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"t-'H '' f' fc.'v j ???????** ^ T] THE TACTFULNESSI i 1= OF ANNE. ' ; BY ALICE LOUISE LEE. At two o'clock Anne sallied fo "briskly by way of the front door a walk, with all the curves in 1 face turned gaily up. At four o'cl< she returned slowly jy way of back yara, wun an me curves iu i face turned dejectedly down, t sought her mother. An hour la Hilda came on the two in sole council. Anne sat. a wilted he on the couch, gazing forlornly at <iamp handkerchief in her lap. M Tupper's eyes were grave, but 1 lips, over which she laid a repress hand, were in danger of smiling she said, consolingly: "Never mind. dear. You told 1 oxactly what she said she wanted know, and in the long run?I kn her so well?it will work out Tight." "What's up?" demanded Hilda. "M-Mrs. Adams." quavered An A big tear rolled down each che "'I couldn't help it. She asked r and then when I told her she \ awfully angry." Anne hunted a dry spot on 1 handkerchief. Mrs. Tupper stru gled with a smile, but Hilda dropi solidly into a chair and cried: ."Anne Tupper! Mrs. Adams! I pity's sake what have you told hei , "S-she thought." sobbed An "that no one suspected that she c ors her hair and?and puts on 1 complexion and is f-flfty?years ole "Anno RpiinHa Tanner." shriel Hilda, with horrcr-stricken eyes, "< you tell her all that? Did y Anne?" But Anne, beyond the power reply, fled down the hall and up 1 f stairs in a tempest of girlhood gr while her older sister transferred * horror-stricken gaze to the mothei "It seems," explained the unc turbed Mrs. Tupper, "that Mrs. J ams has overheard some uncom] mentary comments on her appe ance. Consequently, this afternc she waylaid Anne, took her up-sta "behind closed doors, told her wl she had overheard, and said, 'N< Anne, I depend on you to tell me t truth?' " Hilda threw out her hands in a g ture of despair. "The truth! " she terrupted. "It's the last thing i wanted to hear, and Anne ought have known it. Anne doesn't und > stand people." Mrs. Tupper smiled inscrutat '"'Well, it seems." she finished, dn ""that Mrs. Adams asked for the tri i and got it." i "Oh!" groaned Hilda. "Did Ai tell her that people knew she t fifty, and dyed her hair and rougec "Anne did," affirmed her motfc ""And that's not all. either." Hilda sat up with a jerk. "Moth did Anne tell her about her dress?' Mrs. Tupper nodded, still unc turbed by the volcanic outbursts ' her elder daughter. "She did j that. You know Mrs. Adams dres lllrsv o n-MHir a/>h r\r\ \ <ri rl Q n H AnriA f I aiuc ? &iuuj ovuvv?D*??, ^ v her so." "Of course I know it," cried Hil "and so does every one else! I ne saw' such a ridiculous figure in life. Strangers simply go into c vulsions over her appearance, but r think that Anne should tell her! do wish that Arne had some t About her! She hasn't a speck." "No." acknowledged her moth "Anne is not tactful in your sense the word, but she is th^ soul of h esty, and she feels completely u up because Mrs. Adams is so angr "Poor Anne!" cried Hilda, witl sudden change of front. "It wai hard place to put her in!" and i flew up-stairs to comfort her siate Anne, refusing comfort, wept ui tea-time, but after tea a lively ga of tennis, in which she came ofT i tor, drove all thought of her 1 troubles from her mind, and cau; her to sleep soundly. But on Sunday morning her tr bles again oppressed her in the fo v of a haughty and distant Mrs. Ada; who pointedly ignored not only An but Anne's immediate relatives. Mrs. Adams occupied the pew front of the Tuppers. She did arrive that particular morning ui the beginning of the responsive re ing. Then she rustled down the ai: a comedy of affected youth in reddish-black dyed hair, her wh and-pink face, her strained e guiltless of glasses, and her st figure begirt in a gaily colored, i boned, ruffled, lace-yoked dress. \ Adams as a girl had been a popu beauty. At fifty she might have b equally popular, and equally beauti with the beauty belonging to mid age. had she not chosen to ignore flight of the years. She had also j suaded herself that others igno it, so far as it concerned her?ui her interview with Anne! "Now you can see, Anne," s Hilda, at the dinner-table, "how a little tact would have gone w Mrs. Adams. She'll never speak us again, and what you told her i not make a bit of difference in appearance." Anne swallowed her tears?but much dinner?and said nothing. ! admired Hilda's tactfulness, somehow she could never think smooch things to say?perhaps cause she said so little. "Wait a while." Mrs. Tup smiled undisturbed at Hilda. "I ki Mrs. Adams. Wait a while." The following Sunday Mrs. Ads rustled down the aisle in even m gorgeous and inappropriate ar than she had previously worn, as to emphasize to the pew behind the fact that Anne's revelations 1 no weight v. ith her. Again she ac as if the Tuppers were not and ne had been. Again Anne did not en h>;r Sunday dinner, and again Hi] with the privilege of an elder an married sister, discoursed wisely the necessity of using tact in deal with people, and again Mrs. Tup merely smiled, and said: "I know Mrs. Adauis so well. a while." Anne waited rather forlornly. Tuesday Mrs. Parsons, autocrat " / the choir, called, and found onl S Hilda and Anne at home. "I though < Sunday that I saw your mother pu ) out her hand to Mrs. Adams, who? ?, Anne squirmed in guilty silenc< ? but Hilda finished quickly with he I usual ready tact: "Oh, Mrs. Adam | is so near-sighted, you know, that S shouldn't think she could ever see an } one offer to shake hands! She ca scarcely see one word in the re rtn , ? ^or sponses! ' ker Anne looked up at Hilda grate fully, and sighed in relief, while Mrs h Parsons dismissed that branch of th ker subject, and continued: "Mrs. Adams is getting ready t ^ spend some time with her sister, mn am told. She's having a dress made. Mrs. Parsons raised her brows sig t ^ nificantly. "I understand from he jrg dressmaker that it is to be the great ' est surprise we have ever had yet . and you know what surprises Mrs Adams' costumes are! I am anxiou to see it." aer "Yes," smiled Hilda, in an agree ?0 able, non-committal way, and waite< ow until Mrs. Parsons had departed jj Then she finished to Anne: "Well if the dressmaker thinks it is a sur prise, what can it be like? Anne ne I'm simply wild to see it." "I?I'm not." quavered Anne, anc was thankful for the headache tha kePt ber at home the following Sun raS | , day. ler Mrs" TuPPer aD(1 Hilda went t< _ church, however, and when they re )ed turned, the former was smiling, th? latter in a flutter of excitement. ror "Anne," cried Hilda, "the surprisi appeared to-day, and it was certainl; ne the biggest surprise Mrs. Adams eve >ol^ gave us! Oh, that dress is a beauty ler It's a soft gray silk, trimmed witl ,silvery lace. Why, Anne, Mrs. Ad *e(j ams looked almost handsome! You'< never believe it without seeing her ou If only her hair matched that suit and her cheeks weren't so red?oh! o{ Hilda stopped to catch her breath the while Mrs. Tupper placidly smoothe< out her gloves, and said again, " ( kg know Mrs. Adams. Give her a littli more time." j'i6_ Anne suddenly sat up and looke< at her mother. "Do you mean?' .jj_ she began, and stopped. ar_ "Wait and find out what I mean,' on returned her mother. lirg Hilda turned abruptly, -lookini [jat from Mrs. Tupper to Anne with : )W new understanding dawning in he the eye8- At dinner-table she wa thoughtful, and she did not mentioi ef_ the subject of tact. In fact, shi . spoke only once of Mrs. Adams, am }ke that was to remark abruptly, "Anne Mrs. Adams didn't speak to me to day, but she did make out to se< mother." )ly "Give her time," repeated Mrs . " Tupper. "She goes to her sister's 01 ith Friday-" Just what connection there was be ine tween a visit t0 her sister and thi vas 8ut)iect ln hand, neither Hilda no Anne saw?until her return. ier On Friday Mrs. Parsons stopped 01 the porch to rest, and incidentally t< relate a joke. ' "T nnf tr> ton with Mrs Art .. ams last night," she said. "And wha 1Sj do you think? It amused us all 3< ?. much. She had forgotten to put oi US her rogue! We all said afterwari S^| that we wished she'd forget it al 0 ways. It does seem as if some on ought to speak to her about that But then, who would dare? I'd ver sure I shouldn't!" my Anne flushed, and drew back un on" easily into the shadow of the vines. t0 After Mrs. Parsons had gone, Mrs 1 Tupper laughed and looked at Anne act "perhaps Mrs. Adams did foi^e last night. If so, she was just as for ier* getful this morning. I was down a ot the station when she left." on" Mrs. Tupper rocked a moment, an< se<J then added, "She was as cordial a y- ever this morning." 1 a The snow was flying before Mrs 3 a Adams again dawned on the Tuppe 3be horizon. Anne was out walking oni tv\ day, when Mrs. Tupper and Hildi atil heard the news. It came by way o arl ovfifpd Mrs Parsnns 'ic" "Can you believe it?" cried tha ate lady, entering the house without ring sed ing the bell. She was not in a stat to use ceremony. "Mrs. Adams i ou" home in gray hair and a tailor-madi rm suit of black broadcloth! Think o ms- it!" Mrs. Parsons waved her mul ne? frantically. "Gray hair as gray a mine, and not a bit of paint or pow in der on her face! And I must say not Mrs. Tupper, she's a fine-lookini atil woman?decidedly fine-looking. Hov ad- I wish she had visited her sister be sle, fore!" her "Yes," said Mrs. Tupper; but Hilda ite- for a wonder, said nothing, yes Mrs. Parsons had scarcely gon out before Anne came rushing in wit! rib- glowing cheeks and sparkling eyes Irs. She spoke all in ono breath. ilar "Guess what's happened?" de een manded Anne. "But then, you'< iful never guess?it's so nice. Mrs. Ad die ain3 waylaid me and invited me in the She was perfectly lovely to me. Sh >er- says her fifty-third birthday is nex red Tuesday, and she's going to hav atil some of the young people in for tea and she wants me to come and hel] ;aid her entertain! Isn't that jolly?" far Mrs. Tupper laughed, and mur 'ith inured, "Fifty-three, is it? I though to she was only fifty." will But Hilda sat up and looked re her provingly at Anne: "Anne Tupper! Did you tell he not you'd go after the way she's treatd She you?" but Anne hung her head, guiltil of happy, and twirled her muff. "Why be_ Hilda, to tell you the truth, I? never thought of that. I was so glai ner she was nice again, and then?no on iow ever asked me to he;p entertain be fore!"?From the Youth's Coh ims panion. ore ray Roosevelt's Scarfpin. s if One of the recent pictures of th her President showed him with a stick had pia in his black four-in-hand craval ted Lese majeste! or I'm a fakir. Whe: ver he last sat to a portrait painter in th joy White House he posed himself in hi Ida, own style and offered numerous sug rl o flroefmnc A ftPf Ck XX'oqL* ap f tifa r on these sittings, as the artist was lea\ ing ing the Executive Mansion, the Pres; per dent rushed to the door : id shakin his fist at the retreating forn ,'ait shouted: "Hey! He> Don't you dar to paint me with a stickpin! Do yo hear? No scarfpin! I never wor t of one!"?New York Press. 5! [HjZe HOUSE azKf.HOm a Scheduled Housekeeping. 1 If you once try running y 5 household on schedule you will i D er go back to the haphazard, hai !" go-lucky way of doing things ; whenever you happen to think T-To'rrk hnnra fr\r inRnPP.t.illff IUCUI. AJtvrt uuutw 0 ' cellar, ordering the meals, doing mending and overlooking the lii Also have fixed hours for your ma 0 duties, and see to it that they are J served. Business principles cari into the home life do much to eas of the burdens that fall so heavy r the average housekeeper.?Indiai olis News. g Valuable Washing Fluid. A housewife tells of a valui washing fluid which saves clot! 1 and at the same time saves much i .. binS"It is made of a ten-cent car _ potash, dissolved in four and a ' 1 quarts of hot, but not boiling, wa and mixed thoroughly with one 01 j each of powdered ammonia, be t and salts of tartar. When cob . was bottled for use and two-third a cupful of the mixture was addei 5 two-thirds of a boilerful of cold i . er with one-third of a bar of ? 2 shaved up. The clothes went " this cold mixture while dry, and \ 2 brought to the boiling point Y boiled from eight to ten minutes. r dinary rinsing followed and w , ever obstinate stains remained v j rubbed on the board."?Indianaf News. 1 ! Home-Mado Perfume. , A pleasant perfume may be ir " at trifling expense by any woman , likes sweet scented waters. 1 Use any essence preferred, oi 1 lavender or rose, for instance. A1 2 twenty-five drops will perfume pints of water. 1 ' Into each one of two.half-ga " jars put a funnel lined with filter per, with a bunch of cotton at " bottom. On top of this cotton . some finely powdered magnesia, < I which has been poured the perfi i essence. It should be divided r half the quantity put into each ja s Pour into each jar some rain w; i or ordinary boiled water. This a filter through the cotton, paper i magneBia and make a soft toilet i er with a delightful fragrance.? - dianapolis News. 9 The Need of Fresh Air. j Back of ventilation in the hom the source of half the ills that b the average American family, prived of the necessary amount oxygen to supply the demands of circulatory system, brain fag, wi ened nerves and impoverished tis 1 make the human body susceptibl 5 disease of body and soul. See that a current of fresh air " ters an occupied room, and when to be unoccupied for a time, see 3 occasion has been taken to change j? air more completely by raising windows, if only for a few momc Raising the lower sash alone does 0 cause a quick change in the ati " phere. A window must at the s 3 time be lowered from the top to a acixqtio nf the imnure air w has become warm and lighter du its imprisonment and is forced to ' top of the room and out by the '* rush below of the colder, heavier t ?Home Herald. 4 How to Boil Rice. Wash one cup of rice in cold < * er, rubbing the rice between 8 hands and changing the water eral times. Put two quarts of w ' over the fire, with a teaspoonfu r salt and when the water boils, 9 the washed rice and stir, to kee 1 from sticking to the bottom of ' pan. When the water again b discontinue the stirring. Cover * lei DOll rapiuijr auuui incuij i utes, or until the grains are 0 swelled out. Drain off the w s (use in*soup) and set the sauce 0 into the oven for ten minutes, f the rice may dry off, not brown. 1 r pour into a dish. The above ] 3 Creole recipe. Boiled in this i - the kernels will be light, dry '? fluffy, but the grains will not b< 1 soft as Northern cooks desire tli v However, soft grains mat toge - and do not show as distinctly Southern cookery demands.?Boi .. Cooking School Magazine. ?? : Mgpto le 3 <$8i3Sf&-?<STNP ITOVTC - - PREPARE* Tff? ^ Cora Muffins?One egg, one ta f spoonful of sugar, one tablespoo: of butter, one cup milk, one and < half cups flour, two large spoon of cornmeal, one teaspoonful s (or one heaping teaspoonful of 1 ing powder); this makes eight j I gems. Peanut Candy?Boil without i ring two cupiuis 01 sugar, ?.\*u spoonfuls of lemon juice and a r cupful of water until the syrup j begins to change color. Add one < ful of shelled peanuts, stir u y blended and turn into a warm, 1 r tered pan. Spread smoothly j mark into squares while warm, d | Cocoanut Candy?Cook half a < ^ ful of milk, one cupful of shred cocoanut and two cupfuls of su t. until the mixture forms a soft when tested in cold water; then t from the fire, stand in a pan of i water, add vanilla to flavor and briskly until creamy. Pour int pan lined with paraffine paper mark in squares while still warm q Baked Squash?Take a med ^ sized squash, leaving handle on: a a round hole in squash around t die large enough to clean well. T lt season with salt, pepper and h r. piece or uutter. i-'ut DacK ine i j. and bake in pie tin in a slow o g two and one-half hours. Fifl , minutes before serving remove f: q oven, take out plug, and with h u spoon stir all up well and beat e mashed potato. Replace plug, la: pretty platter. H KILLS Ml, SHOOTS HERSELF I p May Roberts Clark Murders Frsnk Brady in Netf York City. our iev" double Tragedy Occurred in Macy's !py" Restaurant?Mrs. Clark Carried " ' Three Pistols and U9ed Two. the th A NewYorkCity.?True to her threat ien. fhaf she wrmlrH snmp Hav till him and ob- herself under circumstances that ried would "attract the attention of the ;e it whole world," May Roberts Clark on shot and killed Frank Brady, an adlap vertising solicitor on the staff of the New York Herald, in the crowded cafe end of the restaurant on the eighth floor of the R. H. Mary de-, ., partment store, in Broadway at Thir. ty-fourth street. 11118 She turned a second weapon on rub* herself and wounded herself so that she died shortly in the New York i of Hospital. No other tragedy has ochalf curred in recent years, aside from the lter killing of Stanford White, under stich ' sensational circumstances, happening at the busiest hour in the day in a )rajx department store whose dining room * " is crowded with hundreds of women s of and business men of the neighbord to hood at the lunch hour. The double ivat- tragedy occurred where men are soap served partly screened by a partition int0 and curtains. The revolver shots echoed through * the building. She fired five shots and into her victim's body and two into Or- her own. Instantly at the sound of hat- the shots and the commotion In the Fere cafe, the great dining room was in an lolis uproar. Some women pressed forward, but they were few. Most of the others fled from their tables. Tables and chairs were overturned In the frantic efforts of the diners to esiade cape from the scene. Women left wk0 bundles and valuables at the tables. So eager were many to get away that . . they did not wait for the elevators, 1 01 but rushed down the stairs. >out Tije woman had attracted general five attention on entering the restaurant. She was tall, fair and pretty, stylishly lion dressed and striking in ftppearance, pa. yet so evidently agitated that many of the diners kept their eyes on her . as she went through the room. p The employes of the restaurant >ver kept their heads, rescued propertv for iime excited women and soon restored orand der. Reserves were called from the ,r. West Thirtieth street station and an ater ambulance from the New York Hoswj]j pltal. The cafe was closed off, and d the police were assisted in their work in every way. *rat" Brady had ordered his luncheon -Jn" and was waiting for it to be served when Mrs. Clark entered. She wore a veil over her face, draped about a gray felt hat. There was a sable boa about her neck which matched her ie is muff. Her dress was a dark waist eset with a plum colored skirt. To Lizzie j)e. Graves, a waitress who approached t 0j her, the woman said: "I'm looking for a friend," adding, ^ as her eyes fell upon Brady, "Oh, eak* there he is over at that table. He's sues waiting for me." e tc Frank McPherson, of the store's staff, an eye witness,-thinks that the en. murderess spoke to Brady as she Jt is fired the first shot, but he could not thai catcb her word8 and Brady had no ~~ opportunity to reply. 11116 May Clark, who was close to forty the years of age, was married, but had >nts. separated from her husband. She noi has a boy, Raymond, six years old, nos. who lived with her in the flat on amfl 133d street, and attended public ,, school. The neighbors had complained because men called at her tllcn apartments, who sometimes disturbed rlnS them at night time. Brady, a handthe some young fellow, in his twentyin fourth year, met Mrs. Clark about air. three years ago. REBATING, SAY COTTON MEN. Complaint at Washington, D. C., 'k* Against Illinois Central and Others. sev- , ate, Washington, D. C.?A complaint . was filed with the Interstate Com1 0 mprofl Commission hv the Merchants' ac*d Cotton Press and Storage Company P M and the Gulf Compress Company, of th< Memphis, Tenn., against the Illinois oils, Central Railroad Company, the Yazoo an<j and Mississippi Valley Railroad Comnin. pany, the Southern Railway and the, j, Memphis Warehouse Company, alleg' ing unlawful and discriminatory pracatei tices to the detriment of the com!Pac plainants. It is said the discriminathaf tions affect the city of Memphis as a 'her cotton market. Is s ! Specifically, the allegations are that yay- j the Illinois Central and the Ya'zoo anc- and Mississippi lines give undue preference to the Memphis Warehouse 5 a Company in the handling of cotton iem j and discriminate in its favor by givthei : ing it an allowance of ten cents a bale a? j for the service of handling cotton 3tor from the cars to the warehouses, while they refuse to make such an allowance to the compresses of the comolainants. It is charged further that an allowance of twenty cents a bale is made to the Memphis Ware. house Company for transferring the k T cotton from Memphis to its comSS. presses, five miles distant, in the na> ture of a rebate or special rate and in violation of law. ble Tyne Shipbuilding Strike Begun. nfu' The threatened strike in the ship3ne building industry in the Tyne district, fulf Great Britain, became a fact when sedfe 4000 men who had refused the pro3ak' posed reduction in wages did not renjce turn to work. The employers say this reduction is necessary, owing to the depression in the industry. Sevstir eral ports on the northeast coast also 1 tea- are affected. hall i ^ ?7T~* ? ^ jusf suiciue r?? "j *-A,uyic. :up. Tired of life's battle, John Florlan, intiJ aSed sixty-eight, and his wife, Mary, but' aged seventy-seven, committed sul- 1 , cide at Chicago by taking carbolic 1 a acid. The old couple, it Is said, had 1 been living on the kindness of neigh- 1 ;up- bors for some time. dec? igai Rockefellers in Georgia, bal.' John D. Rockefeller and family arake rived at Augusta, Ga., to remain cold through the winter season. Mr. stir Rockefeller expects to devote much 1 0 a of his time to golf. and Chile Votes $37,500,000 For Road. ium At Santiago, Chile, Congress passed P , a bill authorizing the President to make contracts for a railroad runian* ning north and south. The bill limits ^en immediate expenditure to about $37,irge 500,000. When completed this rail>lug way will run from the frontier of 1 iven Peru to the Strait or Magellan, aoout .een 2600 miles. I rom irge Forbid Women Smokers. ! like Seventy-two Aldermen voted for f on Timothy P. Sullivan's ordinance to , prevent womfen smoking in New I York City restaurants. s TWO-CENT RATE LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Pennsylvania Supreme Court Says i* A 1 f" Koaos tannoi earn rroni. INJUSTICE TO ENFORCE Li Railroad Commission at Harrisburg May Recommend New Legislation to Meet Objections Shown by the Decision. Philadelphia.?The two-cent railroad fare law now in force in Pennsylvania was declared unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court by a vote of 4 to 3, which affirmed the decision of the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia last September. The opinion declares that the real question is whether the law transgressed the provisions of the Constitution that the legislative power to alter charters shall be exercised only In such manner that no injustice' snail be done to the corporators. CocJnuing, it says: "The court below found that the act does injuetice to the corporators, In that it reduces the returns from the property to such an extent as to render it unremunerative. "The corporation is entitled to make a fair profit on every branch oC its business subject to the limitation that its corporate duties must be performed even though at a loss. The conclusion of the court below that the enforcement of the act of 1907 flio fumnlainant would do in justice to the corporators Is beyond lust criticism." The Justices who dissented hold that "the power to supervise rate charges of a quasi public corporation, like a railroad corporation, is a police power of the State, and that the Legislature has no authority to abridge it or to delegate it to a corporation or to any other body. "In determining whether a rate for transportation is reasonable or not, all the revenues should be considered, including all the revenues from freight, expressage and all other sources." If any Federal question is involved, the city of Philadelphia may appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. The two-cent fare law was enacted by the last Legislature. The railroads fought the bill, and after it became a law the Pennsylvania Railroad instituted suit in the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia restraining the County of Philadelphia from enforcing the law. The railroad contended that the law was unconstitutional in jthat it was unreasonable and confiscatory. The county took the case to the State Supreme Court. Parrishiirar- Pa.?The action of the ?tate Supreme Court in the rate case tvas anticipated. It is believed that the new State Railroad Commission fcrill take up the matter with a view to recommending a bill that will meet the objections to the present measure. NAVAL PRIZEFIGHT INQUIRY. Doard Examines Witnesses on the Cumberland at Newport, R. I. Newport, R. I.?On board the training ship Cumberland a board, consisting of Commander James H. Oliver, U. S. N.; Major William H., McKelvy, U. S. M. C., and Assistant Burgeon Harry F. Hull, U. S. .N., with Gunner Edward T. Austin, U. 6. N., a3 Recorder, examined numerous witnesses to the prigefight between the naval apprentice D. M. Manning and H. A. Hartnet, apprentice seaman, on board the Cumberland, which resulted in the death ot Hartnet. Apprentics Manning was among those called to testify. He is under arrest, until the Navy Department passes on his case. EDITOR FROZEN TO DEATH. Kansas Man's Body Found Nude on a Railroad Track. Syracuse, Kan.?George Satterthwaite, a well-known Kansas editor, formerly connected with the Wichita Eagle, was found dead on the railroad tracks near here. The body was nude and indications were tnat he was frozen to death. His clothes were found two miles away. It is supposed he suffered a temporary aberration of mind and wandered away. Conple Burned to Death. At Campton, N. H., Mr. and Mrs. George Morrison died as a result of burns received by the overturning or explosion of a lamp in their home. Mrs. Morrison was going down stairg with a lighted lamp, which either dropped or exploded. Her clothing caught fire and she screamed for her husband, who rushed to her assistance. His clothing also caught firo, and both wer^e fatally burned. Japan's Cabinet Attacked. The Progressive party at a mooting in Tokio adopted a platform attho P.nhin^ fnr had finance and weak Japanese diplomacy. Canada Restricts Immigration. Washington officials were informed that Canada proposed temporarily to restrict the coming of all aliens, thus shutting out Japanese coolies without offending Japan. Recovery in Iron Trade. In the Iron trade there has been a partial recovery from conditions Df extreme demoralization. There are announcements here and there of advanced prices. Insane From Business Trouble. Insane over business troubles, Vernon L. Nettleton.a merchant, of Coldtvater, Mich., slashed his sister's throat with a carving knife, then com uiitted suicide. Feminine Notes. <n- T? nnfAn! A TUMaiv nf Ma. Hi\-rj HI |/i uaa JJJ Ufeciuc, "luun \s l 4^1* poleon III., and her suite sailed from Marseilles, France, for Colombo, Ceylon. Mrs. W. H. Leavitt, daughter of W. J. Bryan, whose husband has been studying art in Paris, wrote to a former classmate at Omaha, intimating they had parted for good. Eleanor Hollowell Abbott, the daughter of Dr. Edward Abbott, of Boston, and the niece of Dr. Lyman Abbott, has given up her position In the schools of Lowell, Mass., and will devote all her time to writing. I FORI STANDS II fOR BISHOPS' UW Jersey's New Governor at Trenton Asks For Mere Power. i HOME RULE IN ALL TAXATION Against the Spoils System and For the Regulation of Corporations and Franchise Control?Father, ' Eighty Years Old, Present. Trenton. N. J.?Gov. John Franklin Fort was inducted into office in Taylor's Opera House. Chief Justice Gummere administered the oath of office, and Governor Stokes at once delivered the seal of the State into the keeping of the new Governor and stepped back. An incident connected with the inauguration was the presence of four' generations of the Fort family in the Opera House. The oldest member, Andrew Fort, father of the Governor, is eighty years old, and he made the trip from Mount Holly in an automobile, a physician accompanying him. Although he is deaf, he joined in the applause he saw the rest of his audience give to his son when he made some telling hit in his speech. Governor Fort, in his inaugural, spoke emphatically on the excise question. He asserted that the people at the late election declared for the enforcement of the Bishops' law. wo aajrt ur>nrlne hit term I shall regard it as an obligation cast upon me by the people to veto any measure suggesting any modification of existing law on the question of tliQ sale of liquor on Sunday." He said that it is the duty of the Executive, the courts, and every Prosecutor, Mayor and Magistrate to enforce the closing of all places where intoxicants are sold on Sunday. Governor Fort urges the abolition, of the County Boards of Taxation. He points out the great cost of these boards on the State and counties, questions if there was ever any reason for their creation, and then says if the reason was for the equalization of taxes, then the two years they have been established is a long enough time to accomplish this end, and their further existence is unnecessary. The Governor said it is self-evident the boards have, by increasing the value of the property of the individual taxpayer, so reduced the average rate of taxation throughout the State that the tax on the main stem and other property of the railroads has been largely reduced. The Governor urged a return not only to the local assessment of property, but to the review of assessments by local boards of appeal. Governor Fort said he would sign any fair bill intended to abolish the spoils system id State, counties and municipalities. He declared that there should be but one commission in the State for the regulation of railroads and all public utilities companies. Proper control would tend to give the public confidence in the securities of these corporations. JAIL FOB ICE TBUST MEN. Court's Error at Toledo, Ohio, Was in Sending Them to Workhouse. Toledo, Ohio.?More than thirty of Toledo's business men will be'confined at the county jail as a consequence of a decision of the Supreme Court at Columbus relative to the Ice Trust cases, started nearly two years ago. The Supreme Court held that the Valentine anti-trust law is constitutional, and sent the ice cases back to the Common Pleas Court only because the imprisonment by that court | was ordered in the workhouse inI Btead of the jail. This decision means that the five Icemen who pleaded guilty and the lumbermen who entered such a plea will have to serve their sentences. TWO SENATORS ARE ELECTED. Wetmore Chosen in Rhode Island and Williams in Mississippi. Providence, R. I.?Former United States Senator George Pea,body Wetmore, of Newport, was elected to tho United States Senate on the first ballot cast in both branches of the General Assembly here. Jackson. Mi3s.?In th'e two houses of the Mississippi Legislature Congressman John Sharp Williams was elected to the United States Senate to succeed H. D. Money, whose term will expire on March 4. 1911. HUGFIES HITS AT ALL ROGUES. Would Re in Jail, He Says, at Albany, if People Thought Sanely. Albany, N. Y.?Governor Hughes addressed the organization of State newspaper editors known as the Associated Dailies, at their annual banquet. Governor Hughes paid high tribute to the service of the press, and ex- . pressed his belief that its general aim wao to tell the truth. He said: "If the people thought sanely and had correct information we would have little difficulty in this country. We would put all the rascals where they belong and where they could make no trouble, quickly and without menace to or disturbance of our financial prosperity." T? ? ~ T rtkAwfliw l?vrln^ # ajMiirau Liauuivia UAV?MWW? Mr. Lemieux annnounced to the House at Ottawa the willingness of Japan to restrict closely the emigration of natives to the Dominion. All contract laborers are excluded under the agreement. Fight to Retain Priest. Two thousand Poles at Ludlow, Mass.. fought to retain their priest, who had been transferred to another parish by the Roman Catholic Bishop. Prominent People. Rear-Admiral Evans has rheumatism. President Castro, of Venezuela, has I mnnooraH hie llPalfll The Sultan of Sulu threatens to visit the United States. Hudson Maxim, the gun man, thinks war with Japan inevitable. Congressman William Sulzer married Miss ltodelheim at Atlantic City. Hall Caine told the New York World that fae has the key to the Druce mystery, but cannot give it up yet. 1 ' v; ' . *" 7 I Brief News! BY WIRE If J WASHINGTON. Eighty guests attended the annual / State dinner of President and Mrs* Eoosevelt to the Diplomatic Corps. The Senate confirmed an extradition treaty with Spain, covering a list of crimes ranging from murder to slave , u trading. Colonel Goethals opposed the buildfng of the Panama Canal by contract " > before a Senate committee. The Interstate Commerce Commis8km. in its annual report to Congress, '' ' predicts a complete triumph for the ; ; ' new railway rate law. After a conference with the President, Representative Hobson intro- ^ V: duced a bill appropriating $50,000,? 000 a vear for a ereater navy. V iv-jS President Roosevelt responded to President Penna's message of con- V gratulation and friendship by saying, ' * -'v. among other things, that "the warships of America exist for no other purpose than to protect peace against possible aggression and justice -Xj against possible oppression." President Roosevelt approved . the recommendation of the Isthmian Canal Commission that the width of the Panama Canal locks be increased' from 100 to 110 feet. Abandoned long ago, the old naval drydock at Port Royal, S. C., was ordered sold at auction. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The intense bitterness existing between the Catholic and Protestant missionaries in Cebu Island, P. I., has precipitated a number of clashes. ' The striking medical Btudents of Havana have sent a commission to ; ^ Washington to appeal against.,^Governor Magoon's order regarding^he licensing of pharmacists. J The Senate confirmed the nomination of Governor Post, of Porto Rico, and other appointments in the island's government. m.. n! /' "'It? iltt) attempt, tu scvuic f uiyuiv w- ~/iVy< borers for Hawaii proved a failure. The people wish legislation permitting European-Asiatic Immigration. A revised count of the census of the island of Cuba gives the population as 2,028,282. DOMESTIC. . W. R. Montgomery, former president of the Hamilton Bank, was indicted in New York City. Mayor McClellan wrote an open letter to Senator Aldrlch criticising that clause of his currency-bill which bars New York City bonds from its provisions.' A receiver was appointed in Boston for two of the companies, several of which George Livingston Richards promoted, and which were characterized in court as "get-rich-qulck" con- ' cerns. Army engineers have completed plans for the construction of redoubts an/1 ti-an?llM tn tM tllfl fnrfs MW. manding the Bay of San Francisco. William Starr Miller, minority qfm stockholder, began suit against the Chicago and Alton Company. In the United States Senate the bill ' providing $3,500,000 for the erection of a new postofflce building in New lYork City was passed without opposi- vOl tion. ' One of the largest funerals ever held at Augusta, Qa-, was that of 'James It. Raoclah, author of "Maryland, My Marjaanja," which was sung at the grave by a choir. Edwin W. Sims, United States Dis- v trict Attorney, announced in Chicago, after returning from a conference at ^Washington, that he would proceed against the Standard Oil Company Upon the remaining 4000 Indict- ? ''.u bents. Fines of $80,000,000 may be> imposed. ' Kragen's big department store, of V. ''\ft Ban Francisco, has gone into the nands of an assignee nominated by fhe Board of Trade. The firm is said to be in debt from $250,000 to $40C,000. A. F. Stickney and Charles H. F. Smith e appointed receivers for fche C ,o Oreat Western Railroad > ay Feasial Judge Sanborn, in St Paul. i . V "w'/i FOREIGN. Baron Rauch, recently appointed , ;':T#s Ban of Croatia-Slavonia, was stoned and hooted on his arrival at Agram. There can be little doubt that a grave crisis in Japanese affairs is either existent or impending. A synopsis of the Japanese budget ' y was presented to the leaders of both houses, showing Government receipts of $613,385,000. The King of Si,am and many, members of royalty attended the state fun eral of Henry Strobel, formerly of . -vj'.? Harvard University, adviser to the Siamese Government. A revolutionary movement against the Haytian Government was begun under the leadership of Jean Juneau. a former insurgent, who landed with a band of exiles near Gonaives and occupied that town. The expulsion of the Augustlnian Sisters of Charity from the famous municipal hospital in Paris led to an outbreak by angry sympathizers, and the police were compelled to restore ^ f order. A serious spiritof revolt has spread in the Chinese provinces of Che-Kiang and Kiang-Su, and 10,000 men have been mobilized for purposes of r?? pression. Special cable dispatches from Rio Janeiro stated that the American sail ors there had spent ?iuu,uuu in iour days. ' At Munich, Bavaria, the Prince Regent of Bavaria, who recently pardoned two murderers sentenced to death, declared his intention not to sign any more death warrants. The Peruvian Government hap signed contracts awarding to Alfred McCune the construction of the Cerro de Pasco and Ucayali lines. An earthquake followed by a tidal wave caused much damage at Gonaives, Haiti. The Pope denies that he, in addressing the Anti-Slavery Congress the other day, said that the Government to govern well, must be despotic and tyrannical. France is expected to contine ner activity in Morocco to assuring the security of the Algerian frontier, and will abide strictly by the Algeciraa agreement. Rev. Joseph Kennedy, brother of the Bishop of Adrianapolis, rector of the American College, died at Rome. Ke was thirty years old. It is announced at San Salvador that the Government has obtained a loan in England of J5.000.000. V i -:V. '.V Sst