ittectt.
Wayne County Organ
of the
fr'i 2 1908
i Weekly Founded, 1844 jjf
REPUBLICAN PARTY;
66th YEAR.
HONESDALB, WAYNE 00., PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1909.
NO. 13
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Will
T DIE
Mrs. Farmer to Be Killed
In Electric Chair.
SHE MURDERED WOMAN FRIEND
Several Confessions Made by Her,
In One of Which She Said
That Her Husband Wield
ed the Ax.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 10. Mrs. Mary
1). Farmer, now hi Auburn prison,
must die In the electric cbnlr for the
murder of her friend, Mrs. Sarah
Breuunu of Wutcrtown.
The state court of appeals has re
fused to grunt a new hearing, and
only the authority of the executive Is
left to save her from the fate of Mrs.
Martha Plucc, who was electrocuted lu
1899.
The crime of which she was con
victed was utrocious. The Brcnmins
and Farmers lived side by side In
Brownsville, on the outskirts of Wa
tertown. Mrs. Brennan disappeared,
and James Farmer, also under sen
tence of death for the murder, and
his wife moved Into her house.
A few days later her body was
found jammed Into n trunk. She had
been killed with nn ax.
Mrs. Farmer made several confes
sions, In one of which she Implicated
her husband, asserting that he wield
ed the ax, and In another taking nil
the blame for the murder upon her
self. The trial of Mrs. Farmer was con
cluded on June 10. There was a dra
matic sceno In the court when the
Jury returned Its verdict.
The prisoner, with her baby In her
arms, arose and stood while the fore-"
man of the jury announced the re
sult. Then, with a terrible cry, she
fell Into the arms of a court attend
ant, the Infant dropping from her
nerveless arms. Another attendant
caught the baby as It fell..
As soon as she recovered- the niotfief
Instinct made her reach out her arms
to grasp the baby again, and she
hugged the little mite of humanity to
her breast as she rocked to rind fro
In her chair.
There were sobs hi the courtroom,
and the voice of the justice was hoarse
with emotion us he pronounced the
sentence of death.
The motive for the murder of Mrs.
Brennan was the desire of the Farm
ers to get possession of her house.
They forged n deed to the property
and killed her to make the way clear.
Immediately after the crime the
Farmers transferred the property to
their baby. The signature of Mrs.
Farmer to the deed giving the prop
erty to the Infant and the forged sig
nature of Mrs. Brennan were found to
be hi the same handwriting.
Mrs. Farmer will be the second wo
man to die in the electric chair In the
state of New York. Mrs. Place was
electrocuted on March 20, 1899.
Theodore Roosevelt was governor of
the state, and despite the pressure
brought to bear upon hlra to prevent
the electrocution of a woman ho re
fused to Interfere.
KIERAN ON STAND TODAY.
United States Commissioner Examines
Him In Bankruptcy Proceeding.
New York, Feb. 10. Special Master
Peter B. Olney hi a report filed In the
United States district court lluds that
the Fidelity Funding company, of
which Patrick J. Kleran was the
head, cannot be adjudicated a bank
rupt in Involuntary proceedings.
The report puts nn end to the rival
claims for Jurisdiction mndo by Thom
as F. Ollroy, the receiver appointed
by the state supreme court, and Rob
ert O. Morris, the receiver nppolntcd
by the United States district court.
The liabilities of the corporation arc
stated ns $3,041,037 and the nominal
assets $3,070,315.
'The Involuntary petition In bank
ruptcy filed against Kleran ns an In
dividual Is not affected by the deci
sion. Klerau's examination was con
tinued today before United States
Commissioner Alexander.
Cuba's Many Names.
Cuba Is known In history under sev
eral names. The first was Antllla,
then Junna, after a Spanish prince.
Fernandlna came third, followed by
Santiago and the Islo of Avo Maria.
The original Indian name, Cubanacan,
signifying "where gold Is found," was
finally adopted, and usage shortened
It to the first two syllables.
The Cork Center.
Tlid. town of San Fellu do Guixols,
Spain, Is the great cork manufacturing
center of tho world. Tho fifty or sixty
factories employ 1,200 men and women
manufacturing corks.
IS
DAMES AND DAUGHTERS.
Italy's first woman lawyer, who has
Just begun to practice, Is Slgnorlna
Lolllnl, daughter of a Roman Socialist
and ex-deputy.
Mrs. Zclmay'B. Sawyer of Gardiner,
Me., though eighty-six years old, works
Industriously hi n tailor's shop, pre
ferring, she says, to wear out rather
than rust out.
The oldest postmlstresn lu New Hug
land is said to be Mrs.. Nancy O. Bush
of Charlotte, Vt, who Is seventy-eight
years old and has been In the service
for thirty-seven years.
Mrs. J. L. Parks of Los Angeles, mar
ried at thirteen, has-seventeen living
children, of whom nine are caring for
themselves out in the world and eight
are now nt home with her. She Is now
forty-eight.
Few women of eighty-eight, It may
safely bo asserted, celebrated New
Year's day .as did Mrs. John Illgglns
of Great Harrington, Mass., by sliding
downhill on a sled along with her son
nnd grandson.
MathlHla Ilaska of Budnpcst has
broken oft her engagement because her
fiance, who Is a uousmokcr, wishes her
also to give up the habit. She de
clares she can live without a husband,
but not without cigarettes.
Miss Floience Haywood of Indian
apolls has Installed herself as n guide
to the Louvre In Paris. She conducts
through the galleries nnd museum par
ties which vary lu number from six
teen to sixty nnd which usually are
made up of her compatriots. She Is
original, animated, learned nnd crit
ical and lectures on the Louvre's ar
tistic treasures to hei1 patrons.
Money Matters.
The overage of the English bank
rate In lOOS was exactly 3 per cent.
The bank-Tale at Madrid is the "old
est" In Em-ope. having been kept at
4Vj per cent now for more than five
years.
Half dollars executed nt the United
States mints during 100S numbered
1,0-18.22."; quarters, 1,112,22."); dimes,
4,010.225. Their total value was
$l,rO3,0C0.
Homemade Lamp Shades.
Charmingly dainty lamp shades may
be made nb-small expense If a glii has
any knowledge "of working With water
colord. Even with tracing paper and
a pencil decidedly pretty Japanese ef
fects may be secured. For a founda
tion wire frames of various shapes can
be purchased, but if stiff paper Is to
be used as n covering the simple,
straight shades arc best. When cov
ering either frnnie, nt the top should
be tacked a piece of asbestus that Is
it least tjvo Inches deep. This will en
tirely prevent the paper from burning.
If the paper Is to be painted tho
easiest method will be to cut a pattern
and lay this on rough white water
color paper. When the exact size has
been determined tho stiff paper should
bo neatly pasted at the two edges and
held In place over the frame until It
lias "sot." White cotton thread and
a few stitches are the easiest and firm
est way of attaching It to the frame
at top and bottom.
This done, the background Is ready
for decoration. What this shall be de
pends upou tho Individual skill or de
sire. Medallions, heads set Into little
backgrounds of color and framed with
Que lines of gilt nnd sliver, are always
charming. Tho frame effect may bo
Joined by tying bowknots together ut
the top, so that little medallions seem
to bo suspended by ribbons of gold or
a color. Large birds, such ns storks,
arc moat decorative and when done in
a flight are not difficult. Flowers and
rural scenes of various kinds may bo
used.
It Is sometimes possible to find beau
tiful photographs, and with these, un
mounted, novel effects can bo made.
They may bo placed on the paper In u
lino or Irregularly, cutting out the
background. This renders tho pictures
transparent when mo ngiit is waning.
They should he neatly pasted on, first
trimming the paper edge In scallops or
points to make a finished frame. If
one does not wish to do this, n design
may bo dono with a paint brush In
such manner us to simulate a frame.
Ono who cannot uso brushes will find
that gilt and sliver headings In the
fancy paper departments aro very pret
ty and not hard to put ou. These
"frame effects" may become most elab
orate by pasting on different decora
tions. Practical Education.
Dr. Helen C. Putnam, who has been
appointed by the American Academy
ef Science chairman of n committee
to investigate tho teaching of hygiene
In the public schools, thinks that most
of the teaching by present day meth
ods Is not what It should bo and espe
cially Is opposed to the so called na
ture teaching. She believes Mint biol
ogy should bo taught and that the les
sons hi hyglcno should bo personal
ones. For' instance, sho would glvo
no perfunctory lesson on cleanliness
to n dirty child until ho Is no longer
flirty. Tho habit of keeping clean
should bo InslHted upon from tho time
the pupil enters school.
FIGHT FOR MORSE BEGUN.
I
Motion (
Bill of
Exceptions Filed In
For a New Trial.
Now York, Ftb. 10. The bill of ex
ceptions In the ense of Charles W.
Morse, the convicted banker, who Is
now lu tho Tombs, was Hied In tho
United States circuit court by United i
States District Attorney Stlmsou and j
the firm of Muefaiiaue, Whitney &
Monroe, counsel for Morse.
The filing of tho bill of exceptions
was approved by Judge Hough, who
sat nt the trial of Morse. Judge Hough
Indorses the bill as follows; "The bill
of exceptions ns amended Is dcclnred
by mo to contain all the evidence in
lliis case."
The bill of exceptions Is made up of
717 typewritten pages nnd contains
the principal exceptions taken by the
defense during tho trial. A new mo
tion to have Morse released on ball
pending n decision on the bill will be
made tomorrow.
Prince Hurt In Auto Crash.
Rome, Feb. 10. Prince Emtllo Al
tieri nnd Countess Mnzzaiiuo while
motoring together were seriously In
jured by coming into collision with n
trolley enr.
SAMPSON WITNESS DIES.
Rear Admiral's Brother Killed
Worry Over Son's Murder.
by
Rochestcv, X. Y Feb. 10. An impor
tant witness for tho prosecution lu the
Sampson murder trial has been re
moved by the sudden death of George
Sampson, who was found dead in bed
at his home In Palmyra.
George Sampson was a brother of
Hear Admiral Sampson nnd the father
of Harry Sampson, who was mur
dered. A grand jury nt Lyons return
ed an indict nient charging Mrs. Geor
gia A. Sampson, wife of Harry Samp
son, with tho murder of her husband.
Worry over the tragedy hastened the
death of George Sampson.
England Approves Fisheries Treaty.
London, Feb. 10. The British gov
ernment forwarded to Washington Its
formal authorization of the fisheries
agreement on behalf of Newfound
laud. GERMAN CHANCELIOR SLAIN.
Beckert Murdored In Chile and Lega
tion Safe Robbed of $9,125.
Santiago, Chile, Feb. 10. The re
port of the examining physicians de
clares that Chancellor Beckert, whose
body was found lu the ruins of the
burned German legation, was mur
dered. An examination of the body, which
was burned beyond recognition, show
ed that tlie chancellor had received a
dagger wound in tho heart. Investi
gation disclosed also that $9,125 had
been stolen from the safe In the lega
tion. Facts From France,
France has more than 217 miles of
pneumatic tubes for conveying the
mall, divided between Paris, Lyons nnd
Marseilles.
There are S3.S40 trees in Paris, and
each tree lias Its. number, ago, history
nnd condition recorded in tho books at
tho Hotel do Villo. The appropriation
for this department Is 450,000 francs a
year.
Two French army dogs have drawn
light ambulances, tho Invention of a
lieutenant, with a load of ICO pounds
each, for some ".75 mile3 without a
breakdown, showing how they con be
used In war.
The Royal Box.
Thero nre forty-one possible heirs to
the Dutch throne.
King Gustnv V. of Sweden Is said to
bo tho only reigning sovereign who
wears eyeglasses.
I Queen Maud of Norway has just
eutored on her fortieth year, and her
j birthday was kept In real Norwegian
i style.
! The amount of tho sultan of Tur
' key's private fortune has been made
known by tho discovery of certain doc
uments at tho Ylldiz kiosk. Abdul
Hnmld's fortune In round figures Is
$120,000,000, deposited in tho Bank of
Englund.
German Gleanings.
Nearly 20,000 women are employed
In Trussla ns biickmakers.
Germany Imports about 3,000,000,000
eggs In a year, or forty-six eggs for
every Inhabitant.
One-soventh of the Income of tho
working cinsses of Berlin Is said to be
spent lu alcoholic drink.
In tho pottery industry in Germany
females earn $2.10 to $3 n week, and
tho males earn $2.8S to $7.20.
The Alps.
A professor of tho University of Bcr
ltn believes' that the Alps havo been
moved twenty miles south from their
original location and carved into their
present form by glacial action.
T STOP BILLS
California's Governor and
Speaker Powerless.
LEGISLATORS ARE DETERMINED
leaders Say They Will Pass Anti
Japanese Measures to Vindi
cate the Rights of Sov
ereign State.
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 10. Notwith
standing tho many urgent messages
sent by President Roosevelt to Gov
ernor Glllett and Speaker Stanton urg
ing tho defeat of the nntl-Jnpanese
school and segregation bills and lu
spite of active co-operation with the
president by the governor, and speaker
it appears- today that the leaders of
Iho legislature nre determined to pass
the bills.
Grove L. Johnson, author of two of
the measures, said today:
"With Assemblyman Drew nnd a
majority of tho members of the lcgis
laiurt! 1 strongly object to being dic
tated to by the president of the United
States us to what shall be done In
the way of state legislation against
tho horde of Japanese immigrants In
California.
We shall go ahead and pass tho
bills. We have the votes, and we
have public sentiment In the state
back of us.
"Since the question of admitting
Japanese children to our public schools
Is ngnln the subject of consideration
mid It Is claimed that the state has
no jurisdiction thereof owing to our
itreaty with Japan It becomes the duty
:of the legislature to pass tho bills If
for no other reason than to oisert the
sovereignty of California and the
right to conduct and' control our pub
lic school system.
"This we should do lest, by ac
quiescence and silence, we stimulate
tho movement now encroaching upon
the rights of tho states to govern their
International affairs under tho reserv
ed powers guaranteed to them by tho
constitution of the United Stales."
Tho bills providing for the segrega
tion of tho undesirable aliens in tho
residence district of towns and cities
and the regulations providing for
s hools for tho Japanese came up
again in the senate today, nnd a great
throng filled tho chamber to overflow'
tug.
The legislators feel Irritated against
Speaker Stanton, because they con
sider that ho has been guilty of "bluff
ing."
They believe that both the speaker
nnd the national administration aro
playing for delay without definite rea
son, and this feeling Is likely to cause
the backers of tho bills to Insist on
their immediate passage.
Governor Glllett and Speaker Stan
ton have had conferences with many
of the members of the senate and as
sembly, but have been powerless to
Induce them to say they will vote
against the bills.
MERCHANTS FILE PROTEST.
Massachusetts Board of Trade Warns
People of California.
Boston, Fell. 10. Resolutions con
demning the agitation against the
Japanese in California were adopted
by the executive council of the Massa
chusetts state board of trade, as fol
lows: The Massachusetts state board ot trade
strongly deprecates the constant agita
tion In California against the Japanese
and fears that Its continuance will seri
ously affect tho amicable relations be
tween Japan and the United States.
It gladly Joins with merchants and man
ufacturers and other trade and commer
cial organizations In tho United States In
an effort to Impress upon the people of
California tho unwisdom of persistent
discrimination against the people of a
nation that has shown Its title to the re
spect of the world at largo and whose
trade Is of Importance In this country.
NEVADA KILLS MEASURE,
Antl-Japaneso Land and Corporation
Bill Defeated.,
Carson, Nov., Feb. 10. The Giffen
autlalleu bill, which was Intended to
prevent Jap.ineso from holdlug lands
or acting ns corporation directors, was
laid on the table lm the senate.
The bill was reported unfavorably
by tho Judiciary committee of tho sen
ate. Thero was no comment on tho
measure, ami V.to vote was unani
mous. 125 ENTOMBED IN MINE.
Four Mon Who Try to Rescue Victims
Loso Their Lives.
Yuzovka, Russia, Feb. 10. An cxplo
Hon followed by firo In the Catherine
mine here Imprisoned 125 miners.
An engineer and throe workmen who
attempted to rescue tho victims were
'illed.
SIRES AND SONS.
Brigadier General George H. Tor-
ney, tho new surgeon general of the
army, Is a Baltlmorcan by birth.
Judge Fred Wellhouso of Topeka,
Kan., owns over 1,000 acres devoted
to applo trees and has made apple
growing a life study.
Rudolph Blankenburc of Philadel
phia has given his entire salary as
county commissioner for the past three
years to three public pension funds.
Daniel Peters of Grafton, Mass., is
the town's only full blood Indian the
son of a Narragansett father and a
Mohican mother.-and his years are
ninety-three.
The fattest man In New England is
declared to be Arthur H. Moulton of
Portland, Me. Ho weighs 410 pounds
and is president of tho New England
Fat Men's club.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
Invitation of the president of the Roy
al Geographical society to deliver nn
address before the society on his visit
to London about April, 1910.
Lord Clanrlcarde, the most execrated
man In Ireland, Is about to lose his
property there. His enormous estate
of 80,000 acres is to be taken from
him by the Irish land commlsloners
nnd distributed among the Gal way
peasantry of course at a fair valua
tion. Count Johann Bernstorff, tho new
German ambassador In Washington,
Is .-v. native of Lauenburg. His wife Is
a German-American and was formerly
Miss Jeanne Luckemeyer of New
York. The ambassador Is an honorary
knight of the Sovereign Order of St.
John. He was born in 1852. "-
Tommnso Salvlnl, the great Italian
tragedian, recently celebrated his
eightieth birthday. The pupil of Mo
denas, Salvlnl won fame in his own
country as early as 1848 and then re
ceived the laurels due. to greatness
the world over, making his most suc
cessful appearances In England and
the United States, x
Things Theatrical.
Frank Losee Is to play a leading pnrt
with Bertha Galland In her new play,
"Tho Return of Eve."
David Belasco Is negotiating for n
now play by B. VI. Slocum, in which
Frank Kecnan will have the leading
part.
Rose Stahl, In "The Chorus Lady,"
will probably be Been in London. She
made u hit thero with the sketch from
which the play was elaborated.
A third company to play "The Blue
Mouse" has been organized by the Sim
bcrts. Prominent in the cast arc Mill!
cent Evans, Geoffrey Stein and Wilton
Taylor.
Robert Iltlllard is slated to go star
ling In the early spring. He has se
cured a new play and ample backing,
Mr. Hllllard has starred In "The Mum
my" and "Lost, Twenty-four Hours."
Law Points.
Tender of tho amount due nt any
time before sale under a foreclosure
where n chattel mortgage Is n mere
Hen Is held In Thomas versus Seattle
Brewing and M. Co. (Wash.), 04 Pac.
llfi, 15 L. R. A. (N. S.), 11G4, to dis
charge the Hen.
That ono cannot avoid his contract
to purchase stock of a corporation ou
the ground that it was not legally or
ganlzed or that stock was not legally
Issued Is declared in Burwash versus
Ballon. 230 111., 34, 82 (N. TOl), 335, 15
L. R. A. (N. S.), 409.
Town Topics.
There Is a weekly average of 450
deaths In Now York city among chll
drcn under five years old.
Philadelphia has flfty-soveu parks
and square1), ono of them being the
largest park In the world, containing
over 3,400 acres.
Two Intel estlng organizations of
Montgomery. N. Y aro tho Horse
Thief Detective society and the Chick
en Thief Detective society. Tho aecre-
tury of tho latter Is Lyman H. Taft, a
relative of President Elect Taft.
State Lines.
Texas has an area of more than 205,'
000 squaro miles.
The state of Georgia leads In negro
population with 1,034,813.
California is the longest state, has
tho highest altitude, the lowest depres
slon.
Idaho has more than doubled its pop
ulatlou In tho last seven years and
more than quadrupled it since state
hood 1890.
Norway Hay.
In Norway hay is largely cured by
hanging It on wooden and wire racks,
much as a woman hangs out her wash,
Vladivostok.
Vladivostok, the principal Russian
port in the far cast, possesses a well
protected landlocked harbor, with a
depth of from thirty to ninety feet of
water over a wide area.
ELECTION RATIFIED TODAY.
Congress Counts Presidential Electoral
Votes In Washington.
Washington, Feb. 10. Although it is
generally believed throughout tho Unit
ed States that William Howard Taft
of Ohio and James Schoolcraft Sher
man of New York were elected presi
dent nnd vice president of the United
States respectively on Nov. 3 of last
year, it was not until today that these
two gentlemen were officially declared
elected to their high positions.
Following tho procedure ordained by
amendment 12 of the constitution, the
two houses met In Joint session today.
In the presence of the senators and
representatives Vice President Fair
banks, as president of the senate,
opened the sealed envelopes containing
the certificates of election signed by
the electors of the states and rend the
certificates. It having been duly ascer
tained that Mr. Taft had received 321
of tho electoral votes nnd William Jen
nings Bryan of Nebraska had received
102 .votes, and, the same figures .apply
ing to Mr. Sherman and Mr. Kern, can
didates for vice president, Mr. Taft
was declared elected president of the
United States and Mr. Sherman vice
president.
SUES FOR HALF MILLION.
F. L. Small Says Formor Baseball
.Magnate Soden Stole Wife's Love.
Boston, Feb. 10. Frederic L. Small,
a broker, filed papers in the superior
court of Suffolk county In a suit for
$500,000 against Arthur H. Soden, the
former millionaire baseball magnate,
ARTHUR H. SODEN.
charging him with alienating his wife's
affections. When the contents of the
court declaration became known it
created a great sensation In business
circles where Mr. Soden has always
been a prominent figure.
This is the largest amount of dam
ages ever asked for here in a similar
suit and should the case come to trial
will probably prove a most notable
one.
Small recites In his suit that he mar
ried Laura M. Patterson in July, 1899,
and that after that date Soden visited
Ids home, alienated his wife's affec
tions, drugged both him and his wife
nnd often enticed her from home.
The specific net of alienation of af
fections Is placed at about Nov. 11
last, when, It Is charged, Mr. Soden
called on Mrs. Small in the absence of
her husband. Small, who has been
married twice, is sepnrated from h!a
present wife. Her whereabouts are
unknown.
MORE MONEY FOR SICILY.
$5,000 Sent For Relief of Protestant
Earthquake Sufferers.
New York, Feb. 10. Dr. Louis
Klopsch, editor of the Christian Her
ald, cnbled, through the state depart
ment, to Rev. Arturo Muston, the
president of the Waldenslan Church
Societies In Sicily and Calabria, tho
sum of $5,000 for the relief of Its mem
bers In the earthquake stricken dis
tricts. .
The Waldenslans, the only Protes
tant denomination officially recognized
by th Italian government, have many
adherents among the earthquake suf
ferers, and It Is said that nearly every
one of Its Messina members was either
killed, wounded or bereaved.
They are splendidly organized for re
lief operations, but. have latterly been
distressed by a lack of sufficient funds.
The Christian Herald has pledged It
self to turn over to the Waldenslans
the entire balance in its hands at the
close of Its Italian relief work on
March 1.
Flower and Tree.
The fruit of the male fig tree Is never
eaten.
Plant life rarely thrives under yew
and ash trees.
Thero arc now more than 12,000,000
apple trees bearing in Canada, while
8,000,000 more are growing up.
Bamboo trees do not blossom until
they attain their thirtieth year. The
then produce seed profusely and dla.