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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-22
U. s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIcUL-
TURE-WEATHER BUREAU,
Willis L. Moore, Chief.

Highest temperature ever recorded
In May was SO degrees and occurred
on the IA, 1881; the &c, 1898, ana the
81, 1902.
May 81, 1910.
Data as recorded by the instruments
at the local office, and comparisons
made with the normals of previous
years
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-22

UbseTVatlon taken at Z a. m. Cen
trail time yesterday.
Barometer 30.03 inches.
Temperature "A degrees.
Relative humidity 80 per cent.
Maximum wind "a miles from the
southeast at $3.50 p. m.
Explanatory NOte-*Minus. **Plus.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
BOWLING GREEN
HAS BIG BLAZE
Hay in Hardware Store Caused Fire
Which Destroyed the Ayres
Business Block.

BOWLING GREEN, Mo-, March 81
Fire which broke out in the rear room
of j. McGee's grocery store, destroyed
the Ayres block. The ground floor of
the building was occupied by the groc-
cry store of Mr.. McGee and the hard
ware store of Campbell Bros. The
Odd Fellows hall, the insurance office
of J. B. Dunbar and the law office of
Judge Thompson were on the seconc
floor of the structure The occupants
of the building lost practically every
thing. At the present time it is i'm
possible to state the exact amount of
the loss, but it will exceed $4,000.
The insurance is about $4,000.
Soon after opening the store Mr..
MCGEE went into, the rear room to
fill cigar burner. He lighted match
and tossed it to one side. A spark ig-
nited some hay in one corner of the
room and an instant later the flames
were burning fercely.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
TURTLE SCHOOL
HAD LET OUT
Ship Ran Into Hundreds OF Them,
Some of Which Weighed as
Much as 1000 Pounds.

GALVESTON, Texas, March 9.-The
Mallory liner Brazos. just in from New
York, with Captain Evans, reports
having encountered school of hun
dreds of immense turtles, many of
them weighing about 1000 pounds, off
the coast of Florida in the Atlantic.
The turtles drove their shells almost
through the hull in many places as the
vessel attempted to drive through
them.
Many of the shelled giants were i'm
paled nthe bow of the vessel and had
to be removed by letting men down
the sides of the ship with spikes. The
Brazos had to shut down power and
change its course in an effort to get
out of the sea of turtles, and the bot.
tom of the vessel suffered considera-
BILE damage from this strange expert.
ence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
EXCITING TIME
IN BACK YARD
Chimney Fire Caused Sparks to Blow
Up Basin of Gasoline and Two
Were Burned.

GALESBURG, H., March 9.-A fire
occurred at the home of e. M Nc
Dill at 557 Liberty street, that proved
to be a peculiar blaze. The daugh-
ter of the home was out In the yard,
cleaning some clothing, and was using
gasoline in the operation She had
gone out into the yard to avoid danger
of an explosion While she was out
in the yard and apparently free from
danger of fire. the chimney caught
fire and before anyone was aware of
the fact the sparks were coming down
in shower. One of these sparks fell
into the tub containing the gasoline
and there was an explosion. The
young lady screamed and her father
rushed out into the yard to her assist
ance. In trying to put out the fire in
the tub and save the girl the father 6
clothing caught fire and in short
time he was badly burned about the
chest, head and arms.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Supreme Court Decisions.
Especial TO The Gate City.

Speclal to The Gate Clty.l
DES MONIES, March 9.-Byington,
appellant, against Carlin, Clinton dis
trict; affirmed.
Hamm against Bettendorf Axle Co.,
appellant, Scott district; affirmed.
Sparger against Roger Coal Co, ap-
pellapt, Boone district; affirmed,
Waterbury against Morphew, ap-
pellant, Floyd district; affirmed.
Independent school district, appel
liant, against Independent district
solon. Johnson district; affirmed.
Winthrop Land Co, appellant
against Utley, Buchanan district; af
firmed
Simmons, appellant, against Lewis
Iowa district; affirmed.
Weis against Bach, appellant, Jack
son district; affirmed.
Collins, appellant, against City oi
Keokuk, Lee district; affirmed
Collins, appellant, against City Of
Iowa Falls, Hardin district: affirmed
Merrill, appellant, against Cerr
Gordo County, modified and affirmed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Wounded Two Other Citizens Before
He Was Finally Captured by
Officers and Placed in
Jail
WAS CRAZY OVER MONEY
Had Written Letters In Red Ink to
Rockefeller, Taft and Rulers Of
Dozen of the Foreign
Nations

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, March g.
After mailing letters written in red
ink to John D. Rockefeller, ]. p. Nor
gan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Yale and
Berlin universities, President Taft
and the rulers of half a dozen foreign
nations, Gustave Frederick Karl Muel-
Ter, aged 38 years, a lunatic, set out
from his fathers home to shoot up
bank. the officers OF which had re-
fused to deliver 100000.
Apprehended by the police on his
way to the hank, Mueller shot and
killed Policeman Dietz, probably fat
ally wounded Rocco Leopold, an
Italian barber, and wounded Thomas
Dougherty, a wealthy building con-
tractor. Fleeing through the crowd
ed streets with the police in pursuit,
Mueller was himself shot and wound
ed by Patrolman Brown and captured.
Hundreds OF persons blocked the
streets as the police and their captive
hurried to headquarters The police
| feared to await the arrival of the pa
troll, owing to the threats of violence
shouted by the mob who had seen the
dying policeman carried to the Emerg-
ency hospital. With pistols pressed
! against the prisoners head and fight
ing their way through the crowd, the
police succeeded in landing Mueller
In police headquarters
Mueller was conatnitted to the state
hospital for insane at Middletown last
June, after a lunacy commission had
| pronounced him insane. His father,
a we'll to do farmer. complained Of
the cost of keeping him at the asy-
lnm, and last November obtained his
release. Mueller visited the Bridge
port savings bank, where he demand
ed a vast sum he said had been sent
him by the Armour Beef Company
He was put off and the police no.
/ titled Instead of returning to the
bank Mueller purchased pistol and
4 box of cartridges and went home. An
officer followed him and when he at
4 tempted to make the arrest the shoot
/ ing followed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
NEW PLAYTHING
FOR NEWPORT
Society People viii Risk Their Necks
in AeropIanes During the
Summer.

NEWPORT, March 9.-Newport So
ciety will go in for flying this sum-
mer, according to Wilbur Wright. the
Dayton aeroplanist. Wright made ar
rangements for the establishment of
an air-ship headquarters in Newport
during the summer and said he intend
ed to bring dozen machines. many OF
which have already been sold to mem
bers of the summer colony.
Wright proposes to prepare a large
field where he and his assistants will
make test fights and instruct new
owners in the use of the machines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
When Nobody But Mat Henson Was
With Him He Went Four Times
Faster Than Ever
Before
PUT IN DR.. COOK CLASS
Congressman Does Not Believe that
Peary Found the Pole and
Indirectly Calls Him
Liar.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. March g.
Commander Robert E. Peary was put
into the DR.. Cook class today by Rep
resentative Bacon (democrat), Arkan-
sas, in critical survey of the explor-
er's narratives presented today by a
subcommittee of the naval affairs
committee of the house, of which Ba-
con is member, the Arkansas con-
gressman declaring the mere record of
miles travelled each day as given by
Peary stamps his story as stretch OF
Imagination.
He goes on to show that feary
travelled a little over nine miles a
day for thirty-one days, when Cap
tain Bartlett was with him. but that
he travelled four times as fast after
leaving Bartlett, when he was alone
with his negro servant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
CRY OF "POLICE!"
SCARED BANDIT
Youth Had Ten Men in Saloon with
Their Hands Up When
Someone Yelled.

NEW YORK, March 9-Joseph
Greenburg, the youth who stripped
rings valued at $500 from his step
mothers fingers while he held re-
volver at her head, was arrested last
night, after he had attempted to play
highwayman in an uptown saloon. He
forced nine men and bartender to
elevate their hands with a cry Of
money or your life but someone
shouted, police and he fled, after
shattering plate glass with two bul.
lets.
Pursued by a policeman, the youth
turned and fired twice, one bullet in
iuring a boy. Greenburg was cap.
tured when baton was sent whirIing
between his legs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
WAS BORN
! ) WITH SMALLPOX
|!
LIT Arrived in the World With
Well Developed Case OF this
Most Dreaded Dis
IS REMARKABLE CASE
Iowa Has Case Which is Interest
ing to the Physicians on
Account of its Being
so Rare.

DES MONIES, March Born into
the world with fully developed case
OF smallpox is the pitiful lot OF an
infant girl whose mother is Mrs. L.
A. Miliner, S07 Southeast Seventh
street.
The baby arrived last night. City
Physician Losh was called and at once
found that the new arrival was in
the clutches of the dread disease.
Mrs. Miliner, the mother, recovered
from an attack of smallpox Sbout
eight weeks ago Her husband, who
contracted the disease from her, is at
present barely able to be about. Then,
as a climax, their first child fell before
the contagion.
While the little one who first saw
the world last night fingers between
life and death, Physician Losh has
hopes that the spark of life can be
held in the frail body
The case is regarded by physicians
as remarkable one. Instances have
been known before wherein child
has been born with the disease of its
parent. The peculiar phase of the
case here is that the mother recovered
from the attack two months ago. But
the child has fully-developed out
break of smallpox
While the mother is grief-stricken
at the misfortune of her baby, her con.
3ditinn is good, according to the attend
ing physician,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Caught Man in Front Of Their Cage
and Tore Him SO that One of
His Arms Had to be
Amputated
THREE AGAINST ONE
Owner Came and Emptied Revolver
into the Savage Beasts But the
Bullets Had Little
Effect.

LEBANON, KY, March 9.-As the
result of free battle with three lions
at the rancho Of Cherokee Ed. Bau-
meister, five miles west of this city,
Samuel Rose, twenty-three, lies in a
local hospital in a precarious condi-
ton.
In the absence of the regular keep
er, Rose, who is Baumeister's secre-
tary, went to cage containing the
lions to scatter some straw in it.
Emitting roar, huge lioness sprang
at the man. Thrusting her paw
through the iron bars she caught Rose
and drew him up against the cage. He
was unable to extricate himself, and
the other beasts attacked him.
Roses screams brought half doz-
en- men to the scene, among them
Baumeister, who with pistol opend
fire On the lions. One of them was
shot three times and another twice.
While each shot took effect and the
sight of one of the beasts was de-
stroyed, they, apparently are not seri-
ously hurt.
Practically all the flesh was torn off
Roses arm. and the bones were
crushed in four or five places. The
member was amputated. Baumeister,
who is a Louisville man and formerly
the owner of a circus, wished to kill
the lions, but he was persuaded not to
do so.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES
RUN THE MEETING
Good Roads Convention at Des Moines
stirs Up Some Lively Times
Today.

DES MONIES, March 9.-There was
g lively fight this afternoon over the
report of the committee of resolutions
in the good roads coneentin. The
cmmittee endorsed river to river
road, recommended moro power for
the state highway commission and ad-
vocated law for an engineer in each
county Resenting the criticism Of
nearly every speaker yesterday, the
township trustees at the convention,
arose in their wrath today, tcok
charge of the proceedings and lam
basted everybody who has criticized
their way of caring for the roads.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Banker LilIis Who Was Disfieured by
cudahy is Not Entirely
Out Of Danger
Yet
; cUDAHY STILL SILENT
Man Who Attacked Banker Refuses
to Talk and the Chauffeur
Has Taken to the
Woods.

KANSAS CITY, March 9.-Fears
that blood poison may develop in the
injuries of Jere f. Lillis, president
OF the Western Exchange bank, whom
John P. Cudahy the packer, roped
and cut Sunday morning in the Cuda-
ny home, caused physicians not to
take him home from st. Mary's hos
pital, The knife which Cudahy used
is said to have been old and rusty.
Lillis is still unable to talk, as his
lips are sorely battered.
The nurses say he has not spoken
since his arrival at the hospital. The
knife did not touch any vital portions
of Lillis. He will be about in few
days if blood poisoning does not de-
velop.
Cudahy remains at the Coates house
and refuses to talk. John Moss,
Cudahys chauffeur, who assisted in
roping and carving Lillis, has not been
found
j. f. Lillis, millionaire banker, may
not be able to leave the hospital for
several days. Dr. Samuel Ayres, who
is attending him, said he did not think
there was any great danger of blood
poisoning developing hut he did not
want to take any chances
Close friends of both Jack and Mrs.
Cudahy today expressed their belief
that there might be reconciliation
owing to the great affection both had
for their four children. The Cudahys
own large stock farm outside OF
Kansas City and some of their friends
believe they will move there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Greatest swindler of the Age Goes
Before Judge Mcpherson this
Afternoon at Council
Bluffs
ARE 81 DEFENDANTS
Besides the King Pin of the Alleged
swindIins Syndicate, There are
80 Other Men Under
Indictment.

COUNCIL BLUFFS. March 9.-Jas.
G. Maybray, under indictment, charged
with the wholesale fleeing of victims
all over the country by means of fake
horse races and wrestling matches,
was placed on trial here this after.
noon before Judge Mcpherson.
Early indications We're that May
bray might plead guilty, Accuse with
him are about 80 other defendants
about one-third of whom have been
arrested and are now in jail here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
HILL FAVORS
COLD STORAGE
Great Railroad Magnate Does Not Like
the Way the People Are
Talking.

MINNEAPOLIS, rch 9.-Discuss-
ing the criticism which had been pub
lished against the cold storage in
stitutions of the country, James j.
Hill took up the cudgel in behalf OF
these concerns.
THE widespread and unfavorable
discussion directed against cold stor-
age" he said, sis harmful and strikes
directly at the great principles OF con-
servation and to the detriment of in
creased food supplies to meet the re-
quirements of our constantly increas.
ing consuming population"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
REVOLUTIONISTS
CRYING FOR PEACE
Nicaragua Troubles Are at an End
as Far as Resistance is
Concerned.

WASHINGTON, March 9-The
leaders of the revolutionary faction of
Nicaragua have submitted to the Unit
ed States through the American con-
sui at Bluefields, a request for inter-
yention, suggesting certain conditions.
These are. The selection of a third
person. either Estrada or Madriz, as
provisional president; agreement be-
tween the two factions on the basis
of their early free election, neither
Estrada nor Madriz to be candidates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Shot Through Window.

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark, Marc.l O.
An arrest is expected today following
the killing Of A. w. Sirius. wealthy
resident near here. After spending
the day in court here he returned
home and was shot by some unknown
person. The bullet was fired through
a window, killing him instantly. He
had often been threatened by women
and has figured in the courts here for
the last ten years in various breach
of promise suits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
USED LIGHT GLOBE
FOR SUICIDE
Man in Jail Tried to Cut His Throat
and Also Swallow the
Broken Glass.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 9.Arth-
ur nj. Miles, who shot and killed Bes-
sic Stith. attempted suicide in his cell
at the county jail He smashed an
electric light globe and after attempt
ing to cut his throat with piece of
the glass, started to swallow the re
mainder, when he was overpowered
by the tier boss, Herman Reinke.
Jail Physician Garvin says his
wounds will not prove fatal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
STOLE MILLIONS
FROM THE CHURCH
Dunno is in Jail, But the Money Has
Been Lost Through His
Spcculations.

PARIS, March 9-The defalcations
of Edmund Dunno, government liquida-
tor in the sale of church property, as
the result of separation of church and
state, grows as the governments
probe goes deeper and are today
placed at two million dollars, with the
fear that they may double that
amount
In his cell today Dunno declares
every cent OF the loss was due to spec
ulation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Colored Preacher in the South Who
Shot Policeman Was Taken
From the Jail by the
Mob
THE SHERIFF WAS SLY ]
Almost Had the Mob Ready to go
Home by Telling Them that
the Negro Was
Dying.

GREENWOOD, Miss, March g.
Parson Wallace, negro preacher,
was taken from the county Jail here
and lynched shortly before noon to-
day. Wallace engaged in a revolver
fight with policeman in which both
were seriously wounded.
The mob surrounded the Jail but
was kept quiet by the statement from
the sheriff that Wallace would prob
ably die.
When it became known that he
might recover, the mob took him from
the Jail.
The officer shot by Wallace will re-
cover.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Robbed of $1,000.

FORT DODGE, March 9.--Ole Peter
son of Boone was attacked by four
highwaymen here and robbed
of $1,000. Peterson is in a
hospital with a crushed skull and may
die. Two men have been arrested on
suspicion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
WET AND DRY
VOTES IN MINNESOTA
Both Sides are Claiming that the Re-
suits Show Slight Gain for
Them.

MINNEAPOLIS, March 9.-Elec-
tions in about 400 Minnesota town
ships yesterday, show a small increase
in the dry vote this morning, although
reports are claimed to have been re-
ceived which show slight gain for
license Reports have been received
from about 500 towns. Points in the
interior have not been heard from yet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
THEIR GOOD NAMES
BEING SLANDERED
No Evidence Against Tschaikodsky
and Dreschkovsky Who Are
Under Trial.

LEMBURG, Austria March s.-Pri
vate advfces received today from st.
Petersburg say the evidence against
Nicholas Tschaikodsky and Madame
Catherine Dreschkovsky on secret
trial for alleged criminal revolution.
ary activity. is so farcical that there
Is, strong hope that the prisoners will
either be acquitted or given light
sentence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Weather condltiona.

The NORTHWESTERN field Of high pres
sure, moving slowly eastward is caus-
ing generally fair, moderately cool
weather over the northern portion of
the country, east of the Missouri riv-
er.
The southwestern depression is ex.
tending northwestward. with snow in
its front in western Nebraska and
Montana, and It's farther advance is
expected to cause cloudy weather for
this section tonight, followed by rain
or snow during Thursday, and it will
continue moderately cool
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
MORGAN GOES
INTO AUTO BUSINESS
The Industry Sees Possible Merger
Which Would Make all Others
Look Small

DETROIT, March 9.-The automo-
bile industry today sees the possibil-
ity Of merger that would make all
the other automobile mergers which
have looked big, appear inconsequent.
al, in the acquisition in New York
yesterday by j. P. Morgan & Co, Of
the Observation-Disclosures Automo-
bile Co., for a cash price of six mil,
lion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
THE WEATHER.
(Until Z D. m. Thursday. )

toHtll p. III. lHuTsddy.J
For Keokuk and Vicinity: Increas.
ing cloudiness tonight; rain or snow
Thursday.
For Iowa: Increasing cloudiness.
with rain or snow west portion to-
night and Thursday, and southeast
portion Thursday.
For Illinois: Fair north; rain south
portion tonight and Thursday; not
much change in temperature.
For Missouri: Rain tonight and
Thursday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Advocates Mixed Marriages.

BOSTON, Mass, March 9.--Profess-
or Steiner of the Iowa college advo.
Gates intermarriage of the different
races in an interview here. He says
we will ultimately assi,.' ilate Japanese
and Chinese in that way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Iowan Avalanche Victim.

IOWA CITY, March "a telegram
from Seattle. Wash, announces that
A. g. Mailer. formerly of Iowa City.
was one of the victims of the recent
avalanche near wellington, Wash.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Syerdrup Arrives.

NEW YORK, March 9.-Otto Sver'
drup, the arctic explorer, arrived here
today on the steamer Oscar H., to
make preliminary arrangements for
an expedition to the far north next
summer He expected to meet John
R. Bradley, the original hacker of Dr.
Cook, who will have an interest in
the expedition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Contractor Purpelt Dead.

CLINTON, March 9.-Thomas Pur-
pell, prominent Clinton contractor,
died at the age of seventy years, He
had resided in Clinton for fifty years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Miners Disagree.

CINCINNATI, March 9.-The opera
tors refused the demand of the miners
for an increase of wages and an eight
hour day at the conference here. This
may lead to a general strike in the
eastern coal fields.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Local Observations.

kEOkUk, March 81
Bar Their Wind. Weather.
8. z p. m. soO5 43 NV Clear
8, 7 a. M. 3o.16 80 NE Clear
River above low water OF 1854:
Eight feet, tenth
Change in twenty-four hours: Rise
of tenths.
March 9.-sfean temperature, 3S de-
grees; maximum. 40; minimum, %.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
Nation al strike.

NEWCASTLE, Pa, March 9.-The
state federation of labor today passed
q resolution favoring national strike
in support of the Philadelphia street
car men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-09
River Stages.

Galland-S.S; rise. OF.
Des Moines-1O.S; fall, o.6.
Ottumwa-106 fall. 0.5.
The river will rise slowly south Of
Keokuk for the next twenty-four hours.
FRED Y. GoSEwTsCH.
Observer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-12

Bobby Keefe had something yester-
day and the Leafs were next to help
less. The Royals won 1 to 0.
Keefe won his own game IN the third
en- a single. Corey's error and Sheriff
Jones's single.
Manager Ed Barrow has Joined the
cripples. He will be operated on at
Montreal for a poisoned hand.
Charley Starr. the Bisons' shortstop,
made five errors yesterday and mate
rally aided the Hustlers IN their 8 to
0 shutout.
Heine Batch made a homer with two
on base in ithe sixth after Starr threw
away a chance to make the third out
Due to Moran's injury Manager Can
eel recalled Goat Anderson. his early
season cripple.
Rube vickers allowed the Skeeters
but three hits yesterday n had the
Pests shutout until the ninth.
Bill Clancy and Bin Finneran had a