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X If II II VOL, II. O. 1G. PITTSBORO. N. C,; WEDNESDAY. MARCH 18, 1903. IU3 AIm: A BEFOBa ' EBA - FOB BUSSM Czar Issues a Decree For the Free-,-!om of Religion. CELEBRATES FATHER'S BIRTHDAY lxwal Self-Goyeraiaent and Reform til It ami Law Among Other AnirllnratiT. MmnMi Proposed Peaaantry to lie ' IieUer! or Knforcod LaborStep Mont lrnrraot Slrn Kmanripat lsn of ferfa St. Peti-r-burg, Russia. In comment oratlon of his father's birth t March 10. 1SJ5), thf Czar has issncd a decree which Is the most signiQeant act of the Russian Empire since 1SC1. when h! grandfather, Alexander II., enianti rated SO.GtMWW serfs. The ralk n points of the decree are the providing of religious liberty, the vasing up .-if communal life, freedom from f-.r ted laltor. reform ia rural gov rouKnt nr.d the improvement of fam ily, school and public life. Alexctdir IL left as 'a sacred trust to hl ,,n, the father of the present Cxar. the cutiitaunlion of the work he had begun to ameliorate the condition cf. tic . ilui Aitiamier iii.uicu before the wotk was completed. The decree recites that the Czar, in order to asMire the well-htlng of his people, follows In the footsteps of hl predeef cr. feeling that. God has laid upon him the sacred duty of complet ing the "e;iiiMlidatlo.n of truth and or der" liegttu by them. "Agitation In the coimtry work to the detriment of the SrewjlU rood of the people, confusea theQy;c mind, removes the popnla-tic-pr"! productive labor and lnter 'ies w-ih the internal development of t the country." ' T iw;( this (Xihll'st) agitations scents to tic the object of the deer. Whlie the Orthodox Church 1 recog nized .ns the ruling one of tlie Russian Kmphe. jhe believers in nil other creeds are granted freedom of worship, limb. n hire's and foreigners. In accordance with impending meas ures of national economy, the efforts of state credit h-s'ilufious, and especially th. nobles' and peasant.' banks, are to be directed to stnmgihemng and devel oping tiie welfare and foundation of Russian village life and of the local mbiUty .'usd pentmntry. It i decreed tint measure mm! be taken Without dc'ay to relieve the )ieaaiit of ,the burdensome liability to forced b i rr. Thfir-..' ,'i reform is to b effected In tilt ir?v-.-i:l governments and the d!s-irli-t a-lmtMisirailon by the local repre-eiutiv-e,. while attention will be de voted t.i securing closer TP-operation l-(;itvi-en the communal authorities and tr trtlstm of ttm Ctrthrulnv ci:r i,erev-r iwsauue. dr-ree.calla tip.iti all aubject tiv' ro-opcrs'-e in trtn.:tlen!nii the moral fonndat.'rns tT the family, dchooyand nubile life, which al";ie can trijnrnntee the wel!-ivlns of the p,vpUiVd the coefldet3 e of every n intlie aiJI'Hfty of Ids richM- The mlnjidrrit and chief ofltcln'" c,ncemel ar co,mtn;niled toi nbtnit to th Vf.!y(Mr view regard luc the carrvins.ant of his intention In this dirr-fHon, MEOALrOH HEROIC. t-TS SAVER, Bowed Mfy Milr. In an lvn Ttoat la Vahicaton. T. C.-Tiie Secretary of the Tri jt-iii'y haa forwarded a 'prdd life-avi;;: n-.cdal to Keeper tJcm-re Cray, o. th li'c-cavln sta-tion a.t Char lotte, N. V' fur "est reme and heroic darlutt l'i av:ii,; life from the perils of tw tt 'a." On December 15. Cray with his crew rescued fur men and one wom an from the schooner' "John It. Noyes, whleh v-(i! wr-tl:cd on l ake Ontario. ttvcn.y-t!i.'ce r.illea from the Charlotte lti!ioj. flray and h! men were under nr 'Cor.Mauuy ror ntieen hours, row. up about fixty mtlm In niropen boat inl tn a heavy winter (ea, and. wavit ... u.,,...,.. .: . i... . - tiray. "cxhlbltlm: j;rrat bravery, di cretlon, n'dll and sound ..ludz'meirt.'' Thl '"ectie la regarded by Sufierinteii dent Kimball aa one of the inost re markable in the history of the service. rrrlflnit Name. Snmpann't Son. Th following yotiu? men have re ceived appointment to the Naval Academy from I'rcsldent Itoosevelt: Italph Farlo Sampson, son of the late Itear-Adndral William T. Sampson: J. W(Mlward Philip, n son of the late Ilcnr-.Utmlral John V. Philip, of .hat thvhip Tcvas fame; Alfred Milew. a Depliew of Commander llmro Otpr bans, !n char so of ships at the Naval Academy, otls Y. Howard, sou of Major Cuy Howard, who warn shot In the PbiHoplneN. and a stratnlson .of Ceueral OO. Howard, has received an tipnoliitiiii'iit from Ibive.-niatlve Jh' cer. 1 'f JuJsJrtjMtHarte I'nlrt. . 'ItiVs.' .leim UofUltts. who lives In re tittcedj -.iwutjiMj'nccK nt Ojdtl" (lold Mine, . (mnty, S. C. it. U nu ll, .m:m! will rerel.'o f l-Kt.M!.), the for tttiu' ll.hy tli lab Chi-Tles Hill, of US Ai:K:da. 'rl. Slr.t. Hopkins tirst bcli.ni'1, H'jhert Al' SiMider, "whi'e in j'iMs i tl'ettrWttrs-itpo If-brTstntefr nsvfd lif'.s of-Chsrle Hill, and Hill made n will 1 tuning all hia liroperty, to his pt'.-sfi'ver. . Now (,'rmn lUilililoc: I "diet nip(t. The Ciiind Jury of liidiaiiaiioHs, Ind., e (iii'iiMi ,f my iji iiiuiniian'tuK, inn., r'.ni((l't!Mv Ini'.U inu'ii artim:t ,IoneTrVsAle.v;.'ini!er, of the Central Or. .To; Colh'sc of Miyslehuis and Sur-icojis, nud Uiife.ri C.iiitrell. the ullcmI hoiil. lr. Ah'xaniler will bo tried under the new indictment, despite the fact that there is now pending n . aiiainst DEFENDS ALASKA TREATY fremier Laurier Regards It as a Victory Over United State II. lploro, H.weBT, tli Ch.Iro of Me.nrt. Hoot, fnmer and Lode. tli. American ConimtMlauort. Ottawa, Ontario. premier Lanrlcr, replying to Mr. It. L. Borden, the oppo sition leader. In the House of Commons on the Alaskan treaty, made a Ions statement showing the possibility al ways present of uufdVasant conse quences as long as the boundary ques tion was unsettled. He regarded the treaty as a dtetiuct victcry over the iiosiiiou previously as sunmi by the Cuited States in the abandonment of the condition that tcr-ritoi-y now In AuitM'icaa possession such as Hyea and SUagway must be recosaized as Amricnn In any event. The nresent provision on this point Is fair and honorable to both parties, he said. Decision or no decision, he continued, one resujt of the 'ommission would be. the best possible education for the American and British people on the points contended for by Canada. He had expected the American Com missioner would be impartial jurists of repute. Mr. Hoot was much In the (!!; i ii of a party to a smc trying uis ttwii ?ase. Senator Turner, he under stood, was an interested party in con nection with the enterprises in the Northwestern States. Senator Lodge had expressed very strong opinions strains the claims of Canada, upoa which he will be called to pass Judg ment.' He agreed with Mr. Borden, however, that the British Commission ers should be impartial Jurists of re nute the best to be found in the em pire. ' Mr. Borden attacked the Government for not opposing the treaty. He said that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty should not have been abrogated without pro vision tirst having been made for the delimitation of the Alaskan boundary. He said that the American Commif sioners were not impartial Jurists, as required by the treaty, and questioned whet jer Britairt" should appoint Com missioners at all. If it did, he declared It should not follow the example of thfr Cn'iel States, but appoint competent and .impartial judges. ' KILLED W:F ANt SIX CHILDREN. Father I.".l Thetr ftndle. Sldo by SIJ. aad Then Att.mpied ftulcld. St. Louis, Mo. Andrew Kraus. a wealthy farmes, of yleibfon:alne, be jran to net 'strangely recently after a loajj llhicsi!. Ant-Ichbor passiusj his place ili'mshKlt jmusunliy quiet and went bi. J In llipjront room of the farmhouse he foonfi Kraua. bleeding from wounds n hi head and nnconsclous. In the. adfoirilne- room, be.'slud a locked door. Kvere the bodies of Mrs. Kraus and the six children, all with their hesds crushed In. Apparently Kraus had locked the family In the room and attacked them with a stone, hammer. The mother wan struck down while trying to de fend the children. Tiic.t, it appears, Kraus tried to bat ter hid own brain out with the 'ham mer, which was still grasped in his hands. ; The bodies of. the woman and the childten had been arranged In n row on th bed, except the baby, Ift In a era die. NECO RECTOR SU3P3ISES BISHOP. .utter Tli.inel.t It. Wa Whit t'nltl lie Arrtred to Begin Work. I.os Angeles, Cab The arrival here if tho Itev. fleorge S. Brown, of Phlhi leipiita. who has been appointed rector 3f the Protestant Episcopal Congrega tion ht I.ompoc. Santa Barbara County, created much surprise. The Itev. Mr. Hrown wa named by Jtishnp Joseph II. Johnson, of the Soulherir Calif orniti Diocese, and until his arrival neither the bishop nur the congregation, which Is white, knew that Brown was a no- ei-o- , CONSUL TALKED TOO MUCH. Itittlnci-r.Dur ItnpreaeiitatlT. at Montreal, lavlled to Iteiiticn. Washington. D. C. United States Consul John B. Bltfinper, at Montreal, has been invited to resign. He will be succeeded by. Major A. W. Kdwards, a North Dakota iewspaper man. Ccmul Bittinger. while on leave of absence at bis home in St. Louis, talked very freely of the retaliations between the United States and Can ada. This was 111 received In Canada and l"d to the present action. Wsrrnrft For Hunk Trcamirer, The warrant for the arrest of Walter S. V, Cooke, former treasurer, of the Milford Co-operative Bank, Issued sev eral days-flgo, has 'been served on Cooko at his home In Boxbury. Mass, The cioeiimint charees Couke with the larceny or IS.OtH) from the bank. The iliac is III from a bu"let wffund, self-.'' Intlleted on the day nrter the shortage at the haulj, was discovered. Uirn Mvu XIIUhI In Minn I'.liinf. Thiie m.ii were killed and fouiieeti severely Injured by nn e.iloslon of Pro-dump In the mine or the CardHV 1 1 U.) C-rm i 'ominnyr-Thedna (TTI fe" .'iclin ,McCIsky, Joseph Iluett and Zoel A k. 'ditto. , Miners at the mouth of the shit ft -weve-ft wakened by -thpfrpIonlnTt and rescued the Injured and removed the dead. ' Wniiinu Hat irr Farm AiilmnM Killed. Nora Cauze, Indiana orgnnlxer for (he National Humane Society, had all Iruv f.'H'm . nulmals- killed near Ko konm.' lnd. She conlemplntcd an ex tended visit in the East, and rather than trust her stock to other hnuds or dered them killed. CUBA RATIFIES THE TREATY Reciprocity With the United States Favored by the Senate. ADOPTED BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE Sixteen Senators For It. Five Aealnrt It . The Itatiflcatloa Keqnlred Only a Ma . Jortty, So There Were Several Vote to Fpare Bn.ta.ment.' Arsnuient Made Ieen Imjireftnion. Havana, Cuba. Senate by a vote of sixteen to fire ratified the reci procity treaty with ths United Stales. The treaty was thus ratified by ex actly two-thirds of the votes of the Senate. Fifteen Itepubliean Conserv r lives or administration Senators and one Nationalist voted in favor of the treaty, and nve"VHoualists against it. There, were three nbscntecs. all of whom, if is beileyed, favored the treaty. The ratification required only a major ity rote, so that there were several votes to spare. The vote was taken Immediately on the conclusion of a forceful anpeal by Senor Bustanicnte. He insisted that wtiether the truKt or. the producer wre the chief tietieflclarles of the twenty per cent, reduction of. customs duties on Cuban sugar shipped to the United States, it was not tosslble that such differential treatment favoring Cuban sugar in competition with that of Euroie, eonld result other than fa vorably to Cuba's trade. Under the treaty, he said, the Euro pean producer would be unable to com pete with Cuba. If the European na tions were really seeking to prevent the ratification of the treaty In the United States Scpate, it was not on account of the little they wottld lose in the Cu ban markets, but because they would no lone-f lie able to send sugar to the United States. The '.treaty would also nrnvidp the protection that Cuba needed on to bacco.. Viewed In another 7ispect. tli" tr. atv wojjJd give Cuba national tntitv nnd nlbir.- her to enter into efunineivia! re lations with the -nation which was hith erto considered only her riinrdian. T vote." s!iid the speaker, "for C'C treaty with the conviction tlvit we In so doing are rende-'ing a patriotic duty to Cub even If the treaty is not ap proved by the Untied States S?nnte. ,-I do not inteed to retire to-niclit with my iuiid.diquieted by tlvwghts of a weak and hungry Cuba selling l.er lndepeij-.?eii"e for a bag of money, l;':t rather with the knowledge that through oin- assistance she has taken progress! ro Mips toward nrosnerity. Dower and the protect ion of her inde pendence and liberties." Senator Bntninente"s speech was loudly apidaudrd. The .custom of ap proving th treaty by articles was dls nensd with atid the reenmniendrtions of the committee were approved in t!;o:r entirety. S X DEATHS- IM HOTEL fIRt. SihxII ltnetry Knrned In Went Vitxinla Several Raraard fy Jntnplnr. ' Cumberland. Md. Six persons were Imrned to death and one was mortally Injured as the result of a fire In a small hotel In Letter, a miring town near Elkins. W. Va. The dc.id are Maggie Conghlau Ovrr biil. W. Va.: Annie Buvico :i Henrr BitrU' ', Wtitne'isdorf. W. Vn.; (leo' ge C. Andersen and Mrs. Ceorge C. Attderson and a child of the Andersons. ' Itobcrt Long was mort ilh- lnbi-ed. Several jarsous ose.ied with- minor Injitrles bv lumping from a second story window. Slml'nr Dlnnder la Alnalia. Dawson. Alaska. Five people were burned to death In the Aurora -Bend house on Hunker Creek. Charles Bern sic. who owne,d tho house, his wife and two children and Thomas Balrd, who was in charge of one of the O'lvorn meiit road houses, were burned to a crisp. HCMER PI"D HANCED. Killed Two- Companion In Klondike Can" Fonu-tit ThrougU Supreme Court. Seattle. Wash. A dispatch from Sit ka says that Homer Bird was executed there. On the gallows Pltd made a short speech, without visible emotion, in which he protested Ids innocence. In the great Klondike. rush of is:i7 '08 Bird started up the Yukon Biver with two oommtilons, One .day the two companions disappeared. When ques tioned Bird stoutly maintained I hat they had gone oft' on a prospecting ox pdition. The bodies of the two men were afterward found riddled with buckshot. Bird's sentence was af firmed by the United States Supreme Court, and President Itoosevelt refused cleiMciu'", . . ... DYING ORD1R TO HIS .. SON-XILL. Ten-Year-old Hoy Swinr to Murder' till Father' Slayer. Knoxvllle, Teiin, Carrctt IleddeP, the noted moonshiner,' was shot by his .Lrullieiv l!Ilejv'lie.(lie(l juUwut-iuleri ward In Ids cablu In the mountains. His last words were to , his ten-year-piilJioyahdIiisadLnrds ivci'e,j.'! on'i i'orgct, hov, you must kill jour Uncle Biley." The boy was al hotne '.when his father was dragged Into ths house dy ing. Ignoring everything else the Wounded riioom-hincr culled Ids boy, r inde liil.-l place..-hi, rbrht band on his father's revolver and then swear to kill the man who had shot him. The bov took the oath to avenge his father nud the fjimilj li'tid Wljj be prolonged. THE VIEWS OF ARGENTINA Repubho Resists Collection" of Deists at Mizzle of European Guns. VTill Eesnlt Only In the Abnorptlon oftlio Wel.er Xatlon by t'ownrtol ' Countries of the Karth. f V"asbingt.ni. D. C The following stHti'Hient was given ut at ihe lega tion of the Argentine ltcpublic: ' Recent public ftioiis referring to the note of 'instruction sect by 1u Argen tine Oovcrnment to Its Minister In Washington, Dr. Garcia -Moron. In n gard to some of the features of tlse Vetirzcnla incident, give the'crrnneov.s lmoression that Argentina asked for an alliance with the United States. r"id that 'ts proposal was rejected by the Secretary of State. "In fact, the dispatch aimed only to explain theyiews of the home Covert'.. iuent relative to the coercive collection of public debts of American States by Enroiican nations. "The Argentine Minister or Foreign Relations, In his note, says In part: 'The, compulsory and immediate de mand for nayment nt a given moment of a 'public debt by means of force would not produce other than ibe ruin of the weaker nations and the ,,f "ClMr (rvofnmlll t(- gether. with al! its Inherent faculties, by th powerful nations of the earth.' 1 " 'Tlie principle which we maintain is that a public debt cannot give rise to nn armed intervention, and much less to the territorial occupation of the soil of American nations by any Euro pean Power." ' . p In his reply Secretary Hay stated that "Advocating and adhering In prac tice in questions concerning itself to the resort'of international arbitration in settlement of controversies not ad justable by the ordsrlr treatment of dinlomatie negotiation, the Government of the United States would always be glad to see the questions of the justice of claims by oho State against another growing out of Individual wrongs or national obligations," ns well as the guarantees for th execution of what ever award may be made, left to tn decision of an'imparl'al arbitral 'tri bunal, befor" which the litigant nations-weak and stroi'i may stard as equals jtrthe-eves of international law and mutual, duty. "Cue of 'th more important features of the Argentine note. he deehues. "is the recognition and inderseTent given t. the Monroe Doctrine, which, for the first tittle, is acknowledged and accented a a principle of American tin bile law by a nation of Sonth Amer ica ." VRS. PENNELL DEAD. Eridenrrn That Iter ttnslmnd Did Xot Commit uirtde. ' Buffalo. X. V. Mrs. Arthur It. Pen ne!K who with her husband was car ried over a lodge infn a stone ouarry In their automobile, died at the Sisters of Charity "Hospital. She never recov ered Ci'tlsi loitsjie... A search of the Penne'd residiticn re vealed a number, of Inioortant dneu meiits. including a will of recent date. What the provisions of the will were is not known as nece of those who saw it would diseiiss the' mutter. It i be lieved that Mr. Puneil carried s-'1.-..Oii0 life insurance and MO.O-mi accident in surance. The anroi5olii!c which earvi,'d Mr. renndl and his wife !n the plunce to tho I.otiom of the stone ounrrv on Ken sington avenue was carefully cxr.tn Ined. The result of ih" examination left no doubt 'n the m'vls of any of the men present that IVimcII did cverythlr;: within human power to regain control cf the vehicle, when it careened in lis mad course toward the yawning chasm at l.ie quarry... '. The brakes were f ichilv set : the now cr Indicator- pointed to ''Reverse." and the iraek of the wb"f"s lu the soft earth en the ridge between the street pavement and the qnavrt- showed that the v heiis were turning backward when the iporderous machine sn:d for ward to destruction. NECRO PESRY CONFESSED. Told S-herl'ir Falrtinlrnt'hat Me Coinmliled , the "stnecer" Mnrdrre. Cambridge. Mass. George L.' O. .Perry, the negro lad who. was indicted for the murders of 'Miss Agnes. Mo Phee of Soinerville. ami Miss Clara Morton, of Waverlv. made a eotifesslon when he rea.Hr.ed ihaf he could not live, and now that he. is dead Sheriff Fair, b-ilnv has made nubile what he said. The Sheriff srtys be asked the prisoner: "tleerge Very, did you hit those girls' Misses M"Pbe and Morton''" , "Yes, ,-dr. I did " was the retdy. "Did Mason, have anything to do wih itr . A negative rhake of the head was the answer, and 'Vrrv, begitiiiing ti"we,ep pitifully. s;iid; ''Do not ask mc tiny more nnrstio"." At ths time Perrr had Just passed tlhoivrh a run cf trphnld fever atid was terribly weak He seemed t.) have an Most he would hot live, Maor. who. Is rerc.rred to, Is the I: - tdi run n. a tuetnber of a prominent femiiv, who w,'is once nrfs(eil on sns:. p'elun of he tug "slack the "Slugger." !"f .who fiflfrvar-il-3y4adbuJat.'g.din oour4 Tti-U erv CmmnTi In llttntle tflliiiot. ..Coii'i'ftr.,ltirvr ratlirr start let! fii'its nt Providence. I!. I by an official rec ognition ' of the general practice of bribery nt elections in Itlmde 1Iard. He sent a message lo the Legislature asking for the appointment of a com missioiior who will have power to em ploy "gents in detecting, and. prevent--' ing bribery at elections,- In this mes sage the Governor stated that, several members of the present Legislature held their seats through' bribery. CASHED OVER A PRECIPICE Pcnnell, Who field the Key to the ,L Burdick Case, Killed. WAS IN AUTO WITH HIS WIFE The Lawyer ft ad aa Important Telephone Talk llerore lie Started on HI Fatal nide Sentitnrnt Genera! That the Ac cident Cleana t'p the Murder Myfrtery He May He a Solclde. Buffalo. X. V. Horror piled on hnrrar again shakes the whole social structure tf the city, arid the shadow of relent less fute enshrouds oneo light-hcaricd butterflies of the Elm wood set. tor the savag mttrder of Edwin I.. Burdick, in his home, is followed by the sh.-k-ing death of Arthur It., Pennell, whom be had made co-respondent in bis suit for divorce, and who. if he would, many believe, could have pointed the finger of Justice straight at the mur derer. Pennell was dashed over a . precipice in an automobile with his wife a little after C o'clock p. m. He was killed in stantly, and Mrs. Pennell was taken terribly injured to the Sisters' Hospital. Their fate is as mysterious as that of the rich merchant with which for ten horrible days Tennell has Iveen in volved. None can say whether if was accident or design that sent the vehicle plunging over the crest of a thirty rfoot embankment. Only two young men saw the tragedy. The two lniys who saw the tragedy said that Pennell was driving his ma chine at a fairly rapid rate when his hat blew oft and the automobile swerved and disappeared with its bur den into the bowl of limestone a few feet from the road. Unless Mrs. Pen nell recovers enough to tell her story, no one may ever learn Pennell's last words and impulses, or ever know whether the machine or its driver was responsible for the plunge. Sensational in the highest degree is the fact that only an hour before start ing on the fatal ride renuell held an anxious conversation over the tele phone with a friend: that the informa tion given to him by that friend made a strong imnression unon him indeed, plainly weighed heavily on his mind and that the subject of that talk was th midnight murder of his former friend. Edwin L. Burdick. That was the lart conversation he held with any one. unless, perhaps, his wife, for sixty minutes later the lifeless body of Ar thur R. Pennell successful lawyer, brilliant society man and favorite with women was lifted from a pile of jagged rocks at the bottom of- the quarry. The Gehnes quarry, into which the couple took their fatal plunge. lsaja frontage on the south side of Kensing ton avenue of about filKl feet. The line Is irregular, so that while, in a general way. it parallels the street, the distance between It nnd the street curbing va ries at different points. It is asserted without qualification bv those who mistake deductions for facts tha44tls known. Pentwljwlio Is an ex pert automobillst. did not lose control of his automobile, but- intentional! v steered It toward the brink over which It is believed lie found surcease from torturing thoughts. These say Pen nell killed himself deliberately, as the murderer had slain Burdick, and that In bis mad f gotism he never paused to reflect he was taking his faithful wife with him to eternity. Mrs. Pennell has been loyal to her husband and throughout his trying ex periences during the past ten days she frequently said her faith in him was unshaken, and that' she would stick to him to the end. . ; Penned carried life insurance policies aggregating S'.'OO.OW. It is said that a large part of this Insurance was taken out recently, and some of it may be come invalidated because of the strange circumstances surrounding the law yer's death. . . Mr. Pennell was named as co-rrspon-dent In the suit for divorce brought by Mr. Burdick. He bad been n friend of Mr. Burdick' until two years ago, but objections were finally made to his at tentions to Mrs. Burdick. He was sup ported by his wife, however, in the as. section that he bad merely aet-d as Mrs. Burdlck's legal adviser In her troubles with her husband. After the discovery o!" the nitt-der Mr. Pennell was closely questioned by the police. He was in the city on the nlcht. of the murder, but fully satisfied the police as to his 'movements. He was not under surveillance. There were evidences, however, that suspicion had been turned from women In the case, and that there was a dino sitlon to look for a man as the -murderer. There were several pointed refer ences to the divorce suit in newsnaper articles, Indicating -that there was a new disposition to look Into this feature of the cae. In this connection a s-talctcent was printed over the signature of Mr.' Pen pell. It was in tpe form of a letter which he ent to a friend at PottsvHle,. Poland rowVl "In the mas of sensationalism which has followed the affair (the murder of Uimliokl tluMruth- was utterly -liU- 1 had no connection with the crime. Mv rnnte v brought in through th" di vorce proceedings which were pending. There was no truth In the charges In those proceedings. Thev were' abso-, Intely denied under oath by the drjVtid nut and tirynclf. It was dragged iy'onf: o" vin HctKeuess. because my w!f' and myself had taken the part of th" wife against the husband, and she had eome to me for legal advice and protection. r.HNOR EVENTSOFTHE WEEK WASHINGTON ITEMS. It was expected that the Panama Canal and the Cuban reciprocity treat ies would lie ratified by the Senate within two weeks. The United Slates Supreme Court, in deciding an interstate commerce case, upheld the Elkins laws passed at the last session of Congress. Secretary Ilty appointed Charles M. Pepper special representative of ths United States to advance the project for an intercontinental railway. The gold Held by the United States Treasury amounted to nearly JffiM.WN).. fHS the highest point reached in the history of the country. American officers . unearthed impor tant evidence bearing out this country in the Alaskan Iioundary dispute. The place of United States Assistant Treasurer In New York City was of fered to Itobcrt Bacon by President Itoosevelt. OCR. AOOFTED ISLANDS. r Tbe Porto Bican House of Delegates passed the $1,000,000 Insular Loan bljl. The measure was not likely to receive the approval of the Council. Ladroneg were seriously active in va rious portions of the Philippine Islands. The immigration law passed at the recent trrssJca cf Congress api'5i .to ali the new possessions of the United States. A force of 1300 constabulary and ' scouts is continuing active operations against the ladrones in the vicinity of Manila. Several of the ladrones are being killed daily. DOMESTIC. General Harrison Gray Otis was at tacked and severely battered by a rival editor in a theatre box at Los Angeles. Cal. The police at Waterhury, Conn., were unable to find any traces of the men who killed an officer on a trolley car at Waterbnry. Grover Cleveland announced at Xew York City that he was "out of politics and out for good." , Professor Strobe!, of the Harvard Law School, was selected as legal ad viser to the King of Siam. After the examination of 1.113 venire men the twelfth man of the Jury to try the indicted coal dealers on a charge of conspiracy was obtained at Chicago. The ranAmerican Alliance of Pres byterian and Reformed Churches will fight the alleged attempt of Chicago University to control ali Sunday-school literature nnd teaching. The United States transport Sheridan, reached San Francisco. Cal., with ninety-seven cabin and 1222 steerage pas sengers from the Philippines. Owners of property in Chicago along the Chicago River's west bank were awarded StSPT.CSO for land tlvken by the sanitary district. ) Carrie Xatlon was arrested In San Francisco. Cal.. for malicious mischief, having been smashing again. Expressing sorrow for the murder of Thomas Walsh, William Boss was hanged at Bottineau. X. D. A special election was called for .Tune 1 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Tongue, of the First Oregon District. The worst blizzard of tl;e year raged at Helena, Mont., over a foot of snow falling In a few hours. ' , A mining claim at Xotne given to Frederick Xlhlo, of Brooklyn, six years ago by nn old prospector he aided now proves to be worth S2.(HWO)0. Helen Keller, the famous blind stu dent, spoke, through an attendant, to a Massachusetts legislative committee, appealing to the State to provide Rome . means of employment for the blind. In her official speed trial trip over the Cape Henry course the torpeda , boat destroyer Worden exceeded - the contract requirements of thirty knots. Ilendirfg of Tolstoi's novel ''Resurrec tion" led to the suicide of n married woman in Chicago. FOREIGN. The Rev. R. J. Campbell announced his acceptance of the pastorate of the City Temple at London in succession to the Inte Dr. Joseph Parker. Business in the British Parliament came, to a-standstill, awaiting the re turn of Colonial Secretary Chamberlain from Africa. The Hondnran Government Army was disastrously defeated by the forces Of President-elect Bonllla. A Russian demand for a concession to lay the projected railway between, Seoul and Wiju. a nuurely strategical line, was refused by Korea. Two thousand redlfs (Turkish re-; serves) from Asia Minor and large sup plies of ammunition were dispatched fro;: Constantinople to Monastir, Ma cedonia. ' . President Francis, of the St. Louis Exposition, was received in audience by Emperor Wi!li:n and after rCCelfr- ( lug other, cuurlcsics from leading Ger iinan officials, left Berlin on his return-, to Amevlcyi. The Canadian Government called for tenders for two fortnightly services be-twacn-Canada-auJ nu Irish- port-ami -Liverpool. ' " Important concessions to Americans, asked fm1 by-M tnister-Iiclshman, were granted by the Ottoman Government. Herr Rebel. Socialist leader, made n vigorous attack in the Reichstag on dueling nnd abuses of privates in the German Army. Several Americans were presented tt King Edward at a levee held In Buck ingham Palace, London. ." ... A large number of Turkish reserves received orders to Join their regiments. him In whb b a jurj failed o agree.
Chatham Observer (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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