The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03
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EXTRA LEGAL ACTIONS. 81 5Ips
al AN unknown negro Of seventeen was
i1ynched by; d mob OF farmers near santa
Fel$ ILL.,. for an attack on d ten yenr-old
girl. An onslaught on u colony Of negroes
engaged In bridge CONSTRUCTION work foi-
lowed tho lynching, and many negroes
we've shot and their tents burned. The
negroes fed. nv s5f.5 "A 8ss "
"A negro believed to b guilty OF an at 4
tack on white girl was lynched at
Carthage, Tex, after being released from
jail on bond. ~ Is .s 55I3 I'M
Ss scyera | Instances Of whitecnpplng have
occurred In Indiana and lns one case at (
Denomination, two women and q negro,
with whom they lived. were dashed with 4
switches and bnrbed wire.
Ell GlT-tIOIJR Law INVALID. u. 4 e
5i Tho New York Court OF Appeals AZ ALI
hnny Tuesday, In test case, declared
unconstitutional tho cight-hour provision
'ofi!the Penal Codc. The law was con Is
denned sns making arbitrary Distinctions
between tho state and other ernplo yers,
thus denying the equal protection guaran-
3tecd TO all citizens. The decision revefs-S
ed that OF the Appellate Division.
FRANCHISE TAX LAW UPHELD.
The Now York Court ofSAppeals decide
cd unanimously Tuesday that the Ford
law to tax special franchises was constl-s
tutional thus reversing the recent decision
OF tho Appellate Division. THIS Is a great
victory for Acknowledgement Cunneen.
who made the argument IN behalf o. me z
state. The court holds that street ra e. y
way franchises and the like cannot be
yal,,ed an fcly BY local assessors and that
aa3the property Is created by leg slation
Il cannot be said to be taken away from
local assessors. tits held that tho nuns m i'
cipaitty may not withdraw property from
the taxing OF the State
OHIO FRANCHISE ACT INVALID.
The Superior Court at Cincinnati decided
Tuesday. the unconstitutionality OF thts
"curatiye act" which was put into the
municipal code by the last legislature %
strength the fifty-year franchise. under
which the Widener-Elkins traction prop
erty IN Cincinnati was construct TED.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS IMPRISONED.
fer every effort to eyade punlsfmen,3
had failed the four sectional school d.
rectors OF philadelphia, who were cons con-
lyicted OF conspiracy to extort money
| from school teachers were sentenced ~ MON
day to servo eighteen months imprison-
ment and pay 500 fine a movement It, , for5
reform In the method OF ap 'l'o' ''''s
teachers has been started.
GoBIN,s KILL ORDER UPHELD
a now theory OF martial law was given y t,l,
the weight OF tho Pennsylya MIA Supreme
Courts approval when that body decided
| Monday that the order Of General Gon,h
in the recent anthracite strike for miiitla.
!, men 10 shoot to Kill was not Illegal.
rho decision declares that the calling on,
ofthe militia 10, assist civil authorities =
"euallfled martial law with all the cons
/ ditlons attaching to actual martial law a' ~
PRESIDENT BAER's THREAT ~ At .sa75s5 .3
Tho. star witness before tho Inter state ia
\ Commerce Commission in tho Hearst an
THRUST case at New York this week was q.
president Baer OF the Reading Raiiroad..
Under examinat lion he denied that INC
coal roads keeps prices up and re tor TT
sngrily5 !. to the questions OF LAWYER
shearn. said: 'sYou and your friends
4 have succeeded In raising wages ana
i shortening the hours OF labor throughout
i Inc coal regions, On this account no
declared his intention to advance ln4 t ttt'
4 price Of coal. May !. ten cents and 70
tryRto work 1t up to IS. He charged the
A lawyer with being no gentleman.