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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
ONLY
AMERICANS TO
DIE IN QUAkE9

Rome, Jan. 2-Signor Sera0, pro-
prietor of the house in Messina where
A. j. Ogston, English consul, resided
arrived here today. He says outside
the consulate there has not been ~
American resident in Messina for
years past Part of the louise VT
Serao lived did not fall. The H4lz
rushed out Immediately afse1 the 4l5
shock and met Stuart x Lupf61I
American vice consul, on the street
Continuing Serao says tina. wstlk&
Lupton he satisfied himself the guesfes
at the Hotel Trinacria which was cor
pletely demolished were all saved with
the exception of the Swedish consnk|
and all Italian girl. He does not bez
lieve there were any Americans ~
this hotel.
Taormina, where there were NM
Der of American, tourists. is absolntelIg
safe. IS
Signor Serao said it was his irupr8S
sion that with the exception Of CaeneS
and wife no American was killed o.
injured by the earthquake.
Are In FIorence.
Fond du Lac, Wis.,, Jan. &c. ".
Mcmillan received cablegram today
from his daughters, who were suppqs.
ed to have perished in the earthquake
lin Sicily. The party is now IN Flor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
Train Destroyed by Wave.
HOW HIGH TARIFF WAS SADDLED ON AMERICAN PEOPLE

terminated. To save them from dis
aster congress placed a high tariff on
imported manufactured products, prac-
tically giving the American manufac'
tor a monopoly of the home market.
These protective tariffs were consid-
cred by everyone, including the manu-
factors, to be merely temporary.
Tariff was understood to be a purely
wartime legislation-an unusual meas
ure to meet an unusual emergency.
Immediately at the close of the war
tax after tax was repealed the govern
ment's heavy expenses having dimin-
ished and the wartime tax not being
necessary. Logically. the tariffs that
had been arranged to enable the man.
ufactors to stand these taxes, should
have been also lifted.
Able to Stop Repeal.
But the manufactors objected. By
this time they had become very power
full. From poor, struggling concerns
at the outset OF the war, they had ac-
cumuIated great wealth. II was under
the higi protection tariffs of the war
times the oil trust. the sugar trust
and other mcnopolies that are stiji in
existence were born.
"By no means raise the tariffs ur
ged the special interests. Free trade
means ruin.''
The trusts had already become
strong factors in politics, and so tbs
hen that laid the golden eggs was mo-
killed.
Every now and then. however, Il,
statesman with a personal e tlctior
the tariff system as it remained wa,
not fair to the consumer, urged re
vision. General Garfield, republican
in speech on July 13, 1858, said
There must be rational and cons. d
crate adjustment of the tariff" Pres
,,ident Grant in message to congress
Y in December, 1874, declared those al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
Wife Of Night Rider Hit
the Defense a Hard
Blow.
THREATENED, SHE SAYS
Swore That Husband Mho
Turned States Evidence
Was at Home.

Union City, Tenn, Jan. 2.-AssArt-
ing she had deliberately perjured her.
self for the defense and was con.
science stricken and desired to tell the
truth. Mrs. Wad Morris, wife of one
of the self-confessed night riders, ask
ed to be recalled today.
Negatived Testimony.
Morris swore he was present when
Ranken was killed, and recognized
some of the defendants. Mrs. Morris,
his wife, went on the stand yesterday
and impeached her husbands testi-
mony by swearing he was at home the
night Ranken was murdered. Today
she testified:
To Save Husband.
81 was persuaded to tell lie yester1
day on the stand. l was told by Joe
Hogg and Jack Long that unless
swore my husband was at home that
night the soldiers would hang me-
They also threatened me, and 1 was
afraid, SO l tod this lie. Now want
to tell the truth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
OREGON AWRDED 100000
Federal Court of Claims Makes Allow
arce for Civil War Claim.

Washington, d. c., jan 2.-The
court of claims has announced its find
ings in the case of the state of Oregon
against the United States. and awards
100000 for moneys expended during
the civil war in protecting the adjoin-
ing territories of Washington and
Idaho
When the civil war began Oregon
was left practically defenseless. The
troops which at that time guarded it
against Indian outbreaks were taken
east.
subsequently local volunteers com
prised large number of troops to do
service not performed by the United
States
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
HUGHES AGAIN iNAUGURATED
Occasion Made Gala Day at Albany
Military Parade Being Feature.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 2.-Governor
Charles E Hughes was inaugurated
yesterday for a second term as chief
executive of New York The cere-
mony was preceded by military par
ade, which was reviewed by Governor
Hughes from the steps of the executive
mansion, and after the Inauguration
the governor held a reception in the
executive chamber. Last night Cover
nor and Mrs Hughes attended a ball.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02

ticles which enter into Our manufac-
lures, and are not produced at home,
should be entered free"
Cleveland devoted an entire message
to tariff revision. The keenest grief
in his life was that he was prevented
by political chicanery, from revising
the tariff in accordance with the views
of his heart.
Briefly, Mr. Cleveland wanted the
duties reduced on the necessaries of
life. He favored tariff measure that
would give to American manufactures
free raw material, which he believed
would enable them to produce as
cheaply as the foreigner and thus en-
large the market for American made
goods.
Wilson Bill Mutilated.
Calm and Unconditional as he was,
Cleveland's pulse must have beat
quickly when Mr.. Wilson. chairman of
the committee on ways and means in
troduced the now famous Wilson bill.
Had the Wilson bill been made law
as introduced, Mr.. Cleveland's entire
after life would have been more happy
than it was. The measure was nc
sooner introduced, however, than it
was set upon by the republicans and
denounced as free trade legislation
Although inclined toward freer trade
the Wilson bill today. would be consid
cred more or less conservative. 1t re
moved the duties on wool, coal, iror
ore. lumber and sugar, both raw ana
frefined 1t made moderate reduction
in duties on wooien goods, cottons
linens, silks, pig iron, steel rails, glass
ware and earthenware. The bill wa,
popular with the people. and the dem
ocratic party was keeping it's promis
made in the .party platform of 1892.
But free iron ore was bitterly or
=
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
FATHER JOHN OF
CRONSTADT DEAD
Celebrated Priest Had Reputation a.
Miracle Worker Throushout
Russia.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 2.-Father John
of Cronstadt is dead. The noted priest
for some time had been suffering from
chronic dropsy and intestinal COM
plants.
Father John of Constadt was chris
tened John Sergieff. He was born at
Archangel in 1929. His life long 10y
atty to the state as well as to his out
spoken criticism of the government
when he thought it was wrong and the
reputation acquired in his later years
as miracle worker, all combined to
make him one of the most striking per:
sonalities in Russia. Thousands jour
neyed every year to Cronstadt for the
mere sake of his benediction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
PERJuRED ON WITNESS
STAND; MAKES AMENDS

sentences. Thirty-two of the con-
demned men were strikers in the rail-
road troubles of October, 1905.
In addition to the death sentences,
IL strikers were condemned to penal
servitude for life, 4S to lesser terms
of exile and SO were acquitted.
These sentences grow out of the
events of 1905, when strikers, number
ing hundreds and thousands, through
out Russia attempted to tie up the
whole railway system, telegraph lines,
and gas and electric light plants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
Regretted at Washington.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Though the
news of the downfall of Yuan Shi-Kai
was not entirely unexpected in official
circles here. it was received with re-
gret, for the state department has >
keen recollection of the great services
rendered by Yuan Shi-Kai to every
Christian nation in securing communi-
cation by secret means with legation
ers besieged in the compound at Pek-
ing during the famous Boxer uprising.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
ROAD GETS|PEACE
M. K. & T. Company ad Employees
Sign Agreement Ayerthg Threat
4 ened Trouble
MANY POINTS UNDER DISPUTE
Board of Mediation Appointed Under
the Erdnan Act Successfully Con-
ducts NegotiatiorY.
IN AMERICA.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Tlp announce
ment was made today by the board of
mediation under the Eriman act of
the signing in this city Q. a comprom-
Use agreement between the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railway company and
employees Engineers. firemen, train
men, and switchmen were involved i'll
dispute which embraced Il points.
Bore on Contracts.
Ten of these had to do with the con-
struction and application of the exist
ing contract with employees, and two
were demands for better terms and
conditions in certain particulars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
RECEIVER FOR A
SOUTHERN ROAD

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 2.-Federal Judge
Don Pardee today appointed President
Atkinson and Vice President Ask
wright receivers for the Atlanta, Bir-
mingham & Atlantic railroad.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
BOOK sWINDLER is GUILTY
Samuel T. WarfieId Convicted But

Samuel T. WarfieId Convicted But
Companion Goes Free at Chicago.
Chicago, Ill, Jan. 2.-Samuel T. War
field was today found guilty of defraud-
ing Mrs. James e. Patten. wife OF a
prominent board of trade operator, oat
of s22, ,700-b means of rare book
swindle. w. N. Cooper, who was tried
with Warfield, was found not guilty.
Warfield was sentenced to three
years in prison and fined $1,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
QUAKE VICTIMS IMPRISONED IN
RUINS DIE CNAWINC OWN LIMBS
Others Found at Messna With Mouths Full of Shreds of Cloth
ing Seized in Their AgonyTroops in
Control of the City.

Messina, Jan 2.-The town is now
thoroughly occupied by troops. Each
quarter has its body of them divided
so no Point in the town is without pro-
lection The suffering of persons still
buried in the ruins of fallen buildings
here who are slowly dying from hun
ger is awful to contemplate
Gnnw Own Arms.
Dead bodies have been found which
bear mute testimony of the orture en-
dured before death relieved their suf-
ferings Several OF these persons
have died gnawing at their arms and
hands evidently delirious from pain
and hunger Other bodies had portions
of shawls and particles of clothing in
their mouths.
One woman had her teeth firmly
fixed in the leg of dead baby.
The archbishop of Messina has been
found still living in the ruins of his
palace.
Train Destroyed by Wave.
Rome, Jan. 2.-It is stated here a
train which left Reggie early on the
morning of the earthquake carrying
passengers and of which nothing has
been heard since, was overwhelmed
by the tidal wave following the earth
quake
Almost all the people of Reggid and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
AGE PENSIONS ARE PAID
United Kingdom, Through Postmasters
Begins Distribution of Funds.

Begins Distribution of Funds.
London. Jan. 2.-Postmasters
throughout the united kingdom have
begun the payment of old age pensions
under the act of the last session of
parliament to persons over 20 years of
age
Seven hundred thousand applications
for pensions have been received, Of
which 100000 were disallowed, the
majority because the applicants have
been in receipt of poor relief.
1t is estimated that the old age pen
sions will cost the country S35,000,0 600
annually.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
LOSES HIS OFFICE
Yuan Shi-Kai, Commander in Chief of
Chinese Forces, Suddenly
Dismissed.
RHEUMATISM EXCUSE GIVEN
Held in High Regard BY Americans,
Whom He Assisted During the
Boxer Uprising.

Pekin. Jan. 2.-An edict issued TODAY
dismisses from office Yuan Shi-Kai,
grand councillor and commander-in-
chief of the forces. The reason given
for the action is he has rheumatism o.
the legs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
GOVERNOR LILLEY WINS CASE

Connecticut Corrupt Practices Act is
Declared Unconstitutional.
New Haven, Conn, Jan. 2.-The case
brought against Governor-elect George
L. Lilley under the corrupt practices
act, before the election court, was dis
missed today. and the act declared un-
constitutional.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
OLSON WINS HARD TUsSEL
Throws Or. Chris Pearson of Chicago
Two Out of Three.

Peoria, ILL.,, Jan. 2-Charles Olson
of indianapolis won two out OF three
falls in hard wrestling match with
DR.. Chris Pearson of Chicago here
last night. Olson wen the first fall in
II minutes; Pearson got the second
in 13 minutes; Olson won the last fail
in 111 minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
Brother of 3. F. Yoakum Dead.

Fort Worth, Tex, Jan. 2.-Judge G..
H. Yoakum, general attorney of the
Frisco lines in Texas and brother of
B. F. YoakumJ chairman of the Fricso-
Rock Island ! ird, is dead at his home
here of apoplexy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
Noted Artist Dead.

Monterey, CAL, Jan. 2.--Sidney J..
Yard, the noted water artist, dropped
dead yesterday of heart failure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02

Messina, it is said, are making up their
minds to abandon their beloved cities.
No Americans Lived There
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-02
MANY SENTENCED TO DIE

Majority of Convictions by Russian
Military Court Result of Strike.
Yekaterinoslav, Ruusia, Jan. 2.-The
military court has pronounced Al death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-04

the subject will beStncluded in the call, and If 1t Is done it behooves the friends of public education and of the children of the state to be up and doing.
 In this article no attempt will be made to support the principle of the cause. The principle is not new-truth, indeed, is im- perishable. The dress is different, that is all. It is the spirit of altruism that makes man his brothers keeper. It is the pro- lection of the weak by the strong It is the recognition of the right of every man to the fullest enjoyment of life, and the right of no man to deprive him of the op- portunity to make the most of that life, to develop the mind that differentiates him from wood and stone, and in the proper use of which he rises highest and nearest to the gods. The principle Is con- sistent with the theory, that it is the duty of state to train It's children for cit izenship. Or to put it on selfish, utili- tartan basis. not the duty of the state, but a function assumed as a matter of in- vestment and yielding rich, tangible re- turns to the taxpayer in increased produce tive power, in greater needs and greater wants. in empty jails and idle court houses, and in the expansion of the life of the state into all the wonderful ave- nues that are known only to the intelli- gent educated community. If public ed ucation is wise, either from the standpoint of duty or wisdom, 1t Is right for the state to compel its citizens to take advantage of 1t. Every argument used for the estab- lishment and larger support of the public
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is a custom of both Houses of the
 American Congress to pronounce eu- 4 logies upon the lives, characters and public services of dead members. How long 1t has been in fashion I don't know, but it was observed as long ago as 1852, when Henry Clay died, and Tom Mar shalfs eulogy of him, not delivered in Congress, however, surpasses any eulogy ever pronounced on a dead American, un- less that same Marshalls eulogy on Rich ard Menifee equals it. The greatest of all funeral orations was that delivered by King David upon Saul and Jonathan, the opening chapter of II Samuel. And in profane letters Mark Antonys oratlon over Caesars corpse possibly ranks first even in competition with 'In Memoriam"
 In the closing days of the last session of the Slxtieth Congress both Houses eu- logized the late William B. Allison, who was seven times chosen senator and whose service in that body was longer than any other man's-36 years. I think the speech of Henry Cabot Lodge was the best made on that occasion, as his speech in eulogy of his late colleague, George F. Hoar, was the best ever delivered in either house Of Congress that came under my notice.
 The late Tom Reed strove to abolish the custom when he became speaker the sec
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child is born with no consent on its part helpless 1t comes into the world, helpless to help others and helpless to aid itself. No man, simply by virtue of his father hood, has tho right to take away from the child that which will fit him for prop CT living and help him to make the most of his life.
 The father who plead poverty 20 years ago for his failure to train his children was excusable, but now prosperity has come to our southern land. and no able bodied man can honestly plead poverty for the neglect to send his children to school. We must remember that the state furnishes school and teacher, neces- sitating but a small outlay on the part of the parent for books and incidentals. There may be cases of real poverty where hardship will be worked. Exceptions can be made for these. However, few in stances may be found where the labor of children from to 12 years of age is need ed to support the family. That labor may be doing so, but 1t Is because the father loafs or smokes, drinks or gambles away the money that ought to be spent at home-thus lending himself to 8 form of slavery far worse than that pictured so pathetically by Harriet Beecher Stowe in Uncle Toms Cabin" The state's child labor law says that every child under a certain age who applies for work in a. mill or factory must have attended school at least six consecutive weeks in the year. The enforcement of the compulsory school attendance provision met with some op- position at first, but 1t seems that the
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occasion, and warned him of the condi- ton of the bibulous solon. whereupon Bailey, without mention and without vote, declared the House adjourned, and walked down from the perch, while Ike Hill lifted the mace off it's perch and car ried it into the speakers room.
 There were at least dozen undelivered speeches and as many furious orators who quieted as soon as they were in- formed Of the state of the case-but old Solon with the jag would not be pacihed and stood in the republican cloak room for ten minutes and mathematical Joe Bailey in a string of cuss words that reached clear up Pennsylvania avenue to the treasury department
 But 1t was all right next morning. Every speech, delivered and undelivered, inolud- ing that of the bibulous orator, was in The Record all right.
 Tn that same Congress eulogistio elo- Quence was bestowed on Frank Spinola, and l may say in passing that Bourke Cockran's speech was a model of what such eulogies ought to be and embraced but about 800 words. Spinola was a Tam many man, and had fought It's battles in the Titanic contests with Fernando Wood more than third of a century earlier. Of course, all New Workers want ed to speak in his eulogy, including Tim Campbell, who immortalized himself by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-04

ond time, in 1895, but Everlasting" Pick Ter of one of the Dakotas, a republican, whom Reed failing to coerce him into voting against 16 to l, characterized as that wild ass Job told about'-PiclSler made vociferous speech against the pro- posal; but possibly he would have failed if the then member from Delaware, a Methodist preacher named Willls-and a very able man he was-had not come to his support and argued that as statesmen said so many harsh and cruel things of one another living, 1t was well enough to continue the practice of saying kind and benevolent things of them dead, and on the division the Czar was disastrously defeated. Reed was in Congress more than 20 years; but, so far as I know, he never pronounced a eulogy over a dead statesman, except Oliver Cromwell, and never complimented a living one except Henry G. Turner.
 That other great republican parliament ary leader, Thad Stevens, also had a per- feet contempt for the custom, and di- rected against it many a fierce sarcasm; but when he died he was the subject of more fulsome and maud1in eulogy than Congress had heretofore heard. Dom Platt wrote funny letter about it, and offered to bet that old Thad's body turned in its coffin when John A. Bingham spoke.
 William R. Morrison was another great man who had no patience to waste on
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must do so at least in our own section, and We insist that his training must be industrial. Whatever law that is framed will never be acceptable to Alabama in general and to central Alabama in par ticular, unless 1t is so drawn that the ne- gro can be excepted from it's operations. The position may be right or wrong. The matter Is one about which there is a dif- ference of opinion. but 1t Is not a question of ethics, 1t is simply one of law enforce ment. The latter is largely dependent upon the sentiment of the people, and If the legislature is to give us law that Is to be a mere nullity, 1t is best to let the matter rest, for the statute books are already too ful of that kind of enact ments
 Some plan can be devised to meet the situation. We succeeded in riddlng the state of the corrupt negro vote by means of the grandfather clause. We conduct our present school system satisfactorily, and some law can be prepared designed to meet the exigencies of the situation. The Reynolds bill narrowly missed pass age at the last session of the legislature and while 1t was only a mere beginning in the compulsory feature of the law, am advised that it solved the problem pe- culiar to the black belt counties of the state. The necessity of the law far out weighs the difficulty of it's preparation. The duty rests heavily upon the state to train the child that he may become an honest, useful citizen, and that duty ob- ligates an enforcement of the rights of the child if denied 1t by the father. The
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the impression is, there and will tell in the formation of character.
 Above all things
 Do not whip in angerl
 Be sure the blow that falls on the del icate body of your child is not given to relieve your own angry, animal feelings The little one will be quick to see that you strike because of your impatience and loss of self-control and not because you are seeking its good. You may do infinite harm.
 Do not forget-it is your child.
 If 1t is impulsive or forgetful or even vicious at times, whose fault is it7 You gave 1t your characteristics. Your blood runs in its veins, and that blood carries to its brain the seeds of the weakness your inheritance gave. When the child goes wrong 1t would be but simple jus tice for you to beat yourself for its de- linquency.
 Moreover, do not make your child a coward.
 The child that is beaten may lose all semblance of courage and go through life broken spirited and without all initiative. There could be no greater handicap.
 You say you want to 'break Its spirit?'
 Do you really mean that9 Think of parent trying to break the immortal spirit of his offspringl There is danger you