuel Warned. Lisbon (Special) ~ During a ban. quet given by offieers of the army in this ity, at ‘which King Manuel ‘was present, a lieutenant publicly warned the King that a plot to de- throne him was in course of prepa ration, The officer de’lared that the King was surrounded by spies ‘and traitors. Extra goards are on > duty around the royal palace, Rea River Endangers Town, Fulton, Ark. (Special}).-Owing to ‘a change in Red River and the cut. ting away of the point of land op- ‘posite Fulton, the full force of the _eurretit bow strikes the bank close to and is. Sndangering the town and the Iron Mountain Ral bridge. cae “Several Blocks witH residences. warehouses and other property ao ch te tne ap Tho Bt. "HARVESTER TRUST LOSES Highest Kansas Court Upholds Fine of $12,6000. Case Certain to Be Appealed to the Highest Tribunal Topeka, Kan. (Special.) — The Kansas Supreme Court, in a decision just handed down, affirmed the ver- dict and fine of the District Court of Shawnee County against the Inter- national Harvester Company. The company must pay a fine of $12,600 on 42 counts, each count charging violation of ‘the Kansas Antitrust laws. The decision is far- reaching. It is certain the case will be appealed to the United States Su- preme Court. In the fall of 19086, C. O. Coleman, then Attorney-General of Kansas, be. gan the criminal action against this company. He brought 75 separate counts. The sales were actually made by Topeka implement dealers. acting as agent of the International Harvester Company. When the case was tried, 33 of these counts were quashed on account of technicalities. | Judge A. W. Dana, of the District Court, sustained each of the ctiher counts, and when the jury brought in a verdict of guilty against the company he fined it $300 on each count, making a total of $12,600, The company might have been fined been assessed. The chief evidence against the In- | ternational at the trial were the! words of Cyrus McCormick, of the company, to the effect that his com- | pany controlled 95 per cent. of the harvesting machine plants of the] country, and that he hoped to get and based its appeal on these objec tions, but the Supreme Court upheld | Judge Dana. Further evidence as to existence of a trust was based on contracts of the company's agents in Kansas. Big Locomotive Plant, New York (Special).—Upwards of $10,000,000 will be expended by the American Locomotive Company in the construction of its projected plant at Gary, Ind., plang for which are now preparation, according to state- ments made here by the officials of the corporation. The plant, say the will be one of the largest! in the United! probable output of | Year, It will with a locomotives a States, 1,000 be erected west of Pitisburg. Progress With Gomez. Washington, D. C. (Special).—| Dispatches were received at the State | Department from Commissioner Buch- | anan announcing that satisfactory | progress was being made toward an | American claims. Commissioner it is believed here that the claims will be settled on a basis of arbitration, reference to The Hague | or by the appointment of a special Castro Grows Worse. Berlin (Special). ~The condition | of Cipriano Castro, former President | of Venezuela, who was operated on | at Dr. Israel's sanitarium, took a for the worse, and | his condition is said to be critical. The operation was for kidney disease. | Wreck At Morgantown, Morgantown, W. Va. (Special).— An open switch on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad caused a freight wreck | within the corporate limits. Henry Westfall, who was riding on tho! train, was killed, and the engine and | many freight cars were demolished. $500 Joke On Magoon. Santa Clara, Cuba (Special). —| Santa Clara voted an appropriation of $500 for the entertainment or | Governor Magoon from its “public calamities” fund. This fund is the IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE fourth week in Decomber is given at $65,990. president of the Federal Mining and Smelting Company. i Silver . metal - advanced to 50% cents an ounce. It is said that India has made a few small purchases lately. First Vice-President W. C. Brown was elected president of the New York Central Railroad, to succeed W, H. Newman, wha recently retired, John W. Gates advises Congress to cut off entirely tie tariff om coal, lumber gnd iron ore and to reduce by at least 50 per cent. the duty on steel. Treasurer Richard G. Oellers has received from the Amparo Mining Company a check for $10,000, being a part of the surplus earned in De- cember, . Cripple Creek's outout of gold last years was $16,000,000 or about $3.- 000,000 more than in 1907. Since Cripple Creek was first “discovered” the camp has yielded $160,000,000. Reading's December anthracite tonnage was 115.000 tons in excess of that in December, 1907. Pittsburg tonnage of iron ore, coal, ote, fell off fn 1808 39.0006,000 tons, United Verde is now paying month. ly dividends of 756 cents. Last vear the dividendg amounted to $6.76 a share, but in 1807 the amount was ® Director of the Mint Leach esth mates the world’s gold production In 1908 at $427.000,000, an increass of J36,445:000 a 907. The output of the United Railroad Company has lost ov y fle of sidinge ; * in 1908 1s estimated at compared with $89,616, 4 IOTHER NOE 1S MADE BY THE HOUSE Investigate Secret Service Expenditures. A FAR-REACHING RESOLUTION. It Was Adopted By a Unanimous Vote and Provides For a Complete Inquiry Into the Money Spent For Detec- tive Work In All Branches of the Government, Washington, D. C. (8pecial).— Without a dissenting vote the House of Representatives adopted a resclu- tion of the most sweeping character introduced by Chairman James A. Tawney, of the House Appropriations Committee, directing an Investiga- tion of the Becret Service. Under this resolution a select com- mittee appointed by Speaker Can- will make the investigation. There will be an inquiry into every phase of the Secret Service of the Treasury Department. This action is the result of the sensational dis- closures made by Sniith, of lowa, in his speech, in which he charged that vouchers had been falsified, that accounts had been padded and expenditures made with- out authority of Congressional en- actment. It is alleged will that Secret Service the Presidnet of the United States authority for that without authority sentative Smith the House to support Chief Wilkie himself had tified before the House Appropria- purpose, of law, of the Mr. to “perjure’” himself every month PENSACOLA UNDER BLUE LAWS. Lid To Be On Tight In Florida Town, Pensacola, Fla. (Special) .-—8Sheriff Van Pelt announced that under the “Blue laws” there will be no cigars, cigarettes or tobacco sold, no cabs or transfer wagons in operation and even the meat markets will be closed in Pensacola Sundays. Following this County Solicitor Loftin informed the Sheriff that he must not molest the operating of street cars, public backs. sale of milk or any of the necessities of life Sunday, and where be allowed to dispose of goods, pro- vided they do not keep open doors Overcome By Ammonia, Springfield, Mass. { Special). == Eleven firemen were overcome by fumes of ammonia released from the refrigerating plant by_a fire In a store on Bridge Street. They were rushed in three ambulances and a “fying squad” automobile to the hos where condition. Holland And Venezuela. The Hague 14. naval demonstration waters. The official dispatch bring- ing this intelligence adds that the Dutch consuls in Venezuela have had their exequaturs returned. Saved Man To Be Robbed. Chicago (Bpecial).—Mrs. Foster Moore saved a man's life at a fire and now believes that in return he robbed her of $5,000 worth of jow- elry. She found him in a hallway, apparently overcome by smoke, and succeeded in gettnig him to the street. Later she saw him running away from the building in a sus picious hurry and scon afterward missed her valuables. 12,470,226 Bales Ginned, Washington, D, C. (Special), —The Census Bureau reported 12,470,226 running bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1908 to January 1 last, against 9.951.505 a year ago, and 27.386 ginneriea operatcd, against 27.276 a year ago. The percentage of the whole crop ginned to January 1 {2 90 per cent. for 1909 ang 80.4 for 1908, Burn $000,000 In Bonds, Dallas, Tex. (Special).-—E., H. Green, son of Mrs, Hetly Green, at Austin registered $2,000,000 worth of 4 per cent. bonds of the Texas Midland Railroad, of which be 1s practically the exclusive owner. A bonfire was at once made of 900,- 000 old 5 per cent. bonds, which the new bond jssue replaces. To Retry Oil Trast Case, Chicago (Special). After receiv. ing unofficial Information that Judge A. B. Anderson, of Indiana- lis, had consented to hear the re- rial of the Standard Oil case, Dis trict Attorney Sims has begun active reparations in the in a week. pama Fight Begun. Mobile, Ala. (Bpecial).—The wholesale and retail liquor dealers of Mobile took their first step in thelr Nght against the Carmichael n Bill when application for gS A A Jr, on UNGLE SAM. AFTER HARRINAN Investigate His Control of Traffic to the Pacific. Achison Sald to Be Part of Harriman Combination. New York (S8pecial).—That E. H. Harriman and kis associates had forced the Atchison, Topeka and Banta Fe to sell to the Southern Pacific, two years ago, a road the Santa Fe was then building in South- ern Arizona as the connecting link in what would have made practically a4 new Jow-grade transcontinental route for the Santa Fe and, as such, a dangerous competitor of the Har- riman road, was brought out by the goverment attorneys in the hearing before Special Examiner Williams, at the custom house, in the suit brought against the Harriman roads to dis- solve the combination. Minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors and stockholders of the Atchison were put in dence, showing that the sale of this road and the virtual abandonment of i £evi- | A year after the Harriman Interesis had, unbeknown to the Atchison peo- | ple, bought $30,000,000 worth of! | Atchison stock and had demanded | | and secured representation on the | { Atchison board. H. H. Rogers and | { Henry C. Frick were the two mem- | bers who took their seats on the | Atchison board at that time and the | minutes showed that both voted to] sell the road in question to the) Southern Pacific. As a part of the | agreement them made the Atchison | further agreed fo go intg partner-| ship with the Southern Pacific in| { building into Northern California, where they had projected competing lines, i It is contended by the government | its suit that the Atchison since | { this stock purchase has practically | i become a part of the Harriman rall-| | road combination, which is alleged | ito be a monopoly in restraint of | trade. i i Frank M. Murphy, president of | | the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix, | {owned by the Atchison, was the wit- | ‘ness put on the stand by the gov- ernment to testify as to the manner in which the Southern Pacific block- ‘ed the Atchison’s attempt to con- struct a new line to the coast The Atchison already had a line running from its main line in California to Phoenix, Ariz. It was also bullding | a cut-off from Berlin, Kan., south to Alberquerque, New Mexico, and thence to Deming, Ariz The link which the Southern Pacific secured was the Phoenix and Eastern Ari- gona, which was to run between Deming and Phoenix in BY TELEGRAPH Senator Tillman asserts that im- portant papers regarding the Oregon land deal have been taken from his desk. Tang Shao Yi, the special envoy | recalled to China, made his farewell { call on the President. i Secretary Cortelyou called in $25...) 000,000 of Government deposits now in national banks Mr. Depew stated that the Sen-| ate will preserve a much closer scrutiny of appointments by the i President, { Senator Culberson. of Texas, in| | troduced a resolution insthe Benate (instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to report whether the Pres. | fdent was authorized to permit the | absorption of the Tennessee company | by the Steel Trust. i “The Senate Commiitee on Finance | favorably reported the bill to in-)} {crease the salary of the President | iand Vice President. i | The House committee was not ime | i pressed by the arguments made by i naval officials for ordering the ma- i rines from the warships. i Plans for the new home of the of Engraving and Printing | { have been approved by the Secretary | ! Bureau : {of the Treasury. i | Secretary Newberry outlined to! the House committee a plan for a squadron of monster battleships. { { - Chairman Frye, of the Senate Committee on Commerce, is opposed to a river and harbor bill at the present session of Congress. . Bronze medals are being made at! (the mint commemorating the depar- | ‘ture of the battleship fleet from | Hampton Roads, i Justice Wright, who sentenced the labor leaders for contempt, has consigned many threatening letters to the waste basket, { Beénate Committee reported favor- { ably on the proposition to raise the { legation at Peking to an embassy. A bill providing for the parole of | United States prisoners provoked a long discussion in the Senate. : John W. Gates declared himself | favorable to placing iron ore, coal and lumber on the fred list. Several amendments to the bank- ruptey law were favorably reported {by the House Committee. i The nomination of Roberf RE. : Watchorn, commissioner of immigra- , ton, at Ellis Island, to succeed him- self, which was sent to the Senate | Monday, was withdrawn. ¥ i : It is authoritatively stated that t cases the Standard Oil Com- pany for accepting rebates, It is possible that President Roose- velt will appoint an anti-Bryan Dem- ocrat to the federal bench in North | Carolina, : 1 Three Congressional election . ‘tests from South Carolina were {elded by the committee in favor of BE a Chatmiittén to. Which © House comn o which was ‘referred the President's message on | the Secret Service held several meet. ings, but decided on no report, , Naval Bureau he Navi u has outlined for a 25,000-ton battl than any thus 1thorize UNITED STATES SEMNTE DEFIED BY PRESIDENT Forbids Mr. Bonaparte to Reply to Their Reso'ulion, HE APPROVED THE STEEL MERGER. In a Special Message the President Ex. plains Why He Intimeted to the Steel Corporation That Their Ab«orption of the Tennessee Company Would Net Lead to a Prosecution Washington, D. (Special) .— President Roosevelt informed the Senate In no uncertain terms that he bad given his approval to the ab- sorption of the Tennessee Coal and C. Steel Corporation instructed Attorney General Bona- parte not to respond to the Senate inquiry as to the reason for h's fail- and that he had fit “to be within the the Benate to give tiong of this character to the an executive department.” Commenting upon the General's letter, the President says: Assumes All Responsibility. al dead I was personally cognizant of and responsible for its every detail For the information of the Senate 1 trans- mit a copy of a letter sent by me to the Attorney General on November 4, 1907, as follows: * “The White House, “ "Washington, November 4, 1507 “My Dear Attorney General: H. Gary and Mr. H. C. behalf of the E. Frick, on poration, They state that business firm have real there (the name of which 1 not been told, but which is of importance in New York busi- fail this week if help is not given. majority of the securities of the Tennessee Coal Company. Application has been urgently made to the Steel Corpora- tion tO purchase this stock as the only means of avoiding a fallure Judge Gary and Mr. Frick informed me that as a mere business transac- tion they do not care to purchase the stock: that under ordinary cir- cumstances they would not consider purchasing the stock, because but lit. tle benefit will come to the Bteel Corporation from the purchase; that they are aware that the purchase will be used as a handle for attack upon them on the ground that they are striving to secure a monopoly of the business and prevent compe- tition-—mnot that this would represent what could honestly be sald, bul what might recklessly and uniruth- fully be said. They inform me that, as a amtter of fact, the policy of the company has been to decline to acquire more than 60 per ceni, of the steel properties, and that this several years past, with the object of preventing these accusations; as a matter of fact, their proportion of steel properties has slightly de- so that it is below this 60 per cent, property in question will not it above 60 per cent To Avert A Panic. of every responsible business mah, to try to prevent a panic and general that they are willing to go into this which they would not the opinion of those best fitted to express judgment in New York that it will be an independent factor in preventing a break that might be ruinous, and that this has been urged upon them by the combination ot the most responsible bankers in New York, who are now thus engaged in endeavoring to save the situation to do this if 1 stated that it ought not to be done. 1 answered that while of course 1 could not advise them to take the action proposed, | felt it no public duty of mine to interpose any objection. * ‘Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt, “ }{on. Charles J. Bonaparte, At. torney General. “After sending this letter I was ad- vised orally by the Attorney General that in his opinion, no sufficient grounds existed for legal proceedings against the steel corporation, and that the situation had been in no way changed by its acquisition of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com- pany. None Of Their Business, “{ have thus given fo the Secnale of the executive departments which appears to me to be material or rele- vant on the subject of the resolution. 1 feel bound, however, to add that { have instructed the Attorney Gen- eral not to respond to that portion of the resolution which calls for 4 statement of his reasons for non. action. 1 have dove so because | do not conceive it to be within the authority of the Senate to give di rections of this characier to the head demand from him reasons for his action. Heads of excoutive depart ments are subject to the Constitu- tion, and to the laws passed by the Congress in rang of the Con- stitution, and to the directions of the President of the United States, but to » other aivection whatever, . “The White House, January 6, 1009. Persimmon Beer And ‘Possum. editors have been polled as to wheth- er champagne or persimmon beer should be served at the ‘possum ban. quat to bo given President-elect Taft here on January 15, and the major. Only Nearly all is the e editor fa champagne — ossum, while a TYPHOID FEVER IN MESSINA Tecrors of Epidemic Add to the Earthquake Horrors. The Work of Rescue is Be'rg Rushed On Usy and Night, RESCUERS AT WORK. The work of rescue in Messina and Reggio is being pushed forward night and day and sufferers are still being taken from the ruins i ! Fourteen thousand bodies have | i been buried in four cemeteries a8 Messina. and 9,000 people are stil] in the city | Recurving shocks constantly place i the rescuers’ lives in danger and complete the demolition of the ruins Stuart K. Lupton, the Amorican | vice consul, had a mirsesious | escape when the Hotel Vittoria was destroyed, An English-speaking family is known to have perished when Hotel Central. at Pegglo, the fell Queen no the next Helena bas requested that celebration take on anniversary of birth Frida 5 t, place her Messina (Special) of typhoid here. to be : dead. The first bre Cases fever have ken out action of This will cause drastic taken in the disposal The hope of rescuing any | the living beneath the ruins abandoned Until the present i all attention has been | upon the removal of form the sireets, while the of animals killed by {and those of dogs and cats the patrols have been left lying they fell The decay casses has greatly augmented danger of the spread of disease The outbreak of disease has ed the authorities with alarm apprehension. It is realized that unless proper sanitary precau- tions are taken disease may spread ruined districts According to well-known medical avthorities, it is typhoid that has been responsilile for the decimtion of almost whole Armies in time of war, and the exciting cause is unwhole- some drinking water, and the tion of articles unfit for food Some physicians are inclined to think that dysentery is more to } feared than any other disease in devastated regions It was fatal in the Crimea in 1854, in armies of the United States the Civil War and again in Franco-German War in 1870 most perfect conditions for gation prevail at Messina Earthquakes occurred nt Tuesday, the shocks being minutes apart ao shocks caused the collapse of a num. ber of broken walls and added to the terror the few survive who remain there The work of rescue iz being i ied on by night as well by day jand even now persons alive oc { caslonally dug out of the ruins AD old woman was relased from the wreckage of the Church of S8an Fran. cisco, She did not seem realize that she had been buried so many days. She explained that she thought she wag entombed in the church after having died a natural death i and that she was living in the bere | after. The official figures compi'ed { far show that 14.000 bodies have | been buried in four cemeteries, that | 2,000 refugees have left the city and | that 9.000 persons still remain thers } Instead of excavating in an én { deavor to find the bodies buried be | neath the ruins, it has heen proposed | that every house in which #t je he i leved persons are buried ghell be { covered with quicklime i the of has been time concentrated human bodies CArcasses the earthquake shot by where of these far the fill- and here at once the far outside the fingers. 1 he the very the during the Al tg propa. Reggio 0 nbout 2 heavy One of th ol of . ” TR 1igh- as fare are to % thus Oral Bequest Valid, {i White Plains, N. Y. (Special). [A jury has decided that an oral be- | quest of securities by a person who {expects he may soon die is valid. { George W. Cartwright just before ap | operation said to Daniel B. Tomp- { king: “1 give to youn all the se curities in my desk in case 1 do not recover from the operation.” i Cartwright died and Tompkips claim- ed the securities, valued at $16,079. a jury 4 {The executor contested, bat upheld the bequest, Merry Widow Is Fatal, = { New York (8pecal).—Harlem 1s mourning her prize waltzer, James Dineen. Dineen collapsed while dancing to the strains of “The Merry Widow’ in Majestic Hall and died in"an ante-room before physicians ar. rived: “Heart failure,” they said. Dineen never lacked a partner. He never missed a numer. Young Di- neen recently took a civil service ex- amination and won a custom house appontment. Boy Burned To Death. Rice Lake, Wis. (8pecisl) Four ‘boys, aged 8 to 16 years, sons of (hristian Lee, near here, were burn- ed to death in a fire which destroy ed the home of Mr. Lee. Mr. and Mrs, Lee, with three other small children, escaped In their night ‘clothing. . Four Firemen Injured. Philadelphia (Special) Four fire. men were seriously injured by cole lapsing walls during a fire which destroyed the hosiery mill of Bale lantyne Brothers, at 272 Ashmead vi, a suburb. All ; : 75,000. Bight
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