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open loggia overlooking the circular
as those of almost all the chambers,
are covered with frescoes by the broth
ers Zuccaro and by Tempesta-
The frescoes represent the history
of the Farnese family. There is the
daughter of Henry II. of France, and
that of Ottavio with a daughter of
Charles V. Then A1essandro and OF
tavio Farnese are seen accompanying
Charles v. on campaign against the
Lutherans; Paul III. is shown appoint
ing Pietro Farnese commander of the
papal army and Orazio governor of
Rome.
There are many scenes from the life
of Paul Ill, how he presided at the
council of Trent, how he made peace
between Francis 1. and Charles ", how
Charles kissed his feet and how he
gave the lucky hat to four cardinals
who afterward all became popes.
The chapel has windows of ancient
stained glass, frescoes representing
the apostles and an elaborate ceiling
whose design is repeated in the pave
ment. One of the rooms is covered
with maps like the gallery in the Vat
lean and has four female figures rep
resenting the four parts of the world,
one of which, that representing Africa
and commonly known as the Mora. is
so wonderful that an American offered
to pay $12 900 for it alone.
The freseoes are in very good state
of preservation and their colors are as
fresh and bright as when they were
painted almost three hundred years
ago. Still the lower portions of the
walls bear traces of the native and
foreign tourists who have been admit
ted to visit the palace and who, out
of gratitude, perhaps, either scratched
their names or defaeed some of the
figures on the painted walls.
But with the exception of the fres-
coed rooms the palace is in a state of
dilapidation,. and the Beautiful garden
is almost in utter ruin. Many of the
stone figures and ancient marble
statues that adorned it have been
either ruthlessly broken or stolen
There is an artificial grotto which is
known as the Temple of Venus owing
to the fact that above a fountain there
is broken statue of the goddess
Some time ago an English dealer Of
fered to buy the mutilated Venus for
$50 900, but the government prevented
the sale An inspector of the ministry
Of public instruction has lately pro-
uounced it the best specimen of Greek
| sculpture in existence Still no pre-
caution has been taken to prevent
some other pious priest from trying
| to break it
/ The palace once contained many
works of art, but few remain A dis
honest steward sold $4,000 pounds OF
Head which he stole from the fountains
In the palace and gardens Others
have done away with the old furniture
and tapestries The German and Ital
Ian tenants explored every corner and
appropriated everything that the dis
honest stewards of many generations
overlooked
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TO LIVE IN PALACE
BOSTON WOMAN RENTS MANSION
OF THE FARNEsE.
Now Neglected and Diiapidated. Br
Once observation-disclosures Tell of
Former GIories Vanished
Treasures of Art.

Rome-Mrs. Florence Baldwin, ar
American from Boston who resides il
Rome, has just rented for seven years
the most magnificent and yet the Least
known building of its kind in Italy
the celebrated Palazzo Farnese at Cap
rarola, built for Cardinal Alessandre
Farnese by the architect, Jacopo Bar
ozzi, commonly known as Vignola
The palace, with it's gardens, lawns
casino or villa, orchard and chestnut
woods, is now owned by the dispos-
sessed Bourbon kings of Naples, who
inherited it by descent from Elizabeth
Farnese, the last of her line.
The palace has the form of pen
tagon inclosing a circular court Each
of the five sides measures $50 feet and
the court is 65 feet in diameter. II
has three stories, each about thirty
feet in height.
The building has fortified or cas-
tellated appearance. resembling the
Sixteenth century citadels, and it is
furnished with small sham bastions
at each angle. Above the terrace
formed by these bastions and theil
curtains the palace rises in two grand
stories, the lower arcaded in the cen
ter, the upper including the stories OF
windows. Despite the difficulty of the
pentagonal form the external archi
tectural effect of the building is impos
Ing, while the arrangements inside are
commodious.
magnificent spiral staircase
ascends from the ground to the THIRD
floor, supported by double columns
and adorned by rich and varied cor
nices. Around the first floor runs al
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guarded here until we can get the Pc
lice"
So while one held his loaded rife
against his fathers temple the other
telegraphed for a constable. Hour aft
er hour they kept their grim vigil, and
when the constable came they turned
over their prisoner-their father-tc
the tender mercies of the law
Randall had driven his wife f.
their home She sought refuge with
friends, and he came lor hei- NO.
family she went back with him. Late;
Mrs Randall was found by her sons
dead in the road, with her head
crushed in So they hunted down theil
father and, after finding him, kept
guard until he was safe in jail
Not one son in a million is called
upon to do as these sons and daugh
tiers have had to do Few have te
make such choice. But when the cal
is made what shall it be-
Father. or motherz-New Yor1
World.
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years old, had hardly as much time to
make up his mind whether he should
see his mother stabbed to death or
kill his father.
The family lived at No. 1913 East
Twenty-third street, Brooklyn The
father, Anselmo, came home one eve
ming crazed with drink He attacked
his wife and began to drag her
around by her hair The boy sprang
to his mothers aid and the father
knocked him to the floor
Now I'm going to kill you both!'
yelled Pellegrino, drawing knife
Just in Time to Save Mother.
The boy wriggled away from his
fathers clutches-the man was too
Dusy holding his wife by her hair-and
ran into the bedroom, where he knew
his father kept a loaded revolver I'M
der the pillow Constantin got back
into the dining-room just in time to
see his father about to slash his moth
er across the throat with his stiietto-
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RHEUMATISM PRESCRIPTIONS

The increased use OF whiskey Tor
rheumatism is causing consideraDie
discussion among the medical fraler-
nifty It is an almost infallfble cure
when mixed with certain other insre-
dents and taken properly. The fol-
lowing formula is effective: To one
half pint of good whiskey add one
ounce of Toris Compound and one
ounce-of Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound
Take in tablespoonful doses before
each meal and before retiring
Toris compound is product of the
laboratories of the Globe Pharma~
ceutical Co., Chicago, but it as well as
the other ingredients can be had rom
any good druggist
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shot my mother, the best woman that
ever lived. When I saw her fall
fired at the man the best 1 knew how
and I'm glad one of the bullets hit
him-my father,"
The Wassers, husband and wife, had
separated When Mrs Langlotz' hus-
band died she went back to live with
her mother and her little sisters.
Three years ago the man came into
the little home and attacked little An
ME. one of his daughters He was ar
rested, but nothing came of the case
This made him bold.
Forced His Way Into House.
Wasser hung around the home and
more than once he tried to get in. He
was arrested, but each time got free
on some plea or another. This made
him holder still. On the fatal morn
ing he knocked at the door of the fat
and demanded admission.
IF you don't let me in I'll kill you
and all the bratsl" he yelled.
There was no answer. He broke
down the door. Mrs. Wasser stood
facing him. There was fire in her eye
and decision in her voice.
'TIl never take you back, George
Wasser," she said, firmly.
This was her death warrant
''We1,'' sneered Wasser, you'll
never telephone for the police again.
Mrs Wasser started to run. Was
ser pulled revolver out of his
pocket. Before his wife had taken
two steps he fired. The bullet struck
the poor woman in the breast She
fell to the floor with her clothing
ablaze, so close was the range. Mrs.
Langlotz and little Annie were in a
rear room. They rushed out just in
time to see their mother fall Re-
membering the revolver her mother
kept in the bureau drawer, Annie ran
and got it. Quick as a flash she
handed it to Mrs. Langlotz. Just then
Wasser was raising his weapon to
shoot again at his helpless wife.
Daughters Aim Deadly.
His daughter fired first. The bullet
grazed his face. Wasser returned the
shot, but he missed though they were
but IL feet apart. Then the daughter
fired again and both emptied their re-
volvers. Every shot of Wasser's
missed, but the daughters last shot
found its mark. 1t made an ugly
hole in the mans forehead and he
sank to the floor with a groan- Then
the young widow dropped her revolver
and fell in a faint after the duel with
her father.
! The police came in; the two
wounded persons were taken to the
hospital. The wife died in the after
noon at three o'clock; the husband an
hour later. The daughter was ar
rested, only to be freed next day.
She wasn't a murderess," said one
of the coroner's jury. She was a
heroinei"
And for all that, facing her fathers
loaded revolver, firing shot for shot
the young widow hadn't been able to
save her dear mothers life. But she
had made her choice between the two
and she did the best she could.
Constantin Pel1egrino, barely Ii
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life. Is he dead?"
The police already have all the evil
dence they want against Theodore
Eiler, the 19-year-old boy. They have
the revolver with which he put the
bullets into the body of his father,
John Eiler, at their home, 80 Lit
Teton avenue, Newark. They have
the boys confession; they have his
word for it that his married sister
gave him the pistol to shoot his IA
mother.
John Eiler did attack his wife just
once too often. The moment he came
home on that fatal evening he began
abusing his helpmeet for rs years
mother of his six children. He ragged
up and down the room The patient
wife was silent. When she didn't re-
ply to the mans rawlings Eiler picked
up an iron matchsafe and flung it at
her with unerring aim. 1t struck her
full in the forehead; she sank to the
floor with a cry of agony
The boy upstairs heard the cry.
Then he heard his father shout out:
I'm going to get my gun and finish
you right now!"
In the boys pocket was the pistol:
He remembered the Injunction of his
who had gone out for the evening, as
she gave it to him: Keep this al
ways by you, for you will need it to
protect your mother. Don't be afraid
TO use it if father attacks her again in
one of his jealous RACES
Three steps at time the lad
dashed downstairs As he ran into
the room his mother fell upon him.
Theodore, Theodore" she screamed
save me. save mel"
She flung her arms around him He
put one arm around her and faced his
father, who came charging on at the
two of them
-'I'n kill you both" yelled the man
shoot, shoot. if you must; save
our lives," screamed Mrs. Eiler.
Mother's Life, or Fathers.
For an answer Theodore leveled tht
pistol at his father more quickly thar
1t takes to tell it. The man never
stopped. 1t was the mothers life Oh
the fathers. The boy had to choose
He let the pistol do the choosing.
1t barked once On came the ia
Their, closing in Again the weapon
spit forth a bullet Eiler dropped
mortal1y wounded. The mothe
swooned in her sons arms. But he
life had been saved
They hurried the father away to
hospital. where the surgeons said h
was mortally wounded The boy wa
arrested and held without bail. Hal
he allowed his mother to be beaten q
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Ordered Son to Kill Father.


Frederick Cramer, his wife anc
their children lived at Page, South Da
kota Husband and wife had domestic
differences and it was agreed that he
should have the first floor of theiI
home and she and her sons the second
floor.
One night Cramer came home in ar
ugly mood and tried to break into the
second floor of the house. Mrs. era
mer barricaded the downstairs door
but her husband broke it down.
I'll settle you'll he cried, plungine
up the stairs. Mrs. Cramer ran anG
got her loaded revolver. She levelec
it down the stairs, but her hand trem
bled so that she could not aim.
Take this and shoot him. she sale
to her oldest son, Arthur, boy OF
16, handing him the pistol. Pm toe
nervous to hold it.
The boy obeyed only too well. One
shot was fatal.
Il only did what my mother tolc
me-" he said, land that was to save
her life from my father"
Ezekiel Gregory, an old farmer, OF
Davidson, N. c., didn't like the hours
of his son, David. He told him thai
he ought to rise earlier. He killed his
father with an ak and escaped.
John and James Randall, Ia and IL
years old, of Marshall, N. c., found
their mother murdered, as they be
lieved, by their father. They hurried
for their rifles, and one of the boys
wanted to kill him then and there
when they found him.
NO." said the other, Tets keep him
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death he would not have been put in
a CELL he had his choice to make,
and only a moment to make it in.
What would the everyday son do in
such a case?
Has he right to shoot down his
father to save his mother? Should
he not be impartial? Would it not be
better to fight than to shoot? Is a son
justified in killing his father to save
his mothers life?
Other sons have been called upon
to decide, just as Theodore Eiler has
had to decide, and in the twinkling of
an eye, too. And occasionally even
daughter has been forced to make the
same decision in moments time.
Only two weeks ago 15-year-old
Frank Peterson, out at Greenport, L.
l., had to face the same dilemma If
he didn't shoot his father, then his
mothers life would pay the forfeit
Frank didn't hesitate. He fired,
brought his father down with a seri-
Gus wound in the head and saved
his mothers life. Then he ran for the
| doctor to come to his father, Frank
Peterson, Sr.
The Petersons are well-to-do and
live IN pretty home at AZ Bridge
| street, Greenport. Frank is the eldest
of seven children. But the father, ap-
parently, has little love for his family.
and more than once his wife has felt
the effect of his blows, so the son
said when the shooting was over.
| 1t was Sunday. The husband had
been browbeating the wife. Suddenly
he turned and with clenched fists
| started for her. She screamed for
the boy.
Stop." yelled Frank, as his mother
covered to the floor
Boys First Shot Fatal.
On came the father. The bow. with
out another word, drew a revolver
from his pocket, and as his father
struck out at his mother, fired one
| shot. 1t hit the frenzied man in the
jaw, ranged upward and lodged be
hind the right eye. Peterson dropped
I've shot my father because he was
going to strike my MOTHER sait
Frank, running into the house of DIR
I A c. Lopez. go to him, quickr'
Then the boy went to the home O
the chief of the chief of police ane
gave himself up. He was put in tn,
village jail. The mother and the chill
dren corroborated Frank in all h,
said The father was hurried to
hospital.
Mrs Madeline Langlotz had evel
a harder task set before her than thes,
boys. She saw her father, Georg
Wasser, shoot her mother down il
their fiat at 205S Third avenue
where Mrs Langlotz, a widow, wa
living with her mother The daugt
. ter had to make her choice only to
; quickly.
He was beast she-declared, VIC
, hemently- I'm glad / shot him H
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Tt isn't safe to judge by appearances
The man who acts ferocious ABROAD
may be as meek as lamb at home
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Western Canada the Pennant Winner
isTheLasf Best West

at $500 an acre. The 100000 contented
American settlers making their homes In
Western Canada is the best evidence OF
the superiority of that country. They are
becoming rich, growing from IS to SO
bushels wheat to the acre; 90 to no BUSH
els oats and As to 90 bushels barley, be-
sides having splendid herds of cattle raised
on the prairie grass. Dairying is an i'm
portant industry.
The crop of 1908 still keeps Western Canals
in the cad. The world will soon look to II as
its food-producer-
1.-The thing which most impressed was the
magnitude Of the country that Is available for
AGRICULTURAL purposes National EDITORIAL
Correspondence 1SO5
Low railway rates, good schools and churches
markets convenient, prices the highest, Climate
perfect
Lands for sale by Railway and Land Com
panies Desert ptive pamphlets and maps sent free
For railway rates and other information apply to
Superintendent of Iznmier. fio1
Ottawa, Canada
or to the authorized Canadian Govt Agents
J. S. CRAWFORD.
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FORCED TO TAKE
LIFE OF PARENT
SHALL IT BE MOTHER OR FATHER?

Terrible Alternative That Has Been Presented
to Children in Various Parts of the Coun-
try---Tragedy Made the Daughter the In
strument of Vengeance---Pistof Duel with
Father.
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w les, 1 shot my father;
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Il. r,,nth0r'S
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He fired twice, as quickly n he
could Both bullets hit the would-be
murderer in the left side. He dropped
his victim and ran for the door.
Twice again the boy fired. This time
he hit his father twice in the back of
the head The man fell in his tracks.
A policeman heard the shots and
came running up.
I've killed my father said Con
stantin, coolly. Il want you to ar
rest me- I had to do it to save my
mothers life
The mother implored the police not
to arrest her son, but law is law, and
he had to go to the station house.
The son, knowing the choice he had
made, was perfectly cool
II knew 1 would have to kill my
father some day. he said. He has
always been saying he would kill my
mother, and am glad it is over now
In Beaverton, Miss, it was only a
little boy who stood between his moth
er and his Infatuated father. Frans
| Mullins was whipping one of his chill
dren numerically, when the mother
interefered
Curse youi" cried the husband and
father. .I'll kill you if you don't let
me alone
The mother stepped between the
child and her Infatuated husband. He
struck her and knocked her down
kicking her face as he did it. Theii
ten-year-old boy saw it all from across
the yard, and, running into the house
got rife and leveled it from behind
the woodpile and shot his father dead
But he saved his mothers life.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-16
BRYAN CLOSES
NEBRASKA TOUR
Says Home State VIII Give Him
Big Majority Enthusiasm
Prevailed.

PLATTsMoUTH, Neb., Oct. 15.--
William J. Bryan closed his three
days speaking tour Of his home state
with a large meeting in this city
last night. feeling that Nebraska can
be safely counted in the democratic
column this year by larger majority
than he received in 1896. It has
been a notable day. both in the num-
Der OF speeches and the size Of the
crowds addressed. and the vigorous
manner in which he spoke to his
audiences.
A large portion OF the day was
spent in his old congressional dis
triet and the enthusiasm which pre-
vailed In his tour OF the state was
intensified by the fact that these peo-
pie gave him his first political dis
tinction and have followed him with
increasing confidence as he fought
his way mp the ladder. Today they
showed their affection for him by
demonstrations at every station and
by crowds that the town had never
seen before.
Speaking began early ana con-
tinued throughout the day. More
than 20 stops were made and NJ
each place Mr.. Bryan talked longer
than he had been scheduled for.
His addresses we're more aggressive
than they have been during the week.
In discussing the panic az Tecum-
sch, he said republicans are threaten
ing q panic in case Of his election.
There win be a panic in one family, :.
he said. "and that win be the Taft
family. for Mr.. Taft's federal salary
win be Withdrawn for the FIRST time
In more than 20 years"
After his meeing at Plattsmouth
last night, Mr.. Bryan took a train
for Denver. where he win speak to-
day. While physically tired be was
iubilant over the outlook in his own
state.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-16
HARRISON VS.
TORS ARRIVE
Are Being Entertained BY Occur
d'Alene-WiIl Enjoy Ban
Quet and Dance.

Three hundred citizens Of Harrl-
son arrived In the city this afternoon
on the steamer Idaho for q county
seat visit with the people Of Occur
d'Alene. The visit Is Ia pursuance
Of an invitation extended to the peo-
pie Of Harrison BY the executive
committee OF the county seat re-
moyal committee. The steamer car
rying the visitors left the city this
morning at 10 o'clock with Z delega.
tion Of business men. and the Occur
d'Alene band. and when Il returned
this afternoon large delegation %
citizens and business men Or CoeuF
d'Alene met them At the docks.
The visitors. during the aftarnoon,
we're taken IN hand BY the commit
tees and citizens and shown about
the city. They were shown the city
hall which the people OF Occur a.
Alene are offering to tho county az
a court house in the event Of the
removal Of the county seat. the lease
placed IN escrow to that end, ana
then they were shown the four sites
that will be offered to the county
az court house site as soon as the
county seat Is removed. After :
visit to these places. and an exami-
nation Of the documents pertaining
TO their conveyance. the visitors
were shown the different places 81
interest IN the city, and the ad-
vantages OF the city as q county seat
pointed out TO them.
The guests win be served with :
dinner at the Hotel Idaho and this
evening a dance viii be given IN their
honor at the Blackwell pavilion. The
dance win last until IL O'Clock and
then the boat win take Up IT, re-
turn to Harrison. The boat was
donated for the occasion By J. c.
White. manager or the Red Collar
line OF boats.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-16
Uniforms for MllItla.

Captain Clement wilkins today
received the invoice from the adult
ant general at Boise for the so COM
plete olive drab service uniforms:
there are also the white gloves.
collar and cap ornaments. and ahev-
rons for on-eommissioned oficers.
The uniforms are the latest color and
model adopted by the war depart
ment for the regular army.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-16
HEARST COURTS
INVESTIGATION
Defles Haskell Suit and Says
Case VIII Never Come
to Trial.

OMAHA. Oct. Is.--w. r. Hearst.
en- route to Chicago. gave out the
following statement regarding the
suit brought By Governor Haskell
against him:
When Mr. Haskell first declared
several weeks ago. that he was going
to sue me. he said that be was un-
aele to raise the necessary money.
AT that time offered to sup
ply any deficiency In order that he
might speedily bring the suit. When
he stated that he could not ana me
70 serve me stated that would ae-
eept suit II the summons were merely
mailed 70 nay addrss. Mr.. Haskell
adopted the sensational method OF
breaking into my sleeping rooms 10
serve the summons. bat be did not
adopt the sincere method Of setting
the trial before election. am called
to answer on the ieth day OF No.
vembeF, 1SoS. reltsrats vhat I
have said Of Mr.. Haskell and all that
he has proved BY his resignation as
national treasurer. I do not believe
fCuntfnuets On uaRa ssonr1
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CASE IS DISMISSED

Wife ReIents and stops Suit Agaiast
Her Husband.
The case Of the state OF Idaho
against James Sullivan charged with
striking and choking his wife was
dismissed this afternoon BY Judge
Steele on motion made BY the COM
planning witness. Mrs. Sullivan. The
case was tried last evening. but the
jury failed to arrive at a verdict,
and was set for trial again today. but
when the time arrived, Mrs. Sullivan
asked that Il be dismissed.