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ed {f we were going. He sald Mrs. PenneM had been at a masquerade and h€ Judged from tat that Mr? Peniell wae outer the Wo naked me st ¥ coiild see Mex, Pennell to find out if she was going to the nwotd Club datice. The next day 1 called Mr, Burdick up, It was about 11 Q. How did you oe Mr, Pennell; the next day? A. I did not, | @-Are you sure of that? A. Well, when I was going down town I think 1 gfaW Mr. Pennell in the car with @ man named Good, but I am not sure whether It was that week or the week previous. The police say that fn her statement to them Mrs. Paine sald positively she \had ween Pennell on the day of the murder. . Q. Then you called Mr. Burdick up and told him of seeing Pennell? A. No, 1 14 not do that, but f think T saw Mrs. Pennell at the market and she said nothing of going to the dance. Q. When you lived in Weat Utica street did Mr. Burdick call at your house frequently? A. Only when thore was some one there. Q. Was that somebody Mrs, Warren,*of Cleveland? A. Yes. Q. How long ago did she visit you? A. In February a year ago. Q. Was Mr. Burdick fond of Mrs, Warren? A. He certainly admired her areatly. ABOUT MRS. WARREN'S DIVORCE. Q, Did Burdick talk to you of her getting a divorce? A, Yes, Q. And of his getting a divorce? A, Yes. Q. Did he ask Is she were going to marry again? A. There was some talk of her being interested in another Cleveland man. Q. Was she engaged before she gained her divoree? A. 1 should hardly think 80, @. Did you ever hear of Mr. Burdick having an arrangement to marry Mrs Warren when she obtained her divorce? A. I certainly never heard or thought of such a thing. Q. Where were you on the night of Feb, 267 A, At my house. Q. Where were you in the morning? A. Down town, Q. What time did you return? A, At 12.90, Q. Did you have company? A. Yes, I had a woman friend in the afternoon ‘vinit. Q.What time did you have dinner? A. At 6.90, Q. Did you have any company that evening? A. None. Q. Did you occupy the same bed with your fittle girl? A. Yes Q. Were you up during the night? A. Several times, + Q. Did you see Miss Cunningham? A. I did not. DIDN’T LEAVE HOUSE THAT NIGHT. Q. Did you go out of your house that night after supper? A, T did not Q. Did you recelve any telephone messages from Mr, Burdick that night? A.T AM not; I received a message from Dr, Paine at Batavia. Q. When did you last see Mrs. Pennell? A. Ten days before the murder. Q. Did you talk of divorces? A. Yes, @. What did she say? A. She asked {f I had heard the rumor that she was going to get a divorce from her husband. She assured me she had never thought of such a thing until it was mentioned to her. Q. Did she tell you she had been urging Mr. Burdick to take his wife back? ‘A. T understood she had, but it was Mr, Burdick that told me of It. Q. What did he say? A. He sald he had told her she started the trouble and was too late to interfere. Q. What did he mean by that? A. Well, it seems Mrs, Pennell had gone to him first about her husband. @. Did she tell you she had written him @ letter asking him to take his wife Dack? A. No. Q. You knew the relations between Pennell and Mrs, Burdick? A. 1 heard the gossip. PQs But you talked of this with Mrs. Pennell? A. Yes, she sald {t was all false. Bhe did not believe a word of it. Q. Did you ever hear Pennell threaten Burdick? A. No. Q. Did you ever hear Burdick threaten Pennell? A. No. ‘« Q. Was Pennell a quick-tempered man? A. I never knew him to exhibit tem- et eit per. , ASKED ABOUT HER HUSBAN: Q. Where was your husband on the night of the murder? A. Out of the elty. Q. When was he last here previous to that? A. On Monday, 28. Q. He was not in the city between that date and the following Saturady. ‘A, Not to my knowledge. Q. You did not leave your house the night of Feb. 26, A. Positively, I did not. Q. Did you get a telephone from your husband that night? A. Yes—about © i o'clock, | F Q. Was there anything out of th eordinary in that conversation? A, No, he |. asked as usual about myself and our little girl. By Aittorney John C, Hubbell: Q. Did you know of Mr. Burdick ‘carrying a re- volver? A. I did not. Q. Was he conscious at any time that he was being followed? A. He was | Q. What did he say in reference to that? A. He sald they would have a hard time earning thelr monoy. Q. Did he ever say anything about Mr. Pennell? A. He said that heewould for- give Mr. Pennell everything ¢f he would only marry Mrs. Burdick, and sald he ‘would let them have the children for six months of the year. -' Q. But did he ever express a feeling of resentment? A. He sald he had been asked why he did not kill Pennell, He told me that no matter what he felt he ould not bear to face his children with a murder on his hands, Q. Q. Was Mr. Burdick certain he had the evidence to secure his divorce? “Ase had no doubt of it. Q. Did he ever say Pennell had threatened him? A. ‘He eald friends had ‘ warned him against Pennell, but he regamied him as a physical coward from ("whom he had nothing to fear. Q. Well, he had learned Pennell threatened him? A, Yes, he had been told of that and he mentioned that he carried a revolver, Q. Had Penne‘ ever threatened him personally? A. He did not say. ‘PENNELL THREATENED SUICIDE. | Q. Did he meet Pennell after the sult was brought? A. Onoe, elther In his attorney's office or at Pennell's lawyer's. He told me Pennell had begged him tearfully to withdraw the case and had made a threat of suicide. He sald he * would Kill himsekt and Mrs. Burdick unless the suit was withdrawn. Burdick told ‘him he took dt all as a bluff. This closed Mrs. Paine's testimony and she left the stand. Th emoeared from questions asked Mrs, Paine that Miss Maria Cunningham, who had been a boarder In her house and who helped out in her alibi, has left vere and cannot now be found by the police. Mrs, Paine also disclaimed know- ing her whereabouts. x | PAINE SAYS BURDICK: DID (Special to The Evening World.) Paine's, attempted to supply an alibl BUFFALO, March 17.—Dr. Paine fol-| for her, His room adjoined hers and he . ldwed his wife on the witness stand. He! sald he heard somebody moving about was a cool, determined witness. Helin her room when he returned to the gave the District-Attorney a sharp| house at Jf o'clock on the night of the glance wien he denied that Burdict | aU Rer ae Was not sure it was she, helped him financially. ne had not seen ner and did not he: He said that on | her the night of the murder he was in Ba-| Cihacles 8, Parke, a business yartier tavle. of Burdtok's. told lof Penneli'a visit to . . ures 4 e le Knew of Burdick « Mr. Coateworth tried to make Dr.! domentic troubles and eatly: i inat Dee - Paine admit that there were lights ember tiurdick told of his’ trouble: with “when he came to the city ¢rom Batavia | Mis Wife | that ‘ne did not go to his home. Dr.) wimiAcke sald he did Paine stoutly maintained he always : went home when he came in from Ba- tavia. R. G. Carlson, a not Hi every Indulgence, had gt portunity to leave town, bromfves had! been broken ‘and his | patience was exhausted, So he blame boarder at Mrs. Arthur P nnell for his fagndly hee ——_—_—*¢-e- ; STRANGE MAN IN BURDICK : CELLAR WITH MRS, HULL. 1 (Special to The Evening World.) 4 BUFFALO, March 17.—One long promised sen8ation in the Burdick + murder mystery was sprung to-day when !t was announced that Alfred *Brookman would testify at the inquest that Mrs, Hull and some man whom “he did not recognize were in the cellar of the Burdick home on the morning _ ot Feb. 27. He is the man “Alfred,” whom Katie Koenig has testified she | ealled in to look after the furnace. )- Mrs, Hull has denied emphatically that she was in the cellar the day ) the tregedy was discovered. She has declared that she had just arisen when |) Magsie Murray, the servant, called up to her that burglars had been in the house. The police theory ts that some one in the Burdick house was that morning before the servants arose. This person went to the for some purpose, because the furnace showed that it had been ate to after Burdick fixed it for the night. _ This person, the police believe, opened the front door and the kitchen to create the impression that there had been burglars in the oe ita dea. person, the police believe, knew that Burdick's dead body blame the an, shown h 1s om i] ven but all ane — +n 2 AUSTICE DAY BETTER. GERMAN PRINCES IMPROVE, read aa! i ———- G@TON, March 17.—Dr. Har- CAIRO, Hgypt, March 11.—The Gor- Adier his visit to Justice Day | #2 Crown Prince Frederick William, following bulletin; * who ts at Luxor, Upper Egypt, suffering Pay te doing well. He has| {fom measles. 1s progressing favorably Ht ot the dine: ¥ Tak” apparendy bes | a thtyrother, ‘same malady, Prince Eital. who ts ho been a sufferer from i alwo convalescent * WRIT FIAT | of court and both sides (o the contro- NOT AID HIM FINANCIALLY. TT eee T THE WORLD: TUESDAY MRS, HULL, BURDICK’S MOTHER-IN-LAW, W4#0 FIGURES IN BUFFALO MYSTERY. WABASH STRIKE Trainmen Open Battle Against Injunction Forbidding Them to Tie Up Road with Denials of Coercion. ANSWER TO THE COMPANY. ST. LOUIS, March 17.—Arguments were begun to-day in the United Stutes District Court, before Judge Adams, upon the motion of the defendants to dissolve the tempora Injunction issued two weeks ago, restraining the officials of the Brotherhood of Railway ‘Train- ‘men and the Brotherhood of Railway Firemen from ordering a strike of mem- bers of these organizations employed on the Wabash Railroad. Prominent officals of both labor or- ganizations wero present at the opening versy were represented by a strong ar- ray of counsel, The proceedings opened by the reading. of a number of affidavits fled by off- clals of the labor organtaations In re- buttal of affidavits ted last Saturday y the attorneys of the Wabash system, ‘These aMidavits were made by P. IL Morrissey, Grand Master of the Train- men; J. J. Hannafan, Grand Master of the Firemen, and ning others, all being elther officers or attMlated with the two labor organizations. They stated In effect that ‘no persu |sion or argument had been used to duce the men to strike, but that, ont be a shoul Bhe was man. tak the ¢ Mary on contrary, every man had expressed bs \destre by a vote, which he cast Inde | pendently and without any dictation | from any source. | Tt was also deciared that no force or coercion was contemplated In br about a strike of the Wabash emplo: Reveral of the aMdavits were of gre length and thelr reading | much time. SENATE LATE ON fe watd he had | ~THEGINAL VOTE | Arguments on the Amendments | to the Panama Treaty Delays | Final Action Beyond Time | Agreed Upon. NO CHANGES PERMITTED. (Special to The Byeaing World.) WASHIN The Sen- ate resumed conside the Pane ama (Canal treaty {mmediately after cowentng, Senator Money's amendment eliminating the disclaimer that the will not thereafter sek » South and © i the guaran mma Was dis ates to dequire territory tral America and imit of ind pendence for at great length Many Seators on each wide avatled thomeelves of the fifteen minutes allot- ted under the agreement. This amend- ment was rejected by a strictly party vote, It in not expected « final vote on ratification will be reached until Jate this evening and a night seston to complete the debate ts not improbable. The treaty seem» certain of ratthoay tion by an overwhelming vote approx- imately @ to 1, ‘ It will not be amended by the cha: of a word. It will be accepted as gotiated One Iw ‘eon H had consumed , Where | whit Wile Mrs, { | jae | 6 ten ie: | Ams’ the * | odin val adjoining each side trl ing. Mis they pay M rae dem, Ing Priangei the and mn of the Ww. Mrs, Lillian Manson chaged with poison: Ing Mrs. Julla Wilson, of Ashford, will temporarily Juryman Landon came from the death bed of ins s2n and sat all to-day Hsten- ing to the testimony In the murder cise, Because of the ‘holding of the f to-morrow Manson ‘Pho testifle that Wilvon was dioted tMat she woul Itness sald other bottle was iblue glass. afternoon itinue ulding rmer Park Commissioner Millan of belng protest against ve because preente & conference asked | $2365, cost them $175,000. (Speelal to M, don, of djourned Cow: id when ca oH Mrs. Wil Mrs. Johnson testt son had two bottles Conn lath o fa BOUCHT ARSENIC FOR HS MOTHER George Wilson, at Poisoning Trial, Swears Mrs. Wilson Sent Him to a Drug Store for the Deadly Stuff. HE HELPS THE PRISONER.|HE HAS ie Evening World.) Maren of Ju Chaplin, mt agreed be no session of court she heard Landon’s aMiction appealed to her coun- sel to ak the Court for adjournment. told Ash not at on lon fed th 17.—Because ryman Frank the trial of to-morrow: ral there Mrs. Juryman that of caressed her own little son who {n court. During the morning she looked frequentiy at the bereaved jury- But she managed to continue to} coplous notes. of the testimony in pase. 4 first witness to-day was Mrs, y Jane Johnson, of Willimantic, She ton ee, 11 George Wilson anson eame to ther home tn She sald that Mrs, Manson that Mry. She pre- two live Dee. 1 Mrs. occasion, at Man- this of them contalned a fluid which the water, Mrs. ju WwW m, > Maneon eh murder and laker pelease Nees stand this afternoon fifteen or nto," had and nt on Klaw & EI the terdam ‘The line was ac: ry compan: sonein-law It. an, wh, rdinance, anded that Devi ordinan aid the ed rd Ballding We; eas have tart to Lear over sion, looked was ween with Ps it will cost ke te nd alcosol Hyon, son ui first harged with twenty her the, house: Pestimoy ble (o the accused tre, four in sused the he wa y to buy An aMdavit of Abraham Brlanger was alleging that Willi h Ey fo 000 for p Brian; 0 aK D talk with Erlanger, hey. bu; and also denied shaving Mt stop consiructic As actuate od, Wilson said nt at a drag store in Wi 1 OOK It 40 de mother, have a r Company to et struction of Forty-second of the m Cranford, anger, wer of Mrs. arrested with h his mother's. Jutta on the w declared that the death of his sister his mother eo tim a paper y na Worl of he bought fit! He white He supposed ny Was very iM’MILLAN SCORED IN THEATRE HEARING, Klaw & Erlanger Ordinance Urged to Stop “Graft” in Building Department. In the hearing before he ayor Low this eto permit ir thir New feet over the streo muel back of lxning of the nted the the- the property new build 8 MeMillan and had in which erty which refused to (Continued fro: in the long years of oppression were in carriages well up in front, The order of the parade follow Formation of the Parade. Regiment, N. G.W. T. Ma i Bixty-minth, St. Vincent Ferrer Caleta, Hibernian Rifles, New York County. Cadets of St. Ann's Academy. The parade moved nortn along Fifth avenue to Forty-elghth street, coast to Madison avenue, north to Fifty-fourth AYOR LOW NOTT-IN LINE AT + ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE. m First Page.) during the mass were of white and gold. Mgr. Edwards was the assistant priest, and the deacons of honor were the Revs. J. J, Kean ahd T. F. Murphy. The Rev. Father R. Hughes was deacon of the mass and the Rev. P. McAleer sifb-dea- con, and the Rev. P. J. Hayes, the Arch- bishop's secretary, was master of cere- ‘mories, ‘The sermon was preached by the Rey, William J. B. Daly, the new rector of St. Malachi's parish, and the chaplain of the Bixty-ninth Regiment. Ait the consecration of the host the bugle sounded and taps was rolled on the drems, arid this was repeated at the adoration of the host by the Archbishop. Father Daly among other things sal “During the centuries of persecution, famine. treachery and exile tae Iris pave never elven up thelr faith nor thelr love for the old isle. They always have street, west to’ Fifth avenue and up. ifth avenue to One Hyndred and Twen- ty-nixth street, across to Second avenue to Sulzer's Part. . hem to-morrow {8 never ‘After the parade ss dismissed the plenic | 22Pe: 8nd to f will start, and ax 17,000 tickets have been | America’ renee and Germany teaies sold up to date a crowd to beat ail records should be Fainered to dance to the merry music of the land across the sea. 69TH REGIMENT AT THE CATHEDRAL, ‘With the national and State colors waving and the band playing the “‘Star- Spangled Banner” the Sixty-ninth Regi- ment, {n full-dress uniform, marched down the main aisle of St. Patrick's Cathedral o1 Fifth avenue at 11 o'clock to-day and took up a position around the altar, where Archbishop Farley was ce ®- brating a Pontifical mass in ‘honor of the patron saint of Ireland. Besides the soldiers in thelr gaudy unt- forms there was an immense gathering of worshippers at the services In the Cathedral, The altar was decorated with white lilies and palms, and the vestments worn by the Archbishops and the priests BROKER HAS AN OFFICE JL. William Elliman, Imprisoned in the Suit of Mrs. Nichols, Is Treated with Great Consider- ation by Long Island Sheriff. A. SUIT OF ROOM their heroes and erect statues lo their aonor in their citles—but considering the Tesources and the hindrances the irish race deserves the historian’s praise. “Irlahmen have reason to be proud ‘of the Emerald Isle, as a son should feel the duty as to the honor of his illus- trious family. The Irish were brave and have remained true to the faith planted ey St. Patrick under a thousand years of persecution. In early ‘@ when the People of the world were seeking, en- ightenment they travelled to Ireland, because her universities and her monas- teries were the most perfect at the me. ‘Ireland's sons, crushed by force of persecution, have borne the Gospel spirit and the love for eduvation to all parts of the world. They are among the beat citizens in every country in which, as exiles. they have settled, and hénce Irishmen shail always feel proud and ever keep the history of the past as a famlly honor.” Chaplain Daly at the close of the ser- vices was presented with a gold chalice’ by the members of the Holy Name So- ty ef St. Patrick's Cathedral, The chalice. which is of an anclent pattern, is made of gold and dnlaid with sap- phires and other gems. the single room which he occupled to sult No. 26 in the jail. The sult con- sists of three rooms.+ One of them Elli- man has had fitted up as an office. In the centre of the room Is a round table, He occupies a revolving chair, ‘The second room Elliman uses for his sleeping apartment. | ‘Phe third room he has had fitted up as a bathroom and gymnasium combined. All the appa- ratus that a man of athletic tendencies needs has been placed at Elliman's disposal. The bathroom has all mod- ern conveniences and nothing has been left undone to make the prisoner com- furtable. His “office,” for instance, faces on the open and {s flooded with sunlight most of the day. Shortly before his arrest Elliman sprained his arm. During his stay in Jail this Injury has been treated and has almost disappeared, So ‘he takes great pleasure in his gymnasium every day, He was conidered a wealthy man and Was broker for Mrs, Nichois's husband before he died. “Elliman and his wife were prominent in Flushing society. Mrs, Ellman was one of the organzers of the Good Cit!zens’ League, and there is now a monument to her memory in the ublic park at Flushing, Elliman says e has been persecuted, and that it will The vagarics of a, stock broker's busi- ness are many, He does business in strange places and 4n strange ways, but in Long Island City there Is a stock broker whose methods may be regarded as truly unique. ‘William Hiliman was sent to the|be easy for him to explain when he gets Queens County jail in, Long Island |a chance, : : s City Mareh 7 on a@n order issued by Sheriff De Bragga pares tnat Elliman 1s a “decent fellow” and that he doesn't believe that when a-man 1s imprisoned on 4 eharge of this sort, which may be proved untrue, that {t should be “rubbed into him." Taat probably 18 the reason why Kiliman’ enjoys the privileges he ttl now. wT inte: one thing in his oMee—u Judge MacLean, of the Supreme Court. Hiliman was accused of holding out $35,- 000 belonging to Mrs, Mary I. Nichols, a widow, of No, 3% Central Park West, and was put under $7,600 bell, which he agomnsito ibe unable tp: furnie ticker, but there fs one right across tie To-day, however, he found favor | street’ from the jail, and there are ways th the Sheriff. He was removed from | of reaching st. FIFTY-ONE DEAD IN BOSTON. Pneumonia Victims Number Over Half a Hundred in One Week. New York People, Alarmed, Flock to | Riker’s For Relief. ; BOSTON, March 16.-The Board of Health here reported fifty-one fatal cases of pneumonia for the first week In’ March. This is due largely to the inclement weather, to the euvormous number of coughs, colds and bronchitis, and to the grip epidemle, since these complaints so often develop into acute oy chronic pulmonary troubles, such as pneumonia, lung fever and con- sumption, ————_—_—_—— New York is no more favored than Boston. Neither are we any better off than the people of Providence, R. I, On Feb. 27 the Morning Journal of that one-quarter of the population of Providence was Her cease Crowds flock daily to Riker's Drug Store, 6th Ave. and $d st., New York, seeking relief, A member of that firm has made the emment: following staten asked to give my views on the grip situation and I very cheerfully do so. In view of the alarming prevalence of the troubles men- tioned in this Boston despatch I feel we ought to make a public statement. “Let me say that [ have very good news for, the people of New York. Two eminent French chemists have perfected a remedy after years of labor, thus making {t possible for us to offer a very efficacious method of treatnient to sufferers in this city and elsewhere, The preparation to which J refer is called Vinol, and is a tonic-cordial containing in a concentrated form the active and curative principle of cod-liver oll, which has been known for centuries as the foremost reconstructive and healing agent in all wasting diseases, especially those threatening or affecting the lungs, “his Vinol I speak of, although it 18 a genuine cod-liver ol! preparation, does not contain any oll or grease and tastes very delicious, It is, unlike ordinary cod liver oil remedies, perfectly easy to digest, Its effect upon the appetite is immediate, and it 1s also a blood purifier of great power. It will fortify the system and build it up so that Grip is much less Ukely to attack one. strength-maker for poople who find it almost impossible to shake off the weakness, lack of vitality and despondency following Grip, pneumonta or other acute disease it ie wonderful. Vinol is especially helpful in all cases of lung or bronchial weakness. It heals sore, irritated lungs, stops the stubbornest kind of cough, and by its beneficial effect upon the diges- tion and assimilation, as well as by promoting sound, restful sleep it soon to resist oF had a Pi having FOpeNy wad the Bulld- on the Michael Brlanger, counsel for Kiaw & denounced the opposition to] shall Id be slgn- graft n the Klaw & Krlangor down "the bulaing 104 an ‘ue Stayar reserved iru ©. ith and strength to the patient, Doar yrrny—s our greatest dimiculties in introducing Vinol Is to create in people's minds @ distinction between Vinol and the ordinary advertised ‘so-called ‘patent’ remedy. ‘To do this successfully we have undertaken to prove our confidence in the virtues in Vinol by guaranteeing {ts action, Any ‘son can get it from us on trial, and if it is found that Vinol will not ing immediate relief for any ailment which we recommend it to help, we of Grip and curing of its after effects is thus reduced to an rae We take all the ri¢k, and tn this connection I will say that Vinol had brought relief to 98 per cent. of those who have used it, as leas ‘out of a hundred baVe asked for @ return of thelr purchase fee dns ters tees: te Singh se 9 terest fe dali ; CONFERREES “MEET TO PREVENT STRIKE Civic Federation and Marine Trades Council Planning to Stop Shipyard Trouble. en A conference between a committee of the Civic Federation and a committee of the Marine Trades Counoll, which represents the unions in the shipbulld- ing trades, was held at noon to-day at the headquarters of the Civic Federa- tion, Twenty-socon@ street and Fourth ‘avenue, in order, If possible, to reach an understanding that will prevent general strike in the shipbuilding trades, ‘This conference is the result of the re- fusal of the botler-makers and the Ma- fine Trades Council to ratify the action of thelr Conciliation Committee in agree- ing with the Civic Federation Commit- tee and a committee of the employers cn Saturday are all sympa- Jas to dec! etic strikes In the shipyards off, pend- ing Negotintions for @ settiemendt’ of the a strike in the yards of ‘Townsend & Downey. About one hundred members of the Bollermakers and Jron Shipbuilders’ Union met at Miditary Hall, Spring street and the Bowery, tits afternoon to learn the result of the’ conference at the headquarters of the Civic Federation. ‘The general fecling was that some ac- tion regarding the strike might be taken when the result of the conference was known, but as the entire matter was re- ferred to to-night's meeting at No. 67 St. Mark's ‘place, the ry meeting ad- journed after Ffancis J. McKay had in- formed the men of what was agreed upon with the committee of the Civic Federation, Mr. McKay eald he expected representatives of the Civic Federation to be present when the men meet to- night. MISS ASTOR ENGAGED TO A ROUMANIAN? Daughter of Willlam Waldorf Astor Reported Bride-to-Be of Jonel Bratiano, Statesma: VIENNA, March 17.—A despatch from Bucharest, Roumania, published in Die Zelt, to-day, says: “Miss Astor, daughter of William Wal- dorf Astor, is engaged to marry Jonel Bratlano, the Roumanian Forelgn Min- ister. Miss Astor js now visiting the Roumanian Crown Prince's family. She spent a considerable part of the winter at Bucharest, Bratlang has a fascinating pereon- . He js not wealthy and js a son of the late Jean Bratlano, the distin- guished statesman whose ‘monument will shortly be unveiled at Bucharest.” LONDON, Maroh 17.—Mr. Astor is not in town and nobody connected with him can confirm the reported, engagement of Miss Astor to Jonel Bratiano, the Houmanian Foreign Minister. The Zeit, of Vienna, js not considered to be a r of high authorit Flannel Dept. 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