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DASHFD TO DEATH BY AUTOMOBILE Prominent Figure In Burdick id ardor Case Meets Fate. NO WORD AS YET. CELIEVED WIFE WILL ALSO DIE. ii i Well Known Buffalo Man Loses Con trol of Machine and Seif and Wife Are Plunged Into Deep Stone Guar- r>—Pennell Horribly Mangled. Luli.ilo. N. Y., March 11.—More ter rible probably than the death of E. U Burdick was the tragedy that occur red late yesterday afternoon when Ar thur it. Pennell, one of chief fig ures in the investigation of the Burdick murder, wa$, hurled headlong into eter nity. Mr. Pennell was riding in his elec- tii n automobile with Mrs. Pennell. They were on Kensington avr nue, near Fillin'.ore avenue, skimming along the edge of the Gehrs stone quarry, a hugh rock-ribbed hole in the ground. Mr. Pennell’s hat blew off. The automobile swerved and in some inexplicable manner it leaped over the curb into the abyss below. Pennell was killed instantly, his head being crushed to an unrecognizable mass. Mrs. Pennell was injured so severely that the surgeons at the Sisters’ hos pital, to which she was taken, say her chances of recovery are very slight. Buffalo, N. Y.. March 11.—Medicai Examiner Danzer, who made an exami nation of the body of Arthur R. Pen nell, who was killed by his automo bile crashing over a ledge intto a stone quarry last night, announced his findings today. The wounds on the body consist of: 1. The fracture of all the facial and cranium bones. 2. The compound comminuted frac ture of the right thigh. 3. A fracture and dislocation of the left elbow. 4. A compound fracture of the left shoulder blade. 5. Fractures of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth ribs near the spinal articula tions. 6. A compound fracture and disloca. tion of the left knee. 7. A colles-fraeture of the left wrist. 8. A deep cut, 2 inches long, running vertically down the back between the shoulder blades. Identification evidently had been a fad with Pennell. On the back case of the handsome gold, watch which was -still ticking in his pocket the intricate ^monogram “A. K. P.” was engraved. On his key ring was an identification tag bearing iris name and office ad dress in the Austin building at No. 58 Franklin street. In a snake-skin wallet there was eight visiting cards, with his name egraved upon them; Kis name and address in gilt letters was on the Hies of the wallet. An identifi cation card issued by a life insurance company was also in the wallet. Be- ■•sidles these articles the medical exam Iner found ki a compartment of Pen nell’s wallet $38 in bills. Cl) cents was In a change pocket-book and in another separate compartment of one of the two books was a lot of newspaper clip pings which were found to be bits of poetry on love, life and death. Nothing Heard From Wisconsin Gov ernor Relative to Convention. Atlanta, March 11.—Governor Terrell has as ytt received no word from the governor of Wisconsin relative to the appointment of delegates to a conven tion proposed to lx* held in Atlanta for the discussion and settlement of the race problem. So far as is known, not one of the southern governors has received any communication bearing upon this inter esting proposition which emanated from the Wisconsin senate. Governor Terrell’s views with regard to the matter are well known. In his recent speech before the Georgia bo- ciety of New York he advocated a ces- sation of discussion of the negro ques tion as the best solution of the whole matter. The governor's views as ex- pressed on that occasion have been generally and favorably commented upon all over the country. While he has not expressed himself upon the subject, those who know his views say Governor Terrell would take no part in such a movement, and would not name delegates from Georgia to attend such a convention. “The indications are,” said a promi nent Georgian at the capitol yester day, “that the reports sent back to Wisconsin about the way the proposi tion of the Wisconsin senate was re ceived in the south have thrown a deal of cold water on the scheme, and I would not he surprised to see the con vention dropped. I do not believe one of the southern states would take part in any such plan, and, as usual, it would be entirely a one-sided af fair. “I am glad to see that the Ten* nessee legislature has taken notice of the matter in its resolution requiring the governor of that state to decline to appoint delegates to attend the pro posed negro convention. I don’t be lieve the governor of Tennessee would have done so under any circumstances, hut it is interesting to note the senti ment of the Tennessee legislature on the subject.” FLOOD CONDITIONS NOTJMPROVEO Continued Rains In Ohio Val- Add To Danger. RECORD OF 1884 MAY BE PASSED. Lower Mississippi Levees Are Holding. But Engineers In Charge Are Pre paring for the Worst—No Immediate Relief From Flood In Sight. Memphis, Tenn., March 11. The Mississippi river is rising steadily this point, TAKING A VACATION. KILLED BEHIND BARS. Trying to Make Escape Prisoner Was Sent to Doom. Bartow, Fla., March 11.—A young man giving the name of William Still water, who said his home was in Penn sylvania, was killed at the county jail here. Stillwater was taken up at Lake land about ten days ago, and given s sentence of 30 days in the county chaingang for vagrancy. When Dep uty Sheriff Burt Childs went to the jail for the purpose of a: ranging the pris oners for the night young Stillwater bt came boisterous and very abusive tc the officer, and finally matte a rush for him, catching his right arm as if to take his revolve: from him. Mr. Childs pulled loose from hirn and as he did so the pistol was dis charged. the ball entering the young man’s breast. He fell to the floor of the jail and died in about 20 minutes. Deputy Childs says the shooting was entirely accidental, the weapon being discharged by his effort to wrest his arm from the prisoner. The young man had been rather trom blesome with him on two or three oc casions out on the road, and his ac tions indicated that he was expecting to make an attempt to get away. QUIET IN HONDURAS. at the gauge this morning marking 35.2 feet. This is a rise of five-tenths of a foot in the past 24 hours, and the weather bureau offi cials say that the rush of rising water will continue for several days. It is ; believed that the river wil reach a I mark of 38 feet at Memphis. Reports from Mississippi and Arkansas today indicate that the gsavest apprehen sions prevail regarding the flood situa tion, and in some districts armed sen tries are patrolling the levees. The streams and rivers in Arkansas are ove: fiowing. Locally the river continues to attract attention from thousands of people who gather on the bluffs in large groups and gaze with eager eyes at the majesty of the waters. In North Mem phis the flood has already begun en- i croaching at certain points, and it will take but a few inches more of water to render work impossible at many of the lumber industries in thnt section of the city. At Greenlaw and Sec ond streets the backwaters have reach- ed the latter thoroughfare. In this part of the city there are a number of negro cabins and the occupants have been compelled to flee to higher ground. The river today indicated more of the power of the flood than at any time during the present rise. The great masses of logs and other timber float ed by the city with the swiftness of an ocean liner and gathered at every point that offered the least obstruction. There is some apprehension regard ing the levee at Caruthersville, Mo., north of heie. Reports today state that the town is under from 2 to 3 feet of water, and the ix»ople are moving their valuables from their farms and the country people are driving their stock out of the vicinity. The steamei Georgia T.ee arrived from C&iro today and reports all land ings to be in an untoward condition. The steamer’s officers say refugees from the lowlands are to he seen every where. The government engineers have aug mented their forces and the steamers are carrying sacks of saud and other supplies to the most dangerous places in the levee system. We are prepar ing to make a fight, if necessary, said Captain I mas of the engineer corps. Prominent Government Officials Off for Ciuise in V/est Indian Waters. Charleston, March 11.—Secretary of the Navy W. H. Moody, with a party of officiate fiom Washington, arrived here early this morning and embarked at once on the gunboat Dolphin for a ciuise in the West Indian waters, the party sailing shortly before noon for the south. Secretary Moody was accompanied by Pestmas-tor General Payne. Sena tor Hale, of Maine; Representative Canncn, of Illinois; Representative Foss, of Illinois; Judge James D. Dun bar, of Massachusetts; Joseph H. Pearl, of Haverhill, Mass.; Mr. Moody’s law partner and F. L. Fishback, Mr. Mood>’s private secretary. The party traveled to Charleston on the private car of the Atlantic Coast I lire, and arrived here early this ihorning. They were met at the sta tion by Mayor Smyth, who extended a welcome to the officials and had a short'talk with the secretary concern- ing the naval station work he.e. The parky then proceeded* directly to the government dock and hoarded the Dolphin, which had been lying in the stream since Saturday. A salute was fired as the secretary went over the side. Shortly befo:e noon the Dol phin weighed anchor and sailed to the southward. None of the party would talk of public matters, all declaring that they were off for a holiday an t had left cares of,state Rebind them DESPERATE NEGHO SHOOTS OFFICER Finally Arrested and Placed In Prison. KNOWN AS EAD CHARACTER. Reward For His Capture Had Been Standing For Some Months—Feared that Associates Would Attempt Rescue Him. to MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH. Four Negroes Are Locked Up on Sus picion. New York. March 11.—Detectives of the West Thirtieth street station are much mystified, by the finding of the body of a young white woman lying at the foot of the stairs leading to a billiard room owned and patronized by negroes on the second floor of 104 Thirtieth street. The woman was of good appearance and was well dressed- A surgeon who examined the body said death was due to a fracture of the base of the skull. There was blood, upon the stairs lead ing to the club room, as though the -woman had either been thrown down or had tried to drag herself up after she was hurt. Thirteen negro men who were in the club rooms were taken to the station house and four of thorn were locked up on suspicion of knowing something of the manner in which the woman came to her death. Buffalo, N. Y.. March 11.—Mrs. Ar thur Pennell, who, with her husband, was dashed over an embankment into the Gehres. quarry late yesterday af ternoon, is still unconscious at the Sisters’ hopital in this city, and there is no hope of her recovery according to attending physicians. Mrs. Pennell is suffering from a frac tured skull and probably internal In juries. She has not been able to give any account of the events which led to the death of her husband, and her own injuries. Following 12 lays after the murder of Burdick the death of Pennell, who had been mentioned in the case, has given rise to all man ner of surmises today/ Investigations by the police have brought little that is new to light. The Pennells left their home short ly before 5 o’clock. It was raining, but the couple did. not seem to mind this and went out the Kensington road. Tin* plunge of the automobile was seen by two young men. who say they saw Pennell’s hat fly off. Then the machine swerved and a short time later Pennell was picked up with his skull cruFJihed. He wa« dead, his wife lying near unconscious. Pennell made arrangements to meet a friend at his home at o’clock last evening and ordered dinner for 7 o’clock. A cigar man from whom Pennell purchased a cigar Just prior to his death, says Pennell did not appear In any way excited. With these facts In hand, and no statement from Mrs Pennell, the opinion i« that the trage dy was an accident pure and simple and the stories of suicide are given lit tie credence this morning. Martial Lav/ Yet In Force and Govern ment Recruiting Army. Mobile, Ala., March 11.—The Cefa lu lim* steamer Hiram, Captain Peter son, arrived yesterday from Porto Cortez, Honduras, from which port she sailed last Piiday afternoon. When the Hiram left Porto Cortez the situa tion there was quiet, martial law still in force and recruiting by the gov eminent officers rapidly going on. While all the natives are being pressed into service, there still re main enough to handle fruit cargoes. Captain Peterson said that while there was no outward sign of distur bance, it was very evident that trou ble was expected and preparation was under way on the Atlantic coast. There is fighting on the Pacific coast and news of conflicts between the Con- seivative and Liberal armies is being received daily. COAL FOUND NEAR CUTHBERT. Rising Slowly at New New Orleans, March 11 is rising here very slowly, today marked 18.1 feet, a Orleans. —“The river The gauge rise of only one-tenth in the past 24 hours. The stage is still over, a foot under the record. The most unfortunate condi tion at present is the continuance of the rainy weather. This Is having the effect of softening the: levees and all 1 ouisiana is praying for a return of sunshine. Six hundred men are at work today at various points along the river front sacking weak ivoints and raising the line embankments. Thou sands of sacks of sand are being dis tributed along the riv.er. The engi neers report the levees between South- port and Carrollton in excellent con dition and able to stand a much great er strain than they have thus far been subjected to. The United States en- gh'.eer officials have promised their co-operation with the authorities of the city and state in carrying on the first against the flood-. All the levee boards of the state may be said to be in con tinuous session, and every foot of the levee on the river and on its tiibu taries is under surveillance. Pieces of Anthracite Brought Up By Drill Boring For Oil. Cuthbert, (la., March 11.—Coal is said to have been found on one of A. G. Moye’s plantations, about fi miles northwest of Cuthbert. The samples brought in closely resemble anthra cite. Parties were boring a well and came in contact with the strata. Samples .came up, it had the appearance of good coal. It burned easily. The strata was not gone through. How much ami the quality will depend upon fur ther investigation. The find, has aroused much interest. Buffalo. N. Y., March 11.—Dr. Eu gene Smith, house physician at the Sisters’ hospital, Just left Mrs. Pen nell ard at 10:30 a. in. the followlnc statement was made: "The eondltion of Mrs. Pennell Is very dangerous. She has not regain ed consciousness as yet, and I consid er her chances very much against her.” Commissions Issued Atlanta. March 11.—Commissions have been Issued from the office of the adjutant general to First Lieutenant E. J. Ix>gan and Second Lieutenant Fred C. Baumgartner, of compamy I Fifth Infantry, at Rome. May Raise the Maine. Madrid, March 11.—Foreign Minis ter Abarzuza will propose at the next cabinet council that the Spanish gov ernment take steps to have the wreck ed battleship Maine; refloated in Ha vana harbor In order to discover the ca/use of her sinking. Tramp Dynamited Himself. Montgomery, Ala., March 11.—An un. known tramp blow himself up with dynamite in a I»niavlUe and Nashville car at 1 o'clock today. He was in a refrigerator car, which was torn all to pieces. • Parts of his body were thrown 100 feet. Uneasiness at Evansville. Evansville, Imk, March 11.—With rain threatening today and hlghwater above to come and high water below to hold the general flow in check, the prediction is made this morning that the river at this point will go almost to tlie mark of 1884—the highest or record. The gauge marks 42.4 feet this morn, ing and is stationary, with chances of another rbe. before nightfall. Several shanty boats on the Wabash and Green rivers have been crushed In the flood and loss of life is feared. Farmers about Mount Vernon have fled from the high waters, taking their household goods and live stock will) them. The stock was taken from Dia mond Island today. The White river bottoms as far as the eye can see arc covered with water and thousands of acres are inundated. Houses are vacant, the occupants lx- ing forced out by the water. White river is still rising. W*. ...v Stationary at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, March 11—The river here has been stationary at 49.5 feet since 9 o’clock. The weather is cloudy and cooler. The local forecast ofll rial predicts that the river will pass the 52-foot mark Thursday. It re quires about 55 feet to cause any ma terial disturbance of traffic. The Ohlc is falling at Pittsburg and rising from Wheeling down. Levee Reported Broken. Caruthersville. Mo., March 11.—The old levee, the greatest danger point on the Mississippi, caved In at 1 o’clock today. Savannah, March 11.—Ed Hasel, a negro wanted for a series of small crimes around Savannah, was arrested this morning at Meinhard, a few miles from here. He put up a desperate battle before surrendering, and shot Detective Thomas Hewitt In the a.: nr with a re volver. Tin re was a general ex change of shots before the negro was captured. Detective Hewitt, Policeman Christie and Adam Kessel learned that the ne gro was iu a house near Meinhard and watched it all night. Hazel came out and they called up on him to surrender. Instead of do ing so he opened fire with a revolver and dashed into the house. Hewitt and Christie fired with shotguns, but the negro got into the house, and going to the back door opened it slightly and fired at Hewitt, shattering hi; left arm with a bullet from a revolver. The officers shot several times into the house and finally the negro sur rendered. Crowds of negroes gathere ! a time there was dange; of gross trying to rescue Hazel. He was brought to the city without further trouble. Hasel pushed a lit tie boy into the canal near Savannah some months ago and since then ha - defied arrest, shooting at officers on sevc. al occasions. There was a re ward for his arrest. MARCONI GAINING GROUND. Britons Favoring Wireless System, but Take Very Conservative Stand. New York, March 11.—The state ment that the postoffice department has acceded to Marconi’s request for telegraphic communication through Falmouth with the wireless station at Poldhu is understood to be substan tially true, says a Ixmikm dispatch to The Tribune. The concession does not improve much, however, the prospects of an early establishment of commercial wireless service between England and America. Marconi has not yet been able to persuade the postmaster gen eral to allow messages destined for transmission across the ocea by the wireless system to be handed in like cable messages at any telegraph of fice in the United Kingdom. CLAIMS HE WAS A BAPTIST. Jersey Minister Declares St. Patrick Was Not a Saint. Jersey City. N. J., March 11.—In his sermon -next Sunday morning Rev. Addison Moore, of the Bergen Baptist church, of this city, will try to prove that Ireland’s patron saint was not a saint. “I-t is a matter of history,” says Mr. Moore, “that St. Patrick baptized his converts by immersion, the same as the Baptists do. St. Patrick was not a missionary sent to Ireland by the church at Rome. Taking those facts into consideration, the Baptists have more right to St. Patrick than the Rome Catholic church. He was sinr ply canonized, by the Roman church.” President Nominates Postmasters. Washington, March 11.—The prosi dent today sent to the senate the fol lowing nominations of postmasters: Ijouisiana, Charles M. Austin, of Welsh. Mississippi, Samuel R. Brazelton, of Gulfport. Texas, Charles Rubert, of Port Lavaca; Edward W. Mori in, of Farmersvillo; Carrie E. Vaughan, ol Guinn; Dallas Herbert, of Commerce vllk*. G. A. R. Invites President. San Francisco, March 11.—The gen eral committee of the management rtf the Grand Army of the Republic has sent to President Roosevelt an invita tion to attend the thirty-seventh an nual national encampment of the or der to be held In this city next August. It is expected that tne president will accept the invitation, if he does not visit the coast earlier in the year. Story Is Disbelieved. Miami, Fla., March 11.—The rumor yesterday of a wrecked steamer off Ragged Key could not bo traced to re liable source. The steamer Marti nique, which arrived here from Ha vana this morning, reported that they passed, within half a mile of the report ed wreck and give no credence to the story. Outbreak of Students Reported. Berlin, March 11.—The correspon dent of the Tageblatt at St. Petersburg says serious student disturbances have broken out at Tomsk, Siberia, which Is the seat of a university. and the for nt JHl Humors Are impure matters which the skin, liver, kidneys and other organs can not take care of without help, there is such an accumulation of them. They litter the whole system. Pimples, boils, eczema and other eruptions, loss of appetite, that tired feeling, bilious turns, fits of indiges- tiou, dull headaches and many other troubles are due to them. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Remove all humors, overcome all their effects, strengthen, tone and invigorate the whole system. “I had salt rheum on my hands so that I could not work. I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla and it drove out the humor. 1 continued its use till the sores disappeared." Mas. Ika O. Brown, Rumford Falls, Me. Hood’s Sarsaparilla promises to cure and keeps the promise. NEWSPAPER MAN STRICKEN. Own: oi r of Washington Post a Victim Par alysic. New York, March 11.— Berich, Wil kins, owner of The Washington Post, has been striken with paralysis in th< Waldorf-Astoria. He wan unconscious late last night and unable to recognize the members of his family, who had been summoned to this city. The attending physician said the life of Mr. Wilkins was trembling in the balance. Although they hoped; he might recover, they admitted that the patient might pass away at ony mo ment. Dr, Wilkins was a representative in congiess. from Ohio 15 years ago. With Frank Hatton, former postmaster gen eral, he acquired possession of The Washington Post about 1890. Mr Wilkins returned from abroad a month ago. He has fc' n in ill health foi several weeks. Mr. Wilkins is 57 years old. He was born in Ohio and was formerly a banker in Uhrichsville, that state. He was on Ohio state senator in 1879. Sir Thomas Orders a Launch. Whiteetone, L. I., March 11.—Sii Thomas J. Upton lias just ordered a launch from a Whitestone company which .vill probably be used as a ten der to his steam yacht Erin during the cup races. The launch will be 35 feet by 5 feet 6 inches, of the torpedc steering type. She will be equipped with a new and improved 30-horse power kerosene burning motor, ami will run 16 mil*** an hour. Nebraska Floods Subsiding. Lincoln, Neb., March 11.—Most ol the smaller streams in Nebraska are believed to have reached a station ary stage, and the worst of the flood in this state is probably over. The lee gorges in the Elkhorn, Louis., Re publican and Platte rivers have been broken up and the water is racing down the Missouri, cutting new chan nels and covering the lowlands every, where. Preparing for Worst at Vicksburg. Vicksburg, Miss., March 11.—Gauge reading this morning as 47.5 feet, a rise of four-tenths of a foot in the past 24 hours. Rain fell for some time, and theie is no change in the situation here and there are no reports so fai as to breaks in levees. People living in districts liab 1 ^ to an overflow are preparing for the worst. If the rains in the Ohio and other valleys and wa ter sheds cease this water will soon pass off, it is thought. Kansas Liquor Legislation. Topeka. Kans., March 11.- -A bill re-enacting the nuisance clause of the prohibitory law, recently declared un constitutional by the state supreme court, has passed both houses and sent to the governor for his signature. The clause which is one of the most impor taut In the act had, according to the court, been repealed by the Murrell law, a measure that grew out of the Carrie Nation crusade. Judge Adams Reproved. Jefferson City, Mo., March 11.—A resolution was adopted by he house reproving Judge Adams, ol Jie United Sates district court at St. I.ouis foi granting the recent Wabash injunction The resolutiln deprecates what it calif the tendency of the times toward gov eminent by injunction as exemplified in the recent sweeping order of Judgf Adams. Prominent Lawyer Dead. Chicago, March 11.—Samuel K, Dow formerly one of the most prominent lawyers of the Chicago bar an ! part ner of Chief Justice Fuller, died today BIG SUGAR PLANT TO CLOSE. Claimed that the Sprecktes Company Is Now Owner. San Francisco, March 11.—The flue la; ge cane and beet sugar refining plant of the California and Hawaii Sugar company at Crockett, near this city, is to be shut down tomorrow in. definitely. This means that between 3bo and 400 men will 1>@ out of em ployment and the town of Crockett will suffer a very serious set back. The Chronicle says that, on the best of authority, it is stated that the plant has been bought by the Spieckels Re fining company for the migar trust. R. I*. Rithet, the president of the Caiiiornia and Hawaii company, denies that it lias sold out to the trust. He declares that selling conditions have not been satisfactory, though the plant has not been unprofitable. He added that the company had decided to with draw from business, but would not say whether o. not the withdrawal would be permanent. The principal hold ers of the California and Hawaiian stock, which was all closely held: and never on the market, were Welch & Co,, with their constituent plantations in the islands; Colonel C. S. S-palding, of Honolulu, Brew & Co., Honolulu, and Castle & Cook, Honolulu. Thd capitalization of the company was be tween $3,000,000 and $3,500,000. TO CELEBRATE JACKSON DAY. Iroquis Club of Chicago Will Entertair Prominent Guests. Chicago, March 11.—The Jackson day banquet at the Auditorium to ha given by the Iroquis club on March 16. promises to be a notable one. Th« speakers who have consented to maka addresses include Edward S. Shepard; of New York; P a a tor Bailey, of Tew as; Con;: • DeArmond, of Mi® souri; Joseph Harmon, of Cincmnati; Judge J. M. Dickinson, representing Tennessee, the native state of Andrew Jackson; Mayor Carter Harrison, ol Chicago; M. E. Ingalls, president ol the Big Four railroad and candddat« for mayor of Cincinnati, and Samuel Alshaler, the Democratic nominee foi governor of Illinois at the last election. Letters regretting their inability to b* 1 ppesent have been received- from Hon, Richard Olney, David B. Hill, Henry Watterson and many others. 1 setters also have Ireen sont by ex- President Grover Cleveland, General Nelson A. Miles and Judge T>ainbeii Tree, which will be read at the dinner. CUBANS DISCUSSING TREATY. Chairman of Committee Declares Unit ed States as Best Friend. Havana, .March II.—Senator Busta- mente, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, replying in ttm senate to the arguments of tire oppo nents of the reciprocity treaty, quob ed an array of statistic estimates from the treasury department showing the advantage and necessity of close com, mercial relations with the United States, and dissected the arguments put forward against the treaty by Sen Itor Sanguilly yesterday. But beond all questions of money, continued the senator, was the grati tude that Cubans feel to their greatesl friend and their deliverer, which mad*? Cubans not only disposed to give t5fi United States naval stations, but what ever reasonable advantages Cuba could conveniently tender her. J E W E LS~AR eTrECOV E'R ED. Young Man of Rank Made Way WflBi Crown from Image of Savior. St. Petersburg, March 11.—The po lie* have caught the burglar that rob bed t. e St. Isaac cathedra! Find carried away t*. * crown from the image of thff Savior, w ’rii was ornamented by -1 diamond wo. b $25,000 and 79 oth«i jewels. They police have recovered all tha jewels. The thief la the son of a priest and enjoys the rank of a citizen of honor during his life time. Tha theft was his first offense. New York Ship Builders Strike. New York, March 11.—Three hun dred shipwrights, carpenters, joinerl and caulkers, went on strike at tha Townsend and Downey ship buildanu yard on Shelters island today. Tha members of the union employed-to tha other yards are not affected by tfr» strike. There a»e now 575 men form, erly employed at the Towntrend anil Downey yard on strike. The two hundred men at the Burlee dry doc* and shipbuilding yards at I*ort Rich mond, who went on strike yesterday, are still out.