Tht- Fulton County News McConnellsburg, Pa. THE OLD-TIME PARLOR. There used to be In almost every ru fl home in the country a sacred room h-the "parlor." Every reader Is prob ably familiar with It, for It still exists, though not so universally as it did f ears ago, when no home In the land, n village, hamlet, or on farm, was considered complete or well-equipped Without this dismal apartment care fully shuttered In against air and sun light; a Jar of waxwork on the center table; a collection of curious odds and nds on the what not In the. corner; Biottos and chromes on the wall; a viv id Ingrain or Brussels carpet on the door. The sound of festivity sel dom penetrated the gloom of this par lor, says the Philadelphia Press. At rare Intervals distinguished vlHltors Were received In It witnesses of wed ding or funeral. It was never a pleasant room; It smelled damp and Aunty; the children stood In awe of it; nd yet It was their mother's pride. Happily '.he day of the pentup, un savory parlor Is fast passing away. The children, going out Into the ble ler world with observunt eyes, have returned to the homestead and Insisted opon flinging open the doors and win tows and admitting a burst of sunlight and a rush of pure air. They have made a living- room of a tomb. In their childhood the kitchen was the most comfortable place In the house; It was scrubbed every day, ventilated al ways, made light and airy and clean and hospitable while the ghastly for bidden precincts of the parlor were ixposed to sanitary Bearch not oftener than twice a year during the inev itable spring and fall bousecleanlog. It Is only recently that they have dis covered a way of canning decayed eggs, and there are bakers In the large allies who are so devoid of honesty that they would as soon use rotten ggs as fresh oner. Thus a market Is created, and but for the fact that the state under its pure food laws can Step In and condemn this product ai unfit for consumption, the problem cre ated by cold storage would have bean rendered more complei as the fear go by, says the Rochester Herald, '.t Is not beyond the bonds of possibility that meat which has been cold-btored to the point of decay Is treated In the same manner. No one ever tears of It being thrown away. And now the London police have discovered that the prisoner convict ed by finger prints, and who, It was re ported, bad established bis Innocence by Indisputable evidence that, being In the army at the time, he could not bave been guilty, was, after all ,a fakir. He stole the army records ot another man to bolster up his defense and came very nearly getting away with It The police are doubly pleased at the discovery, since It prevents a guilty man from escaping and re-establishes the finger print theory as Infal lible at least so far as experience has gone. Rut for a time the fakir had both the London police and the finger print theory "groggy." Secretary Dickinson has Just Issued a report cn the militia of this country that shows how little the minds of Americans are turned away from peace and toward war. He announces that in 1910 the strength of the organ ized militia forces of the nation Is only 119,660 men, an Increase of but 3,113 In seven years, says the Boston Olobe. He does not add that there are almost to a thousand as many clergymen, printers, manufacturers, grocers, butch ers, stenographers or masons In the nation as there are citizen soldiers. Bui the fact Is true. A Hutte man who Is being sued for breach of promise Is charged by the plaintiff with having called her "My Dear Tobacco." No wonder she wants 110,000, since he was not explicit enough to say whether she was of fine cut, or a mere plug. Returns from the New York public library Indicate that fiction fell off In demand as compared with books of a historical or scientific nature. This should spur the Indiana school of nov elists to renewed efforts or some thing. A San Francesco man says he will rot before he pays alimony to his di vorced wife, but It Is believed he will change bis mind before decomposition gets a firm hold on him. It may be theoretically possible to transport 10,000 men across the Alps In aeroplanes, but with the example of Molssant and Hoxley In their minds the chances are that 9,000 of them will refuse to be transported In that way China will sa-.-riflre 200,000,000 qneua for the artificial hair market this year, and all will be sent to America The Joke on the Chinese is that they don't know that puffs bave jone out ol fashion now. The man who experiments la fruit growing may produce a strawberry so big that It will fill a box by Itself, and leave no room for deception. When a real London desperado gets Into action be puts a Rocky moun tain train robber Into the amateur claas. - Chicago la trying to furnish Its school children with a two-cent meal for one cent AMERICAN HELP FOR PERSIA Experts to Uporanizp Finances. Its W. M. SHUSTER IS TREASURER GENERAL V. Morgan Minster, of Washington, Will Ho Appointed Treasurer Gen eral of tlio Empire, and Four Oilier Americans Will Assist Him in the Work Wlilcli Will Take ut Least Tlueo Veins. Washington, D. C. To assist the Persian government In reorganizing Its finances V. Morgan Shuster, of this city, will.be appointed treasurer general of tho empire. Mr. Shuster, who reorganized the Philippine cus toms service and revised the Philip pine tariff law, Is one of five Ameri cana who will bo employed by Persia lu Its financial rehabilitation, Tho Persian Parliament recently passed a law authorizing the gov ernment to seek five American ex perts to reorganize the finances. The Persian charge In Washington there upon took up tho matter with the State Department, which suggested the names of five Americans compe tent to undertake the task. In addition to the treasurer gen eral, the positions to be filled by Americans are those of Inspector and an expert accountant, who will serve as assistants to the treasurer gen eral, and a director of taxation, with one assistant. The American ap pointees will be under the direction of the Persian Minister of Finance and their contracts will be for a minimum of three years. Arrange ments practically have been com pleted for the appointment of these other experts, and their names will be announced shortly. The advent of the Americans In Persia will be In line with the policy of the new regime of the empire to introduce foreign talent In various capacities for the purpose of mod ernizing the administration of the country. Mr. Shuster has had many years of experience abroad In the service of the United States government. From 1898 to 1901 he was In Cuba, chiefly In the customs service, and in 1901 he was appointed collector of customs for the Philippine Is lands, having charge of reorganiz ing the Philippine customs service and revising the Philippine tariff laws. I'pon the recommendation of President Taft, who was then sec retary of war, Mr. Shuster was ap pointed by President Roosevelt In 1906 secretary of public Instruction in the Philippine Islands and a mem ber of the Philippine Commission. He is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the I'nlted States and of the federal Court of Customs Appeals, as well as of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. $10,000 FOR A CALK. Record Price for Youngster Only Seven Weeks Old. Brockton, Mass. Daniel W. Field, of this city, has announced the sale of his seven weeks' old Royal purple bull calf, Aggie Cornucopia Sir Co lantha, to W. H. Miner, of Chicago, he purchase price being $10,000, the highest amount, it Is believed, ever paid for a young bull. The bull was, figuratively, born with a silver spoon In Its mouth. Its dam and sire' being world's champions. The dam was Aggie Cornucopia Pauline, owned by Mr. Field. Pau line Is the world's champion senior four-year-old. The sire is Colantha Johanna Lad, also owned by Mr. Field. He paid $8,000 for the bull. Both sire and dam are products of previous world's champions. Mr. Miner operates a farm of 7,000 acres at Chase, N. Y. He Is stocking his farm with the best horses and cattle that he can secure. A few days ago he sent an expert agent to this city and the purchase price was agreed upon. VISIT OF FREXCII SQI ADROX. Will Stop at Xew Orleans and the Xaval Academy. Washington, D. C. Lieutenant Commander Benoist d'Azy, the French naval attache, called upon Acting Secretary Wlnthrop at the Navy Department to notify him that the French squadron in the West In dies will visit New Orleans between February 23 and 25. As the Mardl Gras festivities begin on February 28, It is believed the French sailors will probably remain until that time. There are three vessels In the squad ron the Conde, the Ololre and the Admiral Aube. The same vessels also will pay a visit to the Naval Academy at Annapolis between March 12 and 17. Couple Commit Suicide. Ithaca, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Jadez Townsend were found dead with but let wounds In their heads by their son, Linn Townsend, upon his retiyn from his studies at Cornell Univer sity. The Townsend home Is about three miles from the city, where Mr. Townsend conducted a dairy farm. It Is believed by the family that each, In turn committed suicide, as both had been despondent from fear of a second stroke ot paralysis to Mr. Townsend. Big Safe Dynamited. New York. A big iron safe, said to have contained several thousand dollars, was dynamited and looted by thieves In the office of the Halprln Knitting Mills, In Brooklyn. The ex plosion was not heard, although win dows In the building were blown out and the theft was not discovered un til Morris Hslnrln, the proprietor, visited the office. The scene of the robhe.ry Is In the heart of tho Wll lin prv-p " '!:'fs section The I " ro rlite. TOMB OFiLLWi ROBBED Mollis Carry OH" Woman's Body From Cemeten. Erie, Pa. Rody - snatching that may equal tho daring grave giiouls who stirred tho country more than a' quarter of a century ago when tho body of A. T. Stewart, New York's pioneer merchant, was stolen, has stirred this section of Pennsylvania In Indignation at its daring as noth ing has since the sensational kidnap ping which occurred in this vicinity a few years ago. Tho mausoleum of one of the most prominent families of this sect ion of tho statu was desecrated. A body is missing from the vault of the family of the late Congressman William L. Scott. The police of neighboring cities and communities within 400 miles have been not Hied of the crime. Tho discovery was made by two women walking through the Erie Cemetery. The family wns imme diately not Hied and a watch was placed in the cemetery at midnight after all assurances were made that tho missing body was not In the vi cinity. I Is Mrs. McColliim's Hotly. While the police have been Inforni , ed of the grave-robbing, no name Is I attached to the missing body by them. The first information to the ' public came from the family, but agnln no name is given. It is known, ! however, that the body taken by the ! ghouls is that of Mrs. McColIum, sis I ter-ln-law of the late Mr. Scott. The I nnlleH hplleve the hodv Is hninir held for ransom and that tho vandals also j Intended to carry away the bodies I of the millionaire and his wife, i Investigation showed that the cas ' ket containing the body of Mrs. Mc ' Collutn had been rarrled away. The ! caskets are sealed In a wall, and a 'chisel had been used In breaking the i seals before the metallic box could be carried away. That the casket and body were car ried away in a wagon is Indicated by tracks In the snow about the mauso leum. The footprints of four, and, in some instances, six men are dis cernible about a point where the end of a wagon might be placed. Cemetery Offer Reward. The Erie Cemetery Association of fered a reward of $1,000 for Infor mation that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the ghouls who desecrated the mausoleum. Later de velopments indicate that the body of Mrs. Anna M. McColIum had been ! taken from the casket before Its re-! moval from the mausoleum. Parts of the casket were found scattered over the floor of the vault. Although a large force of detectives are mak ing a thorough search of the city not a trace of the robbers or the missing body has been found. LOCAL OPTION- FOR ALABAMA. House Passes Hill And the Senate Is For It. Montgomery, Aia. By a vote of 68 to 44 the House of Representa-1 tives passed the Parks Local Option bill. As the Senate is known to be i overwhelmingly In favor of a local j option bill, it is believed that the! Parks bill will be rushed through that body and become a law before: the end of next week. I The bill provides that 45 per cent.) of the number that vote for Governor! can petition for an election on the, question of "wet" or "dry." It alsoj provides for distilleries and brew-, erles. TO HF. II STORIF.S IIK;1L Seattle's Xew Skyscraper to Ho the' Highest Outside of Xew York. I Seattle, Wash. The last obstacle In the way of the erection of a 41 story building in this city by the es tate of the late C. M. Smith, of Syra cuse, N. Y., was removed, when the! council committee that has been go ing over the plans voted to grant the! permit. The local agent for the; Smith estate Informed the commit tee that he skyscraper, which will! be the highest office building In the j world outside of New York city, will! be begun within the next six weeks Twenty Years For Lyncher. Newark, Ohio. Judge Weygandt overruled the motion for a new trial Carl Ethcrlngton, a "dry" detective, who was found guilty of manslaugh ter for complicity in the lynching of Carl Etherington, a "dry" detective, in this city last July and sentenced McKlnley to twenty years In the Ohio penitentiary. Bear. Admiral Terry Dead. Washington, D. C. Rear-Admlral Silas Wright Terry, retired, who was prominently Identified with the naval operations of the Civil War, died at his Washington home of pneumonia. He was a native of Wallaula, Ky., where he was bom 68 years ago. Defeat Anti-Reciprocity Hill. St. Paul, Minn. The House by a vote of 63 to 50 defeated the resolu tion directing the Minnesota Repre sentatives in Congress to work for the defeat of the Canadian reciprocity j agreement. A similar resolution Is' pending in the Senate. ! Consular Service Bill Pusses. Washington, D. C. The Senate bill providing for the reorganization of the consular service was passed hp the Senate. This creates ten consu lar offices and abolishes eighteen. "Exile Mcnrlde" Dead. Buffalo, N. Y. John J. McBride, widely known aa "Exile McBride," and for years an' ardent worker In be half of home rule for Ireland, died at his home here. He was 63 yean old. Xew Head of Central of Georgia. Savannah, Ga. C. H. Markham, of Chicago, was elected president of the Ocean Steamship Company and the Central Georgian Railway. Mr. Markham Is president ot the Illinois Central Railroad. HOUSE INCREASES ITS MEMBERSHIP ('rumpacl er Hill Fixes Mzo of House For Ten Years. BASED ON THE 1910 CENSUS REPORT. Democrat, Aided by Few Republi cans, Win light for Increased Hcprcsciilat ion Kcuppoii ionment I'ndcr the Census of lilltl New Vol k Gains Six mid I'ciuisj Ivani.i lour Additional RcproM-iitnl ivos. Washington, I). C. After March 4, 1913, tho Senate concurring, tho House of Representatives will con sist of 4 :!3 members. Tills is the re sult of an all-day struggle in the House over' the question of reappor tionment, which finally resulted In tho passage of tho Crumpackor bill fixing the size of the House for ten years, commencing with the Sixty third Congress, at the number stated. If Arizona and New Mexico should bo admitted to statehood, they will bo given one representative each, bringing the total up to 435. I'nder tho new apportionment plan no state loses a member. The following states gain the number In dicated: Alabama, 1; California, 3; Colora do, 1; Florida, 1; Georgia, 1; Idaho, 1; Illinois, 2; Louisiana, 1; Massa chusetts, 2; Michigan, 1; Minnesota, 1; Montana, 1; New Jersey, 2; New York, 6; North Dakota, 1; Ohio, 1; Oklahoma, 3; Oregon, 1; Pennsyl vania, 4; Rhode Island, 1; South Da kota, 1; Texas, 2; I'tah, 1; Wash ington, 2; West Virginia, 1. The House spent more than five hours In discussing and voting upon the bill and various proposed amend ments. An amendment offered by Representative Beimel, of New York, and designed to cut down Southern representation, was voted down by 154 to 96. Champ Clark, of Missouri, In fa voring an Increase in membership, declared that the real work of the House would continue to be perform ed In committees and that the num ber of representatives on the floor would make little or no difference. MO X I'M K XT TO LINCOLN. Senate Passes Senator Cultom's Hill With House Amendments. Washington, D. C. The Senate Wednesday concurred In the House amendments to Senator Cullom's bill providing for the erection In Wash ington of an appropriate monument to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. The House so amended the bill as to place Senator Cullom and Speaker Cannon on the permanent commis sion. Senator Root moved concur rence by the Senate and the motion was unanimously adopted. The proposed monument Is to cost $2,000,000. 80 IXMCTF.I) AT DAXVILLK, ILL. Thin Is Result of Vote-Selling Probe In Joecannontovtn. Chicago Eighty Indictments have been voted by the grand Jury of Ver million county In the vote-selling in vestigation. One city official and one county official- are Included among those named In true bills. More than a hundred additional Indictments are under consideration. This action by the jury Is taken to mean a fight to the finish against the Influences that have been exerted against a continuance of the inquiry. .1 YEARS FOR BANK WRECKERS. Crawford Brothers Sentenced Kor Breaking American Trust Co. Philadelphia. Pleading guilty to charges of wrecking the American Trust Company, of this city. Dr. J. Hauler Crawford and Joseph S. Craw ford, brothers, and vice-president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, of the Institution, were each sentenced to three years In the county prison and fined $500 in Quarter Sessions Court here. Woman 130 Years Old Dying. Fort Worth, Texas. At the great age of 136 years and undoubtedly the oldest white woman In the world, Mrs. Lucy Owens Is dying at the home of her daughter, a centenarian, a few miles west of Long View. Mrs. Owens was born In North Carolina when the Revolutionary War broke out, and three years later she saw George Washington. She is the only living person who has seen Wash ington. U. S. Minister Bins Cook. Copenhagen. U. S. Minister Egan, in accordance with the university opinion, has written Cook dissuading him from a visit here, fearing un pleasant demonstrations. Xow Baroness Dcries. New York. Helen Vivien, second daughter of George J. Gould, head of one of the wealthiest and most prominent families In Amerlra, was married at St. Bartholomew's Epis copal Church, -In Madison avenue, to Baron Decles, an English army offi cer. She Is 18 years old: he Is 44. The church was packed with a bril liant assemblage representing the best of New York's social and pro fessional life, together with a sprink ling of foreign nobility, relatives and friends of the bridegroom. Says Dowle Was Insane. Battle Creek, Mich. Gladstone Dowie, son of John Alexander Dowie, founder of Zlon City, declared here that his father waa mentally incom petent for the nine years preceding his death. The son claimed he and the family noticed the first symptoms when the aged man began to refer to himself as "Elijah II." Mr. Dowle said that he believes his father was insane during his entire career at Zlon City. WHOLE FAMILY WIPES OUT llusliam! anil Wife Die in a Suicide Fact. New York. Joseph Barrett, on his way up the stairs of the apartment houso at 750 Fulton street, Brooklyn, stumbled against a man. Barrett struck out with his right hand. "What are you doing here?" ho asked. "It's you, Bernard, Is it? What are you doing here?" "(Hi, It's you, 'Barrett, Is It?" said tho man on the stairs. "I don't know tint to do. I've go 50 cents between my family and starvation. What would you do?" "I think," said Joo Barrett, "I would go to bed anil look for a Job lu tile morning. Co on. That's a good fellow." With a nod, the man turned Into a third-floor fiat as Barrett climbed another flight of stairs to the fourth Moor. Barrett told his wife that ho had met Frank Bernard In the hall way and that Barrett seemed de pressed. Some hours later, at gettlng-up i time, Barrett smelled gas. For n time the odor was hard to locate. Up. ' went up n flight of stairs and made I sure it c ame from tho Bernard flat. Ho trietl the doors. All were locked. He went to his own apartment and used the fire escape to the apart ment above. In the bedroom of the Bernard apartment Mr. Barrett found Frank Bernard, his wife and two small chil dren dead on the bed. Gas was rush ing from opened rocks In the cell ing chandelier. Mr. Barrett notified the police, and Borough Inspector James Dillon and Capt. B. J. Hayes, of the Bergen street station, made a formal Investigation. It seemed that Mr. and Mrs. Bern ard had agreed to die together and take their children with them. There was no Indication of a struggle. The father and mother lay clasped In earh other's arms, with their chil dren, George, four years old, and Daniel, two years old, In their arms. After questioning the people In the house Inspector Dillon concluded that Bernard had become so despond ent because of failure to obtain work that he had persuaded his wife to join him in committing suicide. Frank Bernard was a well-known athletic trainer. He was a member of the old Union Athletic Club, Pine apple and Fulton streets, and was known all over the country as an amateur athlete. He ran In short events from 100 yards up to a quar ter of a mile, and was also a good Jumper and hurdler. He became a professional some years ago and con tested in the Caledonian and Irish American games, and In contests In all parts of the country. He was successful and well liked. 8AFK HLOWKR SECURES ft, 800. Citizens Held At Hay Outside Rank , By Two Confederates. Linwood, Kansas. Three robbers blew up the safe of the Linwood State Bank and escaped with $1,800 In silver and currency. Citizens were held at bay outside the building by two of the men while their companion Inside emptied the safe. With drawn revolvers the three men retreated to the outskirts of town and disappeared. Schcnk Kilos Suit. Wheeling. West Virginia. John O. Schcnk, millionaire packer, filed the petition In his suit for divorce against Mrs. Lnura Fnrnsworth Schenk, recent defendant In the fa mous poisoning trial. He names Daniel Z. Phillips, a piano salesman of Wheeling, as co-respondent. Pend ing hearing of the divorce suit Schenk agrees to pay his wife $25 a week alimony. Model of Columbus' Ship. Paris. The .Marine Museum of the Louvre has been enriched by what Is described as an excellent model on miniature of Columbus' ship the Santa Maria. Rear Admiral Besson presided at the dedicatory exercises, the feature of which was the story of tho voyage and discovery of America retold by M. Rompol, professor of naval archeology. Two Hurt on U. S. Dolphin. Washington, D. C. An explosion, of one saluting charge of a gun on the American gunboat Dolphin, now at Port an Prince, Haiti, caused "ex tensive superficial burns" to two of her crew, according to a telegram re ceived by the Secretary of the Navy from Captain Laws, of the vessel. Kidnapper Gets Twenty-five Years. New York. Giovanni Gang!, a peddler, who was convicted last week of kidnapping five-year-old Rosina Glordino, the daughter of a baker, last March, was sentenced by Judge Crain in the Court of General Ses sions to 25 years In the state prison. Crlppen Will Probated. London The will of Dr. H. H. Crlppen, made just before his execu tion in Pentonville prison, and leav ing all of his $1,342 estate to his sweetheart, Ethel Le Neve, was re corded for probate Friday. Miss Le Neve Is the sole executrix. Connors Indorse Reciprocity. Milwaukee, Wis. The National Canners' Association in convention here Indorsed the proposed reci procity agreement between the Unit ed States and Canada. ' Texas Is Shipping Strawberries. Houston, Tex. Texas strawberries are being marketed, according to ad vices received from Alvin and Pasa dena. First shipments were report ed from those points Wednesday. Holler Blast Kills Ten. SmlCiville, Tex. Eight white men and two colored men were killed and four Injured by the explosion of a Missouri, Kansas & Texas freight lo comotive boiler. WIDOW KEEPS SUICIDE PACT Kills Herself and Child After Her Husband's Death. FAMILY IMPOVERISHED BY ILLNESS. Mrs. I.ynwood S. Keene, of Oxford, Me,, Shoots Her 1 1 -year-old Sou and Then Kills Herself Wliilo the Body of Her Husband Is Beiny Prepared for Burial Downstairs, All Three Bodies Will He Buried Together, According to Tlieii Dying Request. Oxford, Me. In fufillment of a compact in ado with her husband dur ing Ills lingering illness, which death ended Saturday, Mrs. Lynwood. Kocno took her own life Sunday af ter having fatally shot her 14-ycar-old sou Gerald. The compact dated about a month back and was found by the coroner in a sealed envelop! in the woman's room. Keeno once was a prosperous farm er, but the family had become im poverished and discouraged during his long sickness. He was 38 yean old and hia wife a year or two young er. The document found In a dress er In Mrs. Keene's room, along wit) several farewell letters to relatives bore the names of both Mr. and Mrs Keene, although the husband appar ently had been too feeble to more than make his mark, his name be ing written by his wife. The document recited briefly tht family troubles, the result of Mr Keene's illness. In It his death wai predicted, and It was stated that ai both the parents thought It would be wrong to bave their son remali in the world to suffer the troublei they had experienced, Mrs. Keen bound herself to "do away," in the words of the compact, with hersell and their son Gerald as soon as pos sible after the death of the husband and father. Friends of the family who were in the house assisting in preparing th body of Mr. Keene for burial heard shots fired upstairs. They found the boy Gerald In bed in his room with I bullet wound in his right temple. So close had the revolver been held to the child's head, probably while hi was asleep, that the hair about hli temple was singed. The boy wai alive but unconscious when found He lived less than an hour. The door of Mrs. Keene's room was broken In and her body wai found stretched on the bed. She had placed the revolver muzzle to the roof of her mouth and fired, death probably being instantaneous. The revolver was on the bed beside her In letters to relatives to 'whom small gifts were made of personal be longings, the husband and wife ask ed to be buried in a double casket and that their son's coffin and theirs be placed in the same box for final Interment. CHl'KCH LEADER DEAD. Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, Pawses Away. Philadelphia. Perfectly serein and prepared to meet his God, whom he had served so well, the Most Rev erend Patrick .John Ryan, 1). D. LL. D.. Archbishop of Philadelphia and Metropolitan of Pennsylvania and one of the great archbishops or the American continent, passed peace fully into eternity at 4.08 o'clock, Saturday afternoon at the archie piscopal residence here. For weeks the distinguished prel ate, who would have been 80 yean old had he lived until the twentieth of this month, fought off death, but a weak heart, enfeebled by the ar duous duties of his high office, could not stand the strain and he passed away breathing the benediction "God bless you," upon those who stood about the bedside. Forty-one Sellers Indicted. Portsmouth, O. Forty-one indict ments we're returned by the grand jury which has been investigating vote-selling in Scioto county for tha last three weeks. None of the In dictments was mode public and no action will be taken upon them un til the Supreme Court of the StaU has passed on the legality of the dis franchisements inflicted by Judge Blair on the confessed vote-sellers ol Adams county. Mexican Retaken by Rebels. Mexlcali. Mexico. General Simon Berthold and his band of Iiisurgenti recaptured Mexlcali. The insurgent! camped about two miles below Mexl rail Friday and marched Into the town at dawn. The Mexican officlali hurriedly crossed to the American side. To Europe by Airship. Robton. The all-metal aeroplane! for Harry Graham Carter's proposed flight to England will be built here The fight will begin at Sandy Hook and the aviator holies to reach Queenstown In 49 hours. The esti mated distance Is 2,400 miles. The aeroplane will be equipped with two S0-horsepower motors, which wili drive twin-screw aluminum propel lers. The framework Is to be hol low tubing, bo that it may be filled with gasoline. World's Record for Wireless. San Francisco. It is claimed thai a world's record for wireless com munication between ship and shore was made when a message was re ceived at a local station from th steamer Korea, 4,492 miles away The local operator heard a call from the Korea. The message came faint ly but could be distinguished "Steamer Korea, 4,492 out; all, well." The operator repeated the message and received an "O. K." tlVE STATE CAPITAL NEWS Notes That Are of Interest to I'ennsylvanians. Erief Mention of Matter, as The, Occur at Harri, burg, Official and Os,. wise. Toll Road P.ill. Tho great influx of bill.-, j.,,., :a . to good road legislation v.,i,-, been introduced in both hrm,!,' tho Legislature are now in tin. .' of the prime movers of tie- ,;,in.V,'1 where they will bo closely niiii.J The aim and purpose of ii ... ', to devise means to construn ami ... I trol State highways in as ii:a . " and economical maimer as j,,,, The two best measures m. t',,,, road bill now In tho hands 0 Senato Committee and the lull t Senator Sproul has prepan . aiil introduce this week. legislators who have -xan.l;,u the toll road bill and are Uaii'l with the various State )!,. ( that at last a measure has ln(-np. pared which will work nut the n vatlon of toll ridden districts. jj ono point emphasized by every oil has been the necessity of .State ajj No one county with any consuL-ray,, mileage can afford to condemn L, acquire the roads of that (utility, j will be necessary, therefore, for th State to come to the assistance of ; of the counties traversed by turn, pikes In order that t lie true purpon of the proposition may h.; acrott pllshed. Alter Rill Passes II. him-. The House passed by a vote of u; to 18 the Alter bill extending tern of office of all public officers affect by the constitutional atin-ndnien'i The bill now goes to the Senate ir. It is the program to pass it and hm the courts pass upon It. Among the bills reported froj committee were those rogulatliuj sales and stock; authorizing com ties to spend money in cleansing controlling streams; repealing tte act placing care of condemned oi abandoned turnpikes on townshlpm that costs will hereafter fall on pom ties and creating office of second it sistant Attorney General at 35( a year. Senate Passes RUN. Te Senate passed the fnllomi, bills: Repealing the act of ISM Inrrw Ing the pay of jurors and witnerm In Lancaster county. Giving the Federal Governroej.' jurisdiction over the Hanover publii road In Adams county leading to tbi scene of the cavalry fight In the CM War. Repealing the act of lstlT fhia, the compensation of commissions In Rucks county. Allow ing pensions for disahled 01 Incapacitated Judges. Providing that the death penal:) In capital cases shall be inflicted !i the two State penitentiaries only. These bills were reported faior ably to the Senate: House bill fixing the terms ol Judges whose terms expire in oil numbered, years. The McNichol bill prohibiting ob jectionable plays or movim: ( ii-r u res. Consolidating the courts of Alle gheny county. Authorizing Supreme Court ' make rules of practice for all tie courts of record of one kind. Requiring the counties to W $1.50 per day for witness com mitted and held In default of hail bj the Commonwealth. Validating service and return ol subpoenas In divorce heretofore mode In certain proceeding. Creating a Roard of Trustees fot the Insane for Schuylkill cminty. Repealing act of 1864 relative tl pay of Jurors In Lancaster county. Other bills passed were: Mr. Hoover, Clearfield - Keiiirirlnt railroads to equip all grade crossinsi with safety gates, gongs ami otM safety devices and making failure tl do so a misdemeanor, (iinisliahle bj $.r.00 fine. Mr. Rider, Lycoming rnnidinl for associations of commissioner! and supervisors. To W ipe Out Holiday. The bill abolishing the '"""J1 February election day as a lecal day and making Columbus i ay a V gal holiday will bo signed by fir' ernor Tener as soon as It Is roturne1 from the Senate. Some clinnp 11 construction of the bill will he sary, but they will not alter th-1 tent of the measure and It v. Ill ' signed by the Governor as soon the changes are made. Editorial Association Hli '' The State Editorial Association ' Its final session here elected tlif officers: President. O. l- Scl"' Hamhi"&: first vice-president, 0" ble Allen, Greene-burs: second president, George W. Wngciiw"' Mlddleburg; third vice-president. P. Hastlrrs. Milton; secretary-!"' urer, X. P. Hangood, Bradford The telegraph line from lv,r"''J losk via Tlgll and Voroskala In v i togorsk In Karrrhatka wilt be o!'f shortly. Railroad Commission Appol"'""'"1' William S. Solbert, of Pith' was appointed assistant to the tary of the State Railroad Con"" sion. Mr. Selbert was actlnc pC tary of the commission durln year intervening between the nation of Secretary Harry S'. f,f'. and the recent appointment ot Arr bald R. Miller, of Phlladelpl'i" " secretary.