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whose voice was melodious.

whose voice was meiOdiOus.
Don't be frightened. I'm not
burglar at all. I've simply made a mis-
take and got into the wrong house. I'm
going away at once"
"Poice. Robbers. MURDER"
ConfOund the girl. She'll bring the
police down on me and get me into
fix.
''Shut up- cried. II mean. be quiet
Nobody's going to hurt you. tell you
it's all a mistake. live in this block.
and my house is
Don't shoot! Take everything-sil
yer. jewelry. ALL"
l hesitated between flight and going
upstairs to calm this hysterical young
woman and finally concluded on the
latter course. 1t seemed that the voice
came from the head of the stairs. |
ran up two steps at time. but was
not quick enough. There was light
in this upper hall. but 1t was turned
SO low that 1 could only distinguish a
table with a box. on it. but couldn't
see what the latter was like. II the
girl was in the hall l couldn't see her.
heard a door open and saw some
thing white cross the hall. Then the
gas jet was turned up. and | saw
girl In her nightdress under 1t. What
she saw YVES young man in evening
dress. She put her hand on her heart
and staggered.
Calm YOURSELF" ! said. 1--WE been
afraid you would turn an innocent mis-
take into a tragedy. Do | look like
burglar?'
"If you're not. what are you doing
here?"
"Oh, Gwen" cried the old woman's
voice l had heard downstairs. come
back. He'll kill you:"'
l was puzzled. These persons had
been talking to me. and yet they didn't
seem to have heard ME. And how did
the old woman get upstairs?
Are you two deaf?" l asked. irri-
tated.
Gradually the girl regained her equa-
nimity. Then she smiled. Her smile
broke into a laugh.
What in thunder does it all mean"
I shouted.
wait a minute and I'll tell you"
She ran into n bedroom and In an
other moment emerged in a kimona.
She was very pretty in either costume
Mamma and ! live alone and are liz
constant terror Of burglars. SO we got
two monographs. and mamma talked
in one and | i'm the other the words
you have doubtless heard. Every night
we connect them with a fine wire In
the vestibule so that II burglar broke
1t with his foot it would set the pho
nographs talking"
well. I'll he jinged" ! exclaimed.
I'D rather be arrested and jagged for
a burglar than be made fool OF"
A silvery laugh from the girl rang
out. and added:
"You need n man In this house. and
II you want me all you've got to do Is
to say So"
"Thank you: we get on very we'll
with two monographs. We don't need
MAN at ALL"
81 consider one man better than two
monographs any time"
With that | left. My words were
spoken jocIlarly. but six months from
that date | stood in the house not as
burglar. but as bridegroom.
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known, SURPRISING ether and chioro-
form, but he did not put me to sleep
this afternoon"
Making Progress.
Congress having gone so far as to
prohibit the intermarriage of negroes
and whites there is hope among citi-
zcns of the District of Columbia that
the time may come when jimcrow
car service may be established. All
around the city of Washington laws
are in effect which require separa-
ton of the races in public convey
anceS.
If congress ever gets to the point OF
passing jincrow car law for the
District we might expect that there
would be possibility of enacting
law which would give the people OF
the District the franchise and by some
method shut out the large ignorant
negro population. which is the sole rea-
son why the seat OF government Is not
self governing.
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HOUSE SUsTA.Ns TAFT
Refuses to Pass immigration Bill Over
His Veto.

Refuses to Pass immigration Bill Over
His Veto.
Washington, Feb. 20.-By vote OF
a13 years to ia nays, the house re-
fused to override President Tafts
veto of the Dillingham-Surnett imml'
grafton bill.
The friends of the bill lacked five
votes of the necessary two-thirds. me
measure lad previously been passed.
over the presidents disapproval ny
the senate.
Representative Burnett opened the
debate in the house on the question
of passing the immigration Dill over
President Taft's veto. He strongly
urged the passage of the bill ami
stirred up the opponents of the liter
bcy test.
Representative Goldfogle, of New
York. denounced the literacy test as
unjust and un-American." Represen
tative Burnett insisted on Limitation
of the debate in order that a vose
might be taken at once, characterizine
the efforts of the opponents OF the
measure as filibustering.
Representative Cannon asasiled the
measure, declaring that it was passed
In defiance of patriotic and wise 1udg
ment."
Representative Clayton, of Alabama
| said that the American farmers hat
demanded protection for many year
from the cheap, pauper labor OF Eu
rope"
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JEALOUS MAN KILLS WIFE
Barber Then Shoots Himself In HOME

Barber Then Shoots Himself In Home
OF S.ster.ln-Law.
Doylestown. Pa. Feb. 20.-Jealou !
of his young wife. who he believed
was about to leave him, James Lunzi.
an Italian barber. twenty-three yea 8
old. shot and killed her in the home
of his sister, Mrs. Louis Wolfsberger.
at Edison. Pa. hamlet near here.
Lunzi fired three bullets into her
body and then lay down and sent a
bullet through his breast. His condf-
ton is so serious that the Doyles own
police could not move him from the
house.
Mrs. Lunzi expected to become a
mother in a few weeks. The poli:e
said there was no motive for the ira
gedy other than Lunzi's belief that
his wife would leave him after the
baby arrived. Mrs. Lunzi's father was
distracted when he learned of the
shooting.
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A Singular
Reception
By RYLAND BELL

One night after dining late went
home. l live In one Of row OF ten
houses, all alike. and many are the
mistakes 1 have made in trying to ger
into the wrong domicile. ! soon learn
ed that If my latchkey did not work
easily had better beat retreat. But
on this occasion i must have found
the door unlatched-either this or my
key happened to dit the lock. for l had
no trouble in getting in. II 1t hadn't
been for the wine had drunk doubt
less l would have realized that some
thing was wrong. for in my own house
the hall light would have been turned
low. while here it was out.
My foot tripped on something. and
stumbled. but caught myself. Placing
my hat and overcoat In the hall closet.
! was about to feel my way upstairs
when l heard q voice in the adjoining
room. 1t was apparently that OF a
nervous old woman trying to be reso-
lutte.
Go away ut once! The house Is
wired for burglars, and the police will
be here directly!"S
"What In the world was begin.
ming when the same voice continued:
81 don't wish you to lie arrested and
20 to Jail. Do consider. Prison life Is
awful. Just go right out the way you
came In. and you'll save lot of trou-
BILE for YOURSELF"
1t was evident to me by this time
| that had made one Of my plumbers
in getting into the wrong house. and.
| not relishing being taken for burglar,
l was about to apologize and go out
| when it OCCURRED to me that an apollo
gy would neither he believed nor ac-
cepted and had better make an exit
without one. Indeed. l was not quite
sure but that some man might he
waiting with gun till he could locate
the intruder. So | concluded to go al
once. but objected to leaving my hat
and overcOat to establish my identity.
While l was feeling my way to the
closet all was silent. hut no sooner had
/ started for the door than an entire
" different voice came from upstairs.
1t was apparently that of girl.
"lf you must take something away
with you go to the sideboard. and
hanging to rail behind 1t you'll find
the KEY to the drawer. and the silver
is inside. Take it all and welcome. only
go away az soon az possible"
This was too much. could not for
1 - =
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nlete the election of the. next president.
it was not much more solemn than an
ordinary day in the house.
Against Conservation.
Senator Bankhead made vigorous
attack upon the conservationists. es-
pecially that small band who played
tennis with Roosevelt when he was
president and who are keeping up the
fight for the Roosevelt conservation
policies. The Alabama senator insist
ed that they were retarding the prog.
ress of the country and instanced the
veto of the Cocsa river dam project
which they obtained.
He said that the water power in Ala
bama was still going to waste and the
company had gone to Canada to es
tablish its plant. The project was in
tended to manufacture cheaply fer
tiliZer much needed in the south.
which now comes from Chile. where
an export duty Of $12 ton is charged
Bankhead has been very much against
the methods of many of the conserva-
tfonists.
Practieing at the Bars.
It Is too bad that Congressman
Rucker of Colorado will be lost to the
house after March 4. He always says
something good. When the Kenyon
Webb anti-liquor bill was considered
In the house Rucker supported it.
Il was Il practitioner of the bars In
the early days of my life" said Ruck
er. II had occasion to go out many
times and cuss the court deciding the
case and very many times to go out
from the other bar and cuss the pro-
prietor for serving such bad whisky
But am in favor Of this bill because
1t makes all of us. severally and indi
tidually. our own barkeeperS. and since
/ am compelled to go back to one or
both of these bars. am going to go
along the lines of least resistance and
vote for this bill"
A Man From Maine.
When the tellers announced that the
six votes of Maine had been cast for
Woodrow Wilson for president. very
few who heard the announcement
knew that those returns had been
brought to the capital by man eighty
two years old. He performed the same
mission fifty-two years ago. the last
time before 1912. that Maine cast her
vote for the Democratic candidates.
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Six Hits With No Runs.

Baseball has SOME funny freaks. but
none ever beat one which writer re-
calls happened in IL game in Indiana
OIL May 30. 1890. when the Anderson
club got three triplets. double and
two singles in one inning. and yet the.
lidn't score Ireland. the first batter
hit for il triple and tried to score on d
short passed ball. but WAS tagged ont
WiSwell the next batter. hit for what
,oolipd like Il home run. but was caught
1t the plate by good return. Shum
way. the next batter. tripled- The next
batter. Derby. hunted. and while the
bird baSeIuun WAS waiting for the bal
o go foul the batter made second. thus
giving him two bases FaatZ also hunt
ID and WAS safe. AZ Shunway on thirC
vas held floI:i scoring This made five
hts. and he sixth care when Fear hi
liner In right. the bail hitting FIat1
III the way to second. thus retiring til,
side
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ON SHORTENING
PRESIDENTS Term
Wilson Men Urge His Right to
Re- election.
may PUT OFF MOVE TO 1921
Taft and Roosevelt Supporters Would
Let Amendment Take Effect at That
Time So Their Candidates Could
Have chsnces-Most Of Them Will
Be out of Public Life Before Then.
Nv ARTHUR w, DUNN.

Washington. Feb. 10. - (Spectal.1 -
rwo uolitical reasons can be assigned
IS to why the Democrats In congress
10 not want to have any measure 90
Into effect Immediately which Will cur
tail the presidential tenure. The VIII
son men do not want to debar the
roming president from a re-eiectlon IL
he wants it. and the anti-Bryan men
do not want to give Bryan the pres
tige Of preventing a second election OIL
Wilson and leaving a clear field FOR
himself in 1916. 1t has been SAID that
Wilson has indicated that he would
not like to have his possible tenure
curtailed by a constitutional amend
ment.
The Taft men are willing to nave
the amendment take effect In l92l. us
that would give Taft two more
chances. The same can be said or the
Roosevelt supporters. There IL anoth-
or considerat ion-if the amendment Is
put off until 1921 there are mighty
few men i'll public life now who VIII
care one way or another. as they VIII
have passed from the stage OF activity.
Offering an Olive Branch.
The Universal Peace union Is going
he limit in the way of peace offer
.ngs. 1t proposes that Great Britain
shall be given a seaport in Alaska at
some point convenient to her great ter
.itory in the northwest and some 5OO
niles farther north than the present
Canadian outlet on the Pacific ocean.
So far the matter has only gone To
The request" stage as the resolution
introduced for the purpose bears the
fatal words of discredit 'by request"
One of the hot contentious in the set
Element Of the Alaskan boundary dis
pute was the effort of Great Britain
10 grab Il seaport in Alaska. which our
people successfully contested.
MondeIl and the Mississippi.
Congressman Mondell Of Wyoming
who made himself somewhat unpopu.
lar with river and harbor advocates by
opposing many items in the bill. says
that in his opinion the Mississippi river
should not be improved by building
levees close to the stream. but by hav
ing them far back. so that there will
be more room for tae flow of the wa
ter.
THE present system" said Mondell
"narrows the channel. chOkes the
stream and causes the great overflows
so destructive to property. The Ievees
should be built farther back, and
though there might lie 100 square miles
along the river which would be sub
ject to overflow, at least 1000 square
miles would lie saved from the foods.
Mondell was considering the CUES
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Giggling Girls Jailed.

Washington. Pa, Feb. 20. - Miss
Rose Beattie. seventeen years old, and
Mrs. Florence Aspline. nineteen years
old. are in the county JAIL serving a
twenty-day sentence for giggling In
formation against them was made by
Rev. 2. K. Riggs, who testified that
they INDUCED in frivolous converse
lon and giggled while he conducteI
religious services
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office coSN,aittee does not favor the one
cent proposition. In circular letter
which be has written in reply to advo-
Gates of the reduced rate he shows
that the United States has lower rate
of postage than all other countries
when distance is considered. No cOun-
try except Japan has a lower letter
rate than cents. Japan's rate IS IS.
with greatest distance carried 1.25O
miles. although the average is compar-
atively short. Concluding his circular.
Senator Bourne says. lit is apparent
that the service rendered for two cent
charge is greater than that rendered in
any other country"
sristow's Opposition.
Senator Bristow. who was for sew
eral years connected with the postottice
department, is opposed to the reduction
of the first class rate to I cent and the
increase of the second class rate to 2
cents pound. 1T means that the big
concerns. corporations. business houses.
banks and. in fact. every company do
ing big business and using the mails
will be benefited. while the people of
the country as a whole will save vir-
tually nothing from a reduced letter
rate. 1t means an increase on second
class matter, to which 1 am opposed"
-.. Going Through the Motions.
The passing of appropriation bills
each year scarcely varies in the form
of entertainment 1t affords. The mem
bers go through the motions in about
the same way, these consisting of
knocking out all legislation and in
creases of salaries by points of order
and their restoration by the senate
and finally an agreement in conference
on the increases.
The men on the appropriations COM
mittees who put the legislation and the
increased salaries in the bill in the first
place are always confereeS. and of
course they yield to the pressure of
the senate az that pressure leads to
exactly what they want Meanwhile
the men who have been busy with
points OF order have made n reputatio
for economy.
Real Smoked Meats.
Better meat insDeo ton was demand
ed by Fowler of Illinois when the ag-
ricnitural bill was considered. He told
how the meats We're now so badly pre-
served that mpch was unfit to eat. and
one had to ''ho,l his nose at the table"
when the meat was placed before him
Well. they had considerable fun with
Fowler. first and last over his board
ing house and how he lived.
What we should have is a return to
the old farm smoke houses" said Fowl
er. when meat was cured with sassa-
fras and hickory"
"Or corncobS," remarked Hamilton
Of Michigan, and Fowler assented.
Ready to Fight.
Senator AShurSt of Arizona is ready
for fight The other day he wanted
the names attached to Il petition y: int
cd in the Record. but objection was
made. Then he moved to have the
names printed. remarking. II do this
to accentuate the fact that there is one
rule here Tor one senator and then an
other rule for Il different senator"
Finally he had his way.
Sleep, Gentle Sleep.
Sloan of Nebraska and Fowler of H.
linois were having war of words.
THE gentleman from Nebraska must
have been asleep when made my
statement" said Fowler
Il have not been asleep replied
Sloan. II admit that the gentlenan's
speeches are the greatest anaesthetc
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tiOu AlOAh punt Pho-
lection to the adjacent land. He says
that the results of his plan would be
better navigation. "
The SoeIIins Of a, Name.
Captain Lamb of Virginia brought
the agricultural appropriation bill be-
fore the house. and 1t had the word
Bermuda spelled "Burmuda.." And of
course Jim Mann jumped on it. He
dashed the Democrats for not know
ing how to spell a name that should
have become known through recent
visit of distinguished Democrat.
when Bermuda attracted their atten-
tion." he said. by reason of the gen.
tleman sojourning there they forgot
how to spell the name because they
were SO intent upon hoping that he
would give them jobs"
Prayers unavailing.
1t is said that the prayers of the
Taft administration have been fervent
that nothing might happen to disturb
things and compel any decided action
of Importance until after the 4th of
March. The president did not wish to
inaugurate any movement or to take
an important step in the several COM
plications which surround this cOun-
try. But that DiaZ fellow by his dar-
ing and the Madero man by his def
ance set at naught the presidential
prayers.
Can Now Discard the Goggles.
General Clarence r. Edwards was
for many years in Washington as chief
Of the bureau of inslllar affairs. Then
he was made a brigadier general OF
the line and sent to Fort ID. A. Russo
Wyoming. Ito perform in Senator War
ren's back yard" as an officer put 1t.
When in Washington not long ago Ed
wards told of the wind at Russell.
Why" he said. 1t sweeps across
there like gale. 1t broke 1000 win
dow panes of glass the other night SIM
ply by driving the sand against them.
l wear goggles all the time with fur
around the edges to protect my eyes,"
Since then Edwards has been Or
dered to command the troops in the
Moro country in the Philippine Is
lands. "Clarence can discard those
goggles" grimly remarked another Of
ficer. who walls rather pleased to have
Edwards made n "Alanchu.' ''or at
least he can take off the fur down
there under the equator"
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GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA-FLOUR steady;
winter clear $4.1O04.SO: city mills.
RYE FLOUR steady; per barrel.
$3.60@3.75.
WHEAT steady; No. 2 red, 991zc@
$1.O0A.
CORN steady; No. 2 yellow, 57h0
5Sc.
OATS firm; No. white. 41c.; lower
grades, 39c.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, Ii
@16kc.; Did roosters, 12hc. Dire -sed
firm; choice fowls, 17hc.; old roost
ers, 13c.
BUTTER firm; fancy creamery, CSC.
EGGS steady; selected, "a q &c.;
nearby, 22c.; western, pc.
POTATOES firm: per BUSH. 70Q73c.
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BOMB WRECKS
COUNTRY HOME
House Of Lloyd George Near
London Shattered
SUFFRAGETTES SUSPECTED
Two Broken Hat Pins Found In the
Wreckage Are the Only clues-Fam-
lily Were About to Move In

London, Feb. 20.-"Walton-on-Hill,
the country residence of David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the exchequer'
at Walton Heath, in Surrey, near Lon
don, was nearly destroyed by oonp
witch the police say was placed there
either by mill ant suffrege.tes or their
male sympathizers.
Lloyd-George is on motor trip IN
France. Nobody was injured, as the
residence was not occupied.
General" Mrs. Flora Drummond,
one of the militant suffragist leaders,
declared the explosion was 'undouJt-
eddy the work Of women"
81 think it is grand" she exclaimed
enthusiastically. 1T was fine act
successfully carried out and shows the
determination of the women. say
all mower to all kinds of militancy In
the direction of harrassing cabinet
ministers short Of taking human
life.'"
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, another
suffrage;te leader, said:
81 know nothing about the outrage
at Mr.. Lloyd-George's residence. am
sure that the Women's Social and 70
litical Union is not involved in any
way"
The fact that neighbors saw several
women near "Walton-on-H!lp in an
automobile led to the theory that the
outrage had been committed by sui
fragettes. This suspicion was strength
ened by the finding of two hatpins in
the wreckage.
The finishing touches to the interior
were to be put on and the housenolo
effects of the Lloyd George family
/ weer to be moved to the house the last
| part of this week. Mr.. Lloyd-George
was to occupy the new home upon his
return from the south OF france
where he went recently for rest and
recuperation.
A dynamite bomb had been placed
in the domestics' quarters. This par
of the house was shattered and thu
walls were cracked by the explosion
The floor of Lloyd-George's intended
sleeping quarters was wrecked ant
one of the walls of the room crashed
In.
An attempt also had been made t.
set the building on fire, as large guam
titles of paper, saturated with oil
were found. Some of them were burn
ing when discovered by persons al
tracted by the explosion.
Two seven-pound cans OF blacl
| n1n IN wy
rooms among heaps of wood shaving
which had been saturated with oil
and in the center of which burnin
candles had been fixed.
Mccarthy, Scotland Yard inspet
tor, has taken charge Of the invest
CATION. No arrests have been made
There Is evidence that the dynamite
fed. to the coast with the evident II
tention of going to France.
| had entered th
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WEATHER EVERYWHERE.
Observations o! United States
weather bureaus taken at p. N
vastordav follow:
Temp. Weather.
,v5eriden Conn Feb % Suffra-

rferiden, Conn, Feb. 20. - Suffra-
gists, who are campaigning through
the state, have adopted the novel plan
of providing in each hall where meet
ings are held an improvisad nursery.
where babit are cared for while their
mothers listen to speeches and look
over the suffragist exhibit.
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Priest Killed In Confessional,

Muelheim-Am-Ruhr, Germany, Feb.
20.-A visiting Catholic clergyman
named Wengeler was shot and killed
by Polish workman in the confess
sional of st. Engelbert's church here
The murderer, who had asked to con-
fes sto the priest, was arrested. He
declared he had intended to kill the
regular priest of the church.
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house By prying open back window.
They placed large bowl in one of the
bedrooms This was probably filed
with dry shavings in which a candle
had been placed. The bomb was plac-
ed on top of the shavings beside the
candle This gave the dynamiters
about fifteen or twenty minutes in
which to escape.
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Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURGH (Union Stock Yards)
CATTLE active; choice, $500
S85; prime, $S.1O@840.
SHEEP higher; prime wethe rs
$6.50@6.75; culls and common, So = 4;
lambs, $5.50@9.25; veal calves, 5000
OIL.
HOGS lower; prime heavies, IS 65;
mediugs, heavy Workers, light York
ers and pigs, $S.75; roughs. $7.50Q
1856.
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Mark TWain's Kin SlainS

Selkirk, Man, Feb. 20.-John Glenn
ems, son of William Clemens. and a
nephew of the late Samuel Clemens
mark Twain), is dead as the result
of a fight in a hotel. Frank Hoffman, n
camp cook, is under arrest, charged
with his death.