St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 13, 1898

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7 ‘ q , » ¥ . i a ‘ & On ed ek . ytd - > & ‘S* a , ~ . Li ~ 2 a ¢ Le Post-Dispatch Wants go ’ | OUI into the homes. RECULAR CIRCULATION SUNDAY, JUNE (2; erie THE ONLY ST. Lous EVENING PAPER wit THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. 4 1so8. (08,244. Post-Dispatch Wants, into the busi Party VOL. 49, NO. 308. MONDAY—ST. LOUIS—JUNE 33, 1898, PRICE} in St. Louta, O Vutside St. Loa e Cent. Teo Cents, THE BOTTOM DROPS QUT OF LEITER'S WHEAT DEAL In Some of ae Nosthvvest Markets Prices Went Off 17c to 19c and the Slump Was Pronounced at Chicago. | ~TFATALLY. SHOT BY A WOMAN, _ — Samuel Jnngeling, a tender, the Victim. ee MAUD MORRIS FIRED INTO THE MAN’S BACK. _ — — His Interests Placed in the Hands of Trustees. Bar- THE PLUNGER’S FATHER WITHDREW HIS SUPPORT. IMMEDIATELY SHE FLED, BUT LATER WALKED INTO THE FOUR CUURTS. Margins Called for Could Not Be Put and the Col- lapse Followed. JEALOUSY SUPPOSED TO HAVE BFEN THE CAUSE. Affray in the Saloon at Ninth and Market Kept »y a Brother of the Late Senatcr Pete Morrissey. sy Se 7 CHICAGO, Tune 13.—Joseph Leiter's wheat deal has collapse. terests have been turned over toa board of trustees, who will sett] Leiter's inability to put up margins which Jeceph Leiter admitted that his father had withdrawn his support. Mr. course was necessary on account ol were called {or This is Uli market. Mr. Lett: stcome of the most remarkable operation ever attemptec admits that he has lost money, Samuel Junecling, a bartender, ® years old, employed at the galoon of Rdward Mor- rissey, brcether of the late Senator Peter. R. Morrissey, at Eleventh street and Clark avenue, was shot and dangerously wound- in the wheat |ed shortly after 2 o’elock Monday at 04 Market street by a woman known as Maud Morris. His wheet in- This ‘up the deal. but how much is not known. ~AU Interest on the entered in the do- June V3 CHICAGO, Board of Trade to-day | ings of Joseph Letter and the results of his wheat. A tremendous famous big deal in Flump in prices was generally attributed to immense sales for him. According to one Mr. Leiter ordered all his trades out at cpening of the day's transactions in the wheat pit, and it was Stated that at least 8,000,000 bu of wheat were liquidated for him in the Chicago mar- breaks in prices, where it muthority closed the ket alone. The severest however, were in the Northwest, Was said Leiter had his big lines. Cash wheat in Duluth went off 19 cents and in Minneapolis 17 cents. Half an hour before the close Leiter's sales in Chicago were placed as high as 10,000,000 bu. His brokers, Allen & Grier, transferred June wheat to Armour and September to Lam- #0n Bros. It was reported tha: a movement was on fogt among strong interests to take care and that a meeting was in this of cash wheat, which consideration, Fifteen minutes before the closing bell rang on ‘Change the tickers had a report that Lelter cash wheat would be trusteed. It waa said that the bankers who had made advances on it had agreed (to take care of it, During the final momenta of trading Jo- Re Leiter was at the lLllinois Trust and Savings Bank in consultation with his fath- er, L. Z. Leiter, and others. Joseph Letter said in reply to inquiries tha: he would not make an assignment; that his options had been liquidated and that his cash whea: would be trusteed. ecasion at matter was under There was early an Int{mation that faith had been ‘Ddbroken the combina- tion holding the in the North- weet ands that one of them had been unloading on the others. This, together with more favorable weather, enormous world’s shipments of wheat and lower Liver- pool cables, created an almost panicky feel- ing here to-day in the wheat pit. July broke 7c to 79%, below the put price, and September 3%c to Wikc. The total work’'’s shipments of wheat for the week were 12,887,0M bushels, compared among wheat 79c, shooting was done with a Smith & the bullet taking effect in The Wesson revolver, Jungeling’s tack It igs not known what caused the shoot- ing, but the supposition is that the trouble the two was occasioned by jeal- cables were 1@1%d lower. Minneapolis and Duluth received 180 cars against 293 last year. Chicago errivals were 58 carloadg as compared with four for the same day last year. July opened 2@6c lower at down to 79c, advanced to 8lc, to 7W#hboc ; September started 1%@2%ec down to 714%@ declined to 70‘%“c, then firmed up to between ousy. Shortly after the shooting Jungeling was removed to the dispensary, where the wound was pronounced probably fatal. He was then taken to the City Hospital. The Morris woman, after doing the shoot- ing, disappeared from the house and it was thought she was trying to make her escape. As s00n as the police arrived they com- menced a search for her, but she could not be found. About 20 minutes after doing the shooting she walked into the Four Courts and gave herself up. The Olice are investigating “He causes which led te the crime. MORE TROOPS MAY BE /NEEDED Another inoue of th the dviidettn. ker Feud Still Seems Certain. 80@Bic, sold then fell back 72kac, 7O\ec. There was selling from every direction in corn, on an improvement in the weather conditions, July opened at %@t«c lower at S24%@382%c, sold down to 32%c, then rose to 82% @32%qC. Oats followed corn. July began %c lower at 2%@2%c, declined to 23sec, rose to 2c, then weakened to 34%@23"%c. There was aslu mp in provisions, especial- ly pork, at the start, on the break in grain markets. Cudahy and other large interests bought freely at the decline, however, and prices quickly regained their early loss. July pork opened 2c lower at $9.42%, fell off to $9.25, then advanced steadily to $9.60 July lard started 10@12%%c lower at $5.57149@5.62% and sold up to $5.75. July ribs began 24%@ 7ig¢ down and sold up to $6.42%. July wheat in Chicago to-day closed at against S6c at the finish on Saturday. At one time to-day July was down to Tic. September closed at Tic, a loss of 3 cents as compared with Saturday. During the day September went as low as 69\%c. oseph Leiter admitted to friends that he had lost money. Excitement on the board ran high. Steries of financial trouble for the young man who engineered one of the greatest wheat deals in the history of the equntry gained circulation, However, little credence was given § this feverish gossip at first. Mr. Leiter was closeted with his father, L. Z. Leiter, and | when pressed to tell whether the slump in the cerea) had affected his interests, frank- ly admitted that he had lost money. How He had not the Conferences were Special to the Post-Dispatch. MANCHESTER, Ky., June ‘on special messenger, in whom Col. Forrestér, com- manding the troops here to prevent an out- break of the Howard-Baker fued, has full- est confidence, has been dispatched to Gov. Bradley to tell him all the facts regarding the situation. The Colonel believes there will be a fight between the factions when they meet, no matter if one company of troops is here. He may call for another company witha gatiing gun, A FLEET FOR THE YUKON. Twelve River Steamers Will Journey t 3,000 Miles on the Sea Spel to the Post-Dispatch. SEATTLE, Wash., June 13.—The largest fleet of stern wheel steamers that ever went to sea left Seattle for St. Michdel, Alaska. They are the property of several prominent transportation companies and will operate on the Yukon River between St. Michaels and Dawson City. Twelve wooden river steamers rese mbling in almost every exterior detail a small Mis- Sissippi River steamer, comprise the fleet. The boats are exactly alike in every way having originally been planned for one com- pany. At Dutch Harbor thes river fleet will be enlarged by the addition of’ four other Yukon River steamerfs, The river boats will attempt to make the trip from Seattle to St. Michael under their own steam, and the way they will go makes the distance something more than 3000 miles. At least 6900 tons of cordwood as well as considerable coal will be necessary for the voyage. A mar. was sent north who has arranged for 5000 cords of wood to be picked up at different points along the route. Coal wil! be used from Dutch Harbor to St. Michael in the river boats as well as tugs. It is to carry a big coal cargo that the steam much he would not gay. time to go into details. the order of the day. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 13.—There was a sensational break in July wheat to- day, which demoralized the market badly. July wheat, which had closed Saturday at $1.138%, opened this morning at $1.11 and then broke sharply to 9#%c. There were rumors of treachery on the part of some of the big bull operators, but these were un- confirmed, At noon the market was more settied, but still excitable. with 6,322,000 bushels last year. Liverpool PUT TO ROUT BY DAIRY MAIDS, Deputy Marshals Forced to Flee Before Angry Women. There was a merry war at King’s high- way and Arsenal street Monday morning. The combatants were a lot of deputy mar- shals and dairymen and women. The dairy people have been leading their cows across the prairie near King’s high- way and Arsenal street and have also been jetting them run at large there Some of the neighbors complained and Monday morning three deputy marshals went out, and when the cows appeared ‘they tried ee corral and take possession of (hem. The dairymen, knowing the marshals were clothed with the proper authority, did not interfere with them, but three husky mlkmaids, not understanding why any one should interfere with their property, or- dered the deputy marshals to keep their pe er ape The marshals ignored the wom-_, one of them rode up on horse she could lick the best mar- WA wy yd a er Oey forced to beat a retreat, ‘lasted full half an hour, and was witnessed fescaped luratics. Y schooner South Coast is taken along. GOVERNOR iS CONDEMNED. Mississippi Executive Declinei to Pay Senator George’s Funeral Expenses. Special to the Poat-Diepateh. JACKSON, Miss., June ¥8.—The Btate i scandglized by the publication of the fac. that gfter wiring a son of Senator George, in the name of the people of M ss!ssipwi. to allow the remains of the dead states- man to He in state here, Gov MelLauren refused to pay the bill for hearse, car- riages, draping and flowers out of his contingent fund, or to bring to the attention of the Legislature: Ten months after the death of George, his son, whe is here as a in the 24 Reg ment. heard of the tion and paid the bills, which amounted to There ts great mortification expressed all over the State. Senator George was close to the people. and had. as a@ member of | the Constitutional Convention, refused to order his pér diem of 30 and mileage. which Is now ‘n the State Treasury to the credit of the taxpayers If the Legislature had known of the matter last Jantary it would have gladly voted 4 an appropriation. SCORPION IN HIS. STOMACH. }Megro’s Spasms in Ridding Himself of the Reptile Prove Fatal. counter ensued. The women fought like demons tearing the clothes of the men and scratching them so badly they were leaving the wo- men in possession of the herd. The dairymen took no part in the fight, just looking on, and probably waiting for a chance td get in a sly Nick. The battle When the marf- by hundreds of persons. leav- shals were at last forced to retreat, ing the women in possession of the cows, the crowd cheered and yelled like a lot of he quartette which Jed such a valiant fight against the dog catchers was com- pow d of Mrs. Henry LiebkKe of Brannon and Odell avenue, armed with a long etick; her husband, Henry Liebke; George Sommers, a hired man, and Annie Vicklenburg, a | hired gir! Mrs. Liebke says the hired man was on hie way with the re to a pasture they have at King’s highway and Arsenal street when the dog catchers came along and tried | to drive the cows down to the dog pound as eteey animals. The Liebke family and hired hands objected to this 80 strenuously that the catchers had to go away without mak- ing a capture. Mra. Liebke said she was oomvinees the men —— let them alone for the present. THE WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR—STATIONARY. > nut oe For St. Loule and vicinity Generally fair Special to the Post-Dtepatch. Monday night end Tuesday; little change ta SHERMAN, Te, June temperature. named Mundine at Caldwell, . been ili for several years, For MissourtPartiy cloudy and unsettled : enceaaive ’ pain ‘in'the stomad Monday night und Tuesday; cooler Tuesday | Friday morning besa? sent rte . we one afterneon or night. and vomited . &. livin aeorpion eight Por {limote—Partly cloudy Monday night and gh Age repens wen h-kng with Tucedays, showers aad occasional thunder- : and is st n he negTto wie died in great agony. +1 1 Tae shee od a, Gathe OMA continne to sins wlowly ant) _Within two days in the wer a. . ” ’ aT ‘ y 7 ~e ~e* % te east so 4 ¥ ‘ ‘wontmere. re a | Os Bien 066 0808 vos ~~: : 4 a 5 Sa = y rar % > o one = “* 4.—A negro Tex., who has having spasms PosT-DISPATCH THERMOMETER. Fg ee tetewesesss #8 : jiabedecesocan ie 2 My Sar ts ; x Be em fee a. Ths ce wewnns *** ne i ey My a . ~ ~~ 4 SANTIAGO MOVING IN FORCE TO TAKE — ie gta se «Por ie ‘ ate %, ea s aa? AND SAN JUA AMERICANS KILLED AND MUTILATED. a a ws Four Marines Fall by Spanish Bullets in a Skirmish at Guantanamo. Me — MOLE ST. NICHOLAS, June 13.—Four Americans were killed and one wounded jin a skirmish with Spaniards on the hills back of Guantaname Bay. THE KILLED. ASSISTANT SURGEON JOHN BLAIR GIBBS of Richmond. SERGT. CHARLES H. SMITH of Smallwood PRIVATE WILLIAM DUNPHY of Gloucester, Mass. PRIVATE JAMES M’COLGAN of Stoneham, Mass. W ounded—Corporal Glass accidentally wound:4 in the head. The bodies of the dead men were terribly mutilated by the Spaniards. The picket posts of Lieut. Col. R. W. Huntington’s battalion of marines, which landed from the transport Panther on Friday and encamped on the hill guarding the aban- doned cable station at the entrance to the outer harbor of Guantanamo, were at- tacked by Spanish guerrillas. After the pickets were driven in the firing continued in a desultory way for 12 hours. The bodies of Privates McColgan and Dunphy were found, both shot in the head. The large cavities caused by the bullets, which inside a range of 500 yards have a rotary motion, indicate that the victims were killed at close range. The bodies were stripped of shoes, hats and cartridge belts and horribly mutil- ated with machetes. When they were brought in the whole battalion formed three sides of a hollow square about the camp on the hilltop. The Spanishisquads concealed in chaparral cover had the advantage, the Amer- icans on the ridge furnishing fine targets against the sky and the white tents. The Spaniards fought from cover till midnight, discoverable only by flashes, at which the marines fired volleys. The repeaters sounded like crackers in a barrel. The -Marblehead’s launch, a Colt machine gun in her bow, pushed up the bay, enfilading the Spaniards, and it is thought that some were killed. Shortly after midnight came the main attack. The Spaniards made a charge up the southwest slope, but were met by repeated volleys from the main body and broke before they were one-third of the way up the hiii. It was during this assault that Assistant Surgeon Gibbs was killed. He was shot in the head in front of his own tent. The attacks were continued at intervals throughout the rest of the night, with firing from small squads in various directions Two small detachments of marines, numbering 10 men each, under command of Lieuts. Neville and Shaw, are missing. It is possible that they were captured. They were on picket duty and may turn up all right. HAY HAS NO NEWS FROM MANILAS LONDON, June 13.—Ambassador Hay’s attention was called this morning to rendered. He stated that the story was unfounded. WASHINGTON, June 13.—At the State Department it was said to-day that neither Ambassador Hay nor any other official had informed it ofthe report that Manila had fallen. HOBSON AND HIS MEN ARE:WELL. WASHINGTON, June 13.—In response to an inquiry, Gen. Linares of the Spanish army at Santiago cabled the following reply: . “Hobson and seven other prisoners are wel! and are in neceny of all cable- grams sent them.” WAR REVENUE BILL NOW A LAW. WASHINGTON, June 13.—The war revenue, bill was brought to the White Hoe by a House messenger at 2:45 p. m., and was signed by the President at 3:01 o clock. — - the matter Senator) H The War Department Announces the Sailing ¢ shafters Corps; Belief That It Sailed Three Days Ago. a report that he had received informatron via Hong Kong that Manila had sur- * |ONE DIVISION MAY _ aa | GO TO PORTO RICO. | a The Invading Force Mad Up of the Pick of © the Army. ll FOUR AMERICANS KILLED =~ NEAR GUANTANAMO BA — Their Bodies Said to Have Be Mutilated by Spanish Guerrillas, WASHINGTON, June 13.—It was isan announced at the War L this morning that the first military expedition had left Key West at daylight t bound for Santiago. All day yesterday’there was a lively conference be officials of the Navy and War Departments, and after an all-day session the 4 Var Board completed its plans for convoying the troop transports. Maj.-Gen, Sh Ts Re who commands this expedition, has with him a force of 773 officers. and 14,564 3 men. The United States regular troops make up the greater part of the force, there — ‘ being but three volunteer organizations on the ‘ships. These are the 7lst New re Infantry Volunteers, the 2d Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers, and two ed. squadrens of four troops each from the Ist United States Volunteer Cavalry, - regiment which Col. Wood commands and of which Theodore Roosevelt is Liew tenant-Colonel. Whether any of these officers is with.the two squadrons a | vot not yetulkenown at the‘War Department. It was difficult to prevail upon the . rifleméf to leave their mounts behind, but this was a matter of necessity, it is said, owing to lack of accommodations for the horses on ship board. % The best that the department could do at this time in the way of supplying the cavalry contingent for the expedition was to include among the troops one squadron — of the 2d United States es fully mounted, with nine officers and 280 enlisted — men. Dispatches from Key West eas that Shafter’s army will divide when it reaches the eastern extremity of Cuba and part of the force sail for Porto Rico, Tt a strange that the news censor should permit the sending out of this information, this reason its accuracy is doubted. Many persons think that Shafter’s expedition sailed some days ago, and | it is now at or near its desunation. it has been the custom of the news censors fo permit the publication of naval and military movements only after the object of the i movement has been fully accomplished. “a / Word has been received at the Navy Department from a high, though — source, that Admiral Camara’s Cadig fleet has been found unfit for sea. ‘4 The full list of the troofs that make up the expedition, as reported to the \ Department by Gen. Shafter, as as follows: Infantry regiments—Regulars, Ist, 3d, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 15th, 16th, sii ge. 20th, 21st, 22d and 24th; 2d Massachusetts, 7ist New York Volunteers. Total < sate 561 officers and 10,790 enlisted men. Oe Cavalry—Two dismounted squadrons of four troops each from the ba; ith, Oth, fF Ist and 10th Calvary, and two dismounted squadrons of four troops each from jor Ist U. S, Volunteer Calvary. Total dismounted cavalry, 159 officers and 2875 enlisted © a Mounted cavalry—One sqiiadron of the 2d, 9 officers and 280 enlisted men, Artillery—Light Batteries E and K, Ist Artillery; A and F, 2d Artillery—J4 offs cers and 323 enlisted men. Batteries G and H, 4th Artillery (siege), 4 stom edie fi 132 enlisted men. Ses Engineers—Companies C and E, 9 ers and 200 @listed mea, Signal Corps—One detachment, 2 and 45 enlisted men, Hospital detachments are included in the above figures. The staff corps numbers 15 officers. The grand total of the expedition 1s 773 officers and 14,564 enlisted men. Wed Ves ey: men Special to the, Pogt-Dispatch. KEY WEST, June 13.—At 1 o'clock this morning orders were received from © Washington for the transport fleet under Gen. Shafter to sail at once for Samlage * de Cuba. e. The order provides that when the fleet reaches the Windward Passage it s-00 be divided, part going to Santiago apd the other part to Porto Rico, The cohen i , i: #3 ry were for the ficet to sail at sunrise. wueig hs mes <a Special to the Post-Dispatch. ‘ 7 ie TAMPA, Fta., June 13.—The first division of the army of invasion, on 32 tram ports sailed from here yesterday. sence A At Key West the fleet will be met by the convoy of at least 12 warships, and when the start for Cuba is made the battleship Indiana wii? be in the lead» 3 =& Along the flanks of the double column of transports will range the naval sels, the bodyguard. Just behind the Indiana will steam the Puritan and Wile ton. On the flanks will be the Helena, the Manning, Terror, Rodgers; Wasp,’ croft, Newport and Mayflower. In the rear the St. Louis will keep guard. . FIRST MAIL FROM DEWEY. WASHINGTON, June 13.—The Navy Department this afternoon received ite mail advices from Admiral Dewey «ince he reached Manila. Undet date of Cavite, he gives a detailed account-of the battle of Manilla Bay. It is in the m elaboration of his cablegram. Ite spectal f eature the terms of high praise in . he speaks of the crews of Whe ships, saying that never had officer ao teva) Bad | ra uve yt SPAIN WILL CONTINUE : MADRID. June 12, 2p. m.—A semi-gffictal note senued tone all the American reports of coma Seana