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tUl^k K8BB1B SHo: I WHOLE NUMBER, 16,166.
RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, MAIICI-I 11,1903
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF DAY'S HEWS.
THE WEATHER,
WABltlNOTON. Aluroli lo.-iroroettBt for
Wednesday iiiul TlmrsJiiy:' .??.??,
Vir?li)la-Ituln audAvurmcr Wodtiesday.
TiurKdtty falr, llelit, yttrlable Wltflfl.
North Cittollna-Halii Wednesday utul
i .'JMiuraday, llght, vnriu.ble wlnds,
' STATIC OF Tl-riC _-HKnMOMI_TJ3K..
D A. M. 12
12 M. ?
B P. M. K
OP. M.?. 51
12 mldnlght,. _|.?.
Avcrngo'..^....... 61 1-li
'Jllghest temperdliiro yestenlny.6?
Iviwest temperature yo?io.rday. jji
Meah lempei'tttliro ycfilonliiy,;. ??
Normnl terfipoluture for Mnrch........ ?
Departure from normril tnmperattire. <>
Preclpltntloii dtirlnff pUBt 21 hotirs? i
MIKIAWRE ? At..MA^AC'.', ''
. March 11, 1903.
Run rlses.'.'?:? I tnpij TIDI-3. n
Swn sets...Cii2 Moro ng.Z?
Moon sets.?"-:"- ). BvertlnB.3-;?
RICHMOND.
Minlsters fiKht .Bpoed'wny ordlfinrice
Horird of Alderman pusses tlio innl_et-r
Voung rfiaii kllled ln u wrwK socm after
le.-ivhur Ihe sMo of IiIh' lnnee~-i 'nmpbell
. cnf<o ln the Schulo tn-dny-- Couvlnt es
rapes from 'lh- Btato fnrm -llotnrnnd
mlBidounrv nivdlet.* nnothur tcrrlblc Boxor
unrl.Mng in Chiun? Honltentlriry Boaid
ri'orKflnlr.o.t?-l-'nro eleoilons hlll up agnlil
ln the Hoiibo to-ilny-r?:Simt)iern tiewspa
pors nru eomiricudod-Hnptlit cdllo s
booh lo meel-?Well known'speaker to
nddrnss tho. MidlPB?Coi-oner'a Iiuiuoxl
places blame for 'Miureh Hlll tragedy sole.
y <;n Saiidrldsoi he b< Mkely t" reeoyer?
John M. King to ho trled again Aprll
"tli-y-'Grcal audlence neen ftlciuird MatiS"
(li-lil -Death of Mrs. Marlu t'lmiUgb--*--!
(Vindltlon of Mr. Wll'lrmi II. CullliiRWV.nh
liilffhtlv Improved-Chargo of Oruelty n"t
? eiiBtalricd tn Pnllcn Conrl ? Tnblet un
loiiod to ti niehnioiid boy- ? Kpwoitb
r,(.gnaj of Virginia lo hold n great meet-t
Ing ?bdl>.Old ftlr-limondcr dlesi.il. Al?
liiuiin.-Me.eilug of TrudcH ?ud IjHO.oi
Coiinoll-'?Rev. Mr. Bruner wlll romo to
Caivarv Church.Brlstol IiiBtltiito I; IlKe
'y io be s'oved. MANCIIKSTUn?DeclB
li T r?'n<:liod ' lo havo no i-hnln-gnng?
Councll litkos no nctlon on lncre-ase ol
lonor |ir>ni>ex: spoclal meetlng lo .he ,'ield
'iilci?- l:?-ll Telephone Company allowed
rights ln Jliiiu-lK-Bier-? Clty ordIimni:et?-to
lu- codlllod.Clty Central Cominutce
ineetB to-niorrow lilKhi?A fox olmso to
_>tv_xi,CKi>Blerll?I_ grand jury Uriiigs ln
IiidlctmenlH.
VIRGINIA.
A hurglar at worl( at K.ifil Itndfortl
Flned at .".iiffoiu for Hweariuc fnl.-ie.lv toa
lu-ldo-R ago-MlniiiK d'perntlniiH in HocK
liighani to bt- pualiml vlgoroiiHly?Noith
ampton farmers l?u?* plontlng tomatoes
-Thu new* from Klug OnijrRR-' wo
iiK-n escape from jall at Covlngtou--?
N'oble worl: o|' u iralnrd riiiree near Fred
rrlekHburg ln lelii-vlnu siirferlng.C. H.
ItiuUamp lo judge at Trtronto Horwe bhow'
-M'a-.ichej'tei- n.'gto glven ten ycirr- ut
Xewijort .N'ews for eont sleallng??Ttc
ported b|aKh between town offlcers of B.ihIc
nnd ?Wjiyneiiboro-Boy abduetcd or eu
Ih-ed froin home at Mld.ll.-lown-l.umtvr
buBlneBH In King WillUnnr.I.oeul Optioii
electlon ln -lotireBteiv?huliola ludh-u-d
for murder of c.-.vlnn ?t BrlBtol?North
mn'-<erlaiid niareliButs uouiplaiu of xs-ntor
frelght rales-Porlsmouth .s .Mayor ?tgna
ordlrianee ex'-ludlng- womon Iroin |mr
rdoma? Now llonx-slcad at HfJt Sprlnga
liilliig wllh gite^tH-Body of drownr.l
(iuboonor'a ciptaln :rwnyer? atChlneo
league-Aiipoiuaitox dlvrrj-mn plun Ik
l.olncr pu)d.e(]~..S..i?h D..kot,-t ?Wl'mei?
buylng land.- Iit New K-nt-?-.Norfo k
Mothodii-i clerKyineu favor lh<? Munn ???u
---.X-grn ihilil Itlli.-d In l-oulna-frivu
yeare f?r twault lu Loudoun?A nish of
Moannr fr'laV/l at NorMk-?? Knrnivfjle
Tobadfti Boaid oiMJonim the t'laytoi- inll
road llabllllv blll- ? Bad road" In All.i.
maile. Murrlago*-? lleoign llalvon and
Arr.o. ISIIu CbrlBtoplirr lii l.ancastt'r.
lioaths-Captaln Charles M. Blackfru-d
lm' Lynchburg: riomuel Wray -n Whlte
Plalnfi. Mi?. -Ntinnle VVInnlon Mi-ade in
Loulsn-Mlss-Ualsy Sliapp at Scottsvllle;
Mri=. XV. T. Mead in <.!.*?,]
NORTH CAROLINA.
N'oartv all 1-be member? of the Ucrieral
Asacmbly have lofi Ftalhlgh for liutni
MovemeutB to Bcenre un-to-diite hotelrf at
i:al?>UMi-Another candldate for Mayor uf
ci.trlirtto-Kour men uharged wllh sufo
oraifflilg ln the CarulIniiH to he trled? -
Slat^T. M. i.\ A. C.oir/.ution at WlriMon
H.-ilem-General Curi- n;ipo?ed lo contlii
narice of llllgntlnii between Durham and
Hip, Sutilh-rii-? Bark laden wlth I'usiu
t'tom H'llniiiigtoii abaiuioned ai 5ea-?
captaln L'eater hurt ai Weldon crawling
under a fpdghl traln-'beat actlvlty ln
ronl pstate nl llie.-.'iFboro-.Hotol changes
nt drcenaboro?Parsonago pivrchasAl at
Grcghaboro for Ur. Battlo.
GENERAL,
ArMiur Pennell, lawyor, coiinected with
llu- Burdick murder mystcry, daKhe_ to
(loatb ln his nutnmbhllc ovor preclplce; Hls
?wife seriously Injured and cannot recover.
Mystery decpens?Kenator.s may vote on
Patiama Canal treaty by Saturday or
F.ooncr-l.lltlo llkellbood that thu Cuban
reclprooliv convehtion wlll ho' ratiiled by
tho Senate??Deelar?j.lon of Cleveland
that nothlng will Induio hl,m to eiittrr poll
ticK oleara the polltical horl/.on lu the
eyea or.polltlelnns In Washlngton?TarltT
rri'orni and regulatlon of trusts to be the
filogans of the DctnocratH Inthe next cani
naign-?-MIkbIhsIppI Ih on a bf-nder and
groat dosli-U'-tlon of proporty Is fenred
?\V. 3. Brypu makes nn address lo t.he
Mlehigan DemocratB nnd snys no man in
Ihe partv desires harmony moic lliuu he
_I'rosliloniM of Ihe Southern and Atlan?
tlc Coast Line lu ronfcrmico wlth J- P.
Morgan & Co., liut nothlng ls glven out In
regard to tlio Inten'lcw?Mra. Hlll. for>.
ri-lv of Norfolk. hears from lier nilssing
bii.sband and get^ Corroboratlvo ovldence
that ho'tiled to many another wife
Penhsyh'anln Hailroad u> increase lts cap
ilal Btoi'k by one hundred nnd flfty nill
lluus and to'Hpend a vuat sum ln Improvo
luontB.Fourteon ls tlm number of dead
from the explosion of oll Inuks ut Olenn.
K. V.?Senator Morgan f'ttli talkhig ln
opposltlon io j.ho Panania treaty-Wll
llum l'limlev, of New york, made Asslst
ant Tronauror of the Unft'ed Stales by
PreBldent Hoosevelt-Moro scandal ls
feared ai tho Berlln court as result of t.he
appejvrnnee of tho cnnudontial valel of the
crown Prlncoss ? Democrntle senatorp
hold an lufdrmal conference tn Senaior
(inrmnn's room and discuss Iho polltical
<>ut!o(dt.
MADE MR. MARCUSE
THE PRESIDENT
Elected Head of Penitentiary
Board in the Place of Mr.
, Cliesterman.
Th? members of the Board of Dlrec?
tors Of tho State Peniteiitiary, recently
nppolnted by Ihe Goveruoi' undor tho
provlslons of the new Constitution, to
wll~-\V. Xj. Cliestennan, Mlltpn 13. Mar
ruse, Bo. I.. Wlnston, T. H. Kllott and
?\V. B. Brndloy--yi"steiday appeared be?
foro the Judgo of the HuiMliigs Court
nnd took tlio oath of ofllco prescrlbed by
Jnw.
At a meetlng of the board. held ?t the
fity Hall. lt was resoh-ed that Ihe. term
of ofllco of the presldent shall bn ono
vonr. unless OtlierWli/j/? pi-oscrlbcd by
law.
On innllon of Mr. l..leU. Alr. Chenter
inan was unanlmously elected presldent,
jini he. lnplsled upon bolng exeuscd from
forving. . 'I'heieupon Alr. Marcusn wns
plected presldent uuaplinouHly und oc
repted.
'I'lio board then adjouriicrl to ineot at
jj,o ponilentlary nt 1:30 P. M, (n tho
avening ihe bourd met at tlie prlson and
oi.ent Homo hours iivspeetlng It mid. nt
linit to routlno busliuips.
RAILROAD
WRECKAT
DANVILLE
Southern Trains Cbllicle
at the Depot. J
twomenkilled;
many injured
J. E. McArthur. of South Caro?
llna. Known in RIchmond.
CORONER'S INQUEST
TO BE HELD TO-DAY
So/ne Delay Was Occasioned by the
Smash-Up, but as Promptly as Pos?
slble Trains W'ere Made Up,
Injured Passengers Were
Able to Proceedcd on
Thelr Journey.
(Speclnl to Tlie TlmM-Dlnputoh.)
DANVII.I.E, VA., JIarch 10.?A torrl
'tli: heiiij-end colllslon occurrcd between
two pussengcrs tralns on the yard ot tho
Southerni Rallway ln thls olty at nn oarly
hour tfilH mornlng. Two men v;ore klll?
ed'otit rlght, and ono was badly'miured,
whlle soveral recelved inlnor hurts. Both
englnes wero greatly damagod. Tho blame
of the accldent has not been lald at tlie
door of any person. and probably will not
be iiutll the mattor has been lnvestlgated
au.l tiie evldonce slfted. Tho etigln?orn
of both tralns clalm rlght ot way.
That the accldent was not' npre sorious,
and tlie fatalitlos more mirrieVous is u'n
doubtedly due to the facL thnt one traln
was running nt a low rate of spood. the
traln bolng woll Inslde the yard limits
nnd dib> to Rtbp at tho statlon, almust ln
front of which tlie accldent ocourrod.
Trulfi No. 3!) from tho North, John Dare
inmi. coiiductor, duo to arrlve here at
3:::?; A. M.. camo lu late and was as
Kignod towhiit If known as tlie depot
track, In'coiitradistlnetloii to tho maln
track. which ffi tlie thlril rcnloved from
'tho dopot platform. Traln No. IC.Vcondup
turvDodd, whlch ls tlie'I.lfrtitnintj kx
|irc>-K plvlng dally betwoen New York
und the 'far Soutli, also cauif ln late.
jibrfli-bbuitd.
Tlirnugh Home iiiadvcrtcnry or mlsun
dorstandiilK or mt*rcndlng of orders. thls
traln was turned on tlio tack occupled
by No S!> Tbe crow of tho fast traln
reallzcd tbe danger townrd whlch they
wero rwhlng nnd Juiuped. A .colllslon
was inevltable. O'he urew of tlie sta
tlon.irv traln did not realize that the
^xpi-e^ would not stop untll the accldent
hnd bt-Oiric notually apparent. Tho gray
dawn was Just boglnnlng to break ln the
en-t when tho two englnes e.nme to
gcilicr with a crash tjiat awekencd the
clty Tho Jnr wns conslderable, and the
coaciies or the two tralns wore hurlod
back upon one another. throwing: the .pasj
BQiigers from their seat?- nnd iiidcly
arousing those- wno were ln thelr borths.
BASSF-NGKItS HURT.
To add to the ronfuslon of the moment
were tho crles of frightcned women and
tl,.. shrlll jabberlng of a band o Celos
t itils. Tbo mun Iti whose charge tho for
olgnors were travellng was hurt Many
Of ve^passeilgers were jarrnd and brulsed,
I ut wl h tho exueptlon of ono mnn kllled
no wore seriou.sly injured. Both englnes
were derniled and bhdly damagod. nnd an
onipty Pennsylvanla ospre*? car was
orushed to pWos." Tlio englno of No, 3
r.'elved the more serlous hurt. Tho load
and al of thi- front portlon of tlio ton
? onst or wiih sl.attcred and brokon. Both
?ilns pre^nte.1 H.n appallins spoctaclo
le oarly llgnt of tho day Tho one
nkscngoV who was fatally injured w-na
SS M.'Arlhor. of Goffney. S. C.
who was on the stntlonary traln proba?
bly retiirnlng from niehniond lo I .d
been ont on tho platform and hnd just
returned to tlho vostlbule of tlio traln
when tho crash enme.
lle was eaiight betwoen tho corner posts
and the cars and cinslicd to death. \\.
F Neal of TMral Hall. N. C. an over
hnuler ln tho employ of 'tho Southorn
Rnllway COnipnny. was at work coupling
tlie alr bi-ako under ono of the cars when
tbo colllslon ocourrod, Tho cara. woro
hmlfd backward by tho forco of tho Im
piict The linfortiinate man waa linprls
oiied boneath tho truck machlnory and
kllled. Neal was about twonty years of
aro and unnmrrled. Ho had hoen ln the
emplov nf tbo compnny ono monl...
Joe. Colaman. of thls clty, who was
asslstliig Neal ln coupling tho alr brakes,
waasurloUBly Injured. Ho was taken to
tho Homo for tho Slck, where lt was
found necessary to amputnta an arm. The
voting man stood tlio operatlon woll, nnd
at last roports there were no dangerous
compllcatlons. Coloman ls a brothor of
Mr<" F. V. Snngstnn. Jlr. J. D, Mat?
thews of Groensboro, N, C, was a pas
Mngor" nn tho RIchmond traln, anu was
tho flrst physlolan to reach the Injured
nnd rondo, tnedlon! ald. Dr. Matthews
attended thewantaof young Coleman be*
fero ho was taken to tho Homo for the
W''U' OTIIKKS INJURED.
A negi-A brnkoman, who waa at work
upon tha yard, suffei.d a maslied foot.
Hls namo could not ho learned, iho tlre
man of traln No- 82, a colored man, was
sllghtly Jnjured hy Jumplng from the
onglno cab Just bofore the two tralns
camo togethor.
The dead men woro taken to the F. \\.
Townos TTndertaklng Establishment,
where tho liodlos were prepared for bur
lal. Thoy wore torrlbly mangled. Both
bcdlos presented tlhe spootacle of a mass
nf brulsos. The romntns of both men
woro phlpped to thelr respectlve homes
on thn afternoon traln.
Both Iralns were romade up on other
trnck.i and hirrrlod om ns soon after the
arcident ns posslble. All of the passen?
gers oxcopt the one doad man continued
tbo journey on thelr respectlya tralns.
A wrorklng crow was early upon the
scene. and lu nn Incredlbly short tlme
tho bulk of tho wreclcago. had boen re
inoved. One of the englnes w;oa gotten
ouI nf tihe wny by 9 o'clock. The othor,
whlch was most damoged, occasioned the
niost p-ouble. Tho track wjis cleared be?
foro noon and all evldence-of the ghastly
occurronco token away. s?-.
A coronor'a Jury was Impaneled- thla
afternoon. Tho romnlns of the two men
kllled wero vlowod bofore tho hodles woro
tnken awny from tho olty,
Tho ossei wlll bo heard to-morrow, at
whlch tllno ovldonco wlll bo deduood. Tlio
principal wltnessoB wlll bo tho onglneera
on tho two tralns, both of whom contin?
ued tholr journey. Thoy aro expected to
return to-nlght.
DISCqSSING TREATY
IN A OPEN SESSION
inr Amoolatod Preiu.)
WASH1NGTON, D. C? Maroh 10.
Soon Rfter the Senate met to-day Mr.
Cullom (chalrman of tho Commlttee on
Forelgn Relatlohs) referrod to the aotlon
of tho commlttee yestoro>y Inypa-sslng
a rre^olutlon calllng on tho Secretary of
Stato for the copy In Sponlsh ot the
Panamu Canal trcflty.
"f have It," sald he, "and I thlnk It
proper to present It. It Is tho orlg?
inal troaty, slgned by tho partles In Span
lsh." , , ?
Mr. Cullom had overlooked tho fact
thaV the Senato was In leglslatlvo Besslon
and was procoodlng to dlsctiss the docu?
ment whon Mr. Alllson movod an exec
utlve sesslon. Durlng tho last Congress
Mr. Cullom was vory careful to soo that
the troaty wan not dlscUssod except ln
execiitlvo sosslon. and ho showed signs
of embnrinflsmont an ho promptly ac
uulesced In tho motlon to close tho doors,
whlch wns dono elghjt tnlnutes after
convenlng. Tho other Senators enjoycd
tlie Joke at tho expense of the Illinols
Senator. i
WILLIAM PLIMLEY MADE
ASSISTANT TREASURER
(By Assoclated Prosa.)
WASIHNGTON. March 10,?The Presl?
dent to-day appolnted "William Pllmley. /
of Now York, to be asslstiint treasurer of
tlio Unlted Statos at New York, to suc
cocrrl the late Conrad Jordan. Tlie noml?
natlon was eonflrmed by the Senate.
Presldon^ Roosovelt tlrst tendcrod the
appoJntmont of asslstant treasuror to
Robert Bacon, oCNow York, foi-merly a
member of tho flrme of J. Plerpont Mor?
gan & Company, but Mr, Bacon do
clfned it.
The appolntment of Mr. Pllmley then
?was declded upon, and at a conference
wlth Secretary Shaw to-day Senator'
Platt approved it. Mr. Pltmloy was one
tlme chief of tho money ordor department
of tho New York clty postofflce.
ESCAPED JAIL WITH AID
OF SHERIFF'S DAUGHTER
(By AJsoctated I'ress.)
SCOTTSBORO. AL.A., March 10.?wm
Patterson. allas Gurley, ln Blount
county, for tho murdor of a Mrs.
Vaughan. wb-s IdcntlJled to-day by
Sheriff Aldridgo and carrled back t'i
pneonta. Gurley escapod from tbe
county Jall at Oneonta some tinio ngo
through tho asslstanoe of Etta Aldrldge.
daughter of the nherlff.
JAMES C. BOWMAN TO
SUCCEED WM. H. TATUM
...St, John's J>odge held one of tho largest
moetlngs of its hlstory last nlght, tho
strlklng foiiture of tlie occasion belng
the splendld trfbnto paid by Dr. George
Cooper to tho late beloved William H.
Tatnm, for so many years trensurer of
the T-odge. ,
Mr. Jamos C. Bowman, a man univer
sally esteemed.. was elocted to succeed
hlm.
ACONVICTESCAPES .
FROM THE STATE FARM
Rd. Davls, a convict at the State Farm,
mado hls eflcapo yosterday afternoon,
and. 50 far as Ib known, has not beon ap
prehended.
At tho penltcntlary last nlght It wns
sald that a report of his escapo had heen
recelved, but that no partJculars woro
known.
BOXERS ARE AGAIN
CAUSING TROUBLE
(By Assoclated I'ress.-)
'PBKIN. Afarch 10.?Yuun-Shl-Kai, the
governor of Chl-IJ Provlnce, havlng been
Informed that the Boxer organlzatlons
woro rosumlng actlvtty ln tho eastorn
part of tbe provlnce, 'dlspatohd troops,
who dlscovored that mombors of tho so
clety, well armed, wero drllllng at nlght
in a town a hundred mllos east of Pekln.
The Boxors were dlBp.ir.sed aftor a
dozen of them and several soldlers had
been kllled. Yuan-Shl-Kal ordered Iho
prlsonors to be behejaded and thelr heads
dlsplayed in publlc and Issuod a procla
matlon Imposlng tho doath penalty on
members and abettors of the organlza?
tlon.
SELF-DENYING
WORK OF CHARITY
Noble. Service of-a Tralned
Nurse Near Fredericksburg
In Rellef of Sufferlng,
fSpoclal to Tho TlmcB-Dlipatch.)
FRBDBRIOKSBURG, VA? Maroh 10.
A case of tonder eympathy and noble
Chrlstlan charlty wlthln four milea of
thls clty, tn Stafford county, la that of
the strlcken family of Mr. Amos Sulll?
van and tha tender mlnlstertngs of a
tralned nurse, wlthout any hope of re?
ward. Mlss Annle Tabb, formerly of
Vlrglnla, now of Baltlmore, had been
performlng the dutlea of tralned nurse
at Boscobol, the home of Mr. C H,
Hurkamp, near thls olty. Recently sho
heard Mr, Hurkamp speak of the unfor
tunate oondjtion of a family about a
milo dlstant, and Mlss Tabb recjuested
that she be taken to the home of the
slolc ones, There she found a family
In whioh were eleven chlldren, thoemal
lest a babe ln arms, nll strlckon wlth
. meattles, and tho mothor 'down wltln
pnoumonla. MIkb Tabb wns horrlned
to nnd so much sufforlng nnd no ono
to walt upon tho patients, and she at
once nssumod charge pnd from thut mo?
ment tho pationtB bogau to Improvo. It
ls thought that the mother wlll recover
nnd all ot the chlldren ^iro Improving.
The case Is an unusual one, and all wiio
have heard of tlio wllling snorlflco .and
offectlve nuvslng ?>f Mlaa Tabb .havo
spoken ln warm pralso .of her noble
worli^ , j
ANOTHER
BUFFALO
MYSTERY
ArthurR. Pennell Dastied
to Death Over CHff.
HIS WIFE INJURED SO
SHE CANT RECOVER
He Was Attorney Connected
Wlth Burdick Case.
THERE ARE UNEXPLAINED
DETAILS OF ACCIDENT
lt is Known That Mr. Pennell Had
Talked Freely About; the Burdick
Murder Case Shortly Before
Slarting on the Ride That
Proved His Last?Expert
wlth Automobile.
(Speclal to The Tlraes-Dltpatch.)
BUFFALO. N. Y., March lO.-More ter
riblo almost than the death of E.-1*. Bur?
dick, was the trugedy that occurred lato
thls afternoon. Whon Arthur K, Pennoll,
one of tho oliief flgures ln.tlie Investiga?
tion of the Burdick murder, was hurled
headlong into eternity. Mr. Pennell
was riding In his electric automobile
with Mrs. Pennell. They were. on Kon
sJngton Avenue, near Fillmoro Avenue,
sktmmlng along the odgo of the Gehre'
stone quarry. a hugo rbck rlbblo he-Ie
ln the ground. Mr. Pennell's liat blow
off. The automobile, awerved, and In
Home Inexpllcablo maiiner lt leaped over
tho curb into tho abyss below. Pennell
was kllled instantly, Ids hoad bolng
crushed to.'an unrecognlzoble mass. Mrs.
Ponnoll was Injured so soverely that the
surgeons at the Slster.-*' Hospital. to
whlch shu wns taken, say her chances'.
of - recovery aro vory. sllgtat,,
Two byys saw the lirogedy. They
were too far awayr to'know- positively
Jiist how it h'appenod. ' Mrs. Pennell,
whon .flrst fqund was unable to speak.
Sho was only Hcml-coiiscious whon ta?
ken to tho lwspltal and could spoakno
cohoront words. Aftor the operatlons
pcrformed immedlately by Dr. Fugeno
Smith, In the bopo of savlng her llfe,
sho lapsed Into unsciousness, and hence
ithere can be no truo verslon oC preclsely
how tho affalr occurred.
MADB APPOINTMENT.
Mr: Pennell .left hls otlice In the Aus
tln bullding at 4:05 o'clock. thls after?
noon. He went to hls homo, at No. _08
Cloveland Avenue. A frlond, -who called
up Mr. Ponnoll on tho 'phone a.bout flve
o'clock, wna lnformed that Mr. Pennell
was ln, but thnt he was golng for a
drlve. Mr. Pennell hlmself an.^wored
tbe telopbono nn<I sald that ho Would bo
back betwoen 0:30 and 7 o'clock, making
an appolntment with hls frlend for thnt
hour.
"Would 6 o'clock do?" he was aslted.
"OhI woll, you mlght como at 6 o'clock,
biit you botter mako lt later,' sald Mr.
Pennell.
Thoso wero the last words Pennell wns
know to speak to any one, except .Mrs.
Pennell, pavo that lio wont back to tho
stalrs and called out to Llzzle Romance,
the mald:
"Uzzle, we wlll be back between 6 and
7 o'clock."
Then ho and Mrs. Pennoll rode away In
the automobile.
It was learned to-nlght thnt the matter
menttoned ln the telephone talk waa
somthlng ho consldored most serlous and
wolghed hea-vily on him. 'It was lu con?
nectlon wlth the Burdick murder.
MADB A STATEME3..T.
Recontly Mr. Pennell made tho follow?
lng etatement:
"About this caso of Burdick. J havo
told tho aut+iorltles T wont away to Now
York tho week boforo tho murder and
that I met Mrs. Burdick whilo I was
away, In fact I saw Mrs, Burdick near
New Tork two or throo days boforo tho
murdor of Mr. Burdick. I onme homo
agaln Wednesday. the day beforo tbo
murdor, I havo told It frnnkly, and tho
moetlng was a proper ono. But they seem
to be detormlnod to drag all thls busl?
ness out in the papors. I would do any
thlng to stop It."
t Pennell and hls wlfe left thelr home
at 4:50 o'olock or ono or two mtnutes be?
fore that tlme. It was a gioomy after?
noon and raln was falling. It soemod a
etrange place for a man to tako hla wifo
(qontlnued on Second Page,)
MRS. HILL HEARS
FROMHERjjUSBAND
She Gets Corroboratlon of
Report That He Trled to
Marry Another Wlfe.
(By ABsoeUted PrcBJ.)
EAST ORANGE. N. J-, March 10?Mrs.
WIllliMn Hlll has hoard from hor reoreant
husband,.Professor Hlll, who dlsappearod
aftor belng accus.Hl of blgamy, and lt is
belleved that <lu- Ib stlll ln Orange, keep
ll)g secluded among trusty friends. Mrs.
Hlll would not toll what hor le ter, whlch
Was dollvered to her last nlght by a
inVssenger boy, cnitulned, but sho intl
mated-ihiU she did not belleve hor hus
band was as bad ?3 ?? ha<- boon "<l,r?>
atnted. ,, ...
The Rov. Dr. I.udlow, paetor of the
ohlirch Mrs Hlll attonds, haa recelved a
letter from'Porto Blco qorroboratlng tho
report tlhat Professor Hlll trled to marry
a welathy young woman there.
Mra. Hlll wa? a Norfolk, Va.. woman,
and her f-ather recently talegraphod her
to return home os soon as hor healtb
wlll permlt, <~ j -
DE1ATH OF CAPT.
C. M. BLACKFORD
After a Brief Illness at His Home in Lynch?
burg?-Sketch of This Well-Known
, Virginia Lawyer..'.,..,
POLICEARE
INDITFERENT
Refuse to Preserve Order ln
Toledo. Ohio.
WILL APPEALTO GOVERNOR
Striking Teamsters Attacked Non-Union
Men?Scenes of Violence Have Oc?
eurred on the Streets and
Revolvers Were Flashed.
(By Asuoblntcd Presi.l
TOLEDO, OHIO, March 10.?Owlng tp
an attack mado qn non-unlon teamsters,
hero to-day by striking teamsters, tho To?
ledo Cartage Assoclatlon has declared lta
Inteutlon of aaklng Oovernor Nash to
send troops to'thls clty to protect Its non
unlon mon. Scenes of vlolanoe have beon
repeated on tho streets slnce last nlght;
rovolvora havo been flashed and the po?
llce havo-ref used to Interferc, .
. Tp-day has been ono ot tho mostex
cltlng in tho clty's hlstory, nor ls the
exeltemeht ubatcd by the strikers' decla
ratlon that a general strlke wlll be call?
ed and that no Toledo frelght wlll he
haulod by tenmstors ln any part of tho
country. Tho trouble began at noon When
an enraged rnob of (Ot) strikers n"nd aym
pathlzors followed a truck through the
prlnclpal buslness streets, endoavorlng to
knopk nnd pull from hls plaba a.non
unlou flrlver.r The mob nlso attomptcd. to
do violenco to Manager,"Turner, of tho
Moretnn Truck Company. . .tn whlrllng
around a corner. the truck was over
turnorl and tho next lustant thn non-unlon
drlver and manager wero on tho pavement
wlth ' tho mob on {op of thc-m. In the
moleo the two objects of the rlttnck os?
caped lnto n restaurnht where waltres,ses
screened them from and defled the howl
lng mob that wns nt tholr heela untll the
pollce Interfored. Tho pollce escortod tho
fugitlve to safety, tuiti then gave notico
that any furthcr provocatlon glven the
strikers wnuld bo the fault of the em
ployers-, nnd they -would not Interfore
liereafter. Later tho report was recelved
that an attompt had been made to throw
a "scab" drlver lnto tho rlver, but-had
been frustrated by tho pollce,- Not hulf
an hour later another non-unlon drlver
was thrown from a truck In front of the
Moretnn truck offlco and at. tho polnt of
a rovolver was couvpelled to run for hls
llfo. Simllnr fale befell n. non-unlon tenm
Btnr wlthln n. block of tho pollce statlon.
Polico Sergeant Conmny, the only offlcer
dntallod to wnteh the case, says that the
omployers proclpltated tho troublo by
tlireatoning to brnln nny unlon tenmstor
who attompted to cllmb on ono of tholr
trucks.
FEARFUL SOMETHING
WILL GIVE WAY
(By Assoelntod Proas.)
' NEW OUIJGANS, I.A., Marrh 10.?
Though tho State e.nglneers repose grnat
contldonco In tho r.ouslana leveii system,
'thero Ih, conslderable apprchenslon tlhat
Bomethlng wlll glvo way up tho rlver lf
the prodlctions of tho Weather Bureau
aro realizod.
Tho rlver Is stlll 1.2 feet below tlio rec?
ord of 1S97. Much of Iho present flood is
duo to tho water which has poured out
of the Tted, ArKnnsas ond othor lowor
Btreams. and tho engliionrn am hopoful
thnt cnnslderablo of tlhls water wlll -be
carricd off boforo tho effocis ol' tbo frosh
ets in tbe Ohlo, Tennosseo and olhcr up
por rlvera aro felt hero.
JOHNM. STflT
BE TR1ED APRIL 7TH
That Day FIxed by the Hust?
lngs Gourt at the Request
of Counsel.
Before .Tudge Ingram, In tho Hustlnga
Court yesterday afternoon, the trlal of
John M. King wa_ Bet for trlul on tho
7th of next month, Thla falla ou Tuos?
day, and lt Is thought that iho cuso enn
bo completed wlthln tho. wook,
When the dockot waa called yoster
day mornlng tho name of King wus
called by tha clerk, wheroupon Mr. H'ynd
hum Meredith nroso to nsk that tho soc?
ond hearlng be continued untll noxt term.
llo sald that Mr, Hlll Carter, who ls
assoclated with hlm ln the defense, was
buslly engnged ln another court, and
would be unahlo to appear thla month.
Commonwcalth's Attorney Itlohardson
offered no objoctlon to a postponoment,
as ho has ovon now mora than ho can do
this term. llo euggested tbo 7th of next
month ns n good day, and Mr. Meredith
aoquloscfd, wheroupon tho Judge named
thlo dato.
Tho grand Jury yesterday returnad iho
followlng indlctmonts:
Willlam Ilurko, Spptt, Bail, allas Charles
Wllllams; W, lf. Bail, Austln Blnglnim,
Edward Wnshlngton, Charles Bagby,
Mosos Davls, John llendersjn, ullos .l,ls
bomo Alexander; J, IX. Hobson, John Jef?
ferson. R. ifj I.untb, Ofton Maynard,
Aurellus Mogby, Edward Nash, I.ouls
Btevena, Arthur. Wtirwicli, aud James
Whlte.
(Speclnl to Thn Tlmcu-llliptttoh.)
LYNCHBURG, VA.. March 10.?Cap?
tain Charles Mlnor Blackford dled at ten
mlnutes paBt 2 o'clock thls afternoon,
Captain Charles Mlnor Blackford dled
at hls homo, corner of Pearl and Harrl
son Streots. Captain Blackford was taken
III on Tuesday of last wook, and at.tho
tlmo lt was thought that ho was auffer
lng from a. severo cold. On Monday he
was not foellng woll, and spoko to Several
of hla friends of hls Indlsposltlon. No
one then dreamed that the end would
come so Boon. On Tuesday ho was not
conflned to hls hed, but on the follow-'
lng day the symptoms of hla malady bo
came more sorious, and on Friday even?
ing It was known that he was suffer-;
lng from a dangorous form of penumonia,
Tho aotlon of tho heart was the moat dla
couraglng feature of hls Blokness, and
on Saturday evening the attendlng physl
clan pronounced tho patlont's condition
as oxcoedingly' crltical. Tolegrama were
at once sent j.o near rolativos of the fami?
ly. On Sunday. the roport spread through
the olty that tho Captain had rallied
sllghtly, and the hopo waa entertainod
that ho would be restored to health and
strength,
Tho Improvement, howovor, proved to
be only tomporary, and thodlseaso pro
gressed rapidly to its fatal termlnatlon.
On yostorday, tlio entiro clty aeemed to
feel a deop sympathy for tho sufferer,
and on every hand anxlous inqulrles wore
mado as to his condition, Men, women
and chlldren, whlto and colored, evlnced
the deopost concorn, and when It was
known that all hopo had been abandoned,
tho profoundest sorrow was expressed.
The closing hours ot' Captain Blackford's
lffe woro markod by a poaoeful reslgna
tlon to tho divlne wlll; nnd ln tho sad
ness of tho end, ho was sustalncd by the
consclousness of God's love and' a con
fldont irtist In His niercy. When the
news of Cnptaln Blackford's'doath ppread
through tho clt3r. it was Unlversally ror
ceived wlth expresslons of grlof and ro
grot. Tho entire clty unlted In lamentlng
the loss of one whom all regardod as
an honored cltizen nnd a noble man^
/ HIS FAMILY.
Captain Blackford wns born ln Fred
orlcksburg, Va., on October 17, 18H3, and
was tho aon of William M. Blackford, who
later removedto Lynchburg. Hls mother
was Mary Borkoley Mlnor, daughter of
Genoral John Mlnor, of Froderlcksburg,
who marrled Lucy Landon Carter. On
February 10, 1S56, ho wus marrled ln Al
bemarlc oounty to Mlss Susan Lelgh Col?
ston, a daughter of Thomas Marshall Col?
ston, of Fauqulor county, and Ellza Jnc
quolin Flsher, of RIchmond. Bosldes his
wlfe, Cnptaln Blackford Is survlyed by
two sons, Dr. Charles M. Blackford; Jr.,
nnd Mr. R. Colston Blackford, of Lynch?
burg, Hls only daughtor, Mrs. Nannlo
Colston Wlthers. wifo of Mr,- Samuel T.
Wlthers, dled on February 6, 1884, and
sho sleops In the beautlful family lot at
Sprlng Hlll Cemetory, In whlch tho Cap
taln's romnlns wlll bo laid to rest. The
Captain is survlved by four brothers.
William Blackford, of Norfolk; Launcolot
M. Blaokforrl, presidont of tho Eplsco
pal Ulgh School at Alexnndria; Eugone
Blackford, of Maryland, and B, Lewls
Blackford, of Washlngton, and ono kIb
ler.i Mrs, Mary Cook, of Prlnco William
oounty. lio was a flrst oousln of Dr. Bon
Blackford, suporlutendent of tho Wostorn
Stato Hospital at Stnunton, niirl of Mr.
William H. Blackford, priisiaont of tho
Maryland Llfo Insurunco Company, of
Baltlmore, V
Captain Blackford's careor was ono of
notnblo aclilovonionl. For numy yoars
hls nnmo has been regurded throughout
Vlrglnla and lu many oihor Statos ns
a lawyer of splondld abillty, nnd whlle
lio hns heen pronilnontly IdontlfTed wlth
n nuinhor of Impurtnnl ontorprlsoa and
noteworthy unriortnklngs, ho was bost
known us nn attorney, and ln thla iroca
tlon ho won a dlstlngulshed buqcohs; It
was nt tho ngo of flftoen yoars that Cap?
tain Blackford came to Lynchburg to ro
slde. anrl horo be recelved a part of hls
educatlon, lio attended tho law school
of thn Tnlvoralty of Vlrglnla, tho traln?
lng school of many omlnent jurists, nnd
wns graduated from thnt Instituto In JS55,
Bmbarklng nt onco .into fhn prnbtlco of
hlB professlon ln Lynchburg, ho wns
rapldly forglng to tlio front and was
Hoourlng a largo nnd prolVtnhlo buslness
whon thn clash of arms soumlod through
tho land, .Rooognlzlng hls duty to Vlr?
glnla and tho South, lio at oneo slioulder.
ed arniR nnd marchod to tho front, whoro
wlth JiIh eustomary earnoslnoss and zeal
ho sought to glvo hls country a. fntthl'iil
Borvlco, At tho otitsot of hostllltlea ho
boeomn tho f.rst lloutnnt of Company
II of thn Second Vlrglnla Cnvolry, nnd lu
tha eapaclly ho sonred gal)antly untll Au?
gust, 18ill, whon as a reward for hls con*
spleuoua servlcos ho wuh olnctod to tho
posltlon. nf captain, nn otllco ho r.'lled
wlth markod abillty and conso|entlous de
voilon untll January, 18(111, whon ho wss
appolnted judgo advocnto of tho Flrst
Corps of tho Army of Northorn Vlrglnla
coinmandod by Genernl Longstreet, and
ln thls posltlon, comhlnlng tho fiinctlnns
of both prosoeulor nnd .ludgo iu thocourt
maiHlals of tho army, he serynd,
wlth notablo tnct nnd eftlo|ency untll Iho
closo of tho war. Durlng his caroer in
tlio nrmy Captain Blackford partlolpatod
ln tho Ilrst battle nf Maiiassaa, part of
.Inelinon's Vnlley eampfllgll, Slaughter
Mountnln, tlio' Wlldornoss, SpOtsylVfepJa
Courthouso. (iettysbuig. and Suffolk. Ho
was pnroled at Oharlottesvillo In Aprll.
18(55, nnd then resumed Iho practlco of
law ln hls formT homo, Lynchhnrg.
PBACTICE OF I.AW.
ln tho year ISOtl Captain Blackford en?
tered Into pnruioisliip wlth tho lato M.i
\'-r Thomas J. KlrkpatrJek, and In a short
iCoiltliiMpd on Soventh 1'uge.)
SIXMILES
ANHOURON
SPEEOWAY
The Aldermeu Act on the
Vexed Question.
MINISTERS 00
BEF0RI2 THE BODY
7 ??
Argument Agalnst Sabbaih:
DesecratlomiEarnest.
-j-? ' ??_>?-:??
THE BUDGETIS PASSED
AFTER A WARM FIOHTf
Strong Effort to Secura Money fbrV
School Bulldlng Instead of for_i? ',}
\ purchase of a Park In the Wett >
End Defeated?The Meetlng ?/'?:?
Lasted Untll Long After ?' 'i -
the Mldrilght Hou*
Arnld a storm ot protwrta, ____ _? _0a
parently doomed the ord____e_ permlttl&M
the Spoedway at Reoervolr Park to ;_*?'
maln open on the. Sabbath, and -?__!?
flrst one and thon. another oraendmentj
was being flred at tho clork, Mr; James R.
Gordon, after llstonlng pattently to nu?
merous remarka from mlnlstera' of' tlm
goBpel, aolved the much. vexed proposltioj* :
at a meetlng of the-Board of -Aldermen! '
lost nlght by offerlng1 aa a, substltuta tm
tho -whole , "mlaerablo thlng," aa. th'ar.
measure haa heen termod, an amendmenli.,
allowlng tlhe track to remaln.opon at'all.
thries durlng tho Wek forthe purpose -ot
raclng, and on Sunday only for the pleai-- ,
uro of the cltlzons; provlded, however,''
that no; horse bo permltted upon thls sa?
cred'day tb trot-or move faster than a ,
galt of slx mllesan hour. .Thls was ac-;-;
cepted ln the naturo ofa. compromlse by
tho opponents. of. the 'actlon of the Com- ?
mon Councll, tho motlon being carrled ,
by.acclarnatlon. V ' '?
BEEAK UP KAC.1NG.
The mlnlstei-s present--13rs; '('rimpbeil,
Cecll and I-Jiinnon?all of whom'. opposp.u..
thu openlng of the track ou the. .SaljhjJl'i,-;
stated ' after the ballot ?'had boen.- aiir
nounccd and.'tho rosult declared Ibat .-t.tm.
ccmprorrilso was an, ifhprovomontupon':
tho origlnal ordlnance; biit wns not wh-it
they had hoped for. By them II . iv'i-.t ?
tnken as a defeat, whllo to the ravurlioS
of tho origlnal ltls| regarded as no m<>Vtj:
than a weal^. compromlse at tho ho>t.<;
All hands are uuanlmous ln admUtlng thut'
If tlio ahiendmont Is onfororsd, in. tlm ?
ovont, of courso, It passes the. Common .
Cunell. thero'--will bo no raclng at. tlho
Reservotr on Sunday In the future.
.Strong doubt has been expressed ris
tn whother the lower'.hody wlll aceopt.
the amendment, for'thore are members
of thls branch who do not hesltato to
aay that'they favor spoodtng horses on tha
Sabbath.
Mr. Gllbort IC Pollock, champlon of.
tlhe measuro ln the Common Councll, saya
that the amondment adopted by the, Boardi
last nlght Ib Just what he wanted.. He
thinks that the argument advanced by
Mr. Gordon waa vory muoh along,the llna
of hls speech ln the lower hody, -when h?;
advocated tho meaauro which was lost
nlght consldored, on tlhe grounda that to
closo tho Spoedway tlgbt on the Sabbath
would bo lnterferlng wlthi tho Uhertloa ot
tho people. Ho took the stand that tho
Spoedway was only a part and parcel- of ?
tho park system, and should, therefore,
bo opened at such tlmea aa tha park lt'
gclf ls. ? '
FIGHT OVER BUDGET.
' Whllo tho dobato ovor tho speedwajr,'.
proposltlon was tho last to.come. up _a?,
foro adjournment and c.onseciuontly left
a flrmer Impresaion on tho minds of many.
It was not nearly" so interesting or of
any moro real Importance than was the
flght which was preclpltated over tho an
nual budgot, whon for a time It looked
as lf tUe document would bo amended and
lts flnnl passngo Indoflnltely postponed.
Mr, Battorfleld, of Marshall "Ward,' was
tho preclpltator. Ho wa? ably asslsted
ln iils valn fight by .President Turpln,
und they wero baeked hy. elght othor .
niembors of tho body, wlthln four of n,
BUfftclent numbor to hold up legislatlon
and voto tho amendment.
"When tho paper was taken up for con?
sideratlon. tho roadlpg was dlapensed wlth.
and lt lookod ns lt tho document would
be "rallroaded," as lt was ln tho Com?
mon Councll. But not so, however. for Mr.'
Satterfiohl. was nn tho floor ln a Jlffy.
Ho oalled altentlon to an appropriation
of $7,000 wyth Which to acqulro a small
trlangular lot at. Hanover and I/om>
bardy Streets for park purposns, and
moved thnt tho hudgetUw so amended aa
lo cut this amount and npproprlata Jl,85t|
tn tho School noard for tho purpose nf
buylng a lol on which to erect u new
school bulldlng.
M.H. COUPON OPPOSRrt.
Mr. i.oiilon opposed Iho amniirlir.ent
prlnelpnlly ?" "'0 ground thnt It would.
delay tho budget, whllo Mr. Turpi'il took
sldes with Mr. Sntlorflold. rdinraeterlah :r
the document uh ihe "sacred ch plunit
of the Pluance Commlttee," vvblcb 11? > n u
darod Blop.
Thore was a strong nndorourro'it in tln
liuard on thls propo.s|t|on, but Ii dld ??.?(
crop out,
fiiliing thls debate Mr. K. t'. Mhio",
Ml-g, Laudonlu nashlell and Mrs. n.'ol.ur.l
Mea'de, all of whom aro dceply i,iir>----1?? l
In havlng manual tralnlng Instituted '(1
thn publlc sertools, an appropriation Mf
whloh tho budget provides, occupled >?;ii.t
hiBldo of tlie Connell chatnber ralllr-B',
They wore altenllve llstenors to tlir- ar-j/
gumenis of th? members, and althciUKh
thev would have hated awfully to luiv.j :
Beon tlie budget h-ld "i> they vicro evi
dcntly In synipr.thy wlth Mr. Sntterfield
aad Mr. Turpln In thelr efforls lo up
proprlnto moi-u money for frco educa?
tlon.
Hl'STAINBD TBE M"A VOB
Tha Doai'd rofused lo coucur in fhe ac-.
tlon of the lower branch and vtittld to
stistalii tlie veto of Mayor Taylor on an
ordlnance to provldo street car tlcket* fof
Councll member. at tho <ixpen*.? ot th*i
clty. Tho ballot, which was tted, fol?
lows; ?
'hi ovorrlde ihe vato-Mosfl'S. Adam,?
Bahen, liock, Burlou, Cottrell, Pono^u*

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