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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
WIPES OUT WHOLE FAMILY
Husband and Wife Die in
Suicide Pact.

New York Joseph Barrett, on his
way UP the stairs Of the apartment
house at $50 Fulton street, Brooklyn,
stumbled against q man. Barrett
struck out with his right hand.
What are you doing here?" be
asked Its you, Bernard, is It?
What are you doing here?''
oh, it's you, Barrett, is it?' said
the man on the stairs II don't know
what to do. I've go so cents between
my family and starvation. What
would you DOR
II think, /" said Joe Barrett, Il
would go to bed and look for a Job
in the morning Go on. That's q
good fellow
With nod, the man turned into
third-door fiat as Barrett climbed
another flight Of stairs to the fourth
floor: Barrett told his wife that he
had met Frank Bernard In the hall
way and that Barrett seemed de-
pressed.
Some hours later, at getting-up
time, Barrett smelled gas. For a
time the odor was hard to locate He
went up a fight of stairs and made
sure 1t came from the Bernard fiat.
He tried the doors All were locked.
He went to his own apartment and
used the fire escape to the apart
ment above
In the bedroom of the Bernard
apartment Mr.. Barrett found Frank
Bernard. his wife and two small chill
dren dead on the bed. Gas was rush
ing from opened cocks in the cell
ing chandelier Mr.. Barrett notified
the police. and Borough Inspector
James Dillon and Capt. B. ,. Hayes
of the Bergen street station. made
a formal Investigation.
1t seemed that Mr.. and Mrs. Bern
ard had agreed to die together and
| take their children with them There
was no indication of struggle. The
father and mother lay clasped In
each others arms, with their chill
| dren. George, four years old, and
/ Daniel, two years old, in their arms
After questioning the people in the
house Inspector Dillon concluded
that Bernard had become so despond.
ient because Of failure to obtain work
! that he had persuaded his wife tc
join him in committing suicide.
Frank Bernard was a well-knowr
athletic trainer. He was a member
Of the old Union Athletic Club. Pine
apple and Fulton streets, and was
known all over the country as ar
amateur athlete. He ran in short
/ events from 100 yards up to qua
/ ter Of mile, and was also good
jumper and hurdler He became .
professional some years ago and con
tested in the Caledonian and Irish.
American games, and in contests II
Iall parts of the country. He wa:
/ successful and well liked.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
Couple Commit Suicide.

Itnaca. N. Y.-Mr. and Mrs. Jadez
Townsend were found dead with but
let wounds in their heads by their
SON. Linn Townsend. upon his return
from his studies at Cornell Univer-
sity. The Townsend home is about
three miles from the city. where Mr..
Townsend conducted dairy farm.
It is believed by the family that each
in turn committed suicide. as both
had been respondent from fear Of a
second stroke of paralysis % Mr.
Townsend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
HOUSE INCREASES MEMBERS
Crumpacker Bill Fixes Size For
Ten Years.

washington, d. C.After March 4,
1913, the Senate concurring, the
House OF Representatives will con-
sist Of 43s members This ID the re-
suit Of an all-day struggle In the
House over the question of reappor-
tionment, which finally resulted in
the passage Of the Crumpacker bill
fixing the size Of the House for ten
years. commencing with the Sixty
third Congress, at the number stated.
If Arizona and New Mexico should
be admitted to statehood, they Will
be given one representative each,
bringing the total up to 435.
Under the new reapportionment
plan no state loses a member The
following states gain the number in
dictated:
Alabama. / California, g; Colora-
do, 4; Florida, 1; Georgia, i; Idaho,
1; Illinois, q; Louisiana, 1; Massa-
chusetts, q; Michigan, 1; Minnesota,
!; Montana, 4 I; New Jersey, 3; New
York, s; North Dakota, 1; Ohio. 1 !:
Oklahoma, 81; Oregon, 4; Pennsyl-
vania, 4 /; Rhode island, 1; South Da-
kota, I; Texas, 2; Utah, I; Wash
sington. 3; West Virginia, l.
The House spent more than five
hours in discussing and voting upon
the bill and various proposed amend
ments. An amendment offered by
representative Bennett, Of New York,
and designed to cut down Southern
representation. was voted down by
154 to 96.
Champ Clark, of Missouri, in ia
svoring an increase in membership,
declared that the real work of the
House would continue to be perform
ed in committees and that the num-
Der of representatives on the floor
would make little or no difference.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
To Europe by Airship.

Boston-The all-metal aeropiane
for Harry Graham Carter's proposed
fight to England will be built here.
The fight will begin at Sandy Hook.
and the aviator hopes to reach
Queenstown in 40 hours The esti-
mated distance is 2.4O0 miles. The
aeroplane will be equipped with two
3O-horsepower motors. which will
drive twin-screw aluminium propel-
lers. The framework is to be hol-
low tubing. so that y may be filled
with gasoline.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17

Secretary Dickinson has just issued
. report on the militia Of this country
that shows how little the minds Of
Americans are turned away from
peace and toward war. He announces
that in 1910 the strength Of the organ
lied militia forces Of the nation il only
1880 men, an increase Of but 3.11s
In seven years. says the Boston Globe
He does not add that there are almost
to thousand as many clergymen
printers. manufacturers. grocers, butch
srs. stenographers or masons in thu
nation as there are citizen soldiers. But
the fact is true.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
woman 1875 Years Old Dying.

Fort Worth, Texas.--At the great
age of 1876 years and undoubtedly
the oldest white woman in the world.
Mrs. Lucy Owens is dying at the
home of her daughter. centenarian.
few miles west Of Long View. Mrs.
Owens was born in North Carolina
when the Revolutionary War broke
out, and three years later she saw
George Washington She is the only
living person who has seen Wash
ington-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
VISIT OF FRENCH SQUADRON.
viii Stop at New Orleans and the
Naval Academy.

Washington, D. G. Lieutenant
Commander Benoist d'Azy, the
French naval attache, called upon
Acting Secretary Winthrop at the
Navy Department to notify him that
the French squadron in the West In
dies will visit New Orleans between
February 2S and 25 AS the Mardi
Gras festivities begin on February
%. it is believed the French sailors
will probably remain until that time.
There are three vessels in the squad
ron-the Condo, the Gloire and the
Admiral Aube. The same vessels
also will pay visit to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis between
March II and II.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17

And now the London police have
discovered that the prisoner convict
cd by finger prints, and who, it was re
ported, had established his innocence
By indisputable evidence that. being in
the army at the time, he could not
have been guilty, was, after all q
fakir. He stole the army records OF
another man to bolster UP his defense
and came very nearly getting away
with it The police are doubly pleased
at the discovery, since It prevents .
guilty man from escaping and re-estab
fishes the hnger-print theory as infal.
iible at least SO far as experience has
gone But for time the fakir had
both the London police and the finger
print theory .'groggy.''
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
schenk Files Suit.

Wheeling, West Virginia. 49, John
o. Schenk, millionaire packer. filed
the petition Q his suit for divorce
against Mrs. Laura Farnsworth
Schenk, recent defendant in the IA
nous poisoning trial. He names
Daniel q Phillips. piano salesman
of Wheeling, as correspondent Pend
ing hearing of the divorce suit
Schenk agrees to pay his wife SIS
week alimony.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
LOCAL OPTION FOR ALABAMA.
House Passes Bill And the Senate
Is For IL.

Montgomery, Ala.-By a vote of
So to "A the House of Representa-
tives passed the Parks Local Option
bill. AS the Senate is known to be
overwhelmingly in favor Of local
option bill. it is believed that the
Parks bill will be rushed through
that body and become law before
the end of next week.
The bill provides that As per cent.
of the number that vote for Governor
can petition for an election on the
question of wet, or .sdry" 1t also
provides for distilleries and brew
cries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
TO BE Al STORIES HIGH.
seattle's New skyscraper to Be the
Highest Outside OF New York.

Seattle, Wash. The last obstacle
in the way of the erection OF a Al
story building in this city by the es-
tate of the late C. M. Smith, of Syra-
cuse. N. Y, was removed, when the
council committee that has been go
ing over the plans voted to grant the
permit. The local agent for the
Smith estate informed the commit
tee that he skyscraper, which will
be the highest office building in the
world outside of New York city, viii
be begun within the next six weeks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
defeat ADVERTISEMENTS Bin,

st. Paul, Minn.-The House by a
vote of SO to SO defeated the resolu-
ton directing the Minnesota Repre-
sentatives in Congress to work for
the defeat of the Canadian reciprocity
agreement similar resolution is
pending in the Senate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
Rebel Chief Is KILLED.

FL Paso, Tex. Mail advices from
Parral, chihuahua. Mex, tell of a
fight between federals and insurrec-
tos at Ojita in that district and the
killing by federals of Pedro T.
Gomez, aide to Guillermo Baca, rebel
leader of that region. Gomez and
Baca we're leaders of the band which
captured Parral on the opening day
of the revolt last November.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
Can't Marry a Jan in Nevada

Carson, New. The intermarriage
of whites with Japanese or any other
Asiatic race is prohibited in bill
Just passed by the Nevada Legisla-
ture. It makes the performance of
such marriage by minister or JUS
tice of the peace misdemeanor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17

Returns from the New York public
library indicate that action fell on in
demand AZ compared with books of .
historical or scientific nature. This
should spur the Indiana school OF nov
slists to renewed efforts or some
thing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
PERSIA SEEKS
AMERICAN HE'LL
Oar Experts to Reorganize Its
Finances.
W. n. SHUsIER TREASURER GENERAL.
w. Morgan shuster, Of Washington,
VIII Be Appointed Treasurer Gem
eral Of the Empire, and Four
Other Americans Will Assist Him
in the Work Which VIII Take at
Least Three Years.

4
Washington, d. c. To assist the
Persian government in reorganizing
its finances w. Morgan Shuster, Of
this city, will be appointed treasurer
general of the empire. Mr.. Shuster,
who recognized the Philippine GUS
toms service and revised the Philip
pine tariff law, is one of 1--WE Ameri-
cans who will be employed by Persia
in its financial rehabilitation.
The Persian Parliament recently
passed law authorizing the gov
eminent to seek Eve American en-
perts to reorganize the finances. The
Persian charge in Washington there
upon took up the matter with the
State Department, which suggested
the names Of five Americans compe-
tent to undertake the task.
In addition to the treasurer gem
eral, the positions to be filled by
Americans are those of inspector and
an expert accountant, who will serve
as assistants to the treasurer gem
eral, and a director of taxation, with
one assistant. The American APP
pointees will be under the direction
of the Persian Minister of Finance
and their contracts will be for a
minimum of three years. Arrange
ments practically have been COM
pleted for the appointment OF these
other experts, and their names will
be announced shortly
The advent Of the Americans in
Persia will be in line with the policy
/ of the new regime of the empire to
| Introduce foreign talent in various
capacities for the purpose of mod
ernizing the administration of the
country.
Mr.. Shuster has had many years
of experience abroad in the service
of the United States government.
From 1898 to 1901 he was in Cuba.
chiefly in the customs service, and
in 1901 he was appointed collector
of customs for the Philippine Is
lands, having charge of reorganiz-
ing the Philippine customs service
and revising the Philippine tarifl
laws Upon the recommendation of
President Taft, who was then sec
rotary of war, Mr.. Shuster was APP
| pointed by President Roosevelt in
1906 secretary Of public instruction
in the Philippine Islands and mem
Der Of the Philippine Commission.
He is a member of the bar of the
Supreme Court of the United States
and Of the federal Court Of Customs
Appeals, as well as Of the Supreme
Court and Court Of Appeals of the
District of Columbia
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17

A Butte man who is being sued for
breach Of promise Is charged by the
plaintiff with having called her my
Dear Tobacco~ No wonder she wants
$4,000. since he was not explicit
enough to say whether she was Of fine
cut. or 8 mere plug.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
Increased Pensions Favored.

washington. D. C.-The Sulloway
Pension Bill was favorably reported
to the Senate by the Committee on
Pensions Monday by vote of to
8, those opposed being Chairman Mcy
Cumber (Rep., N. d., Gore (Dem,,
OKla.) and Taliaferro (Dem.. Fla
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
. MONUMENT TO LINCOLN.
Senate Passes Senator Cullom's Bill
With House Amendments.

Washington, D. c. The Senate
Wednesday concurred in the House
amendments to Senator Cullom's bill
providing for the erection In Wash
ington of an appropriate monument
to the memory OF Abraham Lincoln
The House so amended the bill as to
place Senator Cullom and Speaker
Cannon on the permanent commits
sion Senator Root moved concur
renee by the Senate and the motioa
was unanimously adopted.
The proposed monument is to cost
$4,000. 900.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17

II 10 only recently that they have dis
covered way Of canning decayed
eggs, and there are bakers in the large
cities who are so devoid Of honesty
that they would as soon use rotten
eggs as fresh ones Thus market Is
created. and but for the fact that the
state under its pure food laws can
step in and condemn this product a.
unit for consumption. the problem ere.
ated by cold storage would have been
rendered more complex as the year 60
by. says the Rochester Herald It IL
not beyond the bonds Of possibility
that meat which has been cold-stored
to the point Of decay is treated in the
same manner. No one ever hears Of
It being thrown away.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
Two Hurt ON U. s. Dolphin.

Washington. D. Can explosion
of one saluting charge of gun on
the American gunboat Dolphin, now
at Port au Prince, Haiti. caused "ex-
tensive superficial burns" to two of
her crew, according to telegram re-
ceived by the Secretary Of the Navy
from Captain Laws, of the vessel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17

A San Francisco man says he win
rot before he pays alimony to his d.
vorced wife. but It is believed he will
rhange has mind before decomposition
gets firm hold on him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
U. S. Minister Bars Cook.

Copenhagen.-U. S. Minister Egan,
in accordance with the university
opinion, has written Cook dissuading
him from visit here. fearing UNI
pleasant demonstrations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17

i may be theoretically possible to
transport 10000 men across the Alps
IN aeroplanes, but with the example
Of Moissant and Hockey in their minds
the chances are that 5000 Of them win
refuse to be transported in thas way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
80 INDICTED AT DANvILLE, ILL.

This Is Result OF Vote-seIIing Probe
In Joecannontown.
Chicago Eighty indictments have
been voted by the grand jury Of Yer
million county in the vote-selling in
vestigation.s
One city official and one county
Official are included among those
named in true bills.
More than hundred additional
indictments are under consideration
This action by the jury is taken to
mean fight to the finish against the
influences that have been exerted
against continuance Of the inquiry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
Eaxors Whinpine Posi-.

Salem, Ore. Governor West has
vetoed bill adopted by the legis-
lature abolishing the whipping post.
An EFFORT will be made to pass the
bill over the Governors veto.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
Boiler Blast Kills Ten.

Smithville, Tex Eight white men
and two colored men were killed and
four injured by the explosion of a
Missouri. Kansas & Texas freight To-
connective boiler.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
Kidnapper Gets Twenty-Five Years

New York. Giovanni Gangi. a
peddler. who was convicted last week
of kidnapping fiye-year-old Rosina
Giordino, the daughter of a baker,
last March, was sentenced by Judge
Grain in the Court of General SEES
sions to rs years in the state prison.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17

Mobile, Ala. -Twenty7seyen mem
bers of the crew of dredge owned
by the International Wrecking Com
pany were drowned when the vessel
foundered in the Gulf last Wednes-
day en- route from Galveston to New
York
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
BOIL WEEvIL PLAGUE PLANNED
Plot TO Distribute Insects in South
Carolina and Georgia.

ElOC " DAStAlUuVc hnSCcts III 0UutAk
Carolina and Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga. What purports to be
plot to distribute boil weevils
throughout the cotton-raising dis
tricts of Georgia and South Carolina
was exposed when Goyernor-elect
Hoke Smith gave out letter he re-
ceived telling Of the details Of the
plan to project plague.
According to the letter, two men.
one of whom is a Texan, have in
their possession 100000 live insects
which they intend to distribute. The
writer declared he had promised to
conceal the conspirators' names, but
felt it his duty to Illustrate their
scheme.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17

Dying Request.
Oxford, Men fufillment Of q
compact made with her husband dur
ing his lingering illness, which
death ended Saturday, Mrs. Lynwood
Keene took her own life Sunday af-
ter having fatally shot her 14-year-
old son Gerald. The compact dated
about a month back and was found
by the coroner in sealed envelope
in the woman's room.
Keene once was a prosperous farm
err, but the family had become inn
poverished and discouraged during
his long sickness. He was 3S years
old and his wife year or two young
err. The document found in dress
er in Mrs. Keene's room, along with
several farewell letters to relatives,
bore the names of both Mr.. and Mrs.
Keene, although the husband appar-
emily had been too feeble to more
than make his mark, his name be-
ing written by his wife.
The document recited briefly the
family troubles, the result Of Mr..
Keene's Illness. In it his death was
predicted, and it was stated that as
both the parents thought 1t would
be wrong to have their son remain
in the world to suffer the troubles
they had experienced, Mrs. Keene
bound herself to .'do away" in the
words Of the compact, with herself
and their son Gerald as soon as pos
sible after the death of the husband
and father.
Friends of the family who were in
the house assisting in preparing the
body of Mr.. Keene for burial heard
shots fired upstairs They found the
boy Gerald in bed in his room with a
bullet wound in his right temple. So
close had the revolver been held to
the child's head, probably while he
was asleep, that the hair about his
temple was singed. The boy was
alive but unconscious when found
He lived less than an hour.
The door of Mrs. Keene's room
was broken in and her body was
found stretched on the bed. She had
placed the revolver muzzle to the
roof Of her mouth and fred. death
probably being instantaneous. The
revolver was on the bed beside her
In letters to relatives to whom
small gifts were made of personal be-
tlongings, the husband and wife ask
cd IN he hurind in q df1iihIa caakat
and that their sons coffin and theirs
be placed in the same box for final
interment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
WIDOW Full FILLS
SUICIDE COMP ACT
Kills Fourteen-year-ol Son and
Herself.
FAMILY IMPOVERISHED BY ILLNESS.

Mrs. Lynwood S. Keene, Of Oxford,
Me-, Shoots Her 14-year-old Son
and Then Kills Herself While the
Body Of Her Husband Is Being
Prepared for Burial Downstairs.
All Three Bodies win Be Buried
Together, According to Their
Dying Request.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-08

A Great Sacrifice on Lands in
the Rain Belt of Eastern Ne
braska, the Greatest Ranch and
Dairying Farm Proposition Ever
Offered.
500 acres with or without a2O acres ad-
Joining OF the best grass land IN the state.
Most OF this land will produce 20 TO 20
Ing yields OF other grains. The soil IL a
rich, sandy loan and very productlys
Every acre OF this land will produce red
or white clover, bluegrass, timothy or AL
falfa- Every acre viii prouuce as much
grass as any $125-acre land in the state
II is all covered with heavy growth OF
contains q lake OF 10 acres which is led by
springs and furnishes an abundance OF
pure water the year round. Don't live on a
small farm OF high priced land when you
have the opportunity OF securing a tract
OF this kind where you cannot only make
so much more money in the dairying and
value OF this land will make you fortune
You don't have to dig every dollar YOU
make make out Of the soil. II you run a dairy
cream and pay you cash. II you do a stock
feeding business you can purchase the
feeders farther west and feed them on this
land In transit, afterwards shipping the
finished cattle to either the South Omaha
or Sioux City markets. II you need more
grain than you raise on this land for your
feeding you can purchase all you want
from the adjoining farms. This 10 not a
tract or cheap western land, hut located
in the rain belt OF eastern Nebraska in q
district that has been settled for d years
being miles southwest OF Pierce, Is miles
northwest Of Norfolk, miles north OF
Meadow Grove and miles northwest Of
Battle Creek. For quick sale SIS per acre.
Half cash, balance per cent
w. J. DERMODY INVESTMENT CO.
1914 CITY Nat. Bank Bldg, Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-08
FOR SALE

Two tracts Of so acres and lSO acres sd-
Joining OF choice unimprovsd farm land in
the south edge OF Pierce county, eight miles
north Of Battle Creek. owner must sell
and will accept so per acre II taken az
once. Terms half cash, balance at per
cent interest
w. j. Demody Investment Co.,
1914 City Natl Bank Bldg Omaha. Nsb.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-08
LOuIsian.

VERNON parish. La: the land of sum
shine soil, climate, markets. water, health
good; prices cheap; write LeesVills Real
Estate and Improvement CO., c. NJ No
Farland. 6ec'y. LeesVille, La
LOUISIANA farm and timber lands
good for truck, corn, cattle. etc; on ac-
count Of cotton pest, cheapest lands on
market. Hall. Elder Bencit. Monroe.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-08
OFFERED FOB RENT


FOR RENT-For three months begin
ming June list An eight room furnished
house on west Farnam car line. For par
ticulars, telephone Harvey 804 or call at
$40 No. 10th street