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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
foreign

IL is now reported that DR.. Cook
hired a Danish newspaper man who
understands English thoroughly, to
write his account of his polar ex-
periences. Cooks brother in New
York says he fears the doctor has
met with foul play in Europe
Tho French government asked par
liancnt for an immediate supple
;ncntary credit OF S4S,000 to be
used for the purchase OF aeroplanes
for the army. The machines will be
used for scouting purposes.
Tho French court decided in favor
OF the Baroness Vaughan, the NOR
ganatic wife OF the late King Leo
pold, and ordered the removal of
the seals placed upon her property at
Balincourt, France.
Tho report OF the University of
Copenhagen adverse to the claims of
Dr. Cook to his discovery of the
North Pole is now on its way TO
Washington to be considered by the
Geographic Society.
The Military League OF Greece.
whose members were the authors of
the revolutionary movement, has an
aounced its intention to overthrow
the ministry of its own choosing.
Investigation shows that Colonel
Karpoff, chief OF the st. Petersburg
secret service, was assassinated by a
revolutlonist employed as govern
ment spy.
Albert l., the new king o. the
Belgians, with his Queen Elizabeth
made a state entry into the capital
and wns acclaimed by thousands oil
people.
Emperor Francis Joseph has ap-
pointed DR.. Ladislaus Won Lukacs as
premier OF Hungary, and the latte,
will endeavor TO form a Cabinet
Canada has bought from the Brit
ish government the cruiser Rainbow
which will be the first warship OF
the new Canadian navy.
Lord Mcnksweli. president OF the
British Aati-siavery and Aborigines
Protection Society, died 10 London
The Paris police are convince
that Nine. Uonin, widow OF Jules
Couin. governor OF the Bank OF
France. whose body was found under
a railrond train. was murdered.
Colonel Karpof, chief OF the secre
police OF 81. Petersburg. was blowT
up BY a bomb aud killed and hii
assistant seriously injured.
Tho Duke OF Connaught, King Ed
wards brother. Will. II Is said, sue
coed Kari Gray rs goyernor-genera
OF Canada
Despite heavy rainstorm vas
crowds Of Bslgians lined the route o.
sths funeral corfegs OF King Leopold
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
CLOSING WEEK OF YEAR.
Forecast OF Events To Occur In All
Parts OF The World.

Washington, d. c. Especially The
last week of the year finds many of
the sources that furnish a regular
share of the worlds news under the
spell of holiday peace and inactivity.
Congress and many OF the important
courts are ~ recess and business
operations are partially suspended.
Even Nicaragua Is quieter than for
weeks past, following an overwhelm-
ing revolutionists victory and the
fight of Zelaya.
Interest in the Nicaraguan situa-
ton is now divided betweeN Zelaya' S
movements and the efforts uf Madriz
10 unite the waring factions of the
republic. 1t is not likely that the
revolutionists will lay aside their
arms without great concession, which
may include the deposition of the en-
tire present administration. The
next few days probably will show,
also, whether Zelaya will Join other
illustrious exiles from the Latin
American republics In Europe or re-
main on American soil in a final ef-
| fort to regain his lost power.
Efforts TO settle the switchmen' s
ernor Eberhardt, of Minnesota, will
ask representatives of the railroads
and the unions to meet in st. Paul,
| Monday, for this purpose.
The fate of college football may
be decided at the annual meeting OF
the Intercollegiate Athletic Association
! in New York. Changes in the rules
to make the game safer undoubtedly
/ will be made. How far these changes
/ will go toward altering the whole
nature OF the present game and
| bringing IL nearer to the association
! football of Great Britain and Can
ada is the question which interests
! the college world.
European dispatches during the
| week may deal with the floods on the
! Spanish peninsula; the reported III
health OF King Alfonso OF Spain: le.
! gal complications over the rich es
tate OF Leopold, late king OF the
Belgians; the political situation
| in Greece, where the military
league seems to be arranging things
TO its own satisfaction. and the
whereabouts of DR.. Frederick A
Cook In view of recent revelations
a rather morbid curiosity exists re
garding the Brooklyn physicians per
sonallty. and this will not be salts
fed until he gives the world a chance
TO prove the reliability of suspicious
concerning his mental condition
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
THE NAVY'S LEVIATHAN.
Battleship Utah is the large

Battleship Utah is the largest
of American warships, having a
displacement OF 21,825 tons.
The keel of the vessel was laid
In March, 1909.
Built by the New York Ship
building Company, of Camden, n.
j.
Length on load water line is
$40 feet, or 521 feet over all;
beam, SS feet and inches; trial
draft is 2S1s feet.
The Utah is designed to devel-
op a speed of 20& knots or more
an hour.
The armament includes ten 12-
inch breech-loading guns, sixteen
5-inch guns and ten small guns
for boat service and saluting pur-
poses.
The main armor belt is s feet
wide, with an average thickness
of 10 inches.
There will be ten turbines, six
ahead and four astern, capable
Of developing 2S,000-horsepower.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30

Washington, d. c. Especially -
The disastrous defeat of the Zelaya
forces near Rama was reported to
the Navy Department by Commander
John II. Shipley, commanding officer
of the cruiser Des Moines, and the
senior naval officer at Bluefields. The
government troops, Commander
Shipley said, had been defeated and
had surrendered The losses dur
ing the last two days on both sides,
he added, had been about 600 killed
and wounded. He estimated that
the government troops lost $500
men killed and captured. The
wounded were taken to Bluefields,
where Commander Shipley establish
ed a temporary hospital for treat
ing them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
vonsa In sherifr's Custody.

Chicago Especially Wilbur Glenn
Voliya. overseer of Zion City and one
Of the successors OF the late John
Alexander Dowie, was remanded here
in the custody of sheriff Charles
Wandrack. of McHenry County. More
than month ago voliva was arrest.
ed on capias issued on a Judgment
for $4,000 damages. given against
him In favor OF William Mothersill
for alleged libel. II Is expected that
voliva viii appeal to the Illinois gu.
prems Court for release.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Congratulates sufrragists.

Albany. N. Y. Especially Cover
nor Hughes was asked by representa-
tives OF the New York State Woman
SUFFRAGE Association to recommenl j
in his annual message to the Legjs-
lature an amendment to the State
constitution giving women the right
to vote. The Governor listened at
tentiveIy to the speakers and con-
graduated them on the calm. earn
eat and dispassionate manner In
which they discussed such an Inn
portant question"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
TWO DIE IN FACTORY FIRE.
Cigarette Blamed For S125, 900 Blazs
In Brooklyn.

New York Especially Two men
met death by suffocatiop in fire
which swept through the cabinet. fac
tory of Edward b. Jordan & Co., in
Brooklyn.
Fortunately the blaze started when
most OF the workers had left the
factory for the day, but more than
so who remained behind made their
escape with difficulty, The damage
to the building and contents was ap-
proximately $125,O00.
The victims were Mex GlamawitzeI
and Salvatore Bandero. an elevator
man,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30

Commander shipley's dispatch
was as follows:
"Zelayan forces were completely
routed after several hours of hard
fighting and surrendered in the aft
ernoon. Generals Gonzales and Cas-
tillo, with 300 men were captured
with four field pieces and 1900 rifles
and 100000 rounds of ammuni
ton. The fighting Of the last two
days is estimated to have cost 600
men killed or wounded on both sides.
The wounded are being brought to
Bluefields. Hospital facilities are
very inadequate and | have estab-
lished hospital on shore, supplying
surgeons from the Tacoma and Des
Moines with IA assistants, commits
saries and carpenters. No force
landed, and it is supposed that all
will be quiet. It is estimated that
the Zelayan losses killed, wounded
and captured will reach 1900 men. :"
Thomas p. Moffatt, the American
consul at Bluefields, sent a dispatch
TO the State Department confirming
the report of the battle. One hun
dred prisoners, he said, were brought
into Bluefields from Rama. They
were very young and were poorly
clad. He said they had practically
nothing to eat for the last Is days.
The defeat of the Zelaya forces at
Rama, he added, removed the only
large governmnt force on the Allan
tic side of Nicaragua. No informa-
tion has been received in Washing
ton as to how General Estrada, the
leader OF the revolutionary army,
Will conduct his future campaign. 1t
is believed, however, that he will al
low his men several days in which
to rest and recul crate before max
ing an active movement.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Thaw loses Once More.

Washington, d. c. Especially -
Justice McKenna. of the Supreme
Court OF the United States. denied
a petition of Harry X. Thaw for a
writ of error to the Court of Ap-
peals OF New York, In the case In
which Thaw made an effort to OBJ
tain release from the Matteawan
Asylum. In that case a petition for
writ of habeas corpus was denied
and the effect OF Justice McKenna' Is
decision will be to leave the decision
of the Court OF Appeals undisturbed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Live stock.

-Cattle-Market STEADY
Steers, $500; cows, $500 a. Q hs,
ers, s3.4O@6; bulls, $S.4O g ~,
calves, s3@9.75; stockers ana iee''
ers, $3.76@ $40. ,,-.or
Hogs - Market SO 10c. higher
Choice heavy, $3.50 a $50; butcaeiSs,
s8.4O@S.55; light mixed, $S,ivg
$40; choice light, $3.50 g s,sS,
packing, $S.45@S.55;' pigs, $!;sov'
@S: bulk of sales, 1925 q SAB.
sheep--Market strong. sheep.
s4@b.7b: lambs, s6.75@s.6o; year
lings, s5.2b @7.5o.
Kansas City, Mo.--Cattie--Mainnvss ns
steady to weak. Choice exporu az az
dressed beef steers. s6@7.26 iam
20 good. 1895 @5.75; western
steers, $s.50@b.76; stockers aru a,u
feedeTs. s8.20@5.95; Southern
steers, $3.5o@5.7b; Southern eSvI, 9ac
S2,7b l.15; native cows, "a,
as: native heifers. s3,zS w c.oy 4
bulls, $3.25@4.bo; calves ss'o's
8.25. 80.
Hogs-Market steady to be. nlsI a,a
er; top, $s.4b; bulk OF saies, cs ccSers
0s.40; heavy, 1886 ws;fo
and butchers. $s.fo@S.ao'
Ptttsburx. Pa. - Cattle - suppg 7,
light and steady; choice so''sv
sheep-supply fair. steady; prime =
wethers. $3.50 $50; cnlis ana con asl
mon, S2@3; lambs. S6@S.oo' -
calves, $9@9.7b. -.
Hogs - Receipts fair; acusu,' as,
prime heavies, $s.4b @ S.oo;s al a
ums. $685. heavy Workers. ts'SygSS, "a,
Sac: light Workers. SS.2o @es;SSS~
pigs, sS.150s.2o; roughss s''''v
300.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Mamma. I'm Going To Die"

Coshocton. o. Especially Mann.
ma. help me to say my little prayers.
I'm going TO die. won't be with
you Christmas" These were the
last words OF eight-year-old Deck
Shoonover. who died peacefully IL
his mothers arms. An unusual ac-
cident caused his death. A week
ago. while playing with schoolmates,
he coilided with another lad. one OF
whose teeth was broken on In Declf's
scalp. causing blood-poisoning.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Suicide His Duty.

New York Especially Robert p
Judge, Lackawanna switchman
committed suicide ny hanging in his
shanty in Jersey City, but he did his
duty to the last Before hangiIp
himself he set his switch signals al
danger, holding up trains until his
death was discovered. An old shove
handle and a rope were used to cad
his life
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Beaten By Wbitecaps.

Petersburg. Ind. (Spec ia D.
Whitecaps dragged Lafe Dedman
from his home. near Winslow. beat
him with switches and pickets and
ordered him to leave the neigbor-
hood. He was severely Injured. Ded-
man said he would present to the
grand jury the names OF several of
the white caps. whom he says, he
recognized. He knew OF no reason
for the attack on him, he said, ex-
cept that his neighbors did not care
to associate with him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30

Hurley, Va. Especially Following
the killing here on Christmas Eve
of Samuel Baker and the serious
wounding of his wife and two chill
dren by the formers enemy, Hen
ry Pennington, a mob OF 100 ciu-
zens took Pennington from an i'm
provised Jail where he had been un-
der heavy guard, and hanged him to
steampipe.
Pennington, who had been drink
ing, picked a quarrel with Baker
and shot him while the latter was on
his way to a Sunday School Christ
mas tree festival with his wife, two
children and friend, Wyatt Mead
ows. Seeing that he had killed Bak-
er, Pennington started to run away.
Mrs. Baker called after Pennington
and implored him to help her take
the body home.
The ruse worked and Pennington
went back to the spot where his vic
tim lay dead. Bent upon avenging
the deed, Mrs. Baker grabbed Penn
ington's pistol from his pocket and
fired twice at him. Her aim was
bad, but she succeeded in wounding
him in the hand and thigh. Penn
ington recovered possession of the
pistol and then shot the woman and
attempted to kill Meadows, who was
running away, and the two children.
Pennington then fed, but was sur
rounded by posse on the outskirts
of the town later in the night. He
was captured after an exchange of
shots with the officers, who badly
wounded him. Being too weak to
stand the journey to the Grandy Jail,
10 miles distant, over mountainous
country, Pennington was locked up
in the constable's house, but about
l O'Clock it was thought advisable
to remove him to a boarding house,
where he was put under a strong
guard.
Feeling against the prisoner ran
high, and many covert threats of
lynching were heard during the day.
At midnight a band of about 100
citizens was quietly organized, the
guard was overpowered and Penning-
ton was taken to the engine room
of a lumber mill nearby and hanged
TO a steam pipe. The body was rid
died with llets and was then left
hanging until 8 o'clock A. NJ, when
IL was cut down.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
$4,000 Fine For Ex-Preacher.

Los Angeles, Cal, Especially. -
Charles Wesley McCrossan, formerly
a Baptist preacher in Los Angeles,
convicted two days ago OF making
false representations in the prospec.
tus of a mining company, OF which
he was president, was sentenced yes
terday to pay fine of $4,000 or TO
serve one year in Jail. McCrossan
said he would pay the fine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Curiosity Leads To Homicide.

Coalgate. Okla. Especially. - The
refusal OF Samuel F. Woods. a rail-
road engineer. to satisfy his wife's
curiosity as to the contents OF a
Christmas package he had brought
home caused a family quarrel and
cost Woods his life. Woods choked
his wife and she broke away and
went 10 the home OF neighbor. her
brother. George Holland. accompany
ing her. Woods followed and open
ed fire on the house. Holland re-
turned the fire and killed Woods.
Holland gave himself up.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
New Cure For Insomnia.

Kalamazoo. Mich. (special) -
Henry Stephens. a night watchman,
sustained an accident TO his head 33
years ago. which deprived him OF
sleep for straight third OF CEN
Ice. bumped his head and his con-
dition was reversed. Now he Is sleepy
all the time Also for 33 years
Stephens did not feel ordinary bruises
or burns. He often broke small
bones In his hand and feet. but kept
right on working. Now he Is more
easily injured than an ordinary man.
bnt gradually he IL becoming normal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
DANISH COMMITTEE REJECTS
DR.. COOKS CLAIMS
The Denmark Officials Chagrined and Disgusted--Re
cords of No Value---He Is Charg.
ed With Hiding.

Rector OF Copenhagen University
Says The Degree Conferred Upon
The Explorer May BE Withdrawn.
A Danish Explorer, Member OF
Examining Committee, Declares
Cooks Papers Convict Him OF
Being A Swindler''--Dr. Uhler
Firm In His Belief That Cook Is
Honest And Truthful.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Shot slstcr. Ther Killed Self.

New York Especially His sisters
persistent refusal to give him money
so angered Abraham Bennett. Jr..
of Brooklyn, that he shot her down
in the hallway of their home. and
then shot and killed himself The
young woman, Annie Bennett, was
struck by two bullets, one of which
entered her neck and the other graz
ed her spine. Her condition is criti-
cal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
M|GHT|EST OF THE
BIG BATTLESH|PS
The Utah Successfully Launched
at Camden, N. j.
VESSEL NAMED BY MISS MARY A. SPRy.

Latest Acquisition To The Navy
Makes Her Initial Dip Into The
Delaware River, Amid A Bedlam
OF Sounds From The Saluting
Whistles And Howling Throng-
Sponsor Presented With A Gold
Bracelet--Was Nicknamed The
"Skeered o. Nothin'."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
5000, 900 For Buffalo.

Albany. N. Y. Especially Mayor
Adam. of Buffalo has filed with the
State Health Department an applica-
tion for approval to build a tubercu-
losis hospital In Buffalo at a cost OF
100000. The site for the proposed
institution is to be donated by the
Maunr
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Rooseyelt Receiycs king,

Kampala, Uganda Especially The
American expedition arrived here and
was received by Subcommissioner r.
A. Knowles. Colonel Roosevelt came
by motorcar from Entebbc and the
others arrived on the steamer. Be
fore leaving Entebbe Colonel and
Kermit Roosevelt had luncheon at the
Government House and held public
reception
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
PEARY'S COMMENT.

VVuIIHOUUIV GUY bdyb.
Three months ago from the
Labrador Coast l sounded an ex-
plicit and deliberately worded
warning to the world based on
complete and accurate informa-
tion in regard to the Cook claim.
In doing so / accepted the re-
sponsibility devolving upon me
and fulfilled my duty to myself
and to the public"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
Every Inmate Was Found.

Springfield. H.. Especially mo
lives were lost In the flre which de-
stroyed three wards OF the north an
mex OF the Central Asylum for the
Insane at Jacksonville, H. Every
inmate was found. Some Of the wom-
en- are suffering from exposure TO
cold. having hidden in tho grounds
lightly clad. but none Of them will
die. The hre loss was $4,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30

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Jacksonville. Ill. Especially Fire
in the Central Hospital for the In
| sane here destroyed the north wing
of the institution. threatened de-
struction of other portions for hours
| and freed from their bondage near
ly 1900 insane men and women, a
| few of whom still are roaming at
large In the community, sought by
| police and citizens who have vol
unteered to round up the irrespon-
sible fugitives.
When the fire broke cut in the
| north annex about $40 o'clock some
] of the insane patients escaped, but
the asylum authorities soon had an
organized system for removal of pa
, tients from the burning wing to an
other portion of the hospital. In
the excitement, however, few of the
| insane escaped.
The fire in the north wing burn
ed fiercely and the local fire de-
| partment fought it with difficulty,
several firemen being injured by
| falling walls within the first half
hour. Desperate measures to check
the flames were resorted to and at
1880 O'Clock the fire was under con-
troll.
The patients rescued from the
burning section were escorted by
guards and volunteers to the south
wing of the asylum, a new portion
of the institution.
The ferocity of the fire, however,
so alarmed the patients all through
the asylum that the situation was
a most threatening one, and citi'
zens of Jacksonville were appealed
to for the purpose of aiding IN pre-.
venting great disaster.
The patients from one end of the
asylum to the other were aroused
to a pitch of great excitement and
those who were freed from the burn.
ing section gave the guards and vol
| unteers great concern. Several men
and women escaped while Being
| transferred from the burning por-
tion; some OF them were recaptured
before they could reach the streets
surrounding the asylum grounds
and others we're found in the out
lying streets of the city. Some won.
en- were found, thinly clad, sitting
on curbstones half mile from the
asylum and taken back to the insti-
tuition
1t is rumored that number CT
patients still are in the burned poT-
tion of the asylum. These, It IS said,
were women in the fourth floor OF
the four-story building afame, who
are reported to have rushed into the
attic.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30

Read Admiral cowles has sweep-
Ing plan for the extension Of tAe,
Nsvy's wireless telegraph ssrvies.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
GEN. ESTRADA SWEEPS
ALL BEFORE HIM
Administers Bad Defeat to Ze-
laya's Army at Rama.
6QO WERE KILLED ON BOTH SIDES.

Insurgents Kill, Wound And Capture
1900 OF The Government Troops
General Vasquez A Prisoner At
Managua - Prisoners Brought To
Bluefields Had Practically Moth
ing To Eat For Past Is Days
Ready To March On Greytown Be-
fore Advance On Managua.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
LYNCHING OF
A MURDERER
Man Hanged to. a Steampipe at
Hurley, Va.
KILLED MAN AND WOUNDED WIFE.

Murderer Wounded Before Being
Captured-His Victims Wife Gets
His Pistol And Fires At Him
Twice--Recovering Possession OF
The Gun He Shoots The Woman
And Her Children--A Mob OF 100
Men Christmas Night Take Him
From Boarding-House Where He
Was Under Guard-Hang Him
And Riddle Body.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30

Ths hingdom OF Prussia sets oos ose'.
lie ouitiveied forests over xsev'''
900 8 yeey.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-30
INSANE men AND
WOMEN IN PANIC
Wing OfBig Institution at Jack
sOnville Is Burned.

Great Disaster Is Prevented Only
BY Heroic Work OF Doctors And
Attendants At The Central Hos
pital For The Insane - The Fire
Burned Fiercely And Excitement
Among The Patients Was Intense
Many OF Them Escape And, Al
most without Clothing, run
Through The Streets.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-30
MAN FINALLY VIEWS.
Proposes TO Two Hundred Sfaidcns
Before Accepted.

Bremen, Ga.-After having "popp.
ed the question" to more. than 200
Alabama maidens, w. J.. Hunter, OF
Brompton, st. Claire county, Ala
bama, has at last found one who did
not look askance at his sixty-five
winters, so he and Miss Emma Sa-
vannah Armstrong, aged II sum-
mers, Of the same county were mar
ried in this city tonight.
The eastbound Southern passenger
train reaches Bremen at 9:10 o'clock.
A short time before that hour, ]. p.
Boatrlght of this place. received the
following telegram from Train Con-
ductor Weaver: Meet train specl-
al" Boatright soon had Judge Evans
routed out of bed, secured the me-
cessary papers, and then got Squire
G. II. Cole, who tied the knot.
Hunter stands high in his COM
munlty He has divorced wife, and
under the laws OF Alabama, could
not remarry in that state for cer-
ain length Of time which was thirty
lays longer than the happy occasion
,ould be performed in this state.