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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.