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WOULD HIT
THE FARMERS
{The Proposed Law to Stop All Trad
ing in Futures in Min-
nesota.
{The System Is a Method Made Nec
essary by Present Economic
Conditions.
Something About Its History and
Its Effects Upon the North
west's Growth.
As a substitute for the Gjertscn anti
bucket-shop bill, a house committee of
the Minnesota legislature has evolved a
hill which, if literally enforced, -would
practically abolish all trading in grain
futures in Minnesota. Many are inclined
to think the committee members had lit
tle to do with the drafting of the bill.
Either the committee, wholly unacquaint
ed with the basic principles of the great
system which their bill attacks, have put
it forward in ignorant good faith, or else,
if they really expect their, measure to
pass, they are actuated by desire to put
upon one of the greatest industries of the
northwest such a handicap as will bring
on general paralysis.
The effect of such a law would be felt
first by the grain trade but although se
vere it would be temporary. The final
effect would be upon the farmer, and with
the law in force it would be permanent.
A New Economic Method.
Americans have devised, perfected and
given to the world many new ideas in
economics. The growth of our country
has been so rapid that business men, to
keep pace! have frequently found it nec
essary to discard old world ideas and
substitute'new ones. As the center of
population feas moved westward and the
center of grain production has followed
great quantities of cereals have been pro
duoed in new localities far removed from
consuming or exporting points. How to
handle the ever extending and increasing
crops expeditiously and economically was
it problem to tax the ingenuity of man.
For years the grain trade in the interior
was conducted in a manner crude and
unsatisfactory, especially disadvantageous
to the farmer who bare the brunt of it.
In the striving for some improved method
that would eliminate the element of
chance which made the grain trade a
most uncertain and hazardous business,
there has been evolved, slowly and over
a period of years, the present system of
trading in futures, one of the most com
prehensive - all-American economic sys
tems ever devised.
The Farmer Pays the BUI.
Forty years ago or more, buyers bought
Sraienasfroo
m the farmers on a margin so
id t seem ahnost absurd in our day,
jThe farmer' suffered'.'' "There were then
Bio futuresV ' The' b'Uyer* 'iwsured himseif
8-gainst loss from decline by putting the
price low enough. The farmers paid for
this"* insurance and the premiums were
very heavy. .
George I?.. Rpgers. of Minneapolis., whose
experience -in. the grain trade runs" "far
back, was buying wheat through Iowa
years ago. for a. Chicago firm. Whenever
he bought, he first figured the cost of
getting the wheat to- Chicago, deducted
this, and then took off 10 cents a bushel
additional, this last to protect his house
against possible loss by decline in the
price before the grain could ' reach Chi
cago. Colonel Rogers once ran a line of
^levators in Iowa, and his instructions
were to allow a 12-cent difference on all
"purchases. It happened that there was
no decline one year, but rather an ad
vance, and on the thousands of bushels
bought, his house made the 12 cents ad
ditional profit, which, under the present
system, would have gone to the farmers.
But if the buyers' margin for protection
In ordinary times was wide, it was espe
cially wide when a long delay in reach
ing Chicago was certain. James Marshall
recalls a year when, after the close of
river navigation, wheat buyers along the
upper Mississippi put prices down 45 cents
a bushel between Chicago and river points.
During the period from the beginning of
the Austro-Turkish to the close of the
Franco-Prussian war. wheat sold above
$2 in Chicago several times, but few
farmers received the full benefit, as the
American exporters were afraid of heavy
reaction, buyers everywhere doubled and
tripled their safety margins, and the farm
er, as usual, had to staifc it. Things are
vastly different to-day, and by the pres
ent svstem producer and consumer are
brought closer together, to the advantage
oi the producer.
, The First Pure "Futures."
The first trades in wheat futures were
! made in. Chicago in the fall of 1862. The
I initial transaction was in May wheat, the
I contract stipulating delivery in May, 1863.
This was by no means the first time" agri-
' cultural products were bought and sold
lor future delivery. The Japanese, a hun
dred years earlier had a system of buying
and selling rice for future delivery, while
in Liverpool and other European markets
it was common practice for millers and
cotton goods manufacturers to anticipate
requirements of raw material by pur
chases far ahead. But the trade in Chi
cago in 1862 was probably the first where
a seller who neither owned nor had in
his possession any grain, yet sold a quant
ity for delivery in May, thus placing him
self In a position analagous to the present
day' short seller, although the term
'short" as applied in the grain trade had
not yet been coined.
Two men were talking business in Chi
cago, the one a country merchant, the
other a Chicago grain exporter. The
countryman was leaving for his home,
then a remote point and was complaining
f business conditions.
"When a. farmer comes in with wheat
efter the river closes," he said, "I am non
plussed. I want to buy his wheat and
hold his trade, but I cannot ship the
wheat until spring. I must pay the
farmer for it, pile it up and take chances
of finding a much lower price when I
finally market it in the spring. The
. farmer thinks, he should have the current
Chicago price less freight and charges
and when I sta,nd out for a lower figure
for self protection he thinks he'ls unjustly
treated."
"How much wheat will you probably re
ceive during the winter?" asked the Chi
cago man.
"About.10.000 bushels."
"Then I will buy that wheat now at to
day's market for. delivery to me next
May." - - - -
This was the beginning.. In time an
-enormous .business was built up. Buffalo
took^ up futures and New York, Detroit,
Toledo- "'Cleveland,- Cincinnati and Duluth
came into line, also St. Louis and in later
years Kansas. City and. other points.
New "York for a long time maintained
8,000 bu as the trading unit, since this
is ihe quantity understood in the term
"boatload." meaning the quantity carried
by one barge on the Erie canal. But con
venient as this unit was for the seaboard
exporter. New York Had to change it
tetior futures
was 5,000 bu.
finally and place herself in line with In*
markets, wh- ere the unit
THE NEW ANTI-SEMITISM WANTS TO SPEAK
Dr. Hirsch Says It Is Not in the Gut
# ^lers but Among the Aris-
V:.. tooracy.
Now York Sun Special Servioe.
Chicago, March 30."It is no longer in
the gutters but among the aristocracy
that anti-Semitism is nursed," declares
Dr. Emil G. Hirsch. In a sermon at Tem
ple Sinai yesterday morning he scored
Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Emperor
William, Professor Delitsch of theological
research fame and the Liberal Unitarian
church for displays of ignorance or bias
concerning the revelations, of the Old
Testament.
"The anti-Semitism of the gutter lias
spent its force." he said, "but not that
of the cathedral and of the aristocracy.
This is evidenced by the reception ac
corded Houston - Stewart Chamberlain's
work in Europe. Emperor William has
himself distributed 300 copies ot the work
at his own expense and he gave one to
the president of the Louisiana Exposition
company.
"The anti-Semitism among the gutters
was not so dangerous because it was not
so insiduous as the anti-Semitism which
finds entrance into drawing rooms, and
tolerance in the universities."
Ir Hirsch's subject wafs "The God to
Whom Jesus Taught Men to Pray." The
lecturer expressed a hope that this great
democratic nation would not follow the
bias of Europe and Emperor William.
A SERIGDS CREYASSE
The Hymlia Break in the Mississippi
Seems to Be Beyond
Control.
New Orleans, March 30.Discouraging
news comes to-day from 'the Hymla break.
During the early morning wore of the
cribbing was swept away by the terrific
current that is running through the brok
en levee and the ends are caving with
greater rapidity .than ever. Large forces
are at the scene and lumber is arriving in
abundance but the crevasse is apparently
beyond control. Senator Brady, in charge
at one end, says the break has now
reached a width of 600 feet and that while
work will continue the outlook for closing
it is less promising than it has been.
The land for miles around, is a vast
sheet of water and the tracks of the
Texas Pacific are now completely cov
ered while the Southern Pacific is con
stantly in danger from backwater. If
the crevasse is abandoned the break will
doubtless prove one of the worst since the
Davis crevasse in. 1884. The levee is built
of river sand and unless the ends can be
held, will crumble with great -rapidity.
There was no rise during the night.
Greenvllie Under Water.
Greenville, Miss., March 30.-r-There is
little change in the flood situation here
this morning. The water is on a stand
and covers nearly all the city. Many ne
gro refugees are arriving and there is
some difficulty in providing.for their im^
mediate' wants but there has been no real
suffering. - . " ^^. ''-
Relief lioats- coirfchrae t0*:'s^uTJ-the'ro'er^t'
flowed district south-of here and are tak
ing .all:*ho desire to leave their hbihesi
SpecUl River Bulletin.
Washington* March 30.The weather
bureau to-day issued the following special
bulletin: -.-
There has been little change in the
lover Mississippi river situation since
Saturday. At Vicksburg the stage this
morning was 51.5, a fall of .03 foot since
Saturday morning, arid at New Orleans
20.3 feet, a rise of .02"foot..
GROWING A HEAD OF HAIR
Cole Younger Is Getting Ready for
the Wild West ShfJw
Business. '
Special to The Journal,
Kansas City, Mo., March SO.Cole
Younger was in Kansas City for a few
hours yesterday, and, although he denied
his Indentlty strenuously, he attracted
some attention.
Younger is growing a head of hair for
exhibicion with hi3 wild west show, and
it is fast getting to a point where it may
bo-trained to fall over his coat oollar in
the long curls without which no wild west
showman Is regarded as genuine by the
small boy.
Younger says his new head of hair will
be "for show purposes only." His haid
is light, curly and slightly streaked with
gray.
NAMED FOR THE YOUNQERS
Actors Arrested at Council Bluffs for Sun
day Law Violation.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 80.A
company of fifteen which played "The
Younger Brothers. Bank Robbers," before
a crowded house last night, were arrested
at the close of the performance for viola
tion of the Sunday law, upon information
filed by members of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, which has for
some time threatened a crusade against
Sunday theaters. The actors were re~
leased on bail.
VILE LETTER WRITER
A Chicago Scoundrel Captured by
the Police.
Chicago, March 30.After causing con
sternation and sorrow In scores of homes
and annoying many women in Chicago,
Illinois and Ohio by sending anonymous
letters declared to be the vilest ever
handled by the Chicago postoffice Inspec
tor's office, their alleged author has been
run to earth...
William Trimble, a commercial sales
man, who gave his address as 4604 Calu
met avenue, was arrested by Inspector
Albert German, and is said to have con
fessed his guilt. H e was. released on
$10,000 bonds after a hearing before
United States Commissioner Fobte.
Trimble, who is married,. Is of middle
age, good looking, writes a good hand,
and bears the marks of a man of some
education. He gave no reason for writ
ing the letters. Trimble stated that he
works for Morris Wools, 21 West Twelfth
street.
DE F0RSTE SVENSKE
Monument at Their Landing Place
:': .-":-':
''- in' Delaware^ -.".''-
Wihningtbn, Del., March 30.A monu
men was unveiled here to-day to mark
the landing place of the first Swedish set
tlers in America. The Swedes "came to
this city April 29th, 1638. The dedica
tory '. addresses were made by Chief Jus
tice Doree, president of the Delaware His
torlca i society,' and Mrs. Charles E. Mc
Ilvaine. president, of ,he Delaware society
of Colonial Dames! under whose^ auspices
the monumeni'~ was 'ejected.
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TO THE VOTERS
Men Will Predominate in the Roose
velt Audience Next Satur-
: day Night.
His Address on Tariff and Reciproc
ity Will Be an Important
Utterance.
The Public May See the President
While Driving to the "TT".
Armory.
Men will predominate in the audience at
the University armory Saturday night be
cause of the limited seating capacity arid
because of the importance of the address
which President Roosevelt will deliver at
that time. The committee has been ad
vised that the .president would like to
speak to an audience of voting citizens.
Even the members of the Commercial
The BearThe President fust Wants to See Us and We Just Want to See the PresidentI Don't See
as our Case Needs to Go to The Hague. ^ - =
Club, tho entertaining body, will have only
one ticket each.
In the distribution of tickets for the
limited capacity, the club has taken the
position-that certain elements in the city
should be cared for on such an occasion
and will act accordingly.. These include
members of the Gravid Army of,the Re
public, the Commercial Club, labor or
ganizations and city and county, Officials.
To these, as far as possible, tickets will
be given to be distributed through the
organizations. The . single tickets for
members of the club will be distributed on
application only. On the small platform
will be seated the president's party, the
reception committee and guests.
An Important Address.
Tim E Byrnes, after perfecting arrange
ments for the president's Minneapolis vis
lt, left Washington for home this after
noon. The Minneapolis program, as now
planned, will be. strictly adhered to. The
informal dinner in ^pie evening will be. at
Hotel Nicollet, with about 300 present,
after which the p^irty will drive to the.
university armory, where: the president
will deliver an address lasting for about
forty-five minutes. It will be a tariff and
reciprocity address and one of the most
Important of the entire trip. It: is to be
in Minneapolis, for that city is the heart
of the section, which is :demanding. tariff
reform and reciprocity treaties.
The address will deal with the."Iowa
Idea," . so-called,/because that idea had
its birth In Minnesota, which state to-day
is more thoroughly committed to tariff
reform than Iowa. . The Iowa situation
has been more widely advertised, because
it has involved the governor and the
speaker of the national house of repre
sentatives, and has compelled the retire
ment of the latter from public life. Party
sentiment In the, state seems to be, di-.
vided, with Governor Cummins having a
majority but in Minnesota there is.no
division of party opinion regarding the
need for tariff revision. It is not known
just what line of argument the president
will pursue at Minneapolis but as he is
nothing if not direct and to the point, it is
hardly possible he can taht tariff and reci
procity ,for three-quarters of an hour
without completely unbosoming himself to
the country.
A Short Drive Planned.
The first opportunity for the public to
see the president will- be following the
dinner at the Nicollet, when he -will drive
up Nicollet avenue,to Sixth street, across
to Hennepin and down Hennepin to
Bridge square on his way to the armory.
The - presidential party will come from
St. Paul on Thomas Dowry's, private
street car. The-reception committee for
Minneapolis will be Thomas Dowry T. H.
Shevlin, President Northrop, Mayor J. C.
Haynes, T. E. Byrnes, A. C. Paul and
Henry Deutsch, the latter two represent
ing the Commercial club.
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The Soo has gone' the other northern
lin.es one better in providing low rates
for President Roosevelt's approaching
visit. *
The Great Nprthern and Northern Pa
cific agreed to a rate of one anu one
third fare'for the round trip from points
MONDAY EVENING MARCH 30, 1903.
* RaNroad Rates.
THE PRESIDENT'S TRIPAS BRER'BEAR SEES IT
within 100 miles of Minneapolis.
The Soo thotight thelites and the limit
too" restricted, and has'made a rate of one
fare for the,-round trip, and will sell
tickets frohr nblnts as far east as Rhine
lander, Wis.. 217 miles, and as far west
as*Hankinson, 216 mlles
WHIELS^RBKNIHG WILD
Rev. Dr. Mackay Warns New York
ers That They Are Travel
ing Too Fast. *
Now York Sun Special Service.
N ew York, March 30."Our sins of ex
travagance" were discussed by the Rev.
Dr. Donald Sage Mackay yesterday at the
Collegiate church. In part Mr. Mackay
said:
"Nowhere, surely, is- the complex life of
luxurious, pleasure seeking extravagance
so visible as in this metropolis of the new
world. Everywhere the drags are oft and
the wheels of'commerce and society are
running wild.' "l
come, as come it must, or how it will
come ,no one can. tell but that this ca
reer of extravagance in living which New
York has been following especially for
the past five years is bound to end in
catastrophe, moral and^ocial, unless sanc
tified common 'sense interposes, it needs
no prophet to predicj. Already the
shrewd, - hardheaded men In Wall street
are scenting the approaching danger "from
the commercial standpoint." " '
' Parkhurt's New Idea.
Inspector McCluskey's efforts to drive
crooks from the city were criticized by
Dr. Parkhurst of the Madison Square
Presbyterian church in conversation last
night. He said:
"Morally, New York has no right to
foist its bad men upon the rest of-the
nation.- It is our duty to work out our
problems right here at* home. Driving
crooks to the west is not grappling with
a question. It is the cowardly evasion of
weaklings. If there are crooks in New
York there is no reason why we should
flood the rest of the country with them
just because .we do not like them.
"If I were a crook I would object to
- being driven to the west. I would stand
on my:rights and'stay in the city If I had
already paid * the penalty of my offenses
against society."
TWOi TRAINS TIP OYER
Passengers Get Some Severe Jolts by
Being Tossed Against ^ '
Roof.
Cleveland, March 30.The fast west
bound N ew York and Cleveland express
train on the Erie road, due in this city
at 12:40 p.' m., was derailed at Concord,
near Corry, Pa., while running at a re
duced rate of speed early to-day. So far
as reported to tlje headquarters xt the
Erie company in this ctiy, no passengers
were killed'or seriously injured, although
every one on the train was severely shaken
up and a few sustained severe bruises.
The cause of the accident Is not yet
known. The engine and cars all left the
track except the rear Pullman. None of
the coaches turned over, however, except
the forward express car. The latter is
lying partially tipped over on an embank
ment.
r
. Grand Trunk Switch Split.
Flint, Mich, March 30.The fast east
bourtd passenger train on the Grand. Trunk
Western railroad split on a switch at
Swartz creek . early to-day. Engine 99.9
left the tracks and .Engineer John Har
rington's left arm was, broken In two
places' and Fireman Wagner was terribly
scalded. He will -probably recover: None
of the passengers was injured.. - - '
PREVOST UNDER FIRE
The French Litterateur Shot At by
''I - a Woman.
London. March 30.A special dispatch
from Paris announces that a woman fired
several shots .from a revolver to-day at
Marcel PrevostK the well-known French
v
When 'th e stoppage will
SOLUTION OF
RAGE PROBLEM
President of a Negro Institution
Tells How It May tet Be
. ^Brought About.
The Negro Must Acquire Land, Save
His Money and Educate
His Sons.
He Must Let Politics Alone for the
PresentSocial Equality
Not Wanted.
Hew York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, March 30."The solution of
the negro problem lies with the negro
himself. It can be brought about by his
acquiring land, saving money and educat
ing his sons. There is nothing in.the cry
about social equality. The negro does not
want it and does not expect it."
This statement of the condition and fu-
ture of the negro was made last night by
J. J. Smallwood, president of the Tem
perance, Industrial and Collegiate insti-
tute,- a negro institution at Claremeht,
Va: He was speaking at the Bethel church.
A colored congregation applauded when
he expressed his views.
"At the close of the civil war," Pro
fessor Smallwood said, "the negro had
nothing. Since then he has accumulated
$300,000,000 worth of property. He has
built tip ninety-six institutions of learn
ing and the race has furnished
: .
mv..t"
school teachers. He has turned his at
tention to buying land and this will event
ually result in the solution of the' race
problem.-
"In a half dozen counties in Virginia,
negroes own a third of the land. They
have bec6me scientific farmers, and in
cohsequenca of this fact, there is no fric
tion there with the whites. They are in
telligent churchmen, giving great adher-_
encev
to morality, and have many capable
professional men. They put money in. the
bank.
"The cry. about social equality amounts
to nothing. That is not expected and will
eventually solve itself. In this matter
there is not much difference between, the
north and the south. The best white
people in the south are the friends of the
negro. Men of the Tillman, type are not
representative of the best, element of the
south. _ .',..-'
'The negro problem will be. solved only
by the negro himself. He must build
schools and educate his children along-all
lines. Then he will have the liberty which
he wants. He must let politics alone.
The white man has the advantage of edu
cation and 250 years of experience" in this.
When the negro becomes" equal to "the
white in general intelligence, and thrifti
ness, lie will, have equality." I have "no
objection to a law requiring negroes to
ride, in a separate coach .oii the railways.
What I do want.is a division of the coach,
so that we will not have to'mingle with
the element in pur own " race that is
shunned by the .educated whites intheirs."
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CADETS ARE PRISONERS
150 of St. Joh%i's Military Academy
Under Quarantine.
Waukesha, "Wis., March 30:^The St.
John's military academy1
been under quarantine owing to the dis
covery of four cases of smallpox. The
authorities placed a guard over the
academy, which will be continued night
and day for seven days. One hundred and
.fifty .cadets will be kept prisoners.
RUGER OUT OF IT
He Is Not a Candidate to Succeed
,**'. ,the Late Justice Bardeen. ^
Janesville, Wis., -March 30.William
Ruger, candidate for the position of su
preme court judge, has .declared his in
tention of withdrawing -from the race and
-I has so notified the secretary of state.
PENNELk INQUEST ~i
IS POSTPONE
Judge Murphy Gives Out the Statement That
Some of the Witnesses Are Ab- t
sent From the City.
The Burdick Case Is Reopened This Morning and New and Important
. "Evidence Is IntroducedSome Unpleasant Remarks Made by Pen-
nell in a New York HotelHe Says That "There Is One Man I
Could Hill Now Even if I Hang for It"Hotel Cashier Says That
Buffalo, March 30.The Burdick murder
inquest was reopened to-day before Po
lice Judge Murphy for the purpose of
hearing the testimony of Alexander J.
Quinn, the bartender of the Hotel Roland,
New York city, who it is alleged, heard
Pennell threaten to kill Burdick and of
F. G. H. King, the cashier of the hotel. Mrs
Burdick stopped at the Hotel Roland dur
ing the last visit to New York and Pen
nell visited her there. - Both men declined
to be interviewed before, the ^ hearing be
gan to-day.
When Judge Murphy took his seat on
the bench he said:
"We will close the Burdick case this
morning. Owing to the absence of some
of the witnesses from the city the Pen
nell inquest will be held at a time to be
announced later. The witnesses who have
been subpoenaed in the Pennell inquest
are excused until further notice. My
statement in regard to the Burdick In
quest will be handed out here to-morrow
morning."
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^Pennell Drank a Toast, ''Here's to Death."
Mr. Qulnn's Story. .
Alex G. Quinn, the bartender from New
York, was the first wltafess. He said he
made the acquaintance W Arthur R. Pen
nell early in December last at the Hotel
Roland. Asked to relate the conversa
tion he had with Pennell at that time,
Quinn said:
"Mr. Pennell first asked for a time
table, which was given to him. After
wards he entered into conversation with
the cashier and myself. Mr. Pennell' had
several drinks. He gave me ' his card.
During the conversation Pennell said:
: : : g
You do not.know what is passing I
through my mind, boys. 'There is J
one man I could kill now even if I J
hung for it. (
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"I remarked, that his man must be out
of the state ,-as we have . more ^improved:
methods here now. I saw Mr Pennell on
the following morning when he bade me
good-by."
"Is there anything. else you recall of
the conversation between you, Pennell and
the cashier?"
"Nothing except matters of*
conversation,"
"After havihg,had another drink, I pro-,
posed a. tpast. which was/responded to by
Mr. Pennell. I think he said:. .'Here's to
death.' At the same time he said he was
having the greatest time of his life, al
though it was at the^expense of another "
After King had identified'1
Pennell, Judge Murphy announced the
Burdick Inquest closed. -.-
A STRANGE INCIDENT
Pennell Bought a Revolver the Morning
After the Murder.
Buffalo, March 30.Arthur R. Pennell
bought a revolver at the Main street store
of Walbridge & Co. on the morning of
Friday, Feb.. 25, within two hours after
the discovery of Burdick's dead body and
before the news, of the murder, had, been
made publ ic. Pennell was: an old cus
tomer at Walbridge's. He remarked that
sonfe one had broken. Into his home and
stolen .his revolver, and he liked to have
one on hand.. Pennell. seemed agitated.
It was between 9 and 10 o'clock when he
^entered. ,-. . . - ^
"Give me a* cheap revolver,",he said to
E. W. Fox, in charge of the sporting
goods department, Pennell paid .$5 for a
weapon and put it.in his pocket and went
away, . While waltlng.: for'the clerk to
wrap up the revolver he walked nervously
"up and down. Fox noticed this, and re
marked to, another clerk, named Edmunds
that Penhelihad acted strangely and that
.he seemed to be in a remarkable hurry.
Pennell' never told the police or the dis
trict attorney about buying? this revolver.
He told- :them.. that when he .came down
town on the morning:.after.the murder he
went ,to the Hotel Iroquois and- was
Shaved. Then.he went to.his,office in the
Austin building- and about noon, took a
trolley car to ah a,utomoblle factory at.
.Black- Riick. .- -There he said. he ,talked.
1 about-- Some repairs to^ be made to his ma
chine. -Undoubtedly that was true.
"He did not return until 8:10 olqlock. in
the evening, and at 11 o'clock the: district
attorney and five detectives were with
him in the parlor of his home. They re
mained with him for two hours and the
examination was rigid.
'"' Pennell was nervous, but considering
his relations "with' the Burdlcks, the agi
tation was not remarkable. -He told an
apparently, straightforward story, declar-.
lhg that "hie"did .not go out of "his house
the night before. THis wife and his^ser
vant, Lij5zie RoMance, were questioned
sepalta-telyt- ahd
27,000
at Delafleld has
Pennell was at his home all of-Thursday
nightC" ..'.': ''f.'\.lV.!-.': ...7 !.'J""'".
" Lizzie Romance Was'- asked about the
burglary to which Pennell referred in his
talk with the clerk at Walbridge's. '"It
was a:
queer kind'"of "a TJurgiary," she
said. "The burglars did hot take any
money or 'jewelry ^or"' si.l^eV. They just
seemed to have Spoken - around through
the tables and desks, as 'though looking
for papers:*'' She did'hot know that! a
revolver had been^'sloleh. y%__. ''"\J
I XHEIR^ft$rST|f4jG .pUACE ,".* ..
The" Place WheW ,the!$tf!ityv pa.fr., .ysed
to Meet.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 34.New and
sensational details have been-secured of
the clandestine- xtfeetlngs of Arthur R.
Pennell and Mrs. Edwin D. "Burdick.
From Isaac Chambers and' his - wife, who
conducted a restaurant at 340 Connecticut
street during ther.Pah&American exposi
tion, it was learned that from the. middle
of- February, -1901,,, until fail "of. the
same year Pennell and Mrs. Burdick met
at their restaurant two or three times a
week, except during the--time. In May
when, Mrs. Burdlcjc was.sent from, home
by her husband. ...'.
"They came first In .the middle of Feb
ruary," says Chambers,, ''and jftiter that
they came often. T^y Would come ten
or fifteen minutes ^Rtrt. sometimes in
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Cashier King's Story. - rf-
F. Q.H.'Klng.former cashier of the hotel
Rtifimd Who warf present durihgr the con
versation related by Qulnh wa^ the rtet
witness. Detailing this conversation
King said:
"Pennell discussed a picture that was
hanging on the wall of the room, and
after-having had a few drinks he said:
'There is one man I could kill although
I might swing for ifc'
: _ A Toast to peath. "" "'""-"_'""
both were certain . that
v
a picture o?
the morning, sometimes In the afternoon, -
They would walk into my private dining
room, which was back of the confection
ery store that fronted on the street, and
would sit and visit before the grate Are.'
"They never ordered anything but'
chocolate or coffee, but the man always
gave a generous tip. They would closer
the door, and then frequently, -when my [
wife or I hurried through, we would find
them hugging or kissing each other, and
Mrs. Burdick was crying many times. W e
did not hear what they said. They talked,
low, and we minded our business, but
my wife was set against letting them
come.
"In May the man said he was going \
away, and we did' not see them for a long 1
time, but later they came back and then.'
met there regularly. When we saw their
pictures in the paper we knew them at'
once, and later were sure when we saw,}
Mrs. Burdick in court." . -
- - Penned'* Life Insurance.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 30.Several at-'
torneys representing accident insurance
companies in which Pennell was Insured
are In the city. Some of them are in
clined to contest the payment of policies
on Pennell's life. - Pennell carried $35,000
In accident insurance, none of which has
been paid. Besides that, his life was In
sured for $215,000. The policies, with
one exception, were taken out four or .
five years ago. The suicide clause gives
one year, from the date of Issue as the
term during which the Insurance, If death,
was by suicide, would not be payable.
Of the $185,000 insurance which is incon
testable, four policies, amounting to $30,-'
000, have been paid.
BAD WRECK ON THE ERIE
Fifteen Freight Cars Derailed-Two
Firemen Jump and Are
ordinaryi
From The Journal Bureau, Room 45, Post Build'
ingr, Washington.
Washington, March 30.Commercial
Agent Gustav Beutelspacher writes to the
state department from Moncton, B. C.:
"The government has Issued a census
bulletin which gives statistics as to agri
culture in Alberta, Assinlboia, and Sas
katchewan which compose the Northwest
territories. The total area of these terri
tories is 190,963.117 acres and only 6,569,-
064 acres are occupied as farms. Of this
area, 75.99 per cent is unimproved. Field
crops, exclusive of hay, occupy 53 per
cent of the improved land, but only a fair
beginning has been made with fruit trees
and vegetables. The area of the land in
wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, peas, po
tatoes and other field roots in 1891 was
194,775. acres. Increase at the end of last
decade was 669,073 acres, or 333 per cent.
The production of home-made butter is
nearly twice as much as ten years ago,
and: in the interval ten factories have been
put into operation.
,-- Killed* . , -
Akron, Ohio, March 30.A .double-rbead
freight crashed fAto the eatiobse c$ an
other fre!jSfht~trattt on the Erfe railroad' fn
a cut near Ashlarrd early to-day, derail
ing fifteen cam and killing F. I. Self and ^
W. N. Winle of Gallon, while Nilfer Evans f
and Albert Weis, engineers of the near -**M
train, were hurt but not seriously. The "^5
men killed were the firemen on the en- fk
gines of the rear train. They, with the '^j
engineers jumped but both of the firemen ^ |
fell under the train and were run over. ""=y
It is said the wreck was caused by an -"*
operator displaying a wrong signal.
"GMADIAN NORTHWEST" J
Some Interesting Figures Given by
a United States Commercial
Agent.
THE LAND DISTRICTS
The Changes Will Become Effective
, , on May 1. . . *r
From The: Journal Bureau, Room 45, Post BoilaV
ingr, 'Washington. .
Washington, March 30.Land - Commis
sioner Richards to-day issued the informal
notice of change of boundaries of the land
districts in - Minnesota, announcing , that
the changes would become effective May
i. By that time all records in the MarshaH
office will have been transferred to the, St.
Cloud office, and the records. pertaining
/to the lands In iportions of the St. Cloud.
Duluth and Crookston districts, which" be
long to the neW Cass Lake.district, will
be transferred to the office at that place.
The selection of a building In which tha
Office Is to be located will be left to th
officers who will be appointed In a few
days.
One additional clerk wiU be appointed
hv the. postoffice at Little Falls, Minn..
July 1. - One clerk's salary will" be raised
from $500 t& $600 and one from $700 to
$800. At Austin one clerk will be ad
vanced from $500 to $600 and two from
$700 to $800.' One" additional clerk will be
appointed at Valley City, N. D., at $600
per annum. * . . W. W . Jermane.
FIVE STRIKERS ARRESTED
They' Are Accused of Attempted
- Murder at Waterbury. ^
Waterbjury^ Conh.^. March 30.Five ojf*
the striking irtotormeh. and conductors, of
the Connecticut Railway & Lighting com
pany Were arrested to-day. oh the charge
of intent to kill. They are accused of
having been concerned in the attack on
a trolley car on the Waterville line on
Feb. 26, when one of the non-union e m
ployes of the company was beaten Into
Insensibility and left lying on the rails in
the track of an approaching car. The .ar-
rested men are Harry W. Warren, Clifford
Vandermark, David -^f.' March, Edward B.
Winnegar and John "McGulre. They were
locked up without bail pending A hearing.
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