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RITES MURDER A
MOST BRUTAL ONE
Continued From Page One.)

ney Sailor and previous to the plea
made in his behalf by Attorney Jessup.
Rife was placed on the stand. He de-
tailed the crime up 70 the shooting. He
stated that he remembered of his CO.
ing to the library. but said he did not
go there with the intention of murder
ing the woman whom he regarded as
his sweetheart: that was least from his
thought. He remembered drawing the
revolver from his pocket. but when
the fatal shot was fired, he said, he
could not remember-his, mind was
spection of the deed what it meant
death and his only plea was for the
mercy of the court.
Jessup Makes Plea.
Attorney Jessup followed with a
plea to the jury and he too. asked for
leniency. He stated that he felt that
Rife was guilty and ought to be pun
ished. but should not be compelled to
sacrifice his life. Jessup's talk was
the strongest and most eloquent ever
made in behalf of any convict in the
county. and so touchingly was it deliv-
cred that many of the stern jurors
were melted to tears
The jury took the case, and after de-
liberating about thirteen hours, report
ed that an agreement had been reach
cd. It is fundamentally stated that
fourteen ballots were taken before q
verdict was reached. The case was
hung because q number Of the jurors
commended that life imprisonment was
sufficient.
On Friday morning, September 8, at
Z o'clock, Judge Fisher opened court
and announced that he vas ready "a
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hear the verdict When 1t had been
opened and read by Clerk J. H. Jones,
the last spark of hope held by Rife fed.
for he sobbed aloud in a pitiful and re-
morseful tone. Judge Fisher outlined
the crime and announced the penalty
which Rife paid early this morning.
Petitions Circulated.
Petitions were circulated by friends
and relatives OF the condemned man.
Even the men who convicted him, ex-
pressed the hope that his life would be
spared. adding to the list their sigma
lures. The pleas in his behalf made
before the pardon board were excep-
tionally strong. and from remarkably
Influential individuals. But to no
avail.
Inquiry into the life of the dead
man reveals the fact that he was the
one member of a highly respected and
influential family of Boston. Ind. He
was a victim always of ill-fortune.
Injuries sustained by him even from
q tender age were of a serious nature
He was a son of the late Roe Rife,
Of that village. His mother. Mary
Rife, and several sisters and a brother
survive.
The weight Of the crime has blighted
the life of his aged and infirm mother.
and possibly no other poor soul has
ever felt more sharply the pangs of dis
grace than has she. BY the strains of
blood the love of a mother for son is
yet. and will be to the end of her life,
held by the woman toward her way
ward son, and for all his crime she has
extended to him forgiveness.
First PrebIe Eiectrocution.
With Rifles death Preble county
furnishes he first contribution to the
electric chair. There have been two
other murders in the county and the
perpetrators of both were penalized
with the exacting of their lives.
About twenty-six years ago Henry
Mussel was taken from the county Jail
here by an angry mob and lynched
without having been given chance for
his life, and to this day there is doubt
in the minds of many whether or not
the victim of the unwritten law at that
time was the read murderer.
A little later Elmer Sharkey became
enraged and killed his mother at the
old Sharkey homestead, about two
miles north of Eaton. He was given
a trial, convicted Of the crime and Of
ficially hung at the Columbus peniten-
tiary.
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DUBLIN WOMAN DIES
palladium Specially

(PaIIadium Specially
Cambridge City, Ind, Jan. 19-Miss
Mary Steffey died suddenly Tuesday
morning at her home In Dublin, the
result of a stroke of apoplexy. Miss
Steffey was seventy years Of age and
a long time resident of Dublin. When
called to breakfast by her sister,
Matte. she replied that she did not
feel well, and did not care to eat.
Death ensued within a few minutes.
The funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon.
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GIVEN A ORENCH|NG
A Geyser of Croton Water, 40
Feet High, Let Loose
This Morning.
RESULT RAGING TORRENT
(AmerIcan News Service)

(AmerIcan News Service)
New York, Jan. 19.-Wall street in
the neighborhood of the sub-treasury,
]. P. Morgan's office and the Man
haitian Trust company's building at
No. l Nassau street, got a drenching
from a geyser Of Croton water forty
feet high with all the force of a twen-
ty inch main this morning, which for
time turned the financial center in
to a raging torrent.
AS a consequence, every elevator
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LET lNcuRAsLEs DIE.

Cambridge. Mass. Jan. 19-Dr. Will
liam Townsend Porter. professor of
philosophy at Harvard. has enunciated
the theory that hopelessly unfit hu-
mans should be allowed to die In or
der that the money devoted to charity
be used to save the hopefuls. It fol-
lows that he Is denounced as cold
bloOded scientist and as un-Christian.
The theory was advanced at the
weekly lecture before the Harvard
Medical school. where DR.. Porter has
held his chair for seventeen years.
The doctor modified his position q
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CLUB NOTES

CARD CLUB.
This evening Mrs. John B. Mag of
ia South Eighth street. will enter
tain card club.
- - y
PENNY CLUB.
Mrs. Lewis Darlington will enter
tain the Penny club at her home on
Fl. Wayne avenue today. Lunch will
be served. A large attendance is ex-
pected.
y - ~
WEDNESDAY CARD CLUB.
The Wednesday Card club met this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Edward
Turner on South Ninth street.
- - =
AID SOCIETY.
Mrs. w. N. Title of 20S Kinsey
street entertained the West Side Aid
society of the Christian church this
afternoon.
= - -
GENEVA CLUB.
Yesterday afternoon the Geneva
club met with Mrs. Alfred Collett.
The favors were won by Mrs. Fred
Corcoran, Mrs. John Youngflesh and
Mrs. Harmon Wierhake. A very dain-
ty lunch was served after the game.
Mrs. Finch entertains the club in two
weeks at her home on North Thir-
teenth street.
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AID SOCIETY.
The Ladies Aid society OF the Unit.
ed Brethren church held an all day
meeting in the Sunday school room to-
day. The time was spent in making
comforts.
y - -
WILL ENTERTAIN.
Mrs. Moelk of South Tenth street
will entertain the Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary society of the St.
Paurs Lutheran church this afternoon
- - =
LECTURE POSTPONED.
The lecture on Art, which was to
have been given by Mrs. Cleveland
X. Chase at the Morrisson-Reeves IL
brary last evening, was postponed on
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When coronets Are Worn.

"nen NoToneSS %T0 worm
The only occasion upon which a Brit
ish peer or peeress wears a coronet is
at the coronation Of a sovereign. At
the moment when the archbishop OF
Canterbury places the crown on the
head Of the new monarch every peer
present dons his own coronet
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ART WORKS BURNED


(Amer1c0n News Sorvlc0O
Constantin0ple. Jan. l9.-Fire broke
out today In the famous Chiragan
Palace. now the sitting place OF tho
Turkish parliament Rare art treas
ures are reported to have been lost.
An incendiary belonging to the reac-
tionary party is blamed.
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Beavers. Turbans and Fur Hats to
go at half price and few ut less than
half price. for Thursday. Friday and
Saturday only. sSharkey's Millinery
Store, South It'll st. lS-lt
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Deep Cold Cured.
Health Restored

Be Careful Of q Cold and Cure
it Before it Becomes Deep
Seated; If Not it May Run into
Chronic Bronchitis or Lung
Trouble-Duffy's Pure Malt
Whiskey Will Cure the Cold
and Build Up the Entire Sys-
tenn So That 1t Can Resist
81 have highly praised Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey to every one
suffering from deep colds, as I
know it was your valuable Whiskey
that has given me back my health.
If anybody thinks this statement is
not genuine, let him write me, and
/ will let him know what your medi-
cine has done for me-" c. w.
Glenn, 1913 Ashland ST., Rich
mond, Va.
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has
20 D,,rir1ey this time II has brought
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100 FELT HATS FOR Csc

Formerly sold $3.50. $500 and $3.50.
also choice Of any trimmed hats. $1.25,
$3.50, $500 and $3.50. c. A. Brehm.
IS N. Sth, on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
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LECTURE POSTPONED.

Ic~tOUe pOStPONeO.
The lecture on Art, which was to
have been given by Mrs. Cleveland
X. Chase at the Morrisson-Reeves IL
brary last evening, was postponed on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16

,,,tn,esslv uprooted IN the interest OF
time table which is generally resardeo
aas n bit of fiction. anyway.
The cold-bIooded excuse Tor tne Pro'
,posed regulation is that the practice oe-
laws the trains. rs If any one but Ne"
bachelors would mind hve-
minute delay at the starting point ana
y like loss Of tims at every station
along the route Isn't It enough TOT
Pierre and Marie in their courtship 10
be, so constantly under the watenful eye
.os Nine. Cbaperone as To- find imposs'Die
the exchange of those osculatory statutes
which help them to forget the almost III
surmountab BILE difficulties attendant upon
entrance into the matrimonial estate
without being denied the privilege OF
kissing when one or the other starts On
4 pfecarious Journey Of ten or twenty or
fry kilometres? II ii isn't 1t ought TO
be. And in the interest of French sentl-
ment y is 10 he hoped that the railroad
guards. like Brooklyn Bridge policemen
in the early summer, will have the good
tastes to soverlook breaches of the regula'
liion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16

ACADEMY or MJSIC-S-s:is-Tne fiFe' e''''S
tsToE- 2.ls-s iS-ssvcn BAYS.
pffOl = - ri. rhr lottery Mar -.
RIO gsu ~ .1s-S :f5-'fhc FOLLY hecrttO
CASINO lbs .1.,-The chocolate Soiole''
~ IONA - 81 fuGcyiile. - -,
CoNrDR 2:i5-S -i5--lfr three iauE
r-JTTFrs56,T- Is .ao--hs BacheIors HahT.
bAT.Yrs 2.3o-s .s,-The whirlVind
F-prN III SI-l3-1yo, "a IN Wax.
mp re. r. i.-N ts-i'iauf'ei
CAIETY -a.i5-S :ia--The Fortune hdntc..
CARRIt-s- a.is- S.l5 her end the Bo,s.
Cf.oRE-a SIS .1s-'rhe Oid Town
fkst-Eg-TT Is as NuiIv MAJ.
l3ANNFRST HsT ~ - S:is-N 1lcevtlle 49,
isFSElALD SoJAT.E -- 80 -- -" -- The ha''Ae'
H5pDOpPoNE s-S-A Trip - japan. iasioe
tie Earth. the T2sliet cf levels.
ET-IfS. ~ a.is-S :IF-Tfe Susnfflfr1ft. -
rrKING PLACE 2:i5-Der Nog'i iaendeT' $40
E,si..tSt.prnrKl-R s The pa,lar princess
r,sfsaR TEMP. rs Motion Fictures snd Con-
lrprRTY-.' s.i--The srcsdians
trCEt'M c:iS-e i5-H1anele and I1e Green
LrRrc~s.5s s.s5-Thc citv.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN -- 20 - SO -
MANINE HILIorr.s Theatre -2.l5-s.is-
NENDfIssCFIN lIALi--3-Piana Recital
NhTInNAL ATAnTMY 0F pESfGN-1o 70 g
rg- T-irAtv- mfr Annual Exhibition
EEN sMSTr-RnA N-e. IL S:1a-Nacame y.
NEw VoFK--:i5- S.15-A Skyla~ls.
90 ~ rs - r.. is .s5-T1c LIS
Wal sfi~' 8 2.15--s .l5-Al!as Jimmy Ns,en-
Y FIsr-.e's- Ems .I5-Ths lady from Lobster
WIS FND-e s:l5-oid Dutch.
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TIE Kissing SUFFR4GETTEs.

An ingenious man compares the suf-
fraEettes rs a body with a woman rush
ing up 10 a box Office where 4 long line
Of men are waiting to buy their tickets
ard insisting. Just because she * n
woman. upon being served first. being
angry at the discourteSy of the male
brutes in lire if they do not make way
for her OF the hundred big questions
that are pressing upon The world for
solution the least important is woman
suffrage. But IL is the only one that
wears petticoats. and so il is discOur-
focus TO insist that ii take its place in
line behind the other weary walters.
Now. when we think Of that woman
al the box office. miffed 10y the lack Of
courtesy i'm the suggestion that she
should await her turn. we can under
stand the kissing Of President Taft by
suffra gcttCs in NaShington-not by dele
gates. We are told and hope-because he
failed 10 recognize The duty of courtesy
10 Woman qua Woman in the world of
politics. Mr.. Taft. by virtue Of his posi-
ton. secs the Big Questions in the proper
perspective and eff i'm The distance. over
Swallowed hv the others. * woman suf-
fragc. To bo sure. the Suffra gettes were
sorry Thar they had Kissed the Presi-
dent. ~ is tho woman VINO demands
courtesy to her sex from The waiting
line ar The box Office sorry afterward
for her unrea sonablc behavior
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NaTLnAlLLsT2 AAn PEERE

The circumstance which was men
TONED Icy our London correspondent ycs-
jcr1ay as known by every one m West
minister. and indeed to couceal which no
effort Ia, been made. that Mr. Asguith's
veto rcSolUti ms were carried hv means Of
an arrangement - ith Mr. Redmond. in
vrSts with peculiar significance some re
cent declarations of the Nationalist
leader concerning the attitude Of his
party toward The House Of Lords and its
ultimate sim i'm tho constitutional cam
laign Ohi'h If nou being waged Mr.
Redmond possesses and openly exercises
~ times tho virtue of extreme frank
noss. anI on this subject be has made
his meaning unmistakably plain.
Lees than n month ago he declared. i'm
behalf ~ tho party which he leads. that
+boy regarded tho veto as the supreme
issue" and that 10 50 they were willing
TO subordinate everything. any number
'of budgets. any conceivable issue that
could hc raised" Hc was equally frank
and explicit in explaining why the Ma
tionalists exalted the abolition Of the
Lords veto power over legislation above
all other conceivable issues. n was he
cause 1t meant Home Rule for Ireland"
Once in recent history the veto If the
lords was in fact ali that stood between
ireland ard Home Rule. and IL j. probable
that on several other occasions the
knowledge thai that veto would doubt
less be exercised IN the same way again
e. necessary WAS all that restrained the
House ~ Commons from passing another
Home Rule bin. Mr Redmond is perfectly
logical. ihon. I'm regarding the abolition Of
the Lords veto power rs the most essen
tial preliminary 10 the renewal of the
fight for ibe separation Of Ireland from
the United Kingdom.
IN lie same speech. dwelling on the
same topic. NJ Redmond further de-
clared that this battle. which WAS a
revolutionary battle. could only he car
''ried orr 10y revolutionary tactics" That
j. exactly trGe in both parts. Either the
granting 81 Home Rule or the abolition
of the veto powers Of IA" peers would be
constitutional change 50 great IS 90
amount 40 revolution. and the achieve
mcnt 81 the latter, upon which the
achieveireat ~ the former deipnas. IAN
he cTefod onlg by revolutionary means
or course. however, revolution Is not
necessarily = crime. There have been
several revolutions ga British history. the
present dynasty owing its existence 10
a. -uccoss - the latest ~ them, and II
a. quite conceivable that further revolu-
tons Nill lie desired aud accomplished.
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
fFrom The Tribune Bsrcau.J

IFrnm Tbs Tribune EGF'dNsl
Washington. April 15.--The President TOOK
up with the Cabinet to-day the question
Of whether or NO. electrically blesched
-four must he SO labelled urder.ths pure
food law
The white House was the first place
visited by the census erurnerstors 81 the
District OF Columbia. President Tafts
name being the FIRST to appear on the re-
port.
Carl Rasch. % Helena. Mont-. who -
assisting Judge vertrees in the Ballinger-
Pinchot Investigation, viii. II . expected.
be appointed TO the vacant judgeship In
the District Court OF Montana Senator's
Cater and Dixon and Judge William ~.
Hunt favor the nomination
Another stop was added TO the Presidents
June itinerary today. Mr.. Taft accepting
an invitation TO be the guest Of the De-
troit Chamber Of Commerce on the even
Ing of June 5. ON the morning Of that day
the President will attend 1.-The commence
ment exercises OF the Ohio Northern Uni
versity. at Ada
The President was invited by Representa-
tive Good to attend the commencement ex-
ercises OF Coe College. at cedar Rapids,
Iowa, and also the laying Of the corner
stone Of the Carnegie Science Hall OF the
same institution IN the latter part OF May
or first part OF June.
President Taft IS expected 20 deliver an
address before the United TypothstP of
America when IL convenes IN Washington
on May Is
On the Invitation Of Or. Joseph p. Rem
ington. OF Philadelphia. who showed the
President the various forms I'm which CO.
caine is prepared for sale. Mr.. Taft will. II
possible. attend the convention OF the
United States Phsrmacopoeia, which meets
in Washington on May 10.
Senator's Carter. Jones, Penrose and Elk
ins and Representative Gambler were among
the Presidents callers
Walter johnson. Of the Washington team
of the American League. sent 20 the White
House the ball President Taft tbrew into
the diamond yesterday to openyths season.
Mr. Taft wrote on the ball before returning
IL to Mr.. Johnson: For Walter Johnson.
with the hope that he may continue 20 be
as formidabls "a in yesterdays game"
The President and Mrs. Taft entertained
several hundred guests at a musical IN
the East Room tonight. The music was
furnished by Mrs Fannie Bloomheld-Zeis-
Ter. pianist, and Fritz Kreisler. violinist.
Bidkar IIeete assisted at the piano.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
PEOPLE and Social incidents

The Assistant Secretary or sfa..
Mrs. Huntington Wilson will leave b.,.
Sunday for a quiet resort. where fhsv -
pect TO enjoy weeks rest
Miss katherine Lesch enfsrtaiusa "a.
Katberfns Clsbsggh. = bride ~ t9.r1o--..''
At luncheon to-day. Her other srs-t, 80
Miss Psnsy BIoomer and Miss rrs,s.-.''
and Miss Hopkins. OF New YORK 80.
maids: Mrs John CpsHur Moorhead -,
Vera Downing. Mss Helen Downing ~
Cole. Miss carol Crawford. Miss C.,-.s-
Murray, Miss Sadie Murray. Miss -,
arina Fitch. Miss Eleanor Ri9serv ~
Sally Darlington. Miss Joanna s.bra.s.'
and Mrs Ssckstt
The last hop OF the season was xivs- =.
Washington Barracks Tonight. and o. y
tended BY all of the younger u,erohs-. y,
the military set and a few from rs.,S,-.
society.
Captain. and Mrs. William y. C9rro- -
tertsiued a dinner party a. the harrsos.
preceding the dance. and a number ~ a.
per parties were entertained after ~,
dance
George Beals Boomer. whose r,sr-,,..
70 Miss Katherine Clabauzh win take ,f,.'
tomorrow. entertained the men n ~.
wedding party az dinner tonight
At the musical and lecture a. re -
Willard tonight for the benefit % ebs -
Dlspensary for the Destituts Poo- ~.
Sherman, Mrs. Never. Mrs. John Hav ~
Depew. Mrs. Hale. Mrs. Rohert So,
oliver. Mrs. Beekms1 Winthrop and o.s.-.
were patronesses. and most OF them vs-.
ureeent
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TIE ROMAN EsE CASE,

To the Editor cf The Tribune.
Sir: Commissioner Williams has been
somewhat criticised for having detained a
certain rich man" because ha had con-
sumption
The second section of the immigration act
Of 1907 provides that persons afflicted with
tuberculosis or with a Ioathsome or danger
Gus disease shall he excluded from
admission into the United States" There
is no question about this rich man. being
afflicted with tuberculosis. The fact being
found by the medical inspectors. and the
law being mandatory. there was absolutely
nothing else for Commissioner Williams 70
do btft order his detention for deportation
subject to application - the Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor at Washington for
admission on bond
Commissioner Williams merits praise for
his positive achievements at Ellis Island.
RE stopped graft in the feeding OF immi-
grants. lie has brought about the more
humane treatment OF detained aliens. He
exposed the abuses carried on by certain
organizations under the guise Of philan-
throphy and the name Of charity
when the President appointed Mr. VIII
Jams on May 1s. 1890 the following. among
other things. appeared I'm the official state
ment given out at the White House: The
President to-day sent the name OF William
Williams. Of New York city. TO the senate
Ia be Commissioner OF Immigration at Ellis
Island. the most important post in the i'm
migration system OF the country. Mr.
Williams was not n candidate. but most re-
luctantly yielded to the insIstence OF the
President and the Secretary that he take
the Office (again). to put 1t on a proper
basis JOHN u. MASON.
Washington, April Is 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
THE TAIN OF THE DAY.

A German trade Journal says under the
headline Tho Phouograph Clock" that
Switzerland has gained a point over Amer
lea in the clock industry by placing on the
market timepiece which bears that nsms.
II is valuable rs \ novelty and "a source
of comfort to the blind and the lazy" The
clock may he placed in any room in con
nection with a photograph and a person
in any adjoining room. having no clock
and where connection has been made with
the timepiece hv electric wires. needs mere
" TO press a button 10 hear the time called
aloud by the instrument The same princi-
PIE has been employed in the German
ReiChstas where by touching a button the
members In distant parts OF the building
arc told by photograph the name of the
next speaker.
Yankee Tourist (watchng Vesuvius in
eIuption)-Great snakes! 1t reminds me of
Hades.
English Tourist docking AZ him in amaze
mentD-Aiy word You Americans go every
where.-Boston Transcript.
a business man. commenting on the
tricks to which the letter-writIng adver-
Users resort, showed long envelope bear
ing his address and a "2-cent due" STAMP.
This envelope" he said, contained an
advertisement from real estate man who
is very anxious TO have me leave my com
Portable ONCE in order 10 take one from
him. ! admire his push, but to send me a
bunch OF literature on which I must pay
excess postage is rubbing il IN The only
way that / could get even was b. return
ing the matter underpaid. This I did, and
taught him a lesson. bat II cost me four
cents"