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^ 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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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