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JAIL AI1D A FIIIE FORMALCHARGES
I ,'u.t.ruHFNT PROCEEDINGS
A Dim 6AKE
FOURTEEN MEMBERS OF NIGHT
RIDER' OROANItATiurs
' FOUND GUILTY.
TEEY WHIPPED J. M. REEGE
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
WILL BE riLtu
FEDERAL JUDGES.
BYREPRESENTATIVE MURPHY
I ....... Brauoht Ud In tha
Th.lr Sentence Wit Tin Dy In Jail H ,,, jui0iary Commute
And a Fin of WOO Each
it Wiverly,
Tenn.
Waverly, Tenn., May 12. A verdict
of guilty wa returned In the caje ol
the 14 men charge with being mem
ken of the night rider' organisation
and with whipping J. M..Reece on
A.t.v..ii itni Tha nnnlahment wa
fixed at ten daya In Jail and a Una of
$500 each. They were remanded to
jail under a atrong military guard, to
(-appear in court when a motion for
new trial will be made.
After the verdict waa announced
the defendanta shook hand with each
other, and they played the banjo and
danced In their cells. The men con
ttcttl ar .yart Cowart, Charlea Plto,
Ue Warren, Walter Warren, J. M.
Derlnney. Cha. Hopper, WalUr Dor
don, George Podge, Harry Mariball,
Jim Murrell, John Moran, WJlle San
der, Sam Wckerson and Frank Et
C Th Indictment on which they were
tried charged going matted through
town and village, with unlawful pur
rote in Tlew, going In dlagulie upon
the premise of other with Intention
a nit with a deadly
weapon while wearing a dligul and
assault and battery while makd.
Judge Cook charge embraced the Ku
Klux law, conviction carrying the capi
tal punUhment or life Imprisonment,
,. imrAtinn of the lurr nd Judge:
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the white cap law, carrying confine
ment In the penitentiary lor certain
period, and the misdemeanor ni
with Jail Imprisonment and fine.
.i . .i-.l, Umnrt In 3klahama.
Oklahoma City, Mayl2. Complying
with an Injunction contnineu m
m..i. u.nii i.r n. s TuelL
, ... ,
merchant of Hartihorne, placed a um
of money under a bridge near me w
w it ant taken. The letter wa
the aecond received by Tuell lnce
April 22 and declared Ml "light would
k. n,.t if the money wa not forth
coming. Hartahorne 1 under heavy
guard by ipeclal officer and exclte-.-i
i. ht.v josenh Nellla of Kreb.
recently waa the victim of Black Hand
letter and three men eenevea w oe id
v. n t.vin moner that Nellla
bad placed In hiding where letter had
dictated, were arretted.
THE WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS
LATE8T ADDITIONS TO WORLD'S
KNOWLEDOE TO BE REVEALED
aum f Moat Emmlnent Studenta of
th Disease to Meet In
Washington.
Washington, D. C, May 10. Medical
aelence'a latest contributions to the
..ij. w.n.iBif.a nnncernln tuber
culosis, will be revealed at tha fifth
annual meeting of the national asso
.i.tin. n ih ntuav and Prevention
of Tuberculosla, whioh will b held
her beginning May IS to 10.
amkmih mni.h amallar in the BCODO
Ol .UWU.U '
of Its work and membership, the pro
posed convention will be aecond only
i. 1-Mt.nM in tha aamnelan ajralust
ui uuyvi v v. - -
v amadad fna of mankind to the
mat Intel-nation conxress on tuber
culosls which met in this city last
.it Tv.... ra I (10ft membera of th
association for the atudy and preven
tion of tuberculosla, comprising, as iv
doe, th most eminent students of th
disease In this country.
Hundreds of papera will be read and
. ai.......a whinh It la axnected. will
bring to light better method of treat
ment and the best way of enecaing we
mA n tnharmiloils. The conven
tion will be divided Into the varlou
sections which will meet simultaneous
The number of state and local autl
tuberculosla societies which the na
tional association has called Into being
hae shown an Increase of more than
100 per cent In the last year;
The number of aanatorla has tncreaa
ed more than 200 per cent. A moel
aucoessful meeting la expected here,
In view of the fact that much greater
Interest In the fight on tuberculosis
has been shown this year than ever
before.
Notified of the Proposed
Action.
Washington, D. C, May 7.-Formal
........ r.t imnoachment against Jreu
eral Judges Philips and McPherson ol
the western district of Missouri are
to be filed by Representative Murphy
.v.. whn mita announcement
OX mat at.. "mw
. .. f.nt immediately after tne
i .. . a (nurn .d v.flterday,
UVUBV .lViHUW- .
Incensed over a telegram 10
i ...i uij.irnrnniu ut .ih.
Sy uouom, " - -
Hagerman, attorney for 18 rallroada In
which Mr. Hagerman cuaiau ...
u. w,,!,.'. raioiution oi inquir iu-
wt. a.icj - .
j.m.1.1 conduct of the two
Judgea aa "an outrageoua tissue ot
.i..-.nrn.entatlon." Mr. Murphy held
tha attention of the house with a
repetition of the chargea wnicn "
u.m ...i. in ma nriEmai nJujuuv.
nai ui-uu " -
Hla colleague, Mr. Rueker, corobo
ated all that he saw m oenuuLmuuu
.v.. ..,inn nf tha two judge In con
nection with Missouri' two-cent pas
senger rate law and the maximum
..it 1.. ini-Mentellv Mr. Rucker
remarked that Judge Philips ought to
nave been impeached zo years aav.
u. u,..n. hrnuaht the matter up
aa a flueatloa of personal privilege.
The resolution involves iu wuu-v.
ii i..j... In rolatlon to the tWO-
VI tUW rfuua- . ,
cent passenger fare litigation and the
. . i . . Ul.amllH
maximum ireigni ."-.
... m.v,nn nf inhama. a member
of the Judiciary committee, objected.
saving the argument was noi uu
personal privilege.
n.nnnn mien Liiai jni . m,u
. uhin hla rlahti and could
continue, but he had not proceeded far
.v u. uom-v nf Texas, another
member of the Judiciary committee,
stopped him with an inquiry as vu
-wh.. ha did not Intend to formally
bring In charge of Impeachment.
The Missouri memner, nowever, um
. .i.. . diroct answer, dui cou-
uub a. -
..... hi. ranital of the charge con-
HUU5U " ' ,
..innd in hla resolution, ne caiuw "
Mr. Rucker, hi colleague, to ubtan
v. waa flavins.
Mr. Rucker did o, and oeciarea ini
Judae Phlllpa hould have ben im
n...hd SD vears ago.
- ... .. ,1.. w
a....l llmpl Mr. rivuB, kuv
in.lt la.dar nhlectad. saying that Mr
.. v. ...m nnt rleld for debate.
muife-u -ww ' -
Later he again oojectea on m
.v. u. Mitrnhv waa traveling out
side the Issue raised by the Hagerman
telegram and the preamble ot tne reso
lution.
a in nn tiflaitnc on the objection
p.nnnn ruled In favor of Mr
Dnm- .
Murphy, remarking inai :ine lores'-
i. K.n.d "
Continuing Mr. Murphy denied that
the state ot Missouri had oeen accoru-
. .n,,Fta-r In the rate cases aa
QU """" J ...
was tated in Mr. Hagerman a tele
gram. The tate, he deciarea, nau no
nnii.n whatever of the
. T4..C..int. in thnaa casea.
U IB . IHjUWlwu '
I am asking the congreaa
j a..,.. ha aald "to Klve baCK
i j 1 LOU DWlv-i " " ,
... -.. .nvarnmant which you hand.
w u. . .. .
ed to n when you mm" -.....
i. itninn hv reaulrlug the
federal Judiciary In the western dl-
trlct Of Missouri to proceen i-a
derly and decent Unea In the execu
tion of the law."
n-i. v... th.n adlonrned and in
mediately thereafter Mr.' Murphy noU-
tied membera of tne juaiciary
mlttee that he would at once forma
late formal chargea of Impeachment
against the two Judgea.
i.
Tuein leu ;:ed
THIRTY PERSON WENT DOWN
WITH OVERLOADED CARO
LINE LAUNCH.
TEN OF THOSE ESCAPED
THE AMERICAN POTENTATE-0.
War Employ of a Steel Plant and
War Returning noma as
'. End of Day'a
Work.
T-itt.hura- Pa May 12. Twenty pe
sons are missing and all of them are
k.llAl tn hava haAn drowned When
a gasoline launch sank In the middle
of the Ohio river near scmrami
.. mil., halow Pittsburg. Of th SO
occupant of the boat, only ten are
known to have escaped.
.11 iii. man ware emnlove of th
AM w -
Pressed Steel Car company at th mo-
Kee Rock plant The men naa "sou
-n.vina KTir time until eight o'clock
and left the work to cross the river
In the lounch about 15 minute later,
ni. ... i. ..id tn hava been Intended
for not over 20 peraona, and It la al
leged It waa dangerou 10 anempi i
.. n,.nv aa 25. But all the men
HHIf " .
wanted to get acrosa the river on the
flrat trip and 80 of them crowaeu in.
. . ,v. n.n atarted out In the boat,
Aa .
one ot them la ald to have remarked
.. it aaamed to him to De over
aa .nd ha feared It waa not safe
Albert Graham, the pilot, and one of
those who 1 missing, la aio to nave
replied that it waa safe enougn au
.. h. had carried 27 person.
rigut, mm - ----- - -
No more wa said aoouv me iuau, i
SOU STATISTIC
ONE-THIRD OP OUR POPULATION
LIVES IN 13 ORIGINAL
STATES. ,
URGE Uf! OCCUPIED ACRE AGE
AFTER ! ABDUL'S GOLD
May Not Strike New.
Paria, May 10. Conditions ar rath
er favorable for the government In Its
controversy with the postal employes
and It Is not likely that a strike will
ba declared for th present The gov
rnment'a firmness has made a deep
impreesloa on the rank and file, and
the leaders of the strike movement
may conclude to postpone the tattle
natll they are better organised and
prepared for what would prove to be a
hard struggle. A meeting called for
yesterday by the federal committee
waa attended by about 4,000 persons,
txtt no great enthusiasm waa ahowa.
.!!T.-riha7Ia Vtf It lath drill
ostest ffetora of the low lodg A
r.t Order TJ!td Workmen, Ottam-
ten f.rst pr!t; oar JUfiaa, I
LOOKINO FOR BURIED GOLD.
Exoavatlng for Kentucky Church Ex
pected to Reveal Treasure.
Cincinnati, May 10. The excavation
for the structure of St. Francis church
In Dayton, Kentucky, a auburb, la be
ing watched by many who believe a
nnt nf anld haa been burled under that
site since the raid of Oen. John Hunt
Morgan and his band of confederates
near the close of the Civil war.
The property belonged to the late
Matthew McArthur. a noted southern
vmnathlser. The atory goea, there
waa a subterranean passage leading
from the house, and It la here, the
passage having long alnce been filled
up, that the treasure Is suppoee to ne.
Tha money was left. It Is said, by a
Confederate named Caldwell, who had
been sent north to pay tne troops or
flan Mnraan then In this vicinity. He
topped at the McArthur residence and
hla presence being disclosed, ne secrei
m.a tha anld aalH to amount to several
thousand dollars and escaped Intend
ing to Join Oen. Morgan, tne inner
belne- killed In Teoneaaee about the
ssme Urn.
Mr. Mm
BALLOQSISTS TO OMAHA
WILL BE CENTER C THE 60V-
ERNMENTS EXPERIMENTS.
rhin.ro liav-ie. Wa Tln Fang,
Okinaaa minister nlenlDotentlary to
tha nulled States haa accepted the
presidency of the Chinese school of
rMna.A anmrdlnc to an announce
ment made yesterday. The school la
oae of a series started anaer ue aur
piece of the Imperial Chinee govern
ment Course In Chines literature,
domestic aeleaoa, chine and Inter
national law aed la the easton and
h.hlta of tha Chines In their ova
coontrv will be given. There ara U
a!siints, ranting la age from I t It
IT IS RUMORED THAT MUCH TREASURE IS BURIED IN THE SUL
i..'..'.d'i..tfan will ba ihlppea im
mediately to Fort Omaha wnere a moo-
em hydrogen ga plant ana a Bangor
k.n,. knnaa haa bB reCted.
Within tea daya the balloon detach
ment and Lleuta. Labia, rouiois, but
... u.mh.rr.r and Dickeaaoa ot the
Aeronautical Dtvlsloa will go to Fort
Omaha, la tha meantime nww
.in h. n.da In th Signal Corps
spherical balloon No. 11 which haa a
capacity of J5,000 cum w " a
..a nam three men. Lleuta
Uha and Foulola will return to Wash
i.na for tha aeroolaa inais
omeera la the
Will HVIU. '
v.. an., nf h. dlrirlhla
H.u u.i w. . ,
n.. a una had vlaaned to coaduct
. -.narlmenta Wit th dirigi
ble at Fort Myer, Including exaaasUve
test with wtrtlee telephone ana wiv
grasa.
Tha Aerenairtleal Dlvlelon Will Use
Pert Omaha aa a Baeia In Pise
f Pert Myer.
r..hlnna May It. OwlnS t th
tannra of congreea to provide funds
tor th construction of a gaa plant
and balloon bona at th Fort Myer
Aerodrome General Jaxsea Allan, chief
.aa-.. nf lha nil Carna SIS Praa
taroed to change hla plaaa for the
taroaaattcal trlala and teaU at Fort
btfer thts awnnser.
Jbe anev metar baaooa No l
-h.n tha Wiat reached the middle
the stream where the water Is per
haps 20 feet deep, the boat suaoeniy
ank beneath the welgnt ana went w
the bottom. A It sank, It caused a
suction which took many of tne men
a . -.ith ii nth.rs attempted to
uunu !" - . -
swim ashore, but were chilled by the
cold water and became exhausted., ao
far as la known, only ten of the men
reached shore.
TROUBLE IN PANAMA.
Police end Canal Employee Claeh
Two Americana Killed.
Colon, May 12. In a conflict which
.....n-.d hniwaon Panaman police and
Wiimi -
employes of the canal xone, near the
dividing line, C. M. addoh, mi oirui,.-i-
th. nnwpr house at Cristobal
viau u - f
an American, and a colored man, alBO
an American, were killed.
The police previously had crossed
the xone at Cristobal In an effort to ar
rest an escaped prisoner. They were
mobbed and pelted by West Indians
and finally were arrested by the sone
police for disturbance. Later a num
ber ot Panaman police armed with
.m.. -....ndnd tnward the zone m an
attempt, It is alleged, to find those
who had maltreated their comrades
in th. dav Thev came into
VB1UC1 ill .
colllsslon with the canal workers, and
..vniva. and nne snots woro
fired. Stonea and other missiles were
. i'. ..d Elpptrlrlan Abbott was
killed by a blow on the head, and the
colored American waa amen Dy a ni
bullet which penetrated the brain.
n-v. lnt hnnamo bo tnreaienina tuai.
.11 -i.... nf hniineas were aulckiy
all
closed, but eventually me
dv.n nff Both the American
and Panaman authorities are noiorag
,...i..iinn to olace the responsl-
Wl 1-
blllty. Precautiona also nave
taken so that ther may o no wr
rence of the disorders. ,
Anvinar ninwi
.-i. u.. to it la announced
iNew aula, mn
that the American Museum of Natural
Hlatory In this city, haa oespaicaeo w
th Interior of th Congo Independent
SUte, th flrat American eclentiflc x-
am.- aant into mat roe""
muiuv. -
Tha Okaol and th. Whit Rhinocero
will be hunted.
n .in., to th United Stat.
u.. to Tha aenate's new
nun, T
jraft ot the tariff wu nai oeou -
. ,, . ..aitinn to eonceesiona ai-
footing th United Statea already pub
lished th maximum duty on caauou
meau haa been reduced from 80 franc
to 23 franca per hundred alios.
.i . z..t,.a Waklno UD.
now I-,.-
vw u.a laZealon cltliens
of Greater New York gathered In
- . n.in. tn laananrat a movo-
ment to -determln mean of ritn
th nomination ol proper w
fo, city office to be filled at th. oop
lnf municipal eiecuoa.-
.. u.. Anna Aaaln.
yveiiman n -
... way lx. Walter Well-
aufc.wh twlc haa mad vilt to
r -111. tha latanlloB Of
tn. NorthPol. b.
alrahlp, left wew x. w. - -
prlnx Wllhelm to maae "
tof th. honor oi nuwiwrj.
Immigrant Sine 1820 Numbr 28
000,000 Now coming ax noon
1,000,000 a Yar How Po
UI Receipt Grow.
Washington, May 10. Of the 88,000,-
000 people in th. United State,
Alaska Included, aoout, one-tuiru u
In the 13 original states, according to
a statistical abstract ot th. United
State to be Issued In a few day py
tha human of statistics of the depart
ment qf commerce and labor. Another
third live in tn. states created uou
tha tarritorv ceded to the common?
nnlon by th. original states and th.
remaining third In th. area added oy
purchase or annexation.
While a large share ot the territory
In the United State haa come under
cultivation or Individual ownership,
th. figure how that In 1908 there
were 754,898,000 acre of unappropriat
ed and unreserved land, of which al
most one-half was tn Alaska, 61,177,
000 acre In Nevada; 46,532,000 In
Montana; 44,778,000 In New Mexico
and 42,739,000 In Arliona. Of swamp
and overflow lands there are about 75,
000,000 acre In tha country of which
18,500,000 acre are In Florida, Louis
iana coming next with about half that
amount. .
The total number of Immigrant In
in tha nnnntrv alnce 1820. the veauwof
earliest record exceeda 28,000,000. Dur
ing the fiscal year 1905, 1906, 1907,
the number averaged more tnan i,uw,
000 a year.
The receipts of the post office de
nartment show an Increase ot about
$1,000,000 In 1820 to 15,600,000 in 1850
to $20,000,000 in 1870, to $33,000,000
In 1880, to $61,000,000 In 1890 to $1UZ,
000,000 In, 1900 and to $191,000,000 In
1908. The number of letters and post
cards sent through the postal system
of the United state is given as e,v
000,000,000 in 1907 as against 3,359,
000,000,000 by the postal system of
the United Kingdom.
CONVICTED OF KILLING WILLIAM
ANNI8 LAST AUGUST.
He Will Get From On to 20 Yar
Defense Waa Insanity Motion
for New Trial.
. a.ina ta Seattle.
. . u.. i Tomnetltioa foi
th. , Meager tramo to and from th.
IN OTUl , InWMta 47 w ,
uoa oa account ot th axposiUo , at
atua, AH road Wtenuma norw
wMt ar making preparations for addi
tional train mc.
.. uij.l Bnathara Returned.
K.w Terk. May lH-WUbw aad Or
vffl. Wright, th. Aasertoui aeroplaa-
, .a . tha aeea of their
lata, rvi- " . tjnl
European triumph aboard th. North
Owrmaa Ltor Uan ari
Cecil).
RISON SENTENCE FOR HAINS
Fluahlnston. N. Y.. May 12. Capt
Peter C. Haln. Jr., U. S. A. face a
prison term of from on to iv years,
no. nit. tha testimony submitted by
the defense as tending to show Insani
ty, he was convicted of mansiauguwr
In the flrat degree for killing William
E. Annla at th. Bayalde Yacht club
last August.
Quickly following tn. young aim
officer's conviction, hla counsel an
nounced that they would prouuee am
d.ita tn ahow that the lury bad not
been properly guarded during the trial
and upon this allegation win urge u
a new trial be granted. These affi
davit will be submitted on Monday,
th. time set for passing sentence u
for any motlona that th. defendant'
counsel desire to make. There will, of
courae, b. th. nsual motiona w
aald. th. yerdlct as agalnat th. weight
of evidence and contrary to law, but
th. unguarded Jury feature is me omr
departur from the trotyped pro
oeedur. looking to a new tnaL
Daniel OHllly ot counael tor me uw
fens. aald: ...
"Ther wa no evidence in mis caw
to warrant a verdict ot manslaughter.
.hnnid. either have been murder in
th. first degree or acquittal on th
ground of Insanity. Th. jurors war.
permitted to roam about the country
In an automobile and go right to th.
verge of the cene ot tne nominuo,
which 1 clearly agalnat th law. W.
will hav affidavits to prove that such
1 th case and also tnai me ju..
.n,ittad to leave the Jurisdic
tion ot th county and have been on
government property "
all ot which will be urged aa a ground
for netting aside the vetdlcf
Th. conviction after tne jury nan
been out leaa than three houra cam e a
aurprl. It had been expeciou ...
j.-. nr anniiittal on th ground
of Insanity, or a disagreement would
result . .
No on was more eurpruea maa
i.,i,n neWltt who had aald
LI II.. ' ,i. .......
all b could hop for wa a disagree
ment
' Tec ' Many Holiday.
. v u.. aTh coun-
Bt reiereo".. -v -
" . .. i ... an trusted tO B
en oi me oinyn . - .
aneclalommlsslon a bUl reducing th.
pcciai oof-,,, i Rnssla.
number ot punno -""--'--., ...
A memorandum areomi-----
measure, which
ot th council, point out that Fraac
aid ..Tsd holiday., lne.nd.ng Sun
daya. Knglaad 58. Germany 0 -a
Russia IL '
J
British Defeat ArMrlcan.
Wartingtoa. May
,,.n..ilnnal Small Bor
r.reau.T.B den,o...rst their
superiority over me
acortag aa .verwhriming victory
match waa a frteadly oae with mall
aor. rlfie. o gallery rang ta th
respocUv conn tries
llraarfr wr a4