St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 17, 1898

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LOUIS- "PRICE (ts wise Sc | SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH ' SPAIN IS) ——_—ONE PULLMAN (WILL SUE FOR TH E VERDICT MAY ONVICTED | — J WEDDD) A Mille BE ON THE WAY BY WEYLER. |" 'ctentc tay |" staotoes pi ~TO WASHINGTON. — ad. ~ ie LICENSE WAS REF@SED THEM. } Ss a President McKinley Expects to Recelve aii The Butcher’ s Letter Made Public in Which He Boasts That He Had Planned to Blow Up yt ? WILL NOW PROGHED UNDER : 3s THE TLLIWOL& = EQUAL . , ; | Americans Warships. 4m ae bags an "| a Maine Board's Report Friday HE HAD THE HAVANA , Ws, HE HAS ENGAGED A LAWYER, Pa “a HARBOR WELL PREPARED.| \S yt” oes | a = Sameday a zs WALTER. SANGER PULLMAN, ins Legal Right asthe White A Seen Official Note Issued at Mad- — q Writing of the Sending of a Ship There, Weyler Says: “If the| HE pIDN’T WORRY WHEN JILTED. _Man to Acquire @ | Z, Insult Is Made I Hope a Spanish Hand Will + a "white with gl tid Declares Spain Will Repel Punish it as it Deserves.” . Left but Little of His Father’s Wealth, Be y . se a\ ~~. Any Demand for Indemnity. | se His Fiancee Grew Cold. but in @ Rev. J. C. Williams, @ S@olored Baptist 4 preacher of St. Louis, will ask the St. Clair Few Weeks He Found County (Ill.) Circuit Court fo issue a man- Another Girl ' damus requiring County Clerk George K. Thomas of Belleville to isste him a mar- Tit sh. hc ti 5a ada cay ates, hcilcasllei Bpecia! to the Post-Dispatch. | dynamite from the magazine in the fort- NEW YORK. March 17.—Honore F. Laine, | Te88, which were being laid in the harbor.” ° His investigations while in the prison on the correspondent who ws arrested in Ha- that ecchiion convihced him that two tens eames riage license. The case will involve’ the Vana by order of Captain-General Blanco| of dynamite in all had been placed in the SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 17.—Wal- wren seinen ng. Pg Rp ae oe a : harbor. ter Sanger Pullman, one of the twin sons | P@Ssed by the last Illinois Legislature, end driven: from fHavana by the Spanish | 411 this dynamite was controlled by wires |0f the late George M. Pullman, the palace} This law was supposed to confer on the authorities there, hae made public the fol-! which ran from the fortress and from the }C4T Magnate, was married yesterday to ne gd fae a si ra sel aaa mt Miss uise Lander We s city. is e ir. rivilege lowing letter, which shows that long aca eae de Puerto, or marine headquar- eat cece ee ce ee the |of the white brother is to marry a white Rev. Williams thinks if the law the Maine was blown up Weyler had pre- - heirs to the Pullman millions and the Cali- | woman. means anything at all, it means the right pared for some euch catastrophe. Th LONDON AIDS NELLIE FARRAR fornia beauty took place at the home of] anq privilege are his also, con itioned, as , | the Rev, John Bakewell, rector of Trinity }always, on the consent of the woman. letter reads as follows: ——* Church, on Telegraph avenue, Oakland. He has obtained thas mit right, but the HIS EXCELLENCY DON FRANCISCO|A Benefit to an Original Gaiety Gir] |} Late yesterday afternoon Mr. Pullman, oe ae poste Fpe ng A katate moe \ ‘DE LOS SANTOS GUZMAN, HAVANA. Nets $25,000 unaccompanied, made his appearance at/ courts fo construe the equal rights law as ’ ; the County. Clerk’s office in the Alameda | touching the question of matrimony. MY DISTINGUISHED PERSONAL AND h ' Rey. Williams has been wont. to toil in Gif! aT “a! LONDON, March 17.—All London ont County Courthouse. He made application | ++." Rast st. Louis vineyard. Over there Saxe eg jl ease “eae . POLITICAL ‘FRIEND: Since the latest ’ was In* /to Deputy County Clerk Mason for a license |} Ks terested to-day in the benefit to Nellie Far- puty ve became acquainted with a white orphan = events I have changed my views about the! .. on © Sars | to marry. girl named Lavinia Davis.’ She was ad- A pee | een N > eae e of London's old-time favorite ac- He gave his full name as Walter Sanger | dicted to periodical spells, which, whiil# C cue sy Sa, > 5 a A BE THE M N attitude which our political party in Cuba/ tresses, and who, with Fred Leslie, was | Pullman, a native of Illinois, aged 23, and|they continued, were supposed to invest SS iid, Se Ren . -* eae ESSE GER, ie ht t Q in the first “gailety” company that visitea | &t present a resigent of the city and coun-|her with supernatural attributes, and the 35 TAL A : a? ae Cee s Re peans 80 Resume. the United States. All of the leading man- | tY.0f San Francisco, The name of his in-| colored population regarded her with a ~S hd is If I have thought before that it was | @8ers, actors and actresses co-operated in tended bride he gave as Loulsa Lander ral deal of awe. ‘the arrangements for the benefit and Drury | “est, @ native of California, aged at and | Williams was a dabbler In the super- more dignified for us to abstain from the ane Theater wag selected for the per- i resident of the city and county ef San natural himself and he and Laviria got on ran rignt well t electoral contest, I believe now that it is freaks The license was made out in due form Rhecentiy thev nike oe Their aainde to go ] Ks ago every available seat had been and : 4 ‘ a patriot’s duty for us to go to the pols. d,@netting $25,000, while subscriptions in ate Sees serene ee go Eg" into a natural and a supernatural com- our in from man sources, includin a & y aro e¢ home of |-bine. Apprehending difficulty in obtaining Our success cannot be doubted; neither can $1000 rom. George wards, $500 f qj} the ciergyman, who ‘performed the. cere- legal permission to wed, Williams. consulted , Rothschilds. fram the of ba mony in, the parlors of his home, the eler- ka lawyer and was advised that under the : : f Wi F it be our majority of voters, nor that with ford, $100 from Lord Rosebé symone Bales ait: Y Sin de ita rip ah aw ee me as much right to == ‘ Uf, yy YY, YW}, i i Uh, y ; an a ogramm f defens f the i }each from Lord Latham, the e of > | | @ progr eo efense of 1 national Earl Cadogan and Lord Farq ae Fife, I atanielr as tht Yad copter wich awdy |. Tuesday-the couple ya natn “elles ville sky) 3 Oe AY AT wif, ¥ piss honor we will have side by side with us} Some idea of tire tmterest tak in e tk tione:-,or sleavin ptecs, pres“nted themselves at the ce of Coun- Sete all those lukewarm politicians who, though Codey mye may! be g@ — a the ~ mah . hatin 1 -4 Sree of the gg by pepe took thel 1 but told ‘ ; that gar 00 eilr order, but to the afternoon | fdent ty of the couple he had married. him firmly that he could not fill it.’ Spaniards, by heart, are deceived by the in- printed bulletins announcing: the” whic The rem 5 malty of ~ young couple is Williams expected this. “You have no ’ , at most of a few weeks’ standing. Mrs. , ' " f side combinations of Moret and Sagasta,| early as 8:20 a, m., numb6red. about "3008 Pullman, who fesided at he Palace with ply ag Fp oe te hin 9 BI bar pg tg ce , le. : and as scientific solutions of our colonial The doors her sister, Mrs. Hugh McDonnell, is a| it ; Bee . ‘ were opened at 10:3 and the daughter of the late Chester H. West, who 3 aD 2 a no , > M . Ti = , ~ - 2 problems what are really dishonorable hu- | Performance bem An at 12:20 p. m.:, amid a wala pioneer of 1849, having made the trip rand SORE ial tek ee oe eo ' : Te ee - ‘Sy THE MAINE QUESTION | Je scene of tremen s enthusiasm inside the / around the Horn with the earliest gold Taking Miss Davis to the house of a friend > ~~. — MUST BE SETTLED RIGHT. * miliations of our country before the United | building. seekers. He became a banker in this city | in South Bellevifie, he retarned up town and| - | and was at one time very wealthy. He| retained Louis Wangelin to represent him. A BAT TLESHIP IN ACTION: States. | | A FIND ON THE STICKEEN. left but little property and his daughters Mr. Wangelin made a formal demand for The Indiana as She Appears in Target Practice at Sea. | —____ Write on your flag, the flag of Spain, “De- made their own way in the world, teaching | the issuance of the license. He was re- a : Quartz Ledge 1000 Feet Wide Assays | in the public schools. fused. Pressed for a reason he said the fense of national honor,” and I offer you ge ys Hugh McDonnell, who is now young Pull- } negro was a non-resident of the State and : ‘' my name as your candidate, . : : By Associated Press. . a. p as High as $392 a Ton. man’s brother-in-law, is @ wealthy mine | would have to prove by competent witnesses After having commanded during two ee tee ce sae ed Oh een roan Lander was an “Willams said he coula get tere of = : WASHINGTON, M ‘h 17. -The President e the re ar rin | Big a era tt cee es eps Be nen Saf THE TEMPER OF =t bt the Court of Taybey aodeeie aaa a om aie Deputy trom Havana ut the Cortes of Fiqetuthe Sugeest Aver, about 10 mies | "Mra, Pullman, the Bride. ts of medium | nim to go to Huwardavitie ang make apotc/# CONGRESS HAS CHANGED. ite sn tte way fedha'tedg wean ec eae Wheh the Could arrived at Key West yesterday from: Havana, and reported to Ad- miral Sicard with the progress it had made towards reaching the = end of its long task, the Admiral promptly, communicated with. =; 4 the Secretary of the Navy. It was the Secretary’s purpose to have = =_—™ is from 800 to 1000 feet wide and assays as} brown hair, steel blue eyes, long eyelashes] fighting blood was up. , , y y cae * Spain. high as $392 a ton in gold. pri an attractive face. “IT will get a license,’ * he said, “and get |S WASHINGTON, March 17.—Inter -_ ést in the Spanish question has been ' Pies a full synopsis of the Court’s conclusions put in cipher and telee graphed to Washington. By the way, I have read these days that — de ag gt tang to rent a house and stay | Scand grass att aie the Americans are pondering about: send- THE “OLD GLORY” OF WALL STREET, nap. staged jn Belleville with friends S$ Mansion to Congress, where the ing one of their warships to that city. sustain him financially and as soon as he Democratic Representatives are un- Upon consultation with the President, however, this plan was abandoned. Both the President and the Secretary are de- termined to spare no efforts to maintain the secrecy of the cour’’s verdict until they themselves have determined to give it publicity, , Cubs Ls could have a conference with them he |; able to det in hether it is bet- During my command in Cuba they did not would institute mandamus proceedings. ‘ tewpolitica oigroein catalan the House OFFICIALS WOULD NOT TRUST THE CIPHER CODE AND THE TELEGRAPH, even dare to dream about it, They knew f ' ates pore is met unattractive, Che. is de to lade it tu aun, ee et wrened tem. giand, but has ‘spent the greater pari “of ‘ As the situation stands now, the pee Havens: Harber, well aeavaine | for 9 wer gh en gg De rd = cease Democrats voting solidly, poe such an emergency., Lrapidly finished the a SSS TMT mirer. in the goer ha ey wit paige ote work that Martinez Campos carelessly’ e if added to the Democrats, can override Speaker Reed and prevent Therefore, even the admirably designed naval cipher code could not be relied on with complete satisfaction and at the Presi- dent’s instance Admiral Sicard was directed to place the docu- ments in the custody of some naval officer, according to the usual \ method, and forward them to Washington in that manner. Whether this officer has started or not is not yet known, but if he and Admiral Sicard have executed their orders with the regular naval promptness, it will not be long before the President will be Jin possession of such information and Ronee as the court has ra ee . sale: > > s:u: . = > o > “8 > 2 > > Ss. . > > o@.",8, >. o * =, a Woman Who Wove Fairy Tales Is in the City Hospital. If the insult is made I hope that there will KASS . oO be a Spanish hand to punish it as terribly ‘S SQ ee as it deserves. | Romero is in better health than his friends . 4 lS by LA i | ; SA SS Pauline Hoffman is again a patient at the adjournment. Two days ago the Democratic lead- ers deemed it good politics to quiet- could have expected, and, notwithstanding : pee OSS ASA " secacehes tile ¢ bi! . ly fall in and permit Nerina aay to * : SY te re : ity Ssoapste © SSRs as - TeGEE Oe adjourned, believing the move wou how mortally sick I feel breathing this hu- ; AAS ye al ee = OF) | sumption and a complication of female ail- ongendemnmtanyadtry Digit isin miliating atmosphere, am well; also your >= we mate ments, and probably will never recover Se en ciuaahe aan Saisie? / affectionate friend and servant, : . \. FE NYT es, She has been living at 2643 LaSalle street. licans, who control the organization, aa eee 7 3 \ \ Pauline Hoffman is the. young woman who and disastrously affect Republican ~ . told a weird tale about being banished from representatives in their races for re- Madrid, Jan. 8, 1898. 4 = Germany and having a fortune coming to = arre Ss iher. Numerous parties tried to get pos- election this fall. To-day there has been a change in Mr, Laine says the Spanish authorities . : ; "Ge , session of her tnd Bismarck Stalhutte arrested him in order to secure Gen, Wey- , ss ma ijmarried her. She figured extensively in feeling and the Democratic policy in ; : a the newspapers as an heiress. Now she hesitati ne. The is a pauper patient in the charity institu- the House is a hesitating one. Cuban question has risen above party politics, they think, since the unani- ler'a letter, | : 2G = The document, he says, came into his : Ss: tion. mous voting by Congress of $50,000,- 000 for national defenses, and the es ory wn SN Oras | EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE. | rs Snes fi Francisco Diaz, employed by La Union al, one of the rabid Spanish ’ ; ~% {1% é; = rs woo | : , ; | |Mary Morton’s Hands and Face Burned warlike constituents are wondering if the people would not fix the respon- papers. 4 ee | by the Flames : The Spanish reporter explained that he p sibility for congressional action upon ‘Mary Norton, aged 18, in the employ of individual members instead of politi- had received the letter from the editor of the paper on which he was employed. The : 4 : * Z | |W. D, Scover, 4028A Page avenue, was badly cal parties. f Guzman 1 ol 7 p burned by an explosion of gasoline at noon Political expediency te apt to de- editor had received it from Guz : 7 7 Thursday. termine whether the House shall Daeeeee ware teat Dine Phowes. iP & = . Mary had endeavored to light a@ gasoline concur in a resolution to adjourn | stove while the fluid was running from the early and as the situation now stands copy of the letter, which he told Laine he ; receiver. An explosion followed, the flames , reaching the young woman’s face, neck and the Democrats will settle it.. The President wants an early adjourn- could keep. Laine took it and filed it ; ; arms. away in his desk. hy Her screams brought assistance, and the | t. for be fears an outbreak from = ) ! ~ iz _ | ment, for fire was extinguished. Dr. J. L. Gray re Congress that. will embarrass. his policy. In the early adjournment On the following day the Maine arrived ; . sponded to the summons and dressed the injuries, which he said were not of a fatal scheme he has the co-operation of Speaker Reed. The Senate at pres- in Havena Harbor. character. Mary ‘was taken to the City After the battleship was blown up Laine . Hospital. says he made repeated efforts to get the soued 5 AR ~ ent is inclined to oppose the adjourn- original from Diaz. but never succeeded in . ‘ —# WILLARD MISSES A SHOW. 1 ment programme, but being conser- doing #0. For the First Time in Twenty-Six | vative may fall into line with the ; President. “After I had acted as interpreter for Years He Is “oo Ill to Act. : : , CHICAGO, March 1..—E. 8. Willard has ‘3 The real interest in the possibility , ospital,” he ) : fee, es tas chine « oy, missed a stage performance, the first time in % of adjournment centers in the House and in the chances of Speaker Reed says, “Diaz informed the Chief of Police / aleeets Stine DEEN el » Oe oe > s:5.8 — ~ ¥ . * ’ “~ BOOHOHOHCH Gan Ven Sn Cane an 8 oe San See oe 9 es 6 oo Oe Oe a ate eee Pane Soo Oe fo ote * a as,8 “,@ .,8.8 2,8.8.8,.8,8,.8.8,.¢,8,8,8 . 2.8.8.8 ,.8 8.6.8 sd * 2,8. 8 ¥ ¥ > ° , * 2 S.5.8.8.6.8.8 8 6 em ee ee . . i" so far had. It is not even known positively that these conclusions are final, but if the ordinary routine of the court's inquiry has been fol- lowed in this case they probably are so unless the Secretary of the Navy believes, after looking into the testimony, that some lines of investigation should be further pursued, THE PRESIDENT FEARS PREMATURE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT. Every precaution that human ingenuity can suggest will be adopted to safeguard the report, the main apprehension being that there may be somehow a publication in the newspapers that may — interfere seriously with the succéssful se Sei out of the policy — of the Administration. . = OOOOH > el a:s: OOO rere > > 7 > + > > > > > 7 >. -.2.8. 8.8.8. 8.9 8. 8 86 oo oe se ee ee ee ee se ee Se . > - _ _ 2 _ 7 2 «es a pm For Missour!—Partly cloudy Thursday night i : from the. <r ; and Friday, with rein in the extreme southern ernment has sold the armored cruiser Varez ct : | " : a ee _ | to Spain, | % Seah Cr eamanee TEST Por ying | "ie SM 9 ‘ 4 ripeeee BREE EEL OE eS Baie