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VOL. XI.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Y Decree That Shows the Progress of
the World's Thought
IZAR OF RUSSIA GROWS LIBERAL
Local Self-Government Granted i*i
Some Instances?A L.on$* Step In
Advance.
St. Petersburg, Ry Cable.?The Czar
has published a decree providing for
rreedom of religion throughout his
dominions, establishing to some degree
local self-government and making
other concessions to the village
committees. The decree, which was issued
in commemoration of the anniversary
of the birthday of Alexander
111, is considered to be the most significant
act of state since the emancipation
of the serfs. The public bails
it as tin? proclamation of an era opening
up bright prospects of the ear.y
Improvement of Russian internal administration.
The text of the decree is
in part as follows:
"The trouble agitating our country,
which to our deep regret have partly
Deen sown by designs hostile to the I
State and partly engendered by doc- i
trincs foreign to Russian life, hinder
the general work of ameliorating tho
well-being of our people. These troubles
confuse the public mind, remove
the people from productive labor, and
often ruin families dear to our heart
nnd young < ncrgies among high and
low, necessary to the internal development
of the country. In demanding
the fulfillment of this, our will, while
remaining strongly opposed to any violation
of the normal course of national :
life, and having confidence that all j
will loyally discharge their local du- ;
ties, we are irrevocably decided to !
satisfy the needs for which the State |
lias become ripe and have deemed it >
expedient to strengthen and decree it j
expedient to observance of the principles
of tolerance laid down by the
fundamental laws of the Russian Em
i-,- .. ?
f?c, -uitu. niusnuuig cue urinoaox i
Church as the ruling one, grant to all j
our subjec ts of other religious and to j
all foreign persuasions freedom of
creed and worship In accordance with i
other ites; and we are further resolv- i
ed to continue the active carrying out
of mcaiures for the improvement of
the matM'lal position of the orthodox
.nvaO ciergy, while enabling them to j
cake a larger share in intellectual and ,
public life.
"In accordance with impending
measures for the consolidation of tho
national economy, the efforts of the
State credit institutions and especially
the nobles and peasants banks should
be directed to strengthening and developing
tlie welfare and fundamental
pillars of Russian village life and that
of the local nobility and peasantry.
These principles marked out by us for
the disposition of the laws of the rural
population are, when formulated, to be i
referred to the provincial government
councils, so that with ihe assistance
of persons ienjoying the public's confidence,
they may be further developed
and adapter! to the special conditions
of individual localities. This fundamental
principle of the inviolability of
communal property is to be maintained,
while the same time means are
to be found' to render it easier for the
indlvadual to server connections with
the community to which he belongs, if
he so desired.
"Without delay measures must be
taken to release the peasants from the
present burdensome liability of enforced
labor.
"Through reforms are to be effected
in the provincial governments and districts
admlnistratlonal by the local
representatives, while attention will
be devoted to securing closer co-operation
between the communal author!
ties and parochial trustees of the Orthodox
churches wherever possible.
"Calling upon all our subjects to cooperate
in strengthening the foundations
of families, school and public life
under which alone the well-being of
the people and the confidence of every
one in the stabiity of his rights can
develop, we command of o?r ministers
and chief officials concerned in this
matter to submit to us their views regarding
the execution of our intentions."
Sworn to Kill His Uncle.
Knoxvllle, Tenn., Special.?Garrett
Heddon. an alleged moonshiner, has
been stabbed to death by his brother.
Riley Heddon. in Polk county. A year
*go in an altercation with another
brother, Garrett killed him and this
murder led to his own death. Garrett
ind Riley had visited the town of Re
liance and had started home when they
became involved in a quarrel about
larrett having killed his brother, the
lesult being that Ftiley plunged a knife
through his body. Garrett was taken
borne, where, after his family had assembled,
be gave to his eldest son
iged 10, his pistol, making him swp'i?
that he would kill his uncle when he
^vas large enough.
Another Rcstrnlntng Order.
K: nsna City, Special.?An Injunction
as; granted to the Kansas City Trans>.
Company against the Team Uriels'
International Union. No. and
ie sympathizers of the strike, by
luge John P. Phillips, of the United
tatos District Court. The action was
reiight on the ground that the com- i
lalnants are government cartmen, be
it employed by the government In
unsporting, bonded goods.
ORT
F<
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Mnay Matters of General Interest la
Short Paragraphs
The Sunny South.
flcavy floods are threatening towns
on the lower Mississippi.
The Southern Railway will greatly
enlarge its shops at Spencer.
The North Carolina General Assembly
closed its bi-annual session Monday.
Along the Mississippi the levees ary
being strengthened with bags of sand
and the levees are breaking in places.
Government engineers report thnt
the highest water ever known in the
Mississippi is to lie feared before tb^
present flood subsides.
Secretary of the Navy Moody, with
a party of ofllc ials, left Charleston,
S. C.. at noon Wednesday on the <1 is
ikm.cu uoat uoipmn ior a cruise 111 the
West Indies.
Tlie condition of ex-Senator James
K. Jones, of Arkansas, who has been
ill for some days, is reported as improved.
A paroxysm of hiccughs which
lasted two days preatly distressed the
patient, but the physicians now havo
this unfavorable symptom under control
and the family express the hope
that he will entirely recover.
J. R. Mcintosh, general counsel of
the Southern division of the Posial
Telegraph Company, who has been ill
in Atlanta for some time with pneumonia.
was last night reported to be in
a very critical condition. Hope for his
recovery has been practically abandoned,
although his physicians state that
he may live two or three days.
At The National Capital.
The blockade of the Orinoco by
Venezuela is expected to develop fresh
International complications.
Representatives of the throe Americas
will meet at the State Department
to consider tire Pau-American railway
project.
The President has nominated Wm.
Plimley to be Assistant United States
Treasurer at New York, succeeding the
late Conrad Jordan.
At The North.
At Olean, N. Y.. 18 to 20 persons
were killed and double that number
injured by an explosion of oil.
The ferryboat Neptune was sunk by
the river steamer Margaret at Pittsburg,
but no lives were lost.
The unsatisfactory bank statement
and the assignment c- Dresser & Co.
caused 'Mocks to break sharply in Wall
xtreet.
The protected cruiser Chattanooga,
for the United States Navy, built by
Lewis Nixon's company, was launched
at Ellaabethport, N. J., Miss Lillian
Chambliss, daughter of the Mayor of
Chattanooga, acting as sponsor.
The directors of the Western Union
Telegraph Company declared the regular
quarterly dividend of 1 1-4 per
cent. A statement issued estimates the
net revenue for the quartor ending
March 31 at $1,850,000.
Arthur It. Pennell co-respondent in
the divorce suit of Edwin I* Ourdick,
who was mysteriously murdered at
Buffalo, was dashed to death in an
automobile, and his wik* who was with
him, is believed to be fatally injured.
Hon. William J. Bryan, addressing
the Michigan Judicial Convention at
Detroit, criticised ex-President fUovo.
land, J. P. Morgan and J. Edward Addicks.
The stockholders of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, in annual
meeting at Philadelphia, voted to increase
the capital stock oi the company
by |150,000,000, making the authorized
capital $-100,000,000.
Judge E. B. Adams, at St. I-ouis,
named March 17 as the date for hearing
arguments on the Wabash Railroad
injunction.
Six strange deaths on the Karamania
which arrived in New York from
Southern Europe, caused the health officials
to suspect cholera and to order
all on the vessel detained in quarantine.
From Across The Sen.
Pope I>eo XIII received a Jubilee
delegation of British Catholics.
The British House of Commons began
to debate on the army estimates
The Naval Committee of the Rciohstag
cut down the Government's p-o
gram for expenditure.
In the French Chamber of Deputies
the the Government was urged to acquire
Morocco.
Nineteen Italians are believed tn
have boon drowned by the capsizing of
a ferry boat on the Hudson river at
Spier Falls, New York.
Lord Lovat was overcome with stage
fright and sat down after comlcting
only part of the first sentence of his
maiden speech in the House of Lords.
The Ameer of Afghanistan divorced
all his wives but four.
Tope Leo, it is announced, will receive
pilgrims in Home today.
A great automobile parade saluted
Emperor William in Berlin.
Townsville, North Queensland, has
been visited by a cyclone, In which
many persons were killed or injured
A part of the hospital building collapsed
during the storm, killing six
persons. Schools, churches and residences
were destroyed, and many of
the inhabitants have been rendered
homeless.
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)RT MILL, S. C? WEDI
KILLED BY A TRAIN
Peculiarly Sad Tragedy at Hamtet,
North Carolina
OPERATOR MEETS A TRAGIC DEATH
nr. James \V. Dunoway Steps on the
Track in Front of a Rapidly Moving
Passenzcr Train.
Hamlet. X. C.. Special.?James \V.
Dunawav, operator for the Western
Union Telegraph Company at (his
place, was hit and killed by train No.
38 as it came into the yard Wednesday
morning. Mr. Dunaway was going
from the office to his homo, walking
along by the track with his head
down, and when in a few steps of the
engine, stepped on the track, seemingly
not knowing the train was approaching.
The engineer reversed his
engine and did all ho could to stop the j
train, but the distance was too short.
A'ith the exception of the left arm be?ig
broken and a bruise on the side of
tfne head there are no external Injuries.
The force of the blow knocked
tfiie man to one side and off the tracJc
and ho never rallied from the shock,
dying in SO minutes. Mr. Dunaway
lead been suffering from neuralgia for
several days. It is believed he was
crazed with the pain at the time and
was oblivious to the approach of the
train when he stepped on the track.
Ho leaves a wife and three children.
His remains will be taken to Salisbury
tomorrow for burial. Kink-hearted
people have very liberally contributed
to raising a purse for the griof-sfieken
wife and children, who are In needy
circumstances.
Violence of Strikers.
Kansas City. Special.?Violence entered
into the strike of the 211 drivers
employed by the 14 transfer companies
of the city who went on strike
this morning for an increase in wages
and for recognition of their union.
Perhaps half a hundred men were employed
during the day to take the
places of the strikers, though but little
work was accomplished by them.
During the afternoon strikers and
their sympathizers gathered in large
numbers at several points in the west
bottoms and held up wagons driven
by non-union men. At the Burlington
freight depot, the police wore forced
to draw their revolvers to disperse a
crowd that had cut the traces of
teams hitched to two loaded wagons.
At another point. George B. Evans, an
employe of the American Express
Company, in attempting to disperse a
crowd that was throwing stones "at a
driver, tired a shot into the ground.
N. N. Latin, a striker, interfered and
made a move to draw a knife, when
both men were arrested. In the afternoon
a crowd blocked tho thorough
fare and threw stones at the nonunion
drivers. Much excitement prevailed
and the police were kept busy.
Big Tobaceo Profits.
New York. Special.?The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
American Tobacco Company was held
Wednesday in Jersey "City. The old
board of directors was re-elected with
one exception. Charles N. Strotz being
chosen to succeed Thomas F. Jeffries,
of Richmond, Va
After deducting all charges and any
expenses the net earnings for the
year were $7,450,574.
The stockholders of the Consolidated
Tobacco Company also held
their annual meeting. The old board
of directors was re-elected. The report
of the assistant treasurer showed total
earnings of $13,291,459.
The annual meeting of the Conti
nental Tobacco Company was also held
when the old board of directors was
re-elected. The treasurer's report
showed net earnings, after deducting
all charges and expenses, of $11,770,934.
nisslon Anniversary.
New York, Special.?A conference
eelebratlng the twentieth anniversary
of the National Florence Crittenton
Mission, opened in the mission house
In Bleeker street. The president. Chas.
N. Critenton, assisted by Mrs. Kate
Walter Barrett, general superintendent,
extended cordial hospitality on
behalf of the Old Mother Mission. The
following delegates were present: Mrs.
Jones, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Wolfe. Alexandria,
Va.; Mrs. Holtzclaw, Chattanooga.
Tenn.; Mrs. Fisher, Lynchburg,
Va.; Mrs. Holt, Savannah, (la. Papers
on various subjects connected with
mission work were read by visiting
delegates. The convention will continue
until Saturday.
White Man Killed.
Columbia, S. C., Special.?W. L.
Croft, a white man who lived at Fairfax.
Barnwell county, S. C., was shot
and instantly killed from ambush
Monday night, near his home. Suspicion
strongly points to.a negro. Frank
Strange, whose wife Croft had befriended
by giving her a home after
her husband had driven her from bis
house.
LL
stesday, march is,
THE EXTRA SESSION
Senator Horgan Still Speaks on the
Canal Question.
Senator Morgan Tuesday secured
the first material concession that has
been made to him by the Senate in
connection with the Panama treaty
with Colombia. This convention consisted
of an agreement to attach the
Spooncr Canal act bodily to the treaty.
This change was mnd? compliance
with a request which was p tu*Jvted
by Senator i.odge during V s
executive res* i n of the SHj^ and
after the n< ccsslty for it hnd^^Hi disother
members of the Scnate.^w
Senator i?aniel exnresseil the
opinion that as tlio preamble to the
treaty rails for the attachment of a
copy of the act that attachment was
necessary to preserve the terms of the
document intact. Senator Mortar, contended
that without this atta* hm? nt
the treaty was absolutely uivaiic.l.
Senators Teller an<l Hoar took the
opposite view, urging that as the act
was in existence and of record in the
statutes of the United States, the
physical annexation was of no consequence
whatever. Senator Lodge, however.
suggested that no injury could
result from the .attachment of the act
and requested unanimous consent for
that purpose. There was no objection
and Senator Morgan's wish in this respcct
was gratified. It was specifically
stipulated, however, that this concession
did not amount to an amendment
o." the treaty.
Senator Morgan consumed the entire
time of the remainder of tne
closed session, discussing the canal
question from various points of view,
and going over much ground which he
had already covered. Most of his
speech was wrtten. and when Senator
Cullom asked him if the speech he
was reading was a new one. or an old
one, he replied with some manifestation
of vexation that it was new.
adding that ho did not have to repeat
his addresses. He discussed particularly
the attitude of the i -thmian canal
commission of which Admiral Walker
is the head and criticised to some extent
the change of view taken by that
commission ir. its last report. He also
dwelt upon the variation of the terms
of the treaty from those of the Spoonor
law. During the progress of his addross
Senator Morgan expressed a desire
to have copies of the correspondence
between the United States government
and the new Panama Canal
Company hearing upon the acceptance
of the option given by that company
to the United States to purchase the
canal for $40,000,000 ami the Senate
consented to make a request 011 the
Secretary of State for those documents.
They had not arrived at half
past 3 o'clock and as Senator Morgan
stated that he would he unaide to proceed
without them Senator Cullom
moved that the Senate adjourn an!
this motion prevailed.
During the day there was more or
less informal discussion of the propo
sition to permit Senator Morgan to
publish his remarks in The Congressional
Record, but there was no effort
to reach a conclusion on this point.
Senator Cullom. chairman of the committee
on foreign relations, has taken
the position that this permission to
print shall not be granted unless Senator
Morgan will agree to allow a day
to be fixed for the vote upon the
treaty. On the other hand. Senator
Morgan says that he is entirely independent
of the Senate in these respects
because he says he can discuss
to any extent he please in the
public print a former tn aty between
the United States and Colombia, which
is almost identical with the pending
treaty and which has been made public.
During the day Senator Morgan forwarded
to each Senator copies of
eight pamphlets prepared by himself
on the canal question. They dealt
usually under special titles, with the
following subjects: "The History of
Onlnmtvln'c! flmnl 1
? ? ^uiiui V/U1K uagiuua UIIU I lie
Organization of Canal Companies;"
"The Methods Employed to Put the
Old Panama Canal Into Operation In
France;" "Colombia's Relationship to
the Canal Company;" "The Campaign
of Ilo, Hutln and Cromwell of Temptation,
Insolence and Coercion;" "Attorney
General Knox, and the Law of
the Case," and "The State of Civilization
in Colombia."
In the second of his pamphlets. Senator
Morgan contends against the
validity of the title of the new Fana,
ma Company, dcolaring that tho
French courts had no power to dissolve
the old Panama Canal Company
or to appoint a liquidator to hold
and control the property of that company
in Panama. Mr. Morgan asserts
that the French courts overstepped
the Jurisdiction in the matter of trans
fer of title. Mr. Morgan accuses those
desiring to sell the canal of "riding
down tho Colombia constitution" and
asserts that $1,000,000 in gold was
furnished by the new canal company,
lust'iHcr wuu mo use of its railroad
and ships to Colombian leaders in order
to prolong the canal concession
by maintaining the army and continu
iug the state of war. The trampling
of their constitution under foot in this
manner he characterizes as a very
bitter experience for the people of
Colombia. Senator Morgan takes is
sue with the conclusion? of Attorney
General Knox as to*the validity of the
till" the canal company can transfer
and contends no concession is valid
without an act of cession passed by
the Colombian congress. In his (
pamphlet on "The State of Civilization
in Colombia" Senator Morgan devotes
much space to the influence of
the Catholic church in Colombia. He
asserts that the results have created
deep-seated fanaticism in Colombia
and that this order controls Colombia
riME
lbo.i.
t
I In its present politics and will control
it in future, "so that when wo are in
disagreement with Colombia, we are
in conflict with the Holy Alliance."
A Large Inheritance
Charleston. S. C.. Special.?Mrs.
John Hopkins, who live ,n rednc. i
circumstances at Ophir g il.i min .
Union county, this State will receive
$113,000. the fortune of the Inte Charles
Hill, alias "Salem Charley," of Los
Angeles, Cal. It appears that Mrs.
Hopkins' first husband. Robert Alexander,
while in Texas, twenty years
auo. saved the life of Chirk s Villi and
Hill made a will of all of his property
to his preserver. Mrs. Hopkins* two
lawyers left Union for Los .Angeles today.
Kit cd in Collision.
Danville. Ya.. Special. Karly Tuesday
morning the Southern fast passenger.
standing at (his station, was run
into hy the north-bound Florida (Iyer,
resulting In the death of Jos. E. MoArthur.
of (laffncy, S. C.. a passenger,
and w. E. Ncal. of Rural Hill. N. C..
an ovorhauler. who was coupling the
air hrakis. James Coleman, an em
i.v...v ... iii.iu, wim w;is assisting I
Xonl. was taken to the hospital, when I
ono of his arms was amputated. Doth I
engines woro wrecked and several cars
damaged.
Situnii hi Grave at Natchez.
Natchez, Miss.. Special. Every precaution
that ran he devised is being
adopted to prevent any attempt at cutting
the levee and a constant watch is
maintained by armed men. Heavy
rains added to the gravity of the situation.
The river rose three-tenths and
la now 2.f? above the danger line, which
facts have intensified the f cling of apprehension.
The steamer i'.- tsy Ann
brought iu 2.r>0 people from tlie* flooded
district hi t ween here and itayou Sara.
The stearic!s St. Joseph and Senat .
Cordill a 1 > also doing eonsiderahle n
lief work between Natchez and Vicksburg.
ll'gh Water In Arkansas.
Little liock. Ark., Special.?The
White. Ulaek and Current rivers are
bank full and rising with a great volume
of water yet in sight. It i3 expected
that the river at Newport. Ark.,
will show a gauge of 42 foot which will
put the White river into the Iron
Mountain yards and over a great portion
of track. The Arkansas here is
rising rapidly above and the weather
bureau predicts a rise here within the
next 4S hours which will send the wa
tor above the danger line.
Crum's Appointment.
Washington. Special.?The Senate
committee on eonimerco decided to
postpone action on the nomination < ;
Wtn. D. Crum, to be collec tor cf th
port at Charleston. S. C., until next
Thursday. The suggestion for por.t
ponement was made by Senator Clay.
There are a number of vacancies < n
tlie committee and ho urged that the
committee should not act until these
were tilled. It is now believed by the
opponents of Dr. Crum that another
meeting of the committee will not b
held during the present session.
Justice Day's Illness S.-rious.
Washington. Special.?The Associated
Prees is Informed by a member
of the family of Justice Day, of the
United States Supreme Court, that he
Is suffering from a severe attack
grip. His condition, it is admitted, is
serious. Mrs. Day and two sons arrived
hero Friday. Two other sons,
one at the University of Michigan, | ,
I nun uiu UIUQI ill. u BVUUUI in A8nc- j
I vllh\ N. C.. are being kept closely ad 1
I vised as to their father's illness.
During the year ending June 30,
1901, 282 passengers were killed by
railroad accident .ml 4.9s< passengers
were injured. Railroad employes,
trespassers and grade crossings victims
suffered most everely. The total
number of casualties to persons on
account of railway accidents for the
year was (51,794, 4he number of persons
killed having been 8,455, and the
numoored injured, &S.339. Of railway t
employees, 2.(57") wore killed and 11,142 r
injured. The total number of persons F
other than employees and passengers '
killed was 5,498; injured 7.209. These 1
figures include casualties to trespassers,
of whom 4,001 were killed and 4,
858 were injured. The total number
of casualties to persons other than !j
employees from being struck by f
trains, locomotives or cars was 4,135
killed and 3.995 injured. Casualties (
of this class occurred as follows: At j
highway crossings, passengers killed
3. injured 11; other persons killed 828. I
injured 1,343; at stations, passengers f
killed 21. injured 344; other persons '
killed 378, injured 553; and at other
points along track, passengers killed
G, injured 27. other persons killed 2,899,
injured 1,717. 1
A Product of Misrisoippi.
Representative Candler of Mississlp- !
pi was speaking on the pure food hill. *
He extolled the food products of his :
own state. '"I should like," broke in ,
Representative Sims, "to ask a fines- s
tion about Mississippi a question r
about another product of that grand t
old state. How are the hears holding <
out?" "Wonderfully well," Candler re- :
plied. "liven Presidents cannot get *
them. Still, wo all hoped the I'r sident
would shoot one, so he could see
what pure bear food we produce."
:s.
NO. 52.
KILLED IN HIS AUTO.
Penncll (iocs to Mis Death in a Very
Tragic Manner
WAS ANOTOT1IER SAD MYSTERY
One of the Chief Figures in the llurdick
Alurder Case Crushed (ioitig
Over free p ce.
Uufi'alo, Special. More terrible. almost.
than tlu? death of K. L. Uurdiek.
was the tragedy that o r.riod late
Tuesday aftei aci a when Arthur Pcniu
II. one ol the ? hief figur s in the itt\
c ligation of the llurdiek ir. :rdcr. was
hurled headlong into eternity. Mr.
Pennell was riding in his ehvtrie ntitomobile
with .Mrs. I'eniKll. They were
on Kensington avenue, near Fillmore
avenue, skimming the edge of the stone
quarry, a huge roek-ribbed hole in tlie
giound. Penneli's hat blew off, the automoh:le
swerved and in some inexplicable
manner it leaped over the
curb into the abyss below. !'? nnell was
killed instantly, his head being crushed
to an unrecognizable mass. Mrs.
Pennell was injured so so rely that
the surgeons at the Sisters' Hospitajt
to which she was taken, say her chances
of recovery are very slight.
Two hoys saw the tragedy. They
were too far av ay to know positively
just how it happened. Mrs. Penm II
when found was unable to speak. Sin
was only s< mi-conscious when taken to
the hospital and tould speak no coherent
words. After the operation was
performed immediately by l>r. Ktigeuo
Smith in the hope of savor: licr life,
she lapsed into unconsciousness and
hence there t an lie no irn v? iMoti of
pjceisely I ow toe affair o <"ir. I.
Mr. Pennell > f. his tulle. i.t the Austin
building at 1:0a o'clor!; in thei
afternoon, lie went to his homo a* -OS
Cleveland avenue. A friend who eulletl
up Mr. Pennell on the telephone about
5 o'clock was inlormed vii.it Mr. Pennell
was in hut that he v.a- going for
a drive. Mr. Pennell hints -if answered
the telephone and said tliat he would
be hack between 6:110 and 7 o'clock,
making an appointment with his friend
for that iiour.
"Would 6 o'clock do?" he was asked.
"Oh, well yes. might come at 6
o'clock, but you better make it later.""
said Mr. Pennell.
Those ivere the last words Pennell
was known to speak to any one except.
.Mrs. Pennell, save that lie went hack
to the stairs and called out to Llzr.ie
Rolmianre, the maid, "Lizzie, we will
bo back between ?' and 7 o'clock." ? uen
he and Mis. l'ennell rode away in the
automobile. It was learned that uic
matter mentioned in the telephone
talk was something he considered mysterious
an 1 which welgho 1 heavily
upon Mr. Pennell in eoun tion with
the Ilurdicl; murder. Recently Mj^ pennell
made the following st^ivhieyt:
"About tl is c,wj'' of Burdlck.? ^ hav<
told the authorities 1 wont Sivay. tc
New York before the murder and i/at
I met Mrs. Burdiek while 1 was a\yn>T
In fact I saw Mrs. Hurdick near New
York two or three days before the raurdei*.
I have told it frankly and the
meeting v.?s a proper one. But they*
seem to be determined to drag all this
business out, t- flV' !>:?pors. I would do
anything to stop 'it.
PptlCeii iiis wife h ft their home
it 4:.70 o'clock or one or two minutes
tiefore that time. It was a gloomy aflernoon
and rain was falling. It seemed
t strange day for a man to take bis
vife autnmobiling, in tin* lonely northlast
section of the eity at such an hour.
Pcnnall was not a veteran at automo?di??
? ?- -
.....o, i? in- was .-in expert at pawling
the machine and was experienced
is to its management. What was unjsual
about today's proceeding, according
to the maid, was that Mrs.
Penneil had always before told her
vh'-n they would return, "Today, how>vcr,"
said the girl, when they went
)ut it was Mr. I'ennell who told me."'
Their route on their ride no one can
ell in detail. Captain Cable and the
>olice weie trying tonight to trace the oute
of the automobile. Mrs. Penleli
has been loyal to her husband
hroughout his trying experiences doing
the last ten days. She frequently
aid that her faith in him was unshacen
and that she would stick to him to
he end.
Telegraph c Hrl f<.
A notable Fren li-Amerieon ilomonitration
marked a banquet in l'aris to
I>avid It. Francis, president o? the Lous'.ana
Purchase Exposition.
M I..1? r>?i~ 1- - -
.... nines jiuis, in u rails interview,
ells the story of his romance with
dme. Emma Calve, whom he is to wed.
Camiilc Flaminarion, the no; d
rrench officer, dissents from I>r. Alre<i
It. WallP.ee's theory that the earth
s at the center of the univ -no.
High Wnt ?r at Vick but g
Vicksburg. Miss.. Special.- There la
ittle change ir. the flood situation her.;
xcept that the liver continues sh wly
o rise, the gauge registering 47.ft. a
wo-tenths ri"> since morning. There
ias been a steady fall of rain here ali
lay. Thousands rf aero of line faming
lands along Steele's layou are Liindatod
and the hark water ir.ipldly
p reading. Locally tho w"tT is rayily
ncroachlng upon the wholesale ??i
rlct and the comp'cssc.s and alrci iy
he lover floods of several w:?rehor.!-"s.
ire flo.-hri. Another foot rh-o \v:ll
irohahly for-e the Yazoo & Mississippi
/alley Rail: m 1 shops to suspr-ml
>j rations. Reports fr'm up-river
>oinU state that the levees are hold
ng well.