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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
THURSDAY EVENING,

to his complaint without delay. They Cid
+ not file the answer, however, but instead
they put detectives en- the track OF Mr..
Burdick, having resolved between them
selves that they would contest the suit.
Rurdick said the detectives followed every
move he made and trumped up lot OF
false evidence against him which involved
his friends, respectable people Of whom he
thought q, great deal. $
"Burdick did not know of the evidence
obtained against him until after the de-
tectives had reported to Pennell and Mrs.
Burdick. They then endeavored to get
him to withdraw his suit for divorce,
threatening to use such evidence as would
tend to besmirch the character Of several
respectable persons. Mr.. Burdick said
that this evidence was all untrue. He
told me that he conducted himself with
propriety and had done nothing that would
reflect upon his moral character. He de-
sired to protect his friends and his chill
dren.
''He said Mrs Burdick called on him and
pleaded for the privilege of having the
children with her and he consented to let
her have one at times If she would de-
liver into his hands the false evidence she
possessed against him and not make use
Of 1T. - = ... ~-a,
about the last thing that Burdick said
to- me was that he had about decided not
to push his suit for a year or more, in
order to keep Pennen and Mrs. Burdick
guessing. Burdick was heart broken and
completely crushed Tears stood in his
eyes as he told me of his troubles.'
Mr.. Rice said he asked Burdick why he
did not kill the man who had wrecked his
life, and Burdick replied that such a thing
could not be thought of on account of the
children. Mr.. Rice has written District
Attorney Coatsworth at Buffalo, telling
him of Burdick's confession to him, with
a view to contradicting the evidence that
tends to besnirch Burdick's character.
Rice says Burdick had no bad habits that
he knew of, and that he always consid-
cred him an estimable man.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
PET OF La. TOILETTE |. /; /.
''stalwarts' Of the Senate by q Close
Vote Knock Out the Mer-
ton Bill.
Next Step Will Be to Attack a Ref
erendum Clause to the As
sembly's Bill.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Madison; Wis.,, March 26.-By a vote
of 18 to IA the senate to-day killed the
Merton primary election bill. & This was
a gain of one for the primary bill, Sen
ator Reukema joining it's supporters
Senator Bird, who would have voted for
the bill; was absent, SO that the real
strength OF the primary supporters in the
house is now fifteen, two short of a ma
jority -
The defeat of the Merton bill leaves the
assembly bill still in the hands Of the
,conamittee. Senator Whitehead moved to
calls1t out for immediate action. Senator
Miller looked at this as a reflection upon
the committee and asked Mr.. Whitehead
to withdraw his notion, saying the com
mittees would report Immediately if he
did so.f &'. -
The motion was finally Withdrawn and a
recess taken until 4 p. M, when the COM
nlittee on privileges and elections will
report the assembly bill and the second
stage of the fight will be on over an
amendment attaching referendum
clause. This will doubtless pass by the
same majority as that by which the Mer-
ton bill was killed, but the assembly will
not concur. -
After an extended debate, the assembly
killed the Williams bill, prohibiting the
marriage of white persons with negroes
or mulattOes, by vote of 81 to 80.
The Dudgeon bill, providing for the
licensing and examination Of stationary
engineers, which had been advanced tC
third reading, was killed after discussion
by a vote Of 81 to 33.
The antf-cigarette bill was passed in
the assembly to-day without debate. II
prohibits the manufacture of or sale OF
cigarettes or cigarette paper, and takes
effect July / next.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
LOG LANDING COLLAPSED
Ponton Bridges at. Saltwater Is in
Danger. .s.". .
Special to The Journal.


Special to The Journal "y -:
saltwater, Mimi, March 26.-The large
log landing of Bronson & Folsom, north
of the pontoon bridge containing about
100000 feet of-logs belonging to B. p.
Taber & Co., of Keokuk, broke down to-
day and all the logs fell into the lake,
some Of them now being half way out.
It is feared the current will carry the logs
to the bridge when the breakup comes,
and the engineer has been directed by the
city council to keep the bridge machinery
steamed up SO that the structure can be
opened should the logs crowd down. This
would permit the logs to float into the
lower lake. r. ,..s. ...
Mrs. Maggie ,Hemenway Of Foley has
brought an action for divorce from hel
husband, who is a convict in the peniten.
tiary here, having been sentenced fol
grand larceny. The funeral of Mrs. Gus.
tave Liebrenz took place this Afternoon
and was conducted by Rev. Martin Spreng.
ling. .; s., ~. T..
Sarah E. Wilcox has entered distric
court by suit to collect promissory
note given Oct 1" 1888, for $685. 65 b,
Estelle Wilcox. - ~ r &5ash r.s ~ Z
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Quinlan have gone
to Skaguay, Alaska, to reside. - .z.-..
The Modern Woodmen will have dan
cling party on, Easter Monday
The city's portion of the March settle
ment with the county amounted to SIT,
OS3.64 and that sum has been turned owe
by County Treasurer Foster.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
SHARON SPRINGS
IS AROUSED
Continued From First Page.

and has all regard for the convention
alities of religious worship; but if the
engineer, of the presidential special should
happen to misread his orders and run a
few hundred miles further into the up
lands, or If one of the twelve horses
should chance to bolt and carry Mr..
Roosevelt too far to enable the distin-
gu1shed guest to be present at the serv-
ices, it must not be charged up to any
worldly desire to "cut it OUT l.
For the Army Fans.
. BY recent order Of the president the
enlisted men in the navy are being sup
piled with football and baseball suits
masks, bats, balls, chest protectors, ear
guards, shin Shields brass knuckles and
all the .paraphernalia of the popular
American sports. The president is moth
ing If not "a sport. The warmest place in
his heart (outside civil service reforrn) is
for the fans. And he lives up to his
convictions. - ..
.Washington's Shaft BACKED.
Unless an anti-smoke crusade is or
ganized In Washington, and directed
against the chimneys Of the Washington
Electric and >, Power company, the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
will be obliged to appoint a ; scrubbing
committe to remove the lampblack from
the Washington monument. The afore-
SalQ company is naSranr Offender IN
the matter of smoke and it's two huge
chimneys are near enough to the monu-
ment so the smoke reaches the shaft be-
fore it dissipates. -
Beveridge Not Eager. . g
Senator Beveridge does not propose to
be carried off his feet by any vice presi-
Dental boom that may be. started for
him. He is doing all he can to dis
courage the talk. He has had some diff
Guilty in convincing his friends that they
were not acting for his best interests in
pushing along the vice presidential boom.
AS everybody knows, the senator expects
to be a presidential candidate in 1908,
and he adheres to the old tradition that
a vice presidential nomination is STEP
ping stone to the great political cemetery
His friends have tried to convince him
| that Roosevelt smashed this tradition
| Since the latter's experience they say the
| vice presidency has to be regarded more
seriously, and that the selection of mar
| for that place will henceforth be made
| with almost as much care as for the head
| of the ticket. The time has passed wher
| a wealthy non n-entity can be made the tai
| of the ticket. The fact that the Beveridge
talk emenates from men like Kohlsaa1
and Hanna, both of whom were origina
| Mckinley men, is significant along this
same line. But Beveridge will not see il
| that way. He feels complimented. he
| says; but his one request is "dont!''
| w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
MONTHS IN AN. ASYLUM
Writ of Habeas Corpus Sought in
| Behalf of Miss Laughlin
of Wabasha.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal.
Dubuque, Iowa, March ga sensa-
tional case came before Judge O'Donnell
in the equity court yesterday when at
torneys for Margaret Laughlin of Waba-
sha, Mimi, who is, as she alleges, re-
strained of her liberty by being confined
in St. Joseph's hospital for the insane in
this city, presented a petition asking fol-
a writ of habeas corpus.
The petitioner asserts that she has been
confined in the asylum since last Sep
tember, through the efforts Of her broth
ers, Martin and Frank Laughlin, who re-
side at Clear Lake, without a legal pro:
ceeding of any kind whatever. She al.
leges they had purpose other than the
restoration of her alleged impaired health
in having her confined. A sister of Mis-:
Laughlin went to the asylum Monday ant
demanded her release, but the superior
sister refused. At the request of the pa
tient she applied for writ of habea.
corpus. 80; .~-<. - '.
County Attorney Hammond of Waba
sha, Mimi, appears for the state of Min
nesota.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
BURDtck'S OWN STORY
The Version of His Troubles Told an In
dianapolis Man.

+ Indianapolis, March Pc. L. Burdick,
the murdered Buffalo manufacturer, con-
fded his troubles to Herbert H.. Rice. an
advertising manager OF Indianapolis. only
a few weeks before his Dody was lounu IN
the Burdick mansion.
Mr. Burdick and Mr. Rice were personal
friends The former made frequent trips
to indianapolis in the interests Of a pub
ication which Mr.. Burdick controlled. His
last visit was Jan. e. Mr.. Rice says
He told me that Pennell and his wife
went to Buffalo and were taken into soci-
ETY., and that the acquaintance of his wife
and himself soon ripened into friendship.
He said Pennell and Mrs. Burdick
seemed to enjoy each others company
particularly, ut that he had no suspicious
at first.
''Burdick said he afterward learned that
Pennell and Mrs. Burdicl1 We're having
clandestine meetings. He said ne con-
fronted both Mrs. Burdick and Pennell
with accusations and both confessed to
having had improper relations.
ION promises Of PenneH to leave Buf-
falo and the promise Of his wife not to
meet Pennell again, Burdick said he
agreed not to take any action In the mat
ter. Neither promise was kept, he said,
as Pennell remained in Buffalo and Mrs.
Burdick was soon meeting him again.
''When Burdick learned of the matter
he threatened to bring suit for divorce.
Again the guilty ones pleaded with him,
he said, and on the solemn renewal of the
promises first made he again let the mat
ter rest. Notwithstanding these prom
ises. Pennell stayed in Buffalo and con-
tinued to meet Mrs. Burdick. Mr.. Bur
dick said he found a slip Of paper. con-
tanning list of meeting places and dates,
made out in cipher. On this paper was
z one address and dates Burdick thought he
deciphered correctly.
Accompanied by a detective, he went
to the address and found Pennell and Mrs
Burdick together. With this indisputa
BILE evidence he determined to obtain
divorce. he said. Burdick held a confer.
ence with Pennell and Mrs. Burdick, ant
Pennell and the woman agreed that they
would not contest the suit for divorce
but would aid in securing it in a quie
way to avoid notoriety as much as pos
Bible. They promised to file an ansWe
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
THE FIGHT ON JOHNSON
Burns Has His Bill Laid Over-l
Resolution Of Commentator
Is Offered.

The Burns bill to cut off the fees of the
public examiner was on the house calen-
dar to-day, but at the request of it's au-
thor it was laid over until Tomorrow,
The reason for this was a resolution in
troduced by Mr.. Fryberger this morning,
which read as follows:
= : "Resolved, That we do hereby warm
ly commend the Hon. 8. 7. Johnson pub
lie examiner, for his zeal and industry
displayed in performing the duties of his
office, and express our appreciation of
his meritOrious services on behalf of the
state.' ~.
Mr.. Fryberger sought to explain the
resolution, and asked that he be allowed
to do so before any one gave notice of de-
bate. This was the cue for W. A. No
Ian of Mower, who interrupted with no
tlce OF debate, and in answer to the pro-
tests of Mr.. Fryberger, said, "'This reso-
luton can be debated when the proper
time comes
= Mr.. Fryberger at once served notice or
Messrs. Burns and Nolan that without the
adoption of the resolution he and others
would oppose the Burns bill. If such g
resolution was adopted, he would be will
ing to vote for the bill. It was too late
to bring up the resolution, SO Mr. Burns
had the bill passed over. 1t will be in.
teresting to note what the state exam.
iner's enemies have to say when the reso.
luton comes up tomorrow. Their op
position to it, if any, will disclose the
animus for the systematic fight beins
made on the public examiner, for to vote
against the resolution means .disapprova
Of Mr.. Johnson's work in collecting 500,
900 back taxes from the railroad com
panies.
Sentiment on the Burns bill is changinf
somewhat Members have learned tha
the fees from the office which go by Law
to the public examiner himself amour
only to about $1,000 year. making hi
compensation $4,000, and not larger tha,
the governor or the chief justice receives
| as Mr.. Burns stated on the floor yester
day. This law has been In existence sine
1891. The fees were received by Mr.
Johnson's predecessor, and he accepte,
the appointment with the understandin,
that the office was worth $4,000. To Gu
down his compensation before his term i
half over, and to single him out for th
attack, many regard as unjust. . at'
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
WAS PENNELL TIRED OF HER?
Some Indications That He Did Not Ir

Some Indications That He Did Not In.
tend to Marry Mrs. ,Rurdlck.
New York Sun Special Service.
Buffalo, March 26.-One of the many
puzzles Of the Burdick case is the where
abouts Of the bond referred to by which
Pennell guaranteed the payment of $685.
900 to Mrs. Burdick, She swore that she
knew nothing Of it, yet her husband
found the bond in her safety deposit box
and made copy Of it as we'll as a, copy
&of a letter introducing her to a
Wallace Thayer, who was to hold the
bond in trust.
She said Pennell handed her an envel-
op containing papers which she now pre-
sumes must have been the bond and she
kept them for him in the box, but lately
he took them back.
On this point the authorities are in
clined to believe her. They say that Bur
dick did not keep the bond, for his pur-
pose was served when he had made q
copy Of it. They believe that the bono
went back to Pennell and that later he
planned to assign $4,000 of his life in
surance to Mrs. Burdck.
Mr.. Thayer says he knows nothing
about the bond. When asked whethe,
Pennen assigned any of his life insurance
a trustee for Pennell in any matter, he
declined to answer.
If Pennell intended to marry Mrs. Bur
dick, as she swears he did, it is hard tt
understand why he should have drawn the
bond. p. -. .z't.
There are many who think that his af
fection for her had waned. His early let
ters, written in 1898 and 1900 indicate
| that he was madly but joyously in love
| with her, but those of more recent date
show that his passion was trimmed with
melancholy. His ardor was cooling and he
was thinking, not that he might never
possess her, but that there was going tt
| be a great scandal. In September he
wrote that "It was all fate and upon the
! knees of the gods.''
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
dicks stomach, golf stick and the con-
tents of the bottle found on the table in
the den. The bottle contained no traces
of drugs or poisons.
CASE OF THE pENNELLs 4
Incidents Connected with the Last Tragic
sa. # srs.a Ride

Buffalo, March 26.-Since the name OF
Arthur r. Pennell became so prominent
In the Burdick inquest. the authorities
have been accommodating evidence bearing
upon the death of Pennell and his wife
resulting from the plunge of their automo
bile from Kensington avenue into Gehr' $
quarry. 1t is likely that an inquest into
the death of the Pennens will follow the
Burdick inquest.
In tracing the movements of the Pen
q nells on the evening of their fatal trip,
which began at 4:4O p. m. Tuesday March
3 TO- and ended at $50 p. n. In the fatal
plunge the police have learned much.
is During the hour and ten minutes OF
that drive four interesting incidents that
seeem to be we'll substantiated, took place.
!. A fifth incident, the alleged act or Mrs.
Pennell in emptying small TASK OF
whisky and throwing the bottle away,
seems to have the shadow Of doubt cast
upon it, although Jacob Geiger, laborer,
who says he witnessed the incident, posi-
lively ayers it is So .-l -.
The first incident is the riding Of the
automobile up and down in front OF Frank
Geiger's farmhouse, at the corner OF balley
and Kensngton, slower than a person
would walk and in a pouring rain Tor
about half an hour.
The second incident was the stop at
George Vok's saloon in Kensington ave-
nue. where Volk says Pennell bought q
glass or WHISKY ana IOOh ttllOIllS1 Slehoo Va
the same liquor out to his wife. Volk
mother lives next door to the Pennel
home on Cleveland avenue and ne IS there-
fore we'll acquainted with Penneul.
The third incident was Il repetition OF
the Bailey avenue lettering and mapeuVer-
ing at the corner Of kensington avenue
and Grider street for five or ten minutes
at the same snail-like pace and in the
same drenching rain.
The fourth incident the last feature OF
the drive, aside from the tragedy itself
is the strangest, if not the most signihc-
ant of all. This is the incident Of the
Pennells letting down the canopy or tor
of the machine, so that they were ex-
posed to the heavy downpour of rain.
This happened two or three minutes
before the automobile took its tragic
plunge 1t was in kensington avenue
west of Girder street, about quarter o.
a. mile from the scene of the tragedy
Three persons living in a house nearby
SAW the incident
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
JUST A FRIENDLY TRIP
Rumors Regarding Marriage Of Sen.
ator Frye Make Him Very .
Angry. ..
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service. s..... #
Washington, March Ex-senator Alger
of Michigan has invited Senator Frye of
Maine, president of the senate, and Mrs.
Garret A.. Hobart widow of the late vice
president, to accompany him and. Mrs.
Alger to the Pacific coast, the trip to be
made in May. in Senator Alger's private
car. Mrs. Hobart has spent some weeks
in Washington during the past winter, and
Senator and Mrs. Alger have entertained
her in company with Senator Frye mum
Der a times. The Misses Frye White,
granddaughters of Senator Frye, to whom
he is much attached, have also shown Mrs.
Hobart considerable attention, and society
is naturally interested in the good-natured
gossip concerning the popular widower
and widow.
1t has been rumored in Washington for
some time that Senator Frye's intentions
are serious, but he was so angry last
year when it was said he was going to be
married that no one dares accuse him
of it s.s r. f.. 54te Z,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
HOMEsEEKERs ROBBED
Ames Of Hutchinson, Mimi, Was
Among Those Who Lost.

Special to The Journal.
Spokane, Wash, March 26.-Pickpock-
cts yesterday robbed three homeseekers
of sums aggregating $1,S40 of which, $500
was cash. FL. H. Ames Of Hutchinson,
Mimi. at the Northern Pacific station.
lost $35 in cash and two New York
drafts for $100 each. George Proctor, q
Dakotan, on. the same train with Ames,
was relieved of $275 in cash and the same
amount in notes. John O'Connor, wait
ing at the Great Northern station for a
train to take him back to Danbury, Iowa,
lost $225 in cash and certificate of de-
posit for s635. No clues.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
FREEDOM FOR SCHOOLS
Buck Bill Removing Institutions
from Control Boards Super
vision Passes Senate. s..


Persisting in its efforts to curtail the
work of the board of control, the senate
yesterday passed the Buck bill relieving
the board from all responsibility in con-
nection with the management of the state
university, the five normal schools and
the schools for deaf mutes and the blind
at Faribault. The measure differs only
from the Peachey and Morley bills in that
it excludes the state public school at
Owatonna. The senate is so familiar with
this subject that there was not a great
deal Of debate and the bill was passed by
a vote of 35 to %, as follows: .r
Yeas-Alley. Benson, Brewer, Buck, Calhoun
Collier Comstock Dart, Dunn, Du Toit, Durant
Eberhart Everett, Ferris, Fitzpatrick, Gjertsen
Hardy, Harrington, Horton, Jepson, johnson
Lay bourn, Mausten McGill, Naeseth, Peachy
Peterson. Pngh, Reike, Schain Smith, q. E.
Smith, W. A., Stephens, Wilson and Wither
Nays.Barker,. Batz, Campbell. Cole, Collester
Cooke, Dale, Laugen, Lord, McNamee, Morgan
Nichols, schaller, Sommerville Schultz, sund
berg. Swedback. Thompson, Thorpe, Torson
Ward and Wood. p.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
IRISH MEETING CALLED
A Congress to Pass on the Land Bill
Mr.. Cochran Of New York
Is Not Well. a.

London, March 26.-Former Congress )
man w. Bourke Cohran of New York
will not be able to be present at the con-
vention of Irish nationalists to held III
Dublin April IA to consider the Irish land
purchase bill The doctors say he must
not leave the warm climate Of Egypt until
May, as his lungs are seriously affected.
The Irish members maintain the same
attitude towards the land bill, reserving
serious criticism of the measure until
the text is published. They are awaiting
the decision Of the convention before
nom hitting thannaeIvaa. f}s---ga#t
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26

blood, deranged digestion, liver and kid
neys in bad condition; in thousands of
cases rheumatism and neuralgia commence
their horrible tortures. Paine's Celery
Compound, used three or four times a day
for the next four weeks, will furnish the
proper and needed elements of life for the
growth and repair of the whole body. 1t
will quickly make new nerve fibre, nerve
force pure, rich blood. will bestoW sound
health and long years of life.
Mr.. Elijah Bowman of Caledonia, Mich,
says:
"When think of the misery and agony
endured formerly and being entirely
cured by Paine's Celery Compound. 1 feel
indeed thankful for the discovery of this
wonderful medicine. L take a little Of the
medicine every spring. It brightens pc:
son up and drives all the laziness out Of
the system, and makes one feel cheerful
and bright
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
New.se ePasee) Ri e
PROCEEDINGS TODAY

SENATE
Bill Introduced to give public exam
iner money to run his office.
Budd surety bond bill defeated.
Nyquist boiler Inspector bill passed
again.
HOUSE
Bill for state board Of osteopathy Is
passed.
Bill passed aboIIshing days Of grace.
Resolution introduced comn1endInu
| work Of public examiner.
Clerk of courts fee bill passed and
then held up.
Anti-horse racing bill introduced.
BIZ to prohibit sale Of tobacco to
minors or students introduced.
Dog license bill introduced.
JOINT ACTION -:se. f..
| Bills introduced bearing on merger
litigation to provide for service on
foreign corporations.
~ Adjourned to Friday, 10 a. m.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-26
BILLS, BILLS, BILLS
The Present Legislature Is Breaking All
l,sE Il. g#ssF Records ...,... I

d .s.lEa--.. RSCOfQS. ....n..
The present legislature is likely to hold
the record for number of bills introduced.
The house has more bills now than came
in during the entire session two years
ago. and the senate has almost equaled
the record of 1901.
The total number of house bills two
years ago was 73S. On the fifty sixth day,
which corresponds with to-day, there were
617 bills introduced. The last bill intro.
duced to-day was numbered 100, which
means 173 bills more than at the corre-
spending time two years ago. 81.
In the senate of 1901 there were 553
bills. There are already SIG bills in, COM
pared to 437a at the same time two years
ago,
The last day for Introduction of bills
except by consent Of the governor, is
April 1, according to the ruling of julius
Schmahl, chief clerk of the house. Sec
Eretary Langum Of the senate concurs in
this The constitution places the limit
at twenty days before the end of the ses-
sion, unless otherwise fixed, and this
ruling counts twenty calendar days. This
means five more days for the introduce
tinn of bills. S.