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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
pENNELL uNMAsKED.
BnTfalo Paper Makes Grave Charges
Against the Dead Man.


BCS%ALO, April 7.--Arthur II. Pen
nell, the p>ncipal suspect in the Bur
dick murder case, was a defaulter, ac
cording to the Commercial of this city
His peculations. the paper says
amounted to between S150,O0O and
100000.
The paper also declares that Pennel
contemplated suicide for two years.
The whole story, the Commercial
says, leaked out as the result of II
legal dispute over two life insurance
policies and is to the effect that Pen
nell induced friends in the east who
had known his family and the family
of his wife to place money in his
hands for investment. He acted in
fact as their financial agent. He would
inform them of some good investment
which he had come across which
would pay an excellent rate of inter.
est and they would send him money
The money which was sent him foi
Investment, it is alleged, he spent and
when interest payments fell due he
made the payments out of his own
pocket.
incidentally it has been learned that
Pennell made provision for the pay.
mcnt to Mrs. Edwin l.. Burdick of
$4,000. This was to come out of his
life insurance.
Pennell carried over 100000 life in.
surance in order that after his death
the eastern estates to which he is al
legged to have been dcfaulter might
be able to recoup the losses which they
had sustained through him.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
Heinxc's victory over Clark.

BUTTE Mont, April G.-The de.
cision of the supreme court in the
Pennsylvania mining case is worth $5,.
100000 to +. A. HeinZe and the Monta.
ma Ore Purchasing company, as it es
tablishes their right to fully S2,000,000
worth of ore already taken out of the
disputed ground by Mr.. Heinze and
claimed by the defendant, the Boston
and Montana Mining company, and Sc
cured them in the right to follow the
veins of the Rarus mine on their dip in
the Pennsylvania ground. 1t is esti
mated that the ore yet in the territory
in dispute is worth $3,000000 or $4,000,
600 more. 1t is probably the most i'm
portant decision yet made by the court
of last resort in the noted Heinze
Amalgamated litigation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
TiIImnn Indicted Tor Murder.

COLUMBIA, 5. c., April S.-The
grand jury has returned true bill
against James III. Tillman, charging
him with the murder Of N. G. Con
zales, editor of the State, who was
killed in this city last January. The
charge of carrying concealed weapons.
The prisoner will be arraigned today,
which will give him four days to pre-
pare for trial, the case having been
set for next Monday. Judge Klugh will
preside during the trial.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
"Jack the Ripper" Hanged.

LONDON, April S.-Protestlng his
innocence to the spring of the drop,
declaring that he was an American
and his real name Chapman, Severino
Kloshowski, the Southwark public
house keeper, who was more than sus
pected by the London police of being
the long sought and notorious Jack
the Ripper" was hanged yesterday in
Wandsworth Jail He was convicted
at the Old Bailey on March 10 Of the
murder of three women who had lived
with him as his wives at different
times
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
Light Vote In ST. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, April S.-A light vote
was polled here, a heavy rain set in
just prior to the closing time. The
election was for six councilmen, twen-
ty-eight members of the house of dele
gates the upper branch of the city
council, members of the school board
and an inspector of weights and meas
ures Early returns give Democratic
majority of 10000 for the six council
men to be elected.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
Ohio Elections.

COLUMBUS, o., April Municipal
elections were held throughout Ohio
yesterday. Returns as far as received
show the reelection of Mayor Jones in
Toledo, Johnson in Cleveland and
Fleischmann in Cincinnati, the latter
by a greatly increased majority as COM
pared with previous years. In this
city Robert II. Jeifry QepJ is elected
mayor over John y. Hinkle Dem),
the present incumbent, by about 1,S00
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
HARRISON A WINNER
Elected Mayor Of Chicago For
Fourth Time.
MAJORITY OVER STEWART 6,QlS.
Republicans Made Large Gains ns
Compared with Last Mayoralty
EIcction--Victory For Munici-
pal Ownership Claimed.

CHICAGO, April S.-Carter II. Har-
rison has been elected mayor of Chi
cago for the fourth time, his majority
NY unofficial count over Graeme Stew
rt, the Republican candidate, being
.0IS. The total vote was Harrison,
1928; Stewart, 139,375; Cruice, Inde-
ndent Labor, 900; Breckon, Social
t., 11,2l2; Haines, Prohibition, 2,S4S.
the last mayOralty election the total
vote was: Harrison, Democrat, 1885,
156; Hanecy, Republican, 12S,413; Hoyt
Prohibition, 3,32S; Collins, Socialist,
5,3S4.
The early returns We're in favor of
Stewart, and at one time he was 1000
ahead, but the later returns cut down
his plurality steadily, and the Repub-
lican leaders in private conversation
admitted Stewards defeat by about
5000. In the First precinct of the
Twenty.iirst ward, in which both Har-
rison and Stewart reside, the vote was
Harrison, Il; Stewart, 1O1. In the last
mayoralty election the vote was: Har-
rison, 80; Hanecy, "a.
The Republicans elected John +.
Smulski for city attorney by 3,700 plu-
rality and Fred c. Bender for city
clerk by 3,7OO. The Democrats elected
Ernest Hummc for city treasurer by
21,7OO.
The chief issue in the campaign was
the traction question. both candidates
favoring ultimate municipal ownership
of the street railways. Stewart advo-
Gated an immediate Improvement of
conditions, making the best terms pos
sble with the companies. Harrison
recommended II delay until the city had
obtained what it desired from the com
panieS Mayor Harrison said
Il regard the present election as less
of Il personal victory for myself than
as a victory for municipal ownership
victory which should lead to the de
yelopment of public national MS well as
municipal utilities. Partisan lines were
east aside to great extent, but the re
suit is ut the same time Il substantial
Endorsement of my administration"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
Michigan Republican by $4,000.

DETROIT, Mich, April THE Re
publicans Of Michigan yesterday elect
ed their state ticket by Il majority es-
timated at between $4,000 and 10000
The ticket is rs follows: For justice of
he supreme court Judge Frank A.
locker of Charlotte; regents of the
tate university. Peter White of Mar
iuette and Loyal Il. Knappen Of Grand
Rapids. The vote throughout the state,
xcepting where local issues lent in
.erest to the fight, was light.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
Carnegie's oGer to Cornell students.

ITHACA, n. Y, April 7.-President
Schurman of Cornell university an
nounces that he has received from An
drew Carnegie, who is trustee of the
university, Il communication in which
Mr. Carnegie begged to be allowed to
pay all bills incurred by students Of
Cornell university on account of sick
ness during the recent epidemic at
Ithaca in all cases where the students
or their parents will permit it, 1t is Mr.
Carnegie's desire to place each student
who has been i'll in precisely the same
pecuniary condition as that which he
occupied at the outbreak of the epi
demic. The gift is applicable to all
sick students, those who withdrew
from the university as well as those
who remained at Ithaca.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
HONDURAS PROSPEcToRS.
Dir. Gillespie and Party Arrive ut
New Orleans.


NEW ORLEANS, April S.-Dr. w. Il.
Gillespie, w. NJ. Dilhoefer and Il. II.
Miller of Cleveland and Fred w. We'd
rich and Fred Miller of Dubuque, Ia,
composing the party of American pros
pectors who were in peril in Spanish
Honduras, and to guarantee whose
safety Senator Hanna asked that n
warShip be sent, arrived here during
the night direct from Honduras safe
and sound.
DR.. Gillespie said the revolutionists
were in control of all ports in Spanish
Honduras. Consul Campbell, it is
said. is practically being held for
ransom in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, by
the Sierra forces. He has been forced
to contribute 100000 to the campaign
against BOnilla.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
Rear Admiral Bcllsnap Dead.

WASHINGTON, April S.-A dispatch
has been received at the navy depart
ment from Key West announcing the
death of Rear Admiral George Il. Bel
knap, U. s. n, retired. Death occurred
from apoplexy. The deceased was de
tailed for duty in the execution of Ger.
tain plans proposed by the general
board for establishing naval base,
He will be buried at BrOokline, Mass.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
General Lockout In Amsterdam.

AMSTERDAM, April S.-The asso-
Citations of carting contractors, trans
port companies and master bargemen
have issued proclamation that mas
much as the strike situation renders
the continuance of work impossible a
general lockout will be enforced, be.
ginning this morning.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
Socialist Mayor Elected.

ANACONDA, Mont, April S.-The
Socialists have elected John Frinke
mayor, Patrick McHugh police judge,
Michael Tobin treasurer and three out
OF six aldermen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-09
Americ.n For PhiIippine Archhi.hop

ROME, April S.-The Right Rev.
George Montgomery, coadjutor arch
bishop Of San Francisco, has been ap'
pointed archbishop Of Manila.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-27

which have not defaulted in interest or
principal of their debt for ten years :
l(D bonds of railroads that have for at
least ten years paid dividends on their
entire capital stock of at least per
cent annually. A provision of the bill
also permits the acceptance of the new
Panama canal . per cent bonds as "se-
curity for circulation when issued.
While the bill is admirably designed
to enable the secretary to relieve the
monetary stringency by unlocking the
accumulated funds in the national
treasury and sending them into the
channels of business thru the national
banks, it is to be noted that its opera
ton depends upon two conditions-the
presence of surplus funds in the treas
ury to deposit in the banks, and the
Willingness of the secretary to extend
relief in this manner. While the bill is
not regarded as a complete and certain
remedy for the evils of monetary
stringency at all times. it is certain that
1t would enable the secretary to greatly
relieve the situation whenever the sur
plus was large enough to warrant its
use for this purpose.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-27
GOLD BOND INSURANCE.

Recent insurance disclosures of GER
tain Des Moines companies, known ms
the gold bond" companies. are unfor-
iunate for those other life insurance
companies doing a legitimate business
in that the stencil raised tends to cast
suspicion upon all insurance business.
but the most unfortunate thing about 1T
all is that in spite of the careful in
vestigation made by professional act :
uary in the employ of the Minnesota
insurance department ard in spite of
the report he has made the public is
doomed to be fooled as to the real meth
eds of these companies.
1t Will be remembered that the spe-
cial commissioners report upon two of
these companies was made public a few
weeks ago showing their affairs and
methods In very unfavorable light. A
similar report upon third company.
the Northwestern Life and Savings
Company, was held up at the COM
pany's request and has not been made
public until very recently. In the mean
time this company has been doing some
extensive advertising to prepare the
public for very confused understands
ing of the report when it should an
pear.
In Thursdays issue Of a Des Moines
paper appeared column advertisement
prporting to be a letter from Elmer
IL Dearth, insurance commissioner of
Minnesota, stating that the Northwest
ern Life and Savings Company was
managed by honorable men," that its
capital is unimpaired, that it carries q
surplus of $4,000, that it has on de-
post in Iowa securities which will en-
able the company to pay it's guaranteed
the ten-year gold bond contracts will
be paid in such amounts as are .'abso-
lutely guaranteed" all of which would
represent the company to be in the best
Of condition and above criticism. But
only the day before this same commits
sioner's letter written to this company,
transmitting the professional actuary's
report, was made public in the columns
of the Insurance Press OF New York In
this letter Commissioner Dearth says
that the reason the first report was held
up was that it referred 10 affairs of the
year ending Dec. 81, 1901, and showed
the capital stock of the company to be
impaired to the extent of $4,000. BY
extending the report over ths following
year the capital stock was reimbursed
and could stand in the final report as it
should be.
This commissioners, who is purported
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-27
TWO VIEWS OF ALDRlcH,s BILL

[Chicago Record-Herald. ..
1t appears TO be generally agreed that
the bill presented by Senator Aldrich
relating to government deposits in ma
tional banks is all that can be expected
in the way of monetary legislation from
the present congress.
In view of this fact 1t Is worth while
to examine it's provisions and to inquire
into the purpose of the measure. TIL.
bill embodies plan. based largely upon
the policy advocated by Secretary Shaw
last fall, to meet the business necessl-
ties of the country at a time of strin-
gency in the money market by liberat-
ing the government funds that are
locked up In the sub treasures.
To give this relief permission Is
granted by the bill to the secretary Of
the treasury to accept security for de-
posts in the national banks other than
United States bonds and to deposit with
the banks money received from any
source For the use of this money the
banks are to pay at least 1k per cent
interest and the securities that may DO
accepted are: az United States bonds.
as at present: (2) bonds of any state:
(3) bonds of cities at least twenty flva
years old, with at least 100000 popula-
ton, with>a debt not more than 10 per
cent of their assessed valuation, and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-27
OF CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE

Many people nave vague ullfief-
standing of the various functions of a
board of trade such as Is maintained in
where much speculation is INDUCED in,
but beyond this they are not familiar
with it's several features. Readers of
the March Century are given inside
glimpses of the Chicago board by Will
Payne, who calls it the most powerful
and famous of the several like bodies
which furnish an organization for the
grain business of North America" He
notices that probably quite 80 per cent
OF all the transactions on the board are
pure speculation, consisting of trades
made by persons who do not expect to
grain. This speculative trading is not
only the most prominent, but is the
most useful, of the boards functions.
Without it, he declares, there could not
possibly be the broad market which
makes wheat liquid asset everywhere
in the United States. The speculative
business means simply the perfection
of a trade organization. You may buy
!, corner let which in your opinion is
go to the savings bank, mortgage the
lot. and borrow on 1t the major part
of ths' purchase price, leaving invested
of your own capital only enough mar
gin to secure the lender against loss
thru fluctuation in value. In a highly
organized liquid market like that in
grain and stocks all this lumber of
mortgaging and borrowing is elimi-
mated. You simply pay down the mar
gin. Virtually nobody would buy wheat
for rise if he had to go out and get
the actual grain, inspect It, find a store
house to put II ill., see that it was prop
erly insured against deterioration by
sweating, etc, while it was in store
and, when he wished to SELL look around
for a customer who wished lust so
NIledl just SUCH SORT. Inc
board of trade does all this for him, the
part consisting only in Civ
irg an order 10 broker and paying
down the margin which will insure the
broker against loss thru fluctuations in
price. This is what makes the broad
market that gives wheat its staple
value.
The board of trade is g court. too. It's
directors and various committees are
continually busy trying commercial.
cases, and hearing and settling the dis
putes which arise in the transaction OF
an immense volume of business.
Mr.. Payne reaches The conclusion
that without the Chicago board and
the several lesser exchanges which copy
It's methods and follow It's prices. the
grain trade of North America would
fall to pieces, and every bushel of cere-
ais raised north of the Mexican line
would have less value
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-27
CAN'T BE SEPARATED.
Some MarshalItown People Have
Learned How to Get Rid Of Both.

Learned 6OW 90 Get ria OF Ootn.
Bachache and kidney ache are twin
brothers.
Yon can't separate them.
And you can't get rid of the backache
until you cure the kidney ache.
If the kidneys are we'll and strong
the rest of the system is pretty sure to
be In vigorous health.
Doan's Kidney Pills make strong,
healthy kidneys.
Mr.. +. F. Frederick. of no South Fifth
avenue, says: II received ample proof
thru experience that Doan's Kidney
Pills quickly end backache. | was sub
ject to aches at tunes and as they In
creased in severity sought remedy to
strengthen the kidneys and restore them
to proper action. l was advised to try
Doan's Kidney Pills and procured box
at Mcbride s. Wills drug store. found
them very valuable remedy. / have
had two slight returns only, but dose
or two ended the pains in a very short
time
For sale by all dealers. Price, so cents.
Foster Milburn Company Buffalo. N.
T., sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name. Doan's. and take
20 substitute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-27

Say. b. jings, Joey, you was havin'
an awful time all by yer lonesome.
warn't you? Guess it pays y fer
humpin' my head ag'in that tree"
revulsion of feeling swept over
Joe with the ierceness of cavalry
charge.
rs that why y hid an made bling
fool o. me- he asked.
Guess that's about tn what of II"
answered John.
An v warn't in tn water a. tanf"
Nope John picked up a baskss
and began filling it with fish.
Then reared Joe. its time v TOOK
a swim." And before the astonished
John could straighten up. Joe caught
him by the slack of his trousers and
pitched him headforemost into the
water.
Then he turned and walked home,
never once looking back at the dripping
figure on the bank, nor needing the dis
jointed language that shattered the aiE
long after he disappeared
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-27
LABOR UNION MuLc1eD FOR DAMAGES.

little item published in the news
columns of the Times Republtcan
day or two ago stated that London
court had awarded the Taff-Nale Rall-
road Company $4,000 damages
against the Anlalgamated Society OF
p,i,road Servants; but The Importance
of it was not disclosed by this brief
statement. The award was made IN
pursuance of a previous decision that
labor unions are responsible for dam
ages caused by their unlawful acts.
This English case, which bids fair
to be epoch making in the history OF
labor unions and the relations of labor
and capital, at least in Great Britain
and as a precedent for other countries,
arose from the great strike Of 1900. AT
that time the Analgamated Society of
Railway Servants was on strike
against the Taff-Vale Railroad Com
pany. and in the conduct of the strike
resorted to picketing and other means
of preventing the employment of other
hands by the company. The company
complained that the Anlalgamated So
ciety had INDUCED in malicious moles-
tation, intimidation and other unlawful
acts. and had thus indicted injuries
upon it, for which 1t demanded dam
ages in q suit at law. The suit was
bitterly contested by the Amalgamated
Society, backed by other trades unions,
lit being recognized that most impor-
tant principles was involved. AT last,
after being fought thru various courts,
n final decision was made by the kings
bench division of the high court of
Justice, late last year, to the effect that
the Amalgamated Society was respon-
sibl9 for Its acts or the acts of it's
agents, and was liable to be mulcted in
damages for actual injury done. the
amount of such indemnity being re-
served for further judicial determine
ton. The amount has row BEEN de-
termined.
The legal outcome of this contest is
the establishment of the principle that
trade unions are responsible for their
acts or the acts of their members, and
that such responsibility can be legally
enforced by levying on the funds of the
union. AS some labor leaders confess
that the use of such tactics as those for
which this English union is mulcted is
essential to the maintenance of strike,
it will be seen that the strike is thus
robbed of it's vital force. The decision
will have a powerful influence in re-
straining strikes hereafter within law
abiding limits, whatever other results
may follow
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-27
The AIdrich Bill No Remedy.
ISt. Paul Pioneer Press.

| Further study of the Aldrich bill t.
| government deposits frst-clas state
| municipal and gilt-edge railroad bonds
has raised serious doubts whether IL
| Will accomplish even its primary pur-
pose. Under the bill banks are required
to pay | u per cent interest on deposits
lations which seem to indicate that tbs
i holding of government funds would not
be very profitable business when
| money is tight. 1t is pointed out that
the bonds which could be used to secure
deposits would be those of so high q
value as to bring the interest on the in
vestment down TO at least per cent. In
view of the fact that % per cent of de-
post would have to be held as reserve
it is calculated that the greater the de-
mand for money and the higher the in
terest offered for it the smaller the in
ducement to the banks to take govern
ment deposits. In fact, with money at
any point above per cent bank could
make more by selling the bonds and
loaning the proceeds, and with every
advance in the interest rate the greater
would be the advantage in such a
course.
If there were no other considerations
in the transaction except those of inn
mediate profit the Aldrich bill would
fall to relieve the market at the very
time it needed relief But the fact is
that banks would be very loath to sac
rifice their gilt-edge securities for a
Temporary profit when they could hold
them and earn practically almost the
same profit by using them as security
and loaning on the deposits.
The Aldrich bill considered on its own
merits is desirable enough. 1t would
probably help to relieve the money
market by removing useless obstacles
to the use of government funds as Il
basis for loans and by setting free some
s1S0.000,000 worth of bonds which could
be used as the basis of bank currency
issues. But. as the Pioneer Press has
already said, it would not cure the evils
of our currency system. 1t might in
duce an expansion of banknote curren-
cy. but would put into play no machine
ry to bring about that wholesome peri
odic contraction which is an essential
feature of assets currency. The bill
would probably be something of cor
receive one of the evils of the sub
treasury system, but ii is a mere make
shift, as a currency measure. 1t is entire
~ inadequate as a remedy for financial
disorders, taking no account of the
steady contraction Of the bonded in
debtedness and introducing no element
that will make the currency responsive
to the fiuctuating demands of business
To substitute it for the Fowler bill, as
has been proposed. if 1T ever reaches the
house, would be simply to postpone the
application of the only remedy that can
prove effectual.
Thousands of farm houses in Kansas
are now supplied with telephones. The
farmers order goods in the nearest town
and the rural mail carrier delivers
them.